-1 / 0 can be defined to be a special new number, ⭐.
This system of numbers is actually mathematically consistent and has all the properties that a number system should have. But using simple algebra, you can prove that in this new number system, ⭐ = 0. And then you can also prove that all other numbers equal zero.
This number system is known as the zero ring, and it's the ring where the only number is 0 and the following operations are defined:
0 + 0 = 0
0 - 0 = 0
0 × 0 = 0
0 ÷ 0 = 0
0^0 = 0
All other symbols, including 1, 2, and ⭐, are just alternative labels for 0 in this number system. In other words, defining division by zero is essentially the equivalent of reality collapsing in mathematics.
So yes, you can validly define division by zero. You just get degenerate mathematics if you do. So be careful what you wish for.
The California minimum wage is not indexed to core CPI. It's indexed to CPI-W which does include food and energy.
Just to provide a number, in the 2017 update to CPI-W weights, energy was given a weight of 7.85 in the updated index, indicating that the BLS thinks the average urban worker spends 7.85% of their money on energy. Or about $196 a month if you make $2,500 a month. It may be higher now these past couple months due to recent geopolitical events, but it is within the right ballpark.
Correct, and the type of CPI used to index California's minimum wage is CPI-W, which includes fuel and food weighted according to the portion of income that urban workers typically spend on them. So yes, I do encourage one to spend more time learning the basics on issues before making irrelevant notations.
That's because you don't have the mindset of a sleazy corporate lawyer who is paid $500,000 a year.
Try this: Raise all the prices by 10 per cent. Give the 10 per cent discount to self-checkout customers, as required by law. Pocket the extra for people who are stupid enough to use the self-checkout. Don't forget to give a middle finger to your local elderly people or disabled people. They'll now pay extra for the privilege of shopping.
This is a good intentioned, well-principled idea, but it's a ham-fisted implementation that isn't going to have the intended effect and extremely easy to work around.
He said that because he thought his involvement in politics had cost him money. It damaged Tesla's brand image and hurt its sales. He thought that this could cause his wealth to decrease. That Tesla's share price would go down. That the markets would punish him for his folly.
It did not.
He has instead found himself richly rewarded for it.
Grok was originally programmed to pull data from decently reliable sources like Wikipedia and mainstream news outlets. It was also constantly used to humiliate Elon Musk during that period by rebuking his bad takes, so he ordered successive "lobotomies" (changes to how it processes input data) on it in order to get it to agree with his worldview.
"growing questions" this, "demands proof of life" that, all of that is meaningless. Either declare him dead and issue the writs of election or he shows his face in public.
You're going to have to be more specific about what you mean by people using the data of a dead person to commit fraud. Upon death, a person's identity documents, identity numbers, and other legal identifiers will deactivate and can no longer be used.
Social media accounts of the dead person can be tagged with a flag that notifies viewers that the subject is deceased.
Deleting a dead person's information so that their social media profile's contents can't be copied to a new account masquerading as them does nothing, because them being dead is immaterial to fraudsters being able to copy their profile's contents.
There's nothing inherently wrong with the concept of ANPRs (automatic number plate recognition) as these are called in the rest of the world. It's more of an issue that there is a complete lack of laws surrounding how that data is to be used, and especially when it's controlled by a private company. If there were strict laws limiting the situations where ANPRs could be used, such as requiring a warrant to begin searching for plate numbers and automatically discarding data from non-matching plates, I doubt people would complain as much about these.
Let me complete the joke:
The Greeks invented sex, but it was the Romans who were the first to add women to it.
Who are these people? I'm out of the loop.
-1 / 0 can be defined to be a special new number, ⭐.
This system of numbers is actually mathematically consistent and has all the properties that a number system should have. But using simple algebra, you can prove that in this new number system, ⭐ = 0. And then you can also prove that all other numbers equal zero.
This number system is known as the zero ring, and it's the ring where the only number is 0 and the following operations are defined:
All other symbols, including 1, 2, and ⭐, are just alternative labels for 0 in this number system. In other words, defining division by zero is essentially the equivalent of reality collapsing in mathematics.
So yes, you can validly define division by zero. You just get degenerate mathematics if you do. So be careful what you wish for.
God forbid a person remove unjustified remarks to correct past errors
The California minimum wage is not indexed to core CPI. It's indexed to CPI-W which does include food and energy.
Just to provide a number, in the 2017 update to CPI-W weights, energy was given a weight of 7.85 in the updated index, indicating that the BLS thinks the average urban worker spends 7.85% of their money on energy. Or about $196 a month if you make $2,500 a month. It may be higher now these past couple months due to recent geopolitical events, but it is within the right ballpark.
Edit: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/relative-importance/
Correct, and the type of CPI used to index California's minimum wage is CPI-W, which includes fuel and food weighted according to the portion of income that urban workers typically spend on them. So yes, I do encourage one to spend more time learning the basics on issues before making irrelevant notations.
The CPI-W used for wage increases includes food and energy. It includes all household spending weighted by the amount spent in that category.
Edit: comment made to be less aggressive
I'm saying the economics don't matter because you can trick people into thinking prices haven't gone up.
It's okay to be aggressive, and it's also okay to be wrong. But one must not be both aggressive and wrong.
California's minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index. It increases every year according to inflation.
Edit: To be more specific, it is indexed to CPI-W.
I wrote this comment on a $150 phone which for all the purposes that I use it for, performs exactly as well as an $800 iPhone.
4.90
Includes self-checkout discount. Price without self-checkout discount: 5.44
That's because you don't have the mindset of a sleazy corporate lawyer who is paid $500,000 a year.
Try this: Raise all the prices by 10 per cent. Give the 10 per cent discount to self-checkout customers, as required by law. Pocket the extra for people who are stupid enough to use the self-checkout. Don't forget to give a middle finger to your local elderly people or disabled people. They'll now pay extra for the privilege of shopping.
This is a good intentioned, well-principled idea, but it's a ham-fisted implementation that isn't going to have the intended effect and extremely easy to work around.
I'm afraid I must inform you that I turned out to be right on this one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/david-hearn-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/07/31/reflecting-pool-charges-dropped-hearn/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/prosecutors-drop-reflecting-pool-damage-charge-against-former-olympian/ar-AA29azma
He said that because he thought his involvement in politics had cost him money. It damaged Tesla's brand image and hurt its sales. He thought that this could cause his wealth to decrease. That Tesla's share price would go down. That the markets would punish him for his folly.
It did not.
He has instead found himself richly rewarded for it.
Grok was originally programmed to pull data from decently reliable sources like Wikipedia and mainstream news outlets. It was also constantly used to humiliate Elon Musk during that period by rebuking his bad takes, so he ordered successive "lobotomies" (changes to how it processes input data) on it in order to get it to agree with his worldview.
$30 million could've paid the salaries of 300 developers, assuming each one is paid roughly market wages of $100,000.
"growing questions" this, "demands proof of life" that, all of that is meaningless. Either declare him dead and issue the writs of election or he shows his face in public.
You're going to have to be more specific about what you mean by people using the data of a dead person to commit fraud. Upon death, a person's identity documents, identity numbers, and other legal identifiers will deactivate and can no longer be used.
Social media accounts of the dead person can be tagged with a flag that notifies viewers that the subject is deceased.
Deleting a dead person's information so that their social media profile's contents can't be copied to a new account masquerading as them does nothing, because them being dead is immaterial to fraudsters being able to copy their profile's contents.
There's nothing inherently wrong with the concept of ANPRs (automatic number plate recognition) as these are called in the rest of the world. It's more of an issue that there is a complete lack of laws surrounding how that data is to be used, and especially when it's controlled by a private company. If there were strict laws limiting the situations where ANPRs could be used, such as requiring a warrant to begin searching for plate numbers and automatically discarding data from non-matching plates, I doubt people would complain as much about these.