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What Net Worth Puts You in the Upper, Middle & Lower Class?
  • That’s a fair point; my statement was probably too strong.

    Finer grained distinctions absolutely do matter, I just think they are overshadowed by the difference between working class and wealthy class.

  • What Net Worth Puts You in the Upper, Middle & Lower Class?
  • Exactly this.

    The only meaningful class distinction is working class/wealthy class.

    Working class is anyone who has to work for their income whereas wealthy class is anyone whose wealth generates enough income for them on its own.

    It’s possible to move from working class to wealthy class, after all people do actually do that, but it’s exceptionally rare because it’s exceptionally difficult.

    Discipline alone isn’t enough, as you also have to be lucky enough to avoid things like major medical issues, bad market timing, and other financial headwinds that are out of your control.

  • Israeli Commandos Carried Out Raid on Secret Weapons Site in Syria
  • That’s exactly what you should assume until/unless we get evidence from someone other than the IDF.

    They are obviously biased (they are incentivized to make their actions look justified), and they have a long history of debunked claims about civilian targets being military targets.

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    If God (or any supreme creator) existed would he be made out of atoms?
  • No, they wouldn’t.

    They would exist outside of our universe (since they created the universe), so the rules of physics in our universe don’t apply to them.

    Even if the reality they existed in had something equivalent to atoms, it would be inaccurate to call those “atoms” since they are in different realities.

  • CDC releases new guidance ending 5-day isolation period for recovering COVID-19 patients, stay home if sick
  • Exactly this. The whole “viruses evolve to be less deadly/severe” trope is just wishful thinking masquerading as science.

    Evolution isn’t some sort of get-of-pandemic-free card, no matter how much we all wish it was.

    There’s lots of counter examples of viruses that are still as deadly as ever, but I’d go beyond that; I’ve never seen anyone give a concrete example of a virus that actually did evolve to be less deadly.

    The closest anyone has come to that is the 1918 flu pandemic, but there’s no evidence that it’s less deadly now due to evolution. It’s more like that it is simply less deadly because there isn’t as much widespread malnutrition as there was in 1918.

  • Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants entering US illegally
  • Only the federal government can determine whether or not the immigration is illegal.

    For example, seeking asylum is legal immigration and there is no requirement for an asylum seeker to cross at an official port of entry.

    Only the federal government has the right to evaluate asylum applications, so by trying to bypass the federal government, this law is effectively an attempt by the state government to deny people the right to seek asylum.

  • Jan. 6 “QAnon Shaman” is running for Congress
  • It only applies if he took an oath to uphold the constitution prior to committing the treason.

    I.E. government officials and ex military personnel who took place in the Jan 6 riots would be disqualified, but not every random yahoo that was there.

    EDIT: Others have pointed out that he is ex-military, so it looks like the 14th amendment does apply to him after all.

  • Nostr vs Mastodon
  • Portable digital identities are still an unsolved problem, even with Nostr.

    They take a step forward in portability by using public keys, but that comes with a step backwards in multiple other dimensions like being able to recover your identity, key rotation, and just general ease of account maintenance.

    I think Nostr is an important step in the right direction, but won’t be suitable for general use until those issues are addressed, and addressing them might require more drastic changes than simply adding an additional layer on top of it.

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