Cronomy

[Akhilesh Mishra @livingdevops]

Dennis Ritchie created C in the early 1970s without Google, Stack Overflow, GitHub, or any AI ( Claude, Cursor, Codex) assistant.

- No VC funding.
- No viral launch.
- No TED talk.
- Just two engineers at Bell Labs. A terminal. And a problem to solve.

He built a language that fit in kilobytes.

50 years later, it runs everything.

Linux kernel. Windows. macOS.

Every iPhone. Every Android.

NASA’s deep space probes.

The International Space Station.

> Python borrowed from it.
> Java borrowed from it.
> JavaScript borrowed from it.

If you have ever written a single line of code in any language, you did it in Dennis Ritchie’s shadow.

He died in 2011.
The same week as Steve Jobs.
Jobs got the front pages.
Ritchie got silence.

This Legend deserves to be celebrated.

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

The 2026 World Cup draw looks random, but it really isn’t.

With forced hosts, confederation limits, and bracket placement for the top seeds, some teams are way more likely to get grouped together than others.

Here's the outcome of 1 million simulated draws under FIFA’s rules.

[Ricardo Hausmann @ricardo_hausman]

Delighted with the choice of Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for the Econ Nobel. Mokyr reconstructed the history of technological innovation. Aghion and Howitt elaborated on the mechanism. Schumpeter would be happy.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Still hearing a lot about “Blue Zones” being the secret to longevity.

But the theory was debunked a while ago.

Areas of the world with people claiming to be 110+ years old are actually just places with poor record keeping and a lot of pension fraud.

When official birth certificates are introduced, supercentenarian claims disappear…

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

@dataspekt Zanimljivo da mirovine 1. izgleda nisu faktor.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Every policy wonk: broaden the tax base to pay for lower rates.

Politicians: Completely agree. With just one exception for tips. And domestic manufacturing. And people in high tax states. And overtime. And first-time home buyers. And social security. And small businesses…

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

2026 World Cup hosts

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Index se izgubio u prijevodu pa je "smanjena potražnja" dovela do rasta cijena (stanarina), što je naravno nemoguće. 🤨
U izvornom članku "pent-up demand" opisuje brzi porast potražnje nakon period suzdržane ili odgođene potražnje.

https://t.co/6IuMcdzvl7

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Inter fans this week

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Uf. Major cringe.
O čemu ovaj drobi više? Ekonomske misli ko da dolaze iz nekog narodnjaka. Za raju.

Ne hvala.
https://t.co/fIjN2ZulkJ

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

(3/3) Nije pogrešno ni loše što se najviše oporezuje potrošnja. Dapače.
Ali ispravna (iskrena?) diskusija o poreznoj reformi krenula bi raspravom o poreznoj baze te ONDA stopama i razredima da bi se prikupio potrebni prihod.
I 19% PDV je realno moguć sa durgačijom poreznom bazom.

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

(1/3) Diskusije o porezima u Hr (pogrešno) poistovjećuju dohodak samo sa plaćom, pa ispada da je porez na dohodak samo porez na rad.
Iako plaća je veliki dio dohotka, svakako nije jedino što spada u osobni dohodak. Pogotovo ne u Hrvatskoj.

Mali ispravci:
https://t.co/SVRy9SR2CU

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

(2/3)
"Hrvatska u EU-u ima najniži udio prihoda od poreza na dohodak u svim poreznim prihodima"... jer je baza namjerno uža.

"Na ukupan prihod od poreza na dohodak, osim visine poreznih stopa, utječe i visina plaća"... i drugih oblika dohotka..."na koje se ti porezi naplaćuju."

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

These are two halves of the same island.

Institutions matter.

[Ja Zmaj @jazmaj1]

Meanwhile in Croruptia...

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Drugo bitno za istaknuti je da se vrlo vjerojatno ne radi o "poreznom kaosu" nego o namjernoj poreznoj politici prema (ne)oporezivanju dohotka od privatnog iznajmljivanja sa ciljem kupovanja političkih poena, socijalnog mira, bezidejnosti i neambicioznosti u ekonomskoj politici.

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Solidan rezime možda i najvažnije porezne teme u Hr. Jedino je zaključak promašen.
Osobni dohodak od iznajmljivanja u turizmu treba ući u poreznu prijavu i oporezivati po stopama poreza na dohodak. Baš. Kao. I. Plaće.
Euro je euro je euro princip.

https://t.co/BI8yL2nPY2

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Iako su nominalne plaće

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Evo o plaćama za vrijeme AP. Koristeći @dataspekt rad o inflaciji po decilima. Dakle:
1) bruto prosječne plaće (ne neto!)
2) realna plaća (ona bitna za kupovnu moć)
3) Nov 2016 = 100 kad je AP počeo vladati
4) pred-pandemijskim trend pokazuje okvirno razinu plaća prije pandemije

[Cronomy @CronomyOrg]

Iako su nominalne plaće sada iznad svog trenda prije pandemije za sve decile, realne plaće su ispod trenda prije pandemije za niže decile (2.,3.,4.),
a za više decile (5. i iznad) su se tek vratile na trend.