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(DIR) Post #At5lwQIJ7eSUxNpvCy by stux@mstdn.social
2025-04-14T19:58:59Z
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Iām just gonna put it out here:If something goes down 10% and then up 10% again you are not where you startedThe 10% increase is on a smaller amount 100 - 10 = 90 + 9 = 99This also applies to the stock markets for example
(DIR) Post #At5mMMuWKETFzY5916 by dennishoward@mstdn.social
2025-04-14T20:03:36Z
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@stux I had a boss once who absolutely could not understand this!
(DIR) Post #At5mRafUbOxu6lXiZk by christopherbrown@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T20:04:38Z
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@stux Funny how mathematics works. š¤·š¼āāļø
(DIR) Post #At5mWRLMhMiKdVROUa by PH7831@pouet.chapril.org
2025-04-14T20:05:12Z
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@stux 200% agree ! š
(DIR) Post #At5miNiK1GlwqzsB0q by antijingoist@masto.hackers.town
2025-04-14T20:07:32Z
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@stux Chocolate rations have been increased to 20 grams a week. š
(DIR) Post #At5nXOLJROlZZaQxma by stux@mstdn.social
2025-04-14T20:16:49Z
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@dennishoward oh gawd, and thats the boss you must take orders from š
(DIR) Post #At5njmzxb7c3W3MGlU by stux@mstdn.social
2025-04-14T20:19:05Z
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@christopherbrown I freaking love math š Such an handy way of life in many ways
(DIR) Post #At5oKdsWT6N1wgS5uS by gmarcosanti@mastodon.uno
2025-04-14T20:25:45Z
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@stux 5/3 of people don't understand fractions.
(DIR) Post #At5oZ00QzlWOcwzynw by peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv
2025-04-14T20:28:22Z
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@stux math gymnastics might be fun, but entirely useless. No one considers 401k still be a valid thing. Every day survival is more important.China response will be multi layered and harsh. Weaponry it has prepared for this moment is massive. There will be almost nothing left of America economy in few years.
(DIR) Post #At5oZkEt6MPo167Aie by ranx@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T20:28:28Z
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@stux I know that, I'm an accountant. š
(DIR) Post #At5sQydWbR2NsbiHJo by christopherbrown@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T21:11:38Z
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@stux When I worked retail, I had a guy argue with me that 10% off meant $10 off, absolutely. š¬
(DIR) Post #At5uGHEFKvwuGWumjQ by iuculano@masto.ai
2025-04-14T21:32:05Z
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@stux Exactly.I use the 20% example:If something costs $100 and it's price goes down 20%, the product now costs $80.If that $80 price goes up by 20%, the new price becomes $96.Going from $80 back to $100 would be an increase of 25%
(DIR) Post #At5vFmWVbBAuzLmi4e by filmfreak75@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T21:43:20Z
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@stux as a country, we've been failing at math for generations
(DIR) Post #At5vMznedRUQByFDMG by stux@mstdn.social
2025-04-14T21:44:39Z
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@iuculano Those numbers work even better! :cat_hug_triangle:
(DIR) Post #At5vU30B82AK9MSt3A by iuculano@masto.ai
2025-04-14T21:45:50Z
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@stux Thank you, stux :)
(DIR) Post #At66LDJ2Y03OzuHGrI by clusterfcku@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T23:47:33Z
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@stux if you're a pension fund and have to sell holdings on the way down (which someone else buys) and later spent those same dollars to buy back on the way up (which someone else sold you) and the market is fully back where it was before, these percentages don't matter. But you lost a piece of your holdings and somebody else made a ton. This does not even include the transaction costs, which is friction on top of it.
(DIR) Post #At7B3nvgL1lGIapVlw by profdc9@mastodon.social
2025-04-15T12:15:07Z
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@stux (1-x)(1+x)=1-x^2