hakobo

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[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

There's an article here on how to utilize Wikipedia offline, and you can look under the "Where do I get the dumps?" section for links to downloads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Money is not strictly a physical item, it's a verifiable record of tradable value. Cash is a physical representation of money usually in bills and coins, but the number in your bank account or credit card or PayPal or whatever is also money.

Money vs Cash

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To add to this, the definition of microplastic is less than 5mm. So yes, 1mm microbeads are microplastics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Not quite what you are asking for, but here is their public statement that they will not demonetize Nazi content.

https://substack.com/@hamish/note/c-45811343

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Since you asked, the tax write off stuff is basically a myth. If you donate, let's say $20, then they have to mark down $20 of additional income, raising their tax burden by $20 x 21% (federal, plus whatever state tax there is). Then, when they hand over the money to the charity, they get to take a $20 deduction (not a credit) which means their tax burden is lowered by $20 x 21% (again plus any state tax). So comes out even in the end. The deduction basically says, hey, remember the $20 I put down as income? Don't tax me on that because I used it for a tax-exempt purpose. They report it as income, then report the donation. Nothing fishy there.

However, depending on how long they hold onto that money, it's possible to use the money to make other money, like investing it or even just sticking it in a savings account where it would get a little interest. And with enough donations, that might add up.

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's actually been found to be not true with advancements in how we detect bacteria and viruses. https://youtu.be/OTIYcemQ_OQ