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decimation: for
the same reason
the law also allows
the importation of indian & chinese indentured servants
decimation: meanwhile
there's a special exception written in
the law
that requires
the irs
to presume
that engineers are not independent contractors
mircea_popescu: s a secial extemption written in
the law against people like it folks being independent.
mircea_popescu: decimation> my point is
that a real estate agent is considered an independent contractor even when she works in an office with a secretary <<<
there
decimation: mircea_popescu: obviously at
the cost of draining productivity from
the minority of
the productive, but
that hasn't stopped usg in
the past
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> so why collect it back as
tax? answer: give
the 'patient' an opportunity
to underpay, collect penalty. << more like, give patient something
to do with his
time.
mircea_popescu: yeah speaking of which, how's
those posters
things ? any bites from renters
The20YearIRCloud ?
decimation: beyond
the usurious rates, it is a double insult
that usg insists
that you participate in its crimes against honest accounting while paying 'tax' with your
tax
decimation: yeah you must pay
the employer's share of
the 'social security payroll
tax'
decimation: my point is
that a real estate agent is considered an independent contractor even when she works in an office with a secretary
decimation: asciilifeform:
these days
the double
tax isn't as bad because
the mortgage interest rates are low
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decimation: my company hires an old woman
to assemble circuit boards, we pay her as an independent contractor. apparently
the state has been harassing
the company because
the state presumes
that her 'independent contract' is really an employment contract
decimation: asciilifeform is
that why usg employee's income is not 'pretaxed'?
decimation: it's amusing
that usg
taxes labor at usurious rates and
then whines about how employment is so low
decimation: I
think most folks just wing it and adjust when
the
tax bill comes due
decimation: not because
they are nosy busybodies but because
they just want properly calculated
taxes, you see
decimation: and of course usg needs
to know about your employment situation
decimation: mainly because
there is no free market for 'health insurance', retirement, etc. even if you opt out you still need
to file paperwork
decimation: asciilifeform:
there's a great deal of bureaucracy surrounding employment in
the us
mike_c: the div yield
through
the roof
mike_c: since we got
the lulztron back..
the RENT 3po closed yesterday selling shares for 75.
today
they are back at 40. quite a 1 day return.
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mod6: been a long
time since i looked at
that. saw we're under 100k blocks
to go
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danielpbarron: seems
to be a very large number of
transactions happening at
the moment, from my full node's point of view
mircea_popescu: Abuses under Obiang have included "unlawful killings by security forces; government-sanctioned kidnappings; systematic
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mircea_popescu: it's exactl;y backwards,
the smaller
the base,
the easier high percentiles are.
mircea_popescu: jurov you will notice
that a) all
this was injected into
the conversation via bitbet and b) fucktards, srsly.
mircea_popescu: "It is NOT impossible
to have such an enormous (gigantic) ginormous rise in prices - eg from $300
to $10k; however,
the lower
that BTC prices go,
the more difficult it becomes
to imagine such an upward BTC price explosion.... .. such as 30x..."
mircea_popescu: *: punkman remembers
the derps
trying
to do webfonts before we had webfonts <<< now
that was a riot
mircea_popescu: <bounce> forgot whose study it was, but apparently
the easiest
to read is about 65 cols referencing fixed-pitch. << bunch of military studies over
the years, 60
to 80 in anyu case.
kakobrekla: angel whale sleeps with
the fishes now
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cazalla: i guess it's something
to keep in mind when/if it comes
time
to redesign
the site but for
time being, i
think it's acceptable
cazalla: thickasthieves: yknow i'm ok with qntra being all barebones design, but why on god's green earth is it left-aligned? <<< just
turn your head a little
to
the left, fixed
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william1: The US gov is generally fucked, no new information
there
jurov: and
transparent background!!1
bounce: fanbois will be fanbois. people fawning over powershell like it's
the bestest
thing evar and not, oh,
twenty years late
to
the party? bit of a giveaway.
william1: Wasn't it
torn apart within 15 minutes of it being revealed?
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william1: Well at least
their hearts were in
the right place
jurov: they were
trying
to eradicate
these "various orthodox protestant communities"
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bounce: though I'd be perfectly willing
to ignore any and all redmond products regardless of reported usage percentages,
they just don't play well with others
bounce: you'd have
to release
the notion of getting an identical picture everywhere. you're not serving up "an experience" or "a picture" or whatever, you're serving up content.
thickasthieves: the problem is you cant get browsers
to fall in line
to
that kinda
thing
bounce: or let
the browser put
them next or below each other, depending on actual window width.
bounce: in
this case it might be more useful
to not stick one pane on
the right and another on
the left hand side, but position
them relative
to each other instead
punkman remembers
the derps
trying
to do webfonts before we had webfonts
BingoBoingo: I don't
think
the current super mininum style is going
to be a permanent feature on qntra, but... page load
times are a
thing. Got
to plan for people accessing
the internet using dialup
through a payphone.
bounce: meh. most often all sorts of unwarranted assumptions creep in; web"design" does
tent
to focus on one
thing and massively over-engineers with gratuitous js-reinvention of basic stuff
to make it look "nicer"
thickasthieves: all computers should use
the same hw spec and everyone should program in
the same language and use
the same db sesign
too
bounce: this about
that giant screenshot with
two panes on either side and lots of nothing inbetween?
thickasthieves: i understand
that a spec for website data would be convenient and provide ease and cleanliness from one perspective
bounce: in fact, it rarely happens but could provide multiple layouts for
the onlooker
to choose
BingoBoingo: Plenty of ways
to do custom CSS with pink and kittens and myspace
bounce: that is
the current assumption: hipster with
tablet
BingoBoingo: thickasthieves: No, people get
to dress up
the websites however
the wish
BingoBoingo: Websites shouldn't default
to violently raping user hardware
bounce: that was
the idea, originally.
then web"design" happened.
BingoBoingo: Well actually yes browsers should handle
the display rather
than
the site.
bounce: you should do popups complaining
that
the content is optimised for sane widths and please upgrade your browser and/or your resolution
bounce: forgot whose study it was, but apparently
the easiest
to read is about 65 cols referencing fixed-pitch.
BingoBoingo: thickasthieves: But
that leaves big ole empty wings
BingoBoingo: thickasthieves: Well
the design is just
to get
the
thing started. I just don't know of any graceful way
to handle
the problem of really big monitors.
BingoBoingo: thickasthieves: What? People with giant wide displays maximize windows
to read
text?
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thickasthieves: bingoboingo, centered, cuz most displays are wide
these days
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mircea_popescu: also known as
the "full faith and credit of
the united states government" scam.