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Chris McEvoy's avatar

Erratum: "Chris McEvoy" not "Chris McAvoy".

But both versions originate from the same Irish Gaelic roots, so it doesn't really matter.

Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe — usually interpreted as “son of the woodman/woodsman,” from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).

Mac Giolla Bhuidhe — “son of the yellow(-haired) lad” (lit. “son of the fair/yellow-haired youth” or follower/servant of Buidhe).

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John Langley's avatar

Apologies for the oversight :-)

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John Langley's avatar

I'll do better in future.

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Helen's avatar

Do you know Brett Scott's Substack, Altered States of Monetary Consciousness? https://www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-soup-theory-of-billionaires

In the end all this nonsense is only possible because we tacitly agree to our lives being ruled by the monetary system, to the point that we feel survival angst at the idea of someone switching off our addictive supply. Even when we are very aware such horrific differences in monetary wealth exist. Yet hunter-gatherers lived well enough, and there are some who still do, at the margins of the capitalist system that has almost finished sucking everyone in. At some point, and I think soon, something's got to give.

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Chris McEvoy's avatar

When you look at Elon's Hourly Rate, it sounds more reasonable if you describe it as 0.27 Beacons an hour.

$48,333,333 = £35,790,833

£35,790,833 / £132,000,000

= 0.27114267 Beacons.

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John Langley's avatar

Shush, don't tell the council!

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