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Of course it causes society to suffer. This is not a new concern:
https://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2010/10/estate_tax...

Personally, when I'm feeling a bit revolutionary, I find myself favoring Thomas Paine's solution in Agrarian Justice to help fund something like a UBI.
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Sorry, I’m losing the narrative:

Was the Far Left for or against Google Fiber?

More residential broadband (last mile) competition would have saved online advertising?
You can tell Uber where you want to end up, and they will route you customers going that location.

Also, I'm astounded at least two people bothered to downvote my factual reporting.
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Hi everyone,

I remember reading here (I believe) an article which someone wrote detailing how Google API endpoints could leak if a particular account was logged in or not. To make things even worse, the researcher mentioned that the endpoint did not seem to be rate limited, allowing you to go through an extensive list of address to pinpoint if a specific user was accessing your site.

I'm a teacher doing a privacy lesson and wanted to discuss this with my students, but for the life of me cannot find the article in question. If anyone remembers it, I'd love to be pointed to it again!
> Maybe some day European countries will all get together and agree on a single, unified corporate tax level across the European Union.

I completely agree. European countries should start thinking more about their shared, common good than how to outrun their partners.
This.

Recently I had to send my phone away for repairs, and as instructed, they told me to reset the phone to factory defaults before mailing them the device.

I forgot about Google Authenticator during this process so ended up having to reset everything/go through recovery procedures across all my accounts.

With SMS it almost seems stateless, the only thing you need is access to a signal. That's the biggest advantage in my opinion, but given the risks I'd be open to ideas that are not just "download an app onto your phone"
The Gorgonia Family (used for deep learning): https://github.com/gorgonia/

I'm currently looking for contributors to help develop bindings for cudart (what is currently available is cuda driver API, cublas and cudnn, which is partially done due to the lack of cudart)
Not on the U.S GPA grade, but I have two top grade degrees in the U.K. - one Undergraduate (1:1) and one Masters (Distinction) - known as Grad school in the U.S.

It comes up quite often in interviews and I think it gives me a strong foundation to get roles that I might not be as qualified for as someone else who doesn’t have the academic qualifications. I believe the reason for this is that the academic qualifications demonstrate that I can adapt to a wide range of disciplines whilst also being able to understand those disciplines on a deep level.
It's time to ditch sms completely. If its important the network can use OTA to get emergency messages to you. But receiving anything with your number should be removed.
FWIW, when adjusted for inflation, $39.93 (the total annual cost of Stigler's 1939 diet) is approximately equivalent to $712 in 2018 US dollars(1). Still a paltry sum, though, for a year's worth of food for most people in the US, I think.

1. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
> in case a field in one of the older objects was modified to point to an object in the young generation?

This is typically handled by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_barrier#In_Garbage_colle...
Sprint just turned off ipv4 and 5g (at&t / t-mobile / vz) explicitly support multicast.
The topic was inequality of wealth and/or income. What is intrinsically wrong with that?

People make different choices and end up with different outcomes. This is perfectly natural; making choices and dealing with their consequences is a fundamental part of being human. The only way you'd be able to guarantee either equal income or equal wealth would be to take away people's ability to make meaningful choices with regard to their own lives.
Here might be one current example. Are the first two articles related to the third one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ross#Investments
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2017/01/18/how-w...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/wilbur-ross-tariffs-are-nbd-...

If you are a holder of a Consumer Staples ETF (which holds Campbell Soup stock) in a retirement fund, is Wilbur Ross taking out of your pocket and putting it in his by using his personal connections with Trump and position as Commerce Secretary?

Is it truly for American competitiveness or is it going to benefit ArcelorMittal and Wilbur Ross's connection with them?
When will reqs open for the Product Analyst, Technical Program Manager, Product Manager team (in Seattle)? I only see the software engineer role.

Also any email to follow up with? Thanks.
I suppose that depends on what your goal is. If you're hoping to create a product segment that didn't previously exist, I think Blue Apron succeeded. If the goal is to make money, then I think the Blue Apron founders / investors were also able to cash out from an IPO when they saw the writing on the wall.
Wow, it's only been 18 years since Blue Mountain Arts being sold to Excite@Home for $780M.

If you recall, Blue Mountain Arts made 3/4 of a billion dollars in 1999 for it's "ecard" business, a business that literally anyone with a webserver can replicate in an afternoon.

It's too bad too, because Excite was my favorite "webportal/homepage" back then. And the dotcom bubble burst killed it.
I love using your products! heads up for the awesome mapbox-gl.js. Perfomance is a beast, assuming it's running on web-gl 1 / 2. Plus the simple API's.
I checked the tutorials section on Legion's site, they don't seem to be very inviting for a stranger.
Is there a better site that would help me grasp basic ideas about Legion and show its strengths in comparison to other paradigms?
If so any JVM based datastore could probably benefit.

I wonder how long before we see a similar result from ElasticSearch. (Only other huge JVM based store I can think of).
What does "deserving" have anything to do with it? That's entirely subjective. If Sam gave his wealth to a plumber, the plumber wouldn't have been any more "deserving". If he gave it to a hospital, the hospital wouldn't be any more "deserving". No one "deserves" wealth.
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This is true for startups, too. If your marketing team (or agency) is running ad campaigns, demand evidence of its contribution to the bottom line.

Also, ensure your marketers’ self-worth is not tied to the outcome of the campaigns they’re running; or else they will hide bad outcomes.

I regularly shut off campaigns if there’s no evident benefit of keeping them on, regardless of what the industry says. For instance, a lot of people talk about retargeting, but I have not seen any success with retargeting after trying with 5-10 clients.

I also discovered that Twitter charges you for accidental clicks on your ads even if they know they’re accidental. Also, these accidental clicks made up >90% of clicks on one campaign I ran.

It’s reassuring to see the big players come to the same realization.
Toss it on the bin with handwriting analysis and bite analysis.
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"Jealousy. Not for the jet engine, YMMV I guess, but for living in a country where you can do that. "

That's what the US always stood for in my view. Doing crazy stuff that you don't see anywhere else.
I first heard of the infatuation when they made the news a few years ago for being tasteless. It's the same people running the company, but it's possible they've changed.
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So how would you fix the national treasury impact of profitless megacorps moving in to a country and taking out layers of smaller businesses (some of whom make profit and pay tax on it)?

Are you really going to threaten those countries with taking your non-tax paying elsewhere?

Edit:
Amazon paid just £15m in tax on European revenues of £19.5bn
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/10/amazon-uk...
I wonder how much prodding will they take until they take measures.. if EU successfully does this, you bet that the regressive South American countries will try to ape it.

OTOH they can probably take a 2% tax hit.

Edit: I was thinking in terms of negotiating strategy for the big companies. Also, I am a citizen in one of said South American countries.
Not quite true - smartphone market penetration is quite large, so it is possible to reliably offer a universal app (see: MS Authenticator, Google Authenticator, Authy) for code auth. Now, sure, you can argue that SMS should be kept as an _option_ but it should never be the only one.
> You can have a lot of political 'change' in the United States, but will it really change that much? Will it change the amount of money in someone’s bank account? Will it change contracts? Will it void contracts that already exist? And contracts on contracts? And contracts on contracts on contracts? Not really.

> So I say that free speech in many Western places is free not as a result of liberal circumstances but rather as a result of such intense fiscalization that it doesn’t matter what you say. The dominant elite doesn’t have to be scared of what people think, because a change in political view is not going to change whether they own their company or not; it is not going to change whether they own a piece of land or not. But China is still a political society, although it is rapidly heading toward a fiscalized society. And other societies, like Egypt, are still heavily politicized. Their rulers really do need to be concerned about what people think, so they expend proportionate efforts on controlling freedom of speech.

-- Julian Assange
Money that isn't available for the rest of society.

Society doesn't need money. Money is just a tool, and doesn't solve any problems on its own (aside from the inefficiency of barter—but even then you need something to barter first). What society needs—what people need—is consumer goods and services. People who own a great deal of money tend to spend proportionally less of it on consumer goods and services for themselves, and more on capital goods. These capital goods enable more efficient production and thus increase the availability of consumer goods for everyone else. Redistributing wealth is a great way to force consumption of capital, resolving a short-term cash-flow issue by destroying the means of production. You get a gratifying boost to your bank account, but after a brief period there is little on the store shelves on which to spend it.

As for inheritance specifically, I agree that it is fair, in general, to say that the recipient of the inheritance has done little to earn that money. So what? Would you really say that you do not have the right to give someone an unearned gift—that this is not a legitimate way for you to choose to spend the resources you have either earned for yourself or been given by others? Or is it only gifts to one's own children which you feel should be out of bounds?
I would argue that they're not necessarily exploiting "non-rich" as much as they're exploiting the poor.

The people in power do everything they can to keep wages down. Minimum wage doesn't keep up with inflation. Pensions went away in favor of the 401(k). Unions are losing their power. A manufacturing job used to buy you a house, car, and help you raise your 2.5 children. Now, it barely gets you an apartment and a bus pass.

But the real exploitation is how the rich have convinced the poor that it's not their fault. "It's those damn, dirty Mexicans stealing jobs!" Or telling them "Hey, we'll give you a pay raise if you give us some tax relief!" or that if they want the house, they need to get a real job or something like that. Manufacturing jobs are non-skilled and don't deserve anything over minimum wage!

Of course, it's all lies, but some people eat that shit up like candy. That's the exploitation. They're fucking the poor and successfully directing the blame somewhere else.
I used to subscribe to Green Chef, but stopped mostly due to the time it takes to make the meals. Usually it took twice as long as it said on the recipes.

We now subscribe to Freshly. Meals are pre-made and in 3 minutes they are heated up. Perfect!
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Taxing on revenue rather than profit feels wrong. If you run a loss you're still on the hook for taxes? That doesn't make sense to me.

True, in that it would better to fix the underlying problems that allow companies to pretend they have no profit. In practice though, it’s not likely to be a problem.

How far can the EU push before these companies decide it is not worth having actual businesses there?

Very, very far. They’re not being pushed much at the moment.
Could you give some references to those better models? Sounds interesting!
It all depends on the metro area. That seems a little high for Chicago.
Or delivered on a pallet for about $1000/person-year: https://www.costco.com/THRIVE-1-Year-Food-Storage-31%2C500-S...
this guy clearly lives in the city. Some people live in the suburbs where cars are needed to commute to work
I'm guessing we'd see WeWork and other coworking options spring up all over the Newark Penn Station area.
If you follow the numbers of who is regularly accepting money from Comcast - both Democrats and Republicans are happy to take their money.

"Politico reports that 15 of the 18 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold a hearing on the Comcast deal on March 26th, have taken some form of contribution from Comcast."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/10/5491908/comcast-buys-cong...

"...Comcast has canvassed the two congressional panels that chiefly regulate cable, broadband and other telecom issues, donating to practically every lawmaker there — including Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)."
[2] https://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/comcast-cash-spread-w...

While Republicans have passed some egregious regulations of late, if you believe that money buys influence and favors - it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that representatives from both parties are responsible for the incredible lack of competition in broadband.
I'm living the same life. It was hard, but eventually I emotionally realized I wasn't lonely, but anxious about the perception of what it looked to not want to socialize like folks generally seem to do.

More of a self-doubt that said I must be lame for not having a life.

So I built one for myself through writing, music, and art. All can be done on the cheap (notebook/pencils, and I make digital music with free tools -- no I don't share it, because it's for me, not anyone else, and IDGAF what people think of that)

Over time I quit caring. Now I rather loath people. Or maybe more fairly, I loath modern social existence. I have no interest in approving of others cat pics, or some miraculous bullshit they want to sell, eating at McDonalds or even being friendly at the grocery; those are banal utilitarian tasks, not things I put emotional energy into.

Modern culture has reduced life to a whole lot of pointless, contribute nothing of real value to, interactions. I hate brainless chitchat in meatspace as much as I hate liking on FB and retweeting.

So I create. And I'm happy. Fuck other people if they're not because of it. I don't need their approval.
I don't think offering friendship, and someone to talk to is superficial at all. If this is all missing the point, then the parent shouldn't be telling us all this on a public forum.
I'd encourage you to re-think this. Blue Apron fails because it is higher cost in a VERY low margin business, combined with a mandate to scale. Simply put, their value was mostly saving you time, with a novelty twist. But you have to start getting close to upper middle class to make up for the premium paid. Shame on VCs who didn't understand this, or did but knew they could push the stock all the way to IPO.

Anyway, plenty of subscription businesses that can be sustainable at a smaller scale.
Yeah I agree. So much waste, plus it doesn't really solve the problem we were trying to solve which is time. Preparing the meal is still time-consuming. It wasn't saving us much time at all. Add to that the guilt of having all the extra waste for what, so we don't have to stop at the grocery store on the way home? Not worth it. The meals were good though, and healthy.
According to "the Big Mac Index" Switzerland is actually ranked number one when it comes to average salaries (purchasing power) vs. price of a Big Mac (consumer prices), see: https://www.statista.com/statistics/274326/big-mac-index-glo...

Regarding groceries: You should go shopping to Aldi-Suise and Lidl-Suisse. They have the same veggies and fruits and they cost half of what you have to pay at Migros!

(Content marketing: If you want to learn more about how to save money in Switzerland, check my blogpost: "Eight reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in tech" https://goo.gl/O3rul7)
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For what it's worth, I'm actually agreeing. I'm saying we've been too hung up on hourly wages and not focused enough on employers externalizing costs (business risks, logistics risks, career viability risks) on employees. Some simple things, like requiring a retainer or salary for mandatory schedule availability, have simple legislative solutions.
That short little video gave me a lot of pleasure!
> Most people would start with a stick welder and steel tube, but if you're going to end up wanting a TIG and buying one a few years down the road, why not buy the right tool now instead of two tools?

Have you priced a multi-process welder (plus all the extras) by a decent brand lately?

Most people would "nope" out of there seeing such prices, especially for a tool which they may not even manage to get the skills to use effectively.

While it is cheaper to go that route, vs going stick, then wire MIG, then TIG (and needing the room to store each machine) - if you purchase new equipment - it still is a big chunk of money to swallow.

The cheapest route is to instead make friends with someone who has welding equipment; learn to use everything there, then when you get to whatever point you're best at - buy your own equipment.

Myself, I've done a combo - I purchased a used cheapo 120 VAC buzz-box stick welder, which worked ok for small jobs - but I had learned on my brother-in-law's Lincoln Tombstone 220 VAC/DC system. Later, I met a friend who has a complete shop, and I can do just about any process I want there.

Back home, I purchased a HF cheapo 120 VAC flux-core wire feed welder (mainly because I wanted to see what an $89.00 wire-feed welder could do - it's actually not a bad piece of kit, and people do all kinds of mods to it, too - including conversion to DC).

One of these days I plan to get a 220 VAC line run to my garage, but that won't be any time soon; at that point I'll probably purchase a decent MIG welder w/ CO2...
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>How far can the EU push before these companies decide it is not worth having actual businesses there?

Given that it's one of the single biggest and lucrative markets on the planet, much farther I would guess.

People are way too screamish about the threat of companies running away. Service providers aren't going to abandon hundreds of millions of high income users.
Sure.

I can give my family a gift to ease their life.

But it's different from giving them a gift that removes all fincancial problems for their whole life.
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As an Irish person, I consider this perspective to be hilariously naive. Without tax incentives, our ability to attract foreign direct investment is massively reduced and the jobs that need to attract will instead go to mainland Europe.

It might work if we started by establishing a framework of financial transfers between states, but without something like that in place Ireland and a bunch of smaller countries will keep vetoing attempts to normalise tax rates.
I was in that shoe and definitely felt lonely until I went to a summer camp for adults just outside of Toronto called Camp Reset. It was a digital detox, nicknames only, no work talk weekend event where we played, danced, had meals together, did workshops without ever learning eachothers real names and talking about work. My life changed after that weekend.

I can genuinely say the past 2 years have been filled with joy and growth because of the community that formed after going to Reset.

I highly encourage those of you who are hungry for a community to find similar adult camps in your area and dive in. It was scary at first not knowing anyone, but now the community is 400 people strong and I have deep meaningful relationships with 2-3 dozen people I DID NOT KNOW 2 years ago. In fact I now live with two housemates I met at that camp.

There's a similar camp in California called Camp Grounded. For anyone interested in Reset, i'm happy to answer further questions. I plan to go this year as a co-creator and not just a participant.

edit: only after leaving the camp we got to know each other by real names and professions and the range of professions are far and wide.
Accumulation of a medium of exchange is not a zero sum game.
There are some states e.g. Washington that also tax businesses on revenue instead of profit. And different categories of business have different tax rates. Services business are the highest iirc at 1.5%
Has investing in the stock market become democratized? Sure you could invest in Amazon at a low market cap back in the 90's, but what about Uber, Stripe, Dropbox, or any recent breakout 'unicorn'?

The privatization that has happened in financing high-growth startups is not great news for Joe Q Public
It's not just about zeroes in the bank account. Ultimately it's about power and power relations.
In France : no.
What I find odd is that digital ads gives you much more clarity of impact than tv/radio/print ads. It also gives you more detailed cohort data so that you can learn from experiments and adjust your buys based on where the impact is. It's as if the P&Gs of the world woke up recently and realized they need to understand impact of their media buys in general.
> I think this shows that a technical solution trumps social solutions. If Australia had relied on telling children not to have unprotected sex, the HPV rate would not have moved much. Now, a simple vaccine is eradicating cervical HPV.

We know telling people to not have sex doesn't work (this is what most people hear, and for many young people is functionally the same, as don't have unprotected sex).

We have HSV, high teenage pregnancy rates, etc in countries that have pushed those approaches as would-be solutions.

Taking a very specific case of trying to suppress young human sex drive with words, and extrapolating that to the general case around technical hacks versus knowledge and informed decision making is a bit disingenuous.

And 'simple' vaccine?

We just last week got rid of the deputy Prime Minister who, at the time this was being debated (debated!) claimed that the proverbial 'some people' didn't like the idea of giving their twelve year old daughters a licence to be promiscuous. I shit thee nay.
why don't most first world countries floridate their water? no european country does it. It's banned in China. Israel doesn't do it.

Over fluoridation is bad for your bones ( teeth included ) and who knows what its doing to peoples brains.

beyond the potential health benefits to teeth I really do not agree with any kind of forced medication of the public. everything should be done voluntarily and with absolute consent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fluorosis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country