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Re:Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue corre... by lazide on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:49PM (#50328451)
All of them are 3-4x baseline (from the ‘80’s), while wages are up barely 30% from the same time. There is nothing made up about it.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue corre... by anovikov on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:30AM (#50333736)
You can't be serious. You are comparing nominal prices with real that is, already CPI-adjusted wages.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue corre... by lazide on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:19AM (#50339111)
They are underlying components for the CPI calculation. How else do you expect it to happen?

Do some math, and show your numbers if you want something else.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue corre... by anovikov on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:22PM (#50341185)
That's the thing: nominal wages are up more than 5x since 1980, even 2nd quartile https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881500Q. The chart i posted was for real wages, not nominal. Result is that rent: slightly up, medical care: slightly up, transportation: slightly down, food: slightly down.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue corre... by lazide on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:21PM (#50344768)
Lowest quartile is exactly what was being discussed.
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