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by ghouse 9y ago
I'm pretty sure it _is_ an inheritance tax. It's paid by the living, not by the estate of the dead. If you receive a gift of more than $22 million (in the US, after the new tax bill goes into effect), then you pay tax on it. Ev
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by ghouse 9y ago
With a exemption on the first $22 million gifted to your brother by your parents after the surviving spouse dies, I don't think this fits the definition of "small" or "in the middle."
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by ghouse 9y ago
"We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run." - Roy Amara
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by ghouse 9y ago
Thank you. I appreciate your response and understand that you've made improvements since this incident in 2016.
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by ghouse 9y ago
July 2016
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by ghouse 9y ago
And just like that... it's gone.
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by ghouse 9y ago
The incident was late July, 2016, but before the date on that blog post.
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by ghouse 9y ago
Two separate issues -- State and Local Taxes (SALT) are income, property and other taxes collected at the non-federal level. They have been deductible since the creation of the federal income tax. In part, because the federal government re
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by ghouse 9y ago
> Both are (in theory) receiving the same benefits from the Federal Government and should pay the same in taxes. New York gets about $0.80 for every $1 of taxes paid. Texas gets about $1.50. [1] [1] https://www.theatlantic.c
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by ghouse 9y ago
Two issues here: 1) I thought the GOP was in favor of strong local governance and believed money is more efficiently allocated at the state level. This action flies in the face of that. 2) _Generally_ the states who are penalized by this c
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by ghouse 9y ago
I'm not aware of any person who lives in the US who has 0% (of state and local taxes which include income, payroll, property, and sales) Can you provide examples?
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by ghouse 9y ago
I was logging into my account. I discovered and reported the incident within 45 minutes of the compromise.
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by ghouse 9y ago
No, I did not. And I certainly should have. However, 2fa would not have prevented the problem. The problem is twofold -- 1) account recovery (using email, SMS, or anything other than a secret key) is an effective attack vector. Especially
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by ghouse 9y ago
I was a very happy FastMail customer until a hacker asked them to reset my password. After _incorrectly_ answering a handful of questions asked by the FastMail support, the recovery email address was changed and a password reset link sent.
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by ghouse 9y ago
Nearly all of the most recent LED street lights can be dimmed. Though, for most, it's something that done locally and generally at the time of installation. You may be able to get someone to either 1) adjust the brightness, or 2) adju
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by ghouse 9y ago
Most are turned on locally by a photocell mounted on the street light.
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by ghouse 9y ago
And if they scrap oil subsidies too, the market can figure it all out. But looks like most direct and indirect O&G subsidies will remain.
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Tariffs on Solar Recommended by US International Trade Comission(renewableenergyworld.com)
1 points by ghouse 9y ago|0 comments
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GAO: Climate change already costing US billions in losses(apnews.com)
47 points by ghouse 9y ago|17 comments
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by ghouse 9y ago
> while having, by far, the absolute worst electrical infrastructure in the country Source please?
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by ghouse 9y ago
"Considering that PV's capacity factor is around 15%" In the SW United States, capacity factor for a ground-mounted system utilizing a single-axis tracker is between 28% and 35%. Source: I am a developer of utility-scale PV p
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by ghouse 9y ago
If (some) people drive five miles to save $0.10/gallon on gasoline, they'll run the dishwasher when power is less expensive. However, your question presupposes that it's only human behavior that can be influenced with price.
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by ghouse 9y ago
Market-based solution? Incumbent interests object to this. Typical objections include 1) it will increase price volatility (which will hurt a) existing power generators or b) consumers), 2) it will reduce reliability. So, instead of marke
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by ghouse 9y ago
While SMS for 2fa is _a_ problem, it's not _this_ problem. Using SMS for _account recovery_ circumvents 2fa and circumvents strong passwords.
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by ghouse 9y ago
And you can watch at home: http://www.caiso.com/pages/pricemaps.aspx
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by ghouse 9y ago
And hopefully to be ideologically consistent, these detractors have the same problem with coal and nuclear where it's more expensive for them to shut down and restart than it is for them to keep running and pay the negative price.
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by ghouse 9y ago
And it has been so sunny in California that electricity prices have turned negative (late morning, temperate spring weather with low load, high hydro output due to a wet spring)
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by ghouse 9y ago
Which specific regulations do you think are choking US businesses to death? I see a lot of handwaving about oppressive regulation, but I don't see anything careful cost-benefit discussion of which regulations are oppressive.
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by ghouse 10y ago
This is from February. While it's a great idea to tax externalities and let the market determine the optimal solution, the GOP has already once again scuttled the idea.
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by ghouse 10y ago
It is less expensive (for society) to prevent the release of previously sequestered CO2 than it is to deal with the consequences of introducing the CO2 into the carbon cycle. Though since the costs of releasing sequestered CO2 are socialize

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