how many ultra-wealthy come from very wealthy families.

The ultra-wealthy squeal bloody murder about inheritance taxes, they call them "death taxes" when those taxes are actually the least painful and "easiest" to pay of all taxes (particularly when the "floor" is set high, today I think it is about the first $2 Million that is not taxed at all). Kind of like how payroll taxes come out of your check before you ever see the money - make it simple.

Of course, inheritance and capitol-gains taxes were first on the chopping block under Reagan, and every other Republican since.

Quote from: noisyturtle on Fri, 04 July 2025, 18:03:02

Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?

Not necessarily 24/7 and most of the time it's based on what you did when you were younger. Almost every bad injury comes back so if you ride BMX or bulls you're probably gonna have a hard time compared to someone who did something low impact like modeling.

Yes you learn to work around it but it's also why so many turn to alcohol and drugs.
Compound that with the other things in your life (PTSD)  or lack of family or hobbies and you can see why so many older people are self medicating.

Hit the nail on head here, I can confirm this is true. I did all kinda of crazy stuff when I was younger then ended up becoming a carpenter right out of HS. I got all kinds of aches & pains that my friends around my age who were not as bold when younger & didn't do physical work to make a living do not have.

Guys, what do you think - what nvidia going to make with next 60xx series?
Is it going to be bull**** again, or are we gonna get a proper performance increase from 50xx series? Proper I mean like 40-50% increase, not bull 10-15%.
Am I correct saying that they cannot do die shrink anymore?

Moore's law is dead, stop expecting those same increases.

Also. Nvidia has learned they can eek out minimalistic updates and people will still buy it so as long as AMD is behind they will only offer minimalist updates from now on unless they have some major breakthrough. Worse still we're the backup, they only give us leftovers from whatever industry is the new thing such as crypto or A.I.

Guys, what do you think - what nvidia going to make with next 60xx series?
Is it going to be bull**** again, or are we gonna get a proper performance increase from 50xx series? Proper I mean like 40-50% increase, not bull 10-15%.
Am I correct saying that they cannot do die shrink anymore?

Crossing ecological boundaries isn't Instant-Death.

It's a growing agony when the system we're used to falls apart.

Energy prices will be between 6-10x what it is now.  The entirety of the current accounting system which counts land assets will fail.

Most of us will live like peasants. The middle class will be desolved.

Air conditioners will exist, but the vaste majority will not be able to afford running them.

This is not dramatic, this is within a 30 year projection.  The EROI of oil which underpins modern society has reduced rapidly. 2.5x the wells, but our production rate is still falling.



We are very near the end.

That's my point exactly WE are at risk, not the planet or life itself.