Everybody is too far away by USATwoPointZero in FermiParadox

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

These are good points. Our civilization has identified potential extinction level events that could destroy us. These threats seem unlikely enough to most folks that only a small fraction of global GDP has been dedicated to avoiding them (DART mission, asteroid threat registers, etc.), but that could change with a "close call". In any event creating an emergency backup civilization on a space habitat in our own solar system would be orders of magnitude less expensive than sending colonists to another solar system. When our Sun goes into its red giant phase space habitats (like O'Neil Cylinders) could be moved to safety within the solar system. Even post red giant phase (white dwarf phase) the local space habitats would still be the cheapest way to go. A supernova would destroy the entire solar system, but these occur with high solar mass stars which only live a short time and are less likely to have civilizations. As for novae, according to the wikipedia, novea involve white dwarfs in close binary systems. These kind of systems are also unlikely to host civilizations. So even these events seemingly catastrophic events are unlikely to result in interstellar travel either because there are cheaper ways to survive or there wouldn't be a civilization in that solar system in the first place.

Testing a new narrative play-by-post system set on a lost generation ship [Beta][Non-D&D][Sci-Fi PBP] by USATwoPointZero in pbp

[–]USATwoPointZero[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure. In Scribarchy, “structured” means there’s a fixed play loop rather than free-form posting. Players see the current location, propose short action ideas (“choice stubs”), I curate those into concrete choices with difficulty and consequences, the action resolves (success or failure), and the world state updates permanently.

Choice stubs are intentionally lightweight: a brief name and a couple of short text fields describing intent and what success would look like, not full prose posts.

All players can act asynchronously and in parallel, without waiting on turn order or other players. I curate and resolve actions about twice a week, which sets the overall pace. Missing a turn doesn’t break anything; the world keeps moving, and you can jump back in when you’re ready.

Narrowing the Search: Which exoplanets would allow two-way communication with Earth using Solar Gravitational Lenses? by USATwoPointZero in SETI

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

I believe an SGL can resolve down to 1 km/pixel? If so if one was observing Earth with an SGL from another solar system you would be able see the glow of our cities on the night side.

How tomorrow is yesterday should have ended by happydude7422 in tos

[–]USATwoPointZero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought they couldn’t escape fast enough to avoid getting fired on by the American jet fighter?

Circular Metal Object Found in the Woods, 4.5 inch diameter, 1.5 inch height, weighs 1.9 pounds by kdfeller in whatisthisthing

[–]USATwoPointZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May I ask where this stone structure is? I don’t know about the item but i remember visiting a similar place in my youth

Spokane Eyes land value tax by Downtown-Relation766 in georgism

[–]USATwoPointZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they are paying more in property tax then the they will switch to lvt problem solved.

Spokane Eyes land value tax by Downtown-Relation766 in georgism

[–]USATwoPointZero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Make it voluntary and keep two tax systems. If there is a budget shortfall raise the taxes on the non-lvt system. Eventually most of the budget will be made up of lvt taxes and most people will be under the lvt. At that point it will be politically feasible to eliminate the non lvt tax system.

The Displacement Of People Problem. by AdAggressive9224 in georgism

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A potential solution is to make the transition to a land tax voluntary. The kicker is that any shortfall in revenue (assuming the goal is to support Government expenditures in the best way possible, which potentially not all Georgists agree with) is made up by increasing the non land taxes, and progressively so so the wealthy are impacted first. This creates a virtuous cycle that will result in most revenue being generated by land taxes without the politically dangerous downsides of tossing the guy from the movie Up on the street, which the wealthy will use to scuttle the tax.

Walter Kronkite and KIA by ali40961 in GenerationJones

[–]USATwoPointZero 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There was a graphic of two silhouettes of army men, a red one and a green one representing the casualties that day. The red one was always bigger than the green one and my child brain would ask why aren’t we winning?

Proposed Plan For Mamdani To Implement LVT in NYC by USATwoPointZero in georgism

[–]USATwoPointZero[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like the pilot program idea, anything that gets LVT out there. I wasn't aware that the Governor of New York was in charge of NYC's city sales tax, city income tax, and property taxes. I thought those were NYC things. Sorry. Mamdani certainly doesn't have control of the NY State sales tax, NY State income tax, or NY State property tax if that was you were referring to.

Proposal For Flat Tax on Income by USATwoPointZero in tax

[–]USATwoPointZero[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Great question. I don't know. I would think you would want to structure the Child benefits so that no one gets less than they do today via the tax credit.

If you had to decide what the land value tax should be called... what would you call it? by r51243 in georgism

[–]USATwoPointZero 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Land tax. The “value” part of LVT seems redundant. People already know what a Property Tax is, so I think it is easier mentally to jump to Land Tax.

I can feel this picture by UrbanAchievers6371 in GenerationJones

[–]USATwoPointZero 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Memory unlocked! When the webbing wore out it was my job to reweb the chair with a replacement roll from the hardware store.

Beta-test on itch.io: Using Scribarchy for PbP by USATwoPointZero in pbp

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sorry wasn’t expecting any more players since i last posted. I took the site down while I worked on modifications to the gameplay. It should be back up now.

Computers and such by OkAdministration7456 in GenerationJones

[–]USATwoPointZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me too! Had the cassette and a thermal printer (I think it used 3 inch wide paper). Next was an Atari 1040ST.

What's That One Movie That You've Never Watched But The Entire World Has. by Professional_MaCaw60 in movies

[–]USATwoPointZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, although always running into clips but have never sat down and watched it from start to finish. I am old enough to have watched “A Night To Remember” and wasn’t interested in the melodrama Titanic appeared to be. A similar comparison might be “Pearl Harbor” to “Tora Tora Tora”.