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by mariojv 3y ago
Out of curiosity, how would a North Korean who escaped to the West even get money to relatives still there?
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The Wager That Betting Can Change the World(nytimes.com)
4 points by mariojv 3y ago|0 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
Is this a product of it being cash-based or a product of the high inflation that Argentina sees? I imagine it would be quite chaotic with prices fluctuating so rapidly.
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by mariojv 3y ago
I agree with most commenters here that cash is useful and that cashless is a step in the wrong direction. I did want to point out, though, that this differs a lot from what at least some commenters on other forums are saying about the ban.
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New Covid Vaccine Rollout Is Slowed by Insurance and Supply Snags(nytimes.com)
2 points by mariojv 3y ago|0 comments
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Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-Un’s Mystery Train(nytimes.com)
2 points by mariojv 3y ago|1 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
It's a little shocking how different the pre-9/11 mindset was. At 9:07am on CNN, the reporter speculates that perhaps there was an issue with electronic navigation equipment that would have led two planes to hit the towers.
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by mariojv 3y ago
We also blew through the record for number of days over 100 degrees in my part of Texas this year, by double digits. It's 73 days so far this year, beating the previous record of 59 days. One thing I've noticed is how the body can
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by mariojv 3y ago
I wonder if Apple has a mechanism for notifying people who were affected by the exploit after they update.
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Young Japanese Find It Pays to Work Abroad(wsj.com)
4 points by mariojv 3y ago|1 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
Replying to this because I can't edit the comment anymore. I overestimated the tax by a lot, I misread the chart and was adding the "Cuota" (sum of previous row taxes) from 1 row below what I should have. They only pay 3,108.
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by mariojv 3y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36777125 for a breakdown of what it would look like with an example portfolio in Valencia. The tax differs by region and is highly progressive. For a 2M portfolio in Valencia it ends
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by mariojv 3y ago
I think it's definitely less common in Europe, but I did want to mention that there are European FIRE communities. See this one for Spain: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpainFIRE/ or Bogleheads Spain: https:&#x2F
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by mariojv 3y ago
I mean, any law could change any minute, but this one passed nearly unanimously in both House and Senate. There was only 1 vote against it in the House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...
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by mariojv 3y ago
The doctor refusal step has already happened in Florida. They passed a very vague bill giving medical practitioners and organizations the right to refuse care based on religious belief: https://www.aclufl.org/en/press-r
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by mariojv 3y ago
IANAL but Texas also has homestead laws that prevent creditors from seizing your primary residence: https://www.findlaw.com/state/texas-law/texas-homestead-law-... . Not sure how that would apply with something lik
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by mariojv 3y ago
The article mentions that they'll be discussing a common regulatory approach to AI. I can't recall ever having seen nations act in concert so quickly to regulate a new technology, if they do actually agree on a regulatory framewor
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Ukraine and China Will Dominate G7 Summit, but a New Threat Lurks: A.I(nytimes.com)
1 points by mariojv 3y ago|1 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
I agree with you in that money's not enough to draw me away from where I live, but you can love where you live and recognize that you need flexibility. I think, all things equal, setting down roots is a great thing, but it can be hard
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by mariojv 3y ago
Even if you assume good intent with regards to regulating AI, how could regulation possibly be effective in this sphere? Wouldn't people just train models in friendly jurisdictions or run their corporate entities there?
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by mariojv 3y ago
That's the aquifer that serves where I live, San Antonio, among other parts of the region. It's neat seeing the Edwards Aquifer mentioned here along with that site! I remember local news reporting on the aquifer level quite a bit
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by mariojv 3y ago
It's amazing to me how quickly the narrative on the future of remote work and work generally shifted in the past few years. A year and a few months ago Al Jazeera was running stories on us entering a "golden age of the worker&quot
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The Disappearing White-Collar Job(wsj.com)
18 points by mariojv 3y ago|3 comments
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Am radio is being removed from many cars(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by mariojv 3y ago|0 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
Yes. In Texas, you need to be pregnant, have a child under age 18, blind, disabled, or over 65 to qualify, in addition to the income requirements: https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/1640%7D
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Home Prices Fell in Third of the U.S. During First Quarter(wsj.com)
3 points by mariojv 3y ago|2 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
I’m curious, how would laws like the one Utah passed be enforced if a company doesn’t have a presence in Utah? Do Utah courts rely on the cooperation of courts and banks operating outside Utah to enforce fines and the like? I suppose if you
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by mariojv 3y ago
I was a little curious how this compares to the use of USD during the Cold War, before USSR collapse, but it's hard to compare since so much of that period was under the Bretton Woods system. A long term historical perspective to the p
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U.S. Wires Ukraine with Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts(nytimes.com)
12 points by mariojv 3y ago|9 comments
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by mariojv 3y ago
Regardless of the decision on password sharing, I hope they create a way to port a profile into a new account. I wouldn’t want to lose my saved movies and viewing history if forced to switch accounts.

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