rcpt

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by rcpt 2y ago
The trick is to have influence over the laws that define "foreign agent"
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by rcpt 2y ago
As far as I can tell "greatest ally" is just something these accounts say. Jordan seems to be a much stronger friend to us in the region.
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by rcpt 2y ago
The algorithm is public https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013
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by rcpt 2y ago
Not in my backyard you wouldn't. Those Jetson towers block my view.
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by rcpt 2y ago
Yeah
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by rcpt 2y ago
They were famous before Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park introduced everyone to velociraptors. But stegosaurs and T-Rex were always battling it out in kids art classes
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by rcpt 2y ago
The Ikea sofa makes a lot of sense if you don't think you'll stay in the same place for very long.
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by rcpt 2y ago
Yeah but sounds like this guy has owned a house in Canada for the past 25 years
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by rcpt 2y ago
Sure. Any reason in particular why you're so supportive? Most people I've talked to just say something along the lines "stop being a troll"
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by rcpt 2y ago
Yes. Still haven't hit the 45 day window on my last request but once I do boom
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by rcpt 2y ago
Recently I've been getting banned all over the place. Just last week I permanently lost Reddit access (even on new accounts that they can map to me) because I tried to bulk delete my old comments using an app. A few months before that
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by rcpt 2y ago
> I’m gonna stop here before I start mocking geohot… I seriously can’t believe the journalists who wrote those early stories were willing to risk their lives like that… I have a comma.ai in our minivan and it works great. Much better tha
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by rcpt 2y ago
Rent is set by supply and demand. If you give landlords a tax break they don't cut the rent. Not all taxes are passed on to consumers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_incidence Edit: ok it looks like you'r
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by rcpt 2y ago
No I'm saying that when the younger generations (who don't own property) get old we'll see what happens.
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by rcpt 2y ago
> You pay property tax either way, it just might be rolled into your rent. No you don't. Property taxes are not incident on renters. Extreme example in California https://prop13.wtf/2023/05/06/prop13-i
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by rcpt 2y ago
The reason is always tax policy. Real estate gets ridiculous advantages that other assets don't.
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by rcpt 2y ago
Why don't I see very many school busses in California?
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by rcpt 2y ago
> if properties didn't appreciate, old people would not have the assets to retire on, then what? The younger generations will find that out.
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by rcpt 2y ago
UK also has the Council Tax which is arguably a stupider tax policy than California's Prop 13
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by rcpt 2y ago
Higher rates don't do anything because incumbent owners simply pull houses off the market to wait it out. You need to increase carrying costs. Land value tax is the best way but it's about as far as you can get from what's im
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by rcpt 2y ago
Beijing, Tokyo and Singapore are not that expensive to live in. Especially if you're renting. Hong Kong has all sorts of crazy building restrictions and is a different story
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by rcpt 2y ago
I don't follow
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by rcpt 2y ago
I don't think they sound like that at all
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by rcpt 2y ago
That doesn't really answer it? I have yet to see how this little strip of land is so valuable to our interests
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by rcpt 2y ago
Remarkably successful on both fronts btw
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by rcpt 2y ago
Also worth checking out is oscilloscope music which pops up on this forum every few years https://youtu.be/ywdRQ3zU6Uc?si=EZc6Pz8j6y1i83DJ
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by rcpt 2y ago
It's interpreted as bad news, thus there is zero political will to pursue policies that reduce housing prices.
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by rcpt 2y ago
"housing prices are going down" is bad news for voting demographics.
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by rcpt 2y ago
The phone screen was hard and I didn't pass. It's not usual tech interviews they hit you with a lot of stats and math GRE style questions. Maybe the prep in finance is different
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by rcpt 2y ago
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