Not for much longer, it's moving to Edge Webview2 instead.
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I'd be interested to see the ratio of lurkers to posters. Reddit is a link aggregator, it's primary utility is unrelated to the comments. This isn't the case with Facebook.
Facebook is like the "book club" that is really a front for gossiping and drinking. You probably know the people you're talking to personally and it's more a conversation with them (that other people might be able to see).
Reddit is like a community message board. You don't know these people personally, so you get an inbuilt skepticism to what they say. It's mainly about sharing links to somewhere else and you can interact with it without reading anyone's comments.
Social media as an umbrella term really doesn't work because Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, etc all have different ways you interact with them. It would be like saying network TV, the newspaper, the community message board and a guy with a megaphone on the corner are all the same.
You can still buy clothes that will last decades, they're just more expensive than the average person is willing to pay. Especially considering the length of time that something stays fashionable.
ETA: I just looked in my closet because I have a Sears dress shirt from the 70s. It is thin enough I can easily see my hand through it.
Let me expand. Everyone gets paid the same base rate. Then you give an incentive based on KPIs that AREN'T easily manipulated by an employee. For example, a good KPI might be on Time delivery of a project or ticket. Bad KPIs would be things like lines of code or number of tickets closed.
Devs could, for example, charge a higher price if you buy it via the AppStore and a lower price if you complete the purchase on their website. It potentially removes a significant portion of Apple's cut for IAP. Apple also has to figure our how to collect the "commission", which could lead to devs not working with Apple in the future. Apple will have a hard time appealing because the appeals court could rule against them on the counts they already won on. That's why it's not seen as a huge win for Apple.
Epic has to pay a meaningless amount of money (a few million dollars they'll make back up in a few days) and is barred from a platform they didn't care about in the first place. Non-US regulators are also looking into Apple's handling of the AppStore, which means Apple could still be forced to make changes in line with what Epic was arguing. This is why it isn't a huge loss for Epic.
I'm not a infectious diseases expert, but to my knowledge the viruses that it's been found to be effective against are all mosquito borne; it's just as likely related to it's toxic action on mosquitos in general. Still, it's all baseless conjecture on everyone's part. If someone cares to throw money at it, it's something that can be investigated.
At the end of the day just get the widely available vaccine and move on with life, like you would for other viruses that we've got vaccines for. I feel like we're all making this way harder than it has to be just so we can all continue to yell at each other.
It's not an anti-viral in any sense of the word.
This is not quite right, though it is mostly correct in describing depreciation. When you purchase a depreciating asset it has a book value that is depreciated over time. That book value is not counted as income and definitely not as net income (profits), though it will appear with other assets on the balance sheet. You've essentially converted one type of asset to another, there is no gain or loss there to tax.
For depreciating assets, the depreciation is deductible because it represents a loss in value of the asset. In general, this can be taken when the depreciation is realized. If you dispose of the asset you pay taxes based on the deprecated value, like you've described.
It's important to realize that corporate taxes are almost exclusively on net income, that being the money left over after the business has done all of it's financial activities.
>Corporations are taxed on assets that they accrue (increases in total holdings are taxed as 'profit'). This applies to inventories, capital assets, and real estate.
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>you did already pay taxes on holding that inventory.
Inventories are taxed as property which is, in general, about 1% of the cost (to the company) of the item.
You're conflating income and property taxes. What your describing in your previous posts is an income tax, which is the tax paid on the net income associated with an asset. However, you have to dispose of the asset to pay that tax. Until then the asset is property and it's only subject to property tax.
Normal accounting disclaimer applies. Definitely get an accountant and don't take accounting advice from the internet.
I mean, yes, but not really. They're not a meaningful portion of their revenues. Typically it's around 1% of the acquisition cost of the item inclusive of any fees required to get it in your inventory. This is akin to complaining about paying BWC taxes which are about 1% of your payroll. If they're a real hardship to your business, your business has more problems than holding excess inventory.
2) Debit cards and credit cards are regulated separately. Most of the difference in regulations are around fraud so using a PIN helps combat fraud. Of note, the disputed amounts on a debit card aren't required to be returned to your account while disputed. On credit cards, however, they can't charge interest on the disputed amounts on a credit card while disputed so they are removed from your balance.
You should look up some TikTok creators from Egypt, there is plenty of great stuff out there.
The basic premise of your argument as I understand it is that art is something you see in museums or art is something that has been gated by age or by scholars or by "cultural significance". This is not how art works, some great works were discovered long after the artist had died. TikTok creators create art, some of it good, some of it bad, but it's art all the same.
Just to clarify, TikTok does not do ad revenue sharing. They have a creator fund, but TikTok creators really make money via brand deals, merch sales and direct donations from fans.
Alternatively, this is the kind of thing guys like Banksy and Warhol were doing with their art. It's a pretty narrow minded view of art to not include some of the stuff going on on TikTok.
Aging populations with for profit healthcare will do that.
>US teachers are among the best paid in the world
It's still a comparatively low paying, thankless profession and consistently fails to attract talent because of low pay. Most Engineers, for example, have starting pay similar to a teacher's pay with 15 years of experience. Both jobs require the same level of training and degree (Bachelor's).
>total US government spending is taking more out of the US economy than it ever has,
Government spending is still economic activity. It doesn't 'take money out' of the economy, it contributes to it. It pays workers like any other employer that can then spend that money in the local economies. If your argument is 'government spending is bad' then that's a terrible argument.
> You simply sign the back and take it to the bank and they will give you cash.
If you do not have an account there, they will charge you a fee to cash a check. The amount of the fee is typically ~$8, but it varies by bank. Some checks are issued by banks that don't have local branches, this is more common with larger companies. Government checks are also a tricky situation. It's really not as easy as 'go to the bank and they will give you cash'.
>...Documents... >I honestly have no idea.
You don't need to. You don't need to present a social security card to an employer, as long as they know their SSN. The SSA will help them verify for free: https://www.ssa.gov/employer/SSNcard.htm Otherwise, it's storing a plastic card for ID. It's likely they have one, as state ID cards are permanent. If they don't that is a problem that can be solved.
>...Health care... >The answer is to get a job which is an obvious catch 22.
In the US, they qualify for Medicaid. Medicaid includes mental health services.
>...public transit... >By using public transit? I don't understand the question.
Public transit costs money. Where I live, 1/2 off or ~ $31/month for a Medicaid recipient.
>The biggest problem, I think, is housing.
The biggest problem is getting people into the system so they can get assistance. Once they get a case worker and start getting aid, they can more easily get back on their feet. People are homeless for different reasons, some are more easily solved than others.
You have to carry insurance on a leased car at your own expense as well.