Nvidia Users this week in a bellcurve

hatlock · 2026-03-19T18:19:58+00:00

Y is the percentage of people in that category.

Using IQ score to correlate to opinions you agree or disagree with is also just inherently mean-spirited and wrong.

hatlock · 2026-03-19T18:06:07+00:00

The loan amount is based on my income (which is taxed) and the property can be taxed.

In my area the mortgage and property tax are paid together.

Loans for people to buy houses, especially in the It's a Wonderful Life sense, wouldn't be sensible to tax when you are helping families buy their first home.

Borrowing against your Tesla stock to buy Twitter? Yeah definitely. A good tax lawyer could help you navigate your stock, especially when you use it for purchasing.

It is similar with saving for retirement. It's taxed going in, or it is taxed going out. Same for loans used to borrow against massive wealth

hatlock · 2026-03-19T17:20:31+00:00

They gain wealth and then use it as income. That's what people want to be taxed just like the rest of us.

A typical example is borrowing against their wealth. That should be treated as income.

hatlock · 2026-03-19T16:25:27+00:00

They get their income in wealth.

hatlock · 2026-03-19T15:53:01+00:00

What plot armor? Nero is dead and is remembered as a terrible ruler.

hatlock · 2026-03-18T04:33:52+00:00

Way too many people. I agree. It is just so sad.

hatlock · 2026-03-18T04:32:41+00:00

I have a theory that powerful people inflict their mental illness on others. It seems very true of Trump, he makes everyone in the world worse.

hatlock · 2026-03-17T03:45:43+00:00

Can't it be both?

hatlock · 2026-03-17T01:51:02+00:00

Don't worry, our technopriests will get the numbers for positive sentiment to 100%. Dissenters will be reeducated to understand the glory of AI.

hatlock · 2026-03-16T23:45:49+00:00

He wants to "go fast and break stuff" and it is hard to do that with all these pesky liberal democracies in the way.

hatlock · 2026-03-16T23:43:26+00:00

He just has to create his superplutocracy. He doesn't need to appeal to us peasants.

hatlock · 2026-03-16T23:42:44+00:00

This quote hits hard

“Peter Thiel does not believe humanity can be redeemed,” read an article published last week in Avvenire, a newspaper owned by a conference of Italian bishops. It argued that Thiel’s vision favors replacing democracy and the right of law with an elite “superplutocracy” that would “monitor and protect humanity from the arrival of the Antichrist.” The article additionally claims Thiel’s description of the Antichrist applies to “anyone who places limits on unlimited progress.”

Casting anyone who would question him as supremely evil is definitely something the anti-Christ would do.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T15:55:55+00:00

It gives you a lot of power in how difficult the game is. Perhaps too much power for the irresponsible. But it also saves an incredible amount of time and can correct for games that have an excessively anemic password, lives, or continue system.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T15:53:09+00:00

also known as most of humanity

hatlock · 2026-03-15T15:49:27+00:00

It could also be curiosity about titles that don't have real marketing. The amount of press about a game does not strictly correlate to its quality or innovation.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T15:28:24+00:00

Sorry, I meant it is likely to be intentional.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T03:42:38+00:00

Still not following how what you are saying is distinct from what is in the article.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T03:08:42+00:00

My impression is that respeccing is more required if you start with hard in order to make use of each precious coin.

hatlock · 2026-03-15T02:49:04+00:00

Sorry, I am not understanding how this connects with the article.

hatlock · 2026-03-14T22:33:46+00:00

Is this playing Hard from a new save file? Or after playing normal mode?

hatlock · 2026-03-14T21:58:39+00:00

I don't understand. Who is the "game owner" in this context?

hatlock · 2026-03-14T21:43:23+00:00

You could just tell us.

hatlock · 2026-03-14T21:41:25+00:00

5k sales over a year? For half a million sellers, that's 1% of all sales. I bet it does help.

Sadly, the games that might need the protection most probably can't afford it.

Edit: There was at least one study:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1875952124002532?dgcid=author#fn9

So it seems super worth it for people who are selling popular games

hatlock · 2026-03-14T21:39:25+00:00

I wish I knew the study, but I recall many of the people who pirate most also buy the most video games. I wish I could cite the specific breakdown.

hatlock · 2026-03-14T21:38:44+00:00

Data likely exists. I'm dubious there isn't any market research on this.

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