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by alephnan 5y ago
> vast majority of mainstream social media users (a) don't tend to have good-faith debates This. Thank you. I have unconsciously wondered into such debates on social media cesspools, and approaching it like I do with HN, which is at
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by alephnan 5y ago
> Also, there are a number of asians who do in fact use "Stop Asian Hate" as a cloak for their own anti-black feelings I agree
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> immigration In recent decades, immigration animosity is usually directed towards Mexicans. Usually people are upset when they perceive their jobs are being "taken away", but the professions Asians are associated with in rece
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by alephnan 5y ago
> You paint blacks as ignorant perpetual victims I'm not sure where you get this. If anything, you're the one perpetuating the victimhood mentality right now > This is the "asian hate" that never gets called out F
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by alephnan 5y ago
I say “notion” for Asian being model minorities is because it depends on how you define success. Asians have, on average, higher incomes than other groups in the US including whites. Asians are overrepresented in tech. However, when you lo
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by alephnan 5y ago
I will get downvoted and flagged for sharing this context, but here it is anyways Silicon Valley is predominated by and attracts people who are left leaning. This ideology carries with it a narrative that there is an oppressed group and a o
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by alephnan 5y ago
Not officially, but the song has finally been pulled from various platforms as recent as 2 months ago. The YG concert in Oakland a few years back actually had lots of Asian people there. As an Asian, I don’t want to excuse the song. It was
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by alephnan 5y ago
In the 90s, Chinese tongs were shutdown under the RICO anti racketeering acts against organized crime. One of their main sources of income for the Chinese organized crime was selling firecrackers to celebrate Lunar New Year
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They’re proving your point as we speak.
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by alephnan 5y ago
Very curious who is downvoting this comment, as I’ve frequently experienced with this sort of topic, rather than providing a substantive response
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No, but Asian people have been on the receiving end of hate crimes more recently
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Just an hour ago, my comment on HN linking to an Asian NFL coach being rejected for “not being the right minority” was flagged https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/05/22/eugene-chun...
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by alephnan 5y ago
As a south Vietnamese refugee, I think you make good points. I disagree here: > The guy had lost everything, he had nothing left to lose. That was the moment I realized it was inevitable that the North would inevitably win I think we can
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As late as the development of any resource gathering society
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Not saying Google is special, but never attribute to malice what you can attribute to incompetence The whole pipeline with temp recruiters at Google could be one explaination
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See also: Atlantis
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People are subject to a low standard of living. That’s literally the definition of poverty. Issues like this may merely be a proxy indicator of poverty, where it is debatable whether it is just a symptom. Nevertheless, it impedes people to
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by alephnan 5y ago
Many of the trusted infrastructure and construction projects in Vietnam are actually lead by foreign teams with Japan being a notable example ( bridges, etc.) When it comes to drainage, Vietnam didn’t take the learnings of Japan who had to
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by alephnan 5y ago
It's an infrastructure problem that money can mitigate.
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I was hanging out a billiards establishment in a remote village ( population less than 10,000) a decade ago. There were these elementary-school aged kids smoking cigarettes, cussing, etc. Eventually I realized they were 17.
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by alephnan 5y ago
As seen in the movie Parasite depicting the stark contrast between rich and poor South Koreans, there is a scene where the entire neighborhood is flooded My point being, you can cherry pick and see every city gets flooded. The difference wi
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by alephnan 5y ago
Vietnam did not have a derivatives market until 5 years ago with liquidity being a fraction of other capital markets. It's hard for long term growth when farmers can't hedge an off season Additionally, you can look at food scarcit
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by alephnan 5y ago
That's funny because I actually live in Tokyo. My family also owned a property next to a guy in Vietnam who owned a collection of 30 Ferraris. To suggest Tokyo's flooding problem is anywhere close to Saigon is disingenuous.
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Yet the largest city frequently floods with a foot of water during monsoon season. There is growing wealth disparity with the people at the top enjoying modern luxuries, yes.
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> been taken over by a narcissistic Trumpian wannabe korean royalty bitcoins millionaire Context ?
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by alephnan 5y ago
Right. I have a question mark on the schedule C bit. This will be a question I will leave for the tax pros. What I know is that Coinbase reported a 1099k with an income of $99,xxx.00 In addition to the income reassessment, the IRS also pegg
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by alephnan 5y ago
I was just on the phone with them before see your message. So apparently Coinbase reported my 1099k as having an income of $99,xxx.00 Before this, I had no idea what a 1099k is, actually. I'm a salaried employee who receives w2. Appare
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Apparently the audit took place last year, but I never received any letters as I've been moving about every year. I am on the phone right now and they told me the account is in collection, which means they can place a lien, had it not
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I used these guys. https://bitcoin.tax/home You can choose different accounting algorithms ( FIFO, LIFO, average cost )
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by alephnan 5y ago
Well, the numbers output by the program are reasonable. Total proceeds - total cost basis = taxable income My theory is that the IRS is interpreting the total cost basis as $0. They are ignoring all my BUY events and that the crypto is appe

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