UBI indirectly solves income inequality. If no one needs to work just to survive, it becomes very difficult to exploit workers (which is the only way to build obscene wealth).
science and music. and beer. and dogs.
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tate@lemmy.sdf.orgtoHacker News@lemmy.bestiver.se•UBI Is Your Productivity Dividend – The Only Way to All Share What We All BuiltEnglish8·26 days ago
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Senator Says Iran War ‘Is Going Horribly’ Because Military Is Getting Orders From ‘Senile Old Man’11·27 days agoThousands have already needlessly died. No matter what happens next it wil never be “hilarious.”
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.ml•LNG Shipping Rates Soar 650% to $300,000 Per Day3·1 month agoWanna ship LNG from A to B
How much LNG? 1 liter? 100 thousand tons?
$ per day is not a shipping rate.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.ml•LNG Shipping Rates Soar 650% to $300,000 Per Day42·1 month ago$ per day is not a shipping rate.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | AnonymousEnglish1·1 month agoThe majority of the blame here falls on the parents.
The majority? Seriously?
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•Pentagon prepares for 'sustained' war against Iran as Trump calls for 'regime change'English2·2 months agoThe Palestinians who were just wholesale slaughtered in Gaza were civilians. Iran does not treat civilians worse than Israel.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•A remote code execution vulnerability has been found in Microslop NotepadEnglish2·2 months agoMS Word is not a typesetting program. It is a wysiwyg graphics program - a very different beast.
You’re describing circular polarization. It’s not the only way.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private CompanyEnglish25·2 months agoCompany with largest stock valuation
=/=
Most valuable company
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?4·2 months agoPretti’s death may have turned the tide. If he had fired his weapon or even unholstered it, that would not be true.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in WindowsEnglish5·2 months agoFuck 'em
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5 How is this legal? Doesn't the constitution give us the right to tell them piss off?English11·2 months agois a first fucking step to that gun being useful at all.
Except you are not talking about the use he had in mind for the gun. There can be more than one use for a thing. As an example, here’s a very useful car:
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto unions@sh.itjust.works•Minneapolis General Strike against ICE, in -10°F no lessEnglish3·2 months agoWhere’d all those digits come from?
I guarantee the temperature variations in that plaza alone were orders of magnitude larger than one part in ten thousand of one kelvin.
It’s the virtue of the left.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5 How is this legal? Doesn't the constitution give us the right to tell them piss off?English11·3 months agoBears are not monsters, and there are much better ways of mitigating their threat. ICE and Donald cannot be mitigated. They must be met with overwhelming force. If you don’t have the option of overwhelming force, resort to subterfuge (if you are a hero).
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5 How is this legal? Doesn't the constitution give us the right to tell them piss off?English21·3 months agoHe’s not doing whatever he can to not get murdered. He’s doing whatever he can to expose ICE’s hypocrisy and prove that they are the lawless murderers.
By not loading his weapon he has made it clear that there is no circumstance in which he would take another’s life. Not even to defend his own.
Is he putting himself at grave risk? Yes. Absolutely.
Is there a way to accomplish the same thing without risk? No.
That man is a definitional hero.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto News@lemmy.world•U.S. citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search6·3 months agoEven against a legit bad actor, lethal booby traps are illegal. To have a “castle doctrine” type defense you have to knowingly assess the threat and take action. It can’t be automated.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•‘Completely lost his mind’: Trump's 'deranged' letter sends shockwaves across the globe1·3 months agoThese days this could be any day. No need for a date.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish12·3 months agoThat’s just FUD.
Test it under Wine. If it’s working, you’re good to go. Wine can’t make software misbehave in subtle ways. It works or it doesn’t.
I apologize for not directly answering your question, but I think you could benefit from this insight that helped me tremendously:
Boredom comes from within. Nothing is objectively boring. Introspection is your friend. Understand what is happening inside your mind when you find yourself bored, and you can turn it off - just that simple.