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BugsJustFindMe··on Have an LLC
Forming an LLC doesn't make separating finances any easier. It doesn't help you do it or help you force yourself to to do it. My objection is specifically to the claim that it helps you do anything. It doesn't.

Also, you should separate finances as a sole proprietor too.

BugsJustFindMe··on Have an LLC
> "An LLC does help with getting a proper EIN"

No it doesn't. Sole proprietors get EINs just fine. It's literally the first option on the first page of the application. https://sa.www4.irs.gov/applyein/legalStructure

> "and DUNS number"

No it doesn't. Sole proprietors can get DUNS numbers just fine. It's literally the first option when you tell them how your business is structured right after telling them your name and email address.

> "Yes it absolutely helps with accepting payments"

A billion people accepting payments in every possible form without being incorporated say that you're wrong. No method of payment processing, from credit cards to memecoins, cares whether you're incorporated.

> "having an EIN is necessary in many cases"

Again, getting an EIN and forming an LLC are completely unrelated.

BugsJustFindMe··on Have an LLC
> "An LLC will help you force a separation of personal and work finances"

No it won't.

> "it’ll help you accept payments"

No it won't.

> "or sign up for a bank account"

No it won't.

An LLC doesn't make those things any easier than they already are (very easy) as a sole proprietor.

An LLC only does the liability thing. And that's fine. Just don't make other things up. You don't need to.

BugsJustFindMe··on Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi
It's cute, but the custom weather overlays don't make sense. Where are the autumn leaves falling from on top of the 7th floor in Paris, the secret rooftop forest canopy?
BugsJustFindMe··on Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers
You use them with water, which then gets dumped. Dishes aren't relevant.
BugsJustFindMe··on Advice to a Beginning Graduate Student (2001)
My advice to a prospective graduate student is that if you can do literally anything else with your life, do that instead. The cost of going through graduate school is only worthwhile if you really need to be there to be happy in your life. Too many people wind up there for not great reasons, and it hurts them both emotionally and financially compared to having done something else.
BugsJustFindMe··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/investing/investment-strat...
BugsJustFindMe··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
I'm confused. You think it's better to tax the money you didn't get rather than the money you did get?
BugsJustFindMe··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
> "Security backed loans for what though? Personal spending? Building a factory to great jobs?"

Income for what though? Personal spending? Building a factory to great jobs?

Capital gains for what though? Personal spending? Building a factory to great jobs?

Property for what though? Personal spending? Building a factory to great jobs?

Inheritance for what though? Personal spending? Building a factory to great jobs?

What a strange question.

BugsJustFindMe··on Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
Ok, yes, but it was also simple for you to get yourself and you just complained instead. You didn't even provide the link with your complaint.
BugsJustFindMe··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
The obvious correct solution is to tax securities-backed loans the same as selling the securities.
BugsJustFindMe··on Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
> 99% of you can't read it

Can't is a strong word. https://archive.ph/IY18i

BugsJustFindMe··on Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
> "23-year-old Gary ... explained to a woman why he took an engineering job at Palantir... $250,000 salary would allow him to help pay off his parents’ mounting medical bills, he explained."

> "that line about the medical debt. His parents don’t have any, nor are they ill."

Area man who builds oppression machinery and who is a liar is sad that other people are turned off by both of those things.

Also, lying to someone to convince them to have sex with you means you don't care about consent. There isn't a bigger turn-off in the world than that.

BugsJustFindMe··on Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity
> but can go very wrong if not careful

This is vague and doesn't explain anything. Can you share any references that communicate what you're thinking about?

BugsJustFindMe··on Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
This feels like a non sequitur?
BugsJustFindMe··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
> And why is this so prevalent?

Because the law doesn't force them not to?

It's very wild to me that you're like "This organization is lying to me, so what we need less of is people telling them what to do."

BugsJustFindMe··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
I need you to help me connect the dots, because a bare URL is not the same thing as communication. What does the airline deregulation act have to do with hospitals giving you fake prices because nobody forces them not to?

What do you think would force hospitals to give you real prices if not the law?

BugsJustFindMe··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
> Ask an American hospital how much something costs - you will get a completely fake price back

You think the government tells hospitals to lie to you? The hospitals lie because the government doesn't force them not to. Laissez-faire capitalism causes that. Regulation is needed to fix it.

BugsJustFindMe··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
> Sucking private capital out of healthcare is going to make it vastly worse for everyone; higher prices and less innovation.

Injecting PE into healthcare is what made it vastly worse for everyone in the first place. You can't have it both ways.

BugsJustFindMe··on Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test
Compare against the comparison photos. They're there for a reason.
BugsJustFindMe··on Apple M6 Pro Achieves the Highest Single-Core CPU Score in Geekbench 7
> "I will never understand how an intelligent..."

IME intelligent people don't have difficulty understanding that different people want different things and that your computing preferences are not objectively more correct than someone else's.

BugsJustFindMe··on T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F
It doesn't need to. Any other unit would be either insanely cold or insanely hot.
BugsJustFindMe··on ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market
That definitely still seems like contributing.

Also, the ICD ontology specifically exists for billing purposes and isn't the same as patient diagnostic classification, though there is overlap and people do mistakenly use it as such sometimes. But there's a difference between "emergency visit for X" (treat X) and "emergency visit because of X" (treat Y proximal to X). (I also edited my original comment to include this last part, since it seems likely to create confusion)

BugsJustFindMe··on ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market
Contributing reason, sure, but main reason makes no sense.
BugsJustFindMe··on ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market
> "Emergency room visits for gambling disorders"

Huh?

> "More than 70 per cent of gambling disorder emergency department visits involved another mental health condition or heavy substance use and almost one-third of the visits led to hospital admission."

Ok, so I assume they mean that these emergency visits were for things like drug overdoses and psychotic episodes in people led to by their gambling disorders, not for the gambling disorders themselves. What a strange way of writing this up. A gambling disorder is a chronic problem, not an acute one.

There's a difference between "emergency visit for X" where you treat X and "emergency visit (for Y) because of X" where you treat Y proximal to X, and people could learn to be more discerning in their use and interpretation of language.

BugsJustFindMe··on Apple May Return to Server Market with Nvidia Technology
> "M8 processors"

> "potential release date in 2029, but it could be canceled before then."

It seems unreasonable to care about this so soon.

BugsJustFindMe··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
Is this you? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685271
BugsJustFindMe··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
Def Leppard, is that you?
BugsJustFindMe··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721878

> increasing the difficulty of producing a forgery

The problem with this thinking is twofold:

1) Whether it actually meaningfully increases the difficulty of a forgery remains to be seen. Despite their initial language about discerning real events, we see no details here about what scene information is used.

2) It increases the potential value of a forgery because now your forgery is attested by Apple.

So it either makes it easier to defraud people or more worthwhile to put in the effort to defraud people or both. None of those outcomes are great.

BugsJustFindMe··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
> This makes it like, a thousand times harder to fake a photo than it would otherwise be.

The problem with this thinking is twofold:

1) Whether it actually meaningfully increases the difficulty of a forgery remains to be seen. Despite their initial language about discerning real events, we see no details here about what scene information is used.

2) It increases the potential value of a forgery because now your forgery is attested by Apple.

So it either makes it easier to defraud people or more worthwhile to put in the effort to defraud people or both. None of those outcomes are great.

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