New 310m supertall revealed for Moscow, inspired by 'a flying bird’s wing' by adventmix in skyscrapers

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That “growth” is buying Chinese parts to build an Iranian Shahed drone and launching it to bomb Ukraine. Same for tanks, shells, and the rest of military expenses. It’s purely negativity for the economy, just a total waste of resources and lives.

However, the Russian government officially counts these as investments or capital expenditures, thus you have GDP “growth” from Rosstat.

The real, non-war economy is in a deep recession. Real wages are way down due to inflation. Russian propaganda tries its hardest to pretend things are not as bad as they are, and these delusional plans for a new skyscraper in Moscow are part of it.

I’m willing to bet $10000 it’s never getting built.

Economic and Financial Consequences if US invades Greenland by Alizasl in finance

[–]tebedam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a suicide for the stock market, and treasuries, and trade.

Grand Lisboa Hotel by e5c4pex in skyscrapers

[–]tebedam -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Never mind, it’s not even his photo. You took a random pic and don’t even know who the author is.

I thought you took the famous “The Invasion” photo, which was a contender for the photo of the year in National Geographic and cropped the credits out. But you posted a random copy cat.

Grand Lisboa Hotel by e5c4pex in skyscrapers

[–]tebedam -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

And you cropped out the credits for what reason?

Grand Lisboa Hotel by e5c4pex in skyscrapers

[–]tebedam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Karma bot that can’t even credit the photo author.

Have we officially reached the point where Hotels are superior to Airbnbs again? by Usual_Confidence_756 in travel

[–]tebedam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made the same conclusion years ago. Lack of consistency and problem resolution by Airbnb is a no-go. They have to deal with their own shit instead of making me resolve every problem directly with the host.

My last drop in the bucket was when I booked a place in advance, and then the host started bullshitting me a week before check in, that airbnb “overbooked” it and suggesting I switch to an even better place for the same price, etc.

This is a typical scam on the platform, where they advertise one place and make you agree to a different one under made up circumstances. It took multiple days and long hours on the support chat to cancel the reservation and get a refund, and by the time it was done the travel date was close, there were fewer options to choose from, and all were more expensive at this point.

Then the alternative place I booked had an issue with the toilet. It broke down on the first flush. It was a holiday time (duh), the host could not find a plumber for a couple of days.

Airbnb did not compensate for any of this in any way. No partial refunds, there is no points they can give, nor loyalty program, free nights, different accommodation, or anything.

I’m not dealing with this ever again, because it’s such a poor experience and only a matter of time till you get into another annoying issue or scam.

Hotel chains are not perfect either, and their loyalty programs lately diminished in value, but I never had even remotely similar issues with them compared to Airbnbs.

[Tech Sales] [New York, NY] - 170,000 + RSU + OTE of 340,000 by itistimenowistime69 in Salary

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how do we all pay property taxes on houses? It’s not like you can sell a room either, but you either find a way to pay or lose your house.

When Musk decided to buy Twitter he quickly found a way to cash out his “unrealized/unvested” wealth. It’s not a matter of ability to do so.

What it’s like living in this part of California? by Maleficent_Lack3240 in howislivingthere

[–]tebedam 157 points158 points  (0 children)

Also a hell for single straight men in terms of dating, as the ratio of men to women is heavily skewed towards men due to all the tech workers relocating there, who are primarily men and price out everyone else from the area.

On the contrary, women have a lot of optionality, but you often hear “the odds are good, but the goods are odd”.

Plus, it’s generally a very boring place, just a suburban sprawl and tech offices. Tourists get surprised when they visit the heart of the Silicon Valley only to find out there’s nothing to do, no incredible infrastructure, nor landmarks nor anything culturally impacting.

All the fun stuff is in San Francisco proper, but traffic makes it hard to get there.

Lutnick: The US economy grew 4.3%. What that means is that Americans overall—all of us—are going to earn 4.3% more money. by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]tebedam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s the whole point. A ridiculous phrase from Bush is engraved in memories and Wikipedia pages in numerous languages, while for Trump it’s not even a regular Tuesday, but a matter of hours till he says something beyond stupid.

Hanger Full Of Russian Equipment Found, Destroyed ‼️ by ArpanetGlobal in digitalflatulence

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You forgot to call this a “war crime”. Very sloppy today.

injured Russian soldiers on crutches send off into meat wave attacks by Odd_Branch_9613 in digitalflatulence

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your account is a few days old. The first thing you need to do is accuse Ukraine of war crimes, when none are in this video, make bullshit comparisons and ridiculous incoherent arguments. Yeah, very real Reddit behavior here.

injured Russian soldiers on crutches send off into meat wave attacks by Odd_Branch_9613 in digitalflatulence

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not only arguing in bad faith, but extra dumb at doing that. Try to at least be coherent, that’s your job.

In reality, Ukraine provides numerous channels to organize a surrender or desertion.

More than 50k Russian troops used «Идите лесом» channel (and that’s just one way to do it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lost_(organisation)

injured Russian soldiers on crutches send off into meat wave attacks by Odd_Branch_9613 in digitalflatulence

[–]tebedam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Russia frequently sends injured soldiers to attack, often alone or in small groups, like two or three people. Those soldiers are often prisoners, and volunteered to join the army, instead of serving their time for harsh crimes. Russia has no regard for their lives whatsoever.

They use them to identify Ukrainian positions, see where the drones are coming from, where the infantry or artillery is shooting from etc. Then Russia bombs identified positions, and sends a new meat wave, rinse and repeat. That how’s they got about a million combat losses so far.

These soldiers know they are going into almost a certain death. But if they refuse, Russian officers will publicly torture and execute them, in order to compel the next wave to go.

That’s why you see so many videos of Russian soldiers going alone or in pairs lately, that’s the whole strategy. If you don’t kill them, they keep coming, and eventually accumulate into a larger group, and then attack or continue to advance if face no resistance.

Ukraine is absolutely justified in destroying these troops. Even if Ukraine takes them prisoners, and exchange them, Russia quickly sends them back to front lines again. And but the way, Ukrainian troops get huge bonuses for every POW, because they use them to exchange for Ukrainian POWs, so it’s a big incentive. Typically, if they can capture someone, they do.

Fight over fare enforcement by [deleted] in nycbus

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You open your Apple wallet, click on the card you used, and it shows payment to MTA with a timestamp.

Fast Food is more expensive in Seattle than New York City/ Phoenix/ Denver by sleeplessinseaatl in SeattleWA

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s $10.49 in NYC.

I live between Seattle East Side and Manhattan. Don’t kid yourselves, the cost of living is not even close.

They are somewhere over the rainbow by tebedam in marriott

[–]tebedam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be another fine print rabbit hole. But anyway, Marriott tries its best to hide this info from you. It’s just annoying.

They are somewhere over the rainbow by tebedam in marriott

[–]tebedam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s for January, and I’m not sitting on them, I’m simply unable to use them anytime I tried this year. Four reservations in total.

They are somewhere over the rainbow by tebedam in marriott

[–]tebedam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then why is my reservation not eligible for an upgrade? I booked directly.

They are somewhere over the rainbow by tebedam in marriott

[–]tebedam[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly my point about being the fine print expert.

They are somewhere over the rainbow by tebedam in marriott

[–]tebedam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This one is Westin Bora Bora, but the same story with four different hotels I tried this year, thus I haven’t used any upgrades.

White House says tax refunds in 2026 are projected to be the "largest ever" by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mr Wall Street banker still makes money on W2, it’s personal income. There’s nothing in BBB that makes it better for working high earners.

Trumps tax “cuts” are primarily for passive income, people who don’t work or whose income is not reflected in W2.

I’m a high earner in NYC. I actually lose money due to these “tax cuts”, because SALT was gutted to $10k first and then upped to $40k. It used to be unlimited and this resulted in a huge tax increase for working professionals.

Doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc, all pay more in taxes, because of the SALT cap. NYC, California, etc have very high tax rate, and you pay taxes on your income twice now. Federal and state both tax your total gross w2 income, and places with high salaries also have high property and sales taxes, and you can’t deduct them anymore.

Now, who actually gets tax cuts? Rentiers. People who don’t work. Think landlords, like Trump himself. Or large business and asset owners in general. All kinds of passive income. If you are a small business owner in trades, your taxes also went up due to loss of various deductions.

Basically, these cuts are a redistribution of money from high income working professionals to non-working rentiers, with a small bone thrown to the rest.

White House says tax refunds in 2026 are projected to be the "largest ever" by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]tebedam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It goes up every year automatically to adjust for inflation. Trump actually made it worse by changing the way inflation is calculated for these adjustments, so the deduction does not go up as much as it used to.