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721.
by flexie 12y ago
Nonsense. There are hundreds of direct and indirect taxes in any modern economy. A 175 million euro tax is one of the least important ones for the economy. Income taxes, capital gains taxes, corporate profit taxes etc. are much more importa
722.
by flexie 12y ago
It's not a philosophy. It's how politics work. I don't think Hungary will return to pre-industrial times because of an Internet tax.
723.
by flexie 12y ago
I agree, but I'm no milkman. Amazon (books etc), Google and Facebook (advertising), Apple (music and movies), and many other Internet companies take jobs from Hungarian voters. And as far as I remember these companies don't pay mu
724.
by flexie 12y ago
Here is more on the tech, including a drawing: http://aviationweek.com/technology/skunk-works-reveals-compa...
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by flexie 12y ago
Here is a link with more info on the technology behind: http://aviationweek.com/technology/skunk-works-reveals-compa...
726.
by flexie 12y ago
Youngest winner ever. Some see awarding young people as risky because you never know what they will be up for in the years to come. But although she has most of her life ahead of her I bet she won't fight as many wars as the guy who wo
727.
by flexie 12y ago
Yes they did receive government funding from early on. Apple received early stage funding from the SBIC programme: http://www.sbia.org/?page=sbic_program_history And, more importantly, many of the technologies used by Apple
728.
by flexie 12y ago
If Germany couldn't have produced Facebook it's only because of the language. User content on facebook is mainly a written language thing, and it would have been hard spreading a website with mostly German content to English since
729.
by flexie 12y ago
Bloodmoney? No-one died just yet from Navdy. I love to see this kind of technology on HN and not just apps that play with pictures, videos or text.
730.
by flexie 12y ago
Absolutely. I would hate if my neighbor started renting out his apartment to tourist on Craigslist or AirBnB.
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Intel loses court challenge against $1.44 billion EU fine(reuters.com)
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Edward Snowden's NSA leaks 'an important service', says Al Gore(theguardian.com)
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733.
by flexie 12y ago
How about doing like the Norwegians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18135537 Their kids (have been taught to) kill less than kids in any American state. EDIT: Don't know why I can't reply to any post, b
734.
by flexie 12y ago
Why didnt they just change OS as they bought new PCs?
735.
by flexie 12y ago
Call me boring but IKEA is one of the greatest shops I know. I'd really like to own shares in IKEA. I don't know any other furniture store that comes close to having decent design and decent quality combined with decent prices an
736.
by flexie 13y ago
Being Danish myself I remember eating lunch out almost every day, and eating dinner out with my wife and kid several times a month. And this was at real restaurants without famous names or ads on tv, not at these fast food chain "resta
737.
by flexie 13y ago
Purchasing power is factored in: "To compare incomes across countries, the researchers applied a common adjustment known as purchasing power parity". Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot&
738.
by flexie 13y ago
Exactly. The income includes retirement and unemployment benefits but doesn't include other public benefits such as public healthcare, public education, public transportation. Being "after tax" it discounts for taxes that are
739.
by flexie 13y ago
HN-banned? Why? How? By whom? When?
740.
by flexie 13y ago
I don't understand - is that because Dropbox wants to make it more clear to the world that there is a free flow of information from Dropbox to the US government?
741.
by flexie 13y ago
Absolutely. The gains that could be achieved by flying even twice as fast isn't much compared to the time we could save if we could get to, from and through airports the same way that we move around subway systems: by carrying our own
742.
by flexie 13y ago
In Europe, malls are still constructed in many places and they have the advantage of being built a few decades after many of the US malls. Where I live summers are a bit too warm and winters a bit too cold to make outdoor shopping joyful. A
743.
by flexie 13y ago
Few passengers would notice if the plane changed course during flight and if they did, they would have no cell phone connection anyways. While up in air, all devices could be collected from the passengers. When the plane landed (on land) an
744.
by flexie 13y ago
Whether it's worse or not, it's violating our privacy to an extent where there is barely anything left to be exposed. I assume they do the same with Skype, Lync etc. I hate the thought of being photographed by these creepy "i
745.
by flexie 13y ago
While indeed massive, the Marshall plan was handed out over 4 years so it was around 1.5 percent of US GDP. I dont think it made it impossible for the US to build public health care.
746.
by flexie 13y ago
The first many years after WW2 Europe spent rebuilding itself. America came out of the war with barely a scratch on its home territory. Although many American soldiers had died overseas no cities or industries were destroyed and almost no c
747.
by flexie 13y ago
Are the Chinese rich mostly (former) Communist elite members who succeeded on grabbing assets during privatizations or are many of them self made entrepreneurs?
748.
by flexie 13y ago
And Helmsley Building (Park avenue Viaduct): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmsley_Building
749.
by flexie 13y ago
Molly Crabapple, the writer of the column, is an accomplished artist and writer and has probably made more money in her career than most programmers her age. I'd say there is plenty of room in the world for artists like her.
750.
by flexie 13y ago
I agree that governments tend to increase taxes more than they lower them. And yet, in 1958 the US had a tax rate of 81% that kicked in at 140,000 dollars (which in today's money is lower than France's 1 million euro threshold). A

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