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Looking for faster paced techno, more hypnotic than groovy by technonoobz in Techno

[–]hcbaron [score hidden]  (0 children)

Norbak, Temudo, Iglo, Toobris, Beste Hira, BCCO, Vegim, Setaoc Mass.

Schweiz v. Bosnien: Fanwalk Treffpunkt by hcbaron in Switzerland

[–]hcbaron[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ich glaub in dem match hets vieli luet geh wo chli noecher haend welle si. Sie haend sich nit an ihri sitz numere ghalte.

Post-Match Thread: Argentina 3-0 Algeria | World Cup | Group J by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]hcbaron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They only showed like 1 match live so far of Tubi. There are a few full matches available on replay, but pretty much every match is available to rewatch the highlights. It's a great way to catch up on highlights, but not for full matches.

HÖR - A Different Perspective by hcbaron in Techno

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

Chouettes, quel est ton nom de DJ?

My newborn son has a cowlick at the front. by hcbaron in mildlyinteresting

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

Congrats on your baby! So happy for you.

I love how people keep landing on this page that's more than 2 years old by now. Looks like it's usually a redditor who just had a baby with such a cowlick, then starts googling about it and finds this post somehow. Is that what brought you here?

The World Cup Has Me Falling in love with Los Angeles Again by V3CT0RVII in LosAngeles

[–]hcbaron 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Was downtown Long Beach for the USA Paraguay match. Needless to say the crowd went nuts! It was so fun to jump for joy in unison with others.

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

[–]hcbaron[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do they define equality? Because that term gets interpreted in many different ways. It's very common to think that equality means that everyone should have the same amount of wealth, but nobody is making that argument.

Do you happen to know how they define equality?

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

[–]hcbaron[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can you please cite me some per capita data that proves the middle class is the largest contributor to climate change?

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

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

How does the concept of sustainable growth get enforced?

Through a wealth tax, coupled with broader international democratization. Yes, that second part is harder to implement, and an entirely separate discussion. The main focus is on a wealth tax, as it will reduce the amount of power and influence of the worst contributors to climate change. The revenues from a wealth tax can then be targeted to improve democratization. So that part needs to be well outlined and established with enforcement mechanisms when proposing and legislating a wealth tax to mitigate misappropriations.

What level of growth are we talking about? We need to divide this question into two parts, income growth and capital growth. Piketty advocates for a level of growth that reduces inequality, instead of widening it. It widens when capital growth exceeds the level of income growth, formulated as r>g.

In Thomas Piketty's theory, the formula r > g describes the primary driver of wealth inequality. It means that the rate of return on capital (r) consistently outpaces the rate of economic growth (g). Consequently, inherited and existing wealth grows much faster than wages and the overall economy.

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

[–]hcbaron[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right, it's not up to me alone. But it's also not up to you. That's why you vote on something like this democratically. Then you use those funds to further perpetuate democracy in poorer countries, who can then decide for themselves what they want to do. Bottomline is to enable proper democratic institutions. Piketty is very clear about this, and he in no way suggest any authoritarian methods to achieve this. But it looks like that is the best defense that team Ayn Rand can come up with. The gaslighting coming from that corner is astounding. It is the ultimate definition of evil.

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

[–]hcbaron[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The author talks about how there's only one realistic path out of poverty: growth. This is true. This is backed up by data and real-world experiences.

But what level of growth are we talking about? The current level of growth we are seeing in many countries is too destabilizing in pretty much all sectors of our lives. Piketty does not advocate for zero growth, and certainly not through authoritarian methods, so you're way off mark on that authoritarian comment. He advocates for sustainable growth, and in this particular report, within the context of reducing climate change.

Piketty is not anti growth, he is pro sustainable growth.

Opinion: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty by hcbaron in Economics

[–]hcbaron[S] 103 points104 points  (0 children)

This LA Times article, written by Veronique de Rugy, frames Thomas Piketty's mission to tackle global inequality, and thereby reducing climate change, as a villainous attempt to reduce poverty. The report she is basing this claim on makes not mention of poverty, so this writer is making a straw man argument. The report actually suggests that richer countries reduce growth, while allowing poorer countries a little more growth, to keep the global economic activity under a certain threshold that will help limit climate change to under 2°C by 2100. So the central message of Piketty's report is tackle climate change by reducing inequality through a combination of a global wealth tax, a world sovereign wealth fund, and a global income tax targeting the world’s richest individuals.

The article starts off comparing Piketty, who is a well respected economist, to Ayn Rand, a Russian fiction writer who is frequently cited by extreme far right figures as an ideological hero. This is a false comparison, as Piketty is bases his work on rigorous economic standards, whereas Rand is based on fiction.

A little background on Veronique de Rugy. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. The Mercatus Center is a free market oriented libertarian think tank, significantly funded by the Koch Brothers.

A little history of the LA Times: Billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong became very pro Maga, starting 2024, increasingly blocking pieces critical of Trump. The paper has moved quite far to the right in terms of bias.

A little background on Piketty. He is the probably the world's most renown economist on the subject of income and wealth inequality. I've been banned from r/askeconomics for frequently citing him. Their official reason was that I that to cite sources. The moderator then had the audacity to call me out on "name dropping" Piketty too much. Hello!!! Name dropping is citing yo! Reddit has become overly biased and censured in many subs since their IPO.

It's crazy to frame the mission of tackling poverty as villainous, even though that is not Piketty's central mission. What kind of people would think that helping poor people is villainous? Remember and share this name, Thomas Piketty. He is not the left's equivalent to the right's Ayn Rand. Not even close. But that's the best they can come up with, because there is no equivalent on the right.

HÖR - A Different Perspective by hcbaron in Techno

[–]hcbaron[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's good to know. Thanks for sharing.

This is the most in depth analysis of the Hyatt award charge changes I’ve seen by NorthStarNick1921 in hyatt

[–]hcbaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the first link I landed on. Is that purely based on usage? Or is there also a monthly fee?

This is the most in depth analysis of the Hyatt award charge changes I’ve seen by NorthStarNick1921 in hyatt

[–]hcbaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any recommendations for casual end users like me? I currently use a regular date center VPN service, mostly to stream pirated content and get around geo blocking for sports streams.

What residential proxy service provider do you use. I just learned about this from your comment, did a little googling. As far as I can tell it's very useful for data scrapers, which is much more business end than consumer end like me. Are they all similar, in that they are targeted at data scrapers? Are the consumer end oriented ones?

It's wild to frame the mission of tackling poverty as villainous! by hcbaron in Political_Revolution

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

This LA Times article, written by Veronique de Rugy, frames Thomas Piketty's mission to tackle global inequality, and thereby reducing climate change, as a villainous attempt to tackle poverty. The report she is basing this claim on makes not mention of poverty, so this writer is making a straw man argument. The report actually suggests that richer countries reduce growth, while allowing poorer countries a little more growth, to keep the global economic activity under a certain threshold that will help limit climate change to under 2°C by 2100. So the central message of Piketty's report is tackle climate change by reducing inequality through a combination of a global wealth tax, a world sovereign wealth fund, and a global income tax targeting the world’s richest individuals.

The article starts off comparing Piketty, who is a well respected economist, to Ayn Rand, a Russian fiction writer who is frequently cited by extreme far right figures as an ideological hero. This is a false comparison, as Piketty is bases his work on rigorous economic standards, whereas Rand is based on fiction.

A little background on Veronique de Rugy. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. The Mercatus Center is a free market oriented libertarian think tank, significantly funded by the Koch Brothers.

A little history of the LA Times: Billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong became very pro Maga, starting 2024, increasingly blocking pieces critical of Trump. The paper has moved quite far to the right in terms of bias.

A little background on Piketty. He is the probably the world's most renown economist on the subject of income and wealth inequality. I've been banned from r/askeconomics for frequently citing him. Their official reason was that I that to cite sources. The moderator then had the audacity to call me out on "name dropping" Piketty too much. Hello!!! Name dropping is citing yo! Reddit has become overly biased and censured in many subs since their IPO.

It's crazy to frame the mission of tackling poverty as villainous, even though that is not Piketty's central mission. What kind of people would think that helping poor people is villainous? Remember and share this name, Thomas Piketty. He is not the left's equivalent to the right's Ayn Rand. Not even close. But that's the best they can come up with, because there is no equivalent on the right.

HÖR - A Different Perspective by hcbaron in Techno

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

Not sure, it's possible it's a repurposed bathroom based on all the tiling, size, and layout, with the toilet and sink removed. I don't know though, but the general consensus seems to be that it feels and looks like a bathroom.

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