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sonograph

555 karma · joined March 3, 2021

Student. Studying theories and theory itself
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sonograph··on Universal basic income to be tested in Wales
It would also need to be tested in nations that have lots of social programs and nations with low social programs. A wide range of governments here. For example, I could see a UBI test in the US just going to pay for health insurance premiums (or part of them anyway)
sonograph··on Universal basic income to be tested in Wales
How do they test this for a subset of the population, while actually ensuring the at-scale harmful impacts don't happen when it is scaled up? One of the biggest concerns I've heard is inflation. If you test on a small group, you won't see inflation and you will think your test was a success.
sonograph··on DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized
> It is created by governments and its value is driven by taxation.

How does taxation drive value? Which taxation? There are governments that don't charge income taxes, there are governments that don't charge property taxes, there are governments that don't charge sales taxes.

sonograph··on Overcoming Tab Overload
I used to have this problem. Now I just collect bookmarks that I will never read
sonograph··on "I’ve kept silent on the Apple situation; they broke silence, so will I"
> this man was a red pill ideologue

What does a 'red pill ideologue' mean? Yes, I've seen the Matrix but I don't understand

But wow, that Reddit post is shocking

sonograph··on Brain-Computer Interface User Types 90 Characters per Minute with Mind
The NN in the article is based on handwriting, so comparing WPM to handwriting is a better apples-to-apples comparison than typing:

> Studies compiled by Amundson (1995) show that copying rates using handwriting at the 1st grade level are about 5 words per minute (WPM) on average, but by the end of elementary school at the 5th and 6th grade level are about 10 to 12 WPM.

Source https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resourc...

sonograph··on Compose for Web
I'm not sure I understand. Is this essentially a cross-platform tool, like Electron?
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