runnerup

88 ms·

421.
by runnerup 4y ago
I meant internationally, domestic cash transactions don't currently have reporting requirements per se. Most domestic cash mails would eventually reach a magnitude large enough to meet a reporting requirement for sales tax, 1099-MISC,
422.
by runnerup 4y ago
> then ban cash in the mail too I mean, yeah this is already done. Over $10,000 requires you to file a FinCEN Form 105. The point isn't "you can't send money" its "The US government only wants to allow systems to
423.
by runnerup 4y ago
The feds will simply sanction any institution which allows XMR to be converted to fiat. The US government has ultimate control over global finance for now, although that iron grip is being weakened with Russia/China's alternative
424.
by runnerup 4y ago
Honestly it's loads better than current Spotify/YouTube Music suggestions. Mostly they just seem to suggest popular stuff that's heavily marketed...even though I seeded all my "thumbs up" with only eclectic stuff. Y
425.
by runnerup 4y ago
> Is RealPage a cartel? No, realpage is not a cartel. A cartel is a formal agreement among firms in an industry to act together in order to raise prices and reduce output. Realpage is a software company that provides software and service
426.
by runnerup 4y ago
Theoretically…yes. In actuality governments can make it impossible to exchange Monero for USD/fiat which would render it fairly useless (at scale, anyways). This is already being frameworked. “Coffee shop” sales of cryptocurrency (even
427.
by runnerup 4y ago
Yahoo never had 25% of the worlds population. When CableTV and landlines were used by 25% of the global population they were far from irrelevant. Yes they fade eventually but there's nothing on the horizon to replace the web right now.
428.
by runnerup 4y ago
The question here isn't about what "should" happen or what is legal. It's a question I share -- for which types of companies will this hurt my chances of landing a job? Surely there are some out there who abuse these res
429.
by runnerup 4y ago
If the police departments are actually fortuitously finding baby ducks, sure...that's smart PR. But if the entire event is staged, that's propaganda instead of PR.
430.
by runnerup 4y ago
With HTTPS a lot of this doesn't work anymore. You generally need to install a MITM certificate on the target device so that it doesn't say "HEY EVERY WEBSITE YOU VISIT HAS A CERTIFICATE ISSUE!" and fail to load unless y
431.
by runnerup 4y ago
Yeah that neighborhood was impossible to speed like today's suburbs. Blocks were 300 ft from intersection to intersection, and no road was longer than 3 blocks. Going to my house from the main road was literally: "First left, then
432.
by runnerup 4y ago
GP said the TSH test was available for $15 in Canada. I found it also for $15 [0] in the USA as well as for $50 [1]. I also believe you can sometimes pay out of pocket for things like x-rays / MRI's in the USA and get them for sur
433.
by runnerup 4y ago
Yep we played lots of street hockey with nets in the street. Part of the game was clearing all people/sticks/balls and the two nets in <5 seconds whenever a car showed up. All drivers in the whole neighborhood understood this a
434.
by runnerup 4y ago
Suppose your counter example would be like “superconductivity works best at temperatures that are neither too hot nor too cold” or “Carnot efficiency of heat engines is at its maximum when the temperature delta is neither too large nor too
435.
by runnerup 4y ago
> you can't built a chemical processing plant in a residential neighborhood, obviously Lots of people disagree with this! There are tons of chemical processing facilities that pop up near my neighborhood, particularly rail car clean
436.
by runnerup 4y ago
The majority of the magnesium used for WW2 explosives was produced from brine near Freeport, TX. (I think? need to double-check this) Edit: During WW2 additional production facilities around the USA were brought online. Before and after WW2
437.
by runnerup 4y ago
https://www.totalwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/spar... Sure, it's labeled "California Champagne" but the vast majority of consumers in the USA who are buying for NYE probably don't kno
438.
by runnerup 4y ago
I enjoy pondering this.
439.
by runnerup 4y ago
> (ironic, as it’s counter to your example) Kentucky Bourbon I'm aware of this and was hoping someone else would elaborate on labeling laws in the USA. You've done a fantastic job with these examples, most of which I never knew
440.
by runnerup 4y ago
Indeed. Americans often seem to keep re-telling themselves the narratives of WW2. "America builds lots of cheap, effective equipment faster than our opponents." Except today, we build huge, complex, expensive equipment much slower
441.
by runnerup 4y ago
> and sell. Thus decreasing the total number of rental apartments on the market. This is hard to steel-man. In this hypothetical, did you also tear down the apartment before you sold it? The neighborhood I grew up in had 250 homes. When
442.
by runnerup 4y ago
There is also "Arrondissement de Dijon" which includes lands >40km north of Dijon city center. But despite Bornier being only 8.3km south of the center of Dijon city, it is also a mere 0.75km south of the border of the "Ar
443.
by runnerup 4y ago
I'd be fine also just doing a flat increase of property tax (preferably something slightly more towards a land-value tax). There should be more pressure to make sure real estate assets are being re-invested into the economy rather than
444.
by runnerup 4y ago
"Last mustard-maker in Dijon"; does Bornier not count due to some kind of jurisdictional issue? It's labeled as "Made in Dijon, France" but perhaps this is a state vs. city thing. https://www.moutarde.com
445.
by runnerup 4y ago
People think taxes should be used as a means of ~~social~~ economic manipulation. We also need heavy default-YIMBY laws which make it easy to build lots of new high quality units. Taxes should be used to assure that assets get deployed to
446.
by runnerup 4y ago
> I happen to own a couple rental properties. I can assure you that... And I can assure you that you weren't directly responding to GP's proposal. If your property tax was 1.5% per month for every month that the unit was unocc
447.
by runnerup 4y ago
Also even MHz increases have had a bit of a comeback lately, with the fastest mid-2000's Pentium 4's reaching 3.8-4.2GHz and the latest Ryzen 7000's reaching 6GHz.
448.
by runnerup 4y ago
Moore's law isn't dead. Only Dennard's law. See slide 13 here[0]. Moore's law stated that the number of transistors per area will double every n months. That's still happening. Besides, neither Moore's law no
449.
by runnerup 4y ago
> at first it brings back all the results and people check the box next to the ones most likely to fit their need My friends+colleagues would 100% write bots for that in less than a week. You'd be completely swamped with fake feedba
450.
by runnerup 4y ago
The non-compete isn't an issue but the "trade secrets" could well be. At the very minimum, make sure you and everyone who joins you is 100% clean for the past 12 months in terms of never transmitting or storing any work-relat

More ›