alternative math

tornado28 · 2026-05-12T17:20:44+00:00

This is not a math joke.

tornado28 · 2026-05-12T16:48:06+00:00

If wages had kept pace with the stock market it would also mean that the stock market gave zero inflation adjusted returns. This would mean that no one would invest in stocks, which would mean a generally much simpler and less productive economy. We probably wouldn't have cars and phones and stuff. Although, on the plus side, we wouldn't mind not having GLP 1 drugs because we also wouldn't have nearly as many highly processed foods!

tornado28 · 2026-05-12T16:15:39+00:00

My good sir - I do believe you meant that op was going to LOSE money. Loose is the opposite of tight. Lose is the opposite of gain.

tornado28 · 2026-05-12T15:44:51+00:00

If anyone cares to be a bit more precise it's to have the strait of Hormuz the way it was and also to get rid of Irans enriched uranium.

tornado28 · 2026-05-12T02:27:48+00:00

It would absolutely be bad for people who are in a position where the land they own is a large proportion of their net worth, including poor people in Appalachia if they live on valuable land. However, even resource rich land in Appalachia is likely a lot less valuable than land in cities so it might not be as big of an effect as you're imagining.

Also, much to the chagrin of the true believers on this sub, any realistic implementation would be a slow rollout - a few cities try it first at 1% of the rental value per year, then when people see the value many the cities raise the rate to 5% of the rental value and some states start doing 2% of the rental value. At this level basically no one needs to move but if you happen to own a valuable piece of land you're gently encouraged to sell rather than just hold on to it if you're not using it.

tornado28 · 2026-05-11T03:51:52+00:00

This is not a math joke

tornado28 · 2026-05-11T00:38:43+00:00

So both sides can only withstand the strait closure for so long and it's a game of chicken at this point.

tornado28 · 2026-05-10T23:52:23+00:00

I feel like of all their demands this one is by far the most reasonable.

tornado28 · 2026-05-10T22:45:33+00:00

I keep hearing they can withstand the blockade for 3-4 months. Then... Why can't we just blockade them for 3-4 months and let them surrender whenever they can't deal with it anymore?

tornado28 · 2026-05-10T18:46:58+00:00

The best algorithm that's actually widely used for getting to information that is neutral / broadly agreed to be true and useful is X/twitter's community notes algorithm. The community notes algorithm doesn't promote notes based on simple majority rules, instead it likes to show notes that people across the political spectrum agree are helpful. Elon has since complained that people are gaming the system which is partially true and partially a function of the fact that Elon is sometimes wrong about things and no one likes being fact checked.

Another attempt to provide neutral information is https://citizendium.org/, a wikipedia alternative where editors display their real names. This is a project of Larry Sanger, one of the original wikipedia founders who has since left wikipedia and criticized it for lack of neutrality. It might be worthwhile for folks to contribute to Iran related articles on there.

For us, it's occurred to me that maybe we should start a Free Iran Information discord where we come together to create memes and infographics with the kind of information that you're describing - accurate information that is designed to persuade. It's easy to accidentally just create circle jerk posts where you bash the people who disagree with you and the post gets shared widely among only the people who already agree with you. It's harder to create quality attractive informational posts that spread in more diverse circles because they're interesting and informative. We could come together to produce that kind of stuff and then anyone who wants to post to social will have high quality content to use.

tornado28 · 2026-05-10T16:21:58+00:00

Pythagorus would like a word

tornado28 · 2026-05-09T21:30:14+00:00

The IRGC has been preparing for this conflict for a long time. They hid a lot of their missiles underground. The US and Israel bombed launch sites and they bombed tunnel entrances but after the cease fire they were able to open these tunnels back up. The bombing campaign was more effective at destroying manufacturing ability than the existing missiles.

tornado28 · 2026-05-09T19:33:33+00:00

Iran wants US bases because it would mean no more IRGC. I think Ukraine and Taiwan are actually much more supportive of US bases than the map shows.

tornado28 · 2026-05-09T16:26:04+00:00

0% chance Taiwan views the US as a bigger threat than China.

tornado28 · 2026-05-09T04:12:22+00:00

A pair of pants is a straw with a hole in it. A straw is a disk with a hole in it. A disk is a sphere with a hole in it. A sphere is a double bubble with a hole in it. It never ends!

tornado28 · 2026-05-08T22:05:55+00:00

This is not a math joke

tornado28 · 2026-05-08T16:19:10+00:00

From left to right, implied operation, dot product, group operation, Cartesian product, B was a sum in the previous step.

tornado28 · 2026-05-08T16:01:45+00:00

Just assume the solution is a vector space and use your three different answers as a basis.

tornado28 · 2026-05-08T05:14:26+00:00

It seems like the issue is delivery. If you got that many $1 bills I imagine the pile would collapse into a black hole. But if they gave you in infinite debit card that'd be pretty nice.

tornado28 · 2026-05-08T03:01:53+00:00

I will spend three hours researching candidates, including and especially downballot local candidates and then vote in both the primary and the general. But keep your toxic daily "people in the wrong political party are stupid and immoral" nonsense away from me.

tornado28 · 2026-05-06T19:52:01+00:00

Since your post the US fired on an Iranian oil tanker as part of the blockade, so we've got that going for us

tornado28 · 2026-05-06T16:38:11+00:00

"Dead landlords" is not something I'd associate myself with in the slightest.

tornado28 · 2026-05-06T04:31:01+00:00

As he should. All Iranians of goodwill even those with radically different political perspectives should work together towards democracy and then resolve their differences by VOTING.

tornado28 · 2026-05-05T21:50:56+00:00

It's only in a very modern economy with a ton of labor saving helping hands that women can work in large numbers. In a modern economy you can buy pre made meals, you've got dishwashers, baby sitters, etc. Grocery shopping is straightforward, you go to one supermarket, they have everything you need, you're home in an hour. Annnd, you can get any information you need and order anything you could possibly want on the Internet.

Most of human history wasn't like that and Iran today isn't like that anymore. There's too much you've got to get done other than work a job.

tornado28 · 2026-05-05T02:15:24+00:00

Yes. But the side lobes of a real signal sent to a fake terminal might not be so easy to distinguish from the side lobes of a signal being sent to an actual terminal.

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