fsckboy

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by fsckboy 3mo ago
the wrong technology was at fault.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> That's a strange way to phrase things. no, not really, you have to order it chronologically: charging interest was verboten and in law it was called usury. later, interest was deemed ok... but charging too much interest was to
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> Their valuations are always based on expectations of huge growth, not current value. Growth predictions with an extremely low confidence level. VCs make up for it by making a lot of bets. all valuations are based on expectations of th
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
traditional usage of usury was the same, any interest charges at a rate above the lawful ceiling, just where the ceiling was 0% for christians and in a like manner for moslems.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
this statement is literally true: this dinosaur has a soar throat.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> the West was complaining about surveillance and scoring system of citizens in China free speech, civil liberties, voting, are in China all well below the standards of the west. The criticism and complaints were completely warranted an
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
I'm not aware that there is any method to dramatically increase SAT scores (and neither IQ test scores). could you point me to your sources?
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> Copyright is primarily about protecting your ecconomic rights no, copyright is about creating an economic right where one didn't exist before.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
there are many non profits that rely on volunteer labor, but they still need funds to operate, amounts of $10k can move the needle quite effectively
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
i guarantee you it was a stock transfer, that's where the real tax write-offs come in. you give a $200k donation, get a $200k writeoff, saves you about 50% (100K) in taxes you owe, so it's like the government is kicking in $100k a
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> This is why awards need to be based on % of total assets or revenue of the defendant. yes! and we need to add the death penalty to the list of punishments for children, because what matters is not the size of the crime, but the harshn
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> (Emacs 'windows' are actually more like frames in other apps) I dont use your "other apps" enough to know exactly what you mean, but it gives me the urge to point out, "Emacs 'frames' are actually mo
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
"current project is a “Diesel punk” vehicle called the Starfield Dragonwing Intergalactic Speedster" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXfDQb7EmU4/
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> I do not understand what you mean by "overcorrecting WAY too far". you wrote this, and I would call this "attempting to correct any misconception": > This is a byproduct of wild wealth disparity, not because the
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> We are almost two decades into the age of billionaire philanthropy 10 decades, Rockefeller was the first billionaire 100 yrs ago, and also a philanthropist.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> 700k. Still a ton of money, but very very far off from a billion that 700K is income, but the billion is assets. earning 700K is the income from $10 million in the stock market (although working to earn $700K is in exchange for you t
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> a byproduct of wild wealth disparity, not because the rich are so generous with paying the government you're overcorrecting WAY too far. Tax rate percentages are much higher on high income people, and THAT is why they pay most
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> rarely seen in the US. In Asia they are quite common Here's a recent story of what happens when Asian family sensibilities move into a typical American neighborhood https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12&#x2
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> Nothing I said was meant to imply they represented either the EU or the Netherlands as a government. the sentence you are referring to said (pay attention to the italics ): "I don’t think they represent either the EU or Netherla
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
Ok, we've moved the comments thither, except the ones that are only relevant hither.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> As the calendar rolled from 1999 to 2000, we entered a new millennium, century, decade, year, day, ... no, that all happened when we rolled from 2000 to 2001. smh, even paedants today aren't what they used to be.
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
you missed the chance to also say hither
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> asymmetric warfare/terrorism is a natural response to violent oppression it always sounds more high-minded to adopt universal/philosophical wording, but it's highly effective, your point is well made. October 7th was vi
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood can't wait to hear your comments after playing pacman: whoosh
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> The implication that SpaceX will "save us" is quite funny. nobody implied that. some people state the hope for it but that does not include me, I simply explained why OceanX does not satisfy SpaceX's goals. everybody on
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
> I feel like maybe we've needed an "OceanX" before a "SpaceX" SpaceX is based on the idea that our planet will someday be uninhabitable, so we need to be ready to colonize other planets. The sooner we start, th
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
how are you Gentlemen? you have no chance to survive, make your time
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
same number of characters, 386 is more informative than x86
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
fun yesterday, but today there's 3 screens of answering the same questions with ever replay? at least put all the questions on the same screen, this "modern" way is ridiculous
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by fsckboy 3mo ago
if you borrow against it and buy shares of stock, the stockmarket generally can be counted on for at least 7% returns, and the borrowing cost would be 5%, so no, chances are the interest would not eat up the borrowing.

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