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You could really stop speeding by limiting the car's max speed based on GPS location, yet this means reducing the speeding fines revenue to a net zero.

I've deleted my account because of that. Twitter was overrated anyways. Time to try some new social media apps!

The systems we instate adapt based on human evolution. We began living in small groups, then tribes, alliances, principates, republics, nation states, mega states. It is hard to believe we've reached the pentacle of governance systems. All participants are impacted to a certain degree, be it positively or negatively, by change. Digesting the current state of the world leads me to be believe a system change may be around the corner.

First principles, everything is in a continuous state of decay. Every living or non-living being, every system, institution or organisation by-product of a living being. What goes up must come down. Institutions start out with noble goals for society. As they grow and amass power, their values tend shift inwards, creating a fertile ground for hubris, nepotism driven incompetence, corruption and disconnect. Most often then not, given a long enough time span, they crumble over their own incompetence and lack of accountability to the environment around them.

Using the programming analogy, it's not as much of a rewrite as it is a major version upgrade (i.e. from 1.x to 2.x) we need.

Keeping your assets is important. Creating opportunities to gather new assets is also important. We are in need of a vision that brings prosperity and purpose for all of us.

Observing the gluttonous initiatives of outdated institutions to swindle our rights, freedoms and assets is hardly ever inspiring. Things change with time.

Entirely the point I am making, albeit indirectly. The majority of rules and regulations nowadays are aimed at more and more control over the people at little to no benefit to them. People get angry and protest such measures. Rinse and repeat, for at least the last decade or two. It’s repetitive and pointless. When does it become clear the once great system which brought us growth and prosperity is no longer fit for purpose? At what point people realise we need to shed the old system and its top crème de la crème in favour of a new one?

We need new leaders capable of creating a vision for our future to inspire 8+ BLN people and to put in place the means to get us there.

Let them have it. Complete and absolute control over all citizens. Nothing more, nothing less. Then what? They will finally realise absolute power is an empty pursuit that brings nothing but misery for both the masses and the so called elites.

False leaders have no place leading anyone as they lead through fear and insecurity. Their lack of trust cemented in incompetence, arrogance and hubris leads to a neurotic chase for absolute and utter control over everything and everybody. How empty that path must be... and deemed for nothing but failure.

True leaders inspire through visions for the future and they will eventually rise to lead. A true leader inspires action and trust, unity and purpose. True leaders are instinctually acknowledged by everyone, are accountable to everyone and value responsibility over personal power. Maturity, good character and wisdom is naturally part of their character.

Hardly anything resembling a true leader can be observed in the current political space... and that speaks volumes to the state of our society.

Here comes the change, unexpected and imminent, to sweep away all falsities and reveal the truth.

Homes should be afforded by and owned by families. Corporations have no business owning family homes. The fact this is even a thing shows how broken the system actually is.

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I'd go with Substack (https://substack.com/) or Ghost (https://ghost.org/).

Substack is easy (and free) to set up. You have the option to turn on subscriptions and monetise your content via Stripe.

Ghost gives you more flexibility / personalisation. You'll need some web coding/hosting skills or you can subscribe to one of their plans (starts at $9/mo).

Edit: typo.

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We are a subscription-based design agency. Designline provides a flexible way to scale your design team with one click.

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SCOPE: - Mobile Apps, SaaS, Web Apps, Wireframes, Prototypes - Landing Pages, Websites (Webflow), Design Systems, Icons - Branding, Logos, Pitch Decks, Stationary, Banners and more

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It's uncertain how Figma will change as an Adobe product. It's wise to have a few alternatives ready just in case.

Sketch remains one of the top UI design apps. I remember when I switched the first time from Photoshop to Sketch. Saved me tons of time and I easily 2-3x my design process.

Another alternative is penpot.app.

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Yes and yes. Here is how it works:

1. FLEXIBLE SUBSCRIPTION. You can subscribe on the website using Stripe. Soon after, you receive the onboarding email with a link to a dedicated Trello board. The subscription plans are flexible, you can pause or cancel anytime. There's no lock in.

2. DESIGN REQUESTS & DELIVERY. You can submit your design requests right away. One of our designers picks up the requests the same day. Your designs are delivered one by one in the priority you choose, on average within 24 to 48 hours. We design with an iterative process and even for larger projects (i.e. a mobile app with 20 screens), you can see new iterations and new screens added every 1-2 business days.

Sorry, fat fingers typo... I added a comment instead of replying. You can see my reply above.

That’s pretty much how it works! :)

Here’s how I see it.

When startup companies need product design skills, they generally hire a full-time product designer, a freelancer or a design agency. There are advantages but also drawbacks for these options. Recruitment can take months, full-time roles are a long term commitment, freelancers are not always available for work or reliable, and design agencies are expensive.

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- PAUSE OR CANCEL ANYTIME. The monthly plans are flexible based on your needs. The quarterly and yearly plans have a nice discount for longer projects.

- FRICTIONLESS COLLABORATION. You can submit unlimited design requests and revisions for as many projects and brands as you need. All requests are added to your queue and delivered to you one by one.

- SCALABLE. The queue capacity can be increased with the Enterprise Plan for clients with large amounts of design work (multiple projects with overlapping timelines and multiple teams).

- GOOD PRICING. You can access product design services from experienced designers for as low as $50k per annum via the yearly plans.

I believe these are the things that makes Designline a SaaS or a DaaS (Design as a Service) startup company.

Ha, the memories… it used to be a nice discovery tool. Whatever happened to StumbleUpon?

Good to see there’s a refreshed version.

It looks more like a self-created problem. The tax code is unnecessarily complex and this creates confusion for most citizens, including the IRS itself.

Simplifying the tax code would solve a lot of these headaches plus remove the EITC errors/fraud cost of $10bn-20bn a year.

A simple and reasonable one-liner tax code can be something like: "all businesses and citizens pay 10% of their monthly revenue to fund a small efficient government and social institutions (education, health, firefighters, police, etc)."

Why not go for 1000 years mortgages or more? Serious question. Don’t stop going up in years until the monthly instalments are fractions of a cent. What could go wrong?

Most of the houses listed on the Dutch real estate market sell for +€60K-€100K OVER the asking price. It's insane!

Most people (teachers, nurses, etc) are on €35K-45K or less gross annual salary. Cut out ~50% taxes/healthcare and living expenses and calculate how many people can afford a €500K two-bedroom apartment from '72 near Amsterdam.

Also, be prepared to drop another €20K on middlemen, notaries and tax to finalize the home purchase.

"We have not yet changed the definition of 'fully vaccinated.' ... We may need to update our definition of 'fully vaccinated' in the future", CDC director Rochelle Walensky.

The intention might be good, but these dubious tactics of constantly moving the goal post and shameless propaganda is working against them. Easy to see why people are hesitant.

Call me old fashioned, but I remember a time where this thing called "people's freedom" was a thing. Nobody tasked the Gov, CDC, WHO and others to "save the world".

Live and let live. If people are willing to take the 99,98% chance of surviving a virus, respect their choice. The rest can wear as many masks, surrender as many freedoms to their gov and take as many shots as they want. Their choice is also respected.

The intervention is late, yet much needed. It's time to create some rules for the greedy bankers too, they have been inflating the housing bubble with massive amounts cheap debt for far too long. Can't find a decent property for under €500K on the Dutch market. And bear in mind not everyone has Tech salaries; you have teachers, nurses, drivers, etc. on ~ €20K - €25K per annum before taxes. They would be homeless without social housing or homes passed on through generations.

Dutch properties listed for €350K-€400k are sold for +€50K to +€100K OVER the asking price. To complete the property sale prepare to put another €15K-€20K on the table for various fees, taxes and middlemen. Unless you are a millionaire or be willing to go deep into debt for 30 years and obliterate most of your savings, sadly you have no chance at purchasing a home in the Netherlands.

A home is a basic human utility (shelter), not a pump and dump investment scheme. Making standard homes so expensive that most people cannot afford is completely wrong and goes against society. Property investors have many other options such as investing in new property development, hotels for students, the stock market, new businesses, Bitcoin, etc. Heck, it's time to diversify.

You make some good points, however every company should find a way to be sustainable and pay their fair share of taxes to society. If that's really not possible, then perhaps that business should go bankrupt. Breaking monopolies and monopoly-like structures will create many opportunities for SMEs / SMBs to flourish.

All these billionaires aren't really making that much money

I'm sorry, I can't tell if what you are saying is sarcastic, naive or perhaps you work as an Amazon Ambassador (throwaway account, 3 mo. old?).

What's the alternative? Don't tax corporations, allow them to form monopolies and starve SMBs? Don't tax billionaires, allow them to hoard power and give them a free pass on everything? Trust that somehow power cannot corrupt them?

Perhaps it's time we think of a tax tier for large companies that generate over $1B in revenues. This tax would apply on gross revenues, not on profit, to close potential loop holes, and it should reflect the social and environmental impact that company ($1B+) has on society.

Large companies ($1B+) that have a negative impact on the environment and society, should pay more taxes to disincentivize the harmful behaviour. On the other hand companies that have a positive impact on the environment and the society should pay less.

Also, any billionaire person who labels themselves as a philanthropist should pay double digit % taxes. After all, through taxes we contribute to public good, infrastructure, social support and public institutions. Privately controlled investment funds labeled as charities don't count. Everyone knows.

At first glance the valuation seems inflated. However if you consider the current state of MSM and social media, it's worth investing in alternative media and other ways of building and interacting with an audience.

I'm not surprised if the real number is even higher than 58%. Objectivity is lost and all broadcasts are mostly agenda pushing and propaganda materials nowadays.

Journalism is going through a crisis and with that crisis comes the opportunity to reinvent. I see more and more independent publishers using platforms like Substack, Ghost and more decentralised alternatives pushing for this change.

Facebook is slowly becoming the new MySpace.

Hey guys- This data leak looks like the work of a misinformation campaign.

Setting aside the misinformation / disinformation rhetoric for a moment, a product that gets injected in virtually every human being alive needs to go through a generous amount of scrutiny to ensure it works as intended and does not cause more harm than good.

Biotech is a vastly complex field and taking the stance of "it works, trust me" is not exactly wise.

The leaked information requires analysis to identify the valid and relevant parts which should be treated as feedback for health policies and vaccine development.

That $1.9 trillion stimulus has to come from somewhere.

Facebook went from "Move fast and break things" to "Move fast and censor things". Time for Web 3 to shine.