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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de
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Russian advancements slow down

  • Don’t need to advance when the battle is being fought in the White House.

    I fear for the future of western democracy.

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    The Most Effective Way to Tax Wealth: the IN-KIND Method

  • A sales tax disproportionately impacts people who are lower income, as a greater percentage of their earnings go towards purchasing essential goods - and defining exclusions for sales taxes is a whole exercise. Food, easy; heat, ok. But what if i heat with electricity and also drive with electricity? Should clothes be taxed? Where do we draw the line on what constitutes luxury clothing when people buy carhartt for very different reasons depending on their income source. What about diapers, people choose to buy disposables. Condoms? Period products are a shoe-in but what about cups or reusable panties?

    I don’t hate the idea, but it is complex. Like most tax schemes…

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    The Most Effective Way to Tax Wealth: the IN-KIND Method

  • There’s a lot of talk about how taxing share grants and stock options potentially harms innovation, as it impacts startup employees. Startup doesn’t have enough cash to attract top tier employees, so they’re offered stock grants as part of compensation which is fair enough. But if they’re taxed, and the stocks are illiquid (pre IPO), the employee is going to end up paying a whole bunch of tax on something that might, in the future, be worth a certain amount.

    Collecting the taxes in-kind is a simple and incredibly obvious solution now that I see it.

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    Apple Provides Reason for iPhone 16e's Lack of MagSafe

  • Poor people obviously can’t afford a MagSafe charger. Target market is poor people who can’t afford a $1000 phone. Ergo.

    But seriously, i suspect that it’s something along those lines. People who hold onto their phone longer and/or buy older model phones may not use MagSafe. Personally, I only use it in the car. I’m not a huge fan of the idea of charging losses, and I’ve had trouble finding chargers that fit my desires (ie desk charger; I don’t own a watch or AirPods).

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    Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery

  • What brand are those power strips? Last time I went shopping for power strips, they were all the rage and I could hardly find one WITHOUT that feature. Today, several years later, I can’t find any. Except, perhaps, some Chinese ones without safety approvals. I need one for my tv.