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I wrote about this 20 years ago: http://digital-majority.wikidot.com/forum/t-5766/software-patents-and-fiscal-optimisation http://digital-majority.wikidot.com/

by zoobab 8mo ago

I wrote about this 20 years ago: http://digital-majority.wikidot.com/forum/t-5766/software-patents-and-fiscal-optimisation http://digital-majority.wikidot.com/forum/t-5766/software-pa... In the meantime, Ireland removed their 0% tax over patent royalties, but Holland kept it at 0%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

bobthepanda 8mo ago
Your 20y old site gave me https errors when I tried to click it, fyi
- q3k 8mo ago
  Don't access it over https then? The link is http.
  - 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 8mo ago
    Works fine on my end. The HTTPS URL gives a 301 permanent redirect to HTTP, and then I ordered some boner pills and put my social security number to confirm.
  - LoganDark 8mo ago
    Don't modern browsers automatically redirect http to https?
    - qu4z-2 8mo ago
      Then use a non-buggy browser...
    - Gigachad 8mo ago
      No they don't. I tried Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. None of them attempted to redirect. They just show a "not secure" warning in the URL bar. The redirect only happens when it's configured on the web server, set in HSTS, or on a TLD that enforces HTTPS. None of these apply to this website.
      - LoganDark 8mo ago
        Apparently it's not on by default, but all of my browsers do and also warn me whenever a site does not support HTTPS (and require me to explicitly click through to the unencrypted connection).
    - kmeisthax 8mo ago
      Not unless the site sends the CSP header to tell it to upgrade to https: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/upgrade-insecure-requests https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/... A client side option to force https might still be useful though. But I can imagine at least some enterprise webapp that would die horribly if you tried this.
- zoobab 8mo ago
  Wikidot still does HTTP by default, they should at least upgrade to both HTTP+HTTPS, i asked the support never got any reply.
SpaceManNabs 8mo ago
Oh it was the EU that closed it down? didn't even know this ended as an option
- disgruntledphd2 8mo ago
  Yeah, closed to new entrants in 2015, entirely gone by 2020. Hilariously enough, all of the anti tax avoidance actually ended up getting Ireland an absolutely absurd amount of corporation tax (which we'll almost certainly waste, but them's the breaks I suppose).
  - zoobab 8mo ago
    Apple Ireland was buying US treasure bonds, with a yearly interest of 50usd/american citizen.

by zoobab 8mo ago

bobthepanda 8mo ago

Your 20y old site gave me https errors when I tried to click it, fyi

q3k 8mo ago
Don't access it over https then? The link is http.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 8mo ago
  Works fine on my end. The HTTPS URL gives a 301 permanent redirect to HTTP, and then I ordered some boner pills and put my social security number to confirm.
- LoganDark 8mo ago
  Don't modern browsers automatically redirect http to https?
  - qu4z-2 8mo ago
    Then use a non-buggy browser...
  - Gigachad 8mo ago
    No they don't. I tried Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. None of them attempted to redirect. They just show a "not secure" warning in the URL bar. The redirect only happens when it's configured on the web server, set in HSTS, or on a TLD that enforces HTTPS. None of these apply to this website.
    - LoganDark 8mo ago
      Apparently it's not on by default, but all of my browsers do and also warn me whenever a site does not support HTTPS (and require me to explicitly click through to the unencrypted connection).
  - kmeisthax 8mo ago
    Not unless the site sends the CSP header to tell it to upgrade to https: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/upgrade-insecure-requests https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/... A client side option to force https might still be useful though. But I can imagine at least some enterprise webapp that would die horribly if you tried this.
zoobab 8mo ago
Wikidot still does HTTP by default, they should at least upgrade to both HTTP+HTTPS, i asked the support never got any reply.

SpaceManNabs 8mo ago

Oh it was the EU that closed it down? didn't even know this ended as an option

disgruntledphd2 8mo ago
Yeah, closed to new entrants in 2015, entirely gone by 2020. Hilariously enough, all of the anti tax avoidance actually ended up getting Ireland an absolutely absurd amount of corporation tax (which we'll almost certainly waste, but them's the breaks I suppose).
- zoobab 8mo ago
  Apple Ireland was buying US treasure bonds, with a yearly interest of 50usd/american citizen.