Emma_Gold_Man

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[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

Knowing the "average" is all well and good, but doesn't give that clear a picture. Does anyone have a source for the the median age, or better yet an age distribution graph?

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 5 months ago

Why are we posting corporate advertising in News now?

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Yes, it really is.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No bother!

For customization, you want a MUD client rather than a standard telnet client. I used zMUD back in the day, but FLOSS was harder to come by back then. These days, I'd go with mudlet.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

It's the new 2/3 compromise.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I never really paid attention to the level gain ratio. I'd look here for that kind of question.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 5 months ago

That's an easy one - no. You can look back to various periods during middle ages Europe for examples. An even stronger one would be China from about 400 CE-800 CE

Of course, those weren't capitalist economies - but they were economies. Capitalism's instability is what requires constant growth to maintain. The better (and harder) questions would be what to transition to that avoids the issues of feudalism and how to transition with a minimum of societal upheaval (violence and death).

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Since people are posting games, I'll throw in Realms of Despair

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

But it would not work on older non-GNU versions of tar.

GNU introduced the "--foo" style long options, and it was a long time before Unix versions began adopting them.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

$126,500 per person, plus another $20,240 in housing expenses. Plus your $13,850 standard deduction (though if you're making that much you're probably itemizing for more). So $160,590 for an individual or $321,180 for married filing jointly. That's assuming no kids and no other deductions or credits - which is pretty unlikely at that income level.

$160,590 is the 93rd percentile for US income distribution. So yeah, if you (AND your partner, if any) are both in the top 7% income bracket, bad at tax preparation, and don't hire an accountant, you might still pay tax on the income over that amount. Of course, making that much while keeping the kind of ethics that let you care about anyone other than yourself is a nontrivial endeavor.

Don't forget that your foreign employer won't be reporting to the IRS. So if your protest extends to not voluntarily reporting that excess income ...

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Not tipping only punishes the victim, not the employer.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The title is unreasonably generous. The apology is entirely self serving and meaningless.

  • He doesn't apologize for throwing water for the man - only for posting it on social media.
  • He tries to frame a narrative that the victim deserved it
  • He doesn't offer any sort of reparations or even an insignificant donation to a group that works with unhoused people generally.

It's clearly only to ensure his business is not affected, reduce the threat of prosecution (being considered by law enforcement, presumably for assault), and to encourage leniency from the judge if it gets that far.

Apology not accepted.

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