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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The article seems to be focussing on the "making bad decisions" aspect - i.e. "don't use it for anything important".

I wonder if this is also an attempt to limit IP liability in case someone claims that copilot reproduced copyrighted/patented material?

Obviously entertainment is also full of copyrighted material but the payouts aren't usually quite as big as patent claims.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago

Point; I meant to include that one. Is also green like mum but wearing a hoody.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 days ago

Entirely plausible.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago

The Science of Discworld novels are a fun mix of science and wizardry.

Thief of Time is not wizards but underrated ~~Buddhist~~ Time Monks.

The early wizards books didn't really grow on me as well as the later other books.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 days ago

Use of Weapons, Look to Windward, Surface Detail, and Hydrogen Sonata are all reasonably sex-filled (if not entirely sex-positive) too.

Definitely hits all the points of Luxury Gay Space Communism.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 33 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Slightly differs from the actual comic, though.

"Give birth to Spring itself" and "hang on, Spring" vs "give birth to an actual living god - my son Darren here"

And ends with TEENAGE BOY: MUUUUM

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Most of the current plans for wealth taxes start in the region of $5-$50 million, taxing wealth above that bracket (like other progressive taxes). Do you expect to save $5 million, let alone $50 million? If not, you won't pay any wealth tax.

Many plans also exclude your 'family house' from that, so you could have a $3m house and $4m in the bank and still pay no wealth tax - you're rich, but not filthy rich.

Most of the seriously proposed tax rates are also in the 1-3% range, maybe 5% on the very high end. Again, of wealth above that threshold.

There is also some argument about hoarding that $200k (again, more like $20m) you saved rather than using it. If you spend it eating out, drinking, getting your house renovated, flying somewhere - then you end up paying tax and spending money and there's some trickle down. If it sits in a bank account or in stocks or real estate, less so.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

The ping is a bit meh. I need to figure out how to get the 4G card in my laptop to work on linux.

This is capped at 50Mb/s to be a bit cheaper.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago (13 children)

One of the big arguments is to tax wealth, not just income.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago

NZ has similar.

It is basically a plastic milk bottle that has pancake powder at the bottom.

You add water up to a line printed on the label, shake it, and now you have a bottle of pancake mix.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

There's a difference between a market and a significant market.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

Explain how you deal with or prevent rape and murder in an anarchist society.

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After initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.

https://explainxkcd.com/3080/

 

"It's a real accomplishment to mess up a ravioli recipe badly enough that the resulting incident touches all four quadrants of the NFPA hazard diamond."

explainxkcd.com/2998/

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