Mithras - Left Justified and Ancient

@mithras.bsky.social

If I'm miserable, then everybody's miserable. Co-host: RDA Tech Talk. Producer - Radio Dead Air. I have a brain like a pachinko machine.

(Work) User presents problem. Me: Ok, I'll be in there in about 15 minutes to take care of it. User: Why 15 minutes? (with a hint of 'why not now') Me: Because with the morning I've had, I need to listen to System of a Down - Chop Suey at least 4 more times. User: ....ok.

This is literally a voting system from Shadowrun. The Pueblo Corporate Council used this basic system. Every citizen had a share in the government. And you got a number of votes equal to the log base-10 of your shares, plus 1. You could buy more shares, but...

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal: 

“Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”

(Work) User: <system> won't let me set a password! Me: On the password screen, is there a list of requirements? User: Yes, and I did them all! Me (internal): No, you didn't. Me: Do some of them have green check marks, and others red x marks? User: Yes. Me: You need to fix the red x marks. User: Oh.