This is why the US is so great. You debase the dollar, the whole world suffers, and you can still claim "we've outperformed our peers". Fantastic.

The dollar traded at pretty stable levels through the 2020-2024 period, and most countries that could did similar things to their currencies as we did.

To be clear, it doesn't make sense to say "the dollar traded at pretty stable levels". You need an FX pair to make sense.

There are three big, floating currencies in the world: USD, EUR, and JPY. These currencies are overwhelming used for international trade. The USD<->EUR FX rate has been quite stable (~1.10) for about 10 years. However, the JPY<->USD FX rates has risen dramatically since 2022.

To be clear, it's obvious I'm saying across a basket of all FX pairs, the US traded at pretty stable levels. There is no sign at all of debasement.

JPY, likewise, has performed terribly against a basket of all FX pairs.

JPY is the outlier.

One look at a currency prices chart disproves the "debasing" theory.

I had to disable touch control on mine (gen 4) as it would detect touches from the pillow I was resting my head on.

The most annoying part is there are some buttons already on the phones for connectivity so the could have added more for basic functions.

You forgot that UTC (or timekeeping in general) itself is a diff.

Oh that's a great point! We have achieved diff^5 at last!

Now that I think of it, we could even stretch it one more level. In practice UTC is "realized" as a "best of" diff to atomic clocks in labs around the world, which are themselves diff against a fixed time point, as you pointed out. So that realization technically changes when the official UTC bulletin[1] is published by BIPM. So diff^6!

[1] https://www.bipm.org/en/time-metrology

Yes, but, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere, amiriiight??

Can we bring relativity in for another diff :)

Don’t forget using GPS to get the time and tell you if you’ve crossed time zones

So would that be diff ^ 10?

Shredchain? Veracity by Proof of Shredding.

Intriguing comment! What do you mean by truth?

#1 on the list⁰! (But I don't blame you)

⁰. https://gist.github.com/timvisee/fcda9bbdff88d45cc9061606b4b...

“The average days is longer than 24 hours” is always a fun one.

Wait, where is it? Stop teasing us!

Those sites exist, but candidates are ghosted anyways, even if you give "the correct" answer for all questions.

This is fantastic! I'm doing a little road trip soon and will surely try to catch some of those landmarks, especially the ones around Kaikoura.

Website reminds me of https://waterfalls.co.nz too.