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what are we even talking about?

[not just pixels @getifyX]

there is a large gap from "programming language types with conservative/simple syntax to cover 60-70% common" and "zomg exotic higher order type syntax that's turing complete and I ported Doom to it".

why don't devs see the former is useful and the latter is mental illness?

[knewter 🇺🇲/acc @knewter]

everyone clowns on it but security through obscurity sure made "4" last a while

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@rthurknl @midnucas exactly equally negligibly small as any other specific number no matter how many digits.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

really elite sports scheduling that the NBA starts just in time for me to not have to watch any more baseball.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

monkey island

[Sonder 🌹 🌟 @Sonderisfon]

What’s a dead video game franchise that deserves a comeback?

[not just pixels @getifyX]

how many of the polls leading up to this midterm have been fabricated by AI?

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: U.S. polling firm Wedgewood Polls admits to completely fabricating election polling data ahead of the 2026 midterms.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

i wonder how many republican households in texas who got that lgbt flyer ironically found an interested recipient?

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reminder: 4 is no more or less of a random number (and thus no weaker or stronger) than any other 200 digit long number.

those keys weren't found/exploited for nearly 1.5 years. suggests 4 was actually a pretty genius private key value. up until today, that is. never again.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@cantcomputer what if we're using it for satire:

https://t.co/5qjRU8023t

[not just pixels @getifyX]

o/u on when google maps does this rename?

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump calls for New Mexico to immediately be renamed to “New America.”

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@Chadmoneymatter @jmlc1983 this is the main thing everyone is mad at "boomers" for.... sitting on huge properties more than they need as empty nesters, riding cost basis taxation from 30-40 year ago purchases... with no way to force a recalibration.

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PLEASE FUCKING EXPLAIN WHY THE COST OF THOSE TOWN SERVICES ARBITRARYILY INCREASES BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE THEIR HOMES PRETTIER AND VALUATIONS SPECULATIVELY RISE

[Joe @electionsjoe]

YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TOWN FOR THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE ROADS, POLICE, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, SNOW PLOWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.

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@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta so when I say, for the 10 millionth time here, that property taxes don't tax the rich... what I mean, which shouldn't be so hard to see, is... they don't accomplish the fair sliding scale on richness the way the theory says. very badly mismatched.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta property taxes are hitting me harder than my neighbor. he makes more salary than me. owns more cars than me. is by most definitions "richer" than me. but I pay out more dollars per year for the same shared services.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta I agree shared service costs need to be divided unequally.

but I will never agree that "how rich I am" (according to some subjective standard) is the right measure to do it.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta i know what the label says they do.

I am asserting that in practicality, the match between intent and outcome is very broken.

i know many people like me who are "house poor".

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta you say it's bad because "more valuable". I just don't agree that this "valuation test" (or "means test") is the right way to divide shared service costs.

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@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta and if you improve your home/property, and your cost basis goes up... then your fee cap goes up (not necessarily your taxes)... and again, only once per 3 years.

[not just pixels @getifyX]

@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta localities/taxing districts can adjust those rates/multiples for across the board changes in revenue policy... but individual homes can't be hit with increases based on market speculation.

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@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta property FMV is a proxy for wealth/richness, and a particularly poor and unfair one. we should use other measures to divide the cost of shared services besides speculative property value.

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@BirdGuySky @BaronBeeGangsta my argument is the person who owns the $200k house might have a net worth of $10m and plenty of assets and ability to pay more for shared services, and the $1m homeowner might only have a net worth of $100k and it be much harder to pay more taxes for shared services.