Obligatory: The distro you run sucks. I don’t know which one you use, but it’s the wrong choice either way.

EDIT, disclaimer: I’m writing this using USD as a primary example, but it holds true for many other currencies as well.

Because it’s not as freely traded as the USD. The main reason behind USD being so stable is because it’s available “anywhere”. And the reason for this is because it was always freely traded and easily bought by “anyone”. This results in loads of countries having USD as a foreigner reserve. On top of this, US monetary policy (not to be confused with US economic policy) values stability over anything else, resulting in a sought after currency for long term holdings, thus increasing its price.

The Yuan could in theory serve as a world reserve currency as well, but faces some challenges:

• Yuan has traditionally not been as freely available, so there’s simply less of it going around.
• Chinese monetary prioritizes economic power over stability. Trumps whining about Chinese devaluing its currency isn’t completely without merit.
• A strong Chinese economy is a rather recent phenomenon, so there’s not a whole lot of stable history to point to as an argument for buying a huge amount of Yuan as forex reserve
• The currency is subject to whatever the CCP considers best for China, not the currency.

This results in Yuan not being as attractive as the USD. Combine this with it being in the interest of the CCP to keep the currency somewhat low (because that’s in the best interest of their export capacity), and you get a Yuan trading for significantly less than its potential.

I honestly don’t see this changing any time soon. Having the Yuan as the de facto world default currency is simply not a priority for neither China nor other countries. And the ones who control its value have a vested interest in keeping it low.

It is worth noting that a “cheap” currency that can be bought for 1000 jimjams on the dollar doesn’t make it a low value currency. The exchange rate itself does not determine value, only the price. Value of a currency is derived from (percieved) future prospects of the currency. If it’s more or less certain that you can buy 1000 jimjams for one dollar, gbp, or euro 50 years from now, that makes the jimjams a valuable currency, even if the relative exchange rate is high.

Dungeon Keeper comes to mind

Better headline: “Trump whining about NATO again, still not realizing that 66% of congress needs to approve it.”

He cannot be relied upon if Article 5 is invoked anyway, so all the other NATO countries are just waiting for him to keel over and die.

In the mean time, JATEC continues to coordinate doctrines, personnel keeps training, and the command structure remains.This too shall pass, despite of this ass.

I remember buying a CD set of FreeBSD 3.3 back in the day. Partially to support the project, and partially because the alternative was to download it over 33.6baud where I paid per minute.

Two sides of the same coin.
When I was in my 20s I had all the energy and creativity, but couldn’t afford the means to put them to good use.

Now in my 40s I have the necessary disposable income, but my energy has been zapped by trying to get on top of this adulting business. I still get a creative burst, but I have to manage my projects so that I can stick to something I’m actually able to complete.

I stumbled upon an updated version a while back; Davvn made a cover named 2002.

https://youtu.be/CJ21Eu4PNdU

Apart from “Jessica” being obsessed with mainstream popculture, I feel thoroughly attacked.

Yup. I remember a friend and I discussing various forms of freedoms: Freedom of speech, religion, privacy, etc. We tried to rank them by importance, and while I cannot remember our conclusions, I remember “Economic freedom” to be among the most important ones.

A person should have disposable income and freedom to spent it how they want.

Nobody tell Grimreaper@sopuli.xyz

A plane I was on crashed on its next trip. Air France 447. I flew from Paris to Brazil the day before, and I flew that route in one direction every five weeks for two years.

It was an eery feeling learning that “our” plane had gone missing (before the wreckage was found). But hey, I am now statistically immune to plane crashes.

Photo of C. Bukowski:

Violets are red
Roses are blue
When you open up photoshop
And fuck up the HUE

Depends on your budget, but… discovery flight lesson doesn’t cost a whole lot for an actual aircraft. I live in a somewhat expensive region, and it’s around 100 USD equivalent for an hour.

And if you know someone with a 3D printer, an RC aircraft can be built relatively cheaply (working on this myself, but I already had the radio and receiver)

Anyone know where I can find her works? For safekeeping, of course. It’d be a shame if someone were to spread it all over the internet…

Instructions unclear. I now have 30000 plumber appointments

I bet you’ve never proofread anything as much as you proofread that comment. Just like I did this one.

I’m controversial

You’ve ended up with +5 in my book, so you must be doing something right.

“At least the dems were taught a lesson”

Just got back from the movies. Loved it. And I’m relieved that they didn’t stray too far from the book. My 14 y.o. son also loved it, and he never read the book. He’s got ADHD and I’ve never seen him complete such a long movie, let alone in one sitting, before.

10/10, would recommend

ssh