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by test6554 8y ago
Many of us do negotiate our property taxes with the government by protesting their valuation of our home/property whenever it increases from one year to the next.
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by test6554 8y ago
As someone who has never heard of pandas, the logo is hilarious.
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by test6554 8y ago
Australian tech companies need to release a program called UltraDecrypt that simply brute-force decrypts any message on their platforms given billions of years and sell it for $10M per license. Then when law enforcement claims they are not
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by test6554 8y ago
Never go ATM
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by test6554 8y ago
This content is paywalled. Anybody got a mirror?
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by test6554 8y ago
Paywalled. Mirror? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/davos-leaders-say...
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by test6554 8y ago
There's also the potential for skewed reviews when companies offer bonuses for financial or recruiting performance
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by test6554 8y ago
Perhaps they should just prohibit price and coverage changes mid-year. It's fine if prices change from year to year, but what's not fine is if the drugs that are covered are suddenly not covered after you enroll in a medical plan
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by test6554 8y ago
Yea, people who know of property rights can get pretty disgusted at people who don't.
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by test6554 8y ago
This is probably so that credit card fees can be avoided. An app can offer alternative ways to pay that don't incur a fee for the merchant. Also it's a new industry, so they likely want to collect data on where people with electri
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by test6554 8y ago
This is why I like lower taxes. The government should be so desperate for money that it would have had to be more reasonable with which cases it chooses to pursue.
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by test6554 8y ago
The other side of the coin could be equally terrible though. No government employee regulates anything because their personal bank account can’t handle it.
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by test6554 8y ago
People also go to great lengths to demonize the wealthy and also try to get some of their money. I can totally understand why rich people would want to build elysium.
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by test6554 8y ago
The government should issue a public/private key to every citizen/resident and provide a verification service that companies can use to verify a citizen's identity without the citizen having to hand over any secret informatio
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by test6554 8y ago
>The underlying assumptions of social justice censorship are that words are a form of violence, that a subjective interpretation matters more than the speaker’s intent and that safety is contingent on not being teased or challenged. This
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by test6554 8y ago
In today's world you almost need a family with 3 adult partners. Two workers and one stay-at-home person taking care of the home and children. That sort of arrangement would put you solidly in the middle class at least while having a w
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by test6554 8y ago
How do you convert a public key to an IP address? Where does someone go to discover available public keys and addresses? How do you update your IP address in a timely fashion when it changes? Is this where you say "blockchain"?
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by test6554 8y ago
The ironic thing is that this illness is due to non-coal dust (silicates) in the air which are much finer than coal dust. And because they are non-coal dust, they escaped regulation for a long time.
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by test6554 8y ago
So if you do just park $249,384.70 there, are they going to just let you withdraw interest of $616.05 each month without any risk or fees?
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by test6554 8y ago
If you assume free will is an illusion, then it would make more sense to treat those who threaten society as faulty machinery and scrap them. Assuming people can admit and learn from their mistakes means you can focus on rehabilitation and
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by test6554 8y ago
Theres always a choice, and choices have consequences. The kind of people who believe they had no choice are the worst because it shows a total lack of remorse for their selfish decisions. Phrases like “Look what YOU made me do” and “It’s s
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by test6554 8y ago
What did I just read?
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by test6554 8y ago
Can you imagine what this market looks like when the next recession hits? Banks unload all this bad debt to these non-performing debt buyers and wipe their hands, meanwhile the economy crashes and there's no money getting collected and
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by test6554 8y ago
Anybody who sees a ceo who plans to spend a large chunk of company profits on colonizing mars for the sake of humanity might think to themselves, "I wonder if I can start a similar company, avoid the mars colonization expenses and unde
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by test6554 8y ago
And people can always boycott companies who voluntarily participate which causes companies to prefer not to get involved even if they supported the idea.
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by test6554 8y ago
Current FAA rules require the drone pilot to be within visible range of their drones. So why not just have rotating volunteers of pedestrians?
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by test6554 8y ago
The only thing that would be on the mind of an AI is what is trained to be on its mind...
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by test6554 8y ago
Yea, they need to be a bit more sophisticated to ensure the right person is using the device, and that they are still alive. Perhaps dozens of these need to be placed all over the body.
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by test6554 8y ago
So now that they know these processes are sequential, and commonly used, does each government department still require you to fill out a paper form with your name and all the other same information on it? Or is there a way to streamline som
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by test6554 8y ago
Not to mention that owning stock in the company you work for is not a very diversified portfolio. If Amazon crashed and filed for bankruptcy for some reason, you would lose both your job and your savings. That doesn't seem very likely

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