[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 16 points 2 hours ago

It's even more insidious:

  • Lower prices to drive out all competition
  • Become largest local employer
  • Keep wages low, people don't have many other jobs to choose
  • Everyone has to buy from you, and those working for you are stuck in their low-wage jobs
  • Excessive profits
[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

Depends exactly on what is taxed. Regardless, the tax increase would be so low that moving is almost certainly not paying for itself. The government could also just increase taxes by a flat amount rather than a flat rate.

Point is, there's plenty of options that give zero reason to assume capital flight will happen.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 21 hours ago

There's a variety of ways to implement it, but the vast majority save trillions in the long run. https://www.citizen.org/news/fact-check-medicare-for-all-would-save-the-u-s-trillions-public-option-would-leave-millions-uninsured-not-garner-savings/ has a couple sources listed, even a Koch-funded institute found it would save money.

The reasoning is simple: you cut out the middlemen who demand a portion of the premiums for themselves. Those costs are instantly removed, and there isn't really anything that starts costing more in return.

There's also collective governmental bargaining on procedures and medication which lowers prices.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

No, the sum of all premiums paid by all Americans is way more than is required. You could make it a flat tax and it'd still be cheaper.

The tax increase is more than offset by the cost of premiums.

Why? UHC is cheaper than the current system. You wouldn't need any extra taxes.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago

There are 113 known cases, and there's a 76% fatality rate.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

But then perhaps you could articulate what the exact issue is? Like, what ill effects is Steam being a very major player having on the gaming industry as a whole?

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

But the barrier to entry for publishing a game on Steam is super-low, it's honestly dead simple. And even though Steam takes a sizeable cut, they do tons of work in exchange w.r.t. promotion, distribution, community management, the modding workshop, Steam Input, testing Steam Deck compatibility, etc..

For indies it's one of the easiest routes to publish a game. And given the relative success of indies on Steam, it seems to work quite well.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

The default settings look pretty bad, but with some setting changes you can get it to look a lot better without sacrificing too much performance.

It's not really the type of game that has to run at a solid 60 FPS or anything.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think this is just a case of unclear UI. This is the default stance of the meter, before you've entered a vote. After you vote it shows the most common answer underneath the meter.

I voted just now, and the most common vote was "fair/center".

Note how the needle is also off the meter, instead of pointing at one of the segments.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

What? I'm categorically against the death penalty. I don't think it's controversial to think Roof is a bastard for what he did.

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