“then” is used to depict time, sequence or a causal relationship. “than” is used with comparative adjectives, to depict comparison.

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  • $7/day

    Going with the dollar value doesn’t do much and is not a good enough indicator.
    If a community were almost fully bartering and had all means of production, or had their own local currency, which they then didn’t trade with the Govt, you could also get similar values.

    There are better ways to prove your point, like the level of adulteration in basic food resources, the quality of housing etc.

    If you still want to go with the dollar value, you need to then normalise it using a price index, which you can create against the dollar value of certain types of goods, which then have to be calculated for similar products in both places (the country with the source currency and the one you are comparing it with).



  • I want to create a world where each person give according to their ability and take according to their need.

    I don’t like the way that line is phrased.
    This can very easily lead to overexploitation of all those who are honest and sincere, while helping those who can easily lie. How so?:

    • I don’t need an air cooled room or even electricity at my house

    • I don’t need to have good food, as is proven by me surviving 3+ years overpaying for shitty food

    • I don’t need access to the Fediverse, or to be able to discuss things with people across the world

    • I am able to work 13+ hours a day

    • I am able to work in a place full of toxic fumes, until I die early because of it

    • I am able to shut up while the politicians masquerading as engineers, dump all the consequences of their wrongdoings onto me

    And guess what, so can you, but those who are good at lying, can easily convince the system otherwise.
    So while I would want to live a better life, eat better food and do some work for myself, I can’t, because I can, “not do it”.

    In the end, it’s all up to execution and there will always be those, who would like to twist the words to get their way.







  • A lot of things are easier to learn when you have a base foundation.

    Also, a lot of skills have interrelated mental pathways, so once you have enough exp with one, learning the other means, you are actually plasticising your brain, less than what you would have, had you learnt the other skill without knowing the first.




  • On Windows, it was Superfetch.
    Whenever I was unable to load something, whenever copying took too long, whenever the system was being too hot, it was Superfetch.
    Then I tried multiple ways to first stop it then disable it and realise it came back up later on.
    Then it was always Windows Update.

    Now, at least I am not fighting my OS.

    I have had a flicker or 2, a few times. Need to change my monitor.
    But the AMD GPU (and its driver) seems fine for now.

    I don’t have a flawless experience.
    I just got to choose which flaws I am willing to keep.


    Oh btw, I chose my motherboard based on Linux reviews.