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orangepurple··on Ask HN: Best country to run a boostrapped startup from? (After Section 174)
Terrible. You're stepping into the territory of highly paid tax consultants due to a mountain of regulations which are unevenly enforced. You will be slammed by GILTI and FATCA and more.

US citizens involved with foreign businesses must file various reporting forms, including Form 5471 and Form 926 (foreign corporations), Form 8865 (foreign partnerships), Form 8858 (foreign limited liability companies), Form 3520 and Form 3520-A (foreign trusts), and FBAR. Form 8832 enables a foreign limited liability company to elect to be classified as a corporation, partnership, or disregarded entity for US tax purposes. Failure to timely file a required reporting form can subject a US citizen to significant civil and criminal penalties.

orangepurple··on FSRS: A modern, efficient spaced repetition algorithm
These algorithms are still suboptimal because they do not account for the spacing effect at all. But doing something is still better than nothing when it comes to learning.
orangepurple··on Citigroup Plans to Cut 20k Jobs
FYI: Fidelity also offers 2% cash back with reasonable terms
orangepurple··on Generation Junk
At this point I don't trust it if it doesn't at least explictly claim to be made with borosilicates. There are such suspicious items for sale on Amazon and I trust them more than "pyrex."
orangepurple··on First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation
Is it possible for solar panels to be semi-transparent so crops can still thrive underneath?
orangepurple··on Germany hits 80 GW milestone
Molten iron batteries will come sooner than hydrogen anything
orangepurple··on Germany hits 80 GW milestone
From where are they obtaining gas for these plants?
orangepurple··on Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker
Same reason Voice of America exists. To spread American influence and culture.
orangepurple··on Polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance
Where is the colonization?
orangepurple··on NewPipe 0.26
Start the app and play something through one bluetooth device. Pause, then connect to another bluetooth device. App won't play videos and bugs out.
orangepurple··on Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat hit with tough new EU safety regulations
Before or after 44.9 million average monthly users?
orangepurple··on Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat hit with tough new EU safety regulations
What happens at 44.9 million average monthly users? Why this distinction?
orangepurple··on It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber
Quick way to get started: find numbers and letters in anything they are interested in. Kids love helping their parents and cooking with them using recipes and measuring stuff uses letters and numbers.
orangepurple··on It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber
Based on my own tiny "clinical trials" how much and how quickly children learn is proportional to the time spent working through problems together with their parents.
orangepurple··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
> A bunch of extroverts who just can't wait to tell you what they did over the weekend and a bunch of C-level dudes who can't believe work can be done if they PERSONALLY can't see you at your desk working.

The sight of people in an open office plan is merely an expensive therapy session for these guys

orangepurple··on Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared
Will the cost be more than $32 USD (28 CHF) per kilogram or $14.53 per pound of chicken? That's what people pay for chicken at the Migros supermarkets in the tiny landlocked country of Liechtenstein which is part of the Swiss customs union.

I think the closest thing to that chicken is organic free range, which cost $5.79 a pound a few years ago in the US at Trader Joes.

So the 3x multiple is in line with what you're suggesting if we assume Swiss customs union area chicken cost reflects reality.

orangepurple··on Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared
That's not true. There are lot of forests and mountains. To get to nothing you have to go all the way to Ukraine. It is relatively featureless south and east of Kyiv.
orangepurple··on Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared
It just needs to last long enough to sell it forward to more dumb money (e.g., Saudis).
orangepurple··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
Germans have a ultra-wealthy upper class which own everything and skew net wealth figures massively. The bottom 50% of German residents by net wealth have nearly nothing compared to those in a similar situation in neighboring EU countries.

PDF Page 6

Table A3 Net wealth medians - breakdowns

EUR thousands

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/research/hfcn/HFCS_Statis...

orangepurple··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
Have you handled the boxes recently? They are more than 50% air by volume.
orangepurple··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
I thought Switzerland has some of the highest ISP transit charges on the continent?
orangepurple··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
If you replace the hardware every 5 years just count on $120 (service) + $10 (hw) a month.
orangepurple··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
Starlink
orangepurple··on Doug Engelbart’s 1968 demo
Doesn't work. Try https://archive.is/dLvnF
orangepurple··on Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields better results
Alleged "medium roast" can have this problem as well though. A few drops of water into 16 grams of beans kills the static and very little sticks to the grinder.
orangepurple··on Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?
Not for sale in the USA. I looked at their small whitelist of countries they ship to in the final step of checkout.
orangepurple··on Apple and Google confirm governments spy on users through push notifications
That works as long as you always check after each update.
orangepurple··on Apple and Google confirm governments spy on users through push notifications
You can reproduce the builds yourself but you have no control over what happens to the app APK once it is uploaded to Google then distributed via the Play Store. I suppose you could checksum the APK before and after and make sure your app is exactly the same before and after sending it to Google to distribute via the Play Store. Google doesn't have much motivation TODAY to mess with APKs directly since they have Google Play Services which is essentially a rootkit running on your phone all the time and it is easily accessible by the NSA through Google's infrastructure, probably by a secret FISA warrant with a gag order. Maybe they don't need a warrant. Think we would ever find out?
orangepurple··on 23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration
You can always buy a physical sticker at the gas stations near the border
orangepurple··on Apple and Google confirm governments spy on users through push notifications
Play Store version could be anything
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