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SQL2219on IRS would track all bank transactions over $600 in Biden plan; Businesses revolt

This proposal would create a comprehensive financial account information reporting regime. Financial institutions would report data on financial accounts in an information return. The annual return will report gross inflows and outflows with a breakdown for physical cash, transactions with a foreign account, and transfers to and from another account with the same owner. This requirement would apply to all business and personal accounts from financial institutions, including bank, loan, and investment accounts,2 with the exception of accounts below a low de minimis gross flow threshold of $600 or fair market value of $600.

pg 94

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/131/General-Explanati...

SQL2219on Covid-19 – The Spartacus Letter.pdf

this document being scrubbed, try this link:

https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmVc3SibRH3VbMJv3x7BKCPfq4...

SQL2219on DuckDuckGo said no. But when I reapplied as a black lesbian, they wanted me

Employers Are Rejecting Millions of Qualified Workers, New Harvard Research Finds

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/hiring-resume-screening...

SQL2219on Ask HN: Which Covid vax did you select and why?

not a lot of data out there on comparison of brands, I did run across this one:

https://imgur.com/yMA3Wsg

would you recommend throwing darts?

SQL2219on Scarcity of Skilled Workers Poses Challenge

seems we've found the issue

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28479621

SQL2219on Employers Rejecting Millions of Qualified Workers, New Harvard Research Finds

most people around here know how the software sausage is made. I can easily imagine the cluster fuck these systems are. you have every HR hack in the country ratcheting up the configs on these systems because they think that is what they're supposed to be doing.

SQL2219on OSHA to require employers with 100 employees vaccinate or test workforce

joining the army is voluntary

SQL2219on PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption

another link: https://www.dell.com/community/Customer-Care/Shipping-restri...

"This product cannot be shipped to the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont or Washington due to power consumption regulations adopted by those states. Any orders placed that are bound for those states will be canceled."

SQL2219on Platelet-directed immune responses after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 administration

excellent break down here https://youtu.be/e3lx6Scwfhg

SQL2219on Dude built a 1/4 scale replica of a Bridgeport milling machine

he has 2,000 hours in the build - the amount of skill it takes to do this is off the charts. he has been a machinist for 50 years, and it shows.

SQL2219on People are bad at spotting simple solutions to problems

I have seen a lot of Rube Goldberg programming solutions in my career, not fun to troubleshoot and fix.

SQL2219on SARS-CoV-2 RNA reverse-transcribed and integrated into the human genome

here is full pre-print study https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.12.422516v1....

SQL2219on New SARS-CoV-2 Variants – Clinical, Public Health, and Vaccine Implications

here is summary https://imgur.com/H6FTRqZ

SQL2219on The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/big-breakthrough-for-massless-energ...

SQL2219on The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage

cliff notes: battery as a structural component of car, bike, aircraft instead of a separate component, like a car frame.

saves weight. not as energy dense as lithium ion, but they're working on it.

"The scientists say the next step is to improve the performance even more, replacing aluminum foil in the electrode with carbon fiber material and thinning out the separator. This could result in a battery that produces 75 Wh/kg of energy and 75 GPa of stiffness, setting more records for massless batteries and also greatly reducing their weight. "

SQL2219on The F-35 may be unsalvageable

Military expert Pierre Sprey, the founder and designer of the F-16 & A-10 Warthog airplanes, Explains why the f-35 will not cut it on the modern battlefield.

https://youtu.be/UQB4W8C0rZI

SQL2219on The F-35 may be unsalvageable

It is one thing to build a complex piece of technology, it is quite another to deploy it and expect it to work 24-7. $1.7 Billion was spent on this program.

SQL2219on Fed Is Down

February 24, 2021 2:17 PM Eastern Time The issue impacting Central Bank applications has been resolved and users may resume normal access.

February 24, 2021 2:14 PM Eastern Time Beginning around 11:15 a.m. ET, Federal Reserve Bank staff became aware of a disruption for all services. Our technical teams have determined that the cause is a Federal Reserve operational error. We will provide updates via service status as more information becomes available. We acknowledge that payment deadlines are impacted and will communicate remediation efforts to our customers when available. Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the issue.

February 24, 2021 1:18 PM Eastern Time The Federal Reserve Bank staff is currently investigating a disruption to multiple services. We will continue to provide updates as soon as they are available.

February 24, 2021 12:43 PM Eastern Time The Federal Reserve Bank staff is currently investigating a possible issue or disruption to multiple services. We will provide updates as soon as they are available.

SQL2219on FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol

I watched the summer riots on youtube live streams, I don't recall the FBI using this technique for the tens of thousands of man-hours spent looting, burning and rioting in Portland, LA, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, NYC or Atlanta.

SQL2219on What Biden’s Presidency Could Mean for Your Student Loans

If feds do this, the universities need to be held accountable as well, a 50/50 split of the relief amount would be a thought. Why should the whole burden be placed on the tax payers, when the universities have benefited immensely from this fiasco.

SQL2219on U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources

https://sputniknews.com/us/202012131081447209-us-treasury-ha...

SQL2219on Narcissists, Psychopaths, & Manipulators: “Virtuous Victim Signaling” Says Study

"Moral immunity shields the alleged victim from criticism about the means they might use to satisfy their demands. In other words, victim status can morally justify the use of deceit, intimidation, or even violence by alleged victims to achieve their goals. Relatedly, claiming victim status can lead observers to hold a person less blameworthy, excusing transgressions, such as the appropriation of private property or the infliction of pain upon others, that might otherwise bring condemnation or rebuke. Finally, claiming victim status elevates the claimant's psychological standing, defined as a subjective sense of legitimacy or entitlement to speak up."

SQL2219on Which firms profit most from America’s health-care system (2018)

from Wikipedia: The classic example of rent-seeking, according to Robert Shiller, is that of a feudal lord who installs a chain across a river that flows through his land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about the chain or the collector. The lord has made no improvements to the river and is not adding value in any way, directly or indirectly, except for himself. All he is doing is finding a way to make money from something that used to be free.

SQL2219on San Francisco real estate going to collapse: Angel investor Calacanis

To be clear - he specifically says collapse will come to commercial real estate, he also mentions 10-20% reduction in rentals/homes.

SQL2219on Show HN: MVP Website – Update/Maintain Only Using Stored Procedures

You can get an idea from my stored procedure inventory below. This was a perfect way to rollout this mvp without having to spend several hundred hours building the web-based infrastructure to do same thing.

EXEC dbo.InsertNews

'Remote Work Success Story Going to Collapse San Francisco Commercial Real Estate',

'https://youtu.be/nTg5cw1YeAs?t=290',

'Economic',

'video'

EXEC dbo.UpdateTitle 1,'HVAC Can Spread Coronavirus'

EXEC dbo.UpdateMediaID 694,'article'

EXEC dbo.UpdateCategory 489,'crime'

EXEC dbo.UpdateLink 529,'https://wset.com/news/coronavirus/hobby-lobby-closes-all-sto...

EXEC dbo.DeleteNews 647

EXEC dbo.Pin 695

EXEC dbo.UnPin 591