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Re:Class Bullshitters by irq on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:06AM (#30564796)
> Keep in mind that was $250k in the late early 90s, which is more like $1-2M today

This did not pass the sniff test for me, so I plugged $250k into usinflationcalculator.com, with a year of 1993. It came up with $486k. I think your estimates are off by a factor of 2 to 4.

Re:Class Bullshitters by meheleventyone on Saturday March 05, 2022 @03:18AM (#30565533)
They might be estimating how tech costs (salaries) have increased rather than general inflation.