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by gnopgnip 5y ago
By law wouldn't really be voluntary
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The voted to pass the STOCK act, requiring disclosing these trades within ~30 days
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Not really. The market is not a zero sum game. Debt, loans, financial products can benefit everyone
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
That doesn't mean the impact is as large
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The market is not a zero sum game. If mortgages were illegal, the same houses would just be more expensive overall, and effectively most would be living in smaller or worse homes as a result.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The biggest thing preventing widespread adoption of a land value tax is the implementation. Someone still needs to decide what the land is worth, there isn't an objectively fair way to separate out the value of the land from the improv
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
So trusting a private company that doesn't answer to the public at all is better than trusting elected officials that favor the incumbents?
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Depreciation with an electric car is driven more by advancement in batteries, and other new technology that is advancing relatively rapidly compared to ICE cars.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
dig myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com is another option
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Are there any places outside of PA that do this in modern times?
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
In Germany phone insurance is very common. You would just pay a deductible of 50-100 eur
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The CA ban includes the police using facial recognition services from private companies as well
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The market for used things is not very liquid, selling online is often the most profitable choice. Selling locally directly to consumers mostly means not finding any buyers or greatly reducing the price. Reselling used clothing to a brick a
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
But Amazon isn't running a store, it is a marketplace
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Yes, the US taxes the worldwide income of all citizens, and all residents. But if you are outside of the US 330+ days a year ~$108k of foreign income is tax free. Beyond that the US has tax treaties with ~70 countries to give you a credit f
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
In Eve online the largest battle had ~6500 players concurrently. Eve has a system called time dilation to help handle large fights. During a normal battle, every player's actions are processed by the server, and the state is sent to al
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Miami and other parts of FL have huge problems with both flooding and sea level rise
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
This isn't the case though. Anyone can install Facebook, or Apple music, Netflix, any of the Microsoft or Amazon apps on Android through the play store, without needing to sideload.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
No one is claiming it is illegal to call someone the wrong name or age or race. The question in this case is "should it be illegal to discipline an employee for deliberately misgendering a student?" At least one federal circuit co
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Being deliberately misgendered at work is a real issue, the law doesn't prohibit it in many states. Look at cases like Meriwether v. Hartop, a professor was disciplined for deliberately misgendering a student repeatedly, then successfu
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/250872.pdf
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
It is in several states including CA and NY, where most tech firms are located.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Because "no politics at work" isn't neutral, it means supporting the status quo by way of defining what counts as "politics". Is calling someone by their preferred pronouns, or wearing a mask during the pandemic pol
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Is there any research that being tough on crime in San Francisco reduces crime or improves the quality of life?
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
That is how escrow works in other contexts, like real estate. Either both parties agree, or the escrow service holds it until it is resolved through the courts.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The government doesn't need to prove a bitcoin address belongs to someone on the sanctioned list, the specific intermediaries used aren't important. Proving that you know you are paying someone on the sanction list is enough.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
The alternative to being elected is they are (effectively) appointed by the elected officials. Either system has tradeoffs.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
Because any evidence that disproves the theory only makes it stronger for those that believe it is a conspiracy. Not that everyone that believes in this believes it is a conspiracy.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
That isn't really how it works. The cities don't have a say in the state level government. The state level senators or assembly members make the laws.
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by gnopgnip 5y ago
What is the purpose of using rental income instead of comparable sales to set the market value for condos?

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