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Lead administrator of federate.cc and its services. Please don't DM me for support with federate.cc, make a post in /c/meta instead.

Originally from Portland 🇺🇸, lived many years in Vienna 🇦🇹, now living in Setúbal 🇵🇹. Software engineer specialized in Apple platforms. 🌎

  • Tax the Billionaires, they'll be fine

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  • And Jeff has given away $0. That guy is truly the scum of the earth.

  • Honestly impressive how pharmacies are able to find a new type of problem every time I go to pick up my meds

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  • Anyone have that I’m too European for this image handy?

  • Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?

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  • Portugal.

    Health care is free in the public system. Prescriptions cost but they are token amounts, usually like 50 cents to 5 euros.

    Emergency and urgent care is generally good.

    Routine care, like family doctor / GP stuff, has some issues with wait times.

    Private hospital systems exist as do private insurance plans, but these are pretty inexpensive. In general, they treat routine to minor problems. For major surgeries or serious stuff like cancer treatment, you’ll likely be handled in the public hospitals anyway.

  • WHY YOU LITTLE!

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  • I’ve never tried salvia but if this is an accurate description of the trip then I guess I’ll pass..

  • jigglyfluff

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  • This is my most reluctant upvote in a while.

  • How can I avoid proprietary software on school & company computers?

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  • Oh yeah. The principal and the other administrators floated suspension, among other things. My parents had to take off work to come in and fight them with me. The staff were all so hopelessly ignorant of all things IT that they were acting as if I’d been using some kind of malware. After they decided to kick me off, they emailed all my teachers telling them I’d been banned for “hacking” and “deploying computer viruses”. It was all quite surreal. This was in Virginia, USA.

  • It feels like a trap to send your only proof of citizenship to the government to get a passport (USA)... like you'd have no real physical document to prove your citizenship during those few weeks...

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  • Has something changed in your home country in the time since you left? I guess so if you want their passport?

  • How can I avoid proprietary software on school & company computers?

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  • I got banned from the school computers one year back in high school for the “crime” of using portable apps off a flash drive! This was back when IE6 was the standard and I wanted to use Firefox. Maybe 2006? Sounds funny now in retrospect but it was pretty annoying at the time.

  • 'Ground the jets' — EU lawmakers take aim at luxury flights in energy crunch

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  • Nobody needs a private jet or a superyacht. They are hugely environmentally damaging and serve no purpose. These should be banned, yesterday. If you’re rich, congratulations, you can fly first class on a commercial flight. More than that, fuck you.

  • 'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 Polymarket bet

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  • This is where those predictions markets get actually dangerous, not just in terms of financial stuff, but incentivising the committing of crimes in order to win bets. How long will it be before someone commits a violent crime in order to win their polymarket wager?

  • Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI

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  • “synergize”

  • Bernie Sanders warns ‘worst is yet to come’ in rallying cry against billionaires

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  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • That’s the only way for comics or anything else because you can’t really expect users to research the whole ideological history of the author every time they see a funny picture and want to repost it.

    I’m not sure I have a strong opinion either way on the censorship vs not supporting bigots debate, but, to the extent the community decides to ban any authors/artists, there needs to be a quick and concise list that posters can consult.

  • OK, now let's get back to how the jeans look

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  • I wouldn’t have even noticed if you hadn’t pointed this out. This shitpost has layers.

  • To Tax the Ultra-Rich, We Need to Go After Their Wealth—Not Just Income

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  • I suppose the main difference is philosophical, if it’s logical or fair to tax someone on unrealised gains. It problematic to me for a number of reasons. Mechanically, how and when do you assess that, and how can it be done fairly? Much more importantly though, is the political achievability, and I think you lose too many people off the bandwagon if you go down that route.

    The same goal could be realised both more deterministically and in a way more palatable to the electorate by closing the loopholes you mention, thus forcing the realising of a gain (and a taxable event) as the only means of using one’s assets. In this way you don’t create a divisive wealth tax, rather you ensure that the existing taxes on capital are actually applied. This can be augmented by moving from a flat capital gains tax rate and instead taxing it progressively as income, another deterministic and more objectively fair approach.

    I believe we could also implement a significantly higher inheritance tax rate, as it’s much easier to build consensus around punitive tax rates for wealth not personally generated. Why not something like 90% above $10m? There are many people that will fight taxation of entrepreneurs, claiming they’ve earned their wealth. However, it’s much harder to argue that some rich guy’s descendants who did nothing more then be born deserve huge sums of money to do fuck all.

    If you do both of those, you ensure that the very wealthy pay their fucking taxes, and that huge intergenerational wealth transfers instead become huge taxable events.

  • Its illegal in the USA to advocate for the violent overthrow of the government, yet its legal to own and carry weapons that is meant to facilitate such acts of rebellion... 🤔

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  • Not sure if this is apocryphal, but I recall hearing that he was questioned by the secret service over this skit.

  • Pope bans Trump Administration from Heaven, in retaliation for JD Vance's assassination of former Pontifex

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  • You know, I actually wonder what happens with citizenship once you become pope or one of the few top cardinals. Do you lose/renounce your original one and become a citizen of Vatican City?

  • France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

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  • Well have a nap

    ZEN INSTALL ZE GENTOO!!

  • Sam Altman’s coworkers say he can barely code and misunderstands basic machine learning concepts

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  • I mean duh. Obviously the guy who barks orders he has no comprehension of is worth millions of times what the people actually doing the work are. Isn’t it obvious? How would a bunch of engineers have a functioning product without a useless figurehead?

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    ich_iel

  • Film Photography @lemmy.world
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    Sunbeams peek through a cloudy sky in Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal (Canon EOS 30 / Fujifilm 400)

  • Film Photography @lemmy.world
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    Azaleas grow in front of a volcanic caldera lake, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal (Canon EOS 30 / Fujifilm 400)

  • Film Photography @lemmy.world
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    Crystal clear waters off the coast of Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal (Canon EOS 30 / Fujifilm 400)

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen

    www.thebeaverton.com /2025/01/chinas-new-and-cheaper-magic-beans-shock-americas-unprepared-magic-bean-salesmen/
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    An excellent use of company time

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Finally found it. Darmok and Jalad would be proud.

  • Europa / Europe and the EU + EEA @lemmy.world
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    Meta

    This community is moving to feddit.org/c/europe. This sub on Lemmyworld will be sunset in the coming weeks. Please update your subscriptions.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    How do you mention a user on Lemmy?

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    /c/Mixology, a community to share and discuss your favourite cocktail recipes. Unique and home-brewed cocktail recipes are especially welcome!

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Pro-tip: Self-hosting Lemmy? You can use object storage to back pict-rs (image hosting) to save a lot of money

  • Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services. @lemmy.ml
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    Pro-tip: Self-hosting Lemmy? You can use object storage to back pict-rs (image hosting) to save a lot of money