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by michpoch 3y ago
Of course, many people forget that there are folks living in villages / remote areas like you.
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by michpoch 3y ago
Isn't that like a classic American moment when you sue them and become a millionaire?
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by michpoch 3y ago
Well that's another thing, I don't see why would you need to get rid of SSNs. You just need to add another layer that will confirm that you're the "owner" of your SSN. Seems pretty easy to do?
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by michpoch 3y ago
> The same way they do for people who aren’t from the US? Some combination of name, address, birthdate, etc. Plenty of countries have SSN-like numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identification_number It
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by michpoch 3y ago
It still sounds like a good way to uniquely identify a person? How else would an institution confirm that it's talking about the same person?
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by michpoch 3y ago
What's the issue with SSN being an ID?
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by michpoch 3y ago
I don't think they'll be pumping that water directly into the heat distribution system. My understanding is that it'll be used as a heat reservoir and there will be some sort of heat exchanger to get the heat out of it.
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by michpoch 3y ago
> Those costs aren’t proportionate. Road wear increases exponentially as weight increases. Road wear depends on the weight and the surface area. SUVs have much wider tyres.
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by michpoch 3y ago
They absolutely are taxed much heavier than most cars. Truck are charged on most highways in European Union, I expect UK has similar system. They pay per-km driven.
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by michpoch 3y ago
> Cars are not getting more axles, even SUVs, so this is a constant multiplicative factor. I would be happy with a tax that scales as the fourth power of the mass, no problem. That would be actually quite dissuasive very quickly. Though
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by michpoch 3y ago
> They are not taxed higher, they have exactly the same VAT as any other car (give or take specific government schemes to incentivise things like hybrids and TVs). They're absolutely taxed higher. $100k SUV will cause a much higher
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by michpoch 3y ago
> Cars should be taxed based on their weight Why weight in particular? Two arguments here: 1. SUVs are already taxed on weight indirectly - they consume more fuel which is heavily taxed (50+% in most of Europe). 2. SUVs are already taxed
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by michpoch 3y ago
The data is unfortunately not granular enough. It combines "reserved spots" and garages. A reserved spot could be an open parking lot with an assigned number. It doesn't help with the charging at all. I'd guesstimate tha
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by michpoch 3y ago
Absolutely yes. Unless you live in a single-family house (which in the circle of my friends it'd be just one couple), or you live in one of the newest apartment blocks, you're definitely keeping your car on the street or on a park
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by michpoch 3y ago
> For a daily driver, if you have a garage or a place to plug in daily, EVs are just a better experience than gas cars. The core issue is that it's not the case for most people. If you can afford an EV, have a house with a garage wh
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by michpoch 3y ago
> surely there’s an individual whose insight you’d find valuable enough to “follow”? Not really. I'd rather follow a site with news in topics that are of my interests (e.g. https://electrek.co/ ) than some short-form
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by michpoch 3y ago
> If you are trying to be a well-rounded person with well-founded opinions on different topics, it makes sense to believe that there are others like you who are further along the way. Maybe that's the issue with me. The more I learn
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by michpoch 3y ago
> You see someone make sense of a complex topic, be able to cut through bullshit and appearances, you can use that as a "character witness". Maybe that person has solid thought processes and may get other complex issues right t
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by michpoch 3y ago
> Serial obsessive fixation seems a problem right there in itself. There's a deep need that isn't being satisfied. What is it? I do feel that the author has some interesting personality trait - but I'm not sure if he'
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by michpoch 3y ago
> The story goes something like this, I get recommended a clip on YouTube, there’s a man who is calm, articulate, and says something that completely violates the narrative. How fascinating. Is my understanding of the world completely wro
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by michpoch 3y ago
> This was one of my complaints in college. You're taught a ton of things from a position of authority, but you never get a full explanation of how those things were discovered of how you could prove them yourself. Could you give so
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by michpoch 3y ago
It is a solved problem in another countries. It does require assets reporting to IRS, but that's it. It is very easy for publicly traded assets, which solves most of the issues.
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by michpoch 3y ago
You do not even need to experiment on it. Just look at any country where the wealth tax is implemented since many years, e.g. Switzerland. The solution is on the table, take it as it is and then make some tweaks.
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by michpoch 3y ago
What is "EU population"? There's no EU defence budget. Most of the protection from Russia is financed by a few bordering countries (mostly Poland). The rest of the EU is way under it's 2% GDP required by NATO, so not sur
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by michpoch 3y ago
> I am very keen for levels of taxation (and the closing of all the loopholes) that would force billionaires to liquidate significant percentages of their assets to pay taxes as I think it will encourage them to work a bit harder. After
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by michpoch 3y ago
> They rely on the rule of law in a nation state to protect their assets and provide a supply of goods and services. Which as a result let their companies prosper and that benefits the employees. > And they don't pay much for it
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by michpoch 3y ago
Why would it matter? If you keep paying the tax it'll be a good motivation to make it rentable or sell it to someone who can do it.
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by michpoch 3y ago
> It means the rental market is far too tight and proper repairs are not being done. Why wouldn't they be done? What repairs are we talking about?
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by michpoch 3y ago
> It doesn’t allow for units to stay vacant between tenants for repairs and cleaning. Cleaning is done by the previous tenant, or usually by a company the hire. Repairs are done on an on-going basis.
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by michpoch 3y ago
There's a really nice solution that works well in Switzerland - you either pay tax from the actual rent or a tax on a virtual rent, if the property stays unoccupied. Vacant properties are around 1% here.

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