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KyojinkaEnkoku t1_jc6iigc wrote

Reply to A shaded relief map of South Asia rendered from 3d data and satellite imagery [OC] by visualgeomatics

You can see the ongoing collision of the Indian subcontinent into the Asian continent creating the Himalayas, fun fact: they're still getting bigger; Everest gets a 1/4th of an inch (6.35 mm) taller every year even with solar and precipitated erosion.

So every person who summits Mt. Everest is technically setting a new record.

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ktxhopem3276 t1_jc6h5f2 wrote

Reply to comment by TracyMorganFreeman in [OC] US Social Security Fund History by PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows

> No, it was sold as individual workers contributing to their retirement later on, which isn't how it works.

I think it was obvious from the start the first generation of beneficiaries were gifted into the program

> It's not a progressive redistribution program either.

Not sure what you are getting at

>That's a legal distinction, not a structural one.

True but still a significant distinction rooted in transparency versus deception

> Yeah it's just a ponzi scheme in all but name.

That’s just lazy or dishonest

> Do you not see how you are fixated on the part that isn't required of a ponzi scheme, and ignoring the very argument being made that it is structured by one? You are wishing to maintain a rhetorical air about it, and avoid the actual argument.

You are wishing to portray a negative connotation with an unlawful deception to a transparent program with structural debt due to life expectancy and birth rates and immigration rates

> Economic bubbles aren't fraudulent either, but they're also ponzi schemes

They have similarities but that’s also a false analogy.

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spicer2 OP t1_jc6fzop wrote

Reply to [OC] The most common song titles in music by spicer2

Tools: Excel

Source: MusicBrainz (online music encyclopedia)

Methodology/FAQs: I've seen a few other people attempt to figure this out but I've never been completely satisfied with their methodology. Music YouTuber David Bennett Piano has a video where he used Wikipedia disambiguation pages to arrive at a final list which is clever, but not robust enough for my tastes.

I had to do some careful filtering on the data to make it useful, so to be clear on what you’re seeing: this is the number of *original compositions* with that title. This means cover versions are excluded – if you don’t do that, the list is just full of Christmas songs that have been recorded many times over. I also filtered it so it is only *songs* – this means things like musicals, soundtracks, and classical albums are excluded (otherwise you get a load of “Preludes”). This is also why the figures are lower than some other sources you might have seen for this kind of data.

Some other interesting tidbits:

-”I Love You” is 28th in the all-time list;

-The most common animal is “Butterfly” (55th);

-The most common color is “Blue” (61st);

-”Untitled” (as in, an actual title called “Untitled”) is 63rd;

-The most commonly used place name is "California" (75th);

-If you exclude “Grace”, the most common name is “Maria”. And if you exclude that, it’s “Caroline” (unsweetened).

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mynameismy111 t1_jc665j2 wrote

Reply to comment by psychorameses in [OC] US Social Security Fund History by PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows

No, if we did nothing the payout would be 85 percent of expected in about 12 years then sit there as the demographics normalize, boomers temporarily drawing it down for next few decades, then levels out

Those who say ss is going broke r scam artists trying to privatize SS and lower taxes for the rich, and those who listen to them in the right wing world who parrot it

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