They don't get to record it as revenue, but they do get to sit on the cash, earning interest etc on it. Companies loooove gift cards. It's free money.
For a company health perspective, it's better to use it so they're at least put the cost-of-goods. Best option would be to sell the gift cards to someone who was going to shop there anyways.
You might see short term savings on some things during the economic turbulence, but overall it will make things more expensive in the short and long term.
For things that Canada is a net exporter of, like Canola, you might see a sudden oversupply when exports stop, and then cheaper products. In the long term, farms will adjust or go out of business. The expenses that come along with that wind up on the consumer eventually.
For manufactured items, if a business is shifting to solely domestic markets, they lose a lot of economies of scale which again increases costs.
Overall, free trade is a mixed bag. It ultimately saves consumers money, but leads to larger multinational businesses and reduced national autonomy.
Unwinding free trade gives up the reduced costs and costs a lot of money in retooling and reestablishing supply chains etc.
I've read that the main reason Google funds Mozilla is to prevent a monopoly situation. I bet they'll stay committed.
Mozilla really does need to diversify their funding though.
I'm interested in hardware that can better run local models. Right now the best bet is a GPU, but I'd be interested in a laptop with dedicated chips for AI that would work with pytorch. I'm a novice but I know it takes forever on my current laptop.
Not interested in running copilot better though.
What property investors are buying with cash? The extreme leveraging is one of the main things that makes real estate investing attractive.
I think folks might be confused about the term "cash offer" when buying/selling houses. This generally doesn't mean that someone is literally buying the property without debt involved, but that they can make the purchase without involving the mortgage process. Usually with a line of credit or similar funding.
I actually genuinely don't know what you meant. I said something and it seemed like you just said a bunch of other things that were kinda related but also not. It's not "White Knighting" when someone tells you that something you said is fucked up. It's just someones telling you you're saying fucked up things.
Yeah I know all of these things. I'm also a person who exists in this economy. I'm just saying that not being able to afford living alone is a bad choice of things to highlight.
I don't assume women are prostitutes though. That's just fucked up.
Yes, the rent is too damn high, but living in an apartment alone has been a luxury for young people as long as I can remember. I sure as hell couldn't afford it when I was in my twenties. I lived in a pantry for a couple years and didn't complain. This is a weird measuring stick.
Water rights are the opposite of late stage capitalism. It's silly to enforce when we're talking about a residential rain barrel, but when we're talking on much larger scales is critical. When creeks are drying up because landowners are building catchment ponds, water rights start to look pretty good.
There's no way this is accurate.
For the folks who don't know The singer from POTUSA sings kids music as Casper Babypants and his songs are bangers that my 11 month old daughter and I both enjoy equally.
Similar here. We used to be great at avoiding the corporate stores until we had a kid. Convenience and selection wins when you're overstressed and sleep deprived.
I think we've done great at rolling back to local-only shopping this year. No Amazon, no target. Costco still gets out visits, but overall we're being much more thoughtful about who gets our money and we're spending significantly less also.