I've been trying to wrap my head around this myself as it does seem pretty counter intuitive (based on personal experience - 5% change in prices over the course of a year in either direction has no impact on my purchasing decisions).
I think the key issue is that deflation makes borrowing a really bad idea (as each year you effectively owe 5% more) and much of our economy depends on consumer debt (cars, housing, college degrees) but I'm willing to accept that a programmer's mind isn't well suited for grokking economics.
I managed to win 3 tickets in CA (over a period of about 9 years) using trial by written declaration. In fact one of them was using a very similar argument to OPs. It's a bunch of work as I painstakingly assembled my case with loads of supporting evidence but I think it's important to stand up for yourself.
Admittedly all 3 cases were dismissed because the officer didn't bother to write a response but TBWD is a lot cheaper than lawyering up and does sometimes work.
I've been watching Rust for a while from the game development perspective and as much as I want it to be, I don't think it's a great fit for that domain. Still rooting for Rust because we really have a lot of work on the security front but I've been having a great deal of fun programming in Nimrod (http://nimrod-lang.org/). It's a bit of a one man show but there's a lot to like.
Provided that Bitcoin succeeds (reaches the end of its adoption S-curve), wouldn't the deflation be simply equal to the rate of growth of the gross world product? This is currently around 4% - definitely more expensive than today's 'free' money but not insanely so...
Moving from UK to US, the dire state of banking here was one of the most noticeable regressions. I'd add to your list the crazy ATM fees.
We switched to Ally (online only bank) a while ago which fixes some of the issues. At least now I can deposit cheques by awkwardly photographing them with my phone and new chequebooks are free...
That's because it's the unit of value that the article's reader is most likely familiar with. When you go on vacation you're most likely constantly converting prices in the local currency to the currency you're familiar with - that doesn't mean the local currency is worthless (if that's what you were implying).
After I moved from UK to US, it was months before I stopped doing the mental arithmetic from USD to GBP.
Looking for talented engineers to work on Natural Selection 2. Would consider remote work for the right candidate.
The tech is some of the best I've seen in the 11 odd years I've worked in the games industry. Team is small (8 in the office, few more remote) and most excellent. We are a creatively independent, well funded, rather ambitious, anti-crunch, post-hierarchy, release often, 'real' games company.
I think the key issue is that deflation makes borrowing a really bad idea (as each year you effectively owe 5% more) and much of our economy depends on consumer debt (cars, housing, college degrees) but I'm willing to accept that a programmer's mind isn't well suited for grokking economics.