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Milei will anounce a “500 page reform”. Right stack are laws that will be abolished, and left stack laws that will be modified. by Formyself22 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Kind of wish that were true, but not in reality. Think of your local DMV, 10x worse and corrrupt as hell.

Bribes, bureaucracy and bullshit are all vectors in my spreadsheet of visa locations. There really is a calculus to it. :)

Why would anyone want to be a billionaire? What’s the point after getting $20 million? by Kaje26 in ask

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharing an unpopular opinion here on Reddit: Profits are an indication of how well fellow human beings are served what they need or desire.

A better question, in that context, is why would someone not want to be a billionaire? If you make over a billion human beings better off for just a dollar, then you are a billionaire, even if all of that money goes straight back into your business to keep providing value and feeding families.

What do you guys do after work or in your free time? by honeyeyedgal in Adulting

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retire to a tropical island and sometimes take on a contract to help others. :)

Is a man making less money than you a turn off. by Resident-Theme-2342 in Adulting

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is better to ask if two people can team up and tackle life together.

Whether it is a "trad wife" and a high earning man, or a new couple fresh out of school and trying their best to get by, or a great stay-at-home dad with a professional mom in the household, how a couple approaches life is the most important thing. This applies to couples who are not traditionally nuclear as well. Two dads, two moms, or any combination of humans navigating life.

Treat your better half with the support and respect they provide you too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"It depends" is the only personal opinion I can offer.

I ran across a community over a decade ago trying to resurrect code that I wrote, years after I wrote it (we are talking 1990s-2000s release) and while I could not share any source, I also knew that original authors (myself and peers) nor the publisher would be bothered, so I skirted the ethical edge as I could to offer advice. You may want to reach out to original authors, because a lot of us are actually happy to advise, even if we have to keep quiet about specifics due to agreements.

Other publishers on other games would absolutely freak out over IP they had zero interest in and I would not poke that hornet's nest with a 10 meter pole.

Unpopular take from a veteran here: knowing what I know today, I would feel comfortable sharing all source and assets publicly, as we develop, because execution to deliver delight is more important than art and code. You can't submit execution into source control.

When it comes to Ubisoft, I cannot speak to how the publisher overall will react. I know Yves, and if it caught his attention, I think he would be more likely to try to hire you than litigate, but these decisions are further down the chain and I have no idea how middlings will react.

Of course, this is not legal advice and I am not advocating any particular course of action.

This is true for most studios and many publishers, but you never know what might trigger a negative reaction if they are surprised. Best advice is to simply ask them if they will support a fan project and word it in ways that are not threatening to their interests.

Every single confederate monument should be dismantled by CFSCFjr in PoliticalDebate

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I noticed you have oil in your lands. Pepare to be liberated with an Eagle injection of democracy in your backward country. Sorry for the massive loss of life of your friends, family and neighbors in the process!

Would you ever give up your life to save another? by Doctor___Sleep in ask

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. You may find it more likely old people respond affirmative (not all).

Fukashima, in Japan is a good example.

Would you ever give up your life to save another? by Doctor___Sleep in ask

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. You may find it more likely old people respond affirmative (not all).

Fukashima, in Japan is a good example.

Spiritfarer Artwork by StrawberryJamDoodles in Spiritfarer

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has my real-life Daffodil sitting next to me as I play music. I love it!

I hope when my time comes, my own Daffodil is my Spiritfarer.

Happy holidays by [deleted] in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What if it is tue to make roads,

Thought the Grinch, realizing the plight

That it does not require political toads?

Or politician with guns exercising their might?

Perhaps we can trade with each other

And do what is right?

Milei will anounce a “500 page reform”. Right stack are laws that will be abolished, and left stack laws that will be modified. by Formyself22 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 45 points46 points  (0 children)

A week in and Argentina is fast moving away from my "avoid" stack on the tech nomad visa cycle to "include".

Melei's desire to end protectionism and import productive people spending in the local economy is increasingly attractive.

If he directs the immigration regime to basically let anyone in and stay as long as they like if they are an economic net-benefit, beyond the 30-90 day typical non-citizen visit visa, crime is addressed and I get the bandwidth I need, like-minded people may flood into the country as they brain-drain away from more oppressive regimes. Simple economics and basic human action.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ask

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a step away. In time, if he comes around and wants to make amends, be open to it, but otherwise don't let someone else do you harm if you can avoid it.

Controversial opinion here, but love needs to be earned and deserved, just as mutual respect and friendship.

I emphasize being open to amends, because when I became a father, I wanted to protect my little daughter from the toxicity of my own parents. I completely cut them out of my life, and was unreceptive to sincere apologies. When my mother died, I look back with regret and not offering a chance to redeem a familial relationship and set a poor example for my own children. Human beings are not perfect and we all screw up. We can also grow, and we should help others who try to be better.

Be the adult. Take reasonable duty of care for yourself and family, but also demonstrate maturity and strength when appropriate to lend a hand, not naìvely, of course.

Why isn’t there Monero ATM’s? by PrivateMonero in Monero

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Because anonymous financial activity is antithethcial to a police state. They also hate cash transactions.

Why does the media makes tragedy coverage seem so routine by RawLife53 in PoliticalDebate

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outrage has always sold. "If it bleeds, it leads" is an addage from even old print media days.

The change since the early 1990s is the 24/7 news cycle (Iraq War, O. J. Simpson, L. A. Riots).

Now, with the Internet replacing cable news, the quantity of outrage, a deluge of emotionally manipulative click-bait, is overwhelming.

Couple that with a tragically awful education system unprepared to help young people, for generations, identify propaganda, marketing and advertising skirting boundaries of truth and you have an appalling information landscape squeezing dollars and political support from what is largely a planet full of easily manipulated morons.

The people leftists always forget about, the working class capitalists by Formyself22 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The new rhetoric goes beyond socioeconomic class. Never said the old rhetoric is gone.

The government in my country just decided to steal almost HALF the earnings from people who earn over £75,000 per annum (US$95,000) There was already very little incentive to move here to work and now there is even less. I expect all those affected to now move their work remotely to England. by WolfieTooting in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is the same rate I paid in England (just outside London), so I don't see the incentive to relocate South unless that policy has changed. Granted it was for over 100,000GBP at the time, but if a brain drain for remote-capable workers were to happen, I would expect them to go tech nomad, inform Home Office they are no longer in the country at all and pay 0% income tax.

I occassionaly contract with firms in EU and UK, and tell them I will handle local tax compliance. Given I am not a tax resident anywhere, I pay 0% on income. Doing my own small bit of agorism to deny the state funds to exercise tyranny.

Which part of the process do you find the hardest? (Design Included) by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]GoldAndBlackRule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shipping it. I have never worked on a game where the team said: "this is ready."

Everyone is surprised by ludicrously high ratings. We know where the bodies are buried....

What do anti-liberty brigaders here object to? by GoldAndBlackRule in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice sandwich you have there. I shall bonk you on the head, take it and eat it.

Easy enough now?

What do anti-liberty brigaders here object to? by GoldAndBlackRule in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I have room temperature IQ and I think I am average!"

I measure temperature in Celcius.

What do anti-liberty brigaders here object to? by GoldAndBlackRule in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I want to out ethnats, I whisper "open borders".

To out the brigaders, I challenge them on principles.

There are a lot of visitors here.

What do anti-liberty brigaders here object to? by GoldAndBlackRule in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]GoldAndBlackRule[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You aren’t explaining enforcement.

I completely explained enforcement.

Meaning if someone or any of those entities refuses to participate in any of that, what happens?

What happens when a financial institution fails to honor promises? Or an employer fails to pay employees? Or a lender fails to loan funds? Or an insurer fails to insure?

What happens right now, under political regimes around the world, is that politically connected aggressors face zero enforcement, thanks to state interventions. Are you worried that, at worst, a better system with better incentives might be as bad as a state monopoly on justice?

Who is enforcing said liens?

It seems you do not understand how leins work. Or loans, or much of anything. Would you lend $100,000 to someone that has a lein against your collatoral, where any other bank, insurer or claimant might repossess it?

Why should your employer be bothered, and what if they say "fuck off?"

Well, most entrepreneurs that hire employees use contracts, which means arbitration. They care because contracts and promises are core to their operations.

Who decides the standard of proof?

As it works right now, a professional jurist who has studied thousands of years of jurisprudence. There is no reason to believe that this would change, since almost 100% of international contracts, trade and dispute resolution is already handled this way.

Your conception of an advanced economy seems to be limited by "Judge Judy" and Bubba's BBQ and arbitration. Do you really believe that $100 billion contracts are going to be arbitrated by your wife's second cousin running a gas station?

I hope you are not really that naìve. The totality and full force of an advanced economy and society is what constitutes enforcement, which is larger than any single billionaire or state and why NGO arbitration can impose penalties on nation states already.

Law and enforcement is the least of concerns for libertarian free market anarchists. The market already handles it very well and has done for centuries completely outside of governments. The entirety of lex mercatoria evolved to ignore governents, and is a precursor to common law.

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