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by neltnerb 6y ago
And they were almost certainly correct... that's probably what I'd do if the image was not especially important. But I'd also create my own graphics in the first place.
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Enough people accusing you of this that it actually got under your skin? If I created an amazing enough animation that random strangers on twitter recognized it ... I mean, I'd say that if you're getting called out for using it a
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Forgive yourself for not being able to do everything you want to do. Learn to say no. If your illness has a predictable progression, start now in trying to redesign your work and hobbies to still be things you can do in ten years. I can no
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I guess I'm assuming design services aren't taxable anywhere else either since it's not a physical good but yeah, maybe should look closer just in case. It's never even crossed my mind to be honest.
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Yeah, personally I just registered my LLC in Massachusetts since it was simpler. So I don't have to deal with that but I'm familiar with it from other startups I've done.
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by neltnerb 6y ago
At least in MA, if I have no physical presence and made no revenue here I wouldn't have to register as a foreign corporation. I know that for sure. I hope it's similar for other states... Wasn't there a big deal about amazon
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Yeah, exactly. I have no problem paying income taxes in the state I earn money in. I would have a problem having a precedent that I would need to file income taxes from the five different states my clients live in. But that doesn't sou
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Makes sense. You're an employee. If you were a contractor they wouldn't have to do that stuff and you'd get taxed at a weird rate and have to report it yourself. But you'd have to actually be a contractor for that, if yo
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by neltnerb 6y ago
That can get pricey, in MA it's $500 a year to register as a foreign entity. Then you need registered agents in each state which could be your employee there but maybe you don't want them to do that. I think you are right about em
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by neltnerb 6y ago
You can both want a project to be usable commercially and still feel bad about being iced out by people who are vastly better off financially than you are. I had a big project for my Ph.D. thesis that was good enough to get spun out into a
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I guess arguably the state is also creating the conditions for your job to exist (with infrastructure and services that you aren't paying for), but I sure hope that's not a convincing argument enough for income taxes . That'
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Superficially, it sure seems unjustifiable and I live in MA. I sure hope it's not allowed, I wouldn't want to have to pay income tax for every state in which I have a client that I earn money from. "Massachusetts previously a
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I guess once they got big enough there was no longer a point in interoperability, it seems like a pretty big phase transition got hit about a decade ago where suddenly each walled garden got big and valuable enough that isolation was a bett
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I used the internet without facebook before it existed. I had a Facebook account for over a decade. I haven't had a Facebook account in two years. To the extent that what you are saying is true, it is only true because these companies
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Wow, just straight out installing an add-on just to help Google train it's YouTube recommendation algorithm. Why are you devoting resources to an extension instead of letting Google do it?
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by neltnerb 6y ago
That is another story entirely. It's a very low bar and that still doesn't make the cut. Like a car dealership except with no rules...
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I'm not sure it's still really cognitive dissonance when they admitted their error in marketing it that way, announced they were working on exactly this to provide what their claims said, and now they're saying it's done
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by neltnerb 6y ago
They regulate rent increases in Oakland at least. Of course our landlord took the maximum allowed rent increase each time, as if it were the required increase rather than the maximum. I don't live in the bay area and pay half the rent
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I think you're spot on. I don't work in this area, mine is even easier to write proposals for. I still turn down projects that don't just pay by the hour, and don't involve at least a few hours... I hate writing proposal
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I wholeheartedly recommend masking your email and phone number with blur/abine. Every website I have an account with literally thinks I have a different email address. You can also mask your credit card number but you have to pay extra
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Yes, this is very close to my area of expertise, my previous job title was director of chemical process development but I've got my degrees in materials science and physics so I think I mostly understand what they're doing in a br
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Having worked on many R&D projects, I am nearly certain that any claims they make about efficiency are about as reliable as a startup telling early employees that their stock will be worth something. Sure, it could be true. Frankly I do
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by neltnerb 6y ago
"Currently, the CowaTech technology is at technology readiness level (TRL) 2-3." Which, for the uninitiated, means it is starting feasibility testing and are just barely starting development. I would bet they haven't solved t
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Keep needing to explain this one to clients... sure, I think I can get it to work... it'll be a lot trickier. HDMI though, the routing examples for that one are stunning.
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by neltnerb 6y ago
I'm not sure, sorry. I'm not honestly sure why there's so much discussion about security clearances. If someone gets your grindr account they can get your (a) address, (b) phone number, and (c) private photos, none of which w
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by neltnerb 6y ago
A lot of the information a user who owns an account can see is not visible to the public. I don't see why being on Grindr in 2020 would be a blackmail risk IN COUNTRIES WHERE BEING GAY IS LEGAL .
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Thirty years ago George Bush Senior was president, Reagan has recently left office, and the United States government was handling HIV poorly and intentionally so. Sodomy laws were still on the books - can you keep a clearance while openly b
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Right, there's not a "counterpoint" to the fact that agriculture is dependent on fossil fuels for fertilizer. Not mentioning it just means kids aren't aware that it is even true, when it should be utterly non-controversi
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by neltnerb 6y ago
The point of facts isn't to offer a point and counterpoint that fits anything in particular. As best I can see all the things above and in the OP are simply true? The number of times I've had to explain that our food comes from na
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by neltnerb 6y ago
Yeah, small company where they don't have the head count to specialize heavily yet, but that almost automatically means they also don't have the headcount to have a reasonable HR department so you'll probably have to work har

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