For instance, it is often touted that infant mortality rates are lower in certain countries. While that Statistic is accurate as a statement, the two countries are measuring it differently. In the US, Premature births of all types and kinds are included, where they are not in other countries. And if you include premature birth rates, the Actual statistics flip.
You don't divide on your income tax form. It's reasonable to do so for your own financial planning.
Only if you do so very carefully. You need to make sure that you are using the correct rate, because your income might reach a higher tax bracket without the deduction, or you might be trying to deduct something that doesn't actually affect your taxes, because it was covered by the standard deduction. Even if you don't opt to use the standard deduction, you should only account for the difference between your deductions and the standard deduction.
TL;DR. Simplistic analysis of the effects of deductions can lead to erroneous results and bad financial planning
By and large I've found Uber rides cheaper than cabs. It doesn't make sense that cheaper ride sources would ultimately end up in more income to the driver.
One word: medallion. These are typically absurdly expensive. Drivers either have to take out a huge loan to buy one or they rent from someone else. This is a huge cost that the Uber drivers don't have.
A good accountant will help you find ways to legally minimize your taxes. What you are suggesting is tax fraud and any good accountant will not help you to do that.
with all the miles they drive and the time on the app their car and smartphone plan might as well be free. if i was an uber driver i'd get the top AT&T or Verizon plan to share with my family
A good accountant will tell you that you can't do that. You could only write off a portion of the cellphone plan.
The phone OS is delivered by a huge ad company, it has GPS, a microphone, Wifi, a compass and Bluetooth.
What is surprising, exactly?
In the latest version of Android, you have fine-grained control of access by apps. The first time such an app starts, the system will ask you if you want to allow the app to access the microphone and can deny it.
What happens when 5 people stop off the sidewalk together and the only way to avoid that group of 5 is to run down another person who is on the sidewalk?
The issue with this problem is that the manufacturer is going to have to consider and program the car for this type of problem. In other words, a decision will have to be mostly made in advance.
A lot of people are looking at scenarios in which ordinary people won't own a car. Instead, they expect that people will subscribe to a car service. In that case, the car service will mostly self-insure.
Why do you think that CA and Silicon Valley in particular, despite the high cost of living, continue to produce startups? It's because non-competes are not enforcible.
Even allowing a paid 1-year non-compete makes it much more difficult to build a startup.
Non-competes are great for legacy, established companies. They don't benefit society as a whole, instead they reduce innovation and provide a drag on economic growth. That's why non-competes should be banned.
With everything going on in the tech world should we be worried about a lawsuit about Trumps hair?
Yes, you should be worried about the ability of a thin-skinned person with lots of money to shut down a media outlet. Today Gawker, tomorrow the Washington Post, then the NY Times.
Do you think that a democracy can function if the only news that is published is news that offends no one?
A rig hauling 80,000 lbs is going to have a constant power requirement of about 150HP to maintain 65MPH on flat, level ground. No help from aerodynamics or bearing drag. That's over 110kW, or about 3 hours on battery, or 190 miles. That means the remaining 1000 miles of range are going to come from fossil fuels. Hardly impressive.
Apart from the benefits of regenerative braking, a serial hybrid has the advantage of running its engine over a much narrower set of load/speed conditions.
Much of the inefficiency of a gasoline engine is due to the compromises that are required to make it operate from 1000 to 6000 rpm and over a wide range of loads. That's why modern engines now have variable valve timing and other complexities: to enhance the efficiency over the whole range of conditions.
With a series hybrid, it should be possible to find the single most efficient load/speed point for an engine and only operate it at that point. Either the engine is on, operating at its most efficient load/speed point, charging the battery or it is off.
Obviously, the charge/discharge process is not 100% efficient, so gains in engine efficiency need to be offset against losses in the generator/battery/motor functions.
There are taxis, clearly marked so, which all need a license (which US generally calls "medallion" - and indeed they're in short supply) to operate. Drivers need to have undergone certain training. Licenses are linked to vehicles, and drivers generally rent the vehicles on a per shift basis. That's pretty much the same all over the world.
In London, I think the way it works is that the drivers are licensed and the requirements to get a license act as a limit on supply.
It takes approximately 2 years to get "the knowledge" which is required to get a license. The cars themselves are not licensed, but standard vehicles are required (hence the black cabs that you see around London).
In this way, the supply is limited without someone owning a very expensive asset (the medallion) required to operate a cab.
Except there is no constitutional right to fly... like it or not, there is however one regarding firearms.
But there is a right to travel. If you want to claim that the right to travel is limited to walking, then using the same logic, the right to own firearms could be limited to.22 pistols.
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I don't believe even that is true. Its main purpose is to provide jobs and profits.
Got a citation for that? Because I have one that shows you are spouting more libertarian BS:
It already is.
Only if you do so very carefully. You need to make sure that you are using the correct rate, because your income might reach a higher tax bracket without the deduction, or you might be trying to deduct something that doesn't actually affect your taxes, because it was covered by the standard deduction. Even if you don't opt to use the standard deduction, you should only account for the difference between your deductions and the standard deduction.
TL;DR. Simplistic analysis of the effects of deductions can lead to erroneous results and bad financial planning
Once you send a check, doesn't the other party have all the information required to set up ACH withdrawals? The whole system is based on trust.
This is another reason to use a credit card. Dispute the charge and make the other party justify it.
One word: medallion. These are typically absurdly expensive. Drivers either have to take out a huge loan to buy one or they rent from someone else. This is a huge cost that the Uber drivers don't have.
Is that meant to be a joke? If not, it should be. That's not how it works.
You have things backwards. The company is worth $62B because it has externalized its costs.
A good accountant will help you find ways to legally minimize your taxes. What you are suggesting is tax fraud and any good accountant will not help you to do that.
A good accountant will tell you that you can't do that. You could only write off a portion of the cellphone plan.
So the data had value. How about deducting the lost value from his bonus?
In the latest version of Android, you have fine-grained control of access by apps. The first time such an app starts, the system will ask you if you want to allow the app to access the microphone and can deny it.
One of my banks will occasionally send me a text message asking if a charge is legit. I can approve or deny it by texting back "yes" or "no".
I have a Quad 33/303 setup.
I have an AR turntable, but it was built for the wrong voltage/frequency (it uses a synchronous motor) for where I live now.
So your answer to the trolley problem is that it can never happen?
What happens when 5 people stop off the sidewalk together and the only way to avoid that group of 5 is to run down another person who is on the sidewalk?
The issue with this problem is that the manufacturer is going to have to consider and program the car for this type of problem. In other words, a decision will have to be mostly made in advance.
A lot of people are looking at scenarios in which ordinary people won't own a car. Instead, they expect that people will subscribe to a car service. In that case, the car service will mostly self-insure.
He thinks enough people are stupid, and, unfortunately, he isn't wrong about that.
Money that was made using infrastructure paid for by taxpayers. Money that was often made by pushing costs onto taxpayers.
^^^^ Reading comprehension failure above ^^^^^
No, you have the concept backwards.
Why do you think that CA and Silicon Valley in particular, despite the high cost of living, continue to produce startups? It's because non-competes are not enforcible.
Even allowing a paid 1-year non-compete makes it much more difficult to build a startup.
Non-competes are great for legacy, established companies. They don't benefit society as a whole, instead they reduce innovation and provide a drag on economic growth. That's why non-competes should be banned.
Yes, you should be worried about the ability of a thin-skinned person with lots of money to shut down a media outlet. Today Gawker, tomorrow the Washington Post, then the NY Times.
Do you think that a democracy can function if the only news that is published is news that offends no one?
Apart from the benefits of regenerative braking, a serial hybrid has the advantage of running its engine over a much narrower set of load/speed conditions.
Much of the inefficiency of a gasoline engine is due to the compromises that are required to make it operate from 1000 to 6000 rpm and over a wide range of loads. That's why modern engines now have variable valve timing and other complexities: to enhance the efficiency over the whole range of conditions.
With a series hybrid, it should be possible to find the single most efficient load/speed point for an engine and only operate it at that point. Either the engine is on, operating at its most efficient load/speed point, charging the battery or it is off.
Obviously, the charge/discharge process is not 100% efficient, so gains in engine efficiency need to be offset against losses in the generator/battery/motor functions.
In London, I think the way it works is that the drivers are licensed and the requirements to get a license act as a limit on supply.
It takes approximately 2 years to get "the knowledge" which is required to get a license. The cars themselves are not licensed, but standard vehicles are required (hence the black cabs that you see around London).
In this way, the supply is limited without someone owning a very expensive asset (the medallion) required to operate a cab.
But there is a right to travel. If you want to claim that the right to travel is limited to walking, then using the same logic, the right to own firearms could be limited to .22 pistols.