We all know how this will end. Google, Facebook et al are going to just drop all EU content and depending on how aggressive the individual laws are may even just block entire countries outright.
Well, they could just pull their servers out of the EU countries, and host whatever content they want.
The EU countries could still access those servers, but jurisdiction would no longer be there since there is no physical presence there.
Well, if this does stand....I think this might actually be the first legitimate situation where companies such as Google, etc....pull their servers OUT of Europe, or at least out of EU countries so they aren't beholden to such stifling laws?
I mean, EU countries can still reach Google, but without servers there in those countries, it might be milliseconds slower, but not noticeable by most humans using them?
Hell, if Brexit happens, Google could move them all to England, eh?
Then there's a no-fee AmEx that I use once a year just to keep the account open in case I need an AmEx.
Hmm...a "no fee" Amex? Which one of their cards doesn't have an annual fee?
I've ben looking at the Sapphire card, vs the Amex Platinum....with the Amex platinum, you get like $200 in Uber annual credits, and you can do the $200 flight credits on it, I believe you get like $85 credit to pay for TSA Pre, or you can do the global PRE type thing for $100 credit it gives you and you get the lounge access...so, it basically gives you a lot in return for that higher annual fee.
Do you know how the Sapphire compares to the Amex Platinum?
And again, which Amex do you have that has no annual fee?
If you can combine the 3% on apple purchases along with their educational discount, that starts to add up a bit. It at least knocks off a chunk of the local sales tax.
And it isn't hard to get students ID. Just find a local college, spend like $50 send in transcripts etc and apply for Grad program.
YOu needn't ever take a class at most schools, but you still get an picture Student ID. If lucky, it has not expiration date.
As a bonus, you often can get a.edu email account set up....definitely worth it for discounts on hardware and software.
Norway have about the same population density as Wyoming but whatever.
The only thing that makes it harder to do in the us is that Americans lacks the attitude needed to get things like this done.
Well, ok...for attitude....let's make it simple.
How would tearing everything up we have now, and setting up mass transit around me, make my life better directly?
Will it be better than what I have now, with ability to go door-to-door in a rapid and direct manner better?
Will it make things easier for me to buy my groceries for the week (or 2 weeks) and easily transport them from grocery stores (I often hit 2-3 of them on my weekly trips to get the best deals at each one, that doesn't even count the Costco trips).
Will it be convenient for me, and work on "my" schedule, rather than me having to plan my days/time around the mass transit schedule?
These are just a few things I have concerns with, with mass transit. Sure it good for a few situations, but I fail to see how it can ever be made to improve upon the quality of life I current enjoy.
If it cannot do that, they why should I actively promote/improve it, or have the attitude that I even need it?
Unlike our current scheme to pad Musk's pockets, electric taxis and buses make sense.
Well, for most of the US, the land and people are just TOO large and spread out for mass transit to really work.
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If you live in a highly congested, crowded Urban area like NYC, etc, sure you can have workable mass transit.
But as I understand it, NYC is having more and more problems with their aging subway systems, and the coming bill and time to overhaul is will prove to likely be very troublesome for the city citizens for years to come.
I"d rather have my own modes of transport, not only for door-to-door travel ability, but also not to be at the mercy of politicians' decisions, often not made with the best interest of the people in mind.
Cloning would only affect the physical attributes and mental 'capacities' of the dog. It would NOT pass on the acquired skills or training so the dog isn't going to know how to sniff out a perp without that same 5 years of training including for physical abilities.
Well, I dunno, what if the dog in question was named Duncan Idaho?
Perhaps if the politicians in those states worked to make their states a place where people actually want to live, they'd draw more high income people.
Perhaps in some of those states....it just doesn't COST as much to live there (general cost of living) hence the gross salaries needn't be so high, yet they still have the quality of living...the dollar goes further, etc.
I'm not saying that is all of it, no....but I would say it is a good sized contributing factor.
I mean, you can have a 2000+ sq ft house for say like $250K in TX or other places....whereas in NYC, a one room apartment can cost $1M or so....
Why is it that those always whining about people taking responsibility are the ones that never do themselves. Any "low tax" state that leeches money off the fed (almost all of those seem to be red states) are NOT paying their fair share of taxes. Then, some ungrateful hypocrite like you comes along and says the people ALREADY paying more than their fair share should pay more, so you can continue to be a leech. You shouldn't have to wonder why people think conservatives have no integrity.
I don't really get this meme....
"States" don't pay taxes or monies to the Feds.
People in states pay taxes to the Feds, as to corporations.
These people pay as they are required....perhaps they don't earn as much, so therefore don't pay as much. Cost of living in some states is lower than others, so salaries aren't as high....
Are you saying a person in state #1 making $40K/hy should pay as much federal income tax as a person in state #2 making $100K/yr?
Funny my taxes (I'm not talking withholding, but the actual taxes) went up and I'm firmly upper middle class. Further my tax breaks end 2024 and the corporate and 0.1% tax cuts are permenant.
Does that mean you live in one of those HIGH state tax states?
If so, then yes, since you cannot write off state taxes, that likely hits you, BUT , you can address this by getting your elected state legislators to lower the damned overly high state taxes.
I would suggest, maybe you look into incorporating yourself for your work, or side work...so that you an gain on the 'corporate' tax breaks and write off a BUNCH of stuff, which helps me.
Most of the corporations that are single person corps (like me) are middle class and small businesses....I'm certainly not in the 1% or higher crowd, but I did benefit from the fall though corporate tax breaks. I have a S-Corp, and it works out quite well.
This is a very common corp for small businesses or individual contractors, etc. It does help a lot of us that are middle class, many times over the number of the few 1%'ers keep trying to refer to.
Last year I had to pay the feds $300, this year I had to pay them $700. Go figure.
Are you saying over the entire year, including withholding, you paid more federal taxes this year than last...OR, are you saying that due to less being withheld over the year, you had to pay in $400 more than last year at EOY?
There's a big difference....you're tax debt to the Feds should be lower for the fiscal 2018 year, but you may be paying a bit more at EOY due to less tax being withheld over the course of the year from your paycheck, if you are a W2 employee. The part that matters is your total tax debt to the Feds over the year 2018 which for most middle class folks is less.
Unless you happen to live in one of the HIGH state tax states, which you can no longer write off your high state taxes, in which case you did likely have to pay a bit more, but that can be taken care of by getting your elected state officials to lower the damned state taxes.
Wait...so, from this headline, am I to infer that most of our tech workers needed and used by US companies, are illegal mexicans coming across the border, and the 'wall' is keeping these needed I.T. workers away from the US tech firms that need them, so they are now moving to Canada?
Why the need to decrypt? If it can be played, it can be screencaptured, reencoded and shared. Load of bollocks the whole drm thing is.
Yeah, but aside from maybe watching on a table while in a car/plane, who would want to actually watch a crappy copy like that?
I certainly didn't buy nice OLED big screen TVs for the house to watch subpar quality videos, you know?
I also have in my main room an audio system that I like to play the soundtrack while watching from too, and I like to have a good audio signal for that....
Sure I can see some use cases for lower quality in niche areas, but when watching a nice movie at home with friends and family, you're not likely to want a crappy copy everyone in the room has to watch huddled around a laptop, eh?
I mean, there have always been half the people below average intelligence, but I think we've gone lower now.
It isn't elitist either. If anyone here has had to work public facing jobs (sales, food service, etc), you not only come away saddened that so many people don't know how to treat others, but that so many are just downright fucked in the head.
But seeing the world today....in western countries, where they are wanting to pick socialism or communism over democracy?!?!
They can't even see how this is unravelling in Venezuela currently, or read some history books about how many thousands/millions have died due to these ideologies? Do they take their freedoms for granted?
No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, and I believe in freedom of speech to spout off whatever you want....but to see polls that actually have anything more than a niche, slim minority believing and wanting to bring these types of things to replace our government, amazes me.
I just hope it holds together before I kick the bucket and I don't have to see it blow up, and eat itself.
I don't know, but I have to just believe a lot of it is that people are growing more stupid by the year.
It's the sort of thing that the FBI should want to investigate, given the amount of harm that identity theft can cause - and given the data elements you comment were on the device when you bought it.
While it is stupid to leave personal info, especially THIS much on a laptop or other piece of electronic gear to be sold used.....what crime exactly was committed?
I mean, if there is no crime to be investigated and charged with, then there is no reason to call the FBI or other law enforcement agencies.
And no one should have the suspicious eye of law enforcement cast at them these days if there isn't reasons to believe a crime is being committed, and I don't know that selling non-wiped electric gear counts, you know?
We all bust our asses and receive a 10% contribution to our 401k's and a 10% cash bonus each Christmas.
Hmm....back when I worked W2 jobs...our company MATCHED our 401K contributions. I had some jobs with Xmas bonus and some not, but the 401K thing was at most W2 jobs I had in the not too distant past.
Sounds like your union needs to do more for you....get you up to at least non-union benefits.
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I pretty much still have all my email client set to be plain text at least for my outgoing emails.
Well, they could just pull their servers out of the EU countries, and host whatever content they want.
The EU countries could still access those servers, but jurisdiction would no longer be there since there is no physical presence there.
I mean, EU countries can still reach Google, but without servers there in those countries, it might be milliseconds slower, but not noticeable by most humans using them?
Hell, if Brexit happens, Google could move them all to England, eh?
Hmm...a "no fee" Amex? Which one of their cards doesn't have an annual fee?
I've ben looking at the Sapphire card, vs the Amex Platinum....with the Amex platinum, you get like $200 in Uber annual credits, and you can do the $200 flight credits on it, I believe you get like $85 credit to pay for TSA Pre, or you can do the global PRE type thing for $100 credit it gives you and you get the lounge access...so, it basically gives you a lot in return for that higher annual fee.
Do you know how the Sapphire compares to the Amex Platinum?
And again, which Amex do you have that has no annual fee?
If you can combine the 3% on apple purchases along with their educational discount, that starts to add up a bit. It at least knocks off a chunk of the local sales tax.
And it isn't hard to get students ID. Just find a local college, spend like $50 send in transcripts etc and apply for Grad program.
YOu needn't ever take a class at most schools, but you still get an picture Student ID. If lucky, it has not expiration date.
As a bonus, you often can get a .edu email account set up....definitely worth it for discounts on hardware and software.
Funny, you know, I"ve found it entirely possible to pay my monthly credit card bills in full, and never have to pay a cent in interest fees.
I also have some protection on the purchases, and I often get cash back, etc on my purchases which help with the costs of things.
You've never heard of this "personal responsibility' things and "self-control' nor budgeting?
Did your family and even schools teach you nothing about money management?
Earning a dollar is hard, you need to be careful in how you save and spend them.
However, it isn't rocket surgery.
Well, ok...for attitude....let's make it simple.
How would tearing everything up we have now, and setting up mass transit around me, make my life better directly?
Will it be better than what I have now, with ability to go door-to-door in a rapid and direct manner better?
Will it make things easier for me to buy my groceries for the week (or 2 weeks) and easily transport them from grocery stores (I often hit 2-3 of them on my weekly trips to get the best deals at each one, that doesn't even count the Costco trips).
Will it be convenient for me, and work on "my" schedule, rather than me having to plan my days/time around the mass transit schedule?
These are just a few things I have concerns with, with mass transit. Sure it good for a few situations, but I fail to see how it can ever be made to improve upon the quality of life I current enjoy.
If it cannot do that, they why should I actively promote/improve it, or have the attitude that I even need it?
Well, for most of the US, the land and people are just TOO large and spread out for mass transit to really work.
> If you live in a highly congested, crowded Urban area like NYC, etc, sure you can have workable mass transit.
But as I understand it, NYC is having more and more problems with their aging subway systems, and the coming bill and time to overhaul is will prove to likely be very troublesome for the city citizens for years to come.
I"d rather have my own modes of transport, not only for door-to-door travel ability, but also not to be at the mercy of politicians' decisions, often not made with the best interest of the people in mind.
Well, I dunno, what if the dog in question was named Duncan Idaho?
Perhaps in some of those states....it just doesn't COST as much to live there (general cost of living) hence the gross salaries needn't be so high, yet they still have the quality of living...the dollar goes further, etc.
I'm not saying that is all of it, no....but I would say it is a good sized contributing factor.
I mean, you can have a 2000+ sq ft house for say like $250K in TX or other places....whereas in NYC, a one room apartment can cost $1M or so....
Tell that to the estimated (low) 12+ million living here illegally.
I don't really get this meme....
"States" don't pay taxes or monies to the Feds.
People in states pay taxes to the Feds, as to corporations.
These people pay as they are required....perhaps they don't earn as much, so therefore don't pay as much. Cost of living in some states is lower than others, so salaries aren't as high....
Are you saying a person in state #1 making $40K/hy should pay as much federal income tax as a person in state #2 making $100K/yr?
Does that mean you live in one of those HIGH state tax states?
If so, then yes, since you cannot write off state taxes, that likely hits you, BUT , you can address this by getting your elected state legislators to lower the damned overly high state taxes.
I would suggest, maybe you look into incorporating yourself for your work, or side work...so that you an gain on the 'corporate' tax breaks and write off a BUNCH of stuff, which helps me.
Most of the corporations that are single person corps (like me) are middle class and small businesses....I'm certainly not in the 1% or higher crowd, but I did benefit from the fall though corporate tax breaks. I have a S-Corp, and it works out quite well.
This is a very common corp for small businesses or individual contractors, etc. It does help a lot of us that are middle class, many times over the number of the few 1%'ers keep trying to refer to.
Are you saying over the entire year, including withholding, you paid more federal taxes this year than last...OR, are you saying that due to less being withheld over the year, you had to pay in $400 more than last year at EOY?
There's a big difference....you're tax debt to the Feds should be lower for the fiscal 2018 year, but you may be paying a bit more at EOY due to less tax being withheld over the course of the year from your paycheck, if you are a W2 employee. The part that matters is your total tax debt to the Feds over the year 2018 which for most middle class folks is less.
Unless you happen to live in one of the HIGH state tax states, which you can no longer write off your high state taxes, in which case you did likely have to pay a bit more, but that can be taken care of by getting your elected state officials to lower the damned state taxes.
Don't have time to search on YouTube for it right now...basically, what does he/she do that garners such a large following?
WTF is a "Pewdepie"?
I"m sure I'd better shout at kids to get off my lawn at this point....
Funny....My taxes went down due to the tax cuts, and I"m firmly middle class.
Wait...so, from this headline, am I to infer that most of our tech workers needed and used by US companies, are illegal mexicans coming across the border, and the 'wall' is keeping these needed I.T. workers away from the US tech firms that need them, so they are now moving to Canada?
Yep, back when Bond acted like a man.
Yeah, but aside from maybe watching on a table while in a car/plane, who would want to actually watch a crappy copy like that?
I certainly didn't buy nice OLED big screen TVs for the house to watch subpar quality videos, you know?
I also have in my main room an audio system that I like to play the soundtrack while watching from too, and I like to have a good audio signal for that....
Sure I can see some use cases for lower quality in niche areas, but when watching a nice movie at home with friends and family, you're not likely to want a crappy copy everyone in the room has to watch huddled around a laptop, eh?
I mean, there have always been half the people below average intelligence, but I think we've gone lower now.
It isn't elitist either. If anyone here has had to work public facing jobs (sales, food service, etc), you not only come away saddened that so many people don't know how to treat others, but that so many are just downright fucked in the head.
But seeing the world today....in western countries, where they are wanting to pick socialism or communism over democracy?!?!
They can't even see how this is unravelling in Venezuela currently, or read some history books about how many thousands/millions have died due to these ideologies? Do they take their freedoms for granted?
No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, and I believe in freedom of speech to spout off whatever you want....but to see polls that actually have anything more than a niche, slim minority believing and wanting to bring these types of things to replace our government, amazes me.
I just hope it holds together before I kick the bucket and I don't have to see it blow up, and eat itself.
I don't know, but I have to just believe a lot of it is that people are growing more stupid by the year.
"Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldn' t want to fuck in the first place"
Man..I miss George Carlin...we need him around more than ever today.
While it is stupid to leave personal info, especially THIS much on a laptop or other piece of electronic gear to be sold used.....what crime exactly was committed?
I mean, if there is no crime to be investigated and charged with, then there is no reason to call the FBI or other law enforcement agencies.
And no one should have the suspicious eye of law enforcement cast at them these days if there isn't reasons to believe a crime is being committed, and I don't know that selling non-wiped electric gear counts, you know?
Hmm....back when I worked W2 jobs...our company MATCHED our 401K contributions. I had some jobs with Xmas bonus and some not, but the 401K thing was at most W2 jobs I had in the not too distant past.
Sounds like your union needs to do more for you....get you up to at least non-union benefits.