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6y ago
It wouldn't matter if your IP is observable or not. It is not illegal in the US to download material even if you know the uploader did not have the rights to it. But uploading/sharing as in the case of peertube is illegal if the u
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6y ago
In 2015 in Germany, popcorn time users received ~$1000 fines. The use is similar to peertube, many users were not aware these files were shared with other users as well but they were still in violation of the law.
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6y ago
The tax is assessed based on what you own each year, not only on the final "sale" amount
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6y ago
The CA wealth tax (that is only .4% a year) addresses liquidity. The taxes can be delayed until there is a sale for illiquid assets.
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6y ago
This flag design would not be eligible for copyright in most countries, as it is just geometric designs and doesn't meet the threshold of creativity. For instance the Tommy Hilfiger flag has been denied copyright protection, it is of s
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6y ago
SF has a gross receipts payroll tax, and an additional payroll tax on workers earning $320k+. Additionally higher earners spend more money on everything else that is taxed. The bigger issue is that the media overestimates how much money SF
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6y ago
Utilities are expensive to operate and it is a tough sell to do something that will lose money for 5+ years.
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6y ago
Totaled cars are still resold for salvage, and many of them end up back on the road
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6y ago
Solo founders doing better doesn't necessarily mean you are better off going solo.
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6y ago
San Jose is the third most populous city in CA. 94% of the land in San Jose is restricted to single family homes. Is this because of popular opinion, or because people have no other choice?
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6y ago
Attached single family homes sound very similar to this. These are common in central FL. Often the only common property is the party, or sometimes a shared driveway.
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6y ago
Your "right to travel" is part of the 5th amendment, a right not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Constitutional rights can still be restricted if they meet the relevant test, for due proce
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6y ago
It is in the constitution that your right to travel cannot be suspended without due process. From the 5th amendment, "No person shall be held to answer ... nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;"
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6y ago
You will be able to fly after you undergo a "secondary screening"
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6y ago
Completely saturated salty water freezes right around -6F or -21C. And most home freezers are set to right around that for energy conservation reasons, but max out even lower. So you could use any briny water and it will phase change before
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6y ago
In many parts of the US the city bills the homeowners for sidewalk repairs or replacement even if they do the work. In areas with an HOA often the HOA or homeowners are responsible for things the government is in other places, roads, street
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6y ago
4.5 hours of a consultants billing rate can be much more than 10 hours of your regular hourly rate working a similar job. A good consultant will have a contract. The client saying I won't pay if XX happens doesn't mean anything un
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6y ago
The go by different names, strata, coop, HOA, condo, but they exist all over the world to manage the shared property.
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Vendors get much less protection when doing a card not present transaction. They also usually pay higher fees. There are also cases where an additional layer of security is used, visa secure
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Federal law has changed on this matter and the federal government is prohobited from interfering with states medical marijuana laws including a complete prohibition on prosecution.
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6y ago
Overwatch, CSGO and virtually all other team based FPS allow you to queue solo, as group, or a full 5 person team. This is outside of a specific league. There are dedicated LFG sites for different games to help find groups ahead of times. G
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6y ago
You can do this in virtually all games. But requiring you to do so, and failing to offer skill based matchmaking is not what most players want.
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6y ago
Is there an indication that this was done through a recovery system rather on many individual accounts than a compromised admin account?
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6y ago
The average age of cars on the road in the US is 11.8 years. So most cars survive well past 10 years.
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6y ago
On average, end users use about the same amount of bandwidth regardless of what speed plan they are on. Then planning is based on average and peak bandwidth
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6y ago
That isn't how the math works out for an ISP. You can serve on the order of 50k customers on a 20gbit/sec uplink.
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6y ago
But is that hour an actual clock hour, or only counting the time you are working and being paid according to the app
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6y ago
The federal assault weapon ban expired after 10 years instead of being renewed.
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85% of being fit is your diet. There are a lot of people that can have their diet swayed because of technology.
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6y ago
Yes, but only on purchases over $800 for the vast majority of individual consumers. For over $800, like most countries the way tariffs and duties are calculated is a little complicated, but broadly if the goods are not produced in the US at
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