David Buunk

David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 00:08 UTC

Ooh, interesting! Just as I was getting back into worldbuilding. Thanks for the link!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:07 UTC

And when the Zen master paid more than the price for the hot dog, the vendor told him, change comes from within.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:21 UTC

What jurisdiction to go to, though?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 20:46 UTC

Why can't you Americans just do the civilised thing, and have the opinions be read out by the justices in the courtroom, instead of handing them out on paper. So undignified!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 14:04 UTC

That's a nice shade of dark yellow you've got there.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 21:13 UTC

Reading comprehension is difficult to some.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

Still about 110 posts a day!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:51 UTC

I've never heard that story, is there any place I can read it?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 22:14 UTC

Also, no matter how good the translation, there are things that just don't translate and turn a nuance into something ambiguous.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 10:14 UTC

It'll end up replicating the histamines far more than the rest of the food.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 09:47 UTC

N: Tallinn E: Kyiv S: Geneva W: Land's End, Cornwall Travelled parts of my continent, but never left it.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 15:30 UTC

Also, after two weeks, do you even have a fetus? Pretty sure it's still an embryo at that stage.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

Raise the income tax. Not just on the rich (nice in theory, but they'll evade it), but also on the middle incomes, as well as the people benefiting most from the UBI. Get a UBI high enough to cover the basics of life, 50% income tax on all income you get above that.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 13:15 UTC

Okay, so two questions here: Why is there an "Akiva reply guy" list? Why am I not on it?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 22:29 UTC

Oh, hey, look, rahaeli is tapping the sign again.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 08:09 UTC

Button to also block the user already blocked!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 07:48 UTC

Right, so there is something like Cargo Cult Law.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 20:15 UTC

Ah, yes, the version that's so much better because it derives from the Byzantine text of the bible, not the icky Catholic one. </sarcasm>

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

They even let you get past the rope and actually touch the stones if you get in early enough. (At least, that was the case when I was there two decades ago.)

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 05:28 UTC

Thank you both! As a foreigner looking in, I just didn't realise that this was in any way relevant. This sure helps placing the events of the past decade in context.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 05:14 UTC

So, Elon tried and failed to reinvent the wheel. Typical!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 04:03 UTC

Become a sage living in some remote place. Visiting me would be a side-quest.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 13:38 UTC

You're clearly not fully awake yet, perhaps drink some coffee?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 05:26 UTC

Plus a five minute break on top of that!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 05:23 UTC

Thanks for the reminder that Kissinger is dead.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Which raises the question: was it actually 20 million, or just 20 million in fake money?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

That's some type of fruit fly?

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 04:53 UTC

Desperately wanting to read a specific book that was only available in a language I didn't read very well yet.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 04:53 UTC

Clearly b here.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 04:52 UTC

Stuck between d and f here.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 04:24 UTC

Your target audience describes me pretty well.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 02:30 UTC

Yeah, was wondering about that. Well, your users seem like a nice enough bunch, maybe I should make an account someday.

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

Ah, didn't realise that. Fair enough!

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David Buunk @blueishmage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 02:18 UTC

January 1st birthdate.

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