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> The person who’s passsing the money down already paid tax on the money.

If they're passing down cash yes, but if they pass on assets like stocks or real estate, the cost basis gets stepped up to the fair market value at the time of death (in the US at least). So any capital gains accrued on those assets prior to the death of the person passing them on are just never taxed.

At least some of the legally problematic reimbursement payments to Cohen happened while he was president.

Yup https://simpleflying.com/the-mcdonnell-douglas-blended-wing-...

Zuck could personally give 3000 fired employees $1million each and that would be less than 10% of his net worth.

Making operations idempotent.

And the "real-world example" is just someone getting distracted, not yak shaving.

With stock though there's a company associated with the stock that (theoretically) brings in profits. Predicted future profits drive the stock price.

Every single elevator in Korea allows you to deselect a floor by simply pushing the button again.

You'd be surprised how often it comes in handy and have never had an issue with anyone deselecting someone else's floor.

Every elevator in Korea works this way. Pressing once selects, pressing again deselects.

Any asset that you can resell (Real estate, commodities) is a hedge against inflation. Bitcoin isn't special.

Putting all your eggs in the Bitcoin basket is risky because it will likely collapse because it's a less than zero-sum Ponzi scheme. It's arguably good for short term speculation but not long term investment.

Except the web actually has value.

You're not wrong.

"Since March 1, 2021, she has worked as a regular columnist for German daily newspaper Die Welt." (Wikipedia)

Her career is alive and well.

1/2 mile is like a 10 minute walk.

Yeah traffic (or lack thereof) makes a massive difference. 45 min in light traffic... sure. 45 min each way, every day, in heavy, stop and go traffic is soul crushing.

The perks are great, as is getting to chat with people face to face.

But the open office is just fucking terrible for getting actual work done.

Depends. Pay is based on location and is the same for in-office at location X or fully remote at location X. Relocating could impact pay up or down.

https://www.vox.com/recode/22691275/googles-remote-work-home...

I never said or implied that it was.

But (in the US at least), it actually is the government's job to keep the economy stable in order to "insure domestic Tranquility [... and...] promote the general Welfare"

You might have a point if the only negative outcome of 2008 was that a lot of people lost homes they could never afford.

It was the banks' and regulators' responsibility to not allow bad loans to be issued and resold as mis-labeled AAA investment vehicles. That is the part that broke the global economy.

I did use those castle walls for a space ship. It was massive, maybe 3ft long, vaguely resembling Spaceball One.

Stephen Diehl's "The Case Against Crypto" post is pretty solid IMHO.

https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/against-crypto.html

"blameless postmortem" was a thing at google well before 2012.

Don't know about accidents but I've heard drivers have gotten more aggressive in Sydney (Australia) since covid.

"It feels good to dig through all those layers and unearth a little treat, no matter if it’s just hair dye or sweatpants."

This doesn't ring true for me at all. Is there a particular personality type that finds this enjoyable?

Sure they have. Chevy Blazer and Ford Bronco came out in the late 60s.

I dunno. I had a kid and it feels like time is moving even FASTER now. "They grow up so fast..."

This is really misleading. It's a bit like saying "by putting on parachutes we had statistically increased our chances of being killed in a skydiving accident."

I liked this until I got to the end and saw Jeff is still doing that "Day 1" BS. groan

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1732/

Well, that's simply not how it works. Sure, pretty much everyone has lunch in the cafes. Breakfast is popular too but you can get it until 9:30 or 10:00, so you don't even have to show up early. Dinner attendance is significantly lower, and pretty much everyone I know who regularly has dinner at work goes home right afterwards.

Personally I probably manage to get breakfast once a week on average and stay late enough for dinner 2 or 3 times a year.