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  • J jon-nyc
    17 Jun 2025, 14:24

    They most definitely did not. They would have measured it from a safe distance.

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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 20:39 last edited by
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    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

    They most definitely did not. They would have measured it from a safe distance.

    That’s not what the article stated. It said that both craft have passed through the heliosphere. It’s not anything unexpected. It’s been more than theorized, the question was really just how far out it was located. I admit to being surprised that have traveled that far.

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:44 last edited by
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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:47 last edited by jon-nyc
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        Wyoming has the highest ratio but only ~half a million people. So two billionaires.

        One is Lukas Walton, a grandson of Sam Walton of Walmart, the other is a Swiss guy named Hansjörg Wyss.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:50 last edited by
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          Montana - 2 Cargill heirs, a Pritzger (Hyatt hotels) and a local self-made guy. In mining.

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            LuFins Dad
            wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 12:37 last edited by
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            Meh, being a billionaire ain’t what it used to be. Being a millionaire is only upper middle class.

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              Mik
              wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 13:24 last edited by Mik
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              I remember in a finance class in the early 80's the teacher talking about how we'd all need $2 million to retire comfortably. I got the impression no one really listened, but I was a little older and did. He was pretty spot on.

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 09:40 last edited by
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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 10:17 last edited by
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                  This is sad.

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                  • J jon-nyc
                    20 Jun 2025, 10:17

                    This is sad.

                    IMG_5914.jpeg

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                    Axtremus
                    wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 10:28 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    This is sad.

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                    Does it come down to institutional attitudes towards birth control or abortion, or the moral chastities of the cultures?

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                    • J jon-nyc
                      19 Jun 2025, 01:44

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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 10:31 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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                      Wonder if there is a similar map for "self-made" billionaires.

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                      • J jon-nyc
                        20 Jun 2025, 10:17

                        This is sad.

                        IMG_5914.jpeg

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 14:22 last edited by
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                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                        This is sad.

                        IMG_5914.jpeg

                        It is.

                        Now overlay that map with one with abortion rates. My bet is that one is even sadder.

                        The Brad

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 15:04 last edited by
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                          Also sad.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            • J jon-nyc
                              20 Jun 2025, 15:04

                              Also sad.

                              IMG_5916.png

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 15:48 last edited by
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                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              Also sad.

                              IMG_5916.png

                              Wow, the numbers in the early 1900s were surprisingly high…

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 16:32 last edited by
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                                That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

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                                  Axtremus
                                  wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 16:58 last edited by
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                                  Reagan broke it.

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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    20 Jun 2025, 16:32

                                    That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 16:59 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                    That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

                                    I had a surprising number of maiden great aunts who were born in the 1890's, but I think that was probably due to WW1. The impact of that war would have been less noticeable in the US as a considerably smaller proportion of the male population died.

                                    Did the US Civil War affect the 1900 figures?

                                    I was only joking

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                                      20 Jun 2025, 16:59

                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

                                      I had a surprising number of maiden great aunts who were born in the 1890's, but I think that was probably due to WW1. The impact of that war would have been less noticeable in the US as a considerably smaller proportion of the male population died.

                                      Did the US Civil War affect the 1900 figures?

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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 17:03 last edited by
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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

                                      I had a surprising number of maiden great aunts who were born in the 1890's, but I think that was probably due to WW1. The impact of that war would have been less noticeable in the US as a considerably smaller proportion of the male population died.

                                      Did the US Civil War affect the 1900 figures?

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      That surprised me too. More spinsters as med died more frequently at a younger age?

                                      I had a surprising number of maiden great aunts who were born in the 1890's, but I think that was probably due to WW1. The impact of that war would have been less noticeable in the US as a considerably smaller proportion of the male population died.

                                      Did the US Civil War affect the 1900 figures?

                                      That’s what I was wondering about…But then, there’s an old saw about there being no bigger boost in new marriages and babies than a war breaking out. Maybe that’s not as true as advertised.

                                      The Brad

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                                      • A Axtremus
                                        20 Jun 2025, 16:58

                                        Reagan broke it.

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                                        LuFins Dad
                                        wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 17:05 last edited by
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                                        @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                        Reagan broke it. The birth control pill broke it.

                                        The Brad

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                                        • L LuFins Dad
                                          20 Jun 2025, 17:05

                                          @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                          Reagan broke it. The birth control pill broke it.

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                                          wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 17:46 last edited by
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                                          @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                          @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                                          Reagan broke it. The birth control pill broke it.

                                          Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided in 1972.

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