manbackharry

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by manbackharry 2y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by having predicted in scare quotes - is the insinuation that the United States committed the attack?
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by manbackharry 4y ago
Probably the chemical train derailment going on in Ohio/Pennsylvania.
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by manbackharry 4y ago
This is similar to (if not the same as?) the concept of "Trading up the chain" [1], whereby someone writes or plants a story in a smaller or less reputable medium with the hopes of getting it quoted and provided legitmacy by a mor
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by manbackharry 4y ago
Deadspin's motto was "Sports news without access, favor or discretion". Unlike traditional media that essentially acts as mouthpieces for the teams that they cover (think of any press conference and the kinds of questions bei
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by manbackharry 4y ago
I'd argue the main cause of this is the REALTORs/real estate boards/MLS system that stonewalls any attempts at making real estate information publicly available precisely because the size of their paycheques relies on this in
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by manbackharry 4y ago
> ...or a sufficiently high tax on owned land (so that waiting and doing nothing has opportunity costs). For non-primary residences? Sounds pretty good to me!
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by manbackharry 4y ago
> It would have broad appeal, but not to the developers etc. that are buying 10K plates at fundraising dinners ... Definitely true and thought it would go without saying haha The rest of your post is totally fair and I can't really
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by manbackharry 4y ago
Your last line is pretty much my exact opinion. I'm an idiot, but I struggle to see how significant taxes (and I mean SIGNIFICANT - something like having all rental income and cap gains on secondary residences taxed at the highest rate
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by manbackharry 5y ago
One state (North Carolina) does do something very similar, that keeps this kind of harassment largely in check [1]. By ensuring that all fines and forfeitures paid in a county must be used for that county's public schooling, they'
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by manbackharry 5y ago
1Password recently did this with their $200MM Series A raise in 2019. Dave Teare talks about taking the majority of the money raised off the table when he spoke with DHH on an episode of the Rework podcast - https://www.rework.fm&
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by manbackharry 6y ago
I reckon it was more about internal employees abusing their permissions and access to customer data and being sloppy when attempting to extract it.
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by manbackharry 6y ago
Didn't receive an email, but are they just now referring to the incident that took place September 23 2020? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shopify-data-breach-1.57351...
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by manbackharry 6y ago
Absolutely fair to ask. It would be shocking if they don't provide one, to the point that I wouldn't trust that company with anything in the future and would likely file a chargeback to get the refund. The fact that there are now
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by manbackharry 6y ago
I'm not sure you want to look at the SIU as some paragon of justice holding police to account. The SIU is not a division of the police, being under the purview of the provincial government, but it sure is staffed by a whole lot of form