The most profitable league in all of sports…
Is being killed?

I don’t think that means what they think it means.

Basically, RSS as you said, is a one way street. There is no feedback. It’s not so much communication, but broadcasting.

It doesn’t help any one else unfortunately.
But I subscribed to Google Play Music All Access during the original promo in 2013. Part of $7.99 promo deal way back then, was that it was a Lifetime Subscription. Even after raising the price on all the 2014 YouTube Red promo users at the beginning of 2024, I’m still locked in at $7.99. I’ve de-Googled nearly everything else, but I’ll hold on to that subscription till I die, or YouTube does.

If there aren’t workers, there is no need for unions.

But that doesn’t happen anyway.
UBI doesn’t replace work. People still work. Pilot programs and tests show, people might work less overtime, or call out when sick more, so they can go to a doctor, spend more time home with a new baby, and stay in school longer gaining higher degrees. But they don’t quit their jobs. So there will still be plenty of workers to join unions.

How does it take leverage from unions?
It would effectively be a permanent strike fund.
Wouldn’t that help unions?

It’s also not so much “taking” power, as it’s not giving power you feel is your right.
Which, is the same kind of thinking that let’s copyright holders claim every count of piracy is theft of money they never actually had.

What about copyrighted code?
Like for instance, GPU drivers?

An LLM database builder.

Several reasons.

1. The US is largely responsible for defining what 1st, 2nd, and 3rd World countries are.
2. It has the largest economy in the world.
   (I think? That may have gone to China by now. Not sure. But it was true recently.)
3. Even with everything you said being true. It’s still the wealthiest country in the world, by a large margin. Epically when you compare incomes, lifestyles, and infrastructure to actual 3rd world countries. It’s not even close.

I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

None of the major Fediverse projects have real monetization.
Why single out PeerTube?

Why would you expect monetization at this point?

Do you think it should be monetized, or are you just surprised it hasn’t been?

What form of monetization are you imagining?

Because he’s so much more elderly than trump.

To answer your specific question, in this example, no she’s not gaslighting you. Gaslighting is a special form of lying intent on having you doubting your own reason, judgement, and even memory, in favor of someone else’s.

In this case, it sounds like she’s afraid of her own neighborhood, and is depending on you to make her feel safe. Were I in your position, I would talk to her about looking for someplace to live she does feel safe.

You’re not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you’d have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you’re talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You’re not alone.

That was the original idea behind Hulu.
But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

Yes. I’d call that an investment in crypto. A risky investment is still an investment.

Maybe we just define the terms invest and gamble differently.

I would say investment is giving your money / time / energy into something with the expectation / belief / hope that eventually in the long run, that thing will become what you want.

Gambling on the other hand, is putting money / time / energy into something with the expectation / belief / hope that it will eminently get you something you want.

Either could be high or low risk. They may not pay money out at all.
You make an investment in teaching your kids to drive, so they will be more independent and capable in the future.
You make a gamble on teaching your kids to drive, that they won’t get them selves into a wreck tomorrow.

Gamble = Short term
Investment = Long term

My challenge didn’t include inflation. Though I did mention it prior to that, so it’s an easy assumption to make.

That’s also just the S&P500, which isn’t even all US stocks, let alone international. But I did previously mention it as the minimum of “broad”. I’ll accept that as well.

So with some asterics, I congratulate you.

“25 years”

Yes. True. Just as not guaranteed as the sun rising tomorrow.

“All traded stocks” isn’t “Any traded stock”.
It’s all of them collectively.

Nikkei from the 1990’s - that’s an entire index that was flat for 30 years.

The 1990’s was only 10 years. And that’s also just Japan, which again isn’t “All Traded Stocks”.

It really kinda does.
At least as close as anything can be guaranteed in this world.
Buying into a broad market index fund (S&P500 or wider) and staying in for decades, will absolutely grow in value faster than inflation.

The key here is time.
Anything can go up or down on a daily, monthly, or even yearly basis; The longer your time horizon is, the more all that volatility gets evened out into a steady gentle climb upward. So much so that if you pick any 25 year period over the last 200 years, you won’t find a single instance where the total value of all traded stocks was worth less at the end than at the start.

Because when you’re investing in the whole market, you’re investing in the whole society itself. And society is always doing everything it can to grow, produce, and consume more. That’s what humans do. Random forces may slow or stop that, for a time; But as long a humanity exists, it will still be true.

Short term intent is gambling. Long term is investing.
If you’re trying to make money today, this week, the next quarter, year. You’re gambling.
If you buy into something, intending to stay in it for a long time (think years and decades) you’re investing.