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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Both of those things are effectively exactly the same though

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

not really.

One guarantees you X, and you can earn +y, scaleable to (not really) infinity

the other starts you at x and you lose -y until you reach zero (not really, minimum wage)