ValiantDust

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[–] ValiantDust 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're anywhere in North America

I am not and every argument in this thread seems to assume I am and argues with some rules in the US or Canada. This was exactly my point. The situation seems to be wildly different than my experience.

[–] ValiantDust 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
  1. I realised afterwards that I said nothing about executing landlords. I'm also not in favour, in case anyone was wondering.
  2. Hm, I guess it comes down to what is meant by "make it easier".
    The only way to reduce the proportion of single-family houses around here seems to be by adding rules and restrictions. Adding more rules is usually not what people mean when they say "make it easier". But I get your point.
[–] ValiantDust 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

I don't think you live where I live. Because where I live there is just no room to build many more houses without demolishing other houses first. There is a lot of discussion about moving away from single-family houses and increasing the density of living space. I don't see how this would be solved by making it easier to build.

ETA: Just to be clear, I absolutely am not advocating for deporting immigrants.

[–] ValiantDust 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In my experience mathematicians don't really concern themselves with numbers between 2 and infinity.

[–] ValiantDust 8 points 3 weeks ago

I love that this guy decided that GitHub is the place to share his socio-economic essay. Next to a guy who used it for his sourdough guides my favourite use of GitHub yet.

[–] ValiantDust 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So what do you think, when will you reach one billion with this great investment scheme?

ETA: Snark aside. That's kinda the point, isn't it? Nobody can work so much that this kind of money is deserved by their work. You need to have money to get more money. And if you have enough, it just keeps getting more.

[–] ValiantDust 134 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

This is a few years old but still a good visualisation:

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

Start scrolling.

[–] ValiantDust 7 points 1 month ago

Coffee can reduce how much iron get's absorbed. This doesn't have anything to do with the caffeine and the resulting stimulation though, but with something in the coffee binding the receptors or something like that. Don't know if this happens with other nutrients as well.

[–] ValiantDust 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ValiantDust 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mostly puffing up their feathers. On warm days they are suddenly smaller again.

[–] ValiantDust 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In Germany marital rape is punished in the same way as any other rape since 1997 (which to me always seemed horrifically late). But one of the guys who voted against it is his party's candidate for the post of Chancellor in the election next year.

Maybe we are not as far beyond these misogynistic worldviews as we like to believe.

[–] ValiantDust 2 points 1 month ago

I'd prefer if it already was decimal time. As you said it would integrate with the rest of the metric system much more smoothly.

But as a software developer the thought of changing it now gives me anxiety. Time is so much more immediately integrated into systems than distances or currencies.

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