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kyleblarson··on IRS audits poorest families at five times the rate for everyone else
https://twitter.com/MikeCrapo/status/1556177703098884103
kyleblarson··on IRS audits poorest families at five times the rate for everyone else
And the bill that just passed adds 87000 new IRS agents. Additionally every single democrat voted against an amendment that would have prevented new agents from auditing individuals and small businesses with less than $400,000 of taxable income.
kyleblarson··on Essential Climbing Knots
Surprised they don't mention the most commonly used knot for rapping: euro death knot.
kyleblarson··on What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?
I took an intro econ course in college in 1999. The professor gave us his past tests to use as practice and some of them dated back to the late 1950's.
kyleblarson··on Rebellion at DataRobot over insider stock sales
"Employees at Reddit, Stripe, Instacart, Databricks, and many others have been waiting over a decade for company success to hit their wallet."

And to add to that, should they decide to leave and have to exercise their options, they'll be on the hook for a huge tax bill had they not been allowed to early exercise and file 83b letters.

kyleblarson··on House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading – report
I would hope that lawmakers' spouses would also be disallowed. Paging Nancy and Paul Pelosi.
kyleblarson··on The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar
Reminds me of the German UN delegates smugly laughing at Trump when he said that dependence on Russian oil is a bad thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfJv9QYrlwg
kyleblarson··on Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade
What is the over under on the number of hours before the "fiery but mostly peaceful" riots begin?
kyleblarson··on CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as “breaking news”
It's amazing to think that some McKinsey consultant convinced CNN to launch CNN+. No one is watching CNN for free and they thought that people would pay for their content?
kyleblarson··on The strange business of hole-in-one insurance
As a golfer when I got my first hole in one I was more than happy to spring for everyone's whiskeys and beers at the turn.
kyleblarson··on Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter
When people keep calling literally everything racist it begins to drown out true instances of racism.
kyleblarson··on Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken
That google is at a point where they can pay employees to waste time on crap like this and yet still print money is incredible.
kyleblarson··on A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA says
Two thoughts I had while watching this video:

1) Given how dry it was, what if this asshole started a forest fire. It would take little more than a spark in that tinder dry scrub.

2) Given the terrain, it's too bad he didn't stumble across one ore more angry rattlesnakes or cougars.

kyleblarson··on Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”
The Overton window for "non-inflammatory" has shifted drastically in the last 10 years, and all signs point to that continuing.
kyleblarson··on Ten members of international stock manipulation ring charged in Manhattan
Penny stocks have super low floats and huge spreads so they are ripe for manipulation.
kyleblarson··on Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost
Do you play golf? This question sounds flippant but in all seriousness I took it back up after a long hiatus a couple years back (I'm the same age as you) and it has been completely cathartic and stress relieving. I find it to be like a walking meditation. I often play as a single and meet great people, have great conversations and generally have a great time.
kyleblarson··on Tell HN: Recruiters are lying about remote positions
I would like to know if a company is willing to waste thousands of dollars (interviewers' time, hiring manager's time, hiring committee's time, not to mention the candidate's time) knowing full well that they will not commit to terms (at least verbally) agreed upon upfront. That is a clear sign of a dysfunctional organization.
kyleblarson··on Why the Black MacBook Cost More
Because people will pay more?
kyleblarson··on UN Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants Under New Minamata Treaty Provisions
Does the UN actually have the power to ban anything?
kyleblarson··on Collaborate with kindness: Etiquette tips in Slack
Another tip that vastly improves mental health as well as efficiency: turn off all notifications from slack, especially that damn broom sound.
kyleblarson··on Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading by SEC
Add to that they apparently chatted about it in some tool that had an auditable history and one can surmise that these people weren't the most sophisticated bad actors.
kyleblarson··on Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm with paper made from bananas
Somewhat related but I was watching Idaho Public TV the other night and found it interesting that high school students get a school vacation during harvest season and comprise a large percentage of the harvest workers in Eastern Idaho: https://www.capitalpress.com/high-school-students-key-to-eas...
kyleblarson··on Los Angeles is spending up to $837k to house a single homeless person
It is the homeless industrial complex. A massive grift.
kyleblarson··on A Social Credit System Arrives in Canada
They did a lot more than block the streets. A full year of constant riots, looting, burning down buildings and just this week in Louisville they paid 100k bail to release "activist" who walked into the office of a Jewish mayoral candidate and tried to shoot him point blank.
kyleblarson··on Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
No bank is going to give you a mortgage without an appraisal. Do you mean waive the inspection?
kyleblarson··on I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic
Skepticism is hardly toxic though. Dissenting discourse is a healthy thing that is badly lacking in most media / social media these days.
kyleblarson··on Ask HN: What did Marc Andreessen mean by this?
It means he has a lot of investments in the space that he wants returns on.
kyleblarson··on TikTok shares your data more than any other app and it’s unclear where it goes
It goes to China.
kyleblarson··on You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible, and representative way
> Good luck with your horse paste.

Headline written by CamperBob about water: Pundit Recommends Consuming Chemical Commonly Used as Engine Coolant!

kyleblarson··on You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible, and representative way
What would you call the president of the US saying "Let me repeat, if you are fully vaccinated you no longer need to wear a mask" in May of 2021?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SkzTa8HRDk

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