wlievens

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You can contact me at lievenswouter at Paul Bucheit's Awesome Invention At His Previous Employer.

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Comment · 2 years ago
Markdown doesn't give you a table of contents, an index, page breaks, control over typesetting, control over table layout, captioned figures, diagramming tools, etc. The difference is about the same magnitude as between Pong and Call of Duty. Yes they're both video games, sometimes one is preferable over the other, but they are not equivalent.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes
Comment · 9 years ago
Probably also true in code.
Comment · 9 years ago
That would admittedly be a much more awesome story!
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I love the bit that's hidden under .blur-background :-D
Comment · 9 years ago
Would cruise ships still harm the environment more than an entire world economy based on PoW cryptocurrency?
Comment · 9 years ago
Of those, only real time energy usage monitoring is really interesting, I think.
Comment · 9 years ago
That's indeed one of the reasons I'm sceptical of broad passive investing: you include many companies that are either evil or have a bullshit business model.
Comment · 10 years ago
I think the comment refers to the fact that under a lottery many others would not have the opportunity.
Comment · 10 years ago
Kindergeld in Belgium (Flanders) is about 120€. That's a little over 10% of thr minimum wage. In this Polish story it was 33%, big difference. What ratio is it where you are referring to?

For reference, full time day care in Belgium will cost you about 500€ per month if you are not poor.

Comment · 10 years ago
That also sounds a lot more legally practical, I think. You could even slowly adjust welfare and taxes as you increase the UBI.
Comment · 10 years ago
You'd probaby have to change their tax regimen too. Seems completely unworkable.
Comment · 10 years ago
Stock appreciation and dividends.

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