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by zz865 5y ago
Does TikTok have any ads? I'm not sure how they can survive.
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Yes they are income taxed but dont pay social security or medicare taxes. If you earn $100 wages you pay 6.2 percent SS taxes and 1.45% medicare (employer pays more than this too). If you earn $100 dividends you dont pay either.
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If you define baby boomers as born 1946 to 1964, that matches ages 57 to 75 so I'd imagine over half are retired already and we're already in the dying out stage. The biggest problem isn't boomers but the life expectancy of g
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The flooding from Sandy was due to extreme high tide, not due to rain. Lots of places away from the sea (like Queens) were bad this year but fine in Sandy, while places close to the sea shore (like Staten Island) were devastated with Sandy
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Misinformation aside, I suspect the media lies and spins things just as much as in the past, its largely through social media that real facts come out to show how the main media is often wrong or misleading. Of course there is way to much r
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I think the rain in Newark was so unprecedented it broke all expectations of what was possible. It wasn't a one-in-anything flood.
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The problem is the facts that everyone agrees on rarely give the best results. Best comment from the ft article: > A financial literate person probably would not borrow lots of money to buy properties since around 2005 when the market wa
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My biggest problem with databases is always versioning. IE renaming a column will break old clients. If there was a way you could have multiple schema versions so you could upgrade database then clients later it would be the best. EDIT: yes
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Why not both? 4-5 weeks is pretty standard for a professional job in NY.
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I agree its true but its easy to change your resume to make your current job a lite manager. Put the title in and list all the responsible stuff you've done. With a bit of exaggeration you've been some kind of middle manager the l
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That's great but you're unusual. From https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2021/one-year... : > A majority of adults (61%) reported experiencing undesired weight changes since
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Yes its the best thing about a browser when your laptop has valuable stuff on it. When all your data is on a server its like you dont need a sandbox any more. :)
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Scary was probably not what I meant, more like paradigm shifting change into something unrecognizable from my experience.
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Its scary we're heading towards a situation where everything is done in a browser. Maybe Chromeos really is the future.
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Lol this website is for employees of tech companies that are worth billions but never pay taxes either. One day the IRS will come calling.
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I dont remember a 737 Max crash in the USA.
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I remember earlier in the year talk of a Delta variant booster, but I haven't seen anything recently. Anyone have details? Edit: looks like its in development. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014744345&#x
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Sure the only way out is to encourage locations in areas which are seeing falling populations, or have space. You can buy a nice family house in the mid West or the South for a tenth of the price of SV. We shouldn't be doing anything t
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Podman is great because we dont get root access on our boxes at work. One problem is someone still needs root access to install - or does anyone know if its possible to install as regular user?
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I think they're successful because 95% of manufactured goods are pretty similar to what they were 50 years ago, just with steady incremental improvement. VC backed firms have done a great job with new tech, but if you're making an
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Thanks I've been working in banks for 25 years now and have an accounting degree. JPM debt equity ratio is about 12. They're supposed to be highly leveraged, that is how banking works.
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We agree that the amount of loans roughly matches the amount of deposits. Lots of people (like beambot I believe) think there are 10x more money lent out than deposits.
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Yes that is what I was saying. I'm trying to dispute the myth that a bank gets a deposit and lends out 10x as much that it magically creates.
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> For every 1x physical dollar on hand, I will create 8x-30x crypto dollars to lend out and earn interest That's not how fractional reserve works. Banks are money multipliers because loans are deposited again. Eg one person saves $1
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Regulations require you to buy government bonds, you can't hold much cash. European safe govt bonds all pay negative rates. Plus Europe is awash with cash so its hard to make loans. Just another reason all Euro banks are struggling.
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> bullshit is everywhere it turns out First true thing I've seen online in months. :)
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I'm not sure why you think it failed, my company's biggest office is in India, same as my last job.
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The problem I'm getting as I get older I'm starting to overshoot and not care about anyone's opinions, turning into a grumpy old man who doesnt care any more. :)
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Thanks that's helpful. Looks like I dont need that extra stuff.
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I keep hearing about org mode but want to avoid emacs unless its really worth it. Is there a youtube or demo to show what it actually does? I'm pretty happy with a couple of text files, I'm not sure what I'm missing out on.

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