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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 58 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

their copium now is that its going up at a slower pace biaoqing-copium

not the prices itself but that rise of prices is going up slower ( 289.4% in May compared to 287.9% in April).

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 57 points 4 months ago

Nerds love second order derivative arguments.

"It's still increasing but the rate at which it's increasing is going down"

Or, as people who don't have a lanyard cutting off oxygen to their brain correctly perceived it, shits still going up.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

"We're still heading off the cliff at insane speed, but the rate of acceleration has somewhat slowed"

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Aka we're approaching terminal velocity

[-] Crassus@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago

Luckily soon we will slow down very quickly

[-] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 months ago

Nixon made a similar argument once. It’s the 3rd derivative since inflation is the first derivative of a currency’s buying power.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_derivative#Economic_example

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Just keep taking derivatives and eventually you'll find one going in the direction you want.

[-] qaopjlll@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago
[-] Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Hah, yeah.

But on a real-world data set, even if the underlying phenomenon is e^x, you'll keep amplifying sample noise until the derivatives are basically random. Assuming you even have enough data to keep taking derivatives.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Capitalism is a religion, not an economic system.

Is it any coincidence that the only somewhat tolerable places to live under capitalism are ones that don’t treat capitalism as gospel?

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

It's weird how the same scenario applies with religion. You can have a place where a majority of a population is religious or even the same religion but it turns out the best outcome is pairing that with secular government policy and implementation.

[-] ICEMAN@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

By this rate we will hit the 2% goal in 2 centuries! Suck it commies

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