birdwing
@birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on There should be more negative awards. For example: the most pathetic nation or the most monstrous person of the year. 2 days ago:
The Ig Nobel Prize? It’s negative but in a good way.
- Comment on Oracle made a $300 billion bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price. 1 week ago:
Governments realising billionnaires tried to scam them, and actually properly lashing out against fascist oligarchs, is what I hope.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 1 week ago:
Have you ever lived if you never have punched a Nazi?
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 1 week ago:
This but unironically. Screw Nazis.
- Comment on How can we stop bots on the fediverse? 1 week ago:
A community-ran report list, perhaps?
- Comment on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban 1 week ago:
Y’know what, fair point.
- Comment on Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source 1 week ago:
Conservative is synonymous with corruption, these days.
- Comment on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban 1 week ago:
Not just that, but also holding social media owners accountable for hosting fascist content, and shutting them down.
- Comment on Consolidating communities into super communities 2 weeks ago:
Having the option might be handy, but federation is the goal.
Besides, moderation rules might differ by instance. It should remain fully a choice.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 2 weeks ago:
We take nothing away and give everything to the people. Capitalists are the problem.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 2 weeks ago:
A liberal democracy isn’t exactly a free democracy. Billionnaires have far more buying power and so the odds are much more in their favour to bribe and corrupt institutions. That is why they like “liberal” democracy and corporate dictatorships.
If you want to understand, then go to one of those US “for profit” prisons. Works well, huh?
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 2 weeks ago:
Norway did that, though. The pension fund that’s financed from that oil, is nationally owned, iirc.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 2 weeks ago:
Not to mention that Hungary and Poland are pretty dictatorial.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 2 weeks ago:
You might want to look at the IHDI, inequality-adjusted human development index.
It takes the life expectancy, years of education, and GNI (PPP) per capita, and adjusts it for inequality.
Ideally it shouldn’t even take GNI into account, imho (but an economic type-agnostic system, that takes the environment into account as well).
The top 15 is:
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Iceland (Nordics)
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Norway (Nordics)
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Denmark (Nordics)
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Switzerland (Central Europe)
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Netherlands (Western Europe)
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Belgium (Western Europe)
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Finland (Nordics)
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Germany (Central Europe)
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Sweden (Nordics)
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Ireland (Western Europe)
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Slovenia (Southeast Europe)
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Australia (Oceania)
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United Kingdom (Western Europe)
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Canada (North America)
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Czech Republic (Central Europe)
The IHDI still has some issues, though, like not taking workplace democracy, environment and sustainability, and public transit into account. Had that been done, Spain probably would rise higher.
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- Comment on Can you think of any now? 3 weeks ago:
Hell, Nazi Germany also had a few elections. All extremely rigged, of course.
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 3 weeks ago:
Done!
- Comment on oh no 3 weeks ago:
Where’s the fern kissing
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 3 weeks ago:
“It’s a blockchain of an highly enhanced hydrogen process. Thanks to its quantum mechanism it manages to increase the energy output by a ton.”
Just tell that to investors and they’ll gobble it up.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 3 weeks ago:
US authorities can’t be trusted imo.
- Comment on Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with? 3 weeks ago:
Just FYI, Mexico uses metric.
- Comment on How old are ferns, anyway? 3 weeks ago:
We need a version with all four of them thinking to be together as all four.
- Comment on How old are ferns, anyway? 3 weeks ago:
God I wish that were me
- Comment on Why is hatred/dehumanization of the working class so prominent in the UK, when about 60% of the UK population is working class? 3 weeks ago:
Divide and rule. A tale as old as capitalism.
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 3 weeks ago:
Yup, that’s also the reason I have them a lot.
Other times it’s just me being too lazy to close them, cause I feel lost in all the tabs and don’t know anymore which to close.
- Comment on Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with? 3 weeks ago:
I actually calculated this a while ago. I’m not going by just “essentials” but also taking in account that furniture will take up space. So you need just enough to not feel ‘cramped’.
Assume you need at least the following:
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Bedroom: (bed + cabinet for clothes): 8 m₂
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Dinner area (table and chairs) 10 m₂
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Toilet and washing basin 2 m₂
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Shower (including rack) 4 m₂
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Kitchen (sink, oven, hot plate, fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, rubbish bin) 8 m₂
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Living (couch, TV or whatever) 8 m₂
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Extra space[1] (your niche) 8 m₂
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Hallway (clothing rack) 6 m₂
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Optional [2] (outdoor) 10 m₂
[1] You could also distribute the extra space for the other rooms. Just consider it a sort of ‘backup’.
[2] For this I count a garage, garden, or bicycle storage. But I consider it optional since not everyone has or strictly needs those for good comfort.
Altogether, you then get about 54-64 sq m for an household of 1-2 adults (may include a small child or pet).
So a good fist rule might be 60 sq m, then add 20 sq m for each extra person.
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- Comment on Is it completely impossible to do age verification without compromising privacy? 3 weeks ago:
The one who asked the verification service also shouldn’t know who the verification service is, imho.
- Comment on Is it completely impossible to do age verification without compromising privacy? 3 weeks ago:
Zero-knowledge proof. Medium has an example, though unfortunately the article logs user data, so beware on that.
- Comment on xkcd #3172: Fifteen Years 3 weeks ago:
Shit, right in the feels. This is nice to read.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 4 weeks ago:
Exactly. Palantir is American terrorism and infiltration.
- Comment on How hard would it be to trap gated communities by crashing dozens of cars into the front of their gates blocking them from leaving ? 5 weeks ago:
I like the way you are thinking.