hotbathenthusiast

China has risen way less in terms of GDP per capita, even using power purchasing parity estimates. Japan is at 52k $, China only at 23k (Wikipedia).

I cannot ultimately judge this but the common wisdom about the Chinese social contract seems to be that the citizens get comparatively high economic security for comparatively low civil liberties. And while China’s pro-poor growth has certainly been more than impressive historically, I am not sure that the comparatively still low incomes especially in the inner parts of China are sufficient to maintain this social contract if growth does really slow down significantly.

Edit: I agree in general though that the state of Japan is probably not be as bad as it is made out to be in the article.

Hat nur so halb was hiermit zu tun, aber mir war selten jemand so unsympathisch nach einem Interview wie Schreiner nach ihrem Auftritt im FAZ Podcast für Deutschland mit ihrem wiesligen Politiker-Ausweichen.

Really fitting news for sh.itjust.works. Or not.

Yeah, that’s what I haven’t figured out yet either. How do you make it a fair amount between a content creator and an email client developer, between one person, a corporation and a non-profit?

I have settled on not trying to make it a science. I can only give what I have, so always when I feel that I have financial breathing room (paycheck comes in and no urgent payments due) I am going to the relevant places and donate what I feel I can afford. While not perfect, I feel I should be proud about doing what I can rather than beat myself up over whether I could spend more, which a lot of free users will never think about in the first place. Otherwise I’d only go crazy.

The donations will go to what/who I feel like I have used/appreciated most since the last donations. So it’s mainly donations, not subscriptions which also helps not losing track and giving more than you can afford. Come to think of it, I also do not donate to the big creators whose content I consume as I guess they are rich enough. If you want a number, my last donation was 20€ to a small ASMR content creator. And for stuff that I use regularly like programs and apps (e.g. NewPipe 4€/month and KeePass 0.5€), my OS (3€), the hoster of the Piped instance I use (4€) etc. I have set up regular payments on Liberapay and such according to their tier system. I cannot afford all that much, so I am going for the small/medium tier according to my amount of usage (and I guess you should think about if they have running costs or not). If you are not constrained by money I guess you can just go for their higher tiers and vary them according to usage.

I realise it does sound like a pretty bad science now as it’s both complicated and does not sound fair at all (e.g. OS gets too little, no?), but well… This write-up actually helped me understand my own ‘system’ better, so thanks for asking! :)

My solution to this problem (which is only tangentially related to your technical question) is to block everything and really make an effort to donate to all developers of my open source programs, content creators, website hosters etc. in the services themselves or on platforms like Liberapay/Patreon.

Sorry that I cannot help with the technical stuff but maybe an idea if you don’t manage it your way.

Finally a bit of Counter-Strike 2. Almost felt guilty for not being able to play much despite getting the coveted beta invite.

Does anyone know of an estimation of the net progressiveness (or regressiveness, I guess)? I only found this neat overview of the tax regime changes by EY.

Was sind denn die Theorien, wie heute gedopt wird? In der MMA-Community, wo ich mich etwas besser auskenne als im Radsport, geht es neben Microdosing vor allem um individuell entwickelte Designer-Dopingmittel. Oder stellt man im Allgemeinen auf natürliche Anlagen ab, auch wenn die individuellen Unterschiede plötzlich so groß sind und eine Handvoll Leute allen anderen davon fahren? Die verbesserten Trainingsmethoden und Ausrüstung müssten sich ja auf alle mehr oder minder gleich auswirken.

Eine Performance wie diese ruft im Radsport mit seiner langen Geschichte der Leistungsmanipulation immer Skepsis hervor. Und Vingegaard wird sich damit nun verstärkt auseinandersetzen müssen. Schon am Sonntag (16.07.23) nach der 15. Etappe war der Däne gefragt worden, ob er Verständnis dafür habe, dass man seine und auch die Leistung seines Rivalen kritisch beäuge, weil sie sämtliche Geschwindigkeitsrekorde an den Anstiegen brächen. “Ich verstehe die Skepsis”, hatte Vingegaard erklärt. Er begrüße sie sogar, damit der Radsport nicht wieder so werde wie früher. “Aber ich kann für mich nur sagen: Ich nehme nichts.”

Kann ein Radsport-Fan mich erleuchten, wie die Doping-Situation im Moment ist? Kann man davon ausgehen, dass alle führenden Fahrer auch illegal nachhelfen, oder sind die Kontrollen mittlerweile wirklich effektiv?