Basically what the title says. When I read what it was about, I thought, 'oh interesting, a nuanced take on divorce in the modern age'. But boy oh boy was it a cringefest. They've used Maddy's charm to show his character Arya's toxic masculinity, body shaming, classism, misogyny, making fun of house help, his driver, fat shaming and what not, under the guise of "haha he's a quirky guy, you hate him but you love him" character. Surveen's character is no less problematic.

I was so disappointed with the show. Netflix should know that talking about ovulation and sex doesn't make the show mature smh. Can't believe this came from the same streaming platform that hat gave us 2 good seasons of Sex Education lol. I think Indian creators are yet to crack the horror and comedy genres in a mature way.

Probably the only line I "liked" in the whole series, is when Maddy's driver says "jinko apna caste pata nahi woh sab forward caste hi hote hai" - like it was surprisingly nuanced for such a crappy show.

What are your thoughts?

Edit: title of the show

Not really a hot take here but I think the BCH price is not really attached to reality.

I'm of the opinion that EVERYTHING but particularly BCH gets hit when BTC is manipulated or some welfare baby CEO tweets.

The last 2 years or so one would have probably made the biggest return if one had invested in Exchange Tokens like BNB, CRO or CEX. However these tokens also seem to be tightly connected to the price of BTC.

Well we saw another bullshit dip. (Fed policy changing should INCREASE the price of crypto if the market was rational but it is not rational because of all the interconnectedness of it all)

Well during this recent dip the SmartBCH DEX tokens didn't dip immediately and didn't dip very much when they did they did so in a delayed manner.

(Tango, EBEN, Mist)

None of these DEX tokens that I am aware of are traded on non SmartBCH exchanges so they were insulated from the contagion.

THOUGHTS?

The great decoupling refers to the claim that wages and productivity decoupled from one another in around 1971.

This data is often used by people on the left to show that workers are being denied their fair share of the growth in productivity we have witnessed over the last 50 years. Capitalism is showing its fundamental failings, we need to try something different, so the claim goes.

I am a follower of the Austrian School of Economics, and so I believe that using empirical metrics to discover such phenomena is an irredeemably flawed method.

However, even on the empirical economists own terms, their data is downright misleading.

First of all, the value of fringe benefits - health insurance, pension contributions etc - is completely ignored in the data. This is significant because such benefits make up a larger portion of employees' remuneration package than they did 40 years ago (10% vs 19%). The data is completing missing out on a crucial element of worker's pay.

Second of all, the economists use two different metrics to adjust the data for inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used to adjust worker pay, while another metric (normally the GDP deflation metric) is used to adjust productivity. Harvard economist Martin Feldstein noted in 2008 that it is misleading to use different deflation metrics.

Specifically, the CPI tends to over-estimate the rate of inflation in any given year. Between 1970 and 2006, the CPI rose at an average rate of 4.3%, while the GDP deflator showed a rise of just 3.8%, a difference which adds up over the course of 36 years. As a result, the data is showing real increases in wages as mere inflation.

A study by the name of Wage growth and productivity growth: the myth and reality of "decoupling", conducted by Joao Paulo Pessoa and John Van Reenen found that "decoupling has been overstated and cannot be used to justify redressing the balance between wages and profits" (Source). This study looked at both the US and UK from 1972 - 2010 and found no decoupling between wages and productivity.

Once again, reality comports nicely with economic theory. Theory suggests employers cannot afford to not continue to reimburse their workers at a rate that is equal to their marginal rate of productivity, because competitors in the labor market would offer a higher rate in order to outcompete them.

TL;DR

BTC and ETH Control the market. BTC controls the entire market, and this is a gross overgeneralization, but ETH is one of the best indicators for the altcoin market as a whole. The fact that loopring is having an incredible run today and a couple days ago while BTC and ETH are both falling (along with most of the market) is long term INCREDIBLY bullish.

This means demand is through the roof, and when the overall market picks back up LRC will probably go absolutely bonkers.

It’s interesting to see both BTC and ETH basically trading side ways for an extended period, while others like AAVE, ATOM, LUNA, etc are doing +5-10% (24hr) during the same time frame.

Previously, we have seen AMP follow BTC in a general way. There are exceptions to AMPs movement, but I’m hopeful we could be seeing a transition from investors blindly following BTC and ETH, and actually investing in projects with real world use like AMP.

Maybe we’re moving into a new phase of crypto investing.

Edit: I’ll throw out there that I don’t believe the market is decoupled or that it will happen today or tomorrow. But we may be seeing the initial baby steps of that process. Having one single asset define if a market is going up or down is obviously not healthy and something I don’t believe will be sustained.

Edit 2: 30 Day comparison

BTC: -17% LUNA:+40% ATOM: +35% MATIC:+15% AAVE: +10%

This is purely for discussion and interesting nonetheless that we can see positive movement in crypto assets even with negative movement by BTC. Now there are surely coins/tokens moving with BTC at the moment as well (ie AMP: -15%) but it’s great to see mid level assets like these moving on their own based upon individual project developments and growth.

After spending most of the summer months being sedentary, I restarted my fitness journey with a focus on weightlifting. Initially, my primary goal was to lose weight, but I changed that to losing body fat percentage and building muscle after some weeks.

I'm 158cm (about 5'2) and fluctuate between 58 to 60kg. Although I'm not that tall, my body looks somewhat stocky (I don't mean this in a negative way, it's just not the typical narrow petite frame associated with being short).

This might not sound relevant for some of you but I think race also plays a part in my insecurity. I'm Black, and I've noticed from my short time looking at the fitness world that generally slenderness and litheness is associated with whiteness/paleness. Black people in fitness are expected to be huge and stocky with visibly developed muscles, while White people are generally free the explore the whole spectrum of looks.

I still want to lose some weight overall, but I'm trying to lose this mentality that I need to look narrower because of my height. When I look at athletes like Simone Biles, it reminds me that it's very possible to have a wider frame naturally regardless of height.

Mentalities are not easy to break, especially when I know I'm being influenced by greater trends outside my control, but I want to do the best for my body without feeling I need to have a certain, more slender body type.

Has anyone experienced this issue and have found ways to overcome it?

This is extremely bullish. Stocks in the US are down 1.5% (S&P 500) while BTC is up 1.7%. Decoupling is critical for Bitcoin to reach new highs.

I can’t lie, I really got into Monero from this sub and xmrtrader. I got really sold on the fact that people here seemed to genuinely be behind its privacy, use cases, and potential as a true currency instead of a speculative asset as so many cryptos are. And for the most part, I haven’t minded the fact that it’s traded generally sideways with some bumps and dips in between for the better part of the year because I too have bought in to its aforementioned positive aspects.

But i can’t help but to wonder how Monero, or i suppose any cryptocurrency, can have “value” in the pedestrian sense of the word, tied to something other than fiat. If Monero is the pinnacle of privacy and decentralization, what needs to happen for it be decoupled from fiat? What would it take for people to simply say that 1 XMR = 1 XMR? To my knowledge, a lot of Monero transactions are not kyc, and wholly anonymous, so why/how can a fiat market price even be accurately determined? Maybe there’s an easy answer for this and I’m a noob, but I’d appreciate if you smart folks can clue me in as to how we as holders and adopters of Monero can begin to break it away from fiat.

For a new campaign I'm planning to run I've been flirting with the idea of decoupling racial feats from races, aside from where they directly interact with racial abilities like halfling luck. Are there are potential balance issues I should keep in mind? The campaign is supposed to be somewhat high-powered anyway.

The feat which sparked this question was infernal constitution, which a player wanted for her changeling.

Edit: most people seem to agree this shouldn't cause balance issues, thank you for your answers!

Traditionally bitcoin has experienced a bear market surrounding each halving event, and in the past most alt coins have been coupled/linked to the same bull/bear cycles as bitcoin. With crypto in general becoming much more known and accepted, and with so many new and exciting projects backed by intelligent minds and more money than ever during this web 3 boom, do you think more alt coins will not follow the traditional bear market cycle bitcoin may experience in the coming years? I feel there might be too much momentum in the alt coin sector to allow the bitcoin market to affect alt coin markets like there has been in past cycles.

I dunno how to elaborate on the question nut for some reason in my mind decoupling warp (most probably hydrolically) and tuning it would decrease the twisting forces on the chassis

What do you think?

I'm writing a tool to monitor an obscure UPS. The tool will include an optional GUI (PySide6 for now). There will be only one executable, but I'd like to decouple the GUI from the backend stuff.

I could write some Classes, use singletons, and then get/set the attributes. Write an API is uncharted territory for me. If there's a standard, recommended, and/or fashionable way, I'd like to hear about it, please.

Thank you for your time.

We’re entering uncertain times and it seems crypto is highly correlated to the stock market, specially in downturns. When de risking is going on, that correlation goes to 1 for the most part. Crypto is also tied in to fed actions and inflation. Fed tapering and ultimate rate hikes will affect the crypto market in a horrible way. It’s a highly speculative asset and when monetary policy tightens people flock to the dollar or gold. We keep seeing crypto is the future because the dollar is losing value and feds are printing too much, yet crypto is very much tied in to the USD. If there was a potential for decoupling from other assets what would it look it?

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OVERVIEW

• Market Insight: Decoupling
• Market update (BTC, SOL, LUNA, EGLD)
• Major Market News ( CRO, CTK, FTT, 1INCH)
• Notable Events (CRO, ASTAR, KASH)
• NOOBIES: Dr. Gavin Wood

Market Insight: Decoupling

Crypto markets continue to chug along while the stock market struggles. The S&P 500 is down -5.06% since hitting new highs on Nov 22nd. Stocks have been hit hard with news of monetary policy change and Omnicron, the newest Covid variant. A 5% decrease in stocks is considered a significant drop. Volume is increasing significantly during the selloff which adds to the intensity of the drop. The volatility index (VIX) is up to 31.13 in a 9-month high.

In the same period TOTAL (Total crypto market) has remained flat. Some major Altcoins have been strong in the past week. (LUNA +50%, ALGO +5.6, ETH +5.4%, MATIC +12.6%).

S&P 500 1D chart

Breaking from historic fashion, the crypto market is continuing to show strength despite stock market lulls. It may be too early to talk about decoupling of the stock market and crypto, but the past week has added a lot of promise to the proposition. There is growing evidence that some investors are seeking alternate investment vehicles due to stock market fears and other markets such as real estate are reaching extreme valuations. It’s early but the signs are promising. If more investors start entering the space, prices and volatility could increase quickly. Below is the SPY vs TOTAL chart (total crypto market), which will be an interesting chart to keep an eye on for the upcoming weeks. The downtrend on this chart began in Mar 2020, showing crypto as a better investment since that point. A break in this trend could help signal when a crypto bull market is over.

SPY vs TOTAL crypto market cap

Market Update

• · Bitcoin (BTC) continues to fluctuate between the 59k resistance and a well-tested trendline that currently sits around the 56k area. BTC currently at 56.8k
• · Ethereum (ETH) is showing signs of being oversold on the daily charts after a 15% run-up in 5 days. A lot of news has been coming out of ETH recently and volume seems to be increasing. ETH has high potential of reaching new highs if the strong market continues. Expect a pos

For the past years, the crypto market was closely correlated to the stock market. When Covid first emerged, even blue chips projects such as BTC and ETH drilled so hard they erased several months/years worth of growth.

But the recent sell-off caused by the Omicron variant has been different : while everything is bleeding right now, ETH is holding strong. That can only mean one thing : whales and institutions believe that the Ethereum network has an immense growth opportunity ahead, and they're putting their money where their mouth is.

Take the last 5 trading days. The S&P 500 is now down -2,14%, as I'm writing this, and the Nasdaq is down -1,28%. In the broader market, things are even worse : the Russell 2000 ETF (a worldwide index) is now down a whopping -6,41% since November 23th.

Now, let's take a look at ETH prices during the same period : it's up 8,94%! It even went above +12% this morning before retracing a little bit. And as I am writing this, ETH prices continue to go up, while the S&P 500 is still falling down.

The narrative around crypto, and ETH in particular, is changing. Smart money knows it's the best growth opportunity of the decade, and they are stacking up even when things look bleak on the market. This is an incredibly bullish sign, and I hope that everyone here will act accordingly.

TL;DR : Screw the stock market, go all-in on crypto, and ETH in particular.

Hi guys,

I'm using Laravel for a sizeable project, but have found that occasionally I review code that has a method on a Model that directly references a relationship, or a service to pull loosely related data.

Specifically here is an example of a method on my User model.

public function hasNegativeBalance(): bool 
{
    $balance = app()->make(\App\BalanceService::class)->getBalance($this->id);
    
    return $balance < 0; 
} 

The getBalance() method is a bit complicated and we can't easily use a relationship in this instance. Therefore this code is accessing a Service and doing a balance lookup using the user's id $this->id

This service is not injected to the model, so it suffers from being a tight coupling, although Laravel's make() method does somewhat decouple it, i'm not a fan of having this kind of logic in the model.

If I were writing this myself, I'd not be using accessor on the model, and instead would inject the service directly in to the controller method that needs to make use of the user balance, and write the negativeBalance check elsewhere, but I also totally get how having $user->hasNegativeBalance() is a very useful, and descriptive shortcut.

What are your general thoughts on this? Would you write a model accessor like this which contains some coupled logic, or would you try and keep it de-coupled, and sacrifice the model accessor in favour of a service injection and a custom method on the controller? (or similar).

Thanks!

Where I work, we use a lot of Markdown and Confluence pages for documentation. I have wanted to introduce org-mode, but am always met with some (justified) resistance. We're talking about introducing a programming editor to mid-senior level programmers. That is a very tough sell. I've been keeping my eyes open for possible alternatives, like org-mode for VS Code and org-mode for Vim. I think this presentation given at the Emacs Conference a couple of days ago captures the "spirit" of what would be needed to get others who insist on using the "lesser editors" to use org-mode. https://emacsconf.org/2021/talks/org-outside/

Stocks futures sinking this morning while Bitcoin soaring.