Maarten

@thinkling
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Seattle/Methow. NL. Meditator. Outdoorsy: mountain biking, skiing (DH, BC, XC), kayaking. Interested in carbon footprint, art, generative art (but not NFTs), IT for non-profits. Spelunker of rabbit holes. Sooo many rabbit holes.
@victorgijsbers @ionica De grootste gemene heler?
@codinghorror Piketty has claimed something along the lines of: if we implemented an estate tax of 100% above some modest amount, we could fund a “starter capital” that gives each citizen a nest egg to be received at (say) age 25 or 30, of.. $200,000
The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.
@__ic I don’t know that it’s much more than coincidence. If I had yo guess: Musk comes from the tech world, where people are commonly referred to by their first name. Trump comes from the business world. But there was a time when he was often referred to as The Donald.
@dan the threadcount must be too low
@lacroixboi apparently your yard is gnome-man’s-land

In videogames, when you make it to hardest level and beat it, you’re done, time to play some other game.

In life, when you get as fit as you want to be, or manage to do your weight exercise with the adjustable dumbbell at the max weight, do you get to say, Great! I’m fit, all done, I can go do something else! Noooooo….

@dan sorry, all you’ll get is an IOwnU
@irene if you like talking about this, you will love the local subreddit 😂
Debit machine: DO NOT remove your card.
Debit machine: DO NOT - hey look at me - DO NOT remove your card.
Debit machine: Take out your card immediately or I’ll scream bloody murder until you do.