2026-04-18T11:25:50Z https://yabu.me Smoljaguar https://yabu.me/npub13m65wd08hkyg3kfy66ddctwlewfeu4975qf2sxg58sr5mxv9c20sxgy43q https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/accounts/avatars/109/490/947/703/627/307/original/333b45d58d97be17.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/accounts/avatars/109/490/947/703/627/307/original/333b45d58d97be17.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtnxq5ahdpeyr2evhpnkedvcm6znfgmpkus44gspz37t0uzqqpgqzyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7lf08y9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswn8qr64mzgeygxv9mnp06ddmjgny6w9ucvpgsdnp37h68sys5d2cvvf9cy'>nevent1q…f9cy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>unfortunately the spec rounds it to the nearest mill for every change, so not quite mathematically perfect, see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKBCIMkDbw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKBCIMkDbw</a> for more details 2026-03-14T00:06:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7yyj9tmy3pg3cvm03uzj2a485sw9fhks28c0twc8cs3aqqd8fhczyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7pyaans In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0h9rd0wv5zs065zug92d57mz0x8slujz0tkvees5pcl3uf485gzcxh75sf'>nevent1q…75sf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t really get why klarna is so reviled, it seems to me like it&#39;s just a credit card in a different shape 2026-02-14T14:46:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2kdeh9yu5suj73ctx7dunmclgaqjctumhqt63t7jrelsmyd6pupgzyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7gx9zdc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ws6ngrzsx0phvatcax2s66hc6zuh53qjvmgv57upehgllpqvsdqdmhq7t'>nevent1q…hq7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought the more or less episode about them was pretty good, mostly says the same stuff as the article, went into a bit more depth about how wealth taxes have failed in the past and how we could avoid making those mistakes, the biggest of them is exemptions e.g. for farmers which allow tax dodging by moving wealth around<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l09td8">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l09td8</a> 2025-08-16T12:31:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr3ch3xl23apvxwdawclnf3eandtp0y4ejvr8xps230u3guau4fqzyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf75dulhs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxrautuvshfq2elwagwhcrf0vc59cjdcdfalha34tuv74qeekexg8l5w7t'>nevent1q…5w7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>though really if you want to be statistically rigorous you should do E(Empire lifetime | lifetime &gt; 248 years) which gives you 520 years = 270 years from now :(<br/>although 1776 is probably a bad time for the start of the US, especially if you&#39;re trying to determine when it became an empire 2025-02-08T20:47:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxrautuvshfq2elwagwhcrf0vc59cjdcdfalha34tuv74qeekexgzyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf74cc2af In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkcs0wd7f2vg3z5mk6x7jk2mmsjty7h3uv22heqcwe2lq0gqjmaq56yef7'>nevent1q…yef7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why is the US an empire? The only territory they have control over without political representation is Guam and DC, but they still have equal rights and the people who live there are citizens of the US. <br/><br/>Also funnily enough I checked en Wikipedia list of empires and taking an average you get 270 years 2025-02-08T20:44:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsc5ml3ehsexahghyf0642rr7vyz5ntryp9qmuh0x6hx6ktq2xmszyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf73lempt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqalgsnckykustyysclhr388agyzp8xec2q2hewg2ea2640n8v0lsm6a8a5'>nevent1q…a8a5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>surely there are *50* before and after bob if there are 101 total ships? 2024-12-01T02:01:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf4ksu4wtd38dl9zhhdrccay7t3yup6ekd39qqe7tyw8p2sj4serczyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7lgvwhk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5yxvmjvjzqfqazc8ug9ey56c5c37p45tef70c5ayq5un2pe42tgzdmdre'>nevent1q…mdre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, the statistic isn&#39;t made up, it&#39;s just that the definition is not very useful, see <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/27/economy/wealthy-households-living-paycheck-to-paycheck/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/27/economy/wealthy-households-living-paycheck-to-paycheck/index.html</a> which shows that people who earn a large amount are still fairly likely to be living paycheck-to-paycheck, showing that it&#39;s mostly a self-inflicted issue which can&#39;t be resolved by economic policy 2024-11-09T00:52:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsglm237wtptt8nx9nk60ekqlc5epkuvdlywlpjekm2altprtw9phqzyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7y3vlen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90gkpvvryf8r5f28vwsp455vl5397ud3qy48jw34vmlhzqdejzus07n7n2'>nevent1q…n7n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; Many Americans are desperate. 50% live paycheck to paycheck all the time. 25% have negative net worth: they owe more than they own<br/>I don&#39;t deny that many americans are desparate, but the 50% living paycheck-to-paycheck is exaggerated: see <a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/this-economic-myth-needs-to-go-away">https://www.slowboring.com/p/this-economic-myth-needs-to-go-away</a> who cites <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/sheddataviz/emergency-savings.html">https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/sheddataviz/emergency-savings.html</a> which says that 54% of adults have 3 months emergency savings. Negative net worth is just a sign of easy credit availability more than anything else 2024-11-09T00:23:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5sqphqa72ut3nk8g5m3uq49hldj3xly7e0jzxex92nqnlyswt3czyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf7exwk4n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg55tg9qqzxcxjz38u9rts8qsazr9vdjz4u5vkehj6sfzyu3rjptsuhcedx'>nevent1q…cedx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one thing I would note is that this depends on your choice of reference frames, which are arbitrary, even if it makes intuitive sense in our common cosmological hierarchy to choose the earth, sun, milky way, etc. 2024-09-17T16:34:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fs3x5sarq9jezgmc28tg5h806suclq9mz87gdvuj3eadvsefh4szyz8023e4u77c3zxeyntf4hpdml9e88j5h6sp92qezs7qwnveshpf77n4tch In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfm2skcr6el345hpsnc756wtdqv7luc9ukuh0lf56fyzfmhmcuz9grfrksu'>nevent1q…rksu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Am I missing a joke or is this intentional? 2024-08-21T21:30:42Z