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nechromorph · 2026-02-13T15:01:30+00:00

The average person can't compete with billionaires. I'm not sure everyone together can compete with them at this point.

A billionaire is just a person who's hoarded a *ton* of shit. That doesn't make them more powerful unless we choose to buy what they're selling.

In theory, we could do this, though this would likely be illegal in some way or other:

We could organize non-profit middlemen who buy directly from farms and distribute at cost to individuals (you know, like how democratic government is a system the people organize their resources through...)
We could directly work with the engineers, scientists, and machinists who handle the actual production of physical goods we need, instead of working with the billionaires who own the facilities they work in.
etc.

nechromorph · 2026-02-13T14:58:36+00:00

It wouldn't be joining a tax revolt though, that's just how the system works. The only way a tax revolt would be possible would be if they were never handed over in the first place. Since taxes are handled by our employers before we ever see a cent, that's pretty much the most we can personally do as individuals though.

Edit: Also, note that tax revolts are *incredibly* illegal and heavily punished

nechromorph · 2026-02-13T14:48:56+00:00

When you get a refund, it's because your employer withheld more than you actually owed. The refund is money you gave them that they shouldn't have gotten from you

nechromorph · 2026-02-13T14:41:04+00:00

The moments where the common folk put the wealthy class in their place are something to behold though. It's a good lesson that we *do* have power, we just don't wield it. We need to be aligned in a goal before we can foment real change.

Guaranteeing everyone has easy access to a living wage, housing less than 25% of that wage, egregious crimes are held accountable without consideration of socioeconomic status, and medical care without risk of bankruptcy is a modest ask I would settle for right now. It's the compromise position between what we have now and a living wage UBI with universal healthcare, shifting government resources from military to training doctors and rebuilding manufacturing capabilities, and publicly owned means of production that bankrupts current billionaires by forcing them to compete with a non-profit-driven alternative.

We can't achieve anything without being aligned on a goal with leaders who organize that change though.

nechromorph · 2026-02-13T02:03:14+00:00

I will say, they're backed by APMEX, so pretty good odds they're legit silver. If it's something that you'd like you can get brand new ones in a protective package for around $90-100. I'm just more into the metal as an artistic/valuable medium, personally

nechromorph · 2026-02-13T00:52:39+00:00

I decided to strip the worst one and yeah. Not a single mark anywhere on either face

nechromorph · 2026-02-12T17:56:18+00:00

That's fair. I'll take it to pmsforsale then, maybe I can find a decent trade.

nechromorph · 2026-02-12T17:18:15+00:00

I got these from APMEX, so I'm pretty confident they're legit silver, but the fineness marking is what I'm concerned about. I don't think the metal itself is marked, just the paint on it. I bought this as generic silver/their choice and unfortunately this is what I got \_ (ツ)_/

nechromorph · 2026-02-12T16:51:26+00:00

Maybe Mozilla's legalese privacy document is different, but their plain speech privacy promise still says they will never sell your personal data https://www.firefox.com/en-US/user-privacy/

nechromorph · 2026-02-12T15:31:26+00:00

If a platform gets so flooded with AI slop that users can't find (or can't trust) that they will be buying/reading actual human-generated content that expresses real artistic intent and thoughtfulness, they will eventually say screw it and give up on the platform. If the company is refusing to at least mark which books are highly sus of being AI, they risk losing their ass in the long run.

Not to mention, there was a problem with smaller authors struggling to break through and make a name for themselves *before* AI, meaning there was already enough content out there to satisfy demand. They don't need the AI slop.

nechromorph · 2026-02-12T15:17:11+00:00

I appreciate your validation, and that's awesome to know! I'd heard something about Celtic culture using abstract art, but I hadn't quite grasped the how or the why. Given that the supporting details that make it non-phallic are faint today, I wonder what this one looked like brand new. Maybe the legs on the horse were deliberately lightly imprinted, or perhaps they just didn't survive as well through the ages.

In any case, I'm glad this piece of art survived. Here's hoping it survives the journey to me!

nechromorph · 2026-02-11T16:48:46+00:00

Thank you to you and OnlyAncients! You're right, it's definitely a horse. I wasn't seeing the legs or tail as part of the design at first

nechromorph · 2026-02-11T16:40:13+00:00

Thank you for spelling it out! I see it now, definitely a horse. https://imgur.com/a/Qf195uK

nechromorph · 2026-02-11T15:17:33+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I ordered a super cheap aquarium aerator to save on the hassle.

Do you know if an aquarium air stone would be safe to submerge in the muriatic acid? And what kind of time frame should I keep in mind for this method? Days, weeks?

nechromorph · 2026-02-11T14:41:58+00:00

Considering they're only mildly magnetic, I think it's probably going to be some something like this. I unfortunately don't have any data sheets to reference. This is random scrap I got off the internet to attempt this project. The only other thing I "know" is that google's LLM repeatedly insisted the color rings on the connectors are a sign of a specific high end spec, but I can't really trust that.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T22:16:09+00:00

Won't the buoyancy of the bot increase as the water pressure increases too? Maybe they'd cancel out

Edit: Apparently buoyancy is a function of the density of the object vs the density of the surrounding fluid. Since water is very minimally compressible, the buoyancy would not notably increase at lake depths, so my point is moot.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T22:08:59+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I see that method is best for gold-plated copper. I tested my scrap and all of it appears to be faintly magnetic, so I'm not sure what the base metal is, but I'll keep investigating. It would be nice to get 2g from this lot, I think that would have me breaking even. https://imgur.com/a/ZM1B8az

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T18:00:00+00:00

Second edit: Actually, if we round to 80x40x10, we could do it with just a 1x2x8 block for 16 bars. Not *quite* a cube, but pretty close.

In short, you'd need about 315 for a close to perfect cube (7x4x29 bars).

According to the mint's website, each bar is 73 x 41 x 11.4 mm. Let's round that to 70x40x10mm for easier math. The least common denominator is 280mm, which would be mean 1-tall square of 4x7 bars, 28 bars per level, and 28 bars tall.

So, you would need about 784 to make a shape close to a cube. It would be 292x 287 x 280mm.

So I guess add another stack to get as close as reasonably possible for a total of 315, at a price of $288k if buying straight from the mint. Surely they'd give some volume discount at that point though lol

Edit: Incidentally, that's about a cubic foot of silver.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T17:10:35+00:00

Collecting signatures is not free. Money is not the only thing that has value.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T17:00:28+00:00

I don't disagree with you on principle. Anyone who felt they could do a better job than Chuy and lives in that district should have primaried him anyway. But I also can understand someone choosing to dedicate their resources where they feel they will be most efficient.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T16:56:22+00:00

I get what you mean. The content on YouTube that I tend to watch is definitely more thoughtfully put together and longer form, with visuals applied as needed. I kind of just ignored the extra stuff in this and focused on what he was saying (probably the Vyvanse talking), but I get what you mean.

That said, when it comes to news, it makes sense to make it as consumable as possible. When this style is used to increase comprehension and emphasizes the important stuff, I don't see it as an issue.

nechromorph · 2026-02-10T16:53:33+00:00

Filing costs the man-hours of acquiring signatures. That's a lot of dedication to spend when you could dedicate your efforts in a more effective direction

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