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541.
by aianus 9y ago
It's a disincentive to own property instead of a disincentive to work/produce/spend like our other taxes.
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by aianus 9y ago
> Exchanging between bitcoin and another currency also imposes a fee, so that is not an apples to apples comparison. No, but exchanging Bitcoin for fiat is a lot cheaper in my experience than fiat-fiat. 0% - 0.5% vs 1.4% - 3.0%. I'm
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by aianus 9y ago
PayPal charges 2.5%+ if your friend is in a different country using a different currency, if their country is supported at all. And Lord help you if the amount is 'too large' or if they think it's actually a business transact
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by aianus 9y ago
What's stopping you from taking an Uber everywhere?
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by aianus 9y ago
It's not a choice. In Canada at least you are disqualified from financial aid (including loans) based on your parents' tax returns. The law expects you to pay for your kids' school if you earn a middle class income or more.
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by aianus 9y ago
120hz refresh rate, brightest screen, best stylus I hate iOS but the hardware is far beyond any android tablet.
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by aianus 9y ago
I imagine it will be like the Manhattan Project, impossible to contain to one company or country for long.
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by aianus 9y ago
If your expectations from a recruiter are this low, might as well replace them with a spam bot, web form, and a recruiting video.
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by aianus 9y ago
I thought we were talking under the assumption that the corporate tax rate was the same as the personal tax rate (ie a flat tax). Keeping it in the company would then be irrelevant (the more you keep in the company by not paying yourself a
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by aianus 9y ago
Explain how you're reducing taxable income? The taxes on the free rent are the same as the taxes you're saving by reducing your company profits with the extra expense.
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by aianus 9y ago
Umm ok? I don't see the connection to your previous point which was saying the Chinese government can single-handedly destroy Bitcoin worldwide (or even in China). Drugs are highly illegal all over the world and yet it's still eas
552.
by aianus 9y ago
It's illegal to convert Yuan into USD but that doesn't make the USD worthless. Similarly with Facebook, Google, etc which are all banned in China. If the Chinese government is the only government that bans Bitcoin, I would put my
553.
by aianus 9y ago
> Then why not hold stock, realize no gains by not selling it, and take out a loan with stock as collateral. You can already do this today. Eventually you will need to sell and pay the taxes, eg. if interest rates rise and it's no l
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by aianus 9y ago
Road damage is almost all caused by trucks and subsidized by car drivers (gas taxes go up linearly with axle weight but road damage goes up parabolically).
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by aianus 9y ago
> An (ex?)uber driver I know in a semi rural area now just connects directly with locals and runs a charter to and from the nearby city, as those were most of his fares. Either he's driving without commercial insurance (very risky)
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by aianus 9y ago
It's frequently cheaper through the aggregator. The aggregators force the hotels to sign a contract stating that they won't sell cheaper on their own site and since you seem specifically interested in their hotel (maybe you'r
557.
by aianus 9y ago
Are you a stingy asshole if you refuse to pay $50 for a loaf of bread even though you're making $200k a year and can easily afford it? Of course not. You'll buy a cheaper loaf or you won't buy bread at all or you might even w
558.
by aianus 9y ago
> If bread cost that much, we'd start eating more rice, pasta, and potatoes. Or maybe we'd import bread from other countries where it goes for $5/loaf? Nah, let's just protect our virtuous $100/loaf domestic indu
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by aianus 9y ago
If OPEC embargoes the US, you would still be able to buy a gallon of gas for $10 or whatever but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be a shortage.
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by aianus 9y ago
One in Canada too. $5 off every Uber ride within Innisfil, Ontario, courtesy of the municipality. Way better than a bus.
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by aianus 9y ago
It's good pay for an easy job that requires no skills and offers perfect flexibility. The alternatives are a lot shittier.
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by aianus 9y ago
I don't want to pay $17 (high fake number from a poster above) for a one in a million chance of saving my life. Might as well play the lottery at those odds.
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by aianus 9y ago
Once you're dead you won't know the difference between having died at 30 and 80. It's not insane to maximize your enjoyment while alive instead of compromising on quality to get more quantity. It's up to every individual
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by aianus 9y ago
As a driver, the pay is well over (+30%) minimum wage after all expenses including depreciation. Don't know where this 'crap pay' trope is coming from, might be different in different markets.
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by aianus 9y ago
> How are there so many people willing to do something so insanely stupid? You're going to die anyways, probably from something a lot more terrifying and/or painful like cancer or Alzheimer's. I'm not convinced that h
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by aianus 9y ago
> If Bitcoin didn't exist, the hydro power would still be there and would be used for something else That's not a good assumption. There are many power plants in China in the middle of nowhere unconnected to much. It's com
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by aianus 9y ago
If the customer is happy and all the pizzas get delivered on time the Pizza Hut execs will get fat bonuses too. However, no matter how unrealistic the delivery estimates are, the execs are not responsible if I run red lights or speed to mee
568.
by aianus 9y ago
Why? Is Pizza Hut's CEO criminally responsible if I run a red light to deliver a pizza because I'm afraid of being late? Edit: Please explain how the VW case is any different than my analogy
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by aianus 9y ago
Childcare, subsidized/free tutoring, mentoring, etc. I'm on board with practically anything other than lowering the admission bar. Edit: admission to good public schools based on standardized tests instead of family real estate wo
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by aianus 9y ago
So give everyone the same number of chips; don't compensate by changing the rules so that a black straight beats a white flush.

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