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by yc1010 11y ago
Didn't the Greeks pretty much do for years what the likes of Krugman and his fellow Keynesians advocate (more government spending etc)
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by yc1010 11y ago
You are quite likely to lose the domain then if there is a complaint about false data.
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by yc1010 11y ago
Oh please :rollseyes: I have been running a small business here since 2006 or so. Do not get me started, yes getting a business setup is easy but the fun begins when you realize you are in for a lot of "fun" with taxes and Revenue
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by yc1010 11y ago
Most of the same points also apply to Ireland :(
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by yc1010 11y ago
Well what IS the point of whois? I always thought it was a dumb idea created by someone "just because they could" in the early days of the web, sort of how people used scrolling text and blinking fonts "just because they coul
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by yc1010 11y ago
No one would have been using Mt Gox if there were better options back then (the coinbases, krakens and bitstamps didnt exist then or were just starting off) I used bitcoin since 2011, MtGox was fairly much unavoidable at the time, tho I do
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by yc1010 11y ago
In case of PayPal the bad reputation is deserved In case of Stripe i sent last week a question in reply to an email from them from last year, there is no ticketing system it seems I got replies from 2 different people today after a week (no
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by yc1010 11y ago
I think they refer to an "instant sell" on their new Coinbase Exchange https://exchange.coinbase.com/
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by yc1010 11y ago
There be no incentive to upgrade or maintain rental apartments/homes either with a rent cap. so everyone endsup with crap accommodation. For example some landlords would put in good kitchens, flooring, insulation etc and charge a premi
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by yc1010 11y ago
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/would-you-like-some... > Wag.com, introduced Wednesday, sells 10,000 pet items like food, litter, toys, clothing and grooming supplies. Quidsi, which was acquired b
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by yc1010 11y ago
He must not have been around the internet in the 90s, kids nowadays have it easy, powerful+cheap hardware, great+highly diverse ecosystem of languages and tools, years and years of progressive improvement to everything from email to web to
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by yc1010 11y ago
Does anyone know with what these style of websites are made with? there must be hundreds of .io sites here on HN that look and feel the same I am not a designer so do not know what this latest web design practice is called
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by yc1010 11y ago
And anyways the transaction malleability "excuse" was debunked, it can not explain millions worth of bitcoins AND millions worth of USD "disappearing" from their bank as well. http://www.theregister.co.uk&#x2F
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by yc1010 11y ago
The money doesn't appear out of thin air. It takes time and stress to earn each euro. Especially if you work for yourself or in a startup, you are probably working for someone else so you do not comprehend the perspective of someone wh
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by yc1010 11y ago
Way to ignore USC (Universal Social Charge) and PRSI (Pay Related Social Insurance), these two alone + income taxes add up to over 50% rate on every euro earned above about 32-33K thats without even going into property tax which could also
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by yc1010 11y ago
I agree there are so many variables to consider when comparing and the US itself has a wide range of living costs and salaries across the 50 states. BUT here in Ireland the government has made it an artform in introducing indirect hidden ta
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by yc1010 11y ago
Actually I was discussing that once you reach the low threshold for higher rate tax of about ~€32-33K every single euro above this will be taxed at over 50%, below this its about 20-25% depending on a wide range of circumstances and variabl
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by yc1010 11y ago
There is "free" healthcare if you are unemployed and qualify for a medical card, tho if you open the newspapers any week you would hear all sorts of horror stories about our public hospitals. The public system is under immense str
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by yc1010 11y ago
Yeh the problem is you do not want to cross Revenue, they do assume your are guilty and you have to prove your innocence when it comes to tax matters. Best if possible not do anything which they might interpret as dodgy.
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by yc1010 11y ago
I just pulled a round figure that someone working in tech either in US or EU would be expecting http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer... A lot of HN readers are from US and would be shocked
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by yc1010 11y ago
Try this calculator, in the last few years taxes have increased a lot. Also keep in mind if you are a director of a company (Startup etc) you lose a good chunk of your tax credits Anyways to answer your question, play around with calculator
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by yc1010 11y ago
Yeh me and my kids will be paying for a long time for the worlds biggest banking (per capita) debacle and the destruction of the economy in the 00s by various governments. With kids its sort of hard to leave :( Tho' it is a nice place
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by yc1010 11y ago
I have been working for myself for last 8 years after completing my masters, in hindsight financially I did not do too badly (tho there was some great and ups and incredible downs!) and it is NICE working from home and watching your kid gro
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by yc1010 11y ago
The venom on HN regarding anything to do with bitcoin is surprising and rather sad. The guy is trying to do something new and innovative (what are you doing?), it might fail or it might be a success, you think a poster on a forum frequented
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by yc1010 11y ago
Whats worse is that they never had to spend a penny on hosting opensource files, the likes of HEANET in Ireland paid out of their pocket (well me and other Irish taxpayers did in end) to host terabytes of files and use gigabits on downloads
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by yc1010 11y ago
ssh tunnels are not very stable if bad connection, I recommend autossh to maintain the tunnel http://linuxaria.com/howto/permanent-ssh-tunnels-with-autoss...
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by yc1010 11y ago
I wish Transatomic all the best but they have an uphill battle :( to convince a populace for whom unfortunately "nuclear power" brings up an image Homer Simpson. aside: I think Greenpeace also has a lot to answer for with their ca
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by yc1010 11y ago
Any more info beside "enter your email" about how this will work? Especially how delivery information is collected? How are refunds handled? how is product information displayed (i am dubious that people would buy anything by just
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by yc1010 11y ago
Uhm no what caused problems was Visa/Mastercard/Paypal stopping payment processing for filehosting site (even ones that were "clean" )
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by yc1010 11y ago
> Global investors are not buying into the mania I thought non Chinese investors were not allowed to "buy in" anyways

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