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tarazkp (85)in Finance and Economy • 9 hours ago
Two Dollar, or Not Four Dollar
While Japan is the single largest holder of US treasury bonds with 1.2 trillion worth, the EU holds around 2 trillion spread across the member states, with about another 6…
$9.90
Pending payout amount: $9.90
Breakdown: 4.95 HBD, 51.56 HP
Payout in 7 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 11 hours ago
Parental Fail: Reading
Nip it in the bud. When it comes to stopping a bad habit, the earlier it is caught the easier. So, recognising a bad habit forming before it is embedded means never letting it…
$8.68
Pending payout amount: $8.68
Breakdown: 4.34 HBD, 45.20 HP
Payout in 7 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 23 hours ago
This Song is About You
It has been a weirdly "slow" day. The day itself was pretty normal, with a couple client sessions and other repetitive daily tasks, but it is more like my brain has slowed…
$8.97
Pending payout amount: $8.97
Breakdown: 4.49 HBD, 46.73 HP
Payout in 6 days
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tarazkp (85)in Finance and Economy • 2 days ago
Capture the Flag
An interesting development has started to take place in the economy and will ramp up over the next two decades to a peak, which will completely change the structure of society…
$10.02
Pending payout amount: $10.02
Breakdown: 5.01 HBD, 52.18 HP
Payout in 5 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 2 days ago
Boundary Conditions
My grandfather on my mum's side tried to enlist to WWI, but was rejected as he was too young, being only fourteen or fifteen. He was deemed too old to go to WWII, and with a…
$17.86
Pending payout amount: $17.86
Breakdown: 8.93 HBD, 93.03 HP
Payout in 5 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 3 days ago
All or Nothing
I had an interesting conversation with a friend today, which as normal with them, spiralled into all kinds of areas and hypothetical. So much so that me, who is pretty much a…
$12.38
Pending payout amount: $12.38
Breakdown: 6.19 HBD, 64.51 HP
Payout in 4 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 3 days ago
Sunday Funday: 18th Jan, 2026
This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk…
$22.77
Pending payout amount: $22.77
Breakdown: 11.39 HBD, 118.60 HP
Payout in 4 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 4 days ago
Cost of Wrong
In last night's WTF post, I asked for some insights into what people consider a "good person" and I think that the comments are worth a read, because there does tend to be a…
$13.64
Pending payout amount: $13.64
Breakdown: 6.82 HBD, 71.03 HP
Payout in 3 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 5 days ago
WTF: What's Good?
We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and…
$6.48
Pending payout amount: $6.48
Breakdown: 3.24 HBD, 33.74 HP
Payout in 2 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 5 days ago
Thought Invalidated
More vindication. For nearly two decades, I have been espousing the harm that our media habits have, where individualism has disconnected us from each other through ever fine…
$12.00
Pending payout amount: $12.00
Breakdown: 6.00 HBD, 62.51 HP
Payout in 2 days
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 6 days ago
The Snows of Hell
It has been really cold the last few weeks, but now it is warming up, which means fresh snow. However, that also means snow work needs to be done, though it wasn't too bad…
$11.97
Pending payout amount: $11.97
Breakdown: 5.98 HBD, 62.32 HP
Payout tomorrow
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 6 days ago
Nancy No Friends
I didn't have an imaginary friend growing up. I also didn't have any real friends, but that is a different conversation. Talking with a client today about imagination…
$12.07
Pending payout amount: $12.07
Breakdown: 6.03 HBD, 62.86 HP
Payout in 12 hours
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 7 days ago
Readily Underprovisioned
The printing press changed the world, but that must be closely followed by increased literacy. Because prior to pretty much everyone being able to read, the only ones who could…
$5.41
Pending payout amount: $5.41
Breakdown: 2.71 HBD, 28.18 HP
Payout in 44 minutes
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 7 days ago
Cut off from the Tap
Global political trends spread like wildfire these days, and now several European countries, including Finland, are following Australia and looking at introducing social media…
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- Author $5.86
- Curators $5.83
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 8 days ago
Economies on Scales
About twenty years ago I was in Hong Kong with my girlfriend shopping in a jeans store. The prices were far cheaper than in Finland, and we had shopped a lot. She found a pair…
$20.76
Past Payouts $20.76
- Author $10.40
- Curators $10.36
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 8 days ago
Children in the Vacuum
My daughter and I have often talked about various genetic traits like hair and eye colour, and height. And since her cousin recently had a baby which we visited a few days ago…
$20.83
Past Payouts $20.83
- Author $10.43
- Curators $10.40
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 9 days ago
Assing for It
Over the last few weeks I have randomly been watching Brockmire, a show I hadn't heard of before, starring Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet. It is very likely not to everyone's…
$11.57
Past Payouts $11.57
- Author $5.79
- Curators $5.78
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tarazkp (85)in Finance and Economy • 9 days ago
Save No More
Let's agree to disagree. I don't think there is any denying, that Elon Musk is a very smart man. Yet, at the same time, he comes up with some pretty outlandish comments, which…
$14.53
Past Payouts $14.53
- Author $7.28
- Curators $7.25
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 10 days ago
Good Person Accounting
When I was young, I imagined that upon death if get a database of statistics that contained all the numbers of my life, from how many times I smiled or picked my nose, to how…
$14.34
Past Payouts $14.34
- Author $7.19
- Curators $7.15
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tarazkp (85)in Reflections • 10 days ago
Sunday Funday: 11th Jan, 2026
This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk…
$12.83
Past Payouts $12.83
- Author $6.44
- Curators $6.39
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