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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:28AM (#38843427)
That’s nothing, in Canada we had a guy steal half point (200g) gold nuggets… internally… from the Mint. Only got caught when he deposited lots of big cheques from a gold coin shop at his bank and they learned he worked at the Mint.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/royal-canadian-mint-emp...

In 2015, this fellow was making $55k/yr, contrast to the guy in the article making $31k in 1981.

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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by andy99 on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:35AM (#38843532)
The 38k/year was the most striking part of the article. According to a (US) inflation calculator that would be 130k today https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ which seems very good for an apparently entry level job.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:41AM (#38843612)
I wonder if the fellow had to be a licensed electrician for that job. It would explain a lot, especially in Alberta where they were in high demand throughout the 70s to work the oil patch.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by cstejerean on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @01:31PM (#38845080)
I think that's largely because wages haven't really kept pace with inflation.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by fennecfoxy on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:57AM (#38856386)
Haven't really = not at all, I have no idea where I'd be if I wasn't working in the comparatively highly paid tech industry. I count myself as very lucky.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by phonon on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @02:47PM (#38846153)
It's a Canadian dollar, so about 20% less or so than USD at that time.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:09PM (#38848368)
Currency exchange rate is pretty similar now which suggests similar inflation rates to both.
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