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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
@pthenq1 Arguing that they arent self-made because they had to first start a company and prove to investors it was worthy of investment and ultimately secured investment is asinine obviously. Yes most billionaires had investment which they **earned** by creating a startup that appealed to investors. That still counts as self-made.
What isnt self-made is if you inherited the money or it was given to you because your daddy likes you or something.
@pthenq1 There are half a dozen to a dozen separate reports all confirming similar figures. You got any data to the contrary?
@bluejay I prefer to uncivilly obey
@Rasp Weird, its almost like you dont even need minimum wage and the free market will fix the problem for you. Who would'a thunk, not this capitalist.
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@freemo NuttX is named after the creator, Gregory Nutt...
@lupyuen is his middle name Buttz? please tell me it is.
I've seen the >50% self-made/middle-class figure for billionairs from half a dozen to a dozen sources over the years. If you are skeptical of this report there are quite a few others you can reference if you'd like. the numbers vary slightly but they are usually close to or above 50% in all the ones I've seen using different methodologies.
@icedquinn also my apologies to you as well. I was wrong earlier as I seem to have accidentally pasted the wrong link. So I was in the wrong for accusing you of not reading the report as the report wasnt in the link i sent like I thought. The linked post has the correct link in it.
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@ScumbagDog Ahh I see what you mean now. That was the wrong link and the figure is slightly lower: https://www.wealthx.com/report/the-wealth-x-b...
@lupyuen I dont know who decided to name an operating system NuttX, but all I can say is that they have my approval!
Just a reminder, 55.8% of all billionaires in the world are self-made
Source: https://www.wealthx.com/report/the-wealth-x-billionaire-census-2019/
Ahh I see what you mean now. That was the wrong link and the figure is slightly lower:
https://www.wealthx.com/report/the-wealth-x-billionaire-census-2019/
Thats the source of the actual report, and the 1bil + who are self made appear to be 55.8% not 68%.
My apologies I thought I was linking to the report.
I cited the study.. did you read the actual study or not? If you didnt read the study then what are you arguing against?
@Djeep The best teacher gets a well paying job and becomes a millionaire :)
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A great analogy for SIMD just developed over on /r/rust/: SIMW: Single Iron, Multiple Waffles
https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/qucind/stdsimd_is_now_available_on_nightly/hkpy4y4/
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Sorry but not only is your quote out of context but it is grossly mistraslated. I have studied the Qu'ran rather heavily and have addressed this passage multiple times.
The part of your translation "to strike" is a translation of the word "daraba" and while that is one of several definitions there are other equally fitting definitions that do not imply violence. The word "daraba" also translates to: to present, to set forth, to leave, to shun, to hit, to tap, or to cover. One could just as easily say the passage is telling you to shun your wife, not to hit them.
Furthermore the context is important, which as I said you left out. The Qu'ran in multiple places explicitly or implicitly indicates that striking your was is against Muslim law.
Here is a quote fromt he Qu'ran that explicitly states you can not hit your wife:
'"O Apostle of God! What is my duty to my wife?" He said, "That you give her to eat as you eat yourself, and clothe her as you clothe yourself; and do not slap her in the face nor abuse her, nor separate yourself from her in displeasure."
@Jojothegoodperson Shall I take the follow to mean you decided to stay in the fedi afterall?
Screen shot from the report showing the 6 tiers covered... Seriously bro?
@realcaseyrollins Fair.. I find it pleasant and the polarization is annoying but resolves it self due to self-segregation which is the only reason its pleasant.
Obviously id rather it be pleasant without the segregation but apparently humans dont now how to do that.
Cool story bro. Try reading the report, it doesnt say that.
The report has 6 buckets it analyzes. One, the lowest is the 30mil threshold, the top is the 1 bil+ bucket. Yes the report explicitly covers billionaires along side other categories of wealth.
Like i said, if you want to criticize something, read first, talk second.
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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
