myrmidex

@myrmidex@lemmy.nogods.be

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So interesting, thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok smartass⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would ppl from Northern Germany say that was 6? That would be my way of calculating 3 quarter 8 :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lost money⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree! :D I don’t want to be overly negative, there were some lovely places in Lisbon. We stayed in Picoas, a beautiful area. A visit to Belem was also very nice, a lovely (but seemingly affluent) neighborhood. Well worth the trip - for anyone reading and feeling down on Lisbon after reading this thread :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A receipt printer cured my procrastination [ADHD]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For my case, I already cut up my tasks finely. I just need LogSeq to add a confetti animation once I mark a task as Done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did he even say thank you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lost money⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I preferred Porto over Lisbon: more laid back, beautiful old city, friendly people, some of which I kinda missed in Lisbon.

  I don’t miss the staircase next to that Eiffel bridge though, that was brutal. 2 years on and my body still remembers the exhaustion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is officially getting ads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the best time to quit was 10 years ago. The second-best time is now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft accidentally swapped Windows 11’s startup sound with Vista’s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  they might just kill windows. One might start thinking it’s intentional indeed. I imagine Azure is their new cash cow, and perhaps MS is pivoting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majority of Australians think China will be world’s most powerful country by 2035, poll finds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw that book pass by on the Daily Show: Patrick McGee - Apple In China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not only do we humans have a common ancestor with primates still living in trees, we have a common ancestor with the trees.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing! :o

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not only do we humans have a common ancestor with primates still living in trees, we have a common ancestor with the trees.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL! Never heard that definition, thanks for that.

  As for your point, it’s one I like to make sometimes, even though I’m fully in favor of veganism. One just cannot avoid trampling ants when walking. It’s such a fine line, even a paradox that keeps sucking me in. None of the extremes would work: eat everything vs eat nothing. The line drawn by society will always seem arbitrary, no matter where it’s at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not only do we humans have a common ancestor with primates still living in trees, we have a common ancestor with the trees.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Will future generations ever look at trees the way we look at primates today?

  I imagine that would spell trouble for our eating habits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “believe” makes it sound so subjective too. Gives me look-at-these-idiots vibes. Then again, I’m not a native speaker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, your post sent me down quite a rabbit hole. I suspected 94% was rather high, this page puts it into clearer perspective:

  The “exceedingly high” part of this question most likely refers to the federal income tax’s “confiscatory” top rates coming out of World War II, which the Eisenhower Administration left in place into the 1960s. During the war, the top “marginal rate” was 94%, but 94% of what? Then as now, income tax rates moved up at distinct break points. In this made-up example, consider a 15% rate up to $25,000, 21% from $25,000 to $50,000, and 25% over $50,000. Those making $50,001 or more won’t pay a quarter of their total income, but rather 15% of the first $25,000, 21% of the next $25,000, and 25% of everything above $50K. That’s why the system is called progressive - the percentage rate progresses upward with income, but the higher percentage applies only to new (marginal) income above each break point. In 1944-45, “the most progressive tax years in U.S. history,” the 94% rate applied to any income above $200,000 ($2.4 million in 2009 dollars, given inflation).

  Very few individuals encountered this top rate, however. The actual proportion of earnings citizens paid as income taxes in 1945 was far lower: for the poorest 20% of Americans, 1.7%; for the next 20%, 6.2%; for the middle quintile, 8.9%, for the upper-middle 20%, 10%; and for the wealthiest quintile, 20.7%.

  source

  Still, your point stands, taxes can be an instrument for (more) equality. The article I referred to (see another reply of mine for the full article) also gives an example of how taxes can be honest, and also gives an example of a time in Italy when they were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How can it be broken if it works exactly as intended? Same goes for the tax laws in my shitstain country.

  I read an article the other day how taxes are a way - and always have been - to redistribute from the poor to the rich. Sounds about right.