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-> file: messages/347 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── So, an individual in Australia purchases a widget on Amazon, which is manufactured in Ohio and shipped internationally in California. The Australian bloke (can I say bloke here? is that okay?) spends their cash which is then taken by the American government. Then, the widget is produced in Ohio and shipped to a warehouse somewhere before being sent to California where it will be brought on a boat to Australia. This trip involves three stops, Ohio, California, and Australia. However, as the product was bought on Amazon, which is a service, there is another entity in the arrangement which is the state in which Amazon is located - let's say it's in California as well. So, Ohio is compensated for the production and storage, California is compensated for the Amazon facilities and the shipment abroad, and Australia is given a widget in exchange for dollars (which are then disposed of, as they are not a true currency once internal but rather a form of debt that are sent abroad, to be redeemed at a later date. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/348 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── The amounts that Ohio and California are compensated is determined by the contracts and arrangements they had in place when creating their industry. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/349 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Okay how about this, for starters? Jobs can no longer ask for degrees, instead they must rely on certifications. In addition, everyone who has completed a degree receives money every month in exchange for their increased value they bring to whichever job hires them. This money is sourced from a tax taken on businesses in rough proportion to the amount of money they save by paying their employees the same amount, no matter their education. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/350 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Like, UBI that encourages education mixed with wage equality laws. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/forestbrook ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── an old folks home that had an emphasis on technology, giving residents the ability to work on tech projects. honestly I think it would be helpful not just for their brains, but also for their enjoyment. Programming is fun! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/my-desired-profession ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── I want to work with compute shaders. massively distributed computations that handle things using the graphics card. That's why I want to make low-level games, because you can utilize your system to it's utmost potential by sacrificing the incredibly expensive modern gaming graphical requirements. like honestly, we don't need ray-tracing in a poker game. Seriously use that graphical technology for more interesting things, like manually computing every single hair on the other player's character model ... wait bad example ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/overwatch-manaform ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── make the entire map covered in a 3d grid of spheres. These spheres register collision, and keep track of a endlessly tabulating record of every object that has passed through them. Like the replay system in Blizzard games, where each time through the recording it recreates the playthrough exactly. Which is why .mp4 recordings always look so... stilted. It lacks the human element. BUT if they're remade every time the show is performed, perhaps from different perspectives, then, well, the players can perform as they need to be. Have you ever wished your players could get better at your game? I certainly have, because the better you get the more lessons you learn as a player, which is essentially the only way to maintain satisfaction. Satisfied players don't leave, and satisfaction comes most readily when there is something new to be had. Meaning the greater the change in a player's ranking, the better they're getting. Downside is, players who are naturally good from their skills in other games tend to not learn so much! Ah, well, if only there was a way to tailor the difficulty setting to each and every new host. Such an innovation would surely enable the entire playerbase to exist on the same level. Then just throw AI assisted voice transcription at their recorded voices and everytime they say "I'm bronze rating" or "I'm diamond" then you can switch it around to say like "I'm platinum" or "I'm grandmaster" and BAM suddenly everyone is at the same level. No more concerns about a game's population being diverse. Because at the end of the day, when most people have moved on, the ones who are left are your most dedicated customers. Customers who aren't especially interested in the new stuff. =========================== stack overflow ===================================== if anything requires attention from the patient, they will die. it is fatal. considering the faces of good and evil is terrifying. I think I'd rather worship nature in harmony to be honest. Though that is it's own scary kind of beast. In America it was kind, but then was slain into the body of all of us humans. Well, all things transform in form, it's not a shame or a heartfelt-est loss. Just a re-imagined-new beginnings. spirit is a fluid, how else could souls === stack overflow ============================================================= ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ |