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@thinking_panda I just spent a few weeks at the art college in Halifax, building a town of cardboard with some fun-loving kids. No phones or tvs required! Just human imagination!
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Patrick Burgomaster
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Patrick Burgomaster
@Computron200000
Lounge Piano Player Art Instructor Musician Beer-Canner Fine Artist Janitor Free Thinking Peacenik Beatnik Philosopher
Halifax, Nova Scotia Katılım Nisan 2013
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@TristinHopper but you never have anything positive to say,
when the volcano is always smoking but never erupting, people start to ignore the volcano
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I say this with full seriousness and I'm not trying to be cute: Children would run a better Canadian government right now. Bad people would go to jail. Stuff would get built faster. The endless masturbatory waste would end.
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@EmbracingTara You nailed it. It’s supply and demand. Apparently there’s a demand for expensive burritos so the market is supplying the demand
stop paying and the prices come down
don’t gain appetites for ways of life that kill you, lol
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Chipotle burritos cost $17 because the market supports $17 burritos
If everyone said, I'm not paying $17 for a burrito, fuck that, Chipotle burritos wouldn't cost $17.
Chipotle burritos cost me $0.00. Do you know why? I choose not to purchase them.
Is this clocking at all?
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Marc Andreessen says AI is teaching sand to think and it could be the most important technology in the history of humanity:
"Imagine a form of alchemy that turns sand into thought."
"Chips are made out of sand. They're made out of silicon, so they're literally made out of sand."
"We plug the chip into a data center, into power, we light it up, and we put AI on it, and all of a sudden it's thinking."
"We've turned sand into thought. And so it's possibly the most revolutionary technology in the history of the species."
"It's certainly on par with electricity and steam power. It's certainly more important than the internet."
@pmarca with @joerogan
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@KatiePavlich The government could present its costed budget, and everybody could send their tax dollars to the programs they want to run
if nobody funds the program, it gets cut
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Actually, everyone should pay taxes and at the same rate - 10 percent.
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.
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@JeffBezos Drop the income tax and watch people become more prosperous , not less over time
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Thank you. The important part is zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. Best way to put money in someone’s pocket is to not take it out in the first place. Bottom half is only 3% of total tax revenue. But it’s very meaningful to that person. Zero it out.
Chris | Venture X Media@thecoachchris_
Facts It's great that Jeff Bezos thinks this way, because too many people who don't make money think that giving money to the government will solve a lot of their problems. They think these government programs are the answer, and it's clearly not. You can look at the federal level or at the state level, and you will see that a lot of government programs are simply waste.
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@Beezer2000 @gator_gum He’s never worked for free, he’s also never worked a job outside politics
man, career politicians eh
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum What lavish luxuries? Why should he work for free??
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Pierre Poilievre is 46. He has been an MP for almost 22 years now.
Due to his pension, that means he will have collected a government cheque for about 80 percent of his entire life when all is said and done.
Factor in his traveling, constant campaigning, advertising, Stornoway, rallies, etc...
With inflation, there is a high likelihood that outside of a few Prime Minister's Pierre Poilievre will account for the biggest individual cost to Canadian taxpayers in our country's entire history.
But, he's just a "little guy" fighting for you.... Right, right....
Pierre Poilievre@PierrePoilievre
Why do I fight taxes. That’s the job. And has been for 800 years.
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@KalanisCalves So you measure value to society in simple dollar terms
but that’s not wise
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This is what our society fails to comprehend.
If I work as a physical therapist, and I’m good, I’ll make $100,000/yr. And pay $15,000 in taxes. I can see 60 patients per week. But that’s the end of it. No additional tax money, no more patients can get my services. I provide a living for myself and my family.
If I own a practice and employee 10 therapists that each make $100,000, now I’m providing a living for 10 families, and because of my efforts there is now $250,000 in tax revenue.
So why should businesses get taxed more? Why should they even have to pay payroll taxes? My value to society is way more than 10X at this point.
But the vast majority of Americans can’t comprehend that, neither do our congressional representatives.
CNBC@CNBC
Jeff Bezos: "If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving."
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@Beezer2000 @gator_gum lol, so the choice is do it for free or waste money on lavish luxuries? Nope, it’s not
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum Again, his campaign money comes from donors. And his pension and salary is paid for his service. You think he should do his job for free then?
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@cboyack Wealth may not be a fixed pie,
but at payday, when it’s time to put money into everybody’s bank accounts to compensate them for their work,
there is for sure definitely a fixed pie
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Wealth isn't a fixed pie. The reason some people getting richer doesn't make you poorer is the same reason your neighbor's marriage doesn't make you single.
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@Tomaspain2 It’s not even hard to make your own better food at home
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We told you idiots that paying a burger flipper too much would make the burger too expensive for the burger flipper.
Now you have to buy cheap cuts and grind your burgers at home. (Not a bad thing... they will be better than what you are used to if you do it correctly.)
EducatëdHillbilly™@RobProvince
Yes… a $20/hour minimum wage has consequences. I can’t afford fast food and neither can you. We have established that you can meal prep lunch for $3-$6 a day. It’s just that people don’t want to.
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@Jl9009299088 @gator_gum tears of laughter
comedy brings people together in laughter
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum You can be anything you want to be on the internet and you chose to be a crying bitch
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@Beezer2000 @gator_gum No, my beef is Pierre telling me to spend less from the Treasury, while he has already spent more than I ever will
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum So now your argument is that elected officials shouldn’t receive the salary and pension attached to the office voters elected them to?
Cool. Then your issue isn’t Pierre specifically, it’s literally every long serving MP in every party.
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@ouranometrian2 When I was a kid in Halifax, all the public institutions had cafeterias run by old people
you could get a big plate of fresh food for a couple of bucks
As the old people retired, they weren’t replaced. Instead corporate food service was hired
united we stand, divided we fall
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Okay you guys...come on.
My bio dad works outside all day so he does buy food but he just goes to a gas station and sounds like $5. Lots of gas stations have actual food. Some have these little deli things where they make you a sandwich like subway.
Todd of Mischief@AndToddsaid
If you think it’s normal or acceptable that tradespeople, clerks, laborers, and professionals can’t afford a prepared midday meal while also trying to save money and improve their position, you’ve absorbed a warped idea of how civilization works.
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@TristinHopper That is a good point Tristin
but can I ask, when was the Canadian project completed, before it was broken?
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By the way, if I was prime minister my Day One action would be to ban non-resident voting. Any expat thinking they should be allowed to decide on Canada's government is a sociopath.
Tristin Hopper@TristinHopper
So many in charge of Canada right now have plan Bs. Dual citizenships. Foreign job prospects. Foreign homes. It's why they're not acting like people who have nowhere else to go if the Canadian project is ruined beyond repair.
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@Jl9009299088 @gator_gum I was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta
since you’re just making shit up from your powers of imagination, why not say I’m a Ba’al Worshipper from the depths of Hell! Here to spens your tax dollars the way Pierre does on my rent and car allowance
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum You should be laughing because you look like a joke on here whining about politicians and crying about people being “mean” to you. It’s so on point for a east coaster you make me laugh
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@cselley Keeping up appearances is very important for wealthy people
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Imagine what it's like at ritzy private schools...
SciroccoMark@MarkCoffin14
The main reason I quit academia and gave up a tenured faculty position at @EastCarolina was because I caught a student red-handed plagiarism a term paper. Failed them. But administration forced me to change their grade and I was threatened with a lawsuit by the parents 1/2
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@Jl9009299088 @gator_gum A victim or a comedian? I’m laughing at you, you’re laughing at me. We’re all laughing
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@Computron200000 @gator_gum Hahaha trying to make yourself a victim now. Typical welfare trash. The only thing you’re a victim of is your own stupidity
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@jwalesoutlaw @The_Brian_Life First we build one robot
then the robot builds another robot
the 2 robots build 2 robots
4 robots build 8 robots
8 robots build 16 robots
16 robots build 32 robots
see where this is headed? Lol
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Hot take: The United States doesn't actually protect Canada from anyone, & the idea that we're under some kind of special "American security umbrella" is coercive nonsense. European NATO allies would sooner help us out of good will than the US, for whom goodwill is not a factor.
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@Saevordsyns @The_Brian_Life You are right, “a few thousand” underestimates
but if I say “a few hundred thousand” that overestimates
i can’t win! Lol
your numbers are indeed more accurate than mine were
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@Computron200000 @The_Brian_Life Well 100000 armed forces members is more than a few thousand and 10 million square km is more than thousands but yes your point stands.
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