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Re:Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk
on Friday April 26, 2019 @01:40PM (#19759985)
Transfering money to unspendable address. For example, $11M in 1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr are unspendable.
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1CounterpartyXXXXXXXX...
Re:Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk
on Friday April 26, 2019 @01:28PM (#19759847)
This fine-as-tax trend is worrying. I propose crypto burn instead. It hurts the wrongdoer while not creating bad incentive for regulators. Win-Win.
Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet Giants
on Sunday March 03, 2019 @08:48AM (#19294399)
Illegal avoidance is called evasion.
Re:Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs seeks share of property taxes for Toronto ...
on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:07PM (#19176297)
Amazon+Google should just team up and lease an uninhabited land somewhere. Max autonomy, max speed. No doubt they can create a singapore in < 5 years.
Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s Complicated
on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:46AM (#19172340)
And just as in that thought experiment, it is entirely obvious how to get to an outcome that is better for everyone: cooperation.
Ya its called being a cartel. 1000+ members cartel (city/state/national govts) is just extremely unstable and short lived. Think Amazon HQ2, Brexit and others as trust busting done by free market. The Cooperation is not going to work.
Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
on Thursday February 14, 2019 @03:13PM (#19165541)
Now they're turning that all away. It's such an irrational decision that if I were Amazon, it would raise a big red flag for me as well.
Why even pick NYC in first place ? That place, and other 1st tier cities, are red tape hell. Amazon should have known this.