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just shitposting. no alpha.

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@exec_sum He can still afford a Samsung galaxy

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@DRTnky It’s a mindset, not a financial issue. Mindset in the sense of the moving goalposts on quality of life for the kid - enrichment lessons ($$), private pre-schools ($$), organic food ($$), comfortability ($$), planning your retirement ($$), planning their retirement, like wut ($$)

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@michaelxpettis People need to be kept busy with work. Otherwise it breeds social and political instability

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@pandawatch88 How do they explain the 3x server cost?

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@AKL_019 Why do you think AI capex spending is rewarded for US tech but fudded to death for Chinese tech?

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@jameskwho Say what you want, but Carlyle still made a good profit when it sold supreme to VFC

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@poezhao0605 That's clearly due to lower token prices. Question is how much of it runs on indirect subsidies (company, govt) vs how much is structural (cheap energy, labor, capex, etc.)

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@DRTnky that's why it's called the rat race

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@DRTnky Don't get married earlier how to BTO earlier. Now even EC MOP is 15 years, so must start earlier if want to live the Singapore dream BTO->EC->Condo->Downgrade

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@DRTnky People like to feel important

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@thomasdggeddes Please share access

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@KseniiaBaziian No space

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@EdSander They are implementing Xi’s push for common prosperity

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@BrianTycangco Easy to spend, hard to monetize AI
1) Unlike the West, the Chinese do not have a habit of paying anything material for AI
2) Chinese govt is not in favour of sacking employees and replacing them with AI. Job instability = political instability

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@pandawatch88 Now do Japan

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@pandawatch88 When HSI or HSTECH, if ever?

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@Xeer 2026 is not over yet. Too early to conclude.

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@TGTM_Official So.... is HK part of China?

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@popsicle7631 Trust is still lacking towards chinese linked companies. Hard to see any non-Chinese companies using Alibaba

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@DRTnky ST using caifan as proxy for “average” meal cost is disingenuous. Should rename it “minimum”.