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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Blast from the past, we're kinda behind the times here in Sweden

Hidden crypto mine found in Swedish hospital (link in Swedish)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

I hate how it is called mining, like it is digging up some resource from the earth. While it is just an advanced calculator.

Imagine they found a hidden iron ore mine (That is what I recall being mined in Sweden, if anybody knows something more interesting, like some precious stones, please inform me (looking at this gold/silver could also work)) under a hospital. But nope, just a hidden datacenter.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

a twitter thread by sv ceo where comment section wants to do some recreational union busting, political assassinations and automating away longshoremen (lmao) over checks notes black friday bringing slightly less profit to mass retailers. to which i say, fuck your black friday then

and he says that it'll affect elections? specifically in "don't do anything visible in interest of unions or trump will win" kinda way? what kinda madhouse is this americans explain https://xcancel.com/typesfast/status/1836498432510562788#m

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is this the Flexport(?) guy? They're YC funded I believe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

yeah so it seems

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Ah, late stage capitalism at its finest.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

From an article about a boutique brand that sells books to rich people:

Assouline has made its name publishing tomes that sell for $1,000 or more.

Oh, so they publish textbooks.

"They represent stealth wealth, intended to tell you what your hosts are about and to provide visual evidence: that the owners are people of wealth, education and taste."

🎶 Please allow me to introduce myself 🎶

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I just learned about this “wonderful” little item too

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@froztbyte Your term of art in economics to describe this shitbaggery is "Veblen goods": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

"a type of luxury good… for which the demand increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Of course the books are just vapid art books or travel books.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying that they've got books worth at least a grand which their owners are literally using to flaunt their wealth?

I'm legally obligated to say stealing is legally and morally wrong buuuuuuuut

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

@BlueMonday1984 Betcha the authors aren't getting paid industry-normal royalties (10-15% of net receipts) on those Veblen goods …

(A few of my novels have been sold as limited-run signed first editions. Typically for 50%-100% more than the normal hardcover price, so maybe 3-5% as much as this nonsense. Cost of goods for a leatherbound, gilt-trimmed luxury edition is maybe $5-10, plus 10% of the cover price for the author. So someone in the middle is making serious bank.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

According to the Fed's 2022 Economic Well- Being of U.S. Households survey released Monday, some 37% of Americans lack enough money to cover a $400 emergency expense, up from 32% in 2021. That means nearly one in four consumers would have to use credit, turn to family, sell assets, or get a loan in order to cover any major unexpected cost. And when asked about non-emergency expenses, 18% of Americans said the largest expense they could cover using only their savings was under $100.

now where did I leave my hammer and sickle

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