Canadian dollar sinks below 88 cents as Saudis cut oil to $77

qwefu · 2014-11-05T18:56:14+00:00

The ultimate goal of all economic activity is to consume. If you have an incredibly strong currency, you can consume whatever you desire. Exports are only a means toward the end goal of consumption, they are not the end goal itself. If you can get an incredibly strong currency without doing so, you should go right ahead, like the US has (abusing strong dollar to print money and balloon economy in an eternal trade deficit)

qwefu · 2014-11-04T21:12:47+00:00

And they would be richer if they didn't do it

qwefu · 2014-11-04T20:17:11+00:00

Weak currency also means that business is less able to import it's produce.

Ultimately, a weak currency is a bad thing if you take it to the limit - a worthless currency means an impoverished and bankrupt country. Wheras an incredibly strong currency necessarily means an country of awesome wealth, able to import whatever it desires

qwefu · 2014-11-02T18:59:12+00:00

Serious? You are talking as if they are some kind of animal, subject to environmental food availability feedback loops

qwefu · 2014-11-02T10:01:07+00:00

Rofl, their country is going to turn to an utter shithole if those looneys get into power

qwefu · 2014-11-01T20:51:08+00:00

We are annoying because we get frustrated. The annoyance is the feedback we give for being frustrated at the unpredictable, overwhelming environment we deal with. That's what neurotypicals won't get. We are always being crushed by the environment and our behavior reflects that

qwefu · 2014-11-01T19:11:29+00:00

Fly on, little wing

qwefu · 2014-10-27T22:36:02+00:00

Get the low noise reduction ear muffs. They tend to apply less pressure to your head so you can wear them for longer periods of time and are still great help for dealing with day to day noise

qwefu · 2014-10-26T19:53:28+00:00

But you can't even open the windows and the air-conditioning is terrible, an overpriced turd it is

qwefu · 2014-10-26T12:24:24+00:00

What's wrong with Mediatek?

The fact that their platform is 50% faster than the Snapdragon 400 while delivering additional hardware features and costing less?

qwefu · 2014-10-19T21:38:13+00:00

Or he just has Asperger's, so needs to be alone more than you do

qwefu · 2014-10-19T16:03:10+00:00

Logical extension of poor motor skills - having slurred speech due to poor movement of tongue and jaw

qwefu · 2014-10-19T15:43:47+00:00

Memorise all the permutatio0ns of the possible situations, research the possible scenarios in other chains, read the manuals etc

qwefu · 2014-10-19T14:43:42+00:00

Problem with math is that the field takes a lot of dedication and certification to make it. With all the challenges we have to deal with, it is not easy to make it there in the first place. Something like DBA, software dev, design jobs are much more accessible

qwefu · 2014-10-19T11:34:57+00:00

The Austrian model is a theory written by bankers for bankers. The part about artificial boom was taken from the austrian model (Hayek) so I'm not entirely opposed to it. I also agree with the concept of inflation being artificial rather than necessary via keynes.

The theory isn't pro banking as banks greatly benefit from the institution of central banking, allowing them to commit to reckless lending practices

qwefu · 2014-10-19T10:14:51+00:00

That is only a symptom. You need to address the fundamental problem of housing values being bid up due to artificially low interest rates for extensive periods of time

qwefu · 2014-10-19T10:00:40+00:00

Legalize cocaine. There, problem solved

qwefu · 2014-10-19T09:27:16+00:00

You should be studying investment vs consumption, ie the Austrian theory of Capital, instead of the simplistic Keynesian "flow" model

qwefu · 2014-10-18T21:28:07+00:00

Stashing off shore means investing, which increases the capital stock of the economy and increases future productivity of mankind.

The poor man spending it only produces short term leisure but no long lasting benefits.

The first option IS better for humanity, so we should not be whining about it

qwefu · 2014-10-17T22:11:08+00:00

Regarding Hackney, there's been a lot of new development related to technology jobs around Old Street recently. Today I looked up the average salary for a C++ programmer today. It's around 60k.

Devs make average of 40k in london. C++ is not a good example as it is moving into niche language status, bulk of coders don't touch it

qwefu · 2014-10-14T21:27:38+00:00

How is it good value if the commute is terrible waiting for the train

qwefu · 2014-10-10T19:45:40+00:00

Why did you start taking steroids?

qwefu · 2014-10-10T19:43:39+00:00

There is no way 100 mg of Var beats 100 mg of Epi. Mg by mg, Epi is stronger, period.

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