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- 2018-01-23 06:12pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Ursula Le Guin is dead
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2620
Ursula Le Guin is dead
:( Link Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 88. Her son, Theo Downes...
- 2017-03-08 04:33am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13363
Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Or, if the subsidy is included in the gross income, you get the same issue, but with $54,887 (base) + $18,113 (subsidy)= $73,000. Every dollar above that is either subtracted from the subsidy, or pushes the total above $73k, making it taxable. Thus, it makes no sense to earn anything above $54,887 a...
- 2017-03-08 04:15am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13363
Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Huh? Why are you discounting the subsidy, again?
$72,999 (starting income) + $24,090 (-33% tax)= $97,089
$73,000 (starting income) + $0 (0% tax)= $73,000
$73,001 (starting income) - $0.60 (60% tax)= $73,000.40
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
$72,999 (starting income) + $24,090 (-33% tax)= $97,089
$73,000 (starting income) + $0 (0% tax)= $73,000
$73,001 (starting income) - $0.60 (60% tax)= $73,000.40
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2017-03-04 06:50pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13363
Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Sorry, meant to say if you make $73,001.67, you owe $1. So, why would anyone bother to make more, if 60% of the money you make is taken away? The law of diminishing returns would kill your plan dead. Have a very nice day. -fgalkin Why would they choose to make less? If they're an employee, are they...
- 2017-03-04 04:16pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13363
Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
So, why would anyone bother to make more, if 60% of the money you make is taken away? The law of diminishing returns would kill your plan dead.Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Sorry, meant to say if you make $73,001.67, you owe $1.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2017-03-04 02:47pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13363
Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
So, when everyone quits their job to become unskilled labor to stop the government from taking their money, where will the money for the subsidies come from?
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2017-03-01 03:27am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Torment: Tides of Numenera
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5231
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Anyone else playing this? I've sank something like 9 hours into the game so far, and I'm quite enjoying it. They seem to have captured the weirdness and beauty of the original quite well. The NPCs seem a bit meh, except for the one created by Pat Rothfuss, though. Makes me miss Grace and Dak'kon. Ha...
- 2016-07-28 02:50pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: The Memoirs of Lady Trent (Recomendation)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4041
Re: The Memoirs of Lady Trent (Recomendation)
Just finished reading the 4th one this weekend. I am enjoying the series quite a bit. But you have to read them in order, or the earlier books will be spoiled by the later ones.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2016-06-30 08:31pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
- Replies: 578
- Views: 116755
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
Also, upon checking the wiki (http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline) it seems that 1 season= 1 year, so it has, in fact, been 6 years since the war began.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2016-06-30 08:29pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
- Replies: 578
- Views: 116755
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
In a realistic world the fact that Lannisters are bankrupt+they have defaulted on the Iron Bank would mean that they are in deep shit when it comes to maintaining an army.
However, this is GOT we are talking about, so nevermind.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
However, this is GOT we are talking about, so nevermind.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2016-06-30 07:29pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
- Replies: 578
- Views: 116755
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
Martin is not particularly well read in anything but historical novels set during the War of the Roses. This is why he managed to create Fantasy England, but the further away one moves from it, the sillier things get.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2016-06-30 06:49pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
- Replies: 578
- Views: 116755
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 [Discussion of most-recently aired episodes]
Words cannot describe how stupid Dany is for bringing 100k Dothraki to Westeros. She doesn't need an army to conquer Westeros- Aegon managed it with 1600 men and three dragons. Her Unsullied should be more than enough. What she needs is an occupying force loyal to her to hold the territory she conqu...
- 2016-06-06 04:30pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: How to portray time control in pre-clock/hourglass eras?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5646
Re: How to portray time control in pre-clock/hourglass eras?
Counting heartbeats. That's how it used to be done.Batman wrote:Only works for time manipulation upwards of a few hours or so. How do you depict time manipulation on the minute/second level?
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2016-01-08 10:41pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
- Replies: 1204
- Views: 249318
Re: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
I personally enjoyed a lot of TPM tracks - Duel of the Fates, The Droid Invasion, The Flag Parade, Anakin's theme, Shmi's theme, Qui-Gon's Funeral. AotC had the love theme, mentioned already, as well as nice development of some TPM themes, and RotS was simply quite on par with OT films themselves, ...
- 2015-12-16 10:23pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
- Replies: 1204
- Views: 249318
Re: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
Other thoughts: Harrison Ford got his wish at last. I was expecting it, of course, but still sad to see Han go. At least, he got a good exit. It was nice to see the villain get saddled with the angst for a change. Conversely, the complete absence of angst in Rey and Finn was refreshing. Kylo Ren was...
- 2015-12-16 09:48pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
- Replies: 1204
- Views: 249318
Re: Ep7 Reviews (Spoilers)
Holy shit, just how powerful is Rey? I mean, nothing untrained Luke or even padawan Anakin did even remotely compares to what comes naturally to her. With the First Order being as incompetent as they were, it really looked like watching a leveled-up KOTOR character at times. Have a very nice day. -f...
- 2015-12-16 09:28pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
- Replies: 1584
- Views: 319871
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Ok, quick and spoiler-free observations. It has gotten rid of Lucas's crap, but replaced it with JJ's crap. JJ is a better director than Lucas, and this is his best movie, but his minimalism is jarring. I fear we might miss the days of Travis as a kind of golden age. Despite that, it captures the fe...
- 2015-12-09 06:20pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: European refugee crisis thread
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 147068
Re: European refugee crisis thread
It was on the news, so no article. They are claiming that since many muslims hate Jews (true) their numbers need to be limited to limit dangers to Jewish citizens. Their concerns are definitely legitimate. But I don't think they have a leg to stand on since the vast majority of current German news ...
- 2015-10-25 09:06pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Equestria vs. Warhammer 40K
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6415
- 2015-10-25 09:02pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Russia launching airstrikes in Syria
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7584
Re: Russia launching airstrikes in Syria
Except Russia doesn't really carry out double-tap strikes, that's more of a US thing. Have a very nice day. -fgalkin Except obviously they did. For one thing, don't double-tap attacks require drones hovering in position, waiting for rescue personnel to arrive? Kinda hard to do that with a plane, no...
- 2015-10-24 11:22pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Russia launching airstrikes in Syria
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7584
Re: Russia launching airstrikes in Syria
Except Russia doesn't really carry out double-tap strikes, that's more of a US thing.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2015-10-18 04:55pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: The 2015 Nobel Prizes Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2294
Re: The 2015 Nobel Prizes Thread
Svetlana Alexievich was given the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." First Russian language author to win since Joseph Brodsky in 1987. Not sure how to feel about this pick. By all accounts, "Voices in Chern...
- 2015-08-26 08:50pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Zorro reboot to take place in post-apocalyptic world
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19341
Re: Zorro reboot to take place in post-apocalyptic world
What I was getting at is that Firefly was artistically well received- it was a flop in terms of viewership numbers for a variety of reasons, but relatively few people who've watched the series consider it bad art . So the potential is there for counterintuitive combinations of theme and setting to ...
- 2015-06-30 06:57pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 casting news (spoilers)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6083
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 casting news (spoilers)
…are you forgetting that every Lord Paramount except Doran Martell has called his banners, so every knight and minor lord in the realm outside of Dorne would have been involved in the fighting?
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
- 2015-06-29 08:35pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: So I've started reading Gaunts Ghost Omnibus
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4057
Re: So I've started reading Gaunts Ghost Omnibus
Because frankly, Gaunt's Ghosts are an acquired taste. Pew-pew lasers are not Abnett's strong suit- intrigue is. Read his Inquisition stuff- Eisenhorn and Ravenor, to see where he truly shines. That said, the series does get better eventually. Ghostmaker is just a collection of short stories that pr...