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by rprasad 14y ago
These numbers are so off that I had to log in to flag this post. Airbnb's commission is 3%, not 13% as in the post. That makes a world of difference. The post also assumes an increasing growth rate in the number of rooms booked and a su
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Working for the public defender in California and volunteering with prosecutor's office elsewhere. Blue states have high-quality public defenders because they receive adequate support from the state. Certain Southern states also have high-
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Public defenders usually produce better outcomes than private lawyers, the exception being private lawyers who were once district attorneys or public defenders. Public defenders get a bad rap because most of their clients are--get this--act
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Paypal provides a mechanism for the merchant to show proof of delivery. Generally, if you use UPS or Fedex, all you have to do is forward them delivery confirmation or the tracking number, and they free up your funds. For intangible goods,
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by rprasad 14y ago
Experian's KBA is not adequate to prove identity for legal purposes in any state, or for federal purposes. My banks won't even use it to verify identity for credit purposes. What incompetent lawyer told you that you could use it for the ba
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by rprasad 14y ago
The credit bureau services used by banks are not intended to verify your identity for notary purposes; they are used to verify your identify for credit purposes. The databases provided by the credit bureaus are so unbelievably error-filled
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This service is illegal in California. California, and most states, require a person to prove their identity in the physical presence of the notary, and the notary must physically examine the proofs of id used to verify their authenticity.
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No., the full faith and credit clause provides: Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in wh
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by rprasad 14y ago
No. Different states have different standards for notarization. An online notarization will not satisfy requirements for 49 of the states (since Virginia apparently allows this). Most states require in-person verification of id, i.e., an a
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The first question I can't answer, but the second question is easy: talk to a lawyer. Only your lawyer can tell you what parts of the agreement are important to you.
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Microsoft targets enterprise customers. Their customers are swayed by personal relationships, not television ads.
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Most blockbusters make money. They simply record the income in a different entity (or entities) than the entity (or entities) which recorded the expenses. A large part of not getting screwed in a Hollywood contract is making sure your perc
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by rprasad 14y ago
Apple's disruption is not the hardware, the software, or the integration of the two. Apple's disruption is spending several hundreds of billions of dollars on marketing to tell people what they could do with the hardware and software. Andro
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by rprasad 14y ago
FDR did not pay the farmers as a way to get their vote. He already had their vote. Furthermore, allowing prices to fall would have done nothing for many of the victims of the Great Recession, as many of them did not have jobs and thus co
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by rprasad 14y ago
That is quite honestly, the stupidest "hack" I have ever heard of. People gets dozens or hundreds of emails or calls each day, especially at the manager level. They don't always have the time to respond to each email or call, especially (
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by rprasad 14y ago
IAAL. I think it's quite amusing to see everyone saying the recommended advice is to just confirm dates and title. It is, but only if you're implying that you have nothing positive to say about the employee. Potential employers call HR t
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by rprasad 14y ago
I'd be more than a little skeptical of an index which places the U.S. below Qatar and Chile.
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Supermarket food is grown in the Central Valley, which is at least 100 miles from L.A. Only Farmer's Market foods are grown in quantity close to L.A.
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Yep, sorry. Ever since the crazy mods took over I've been having issues with reply links disappearing or linking to the wrong comments.
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A race car driver is a very different thing from a driver. There are also restrictions placed on who can be a race car driver. It sounds like what you are really saying is that programmers need to be certified by a professional trade orga
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by rprasad 14y ago
Some of the mods must have moved over from Wikipedia or StackExchange. This title-changing/article-killing nonsense wasn't a problem until a few weeks ago.
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It was when I first started reading the comments.
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The problem is not that capital gains are taxed at lower rates; the problem is that the rate differential between capital gains and ordinary income is currently too large. It incentivizes fake investment (in speculative investments) rather
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Their would be no wealthy without the poor consuming their food, living in their buildings, or paying for the utilities they provide. This is not a "drain" on society; it is on of the vital mechanisms which allows the wealthy to have their
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The top 10% also earned 60% of all income earned in the U.S. in 2009. Thus, the differential is only 10%. (Source: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/article/0,,id=133521... , 2009 statistics). The poor spend all of their income on
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Corporations don't care what the base corporate tax rate is. They care about their effective tax rate, which is what they will actually pay in taxes after all deductions, credits, and deferrals are accounted for. Aside: I knew a guy who r
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EDIT: This is a reply to yummyfajitas, not to myself. That's not how it works. The only time shareholders will see the corporation's income is if such income is distributed to them. Generally, this happens via: (1) a distribution of the c
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The US has a relatively low corporate tax rate compared to other developed countries. The U.S. relies significantly more on deductions and credits than any other nation, lowering the effective corporate tax rate below 20%, or even into sin
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Tax rates are only [x]%. The corporation is a distinct legal and tax entity from its owners. The corporation may use its income for any purpose without ever paying the income to its owners as dividends. Most corporate income will not go t
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by rprasad 14y ago
You do not need to be a writer to write, a driver to drive, a cook to cook, a runner to run, or a businessperson to conduct business...and you don't need to be a programmer to program.

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