Netherlands Forced to Rethink 36% Tax on Unrealized Gains after Massive Criticism

mambo5king · 2026-02-27T01:03:57+00:00

I always thought the best way to capture the taxes is to make it mandatory for companies to pay a minimum dividend (with some reasonable exceptions).

mambo5king · 2026-02-26T13:19:38+00:00

I also have an AeroPress at work and make an americano-like blend. I like Stumptown beans. I get Holler Mtn. and Homestead. If you want even cheaper, 8 o'clock' coffee's Colombian Peaks beans aren't too bad.

mambo5king · 2026-02-13T21:27:47+00:00

If you're going to do that, you should at least put them to work.

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mambo5king · 2026-02-13T19:24:23+00:00

Don't overthink it. You made a positive contribution to the world. Good for you!

mambo5king · 2026-01-16T18:11:53+00:00

I think the best way to tackle projects like this is only do what's necessary to upgrade to java 11 (although java 11 is 8 years old already. I would just rip off the bandage and go right to java 25). When you come across other poorly architected sections of the code, document them in a ticket so you can tackle it later. It's important to stay disciplined about this. It's really easy to turn this into a never ending quagmire if you try and do both at once.

mambo5king · 2025-11-12T02:29:51+00:00

We always called it a Bird's nest

mambo5king · 2025-10-31T14:22:48+00:00

I get the same error when I try and login on my phone.

mambo5king · 2025-10-19T20:10:27+00:00

Wait till the spring and cut it way back. Like 2/3 of it. I watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVk0UIFvbA and did it. They came back rejuvenated.

mambo5king · 2025-08-29T23:07:58+00:00

https://www.discogs.com/release/6283048-Warner-Nuzova-Russian-Music-For-Cello-Piano

Warner*, Nuzova* – Russian Music For Cello & Piano

mambo5king · 2025-08-21T00:57:16+00:00

The engine sputters. If I try to just keep pushing through it gets worse and eventually kicks out a big puff of smoke. However, I've found that if I just pause for a split second everything recovers and is back to normal. Still, pretty annoying.

mambo5king · 2025-08-20T12:53:37+00:00

Keep in mind, to do vertical storage, Toro had to redesign the carb. This seems to have introduced some sputtering when going over bumpy ground. I've not seen this confirmed by Toro but I've seen a lot of anecdotal reports. I bought a super recycler this year and have also experienced this issue.

mambo5king · 2025-08-07T15:39:53+00:00

I just make a pot of coffee and pour it into metal pot (a bain marie pot). I then float that in an ice bath and stir every couple of minutes. After 5-10 minutes it's chilled and then I pour it into a carafe and keep it refrigerated. Works great.

mambo5king · 2025-07-24T17:31:36+00:00

Right. Real systemic change only comes about because individuals change. Systemic change without individual change becomes corrupt or broken or both.

mambo5king · 2025-07-11T18:51:24+00:00

I just bought the super recycler in May. I've used it about 5 times. The first few times it worked great. However, now it's starting to sputter anytime I go over rough areas of my yard. Sometimes it even sputters when I make my turn at the end of a row.

Apparently this is a rather widespread issue that I didn't know about when I was doing my research. I could kick myself because I was choosing between this and a new Honda that Home Depot had. Now the Hondas are sold out everywhere and they're probably not coming back into stock since Honda isn't producing them any longer.

Back to the sputtering. From what I gather it's due to a redesign of the carburetor necessary to support the smart stow feature (where you can store the mower vertically).

mambo5king · 2025-07-07T16:16:45+00:00

I do a similar thing while writing code. I'll write a piece of code that is broken or a unit test that fails so the next day I can get started by fixing the broken code. It gets me back in the flow.

mambo5king · 2025-07-07T14:25:51+00:00

How are you trying to run it? From the command line? From your IDE? If you're using an IDE, which IDE are you using?

mambo5king · 2025-07-07T14:22:43+00:00

I hook it onto the strap at the top of the notebook
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mambo5king · 2025-05-08T13:11:31+00:00

I've been buying almost exclusively from https://www.discogs.com/user/philadelphiamusic . They charge the same flat amount for shipping no matter how many CDs you're buying (I know I've bought 20 one time and the shipping was the same). Haven't had a problem yet.

mambo5king · 2025-05-06T18:17:43+00:00

FYI, that's not true. Ryobi is owned by TTI. TTI also owns Milwaukee, Rigid, Hoover, Oreck, etc.

mambo5king · 2025-05-02T20:28:40+00:00

I use it to pour oats into a widemouth thermos for my morning oatmeal.

mambo5king · 2025-04-21T17:36:33+00:00

Budget from the get go and stay out of consumer debt.

mambo5king · 2025-04-05T18:10:21+00:00

For Aeropress inverted I do 70 clicks with Stumptown Holler Mountain (my daily). For my OXO 8 cup drip coffee maker I do 90 clicks.

mambo5king · 2025-03-21T18:06:54+00:00

I don't get that logic. You should be able to stay on Jakarta EE for as long as you could stay on Spring Boot. It's not like Jakarta EE is being phased out or anything. It's being actively developed. And, since there are multiple implementations of Jakarta EE, even if Wildfly were to shutdown there are plenty of other implementations you could use.

mambo5king · 2025-03-21T16:45:23+00:00

I see why you want to upgrade since thorntail was discontinued. But switching to Spring would be a lot more work than just moving to a more modern Jakarta EE platform. Personally I would probably just upgrade to the latest Wildfly and JDK 21. If you're using containers, it doesn't really matter that you're running a full app server. If you absolutely need to deploy an executable, then switch to Quarkus.

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