There is more currency every year because of inflation, which means more available to pay back the debt which is growing slower (in this scenario). Imagine being on the other side of this, you are earning interest on your treasury bonds and planning on using it to buy gas for your car, but in 2027 can buy less gas than 2026 because you got ripped off by the government indirectly.

One problem with this is, at some point people may realize loaning money to the government is a bad deal and stop doing it.

If it’s actually good tasting to you, and everyone who is going to eat it genuinely feels the same, go for it. But like, ever tried eating a rhubarb pie with most or all of the sugar omitted? It is horrible and a waste of food because the bitterness of the rhubarb needs to be balanced by the sugar. You can’t just take any recipe and cut out the central ingredient and expect to get palatable results. Making something else instead is the safer option.

Also though, it is worse for you to eat smaller amounts of sugar consistently than a large amount of sugar all at once rarely, the former makes a better environment for bacteria growing on your teeth, and sugar is addictive so making a habit of just having a little on a regular basis will likely result in eating more overall than you otherwise would have.

A lot of it is the tens of billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin they own, that have never been moved, and are assumed by the market to be lost.

Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.

That’s because it includes both of these in the category. The discrepancy is probably because the OP image slightly misrepresents what the map is saying.

Does that actually work when they’re publicly saying the opposite, won’t judges and juries call bullshit?

Well ok yeah less sweet cheesecakes are alright

I think it’s better just to make and eat desserts less frequently than try to mess with the sugar ratios, especially with baking. Like if you want something healthy maybe make a fruit tart instead of something that involves something like Nutella or cake icing where it’s supposed to be very sweet.

I close bathroom doors, mainly to keep in the habit of doing it

Haven’t other countries tried DNS level site blocking, and it’s very easy to get around? Does it even make any difference? The strategy of ISP copyright letters has already trained Americans to use VPNs for this, it seems like the only difference will be that I will have to turn my VPN on before searching for torrents instead of just before actually opening my torrent client

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the chatbot can renew only 15 lower-risk maintenance medications that have already been prescribed by a clinician. That includes fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), bupropion (Wellbutrin), mirtazapine, and hydroxyzine

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I think it would be pretty cool if this was used on leaked proprietary source codes

Yes, there is empirical evidence that giving people money directly is effective, just denying it doesn’t refute that: https://ubiadvocates.org/9-successful-ubi-pilot-programs-that-will-change-your-views-on-free-money/

As for why that is, poverty is partly about mindset and decision making, but all of that is strongly influenced by the effects of being in a financially precarious situation and being around others who are. Just knowing that you aren’t at risk of your life falling apart because of relatively minor problems makes an enormous difference and allows people practically and psychologically to think beyond the short term and not get taken advantage of financially.

Makes sense, I overall agree, I’m mostly just unsure about the idea of a “snap”, “break” or gaining self awareness, as opposed to something more passive. It’s been a while since I saw the movie though and I didn’t read the book so I can’t make much of an argument about it.

UBI pilot programs give a lot of evidence to the contrary

Maybe I didn’t understand the scene, when I watched it I assumed he had planned to kill the guy all along and that was just stuff Bateman was saying to make him think everything was normal

The worst part is it’s not even money, it’s control over the resources and infrastructure the rest of us actually need.

We’re already seeing open source improvements made from people sorting through and learning from the leaked code

I’d be interested to know about examples of this, was there something Claude Code had that competitors didn’t already?

nitrile and latex gloves traditionally worn by laboratory scientists of all stripes, can shed particles called “stearates” that mimic microplastics. These hydrocarbons, added by the glove manufacturers to prevent the gloves from sticking to the molds, can fool spectroscopy machines and are nearly impossible to distinguish from polyethylene under electron microscopes.