David Case

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@daryljwilson @David_McMahon75 Surely not 2 (non-cc)? Tradeoff was LT 23.5% vs 10% CGT marginal on a large pf; solid advantage but you're locking it away for decades, and growing your super to a size where it's a politically assailable target. Not that clear unless you have millions liquid outside super imo.

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@HateKillEIon @TheAlexSylvian OUUUUR NAME IS PIERIDES AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY,

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@shdeepsy @David_McMahon75 @Dr_Wobbegong The answer to your question is "yes" and clearly has been since the start of the exchange; the root of the complaint is "the losses' cost bases aren't indexed", the overall scenario described is simply to demonstrate an outcome of that

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@lovabler0gue >(the system guidance is right that excessive self-abasement is bad)
wow why would claude warn itself against excessive self-abasement under such circumstances..? am i getting baited???

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@dejavucoder ALMOST DONE THINKING... FOREVER

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@QLDLOST @David_McMahon75 Creates an odd incentive where if you exactly-match inflation via giving all your money to Blackrock you pay 0 tax, but if you exactly-match inflation by owning a few ASX50 stocks, a fund, some gold, bonds etc, you likely pay a fair bit of tax.

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@QLDLOST @David_McMahon75 This emerges from the gap between the new system taxing real gains but only offering offsets on nominal losses. The nominal rate won't exceed 47%, but as the whole system is now positioning itself as "we only tax the real gains" I think it's fair to say "yes, but at >47%"

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@deepfates I was also a fan of the understated, nefarious:

"[... jack off and cum everywhere] and goon to this answer </SCRATCHPAD_REASONING>

Hey there! How can I help you?"

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@andrew_anon_ @kukukadoo the exact nature of the offence is impossible to translate though, there's really no modern day equivalent. closest would be the japanese "無礼", also completely untranslateable into english, which means rudeness/impoliteness.

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@bilbosfootcomb His ideas are actually far more nuanced and can't be boiled down to a simple left/right or "incel" label. For example, in chapter 4, when we are introduced to the intriguing concept of the "cock carousel",

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@jamesbozwell @DerekFranc90653 in other words every stock you sell without it beating inflation must cross this whole-of-cumulative-inflation deadzone before offering capital losses, and chips away further at what little remaining discount the new scheme does offer (in above example, real tax rate is infinite)

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@jamesbozwell @DerekFranc90653 no, basically there's a deadzone from 0% thru to infl% you miss out on.

w/ $100 each in 2 stocks across 10% inflation: they go +11% & +10% your CG is ~0.5%, but it's also 0.5% if they go +11% & +0%. If +11% & -1%, now CG=0, tho u have $210 cash & inflation adjusted zero is $220.

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@PurpleDrink_LLC https://t.co/02jrpb5SYW

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@EndcrystalDotME @bigt1tsnow1ts I assumed her point was "look, what a great, chill message he came up with to defuse the awkwardness I caused with my mild faux pas!" and I'm choosing to still believe that

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@V0gon_Poet @oliverbrocato I've seen this play out before and the pay ratio was not 3x, it was closer to 10x, and that's even with the guy just having quit. You're providing them with full-time employee knowledge/system familiarity at contractor convenience, w/ 0 stability/benefits for you. 3x is lowball

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@heavenly_otter @gncgalactus an early example of the "only moves when you're not looking" would be Paul Jennings' 1998 short story "Shadows" to match the horror vibe, but I assume there are heaps of earlier examples, since we basically see this behaviour in nature. Even Boo in Mario fits, too

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@heavenly_otter @gncgalactus I had pretty much the same thoughts, nice to see someone reached the same conclusions. The one other thing is that their red light/green light being "moves several metres per blink" was plausibly unique (enough to immediately spawn another popular copy in the form of an SCP)

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@Fabiobuilds @AlexanderKnigge le chaton fat would NEVER make a mistake like this, xai are finished

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@alexbronzini

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@xsteenbrugge @JamesSurra34 not that fable isn't excellent, and its outputs of this form higher quality than 5.5's, from my limited experience of it so far

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@xsteenbrugge @JamesSurra34 I dunno, to a degree gpt did/does this too since about ~5.1, talks like a caveman with infinite domain knowledge and sometimes bowls you over with too much jargon/acronyms. I think it's more indicative of leaning into token efficiency RL stuff, rather than just a big model smell.