pingveno

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[–] pingveno 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They're still helpful in sorting out a 600 calorie meal that's going to keep someone on track to lose weight versus a 1200 calorie meal that is going to make them gain weight. Even if it's not exact, it's a useful guideline.

[–] pingveno 10 points 1 month ago

Wonder Bread is just gross junk food. Also, if you consult the label again, it's worse than that. The 5g added sugar is for 57g of bread, so it's nearly 10% sugar by mass.

There are good brands here. I usually get Dave's Killer Bread. It still has some added sugar, but there are varieties with fairly small amounts.

[–] pingveno 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, sure, I've been there. Am there. And Reddit may have gotten to that point with these features where maintenance costs overtook the costs of removing them.

[–] pingveno 5 points 1 month ago

I was ready to hear something like a story from someone who had signed onto a medical trial and was upset the trial was ending. Nope, instead an absurdly short support period that seemingly is fed by the same culture of replacement over repair that has infected our economy.

[–] pingveno 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Code that exists still needs to be updated and maintained. It interacts with the rest of the code. Sure you can leave it lying around, but at a certain point the technical debt is going to catch up to you.

[–] pingveno 1 points 1 month ago

Meh. Net worth can be volatile in the upper echelons of wealth. It's often based on volatile assets. He's still giving away plenty. I'm seeing a budget of $8.6 billion in 2024 for the Gates Foundation.

Also, his wealth doesn't need to be spent within his lifetime to remain true to the pledge. The Gates Foundation can continue functioning long after his death, much like other foundations like the Carnegie Foundation.

[–] pingveno 11 points 1 month ago

Look at all our WONDERFUL job creators amassing their dragon hoards!

[–] pingveno 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm not sure who is doing the calculations here, but the latest estimates I'm seeing for Gates have him down a bit for the year. He also is down after is divorce from Melinda, which included splitting off a good chunk of money for her own personal and philanthropic use.

[–] pingveno 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The latter. The US only has a veto in the Security Council. Though even that isn't entirely unconditional. Recently it abstained on a vote about a cease fire resolution, leading to much entitled complaining from Israel.

[–] pingveno 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And not just the poor and minorities. Trump apparently had the DOJ go after people he perceived as disloyal or political enemies, costing them millions of dollars in legal fees. Imagine if the government then just got a redo whenever it wanted. Even for a fairly wealthy person, that's going to be a potent tool to silence them.

[–] pingveno 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, to a point. But not about murdering people. And we didn't then go and do just that. It shows some forethought. There have been other shooters who made posts before hand more or less admitting to wanting to provoke people, then claim self defense. They did not get to claim self defense.

[–] pingveno 1 points 1 month ago

We've also managed to wedge ourselves into a situation where Congress can't handle anything controversial. The closest we came in recent years was the (relatively timid) ACA, and that barely passed after an unpopular war and the 2008 economic crash.

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