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by notlukesky 4y ago
There are clearly internal incentives to not pay taxes in local jurisdictions. Till there are penalties or clawbacks for employees or tax advisors this will go on all the time. Obviously small countries are routinely ignored and their only
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The last time I saw Techcrunch mentioned is when they wrote an article attacking Mr Beast for being an ableist for doing 1000 free cataract surgeries mentioned on the All In Podcast. Till then I had assumed that Verizon had shut it down. I
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by notlukesky 4y ago
I remember being shocked in the 90s at finding out the Toyota Corolla had the highest value retention of any car according to the Kelly Blue Book. And then there was the NUMMI joint-venture of Toyota and GM and the same exact cars that woul
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by notlukesky 4y ago
FDR famously weaponized the IRS, as his daughter even remarked on it,against his enemies including politicians and political opponents like Huey Long and Mellon (the former Treasury secretary and potential future Presidential candidate and
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by notlukesky 4y ago
Building companies are close to the government everywhere. Try getting permits without access to the city council or mayor. Turkey is a major faultline (and most of the northern Mediterranean) and seems to constantly have earthquakes. http
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by notlukesky 4y ago
Perhaps mention the benefits of using your service more and less on how you create the "magic". Like the classic do more with less.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
Apart from being a hangar queen, the F35 is not technically “owned”. More like a long term “lease” or SaaS model. You need a new PIN code, aka OTP, every day from the US government to just operate it when it is not under maintenance.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
I think the real answer is that previously the market was pushing and rewarding companies for revenue growth at all costs (lead to excessive hiring of surplus elites), and now the markets are punishing companies that don’t optimize for prof
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by notlukesky 4y ago
I wonder if this is deliberate like some of the dark patterns employed by the likes of the NY Times when it comes to canceling subscriptions (almost impossible). Or is it just human error of having a separate billing department and the chan
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by notlukesky 4y ago
They just apologized for their extensive slave trade but still refuse to pay reparations: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144311201/the-dutch-leader-a...
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Chinese startup offers large cargo drones eyeing demand surge(asia.nikkei.com)
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Compromise of employee device, credentials led to CircleCI breach(scmagazine.com)
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by notlukesky 4y ago
Here is another example of a wrongly jailed black man: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1252489
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The United States Couldn’t Stop Being Stupid If It Wanted To(foreignpolicy.com)
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Chipperdämmerung(lawliberty.org)
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Have Deep CIA Ties(covertactionmagazine.com)
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The stain on your jacket is prevalent in Rome. Even in the airport there. There is a National Geographic on the thieves in the Rome Airport. As for street games they were all over Times Square till the 1990s. NYC cabs are and Ubers are stil
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Best of 2022: China has neither the intent nor the capability to attack us(johnmenadue.com)
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The Economist is the Cramer of publications. To get to the truth do the anti-Cramer.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The suggestion to use the word entropy by von Neumann is a great story: My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it 'information,' but the word was overly used, so I decided to call it 'uncertainty.'
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The End of the Age of Sanctions?(foreignaffairs.com)
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by notlukesky 4y ago
I would second the change in the url. Good job though.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
Never seen a url like that for such a project. FYI
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The silly walk is a pure crazy workout. They were in so many ridiculous things against ahead of the curve. It always amuses me how many of their absurd skits turned into reality.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
It seems the Democrats and Joe Biden are much better at packaging “America First” (or hiding it) than Trump when it comes to European amd other “allies”. This article is quoted extensively: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022
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Trade bans for you, exports for us(ft.com)
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Mierscheid Law(en.wikipedia.org)
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by notlukesky 4y ago
SF voters have a habit of voting for pro-crime government. Being anti-crime is a losing political proposition. After all Dirty Harry from the 1970s was set in SF.
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The core issue is that they are unreliable when there is no wind or sunlight. Storage at scale is still not affordable or available for the whole world. The recent electricity issues that western Europe faced are indicative of the failings
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by notlukesky 4y ago
The only thing that would move the needle on a massive societal level is reliable nuclear energy in every city and country. But is that too hard for startups to tackle? Or it doesn’t fit the narrative? Every other climate “tech” just nibble

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