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I was reminded that Google Cloud offers a free forever 1GB RAM server with 1GB of network egress. In the US, additional egress costs $0.02/GB. A server sending 5KB/data every hour …

I've been looking into how to survive low bandwidth/high latency/frequent disconnecting internet, because we may need to save money at home and temporarily switch to an unlimited 2…

> Ok so tell me more about how building LAX was "make work". No, I'm asking if that's what you're proposing for the 21st century. What projects would you have be initiated that wou…

Back in 2002 I built an LFS on a 400 MHz HP desktop with 256MB of RAM. Took about eight hours. It was quite a learning experience, to see Linux's guts all put together. I highly re…

Automation in farming has made calories cheaper. Who in the United States is really starving?

Sounds like you're proposing makework programs? Wouldn't they use more automation to build roads and airports?

But the question is whether automation across all sectors would free up all kinds of pursuits, not just programming. Maybe that wasn't clear in my question, but that's what I was p…

105 years ago in the United States, there wasn't.[1] So it sounds like you believe the current level of tax take is sufficient and we needn't press for more? [1] https://en.wikiped…

How many of today’s politicians have the conviction and perseverance of Roosevelt? Especially in the face of donors?

I can’t see that bubble being sustained.

“...were high” What you did there. I see it.

YouTube and free SDKs, IDEs, and cheap servers are quite a democratizer. But is it true to say that automation would fail to free up higher pursuits because there is a shortage of …

But there’s a huge difference between making a moral case for taxing the wealthy, and making it possible to tax the wealthy, isn’t there?

Equality, comrade.

Could that success be repeated in the 21st century? If so, how?

Apparently the answer is, more than is being paid now.

Who would pass these capital gains taxes? Politicians, right? The same ones who can be influenced by lobbyists? When these laws are passed, will assets be sheltered by accountants?…

Does anyone here believe the top 1% and 10% are being taxed enough ? The most oft-expressed opinion I’ve seen, even expressed below, is that the rich don’t pay enough as a percenta…

> If, say, US would pass laws that allow them to tax everything that touches/ does business with a wealthy individual - that would make it very hard for said individual to avoid ta…

Would a land value tax be priced on farms as well? I wouldn’t think so, else you risk pricing farmers out of business. Have you noticed how many wealthy people own vineyards? Put s…

Did you notice that those conservatives and liberals are wealthy, or have wealthy backers? Have they been aggressive in raising taxes on the wealthy? Why do you suppose that is?

And those in that party working hard to lower taxes are... wealthy. They seem to be having some modest success this political season.

How many wealthy in the Soviet Union or China were still there after their revolutions?

Google loopholes in capital gains taxes. Lots of ways to avoid them. The wealthy can hire experts.

How is this different than open(secret_file)? Serious question.