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Russia’s runaway consumer price inflation (CPI) made more gains in December, rising to 9.5% y/y, as the Central Bank continues to lose the fight to reign in rising prices.

“The rise in Russian inflation to 9.5% y/y in December is likely to be followed by an increase to more than 10% early this year. The Central Bank has set a high bar for further tightening but we think the balance remains tilted towards another interest rate hike this quarter,” Liam Peach, the senior emerging market economist with Capital Economics, said in a note.

Inflation started to climb in the second quarter of 2023 and Central Bank Governor Elvia Nabiullina reversed a previous easing policy and has been increasing rates ever since in a futile attempt to halt the price rises. In a surprise decision in December, the Central Bank left rates on hold at 21% — their highest level in years — as the Central Bank comes under increasing pressure to cut rates that have driven borrowing costs up to a very painful level.

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The problem is that traditional monetary policy tools to bring down inflation don’t work as the cause of the inflation is not problems with money supply, but the fact that the Kremlin has pumped some 10 trillion rubles ($100 billion) in military spending in 2024 — a source of money that the Central Bank is powerless to limit. The upshot is that Russia’s economy, which grew by an estimated 4% last year, is overheated and running well ahead of its potential growth of around 1.5%.

The problem has been exacerbated by additional off-budget spending. According to a recent report from the Davis Center at Harvard University, the Kremlin has also forced banks to make state-direct soft loans to defense companies to the tune of 25 trillion rubles ($250 billion), which has added to the torrent of cash pouring into the system. The Davis Center warned of a looming credit crisis unless this lending is curtailed. However, other economists say the Russian economy is more robust than first appears and the chance of a crisis remains low.

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“The unexpected decision by Russia’s Central Bank to leave its policy rate on hold at 21.00% in December, rather than hike as most expected, suggests that there is a high bar for further tightening,” says Peach. “The Central Bank commented on the recent softening in credit growth as one reason why it paused. For now, we don’t expect another rate hike. But inflation is out of control and we think the bias will remain towards further monetary tightening in the coming months as inflation continues to rise and inflation expectations remain elevated.”

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1440x960 is directly half of the resolution, therefore theoretically it should display perfectly with no blurriness. However, on my Framework 13 Intel 13th gen, it's blurry anyways when I set the custom resolution with CRU. Is there a way to get it to display pixel-perfect?

I can't use 200% scaling for various reasons that I'd rather not get into, it'd be great to get it working without any DPI scaling on Windows.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24823173

Hi folks, looking for a bit of steer to get off the ground with self hosting. My goals to start with are pretty straight forward:

• I want to set up Home Assistant to move my smart devices off the cloud and fully contained within the walls of my home.
• I want to set up my own little Pixelfed server for my family's use, along with some other federated socials.

From what I was looking at, I think my easiest route to doing both of these things is with a Home Assistant Yellow (built-in Zigbee and Thread system) with a Raspberry Pi 4.

I've never done anything like this before but I'm interested in learning. If anyone more experienced has any insight or direction, I'd really appreciate it! Cheers!

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NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita, episode 3

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Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru, episode 3

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Ao no Exorcist Yosuga-hen, episode 3

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Ore dake Level Up na Ken Season 2: Arise from the Shadow, episode 3

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Medalist, episode 3

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A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu., episode 2

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The original was posted on /r/anime by /u/mr_beanoz on 2025-01-18 13:15:43+00:00.

There have been some titles that are left unlicensed outside Japan and the community would rely on someone/some group of people doing the fansubs for the community to understand what's going on with the show.

By "limited availability" here means the shows aren't picked by major streaming services available in English-speaking regions (mainly the US of A) such as Crunchyroll, Disney Plus/Hulu, Prime Video, Hidive and Netflix.

And what are those for this season? Here we go:

Non-shorts

• Mashin Souzouden Wataru (Ani-One Asia only)
• I Have a Crush at Work (Ani-One Asia, Bilibili)

Shorts

• 0-Saiji Start Dash Monogatari

NOTE: Lockdown Zone Level X Season 2 would probably be on this list too, but it would only premiere in February.

Quite a short list, right? Fortunately, it seems like most of the shows airing this season are licensed, at least in the English-speaking countries, which is a very stark contrast to what we had last season. (as seen here: https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1hoq7yg/which\_unsubbedunlicensed\_for\_audiences\_outside/)

What would be the shows that you expect no licensors would pick for the upcoming seasons?

I am working on getting all of the information off of Facebook before I delete it forever. I used Tagged Photo Exporter to get all of tagged photos off of Facebook but I can't get videos I am tagged in to download.

After doing lots of googling I found lots of different websites that were suppose do this for me but none of them work. They either don't work or download the same incorrect video. I have tried using the mbasic techniques to get a "Save as" template that is not working. Anyone have any luck getting this done recently? I assume Facebook is trying to make this more difficult since people are flocking off of the site. These are videos I uploaded but rather those I am tagged in.

https://youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ