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by bcheung 10y ago
So you make sure everything sums to 0 instead of sum(credits) == sum(debits)?
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by bcheung 10y ago
That's kind of cool. I was looking for something for small business but I don't really like Quickbooks or Xero. Was debating writing my own. Does this support double entry accounting with debits and credits?
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by bcheung 10y ago
The click to jump is unresponsive, doesn't do anything half the time it feels like.
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by bcheung 10y ago
Too much to address in a comment, best to look up a music theory primer but I'll attempt to summarize. Chord = multiple notes played together. There are different ways to arrange the notes within the chord but a common example would b
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by bcheung 10y ago
Nice work! One suggestion to add. Be able to choose chord progressions from HookPad's database of songs / chord progression probabilities would be really cool with this. https://www.hooktheory.com/api/trends&
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by bcheung 10y ago
From reading it, I almost got the impression there are 2 different worlds of music and they are completely isolated. That led me to wonder if there should be more cross pollination between the two. When speaking of, and indeed when many mod
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by bcheung 10y ago
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
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by bcheung 10y ago
Ideally we should tax things that take us away from our collective values and reward or leave alone things that contribute to it. IMO, we should tax things that don't contribute to actual growth. Basically companies that merely extrac
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by bcheung 10y ago
This is not some proposed idea from an Ivory Tower, this is common practice and common sense, practiced by pretty much every tax agency in the world. Like many laws, there are subjective components and that is what precedents and courts are
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by bcheung 10y ago
An expense must be ordinary and necessary and you have to be able to make the argument that the expense had a reasonable intent to make profit down the road.
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by bcheung 10y ago
To be more specific, what they are doing is called income shifting, not reinvesting. Tax agencies typically use the Arm's Length Test to determine if this income shifting is allowed. The basics of the test come down to: Would another c
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by bcheung 10y ago
What law are they breaking and what would be a fair solution that works for all parties?
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by bcheung 10y ago
There's something called an Arms Length Test. Basically the criterion is that a business can not set up an arrangement purely for tax benefits if they wouldn't be willing to make the same arrangement with another company they did
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by bcheung 10y ago
> I can’t see why the tax liability is in Ireland. Because it's cheaper. Duh. If a company charges too much people don't buy their products and go to a competitor. Likewise if a government charges too much tax businesses chan
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by bcheung 10y ago
Are you referring to CA OASDI/EE? Not sure what MediCal is. You mean Medicare? That's federal. CA OASDI/EE is 0.9% but you only pay it on the first $100K or so.
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by bcheung 10y ago
A lot of employers look at previous salary to determine a base point for a new job. Coming from somewhere with a high salary makes it much easier to "justify" asking for more.
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by bcheung 10y ago
Taxes can be complicated but tax brackets aren't a complicated concept. Especially for programmers. Not understanding and planning around taxes is extremely unwise and inefficient. If you understand taxes and finances you can cut an
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by bcheung 10y ago
Where are you getting 13.3%? Most likely a software developer is going to be in the 9.3% bracket. And it is also a graduated bracket system so you are only paying that 9.3% on income over $51K. See https://smartasset.com/t
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by bcheung 10y ago
It's cheaper to live in a larger place with roommates. You pay a premium for single bedroom and living by yourself. I lived in a warehouse with 5 other people for a while to save money.
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by bcheung 10y ago
It definitely facilitates communication. However, most tech companies have open floors for programmers and it is a huge hinderance to productivity. Plus, it's really hard to eat healthy at a tech company.
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by bcheung 10y ago
One thing the article is missing and not factoring in is home ownership. It can be a tremendous form of "compensation" as well provided you can weather out any downturns (10 years will probably be sufficient). With high salaries
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by bcheung 10y ago
What's wrong with it is that real programmers constantly use whatever means possible to get the answer to questions as fast as possible. What they describe as "cheating" is what real programmers do all day long. Unless you a
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by bcheung 10y ago
I'll check it out. Thanks.
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by bcheung 10y ago
Agreed. But I would be hesitant to use the word capitalism. It is too broad. There are mechanisms in capitalism to reward those who show the most empathy, but there are also components to reward anti-competitive behavior. I think it is n
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by bcheung 10y ago
One things that I think would enable the kind of thinking necessary to come up with new interfaces for exposing concepts is to have a library of existing patterns. I have seen various books and resources that come close (Edward Tufte books
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by bcheung 10y ago
Here's a neat party trick for you. I had a MacGyver moment in the past where I made a phone call with only are pair of old earbuds and a phone cord (no switches, no dial pad). A speaker is basically the same thing as a microphone in re
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by bcheung 10y ago
What's the point of this patent? Stay away from food and insulin resistance goes down. Duh. Everyone knows this. And you can't exactly go around sending people cease and desist letters saying "You're not eating, you&#x
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by bcheung 10y ago
Because society has taught people that if they want a higher quality of life they should be ashamed of themselves. So they invent politically correct ways of saying it.
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by bcheung 10y ago
"Scientists that evaluate climate models, develop physical process parameterizations, and utilize climate model results are convinced (at least to some degree) of the usefulness of climate models for their research. They are convinced
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by bcheung 10y ago
Is there an executable form / source for this we can play around with?

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