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odo1242today at 4:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yea this; it’s the same reason why mortgaging is cheaper than renting


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ericpauleytoday at 4:22 PM

This is far from a universal truth: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-cal...

Real estate is only a clearly good investment if you ignore opportunity cost.

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BoorishBearstoday at 5:14 PM

Except one day the hype will catch up to reality that was always true, people will realize their $20,000 Mac is has less utility as a "way to learn AI" than some kids 3090 fortnite machine, and it'll be back to below MSRP.