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by mike_d 4y ago
You're gonna love "Never ending Seinfeld" https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/tv/a-i-is-making-a-neve...
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by mike_d 4y ago
> Almost certainly made that up. You'd need a telescope mounted there to accomplish that. Which they very well might have had. Surveillance setups often pair a wide field of view "situational awareness" camera with an extr
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I'm not sure you understand the ATF report you're trying to cite. It doesn't say a lot of things because they don't fall under ATFs jurisdiction and they don't have any data on it. My information comes directly from
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by mike_d 4y ago
The report you point to has some self selection bias, it is a report only covering guns coming from the US. Mexico only initiated 32k traces in 2021, which lends further support to my point that the majority of guns are not coming from the
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by mike_d 4y ago
Groupon was never software or tech or even group buying. It was crowdfunded small business loans. The owner of a restaurant or service business could decide to take a loan now to increase capital flow in exchange for promising to pay out so
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by mike_d 4y ago
"Charge you extra" is in fact the definition of a fine. :) If you are off by more than 10% or $5000 you have to pay 120% of the under payment plus interest from your filing date. If you overpay you just get a letter and a check wi
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Not all dogs are trained on all drugs. I once met a dog that was only trained on various substances cartels use to mask the smell of drugs.
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Most of the guns smuggled into Mexico from the United States are status guns. Think unique guns you'd find in popular video games, gold plated, old west revolvers and antiques, etc. Practically it is much easier for cartels to buy thou
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by mike_d 4y ago
> Note that processing includes the mug shot, fingerprinting and DNA. He fought E Jean Carroll for three years to avoid giving a DNA sample that could have proved his guilt or innocence in the sexual assault case. Once he is booked he wi
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by mike_d 4y ago
IRS collection agents already have the power to seize assets without a court. Letting them rack up legal bills too wouldn't generate a positive ROI.
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> If for example, each person you hire to the IRS can bring in 100x (or more?) the cost of having them on the payroll, wouldn't that be a no-brainer? IRS audits and enforcement disproportionately target small business owners and low
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by mike_d 4y ago
> It would be great to have a free, IRS-provided alternative to the various for-profit softwares out there. See, you've fallen for the trap too. The IRS already prepares your return for you based on all the information they have, th
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by mike_d 4y ago
The most irritating thing about Windows 11, and what it looks like they are doing with Windows 12 is that they are trying to compete with iPad OS not MacOS. Microsoft seems to have just abandoned the idea of a desktop operating system and i
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by mike_d 4y ago
Getting yourself put on legal hold was also great for email/chat retention.
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I'm not sure what you are criticizing specifically, I just answered the question of how banks hold cash.
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> Serious question: How does a bank keep "cash on hand"? Was the plan to keep all USD deposits in Fed balances? Banks keep cash on hand inside vaults, on deposit at their local Federal Reserve Bank, "in transit" (stor
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by mike_d 4y ago
Right now if your brother texts you and says they are stuck somewhere and need you to wire them $500, you call them and verify it is legitimate. That is the best answer we have for users. Once your brothers voice has been cloned and generat
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by mike_d 4y ago
Elon Musk can't manage to come down on the right side of any issue these days.
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There is different licensing and clearing for promotional use. For example Apple can display album art beside a song while it is playing or in a search listing under their streaming rights license, but they need to pay more to feature it in
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I think this in an area where there are many more malicious use cases than legitimate. It's like spyware developers that claim their software is for remote administration of computers you own.
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His sons did not "turn him in." They were complicit and eventually contacted authorities when their father revealed that the firm was completely bankrupt. While the sons were never formally charged, they were suspected of involvem
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by mike_d 4y ago
> Just as Congress doesn't need to explain their Constitutional authority when passing a law They don't because it is clearly written down in checks notes the constitution. Factually, our government doesn't operate on wh
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Aircraft carriers are not for disrupting sea transport. The utility they provide is the ability to deploy a US airbase and a full air wing within strike distance of any foreign capital.
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So you should be fully supportive of Coinbase and other crypto companies asking the SEC to show their work and publish an official statement with supporting evidence of why they believe Howey applies. If the SEC wants to regulate a currency
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Why shouldn't they just be considered currencies? It is something a group of people agree have value and they are willing to exchange with each other for goods and services. The SEC does not care if you bring back Euros from vacation a
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by mike_d 4y ago
I wish more of the HN crowd would understand that Cloudflare were never the good guys. Their business model has always been man-in-the-middle the entire internet. Every site you put behind Cloudflare contributes to the future where they hav
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by mike_d 4y ago
Whenever the "what actually backs the US dollar" discussion comes up I remind them: 11 aircraft carriers.
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by mike_d 4y ago
Never use a debit card outside of your home country (or really for any purchase). Credit cards have far stronger consumer protections and don't provide direct access to your bank account.
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by mike_d 4y ago
> The only problem is there is no sensible replacement available for it. Hotels? They are already a regulated entity in most parts of the world for good reason.
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