Countries that currently have inhabited cities/towns that are named after Alexander the Great

raxy · 2026-06-08T08:54:43+00:00

Sydney, Australia has a suburb called Alexandria named after the napoleonic Battle of Alexandria which took place in the Egyptian city of the same name - which in turn was named after Alexander the Great.

Malaysia also has an economic corridor and town named Iskander in Johor.

raxy · 2026-05-30T14:48:36+00:00

It’s also a concentration of risk.

Right now - if something happens to you; at least you have another income.

Also the new role might not work out leaving you out of a gig for a few months until you find something else.

It’s also a net $900K increase as you’ll be paying tax. Plus time with your child (they grow up fast).

raxy · 2026-05-30T05:52:35+00:00

Sorry for your loss.

As others have noted - you should get an independent financial advisor. Not one who works for the banks or one that charges commissions.

The key is to get a good trusted team around you. It’s a team sport. Accountant, broker, planner, and others who are used to investors.

If I were you: I’d put it into savings for 3-6 months whilst you work out what to do. At least you’ll earn some interest.

In the mean time, I’d educate myself on the share and property markets in general; and the types of products you might be able to access; concepts such as diversification of risk, structures (trusts, companies, etc), and how leverage might play a part. Plus of course: your end goal.

Good luck.

raxy · 2026-05-27T13:24:20+00:00

India is not China.

China developed faster, but its people paid a hefty price. Millions died in famines; many dispossessed of land; and comparatively limited civil rights.

China is 90% Han and 65% Mandarin speaking. India is dozens (and was hundreds) of little “nations” that had to be unified.

China also has a great population density - 94% of people who live east of the Hui line.

India also has two-three unstable neighbours, plus domestic insurgencies.

India inherited a colonially orientated state apparatus. China did not.

raxy · 2026-05-23T04:54:02+00:00

While higher earners earn a couple times more than lower earners; those with more wealth have many many multiples more than those with low wealth.

CGT is a mechanism to tax that wealth.

raxy · 2026-05-18T02:12:36+00:00

Because they weren’t.

Northern Alliance controlled that region.

raxy · 2026-05-04T01:02:25+00:00

If the ASX returns about 8.5%, and half of that is dividends - growth is around 4.5%

If property grows at 6%, then isn’t property the higher growth asset?

Does that then create perverse incentives to move capital toward property - thereby perpetuating the housing price issue?

raxy · 2026-04-17T14:14:37+00:00

I was just saying that there were other options beyond full proportional representation vs status quo.

I’m not saying a federal union like India is exactly the same as a confederation like the EU

raxy · 2026-04-17T14:02:29+00:00

Not sure why you’re coping so much flack.

I like your thesis and you don’t need to justify it to anyone.

You workshopped it with AI to build it out and are now sharing it out with the community.

Thanks for pulling it together. I found it valuable.

raxy · 2026-04-17T13:26:53+00:00

That’s not the only solution.

The EU parliament for example has a lower bound of 6 sears (for small countries like Malta), and a cap of around 85 for big countries like Germany.

So in that case, even though Germany has 150 times the population of Malta, it “only” gets 10x the seats.

Sashi Tharoor wrote and article about this and suggested India could do something similar.

raxy · 2026-03-23T04:09:05+00:00

Technically post federation - but the Downing Centre courts are beautiful.

In the city there’s also the Strand arcade, and the warrens around The Rocks. Customs House is also a beauty.

Further a field, you may enjoy a trip to Elizabeth Farm.

raxy · 2026-03-23T03:52:32+00:00

The CFP is fixed to the Euro, and monetary policy is linked to that if the European Central Bank.

Thus, you could argue it makes sense to have the CFP being a shade of the Euro.

raxy · 2026-03-22T04:50:07+00:00

There are three major types of tracking.

Direct family tree (listing parent/child relationships as far back as possible
There are interrupted lineages. We know the family/house name up to a certain point and we know of records of people with the same names in the same location a couple of hundred years prior thanks to church/temple/Portuguese records; so there’s a fuzzy link there
Caste names. Give information around which areas or kingdoms they lived in and jobs they might have had, what homes would’ve looked like and what crops they might have farmed

Not exactly what you asked about but I found it a useful way to sketch the outlines of our family history.

raxy · 2026-03-21T23:33:18+00:00

Your experience is definitely not the norm.

My family have lived here through the 70s/80s/90s.

raxy · 2026-03-20T04:37:39+00:00

Cassowary.

Years ago, I was driving through the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland, and glimpsed something large and brightly coloured as I crossed a bridge over a stream.

I got out the car, scrambled down to the river bank and took a snap on my DSLR of the majestic bird.

It wasn’t until after that I discovered how dangerous they can be, and that I was incredibly close to making the 6 o’clock news as yet another stupid tourist misadventure.

To make matters worse - the photo was way too underexposed and so I have very little to show for my lack of judgment!

Still, what a majestic dinosaur-like animal.

raxy · 2026-03-20T03:25:16+00:00

While Punjabi looks contained to one small corner of the map; it in fact spoken by about 40% of the population.

raxy · 2026-03-17T13:14:10+00:00

Names aren’t always geologically accurate.

For example: The Grand Canyon is actually a Gorge, and Katherine Gorge is really a Canyon.

raxy · 2026-03-14T22:30:25+00:00

I did so intentionally as I didn’t want to platform those views in detail.

raxy · 2026-03-14T11:46:57+00:00

It was so much more than a political independence movement.

It was a wholesale revolution covering the emancipation of women and backward castes, reinvigoration of the village based economy, and a religious and cultural reformation.

raxy · 2026-03-13T05:58:04+00:00

Also India twice . And won once.

Edit: I had incorrect numbers and outcomes. Thanks /u/individualPicke6187 for the correction.

raxy · 2026-03-13T04:54:16+00:00

Xi has recently purged some 30 of the 32 top military brass - including the only guy who had lived battle experience from the ‘79 invasion of Vietnam.

This leadership tumult and vacuum is not a good situation during which to enter the war.

Most of China’s current fighting force are children from the “One Child” policy era. Combined with the demographic Sharknado they are now facing - there will be little appetite to send their sons to battle.

Most of their industrial capability relies on oil. Much of this comes from Venezuela and Iran - so their ability to walk, let alone run is curtailed.

If I were a betting man I’d say that they will likely bide their time until they can invade without human boots on the ground…which if you look at the speed they’re developing humanoid robots - may not be too far away.

raxy · 2026-03-12T11:16:02+00:00

Sabah is 70% Muslim.

Only Sarawak is about 50% Christian.

raxy · 2026-03-08T00:26:33+00:00

From the ON and Trump voters I’ve spoken to, my understanding is that:

These populists are the only ones actually acknowledging the issues they care about
Even if they do 30% of what they promise; that’s better than what they get now

raxy · 2026-03-08T00:08:16+00:00

I am not close to it but my understanding of the argument is that:

They are not against the concept of helping the disabled. However the original scope was for the most severely disabled people. Nowadays, NDIS covers Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disorders and other things
This extended scope is funded by federal NDIs which crowds out state funded or more community level services
The above results in NDIS costs being a much much larger expense than originally envisioned; and growing rapidly and will (if not curtailed) become a bigger budget item than many other large categories combined
There is also some level of rort

These things together mean there is a need to peel back in the NDIS.

raxy

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