"Nobody should have that much money." - Wow, what else do you know? Please tell us more about how the world should be.
Also explain how "the median net worth" will not be in a downward spiral under your system of arbitrary confiscation of such net worth.
Tell us how you will allocate the funds better than the person who created this "excessive" wealth.
Let's take a billion dollars and see what works out best; A) Individual billionaire decides to fund a well thought out charity or create more business ventures. Or B) A bureaucratic budget committee figures out what to do with the money.
I'm guessing "A" will work out better for the majority.
Remember, billionaires get that way by creating wealth, not taking it from someone.
1 San Jose, CA(Silicon Valley)
2 San Francisco / San Mateo, CA
3 Washington, DC Region
4 Boston / Cambridge, MA
5 Raleigh / Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
6 Seattle, WA
7 Austin, TX
8 Denver / Boulder, CO
9 San Diego, CA
10 Madison, WI
11 Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN
12 Baltimore, MD
13 Oakland / East Bay, CA
14 Portland, OR
15 New York City, NY
16 Chicago, IL
17 Atlanta, GA
18 Los Angeles, CA
19 Columbus, OH
20 Orange County, CA
21 Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX
22 Kansas City, MO
23 Indianapolis, IN
24 Salt Lake City, UT
25 Nashville, TN
On a drive from Texas to California, two weeks ago, I saw a truck, painted with Tesla logos and Arizona plates, driving west on I40, in New Mexico.
I thought, shit, must suck to have a Tesla in NM that can't even be fixed without shipping it to the next state over... but since the truck pulling it was a Tesla truck (Ford or Chevy pick-up, I think) I figured it was a warranty repair at least. There was no visible damage on the car.
So, what else is new, things change period. There is not a zero % chance that human influenced global warming is good thing... hot weather and rising oceans are more survivable than 2 miles of ice over your head. On the other hand, if technological humans can survive the next ice age, the reduction in population might be a good thing.
Of course a reduction in population due to it being too hot could be good in the long run too.
To hedge your bets, make sure the data-center that hosts your singularity server is not too far north, not too close to sea-level, and not too close to large masses of people likely to loot in times of crisis.
Exactly - I pay extra for the 4 simultaneous stream option, explicitly so that my wife and I can share the subscription with our two children. (When Netflix cracked down a couple of years ago, it was not uncommon, on a Friday night for my wife and I to get blocked out of our own connection with two college [aka broke] kids using the service, so I said "ya got me, Netflix", here's your extra bucks...)
It doesn't make sense for our "3 households" (Kids live elsewhere) to each pay the base two-stream service fee, when for a couple of dollars more, I can "share" my account with my kids.
Same goes for the cell phones - why should they each pay $50+ for a plan, when I can add them for $10 each? (yes, I charge them. TNSTAAFL.)
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Until a gamma-ray burst or a wandering black hole takes us ALL out. Or maybe just a stay rock or "lone-wolf" terrorist messes up your day.
January 26, 1998, or perhaps September 8, 1974.
The gostak distims the doshes.
You insensitive clod! You can't remove batteries from Apple products!
Google translate yields -
"There are no salarymen, only window tribe and social withdrawal."
Some Tips for Experian...
If you deliver too late, you can't keep the buzz going.
Russia is hectoring the Ukraine every chance it gets.
And you will have no way of "googling" it.
Just like the good old days.
Just out of curiosity, why have your balls been damned? (I am sure your are correct in your assessment, I just want to help others.)
I was having lunch with God (in Tokyo). We were having bacon cheeseburgers, and he snorted milkshake out of his nose when I showed him this post.
"Nobody should have that much money." - Wow, what else do you know? Please tell us more about how the world should be.
Also explain how "the median net worth" will not be in a downward spiral under your system of arbitrary confiscation of such net worth.
Tell us how you will allocate the funds better than the person who created this "excessive" wealth.
Let's take a billion dollars and see what works out best; A) Individual billionaire decides to fund a well thought out charity or create more business ventures. Or B) A bureaucratic budget committee figures out what to do with the money.
I'm guessing "A" will work out better for the majority.
Remember, billionaires get that way by creating wealth, not taking it from someone.
They all look the same, don't they?
Plus the lawyer gets 40% off the top
Not just for white folks anymore.
equality has been established, STFU - Q.E.D.
Obama 2020
in some demographics it's much better, and in others much worse
I like the use of "demographics" here. It is spot on. Comments like this are not about about race, they is* about culture, and some cultures suck.
discuss various cultures among yourselves...
* yeah, I did that on purpose, whose has racist thinking now?
1 San Jose, CA(Silicon Valley) /Chapel Hill, NC
2 San Francisco / San Mateo, CA
3 Washington, DC Region
4 Boston / Cambridge, MA
5 Raleigh / Durham
6 Seattle, WA
7 Austin, TX
8 Denver / Boulder, CO
9 San Diego, CA
10 Madison, WI
11 Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN
12 Baltimore, MD
13 Oakland / East Bay, CA
14 Portland, OR
15 New York City, NY
16 Chicago, IL
17 Atlanta, GA
18 Los Angeles, CA
19 Columbus, OH
20 Orange County, CA
21 Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX
22 Kansas City, MO
23 Indianapolis, IN
24 Salt Lake City, UT
25 Nashville, TN
On a drive from Texas to California, two weeks ago, I saw a truck, painted with Tesla logos and Arizona plates, driving west on I40, in New Mexico.
I thought, shit, must suck to have a Tesla in NM that can't even be fixed without shipping it to the next state over... but since the truck pulling it was a Tesla truck (Ford or Chevy pick-up, I think) I figured it was a warranty repair at least. There was no visible damage on the car.
So, what else is new, things change period. There is not a zero % chance that human influenced global warming is good thing... hot weather and rising oceans are more survivable than 2 miles of ice over your head. On the other hand, if technological humans can survive the next ice age, the reduction in population might be a good thing.
Of course a reduction in population due to it being too hot could be good in the long run too.
To hedge your bets, make sure the data-center that hosts your singularity server is not too far north, not too close to sea-level, and not too close to large masses of people likely to loot in times of crisis.
Exactly - I pay extra for the 4 simultaneous stream option, explicitly so that my wife and I can share the subscription with our two children. (When Netflix cracked down a couple of years ago, it was not uncommon, on a Friday night for my wife and I to get blocked out of our own connection with two college [aka broke] kids using the service, so I said "ya got me, Netflix", here's your extra bucks...)
It doesn't make sense for our "3 households" (Kids live elsewhere) to each pay the base two-stream service fee, when for a couple of dollars more, I can "share" my account with my kids.
Same goes for the cell phones - why should they each pay $50+ for a plan, when I can add them for $10 each? (yes, I charge them. TNSTAAFL.)
"better human race"... only hind-sight will decide the "better" part. "Be careful what you wish for..."
Just give the Universe ID a GUID, Then, how you label the "was_created_by" field can then change at will, without affecting the fact that it IS.
Notice, it is an ID, not necessarily a UniqueID... "This is my universe. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life."
Or someone finally agreed to the Uber fare to land them.
No.
And with billions of people in the world, almost nobody did.
Most Apple products are the most difficult to recycle. By design.
Not to mention the wasteful packaging...