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Yeah I love how he starts the essay with "assume you start a successful startup in your 20s, so successful you never have to work another day in your life." It's just appealing to 20-somethings with a bad faith argument about a tax that would likely be linearly correlated with age.

Dividends? Rental income? People own these things for a reason and it's not necessarily just raw capital appreciation.

I don't think he forgot; he's being intentionally misleading.

What about dividends? Starting another company? Working as a CEO or board member?

The article has a terrible foundation because he's intentionally misleading the reader.

HN should not allow linking to Quilette.

How much tax money goes to the USPS?

Have you ever tried to mail a letter with UPS or FedEx?

These are not comparable entities.

The Republicans can fix this anytime they want. They control the Senate.

So when Facebook has a monopoly on social media and allows misinformation to spread about _those exact three topics_, what would you suggest we do about it?

But that's not what happened! When the print-only option was removed, people switched to the cheap online-only option. I recommend you re-read the description of the study.

Would you say that "Illegitimate Tyrant Lincoln Executed by Sympathizer of Revolutionary Government" is a fair description?

Surely you understand the political connotations of the words deposed, king, executed, revolutionary, and government. Pretty much the only thing "objective" in your description is the guy's name.

For example, creating a scrapbook of somebody's life from scanned photographs that lack any metadata.

How are they shaping public opinion to benefit Democrats?

Are fetuses human? That's a political issue. Who is allowed to be American? That's a political issue.

Hell, half of conservative political rhetoric is distinguishing between real and fake Americans.

I sincerely don't know what you think politics would be except for morals put into law.

Why, exactly? What do you think the consequence for sharing those opinions would be?

Do you think that both "halves" of the country are responding to the pandemic with equal stupidity?

It's literally not; how do you know I don't support the status quo? I'm just pointing out that being "apolitical" is a political stance, whether or not you agree with that stance.

I don't really understand your comment; do you agree or disagree with the quote?

Everything is political; being apolitical just means you support the status quo.

Why publish something you wouldn't want your patients to read?

Crimes committed by civilians are not the same as crimes committed by agents of the state.

Also plenty of crime databases already exist so I can only assume you aren't actually asking a question but instead making a snide comment.

Cotton and wool are totally in style, not sure why they wouldn't be? I'm slowly eliminating polyesters from my wardrobe. If you like the feel, you can do rayon or other processed natural fibers.

I assume mainly because it's written in Rust and not Go?

Plenty of small things get mailed in small packages or envelopes; ever ordered a cable off eBay? Amazon prioritizes shipping speed and low labor cost more than packaging waste.

Sure, but the president is a Republican who is relishing the opportunity to violently put down protests.

That's because their support was always fake. It's about non-existent "censorship" of conservatives, nothing more.

I think he meant "invest" in the last sentence.

You asked for a timestamp; I posted the specific segment. "Various options" includes injecting disinfectants.

Why do you think this link got posted?

This thread might make me quit visiting this site.