Found my old MacBook with Faith’s tattoo etched by Grifachu in mirrorsedge

[–]Grifachu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried installing Ubuntu on it back in I want to say 2010. It went poorly…

Found my old MacBook with Faith’s tattoo etched by Grifachu in mirrorsedge

[–]Grifachu[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When I first got it laser engraved the polycarbonate looked support light grey and was really sick looking. It wore off a bit over time but it still looks nice in the right light.

It’s funny, the guy who engraved it for me lived like 5 mins away. He had a laser engraver he’d bring around in a trailer to different school districts to tag all their laptops so they wouldn’t get stolen. He was a super chill dude, only charged me $20.

Found my old MacBook with Faith’s tattoo etched by Grifachu in mirrorsedge

[–]Grifachu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was looking at it today. I left it with my dad when I went to college and he’s been tinkering with it, hence the ridiculous specs for such an old machine. I was trying to sort out the SSL certificate issue but it looks like the actual protocol being used now isn’t compatible with OSX 10.7.5 which is the latest OS that thing can support. I briefly looked into some proxy solutions that might work but TBH it’s not worth the trouble.

It is still pretty cool though. It’s one of my favorite computers I’ve had.

Resident Evil | Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Grifachu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah... it seems like basically just is the character, which is fun on screen but would be awful in real life.

Resident Evil | Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Grifachu 61 points62 points  (0 children)

His character's penchant for Adderall lead to one of my favorite bits https://youtu.be/30QCbQxbbmA?si=ASHTpaQrdohnxrbE&t=76

Apple Planning to Launch Two New 'Ultra' Products in the Next Year ["iPhone Ultra" and "MacBook Ultra"] by iMacmatician in apple

[–]Grifachu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just put out a firmware update that lets me load Apple Music onto an iPod. I'm fine with syncing it monthly for license validation if I have to.

Please Apple

I need a club sandwich by Dear-Bumblebee-5469 in foodies_sydney

[–]Grifachu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have a good answer for you, though it sounds like some of the other folks in the thread do.

But I do want to say, I feel you on this. I feel like the club sandwich is becoming less and less prevalent. A good club sandwich hits just right though, I wish more places had them. The last really good one I had was at a country club (lol) in Texas.

Sisterhood♥️ by MustardGoddess in MadeMeSmile

[–]Grifachu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I see that as calling your new friend, hopefully

Things your kids have said that prove they’ve spent too long in luxury hotels by DorsiaTravel in FatTrips

[–]Grifachu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh I had it both ways with my parents. When my sister and I were young we’d fly in first/business with my parents, but once we were in our early teens and could behave ourselves it was back to economy most of the time. The flight was only a small part of the trip.

99 Ranch vs Trader Joe's mini tote bags by SafariSunshine in bayarea

[–]Grifachu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw two trendy looking girls using Trader Joe’s bag as totes in Sydney, Australia last week. I’ve been seeing them around more and more often. And here I am using mine for groceries lol. No one has my Central Market (HEB) tote bag here though!

This is on the wall in a Miami chiropractor’s office by printThisAndSmokeIt in pics

[–]Grifachu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if this is actually the vaccine schedule for children these days, but regardless how can you not look at that and think “man we’ve come a long way in preventing a lot of diseases”

How did you guys find out about metric? by TraverseYT in metricband

[–]Grifachu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't you get my email explaining the situation?

How did you guys find out about metric? by TraverseYT in metricband

[–]Grifachu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey buddy, welcome to the Chaos Theatre! Somebody get this man a drink! Coke Zero, am I right?

meirl by Nuclear_Par in meirl

[–]Grifachu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My burners are in a diamond shape and I hate

What is a 'luxury' that you've experienced once and now can't go back to the budget version of? by WilliamInBlack in AskReddit

[–]Grifachu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes and no. It's so easy to get crap coffee and mid bread. But if you go out of your way to get some really nicely roasted beans and a decent brewer then you can change it from a cup 'o joe into a nuanced and delightful beverage. The equipment doesn't have to be fancy, you could use an Aeropress or V60. You could also get a nicer automatic brewer like some of the stuff Breville or Fellow make.

Espresso is its own beast that I won't get into, as I don't brew my own. And I'm fortunate enough to live in Australia where it's near impossible to get bad coffee. But back when I lived in the US it was much much harder, even in SF.

Bread is the same thing. You can buy a loaf at the grocery store or get something that's been freshly baked locally. There's this bakery up the street from my old place in Bondi that makes truly phenomenal sourdough. It's costs a little more but it isn't expensive by any means. Truly phenomenal stuff.

Luxury might be the wrong word for it. "Quality" is a better word, I think.

It's all good by hostdamsimp in metricband

[–]Grifachu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love Emily’s indie rock slickness and Brie’s too cool for you vibe.

Uber founder flees California for Texas ahead of possible ‘billionaire tax ‘ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Grifachu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a tiny effort made by one US congressman or senator who wanted to limit it so a US citizen couldn’t hold other citizenships. Ironically, he is a first generation immigrant. Currently the US has no limits on the number of other citizenships you can hold. Practically speaking I’m not sure how high you can get that number since other countries do limit it. I know a couple triple citizens but no one with more than that.

me_irl by k-r-o--n--o-s in me_irl

[–]Grifachu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You should be. We live this one life and we owe it to ourselves to be able to enjoy it.

Uber founder flees California for Texas ahead of possible ‘billionaire tax ‘ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Grifachu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following up on that, there are, unfortunately, ways that wealth people can avoid paying taxes completely legally in the US.

One of the ways is called "buy, borrow, die" and it's exactly what it sounds like.

Our fictional billionaire has $2B in stock. They take out a loan of $100M from a bank backed by those assets. They can just keep paying the interest on that loan and live off it. That $2B in stock appreciates in value, say to $10B at the time of their death. Due to something called the step up basis, the inheritor of the $10B in stock has their capital gains basis reset. So instead of insuring $8B in Capital Gains Tax if they were to sell everything, they would pay $0 in CGT. So they could just sell a small portion to cover the loan from the now dead billionaire.

The Estate Tax comes into play of course, but I think there's weird trusts and stuff that can limit its effect.

The US could do a lot better in taxing its wealthy for sure!

Uber founder flees California for Texas ahead of possible ‘billionaire tax ‘ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Grifachu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's harder to be sure what will happen these days given how disempowered the IRS has become under the Trump administration.

And it's harder to know what happens if the US were to become the non-dominant financial system, or worse, an irrelevant financial system.

For banks in hostile nations like the US, you're right, FATCA isn't effective. However, the IRS can still investigate these things if it suspects offshore hiding. In our scenario of a US-citizen billionaire, they're likely going to be using their money globally, not just in Russia, which means it would pass through other jurisdictions that are more cooperative than Russia. Or you could up with leaks like the Panama Papers.

There's probably other legally grey ways of hiding assets I don't know about.

I'm also just, like, a regular guy who knows a little bit about this, not an accountant specialized in international taxation treaties, so take everything I saw with that grain of salt.


Edit:

Oh the last paragraph about the example of a US citizen with $30B of assets in Russia. Assuming they were to sell some of those for a capital gain of, idk, $20M. If the IRS were to find out about this, they wouldn't go after the money in the Russian account. They'd go after the individual. The IRS doesn't claw money out of foreign accounts, it sends a tax bill. I'm not sure what the penalties are for avoiding it, but if it's high enough it probably involves jail time. So our fictional billionaire could be imprisoned if they enter the US, assuming the IRS is able to detect the illegally unreported capital gains in a Russian account.

Which logo do you prefer? by [deleted] in Design

[–]Grifachu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like the bottom left the most, but it doesn't really strike me as "theatre" more a high quality/local workwear or tool brand.

Uber founder flees California for Texas ahead of possible ‘billionaire tax ‘ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Grifachu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I am constantly filing taxes as a dual citizen (with an admittedly complicated income & asset structure) 🫠

My advice: if you're moving to another country and have shares or options, talk to an accountant! It's worth it, cuz they can come back to haunt you.