#expenses — Public Fediverse posts

Follow along with my live Support & Needs Ledger to see real-time balances, essential wishlist items, and the direct impact of community support.

https://the.kalvin.click/support-needs-ledger/

#mutualaid #transparency #support #community #tracker #finance #ledger #solidarity #tech #tools #expenses #budget #help #life #aid #open #updates #giving

I just made a "Support & Needs Ledger" to announce my needs and track my spending or impact on me. This has been done with the help of Coolify and AI, of course.

https://the.kalvin.click/support-needs-ledger/

#tech #technology #transparency #finance #tracking #ledger #expenses #community #support #mutualaid #budget #tools #software #ai #coding #lifestyle #independence #web #updates

@bagder Excellent page / idea

I didn't see this before speaking and maybe it already existed (I didn't see it).

#Suggestions:

1/ More clearly say it's not possible if no compensation.

Even reading what you said online and then this page it doesn't seem clear

no #accommodation / #travel #expenses
= no to #talk / #event

2/ Even a graphic (of above text?).

3/ Maybe add exceptions: if local or mini event etc.

Might be over-kill / insulting but would be more clear / less misinterpretable.

Success story 🙌

I today delivered some funds to serve as #tuition plus other #expenses for the entire semester courtesy of a generous child sponsor.
The student completed her O Level education at Kasese Municipal High Humanist School and is joining college to persue a certificate in #tourism and #hospitalitymanagement

Nyakato is among the Bizoha orphans codenamed Kasese Humanist Orphans and we are proud of her advancement in education.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/sponsor-a-needy-child-at-kasese-humanist-school/

With Science, we can progress

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

https://davidoks.blog/p/why-american-ambulance-rides-are

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853091

#HackerNews #ambulancecosts #healthcare #expenses #emergencyservices #USA

Boy, its been expensive lately, some fun, some necessary, some annoyingly necessary.

$5K for a skid steer as I mentioned a bit a go, I'm too fat an old to go doing necessary landscaping in the back and desired in the front, plus I should be able to make back at least half the price at the end, which is far cheaper than rental
Tax preparation at $3XX, don't remember the exact amount
Then there was the boots I needed last week, since the ones I was wearing disintegrated, $90 there
A new phone, I'd mentioned in March that I needed one, but dragged my heels, but finally bought a replacement, surprisingly enough a 2026 model of the phone thanks to a mistake(?) by Motorola, as I mentioned in yesterday's video
And the water heater yesterday, $4K
And the furnace and AC next Monday, $11K, though that's financed

Ouch?
I suppose some of that might be tax write-offs, have to check with my preparer

#life #expenses #expensive

#Trump #Humor #Expenses #alt

🚀 Ah, the mighty capitalists finally discovered that AI isn’t a magical money tree after all! 🤖💸 Turns out, even machines get pricey when you feed them caviar and champagne. 🍾🔧 Oops, did someone forget to budget for the future?
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/corporate-america-is-starting-to-ration-ai-as-cost-skyrockets-1eb99d7a #capitalism #AItechnology #budgeting #innovation #expenses #HackerNews #ngated

the real reason #usa is #bankcrupt #industrialmilitarycomplex #fiscal #finance #gov #government #corruption about 15% of #tax #gov #expenses of #USA go to #weapons #war and #defense

Capitalism, in theory, is great. #Capitalism, as currently practiced, doesn't work very well.

Many years ago I read Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" [1]. If you don't understand #economics but want to, it's the second book I recommend you read [2] to get there. He describes how all the parts of the system work together, what influences other actors in the system, how it incorporates diverse feedback, and more.

What we actually have today, though, only approximates what Smith describes. There's too many things gummed up with collusion and political and regulatory capture and a bunch of other things, so our #economies don't run very well.

Illustration:

Sears lasted longer in Canada than it did in the USA, but it still failed. At some point, #Sears #Canada shuttered its retail operations while it tried to figure out what to do. There was a large Sears warehouse in my city, visible from a busy freeway.

So the company had no #revenue, but ongoing #expenses - like property #taxes. Some bright spark #MBA realized unimproved real estate was taxed at lower rates than buildings, so they tore the warehouse down, razed it.

It was still completely full of #merchandise at the time. I watched it. Too much trouble to sell or give away, so off to the dump.

Then Sears went bankrupt, somebody bought the land, and built a warehouse on it.

[1] As was common then, its full title is ridiculously long.
[2] The first, much easier read is Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson".

Boomers say stop wasting money on 'luxuries.' Millennial proves they have it backwards.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/millennial-and-boomer-ex1