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Thanks, that clarifies my question for the most part. So it's like a V for Vendetta thing, except they all think they're going to live the good life one day.
They're not talking about "wringing more money out of the country's small businesses". They're shutting down a huge scam.

Sole proprietors, LLC owners, and partnership members pay self-employment tax, which replaces the employee and the employer's share of FICA.

Every employee in the nation pays FICA, whether they work at Starbucks or Goldman Sachs.

S-Corp owners elude this tax --- which everyone else has to pay --- by claiming unnaturally low salaries. Only the salary is eligible for self-employment tax. The remainder of the S-Corp owner's comp is disbursed directly as a distribution (think "profit-sharing"), and is for no good reason exempt from self-employment tax.

Whatever you may think of Social Security (Forbes: clearly not a fan), it is unfair that a shift manager at Starbucks should have to pay a tax that a 6-figure-income small business owner gets to walk away from.

I say this as the co-owner of a profitable small business.
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Even a standing desk arrangement can totally change your attitude (pun intended). Just make sure to have comfortable shoes or a good floor.
That's a pretty valid point. There hasn't been a lot added, and likely you don't live near Iowa City. I shared it to show what I was doing and highlight the difference I've made that I think make it fundamentally better than Yelp for example. It's meant as inspiration and just to share with the community that I read every day, but haven't commented to yet.
I agree completely. I would think there is enormous prior art in this area that makes this patent absurd.
I guess these are just the effects of Google's decision.

As for 'if it's different, kill it': I've noticed this in my discussions about China. Many of the people I talked to that supported China's handling of things (or were themselves Chinese) disagreed with me on a fundamental value basis which you can't argue. I value human rights far, far above nationalism, yet those people did not. I simply do not see how they could do that, and, I'm guessing, they can't see how I could consider human rights more important than national pride. The Internet is mostly ruled the by United States and Europe - if the word 'ruled' is even applicable. Anyway, the US and Europe tend to share the idea of human rights > nationalism, and are thus pushing it in other places too.

Now, my opinion. I don't think you can go with the 'he just has a different view than you, everyone's view is good' thing here. I think there is a 'good view' and a 'bad view' - where the "goodness" of a view is characterized by long term societal benefit and societal contentment. Obviously, I think the 'good-er' view is one which emphasizes human rights over nationalism, because while allowing human rights might cause some unpleasant effects in the short term, in the long term, it will result in a better country with a happier populace.

Why are there riots? Why is there a need to suppress information? Because people are unhappy. Clearly, the current system of suppression isn't working perfectly. In fact, it isn't working perfectly by definition, since if everyone were happy, this wouldn't be needed. (By my definition, of course.)

Now, I realize that my point of view may sound biased - incredibly so. Maybe even something along the lines of "I'm right because the things I say are better". But you say: "Just because it's different doesn't mean you must kill it." You don't have to, but perhaps it will be better for the world as a whole if you do?

I'd love to hear your counterargument if you're willing to write another sentence about china. (Ack, that sounded snarky. Wasn't meant to.)
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I like your website. It gives me some solid ideas for some things to add in the future hopefully. I'm so full of ideas that I can only do so many of them :)
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"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."

I think this article shows an interesting and very disturbing phenomenon that would be considered impossible before 2001. It all depends on what you consider "new". Often in politics, 10 years is a very short time for something this magnitude to happen.

I find it rather disturbing because far too many pieces of a dystopian police state are in place. Again, in a country I would deem it impossible just 10 years ago.

We need more civil-rights lawyers and we need them fast. And not only in the US.
So if, say, Germany was found to have hired tens of thousands of hackers to break into companies and servers around the world, we should just chalk it up to their "different system" and let them off with a slap on the wrist?

Australia is currently attempting to censor movies, the internet, and video games in rather absurd ways--and just like China, they're getting criticized for it. Why should China get special treatment? Why shouldn't we be allowed to criticize them as we would criticize anyone else who did the same things?

but is similar to the system that has been in place for 5000 years of chinese civilisation.

There is absolutely nothing similar between China's current embarrassing actions and their glorious history prior to ~1800. Merely comparing the current oligarchy to the institutions of the past is a huge insult to China and its history.
I think patent attorneys should be required to write patents in understandable English, on pain of receiving a plurality of punches in the face.
I don't seem to be making any headway with you on this, so this will probably be my last reply on this thread. But I'm speaking as a professional web designer that has a programming background. I see a lot of correlation between the two.

If we were talking strictly design (as in art) your point would hold a little more weight with me, but we are talking about web design. The skills that are required here are not that different from the skills that are required by a programmer. One is very visual it is true, but both require strong troubleshooting skills.

I'm not sure about the whole left/right brain thing. I'm speaking from my experience of what it takes to be a good web designer.

Is programming strictly a right brain activity? I hear a lot of talk about beauty and design in programming circles today. Clearly it is not all cold crisp logic. You aspire towards beauty and function just as much as designers do.
You need to have a basic understanding of the different Krylov subspace methods to be able to use them. If you are using CG on a matrix that isn't SPD, then you are doing something very wrong. Same goes for the other methods -- they all have their strengths, weaknesses and gotchas, and it's pretty important to know what they are if you are going to use them! Preconditioning can greatly reduce the number of iterations you have to do once you have chosen a method, but it's not particularly helpful if you are using the wrong method.
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I think ajross hits the nail on the head here. These people are all very well off, comparatively speaking and they're complaining because their kids can't go to private colleges costing $40+K/year.

I think the only really valid point the article makes is about the unpredictability of these tax credits. Look at the graph for marginal tax rate for a single parent - it is sort of progressive but the rates are all over the map, rising and falling as income goes up.

I'm a strong advocate for progressive taxation as I believe it is essential for fairness but I also think the tax system should be simplified and the number of deductions and credits reduced. Ideally, the IRS would send me a bill at the end of the year and that'd be that.
"Good ratings" for Cartoon Network are different than "good ratings for Fox. There's a reason Fox passed up on the Futurama revival (and this is coming from a Futurama loyalist).
that's an excellent site. I stumbled across it a while back when researching knots but forgot about it until now. Glad it's shown up here.
Give it a shot. But if it goes wrong remember that there may be more solutions than you think and ordering might be trickier than you think.
Agreed. But I can read this on Reddit, that's not why people come to HN, and this is against the HN guidelines.

Please stop submitting these worthy articles to unrelated sites.

PS. It's also considered bad form to moderate polite comments you disagree with to zero.
Fantastic stuff. A usability suggestion would be to change the color of links that lead to empty "no results" pages. You could of course "unhook" the links, but that would make it harder for people to navigate there to "add" an item, which is the way some people visualize the right way to do it. Good luck with it!
Thank you for your suggestions. I always like hearing about other user's experience with the website.

The reason I have the are we missing link? instead of a complete form is because of the large amount of information I collect on each bar/restaurant. I wouldn't expect a user to give me enough information, and I wanted to allow them the flexibility to say something like: "the summary seems like it was written by a two year old" rather than a form they need to say.

@EDIT: Funny you would say this! Originally, the design did say eat - drink - play (there's even a banner still saying that on my Facebook group). I felt that play didn't describe general events well enough but I may have to reconsider.

Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with me.
I'd like to jump in and propose a Tuesday night for Feb ;)

I have classes on Monday & Thursday nights so I won't be able to make it this month.
For his baby-momma to keep the baby in, of course.
You're right, but most of them are ugly, complex, and cumbersome to install (not to mention, expensive). Might as well have a PC at that point. I suppose sound ergonomics and simplicity often conflict, given the inherent complexity of the human body.
Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
Would be great if people could go on and add their own businesses. There is only so much you can by yourself.
One of the great features of Scoop code (which runs kuro5hin and DailyKos among others) is that it can show you what comments are new since the last time you viewed a store, marking them with a red-colored '[new].' Makes coming back to an active thread much easier.
It may valid, but it doesn't exonerate the business (yelp, in this case) from responsability.

I think the real troubling issue is that they demand openess from other businesses but don't show their algorithms or give open access on their pages for response.

I wonder how long it will take for businesses to start using Mechanical Turk against this Yelp.
That knot resembles the clove hitch, which is a very versatile hitch to attach a section of rope to an object. I think learning a few basic knots is an extremely useful life skill.

Just knowing how to tie bowline, double bowline and a few hitches will make you a more useful person.
My point is simply that the publication date provides some important context for the contents of the essay.
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I also need to add that the Chinese government is not as oppressive as some in the West may think - or at least does not appear to be.

There are some fairly simple unspoken rules (e.g., "don't talk shit about the government") that everyone knows, and if you follow them, nothing will ever happen to you. In other words, the Chinese government's oppression is consistent and systematic - a far cry from the secret police, death squads, random people nabbed off the street sort of perception that many Americans seem to have.

This has probably greatly helped the longevity of the current regime. People will rebel if they see no effective, guaranteed way to dodge your oppression, but most will fall in line if you can give them a more or less guaranteed way to stay out of trouble with minimum tangible sacrifice.
This started as a project for just my city, as there's a ton of work that goes into information collection. I also want to be more involved in the area, have giveaways events etc, so something bigger would be too much for me to manage and I think, dilute the overall project.

As for open source or API, I've had some thoughts of selling the source to some other areas, but I don't want it to be so diluted that a dozen different hobbyists can attempt to mash together something for their own city using the script. Is that just me being selfish? I'd love to hear more.

It isn't using an API, the data is collected by me, and added manually. I've developed a pretty good admin panel behind the scenes with some other great features.

I think its important to note, that I'm not the main developer on this project. It has been my project for a long time, I've done all of the design, concepts, etc. But I've worked with a very skilled coder to implement everything.
Fair enough to disagree... I'm just confused that someone would ask for a citation, since it's clearly just a projection or opinion. Maybe he just wanted me to defend it, rather than just claim it...

That said, do you really think that "unrestricted" immigration (excluding border cases of known criminals, etc...) in the US (or Canada, Australia, etc) would not have a substantial negative impact on quality of life? It seems obvious to me that it would, but if you have any good arguments, studies, links to the contrary, feel free to post - I will read them.
No. I'm currently what's checked out of HEAD, plus a few local changes I haven't committed yet.
This isn't censorship. You're welcome to submit the article to any site you want. I think it's a good article, and deserves to be read.

But this is forum for discussing technology, startups, and hacker-relevant topics.

Edit: if the article itself contains something about technology, it's clearly not the main subject, which is prisoner abuse.
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Deciding how to balance expenses in a small corp is not a "huge scam" If it were so, then what would be the "honest" solution? Having the government tell S-Corp owners what they should have paid themselves (and therefore what FICA they owe)? Having a standard FICA bill that "fairly" everyone would owe?

The more you over-complicate the system, the more things are going to happen that you personally think of as a "scam". Is a realistic solution to complicate the system further?

Put me on the side of small business owners being able to allocate payroll expenses as they see fit, and not on the side of arbitrary fees and fines to make everybody else happier, whether that's for healthcare or FICA.
Yes, just because you couldn't register that great domain name you no longer have an idea worth pursuing. I guess we can call 'ability to find a domain name' a good filter for finding real entrepreneurs.
I am not surprised by this action. Bottomline, China is a big bully. You want example?

China claims all of South China Sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8047206.stm

China that sent 250,000 troop over to teach Vietnam a lesson during 1979 war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War.

On and on...we need to be tough on China. American CEO needs to think long term before moving jobs to China.
Sounds like Wikipedia edits.
i've been using this knot for years, and it's great. i dream of some day teaching my kids to tie their shoes with this knot, and then having them explain to the other kids in class why their system trumps the standard methods.
I prefer Ian's Secure Knot. I've been using this for 2-3 years on my shoes.

The knot doesn't come out, even with leather thong-type laces. Yet a single tug on the end releases the whole knot (unlike traditional "double knots").
Interesting historical note: it was someone much further from electronica that originally popularized MIDI bass: Phil Lesh, of The Grateful Dead, while Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) was still a kid.
The biggest issue I've been dealing with, and one of the main causes for creating this site, is inaccuracy of information available. There's dozens of Iowa City bar or restaurant sites, but none of them have good data, and none display it well. I do have a portal (iowacityaccess.com/portal - you won't be able to use it, but can see it) that allows business owners to let me know about changes and additions while verifying with their personal 8 digit code that I've mailed to them. It's optional, but it may help me cut down on some of the work in the future.
A couple months ago I had a conversation with an experienced diplomat. He kindly reminded me not all cultures value democracy, freedom of speech and rule of law equally.

And it saddens me a lot to know I disagree with most of my fellow citizens about those values.
"Complete sensationalism, no facts, just opinions. "

Do you not think it worth something that the article includes lengthy quotes from people willing to go on record?

Granted, these people could be making shit up, but they seem to be authentic. Are these people all conspiring to support the same made-up assertion that Yelp is strong-arming people?

I'm not sure how one goes about proving such allegations, absent recorded phone conversations, but it looks pretty damning.
I like this. I live in Iowa City and have been thinking for a while now that Iowa City is sorely lacking a good place for entertainment info. Goiowacity is widely used even though it's terrible. If you're looking to collaborate on this or other projects my e-mail's in my profile.
Your definition doesn't match how I usually see the term used, so I don't understand how it's the real one. Sure, it's written into law that way, but legal jargon doesn't supersede actual widespread usage except in a legal context. When people say "domain squatting" or "cybersquatting," they mean speculatively buying and holding a domain with no intention of using it, hoping to sell it later when it becomes valuable to someone else. (And no, putting up a generic advertising search page does not qualify as "using" it for the purposes of this definition.)
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They are both awesome videos which can get anyone excited about lisp.

I know this, because an hour ago I had only a passing interest in Lisp.
Rather than increased competition, I think the reason we are not happier is that wealth levels have risen for all classes[1]. Materially we are better off than our ancestors but relatively speaking we are the same.

Most people would prefer to have higher status than higher wealth. For details, I recommend the excellent book "Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status" by economist Robert H. Frank. http://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Right-Pond-Behavior-Status/dp...

[1] There is no question that we are all materially better off than previous generations. However considering the 30 years of stagnating middle class incomes, whether this will be true in the future is up for debate. If the middle class starts declining relative to the super-rich expect major unhappiness.
/somecategory/apage.php?id=34\xc3\x83\xc6\x92\xc3\x86\xe2\x80\x99\xc3\x83\xe2\x80\x9a\xc3\x82\xc2\x9d&listing=989

Thing is, removing that hex and just putting in

/somecategory/apage.php?id=34&listing=989

does the same thing. I get the same output to the browser regardless of which is used.
If we should be able to "allocate payroll expenses the way we see fit", then I'm going to "allocate" 100% of my taxes back to my bank account. Funny how that works!

You've missed half the issue. These aren't people taking a $10,000 salary so they can grow their business. They're taking a $10,000 salary and a $80,000 distribution (self-employment tax is capped) and paying taxes only on the $10,000.
In reply to your email as well, I'm unsure of my future plans for sharing the code. I do appreciate open source software, and it may be something I do, but I've spent thousands of dollars of my own money developing this. I'm 22. It's a big deal to me. I don't want to create another Yelp.com, I think that user-edited information can be too inaccurate.

I wouldn't want someone to be able to download my source, and start 3 more sites in my area as direct competitors. If I have a solid competitor, I'd like to know that they spent their time and money on it as well. As I stated above, I'm not 100% against open source, and would be happy to hear arguments for it.
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Cheap shot.

If you do that, then it's income and you'll pay income tax, as you know.

You can't get something for nothing. S-Corp profits pass through, so they hit you as income tax, not payroll tax. It's the same situation as a guy who sells apples suddenly selling a truckload of them -- it's income.

Whining about how people "should" have done this or "should" have done that is all so much noise. What do you want? A forced payroll system?
I agree, its very neat, clean and easy to use. Its so straight forward its amazing!
One way to normalize this is to ask: How quickly was Tumblr growing when it was as small as Posterous is now? Then you're comparing apples to apples.
So, what can you offer me that any of the many subreddits on the same niche can't?
If you read past the first paragraph, he explains how the design goes far beyond "pretty". He explicitly says that "pretty" is not the point.
>It was structured as though we are to pity the business owner while thumbing our noses at Yelp.

I'm fairly sure the writer was being ironic. Or at least he's showing us how the (insane) business owner sees things.
Very good idea. Right now some links to lead to no results pages, but only because I have such a wealth of information to add. In the future, any link available will have at least one result.

I launched it yesterday because I'm finally happy with the functionality, and I have most of the downtown bars listings complete. Iowa City is a college town, and I think a huge draw will be the Today's Specials listing of where U of I students can get drunk and lose the morals at the lowest possible price.
Sent you an email. Glad to know there's others in the area!
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A counter argument is the possible disparity between hours worked and income. If I build an iphone app in a month, and it makes me 80k suggesting all of that is salary is a mistake. At the other end spending 600 hours building an app that nobody buys should not require paying SS taxes on the minimum wage * hours worked.

Edit: A professional gambler pays SS taxes, a lotto winner does not.
it is probably not the culprit, but did you take a look at the code in apage.php that processes id just in case? it could be something.
"It was important, he said, that servicemen make no comments or suggestions that in any way undermined the official report. He reminded the soldiers and sailors that their phone and email communications were being monitored. The meeting lasted no more than twenty minutes."

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There is more, but you have to read the article.
It's also a matter of empirical fact that the people who use Sass now are a mix of designers and developers. No, Sass isn't used by most designers. Nor is it used by most programmers. But of the people who use Sass, many of them are designers, and that proportion is growing.

Writing Sass is not programming. Most of the time it doesn't feel like programming, and the future goals for it intend to make it feel even less like programming.

I agree completely that if designers liked programming, they would be programmers. I made the same argument myself on the Compass mailing list the other day, defending a design decision made to make the language easier for designers.