GNU socialhttps://nu.federati.net/api/statusnet/conversation/213507.atomConversation2024-03-29T11:57:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:social.heldscal.la,2017-08-13:noticeId=3391989:objectType=commentNew comment by clacke@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/2" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)">lnxw48a1</a> Never considered that aspect. Makes sense.459858http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-13T13:07:00+00:002017-08-13T13:07:00+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.heldscal.la/user/29138clackeFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.clackeHallå KittehFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.Hong Konghomepagehttps://datamost.com/clacketruehttps://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2017-08-13:noticeId=459091:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Where "public" means publicly funded.459091http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-13T02:35:38+00:002017-08-13T02:35:38+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}https://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2017-08-13:noticeId=459090:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://social.heldscal.la/user/29138" class="h-card mention" title="Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) 🇭🇰🇸🇪">clacke</a> Also ... I have read that lower birth rates may be related to public retirement pensions, since there is less need to produce offspring to care for you in your old age.459090http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-13T02:35:15+00:002017-08-13T02:35:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}https://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:social.heldscal.la,2017-08-13:noticeId=3382211:objectType=commentNew comment by clacke@<a href="https://mastodon.land/users/alanz" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="alanz">alanz</a> Yes, they count. High birth numbers are mainly due to high child mortality.459054http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-13T02:05:03+00:002017-08-13T02:05:03+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.heldscal.la/user/29138clackeFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.clackeHallå KittehFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.Hong Konghomepagehttps://datamost.com/clacketruehttps://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:social.heldscal.la,2017-08-12:noticeId=3375178:objectType=commentNew comment by clacke<span class="greentext">> Adjust those ages a little bit, and a man who had a son at 70 who himself had a child at 70 would have a grandchild who would now be 76.</span><br /><br /><span class="greentext">> So a person living today could have a grandfather who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. It only takes three lifetimes to cover the modern era. Three lifetimes to go from sailing ships to robots on Mars. Three lifetimes to cover the Industrial Revolution, the rise of democracy, the 10X explosion in world population.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/life-is-long-history-short/" title="https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/life-is-long-history-short/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/life-is-long-history-short/</a>457708http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-12T11:28:28+00:002017-08-12T11:28:28+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.heldscal.la/user/29138clackeFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.clackeHallå KittehFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.Hong Konghomepagehttps://datamost.com/clacketruehttps://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:social.heldscal.la,2017-08-12:noticeId=3375161:objectType=noteNew note by clackeThe factoid "Most of the humans who ever lived are living today" is a proper factoid in the original sense -- not a snippet of fact, but a snippet that only looks fact-y.<br /><br /> It's false because even if you start your estimate as late as just 10 000 years ago, we were millions of people back then already. And they replenished themselves not by 1-2% each year as we do today (closer to 1 in rich countries, a bit about 2 in the poorest), but closer to 8% each year.<br /><br /> However, apparently since the birth of the country, there have been only 550 million US Americans so far. So most of the US Americans that ever lived are still living today. And that's a proper fact.<br /><br /><a href="https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/how-many-americans-have-there-been/" title="https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/how-many-americans-have-there-been/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://babelniche.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/how-many-americans-have-there-been/</a>457704http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-08-12T11:24:48+00:002017-08-12T11:24:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.heldscal.la/user/29138clackeFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.clackeHallå KittehFlawesome. Linux native since 1995. Working in Python, shell scripts, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. Scheme wannabe. Also a dad. Freddiemercurykin. Also https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@iii/pg320nKa62v1ohHctlhrXYPmY5BzZ1dRjypd7Cg=.ed25519 . By all means, #dobot. Obviously Asuka >> Rei. Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement. Fire away. If I don't appreciate your contribution, I'll let you know.Hong Konghomepagehttps://datamost.com/clacketruehttps://social.heldscal.la/conversation/1923760