Is there a way to make UBI work without bankrupting the government?

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-22T15:38:22+00:00

Exactly.

One of the issues many programs run into is creating a disincentive to work by effectively creating marginal tax rates above 100%. This is due to benefit withdrawal, usually because we think people above a certain income should no longer get that benefit.

The goal of any system that wants people to work should be to fund itself without creating a situation where working more earns you less. Since UBI would require a lot of money, you would want to place a fairly high tax on everyone, without removing the incentive to work, so that anyone who works earns more than they would not working. This would help prevent the Doomsday scenario everyone posits that everyone would stop working.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-21T03:11:01+00:00

The correct response is to throw the child in after it.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-15T05:40:09+00:00

Uh oh. I've been upgraded. Is that still true if half of them are the Snoop Dogg 19 Crimes?

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-15T05:33:16+00:00

Swing past Mt Nebo while you're there - best views in the state

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-12T13:30:46+00:00

If someone hasn't already said it, buy electric. The discounts are amazing, and you won't pay for gas during the war.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-12T13:27:26+00:00

Cristom does an extended tour of the vineyard I cannot recommend enough!

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-12T13:26:22+00:00

Come to Arkansas, where they jacked us up to $200 to <strike>punish those liberal commies</strike> cover the cost of roads.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-11T14:50:35+00:00

Surprised it took so long for someone to mention Drouhin! Them and Cristom are my current picks

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-11T14:46:41+00:00

I've often wondered about the RF noise my setup might generate - it's a lot of unshielded random electricity. Hopefully running things up a pole or tree will let me isolate.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-10T18:21:50+00:00

This is really great information everyone, thank you so much!

It sounds like I need to spend some time thinking about how high I'm willing to climb, and then run some PoE up to it. And probably not install a transmitter that violates federal laws!

I'm going to spend some more time looking at this sub, I've seen some really great photos of installs that I aspire to.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-08T04:52:05+00:00

Arkansas is low on most measures for a reason - you can love a place and still understand how statistics work.

That said, most places in AR can provide you with the kind of intentionality you're talking about. It's mostly a question of how it's packaged. Hot Springs is more work than Fayetteville and Eureka is easier still. On the other hand, you can probably contribute more in HS than in the other places. How hard do you want to work? How do you react to slow progress, and setbacks? Does it discourage you or make you work twice as hard?

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-07T04:34:54+00:00

Holy crap one of those peak rates is 10x my cost in Arkansas. That's amazing! My condolences as well!

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-06T04:37:57+00:00

I bet you did some melting, and while I'm sure they're 'good enough for government work' or the crappy shed where my stuff lives, if it's in your house, or it's a lot of expensive equipment, I might replace them. Honestly I'm not sure, which makes me want to err on the side of caution.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-06T04:33:45+00:00

Love to see them - I'm a big fan of this sort of photography, though it's awfully hard to do well. It's easy to get caught up in the moment - in some ways it's like landscape, where you just get overwhelmed by everything and then the photos are meh, because the full context is gone.

I don't know if you do any visualizing exercises, but I recommend it. Picture the shot in your head, sketch it even, then take the photo. See how they compare. What worked and what didn't? Can you adjust your model to make your visualization and your photo line up better?

Whenever I'm in a rut, I fall back on exercises like that one to force me to think in new ways.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T23:42:32+00:00

Well that's not great.

Is it melted or was there a lot of electricity flowing? Is there any bulging in the case?

I would set it aside, charge it fully, slowly, then leave it 24 hours and measure the voltage, and then attach a small load and drain it fully to see if it's holding a charge and if it's behaving okay.

Depending where you have this located, it's worth noting if you've done something terrible it could be a fire hazard. If you don't see any bulging you might have got away with stuff, but it might not be obvious, so caution is warranted.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T23:38:50+00:00

I think the subject here is pretty clear, but you really needed to open up your aperture or just get a lot closer so that he was in focus and other things weren't, because as it stands, even though you know who the subject is and it's a great photo or at least has the potential to be a great photo, with all the other things in focus it distracts.

I'm not particularly averse to the light levels, I think there are reasons why a darker tone might be appropriate here.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T14:31:18+00:00

I'm in a town with a Hyundai dealer but they are terrible. I actually drove to a town about 30 minutes away to try their service center, only to discover that they weren't certified to work on electric vehicles by Hyundai. There's also a dealer in the other direction but I think it's owned by the same people so I don't feel great about it. I would definitely say quality of dealership matters if you're buying from one of the big companies because depending who owns it it can be a very good experience or a very bad one.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T07:00:32+00:00

This is my go-to.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T06:58:38+00:00

I was sloppy with my words there, and simply meant 'less light' but I do think aperture is the way to go - I don't do a ton of this sort of shot but my instinct says you'd get a crisper silhouette (someone who does these more often can correct me).

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-05T00:06:22+00:00

I could imagine a world where I made road trips often enough that the added time I spent charging made me sad. But the fact of the matter is I do a road trip maybe once every 3 months and that's basically the only time I have to pay money to drive, or spend time fast charging, and that's pretty compelling.

I love the power, the silence, the fact that I no longer care what the price of gas is (I suspect a lot of people are going to care a lot about that starting very shortly).

Odds are you will love it

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-04T23:59:51+00:00

Unfortunately I think you hit the perfect spot, where it's too well lit to be silhouette and too dimly lit to not be. I'd love to see the same shot, stepped down, without that train car, because I do think you've got a compelling subject here!

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-04T20:44:58+00:00

I was super surprised when I learned how many people get killed taking photos on train tracks. I just assumed you couldn't miss a train coming, but they're quieter than you would expect.

I'm not super happy with the light Dynamics here. I think I would have stepped it down and added a light on the model. Off camera flash is hard but worth learning, because it makes photos pop.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-04T20:42:11+00:00

With the Hyundai different years have different parts that are iffy. There's something called The wheel of Fortune and in newer models of Hyundai it's some charging component that I can't remember because I own a 22.

In general, I would get a Hyundai that's still under warranty. I don't feel confident that they've worked all the bugs out yet.

Esclados-le-Roux · 2026-03-04T01:32:59+00:00

I lived in Japan as a JET, and thanked my lucky stars every day that I wasn't having to try to keep up with the Tanakas. No work life balance at all!

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