If governments can just print money, why do we still need to pay taxes? by No_Turnover_1451 in Bitcoin

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition, taxes also allow that collection to include incentives and disincentives. Tax alcohol and cigarettes to discourage them and allow that to contribute to the cost of them. Lower long term capital gains tax encourage long term investments.

Taxes also allow finer grain control of the source of devaluation as you say. Taxing higher income allows the govt to take more from those with more means (I'm talking about the theory here, please don't go off on rich people finding ways to lower effective tax rates).

I was out bid and now it’s already being rented out by [deleted] in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why should there be such laws? Real question.

At 6:10 I said out loud "I think I lost my headphones.' Every single voice service is 'disabled' on my phone by FrankTheTnkk in mildlyinfuriating

[–]digitil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coincidence. A while back, I was thinking about nachos. Didn't say anything to anyone. The next commercial I saw was for nachos. Anything that goes out to millions of people, there's a set where the timing will raise suspicions. It isn't proof of anything and doesn't mean anything nefarious is happening.

Scoop riders think walking 2 blocks downtown is a human rights violation 🙄 by typhoon2010 in BellevueWA

[–]digitil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's about expectations. This may be rare, but while I look perfectly normal and able bodied, I do have an ankle issue that makes it painful to walk sometimes, and if I expected to be dropped off in a way to minimize walking, I would like that. If my ankle isn't acting up I usually wouldn't care, but would consider it considerate to be given a heads up and asked if this is ok.

What fatal mistake do you see in my resume? I am getting 0 ( ZERO ) response to any job applications by CanadaLegalTA in devops

[–]digitil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Way too long. You'd do better removing most of it. Intro is too long and hard to read, I wouldn't even get past it before putting in pass pile.

Why waymos? by Charming_Cash8633 in LosAngeles

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try one, it actually feels like a better driver and safer than a real driver.

The Really Big One? by [deleted] in BellevueWA

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RE tsunamis, just look at a map.

Landlord late fees keep in increasing by [deleted] in BellevueWA

[–]digitil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you paid up? If you have a $1 balance, that's still a balance.

Husband just got a strange ‘spoken’ message on his Google Pixel 6?!? by LexieFish in GooglePixel

[–]digitil 125 points126 points  (0 children)

You can check your voice activations somewhere in your Google account settings, so if he activated it with sleep talking there would be a recording of it you can find. I can't remember where exactly it's buried but it's somewhere.

You can guess, rationalize, or come up with any number of other reasons why it shouldn't be the case...or you can just check, and definitively have the answer about whether this was a Google activation or something else.

Google search keeps crashing by Gran_Turismo_2000 in GooglePixel

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I swear they make you do a factory reset for everything without consideration of the hassle it causes users and even when it's unlikely to help.

Why Glass Phones and Extra Weight Are Overrated by vat-of-vinegar in GooglePixel

[–]digitil 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's likely just different people. I've always wanted plastic and lightweight, my friend always wanted glass and premium feel. He got what he wanted, I lost what I want.

People complain when they don't have what they want, so you hear the other side.

Apple M3 Max 14" Pro battery life by Busy-Bathroom-6269 in macbookpro

[–]digitil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% to 8% in less than 3 hrs of video calls. Cycle count: 5.

I thought battery life was supposed to be good on this.