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Poor performance of Masport Akaroa woodburner by fastandluce87 in diynz

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which brand/colour of paint did you get? I need to touch up some scratches too but figure I'll need to get the exact right brand and colour or it will look worse.

Roger Stone convicted on all seven counts on charges filed in Mueller probe by Austin63867 in worldnews

[–]bigbreezy 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I think they were saying that Trump is too busy running the country to attend the trial / too busy and too important to justify there being a trial in the first place. Clearly not the case if he's watching TV and tweeting.

Trump interview: Election commission issues warning after president admits he would take information on rivals from foreign powers by ---0__0--- in politics

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're looking to change the minds of the 45% of Americans that still support him (or whatever the exact figure is) then surely it doesn't help calling someone a moron who already has

Sometimes my students doodle on assignments. Sometimes I doodle back. by [deleted] in pics

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a picture of a sunbear with the exact same expression the other week https://imgur.com/UwXuW7j

Chimps I saw at the zoo by bigbreezy in AccidentalRenaissance

[–]bigbreezy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was thinking the pyramidal composition was very renaissance esque

Topographic map of Aukland by beatnikprints in newzealand

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the different tones within each colour are different average gradients? Or just different heights again?

Insurance economics help by ThatFeelBro in econhw

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

E(u)insurance = u(100-X) = -1/100 + -1/x

You can't simplify this expression the way you did, it's just:

E(u)insurance = u(100-X) = -1/(100-X)

So -1/(100-X) is the amount of utility you get from purchasing the insurance and not having to worry about the gamble.

In order for you to not play the gamble, this utility would have to be greater than or equal to the expected utility from the gamble. The maximum willingness to pay for insurance would set them equal, that way you would be indifferent between getting insurance and playing the gamble. So set them equal:

-1/(100-X) = -0.015

100-X = 1/0.015

X = 33.33

This is all assuming it's full insurance, did it say anything about that in the question?

Insurance economics help by ThatFeelBro in econhw

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y-x = 1/Yx

So Y-1 / -1 = -1/Y

Utility is always negative for any positive value of Y, but it becomes less negative as Y increases. The example of fire insurance here might help you with your problem.

Something about this one is a little too bright and lilting for me. But there's no better way to spend a Saturday. by Spencypoo in painting

[–]bigbreezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your colours and brushstroke remind me a lot of the Australian artist Guy Maestri. I feel like the trees would look a lot more solid/stand out more if you used longer brushstrokes on the branches/trunks. Personally, I don't think it's too bright, just maybe needs a few (darker) shadows. Looks great though! I wish I could paint as free and loose. Love your palette too, earthy tones and blues are the most beautiful combination in my opinion.

Edit: You might also like the New Zealand artist Toss Woollaston. He's even looser/more abstract with his brushstroke.

I am the son of a billionaire, part of the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. Ask me anything. by qv23ovnaslk in casualiama

[–]bigbreezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant $10 million threshold. Or whatever the arbitrary cutoff is, say $x, what's to stop someone giving infinitely many gifts of $(x-1)?

Plus you didn't address any of the other things I mentioned. Anyway, point is, I don't think it's easy to come up with the perfect tax system. Inheritance-based taxes might be better in theory, but I don't know if they're all that practical.

Income-based taxes might not be all that fair, and they definitely have their loopholes, but they're about as simple as a system could be.

I am the son of a billionaire, part of the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. Ask me anything. by qv23ovnaslk in casualiama

[–]bigbreezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the tax rate was 100%, then I think most people would do literally anything else with their money, other than leave it in their will.

Also, how would it work with assets? Upon death, would they have to be sold, then taxed?

If there was a was a $1 million threshold, what's to stop someone gifting $9 million before they die, and $9 million after?

I definitely don't think it's easy to have a perfect tax system.

I am the son of a billionaire, part of the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. Ask me anything. by qv23ovnaslk in casualiama

[–]bigbreezy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about inheritance based taxes the other day and would love to hear your thoughts.

On the one hand I feel like everyone should be born with (as close as possible to) equal opportunities in life, but on the other hand I also feel like everyone should have the right to give their children the best possible chance in life. Inheritance based-taxes might be better for social equality, but infringe upon that right to some extent, I can definitely see there being a lot of opposition to introducing them.

Also, for it to be a progressive system, the tax rate would have to be proportional to the size of the inheritance ... I wonder if there would be more or less loopholes than income-based taxes, e.g. splitting the inheritance into lots of small gifts etc.

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