madsbuch

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by madsbuch 3y ago
wealth tax would apply to wealth inequality. I don't know for Norway, but Denmark is one of the most wealth inequal countries in the world, while also being one of the most income equal.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
I don't see subsistence seekers as people living of social welfare? subsistence seekers usually will have a job?
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by madsbuch 3y ago
As in most other European countries social security, health and retirement is provided on a subsistence level. I think this is what differs from EU to the US. EU is great for subsistence seekers while the US is much better for aspirational
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by madsbuch 3y ago
French employees are generelle low paid in cash. however, a big part of the compensation is through labor protection - something that is not worth a lot to a software developer. currently, France had a serious issue with brain drain. softwa
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by madsbuch 3y ago
My take is that default styling is already bloated enough. Every-time I need to start out a new project, the first thing I do os to reset default styles. Also, we already have a situation where different browsers have different defaults lea
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by madsbuch 3y ago
It seems excessive to allow USD 14k spend on a newly created account, or and account with no prior big spend. If I was Google, I would not allow it without explicitly raising limits or increasing quotas. Otherwise there is a big chance ther
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by madsbuch 3y ago
you have protections around these things in most places, and especially in Denmark. also, renters I am referring to are commercial renters (so definitely not the cheapest ones).
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by madsbuch 3y ago
On my search, I trip over these situations very often: https://www.boligsiden.dk/adresse/sallingvej-62-2-th-2720-va... in 2006 this was sold for 2.365.000, in 2015 for 2.195.000. Is, the apartment lost 130k (roughly 20
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Yep, right now the cost of money is more expensive than renting a house at 80% financing. So on top of this, if you decide to buy a house at 500k, you lock up 100k and still pay more in interest + HOA than ren for comparative apartment.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
I am in Denmark where the real-estate market is a bit different. The sane way to do it now (with the expectation that interest rates drop): 1. Variable rate short-termed loan - these are adjusted to the index called CITA. 2. When the rate i
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by madsbuch 3y ago
They do say the long real-estate cycle is 15-18 years. 2007 is 17 years ago. While I don't like that type of rule of thumb, I can clearly feel why it makes sense. I am on the brink of buying my first home as it is. And having seen peer
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by madsbuch 3y ago
We would need to know more about the demographic of said people. These shares probably end up in pension funds. So in the end it is probably going to be primary school teachers from Minnesota that pays Silicon Valley based software develope
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by madsbuch 3y ago
The problem is when speculation is a (large) part of you compensation. You might not do what's right in your work. The same is true for the real-estate market: When a corner of the market (eg. apartments in the city) outperforms the re
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Can you elaborate a bit more on this? I hear that you think it is scary and there are undertones that you think it is unreasonable. But sure, you must have some proper arguments to support why you think it is scary?
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by madsbuch 3y ago
We are taxing more complex transactions (eg. VAT, income, profits, etc.). ie. the vector for laundering is much bigger. no tax, no control (look at The Emirates). However, as it gets easier and easier to accrue wealth on behalf of others, t
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by madsbuch 3y ago
can you explain what type of headaches your would expect? in Denmark we have had the issue that some companies issues loans solely based on social security numbers. however, the root issue is that lenders did not verify identity, and I am q
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by madsbuch 3y ago
though it would be lovely to see apple buy 10.000 licenses to sell on their "shop"
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by madsbuch 3y ago
*EU Tax payer I find the thought entertaining that an high ranking EU employee would actively work for initiatives that would elevate fines to their employer. I do think said person would gain more by lobbying for more direct salary than in
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by madsbuch 3y ago
I better like the marketplace analogy: If I go into a marketplace, I can be told by merchants that we can make cheaper deals outside of the confines of a marketplace. If you want to stick to the "store" analogy, they Apple also ne
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by madsbuch 3y ago
I will stay with my Garmin watch just until touchscreens become good enough to user under water.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
While that is true in the abstract, it will take long to adjust. modern city planners have realized that car centric cities does not scale. ie. if you want to city that scales to Tokyo levels it needs mostly to rely on transit schemes. The
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by madsbuch 3y ago
how do you think they will get more into your influence of work?
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by madsbuch 3y ago
It is the case in much of EU also: In Germany most of the healthcare is covered by the employer. In Denmark, where I reside, you get an extra coverage with most (tech-)employments that provides access you wouldn't have otherwise.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Given that this is the US, he was probably sued and is still in prison. Also, this is an insanely childish way to act – again to the original commenter. It it seems like there is a difference in US an EU culture here.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Can you give an example of languages with resumable exceptions (just want to check it out)?
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Well, I wouldn't recommend for using Stripe for anything but hobby projects either. Unless you have an account manager at Stripe. My guess is that OpenAI will do just fine using Stripe.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
What I am hearing you are saying is that you can not recommend against big brands? I am currently looking for a new monitor, and according to your sentiment, all negative reviews of, eg., a Phillips monitor would be spreading FUD?
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by madsbuch 3y ago
This might be a hot take: I think content is generally overvalued these days. Reading news has neutral to negative value for me. For much content I would have to be paid to even wanting to look at it.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
Many people do risky stuff against recommendations. And yes, I am aware that PayPal is particularly popular in Germany.
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by madsbuch 3y ago
As I wrote on another thread: PayPal is exploiting the fact that they exist in several jurisdictions. So you don't just need to be able to sue. You need to be able to sue across borders, several borders – Good luck with that.

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