Steve
@Steve@communick.news
- Comment on We don't have Squid Game at home, we have Poor People Game. And it is a game of waiting. 9 hours ago:
Latest rumor is that NVIDIA is making too much with AI cards. They won’t release a new consumer line for a couple more years.
It isn’t worth spending any waffers on the high end nodes for chips that offer such relatively low margins.
- Comment on I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale 1 day ago:
I’m supposed to rent a car with Avis next week…
- Comment on Alcoholic billionaire says he wants to shove a camera up every workers ass. 2 days ago:
Where’s the link?
- Comment on How long will it be before everyday AI like chatgpt can easily do videocalls? 3 days ago:
Video generation still isn’t done in real time. It’ll take at least a couple hardware generations before that’s possible.
- Comment on Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective 4 days ago:
This assumes the AI data-center demand continues that long.
- Comment on Why is the approach to nudity and sex in films and tv so vastly different between the US and Europe? 5 days ago:
Stupid isn’t off-putting. Stupid is annoying, disappointing, sometimes funny.
- Comment on Why is the approach to nudity and sex in films and tv so vastly different between the US and Europe? 5 days ago:
If it’s off-putting, it’s not boring.
If it’s off-putting, it literally is edgy.
If one represses something off-putting, it’s very liberating to reveal it.You’re right about one thing. You don’t know why they do it.
- Comment on Fair is fair 1 week ago:
My first question was, why not Lake New York?
New York shares it with Ontario. - Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
Indeed it’s hard to count the “he sucks, but less than the other guy” crowd.
- Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
Well if you want to shift to Rump supporters instead of actual voters, his approval just hit record lows of only 33%.
- Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
Roughly 75% of adults are registered to vote.
Of those only half or so actually do vote.
Of those only half voted for Rump.
So were down to just under 20% of the US being Rump voters. - Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
That’s my point
We’re not no oneIf no one does it, that would necessarily include you and me not doing it either.
- Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
There are regular protests everywhere.
People on strike and picket lines every day. - Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
If no one is going to save us or stop them, why would they go away?
- Comment on What would be a biological equivalent to an EMP? 1 week ago:
A Neutron Bomb is kind of what you’re thinking of.
A type of atom bomb designed to maximize radiation output while minimizing the physical explosion. The idea is like you said, maximize casualties with minimal other damage.
- Comment on YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe 1 week ago:
I enjoy YouTube Premium being ad free.
I use YouTube Music for discovery. I hear about someone, I can immediately listen to everything they’ve ever done; Then decide if I want to buy it, pirate it, or never hear it again.
- Comment on YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe 1 week ago:
I appreciate my Google Play Music All Access introductory subscription more and more every year. Still $7.99
- Comment on What are some things I can do as an apartment dweller to fight climate change/deal with the coming effects? 2 weeks ago:
Can’t say this enough!
The personal carbon footprint idea was created by the fossil fuel industry to shift the burden off them.
Your individual climate actions are practically meaningless. Your political activism to demand industrial action is where people need to focus their climate concerns.
- Comment on The Vancouver Police 2 weeks ago:
Scooters aren’t inherently more dangerous. But people don’t take their safety seriously. They don’t wear helmets and protection. Resulting in more injuries and TBIs.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
Nationality is a cultural thing, doesn’t matter legaly.
Citizenship is what I think you mean.If you left the US as an infant with citizenship. You still have all the benefits of being a citizen abroad. You can turn to the US embassy or consulate with any problems you have. You can visit the US any time you like, without asking for any permission. You could decide on a whim to move there one day, no questions asked. You can even vote for President in elections.
If you were raised their, went to school there, maybe university; your career is built on the services provided by US tax payers. Paying back into that system that made you who you are, is only the right thing to do. And you also have all the previous reasons as well.
- Comment on How are there people who don't know Alaska and Hawaii are states? 2 weeks ago:
Let me rephrase.
There are Americans who don’t know New Mexico is a state.Most I expect, don’t know that Real Mexico has 31 states.
- Comment on How are there people who don't know Alaska and Hawaii are states? 2 weeks ago:
There are people who don’t know New Mexico is a state.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
If you were born and raised abroad, hold no assets in the taxing country, you wouldn’t have anything for them to tax. I’m not sure what you’re getting at.
- Comment on Corporate media, owned by billionaires, refuse to recognize the wave of democratic socialism 2 weeks ago:
Found the article
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
If you make a fortune from your connections to an economy, people, and society; wherever you may live personally, it makes sense for you to contribute back to that society. You may not directly benefit from its roads, but you make money from the people who do. Money you wouldn’t be able to have without those roads.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
So does your ability to post-hoc rationalize
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
You could ask Bezos’ ex-wife. It’s common in divorces.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
Now you’re literally fat shaming
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
so to introduce a “wealth tax” would mean to create a new category (“Federal Wealth Tax”) that taxes all net wealth except real estate (which is already taxed on the state level), am i seeing this correctly?
The details haven’t been worked out. It may or not include locally taxed properties. California’s one time billionaire tax I don’t think cares if it’s been taxed or not already.
how do you assess the total wealth of a person, once they have moved their stuff abroad?
They can’t move a lot of it. It’s mostly shares in companies, bonds, commodities, all traded on public markets. Some is in private markets. But that’s still all managed by banks. Banks all around the world started sharing data in 2016. So governments now have access to people’s international holdings.
Things like cars, boats, paintings, various high value sundries, they have insurance values that could be used.
In short, very carefully. Some things may be missed, but the vast majority of their wealth can be found and calculated.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 2 weeks ago:
Fixd