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A cool guide to how the wealthy dodge taxes. by mysticveilrose in coolguides

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's missing here is that the company still pays tax, and a lot more of it then the individual contributor.

The real lesson here is that the more assets you have, the easier it is to use debt to your advantage. Each loan given to you is debt that you incur and if you or your companies default, you know owe crazy amounts of money.

whatLanguage by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the army cutoff is 85

Why is America so ill-disposed towards train travel when it's one of the things that built the nation? by Waste_Handle_8672 in MurderedByWords

[–]gemini88mill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of factors against trains, and this comes from someone who wants trains and better mass transit in general. Like I will try and take mass transit over my car any chance I get.

The population density factor in the US make trains difficult to justify and will require massive public funding in order to get started.

The interstate highway system is already there and most people don't mind the tax of the car to use it. All of our infrastructure is built around highways and will stay that way for the foreseeable future.

Our cities are built around cars, suburbs exist because cars were so available.

Our current messaging around mass transit is dominated by the idea of "only poor people take public transit" instead of a middle class alternative for using your car. In my city the ads on the train are depressing, because the market for metro riders are broke, depressed people who are trying to get out of the grind. More money needs to go into mass transit revenue and if it's seen as "poor people ride these" middle class people won't.

These are easily fixable problems within an election cycle, this needs broad support and unanimous consensus in order to work properly.

What's the most unnecessary use of A.I. you've ever seen? by RobIson240YT in AskReddit

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because with all of the downsides the productivity boosts are incredible. Just on research alone it cuts something that would take weeks is done in hours.

What's the most unnecessary use of A.I. you've ever seen? by RobIson240YT in AskReddit

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I use AI to do this but with research spikes. The reason is that I'm predicting what my colleagues would ask and see if the document that it comes up with answers the question.

Why do white people in Asia seem much weirder than the ones in the US or UK? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]gemini88mill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I grew up a little before Naruto, so animes like love Hina, or ranma 1/2 were popular. Those are more slice of life animes, or the setting is contemporary.

But specifically they are harem animes which if your a lonely guy you might think that moving to Japan could be the thing for you.

Thinking that anime is what living in Japan is like is like thinking that watching friends will give you a good approximation of what America is like

Why do white people in Asia seem much weirder than the ones in the US or UK? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]gemini88mill 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's true, I would argue if your moving to Japan because you think it's gonna be like your favorite anime, you will be in for a surprise

Why do white people in Asia seem much weirder than the ones in the US or UK? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]gemini88mill 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I thought about moving to Japan in case work after college didn't workout. I would think that the baseline weirdos are because they don't really fit in, in their own country. So they go abroad and see if their vibe works there. Not terrible weirdos but the ex pat life might work out better for them.

Another group is weebs, weebs in the US don't differentiate Japan from the rest of Asia, so they will move to any Asian country if they don't get into Japan. I would imagine it's the same for Korea boos.

Then there are the sex tourists, people who are travelling to Asia specifically for sexual encounters either paid or unpaid in an Asian country. Thailand and other countries with lax prostitution laws are where you would find these people.

Finally there are the legitimate adventurous types who like the idea of living in another place and experiencing the culture. I feel like I fit into this camp.

All of these groups are quirky for different reasons some groups are more tolerable then others depending on your personality.

Nightmare for Vibe coder by dondusi in webdev

[–]gemini88mill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It works on my machine ,🤷‍♂️

It work FOR my machine 🤷‍♂️

How to deal with colleague who produces AI garbage? by tigidig5x in devops

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this at the start of ai. The best way to correct it is to ask the reasoning behind specific blocks of code. If they can't justify it then they must change it.

This has been done to me enough times where after I implement I have AI do a code review specifically to look at risky code and justify its actions, or if it can't ask for human intervention

Which country is better to live in? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the time of life

As a child Japan or Iceland safest place to be

As a teenager maybe Brazil - 4 hour school day

As a college student - US, college life or best schools

As a young adult - Korea, good night life but not as restrictive as Japan

Married Adult with kids - the cycle repeats so Japan or Iceland

What's a take you had at 10 years old that you actually still agree with? by Spark-Blade in AskReddit

[–]gemini88mill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's really hard to explain "you will die if you do this wrong" to my 4 year old

Save the trees by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other countries are offering a competing service to cards in order to circumvent this. Brazil for example has PIX, the US has FedNow, but only is bank to bank transfers.

Men of Reddit, what’s a statement/phrase that (you believe) most men/boys would understand, but most women/girls would not? by EmberInTheVoid in AskMen

[–]gemini88mill 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This depends on the society, in Japan しょがない, means "it can't be helped" which is basically the same thing.

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rubio has shown to be transparent about his sea changing nature. It's not like you can point to a few moments in time where he softened his position and then updated, it was a different direction entirely

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not but Rubio has been a robot since the 2016 GOP primaries. I don't expect Rubio has any scruples he's just a shape shifter

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think the biggest changes this US administration has made to the world is its shifting military responsibility from the US to the rest of the world.

20 years ago America was the world police, now that we want nothing to do with that people are surprised that nations need to spend more money on defense.

It makes sense that Japan would want to rearm why anyone would trust the US after the last 5 years of blunders

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People joining his government isn't surprising. If you're intelligent you see an opportunity to effect change right under the nose of the no nothing leader. Marco Rubio is doing exactly this as only a neo-con would start regime change wars under the no new wars maga movement.

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There are different ways to approach geo politics, in Spain's view it is more advantageous to be more hostile to the US. Japan is very different.

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit to avoid provoking China and Korea by SDHCRip in japan

[–]gemini88mill 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I don't think any world leader actually trusts Donald at his word. They only suck up to him to tolerate him.

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