[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Should collaborate with (real band) the Seratones.

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I remember when 5% unemployment was considered the target. And that we spent around a decade below the 2% inflation target.

The remaining inflation driver has been housing, which is experiencing structural issues, not necessarily what you want to try and fix with interest rates...

It's wild to me that the current employment and inflation numbers would be some of the best if we had them before 2000 but are being portayed here as recession indicators.

Waiting on the CPI release today...

Edit: CPI release was negative in June, Crazy! I guess the Fed can maybe cut rates if they wanted to... personally I think getting the 12-month CPI under 2.5% first would be appropriate.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-falls-in-june-for-first-time-since-2020-as-consumer-price-increases-continue-to-slow-123243293.html

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago

A bit of an elaboration on why water towers are used in combination with pumps. Pumps are great for moving a constant amount of water around at whatever rate the pump is designed for (e.g. a small pump will move something like 1 gallon per minute). a big enough pump (or series of smaller pumps) can cause that pumped water to consistently flow at that rate.

The problem is that people don't use water at a constant rate. In the morning, several residents probably all run the shower at the same time. if too many people open the water tap at the same time, a pump will give each just a fraction of what they expect.

But a water tank high up supplies water by gravity, you could open a large number of water taps, and as long as the pipes from the tank are big enough they'd all have the same pressure as if just one opened.

The water is gradually pumped up to the tank no matter if people are using it or not, then when many people want water, they all get it at expected pressures and the tank start to empty. Eventually people close the taps, the tank will slowly start to fill again from the pump.

This same basic design is also how water towers supply water to many single story buildings, it's not a unique engineering feat for skyscrapers, but an adjustment to fit somewhere within the building's footprint.

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

If you want a fun karaoke night, first song(s) need to be something that will get most everyone singing. Younger crowds: something like Tayor Swift "Shake It Off". Middle age crowds, something like Nirvana or Aerosmith. Older crowds any Beatles #1.

I personally like Cyprus Hill "Jump Around" if you're willing to learn it well enough beforehand as to not butcher the lyrics. I've seen Vanilla "Ice Ice Baby" also get a similar reaction of everyone knowing the song and enjoying it enough to give you kudos for choosing it.

After everyone's over the initial hesitation, go belt all your love songs and power ballads; but get the party started first.

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

For those not keeping up: this is the fallout from Erdogan ignoring economics and keeping interest rates low for years; only in the past year or so having conceding to reality and finally letting rates rise. They'll likely continue suffering fallout from his prior stance on interest rates for the remainder of the decade.

From last summer:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/economy/turkey-hikes-interest-rates/index.html

and

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/14/turkeys-erdogan-agrees-to-monetary-policy-turnaround-under-simsek.html

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Since the other reply was unhelpful: apps are supposed to have limited privileges and isolation from each other, yes... But the whole point of malware like this is that they figure out ways to break those restrictions and get escalated privileged.

You can get more technical detail from reading the report, in this case it looks like the app does not contain malware, but instead requests an update after install that contains the bad code and then breaks the app limitations and scans for the target banking applications and copies the security certificates.

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Closing legal crossings will almost certainly increase illegal ones...

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago
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May CPI release

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Nearly as scandalous as dancing!

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Or the violent video games, or gangster rap, or dungeons & dragons, or that rock n roll music...

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Same question, but for Big Red soda...

[-] whyrat@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

“The goal is to make the town progress by improving the resilience of its inhabitants,”

Sounds a bit like Stardew Valley?

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