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jayess··on Facebook failed to block 20% of uploaded New Zealand shooter videos
One can find thousands of copies of the video of President Kennedy's head exploding from the bullet of an assassin. All over youtube. What's the difference?
jayess··on California declared drought free for first time in seven years
> “The reservoirs are full, lakes are full, the streams are flowing, there’s tons of snow,” said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist with the National Climatic Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “All the drought is officially gone.”

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rain-california...

EDIT: Sorry, you're referring to aquifers, not reservoirs.

jayess··on Based in brooklyn. should I form an llc in ny instead of delaware?
If you form a Delaware LLC, you'll then need to register it in NY as well, so you'll be double paying. There's no reason to do so.

A Delaware LLC will be $90 to form, plus annual $300 franchise fee, plus annual registered agent fee (probably $50-$100).

NY registration will be $250, plus $50 certificate of authority, plus $9 biennial fee.

https://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/llccorp.html#fappauth

jayess··on E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets
I'm getting close to buying Boeing stock or options.
jayess··on [dead]
Another fake scientific journal.

> Received: July 20, 2018; Accepted: August 08, 2018; Published: August 17, 2018

http://www.imedpub.com/

DEFCON talk in 2018 regarding these fake journals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ras_VYgA77Q

jayess··on Tesla has a self-driving strategy other companies abandoned years ago
If self-driving can navigate US streets fully autonomously, even in bad weather, that will be impressive. Now transplant that to just about anywhere else in the world, and it will be impossible. Mexico City, Rome, Buenos Aires. Hah, no chance.
jayess··on Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon
Because this is a political move and it is being done for political reasons.
jayess··on Facebook refuses to disclose “chuck Chequers” Brexit advertiser to UK parliament
In this day and age of ruined lives and careers over a tweet, the need for anonymous speech is greater than it has been in a long time.
jayess··on Let me tell you a little story about the American medical system, circa today
This is giving rise to direct primary care. You pay a general practitioner $50 a month for unlimited visits and access to wholesale medications and labs.

The GP doesn't have to deal with insurance and has a much smaller patient load.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_primary_care

Example pricing: https://www.dpcwestmi.com/services/

jayess··on Let me tell you a little story about the American medical system, circa today
[replying to your now-deleted comment]

No, I mean the apparent over-prescription of antibiotics to everyone involved, them taking a leisurely day walking around and shopping (they must not be that sick), and the fact that antiobiotics are commonly available (at least where I live) for a cash price of $1 from multiple grocery/pharmacy chains. Heck, one chain here (meijer) offers FREE antibiotics.

But, as to your point, I believe people should be fully paying for things like this out of pocket. Insurance is not insurance when it covers everything and every dollar. Imagine how much car insurance would cost if it covered every scratch, ding, and scraped wheel without deductible.

jayess··on Let me tell you a little story about the American medical system, circa today
So much of this story doesn't make sense, and of course she shuts discussion down by saying those that are questioning her are "mansplaining."
jayess··on High-tax states like California and New York make it hard for rich to leave
So you're upset that you have to actually pay the high taxes you voted for, and because of that, you want to move to a low-tax state to vote for the same policies, because you're bitter about having to pay the taxes you voted for? F that. Stay in your high-tax state and deal with the consequences of your own decisions.
jayess··on High-tax states like California and New York make it hard for rich to leave
So people in high tax states vote for higher taxes, then complain when they have to actually pay those taxes?
jayess··on Natural Herbal HPV “Cure” Discovered
> Curcumin caused higher rate of clearance (81.3%) than placebo though the difference was not statistically significant.
jayess··on SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station
> No astronauts or humans were on board the maiden flight, which completed the initial link to the ISS about 5:51 a.m. Eastern time.

Is there a difference?

jayess··on Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics
I have a way to get people to believe you: prove it.
jayess··on Are Mail-Order Meal Kits Doomed?
Agreed. I switched from Green Chef to Freshly. I love it. In three minutes I have a meal. With Green Chef it was always 30-45 minutes of prep and it got old.
jayess··on Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics
Yikes. I've never watched John Oliver before. His presentation is so cringey. It's hard to watch. I miss John Stewart.
jayess··on Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
I hope they don't. I'm happy with my low-cost midwestern town.
jayess··on Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
I find it amusing to watch the political class eat its own on this one.
jayess··on Many Americans Feel Cheated by Their Student Loans
Except university education doesn't need to be that expensive. Anecdotal - I had a law school professor who went to the University of Michigan Law School in the 60s and his tuition was $18 per credit. That's about $150 today. That would be about $13,500 for the entire law degree.

The unlimited student loan situation has directly caused the bloat of university administration, salaries, and spending. It doesn't cost $40,000 a year to educate someone.

jayess··on NBC took Bob Costas off the Super Bowl for speaking out about concussions
> Not only does it not pay taxes as an entity despite its CEO's $31 million dollar salary

So it operates like every single partnership out there, tax-wise.

jayess··on The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows
OMICS is one of those fake-journal publication companies. Anyone can publish anything by paying their fee. The paper's own footnote shows this: Submitted October 8, 2018; Accepted October 12, 2018; Published October 19, 2018. No serious journal has a process that quick.

There was a talk at Defcon last year about this. Two journalists from Germany submitted a jibberish paper to one of these companies, got it published, and then they went on a "speaking tour," also organized by these fake journal companies.

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/journalists-find-fake-scie...

jayess··on Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in Income Taxes
So many replies to your comment, but no one seems to be able to answer the question. Articles like these manufacture outrage with no detail whatsoever on why the company paid no income taxes.
jayess··on Firefox 65.0 released
Protonmail limits the number of domains you can use. Fastmail has a much higher limit.
jayess··on Student debt hinders millennial homeownership
> large and increasing cost of education due to subsidized education with no cost control of the product, leading to bloat in administration and unnecessary spending at universities [cost increase is both monetary and in time due to grade inflation]

One could replace "education" with "health care" and make another valid important point.

jayess··on I'm a millionaire who creates zero jobs. Why do I pay less tax than you?
If he's unhappy with how little he's taxed, the treasury would happily cash his check.
jayess··on I'm a millionaire who creates zero jobs. Why do I pay less tax than you?
This assumes that he's just paying capital gains. I'm sure much of his income is from dividends or other ordinary income, which is taxed much higher than the average person.
jayess··on Researchers are keeping pig brains alive outside the body
It is substantive. It's a horrifying situation.
jayess··on Congress votes to make open government data the default in the United States
Very unlikely.
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