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Re:Creator of cURL wins Polhem Prize 2017 by jdorfman on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:08AM (#15489189)
If I remember correctly, Daniel has been working on curl for at least 2 hours a day for ~20 years. I hope he and his family have a well deserved vacation. Thanks Daniel for your hard work.
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Re:Creator of cURL wins Polhem Prize 2017 by estomagordo on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:18AM (#15489214)
Agreed. The prize money is 250k SEK ($30k). That should buy a pretty sleek vacation. Even if the prize money is taxed (I'm unsure of that. My thinking is it counts sort of as a scholarship or grant, tax-wise, and should thus be exempt of taxation in this case.).
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Re:Creator of cURL wins Polhem Prize 2017 by 1k2ka on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @04:01AM (#15489333)
It seems prizes where the winner is awarded without competing or without giving a presentation are tax exempt [0].

[0] http://www.privataaffarer.se/fragor/ar-nobelpriset-skattepli...

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