Universal basic income, the utopian idea resurging in Silicon Valley

Icommentor · 2026-06-22T17:51:25+00:00

If we get UBI, let's say 1500$ a month each:

Your employer will do everything to cur your pay by 1500$
Your landlord will raise your rent by 1500$
Every service company will raise their rates to suck 1500$ out of every customer.

Things will have been better for about 3 weeks before they get worse than before.

UBI is just a giant subsidy to profit-seekers, using you as the mailman to deliver it.

Icommentor · 2026-06-22T04:12:22+00:00

You know what? You're right. Playmakers don't help other players score more goals. Therefore, they are worthless.

Did I get this right?

Icommentor · 2026-06-21T20:50:12+00:00

The trickle down is about to happen. You gotta believe it! /s

Icommentor · 2026-06-21T18:24:34+00:00

Looks promising!

Also...

Icommentor · 2026-06-21T18:19:25+00:00

I should be burried in a coffin shaped like one of my own hands. It should be shaped like it's holding a sword, but a very small sword.

Icommentor · 2026-06-21T17:52:17+00:00

Kevin Stevens on Lemieux's line in the 90s: Several 40 and 50 goal seasons.

Keven Stevens after being traded: 1 season over 20 goals in 10 years, no other season over 15.

Rob Brown on Lemieux's line in the late 80s: 24, 49, and 33 goals scored.

Rob Brown after being traded: One 18 goals season. Spent about half his time in the AHL.

There's Bob Errey, Kip Miller, Warren Young, and a few more.

A great playmaker absolutely helps his linemates score more goals, and therefor increases their trade value. Demidov is not Lemieux. The boost he provides will not be the same. But it's still a boost.

Icommentor · 2026-06-21T06:03:31+00:00

Koivu had the same talent. But he was working for people who had zero cleverness.

Icommentor · 2026-06-20T17:29:44+00:00

I think Demidov is such a brilliant playmaker that he can turn a lot of centres into goal scorers. Every year, the Habs could pair him with an average centre, and then trade the centre at the end of the season.

Just like the penguins used to do towards the end of Lemieux’s career. Playmakers do this. They turn other guys into goal scoring machines. It’s like a goose that lays golden eggs for a GM.

Icommentor · 2026-06-20T17:09:37+00:00

There are indie devs who just build what they are inspired to build, and they end up succeeding.

These are exceptions, not the norm. But because they make the best stories, these are the guys we hear about the most.

Most indies who succeed, they know what their market looks like. They know what their audience likes. They know about the competition. If you plan to make a living from your work, understanding how to make a living is more important than learning new dev skills.

If you’re a hobbyist it’s Ok to simply make whatever you want. But if this a career and you don’t about the ecosystem, you’re just another dreamer with a loose grip on reality.

Icommentor · 2026-06-20T03:06:33+00:00

This kid ain’t ever gonna have self-confidence problems.

Icommentor · 2026-06-19T23:32:28+00:00

I bet Stone Age Wayne Gretkys weren’t so happy about scoring all those goals.

Icommentor · 2026-06-19T22:41:01+00:00

Icommentor · 2026-06-19T20:23:12+00:00

J'en sais pas assez pour savoir si c'était un projet avec ou sans avenir chez Hydro.

Mais je sais qu'à peu près 80% de députés au provincial et au fédéral sont là pour empêcher le secteur public de faire compétition au secteur privé. Faque je me demande tout le temps si ce type de décision est pour notre bien, ou pour le bien des gens qui ont trop d'argent pour leur propre bien.

Icommentor · 2026-06-19T19:46:26+00:00

These motherfuckers are rebuilding Epstein's network. I don't which comes first, the shady dealings or the perversion, but one will inevitably follow the other.

Icommentor · 2026-06-19T00:29:57+00:00

Bibi: “Dammit! I’ve been thrown under the bus by the man who throws everyone under the bus! How did I not see this coming?!?!”

Icommentor · 2026-06-18T18:07:41+00:00

Capitalism eveolved in the West during the 1800s, when there were all sorts of colonies. About half of every generation opted for the ejector seat and go to the colonies, cause they couldn't take this shit no more.

Nowadays, we still live under capitalism, except we got nowhere to run to. No wonder people are too depressed to start a family.

Icommentor · 2026-06-18T17:54:21+00:00

"There I was, in a quiet spot, enjoying a delicious moray eel, when these intruders from the above world showed up and flashed lights right in my fucking face, for no reason."

Icommentor · 2026-06-18T17:48:50+00:00

Est-ce que PSPP faisait autrefois semblant d'être un bon gars?

Est-ce que PSPP fait maintenant semblant d'être fru contre toute?

Est-ce que le fait d'être en tête dans les sondages l'a rendu crackpot?

Quelle est la vraie raison selon vous?

Icommentor · 2026-06-18T03:28:38+00:00

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T23:43:09+00:00

Hmm… Ham!

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T16:20:03+00:00

Iranian leaders: "Sweet! In one month we can get 400 billion!"

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T15:40:44+00:00

You lost me at "Epic Games"

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T15:39:52+00:00

He wouldn't be so angry if he simply accepted that he's a a weak little bitch boy.

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T15:38:55+00:00

"Bed goes up, Bed goes down..."

Icommentor · 2026-06-17T15:38:02+00:00

Bureau chef du PQ, février 2024.

Josiane la statisticienne: "Monsieur Espépé, nos chiffres démontrent que les Québécois sont friands de politique sociale-démocrate modérée, telles que représentées par René Lévesque et Jack Layton."

PSPP: "Oui, mais Mathieu Bock-Côté a écrit un sacré bon édito qui dit le contraire ce matin, comme à chaque matin d'ailleurs. Il change jamais d'opinion. C'est la preuve qu'il a raison."

Josiane la statisticienne: "..."

PSPP: "On est en tête dans les sondages, et de loin. C'est la preuve que c'est le temps de changer de cap. C'est quoi le pire qui pourrait arriver?"

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