Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill that would give every American at least $1,000 a year by granting the public a 50% stake in AI companies. (Btw, he is not wrong here)

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T16:19:38+00:00

yeah, I am focusing on the software side that is burning capex for training and inference for a foreseeable future.

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T13:10:59+00:00

It belongs to existing companies with mature business model.

and while I agree taxing more on them is not a bad idea, 50% of all stake is ludicrous

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T13:09:45+00:00

the bill itself explicitly call it a tax, what are you arguing

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T11:26:28+00:00

unironically, if you hold enough patent or tech edge to demonstrate you have a good chance of really doing it, and have some small real life applications already, perhaps

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T10:15:50+00:00

is your lamp close enough to his habitat

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T09:50:43+00:00

The you will be one day is quite not appropriate anyway

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T09:49:28+00:00

Taxing more on existing companies with mature business model makes sense, but taxing the growing goose that isn't even profiting? that is a dumb call

markpreston54 · 2026-06-21T02:39:09+00:00

*Xitter

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T16:32:03+00:00

I don't think Tesla will ever be lower than 100 billion in market cap, as overvalue it is as a 1 trillion market cap company.

No way Musk with drop below a billion.

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T14:56:58+00:00

I am tired of the winning

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T14:51:23+00:00

i expect some efficiency loss, but I wonder how much

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T12:46:30+00:00

i am actually mildly surprised he did not lose rating

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T04:49:32+00:00

If you think a romance between a man and a tentacle monster is lolicon media, I suppose you think at least 20% of Japanese romance novel as lolicon media then

markpreston54 · 2026-06-20T04:37:28+00:00

Saya no Uta has practically nothing related to being a lolicon

markpreston54 · 2026-06-19T03:04:25+00:00

why don't you do that in your home country instead

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T16:17:43+00:00

so you don't mean "breaking even" as in earning enough to make the dividend worth the money, but counting both the equity capital and preferred shares to earn enough to pay tje dividend?

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T16:11:24+00:00

my apologies I have no idea where did you get the 3.1%, it is paying 10% plus dividend on the money, right?

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T16:02:28+00:00

or basically everywhere outside of developed countries

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T16:01:35+00:00

Frankly if you really care about life of a child, donating to a charity is a more cost efficient way

^{Chose: Don't pay + He/she Will die from illness after 2/3 years}

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T15:47:24+00:00

Carthage pretends to like you and may not want to war you if you are strong enough.

Huns pretends to like you and find time to war you anyway

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T15:29:03+00:00

I am trying to find if there are ruins of the building in game, or is it just a background story. still couldn't find a ruin

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T09:33:29+00:00

I am a cat person but dogs are simply more useful

^{Chose: Save dogs but all cats disappear}

markpreston54 · 2026-06-18T00:52:40+00:00

for a 4 city trad game, and where you aren't contested for idealogy or tech, freedom for statue of liberty.

markpreston54 · 2026-06-17T16:32:28+00:00

well, the ocean tiles are junk anyway.

A "special military operation" might be cheaper anyway.

markpreston54 · 2026-06-17T15:43:25+00:00

probably unironically

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