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GhettoMaestro
7y ago
No. Don't do that here. Go back to reddit.
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> [...] in Denmark, there was a 225% tax (VAT included) on cars last I bought one [...] Wow please tell me this is inaccurate? 225% tax??
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7y ago
It doesn't take a triple digit IQ to understand that Uber has operated a fundamentally illegal business model that does not respect the localities in which they operate. In the past (pre-Uber), if you made this amount of money by engag
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7y ago
Sorry - I did not mean to contribute to BS drive-by comments. I will refrain from doing so in the future. Apologies.
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I love when folks over-analyze stuff like this. I had $2K in my Paypal account. I had about $1200 in my primary checking account. And another few Gs in savings. I needed to pay a $2700 expense. I could have transfered from the savings, but
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7y ago
I agree with your desire to side-load. My only caveat I would apply to that is to put some super really scary warnings to the user (as they will be no longer within the security of the walled ecosystem). I don't want users to accidenta
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Your ideal state of Internet / Tech companies is definitely in the minority contrasted to overall expectations the broader population has put on these devices and services. Yeah, we get it, you're smart. I'm smart. Most peopl
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7y ago
Yup. Just transferred $2K from my PayPal account (ebay sales) to my checking account. Slight clarification: PayPal caps the transfer fees at $10.
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That's not the point of scaling up and down with energy generation. You need to match the demand. Generate too much and don't have demand? Not good.
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Yeah because a bunch of people running around concealing their faces leads to good things. Oh wait - it doesn't. The reason these laws were mostly passed in the mid-1900s was because of the KKK.
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7y ago
Hold still while I freedom you!
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> I am surprised we are not in the middle of a Global Spy Agency Renaissance. What makes you think we aren't? I suspect every intelligence agency views the Internet as a god-send. Much cheaper to watch people now than deploying shif
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For the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intelligence_gathering... The big ones are HUMINT, GEOINT, MASINT, OSINT, AND SIGINT. In the US the responsibility typically falls like this: CIA = HUMINT & OS
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From what information are you assuming these will run for centuries? Most sats have a design life of like 10 to 25 years max. Also keep in mind that station-keeping and correction data is mandatory to keep the accuracy in check. I think I r