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chrisp_dc | 4 years ago | on: Biden eyeing tax rate as high as 43.4% in next economic package

The argument I have heard is corporate profits are already taxed. The capital gains tax + corporate profit tax roughly equals normal income tax.

Personally, I'd prefer higher capital gains tax and lower corporate tax. I think it would be more transparent and easier to collect.

chrisp_dc | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Tax plan impact calculator

I think this calculator is counting "State/Local Income Taxes" as a credit instead of a deduction. Input a salary of $60,000 and a $6300 deduction into "State/Local Income Taxes".

$6300 was the single filer standard deduction amount from 2016. It shows different outputs when toggling between itemized and standard deduction.

chrisp_dc | 8 years ago | on: We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits

In my experience, yes. I previously took it for alcoholism. I found it very broad acting. I stopped drinking compulsively. I also became indifferent overeating, smoking cigarettes, sex, and pretty much everything else compulsive. I've heard of people using it off label to lose weight.

For me it is a very strong & powerful drug, but I also know of others where it did not seem to work. I've heard if you have a family history of alcoholism it is more likely to work.

chrisp_dc | 8 years ago | on: For Hotels, There’s No Room Left for Online Travel Agencies

In the last month I've used hotels.com twice because it was lower than booking directly.

In SF: Hotels.come was $180/night, hotel's website was over $300/night.

In Copenhagen: Hotels.com was $120/night, the hotel's website was over $180/night.

I'm not sure why these places are running sales on hotels.com, and not on their direct website. I try not to book on hotels.com because hotels have a reputation for giving those travelers the worst rooms (double beds vs. king bed, next to elevator, unrenovated rooms). However, it's hard to say "no" to 30%+ off.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: Apple has damaged the perceived value of software

I don't think consumer software has been that valuable in my lifetime. MS Office, & Turbo Tax are killer apps that people pay for. People willingly pay for online games too. Other than that? I guess some people buy apps.

I don't think it's regional. I've never bought an app. I paid for some dev tools, but that's it. Selling productivity outside of people's work is an uphill battle.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: What Is ‘Site Reliability Engineering’?

I think knowing the hardware is less challenging than previously. The trend is to make everything whitebox and then abstract as software. Hypervisors replace supporting many hardware configurations and software defined SANs replace dedicated appliances.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow

The Google dataset might not be the best for measuring this. Names and abbreviations rank highly. I think Warren Buffet might help contribute to the high ranking of 'warren'.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: AMD Zen and Ryzen 7 Review: A Deep Dive

IIRC just because it boots with ECC ram doesn't mean it is actually error correcting. I'm under the impression Intel spends considerable amount of money to prove their memory controllers actually error correct & historically AMD hasn't spent the money on documenting theirs.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: The Loyalty to AMD’s GPU Product Among AMD CPU Buyers Is Decreasing

I was loyal to AMD's CPU from 1999 - 2013. Price and not nerfing advanced features (overclocking, VM extentions) kept me coming back. However, there aren't many recent server/workstation options. So I begrudgingly switched over to Intel Xeon chips.

I bought an AMD RX 480 this year. I hadn't bought a discrete GPU in decade. I looked at Nvidia, but saw you needed Quadro/Grid to use with VT-d. AMD's GPU work with VT-d out of the box.

It'd be a damn shame to lose a company like AMD that doesn't disable features for marketing reasons. I'll happily buy another AMD CPU if the zen line comes close to the hype.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: OpenBSD Desktop in about 30 Minutes

I tried using FreeBSD 11 and XFCE as my development platform.

Good: XFCE worked OOB with Intel graphics outputting displayport to a 2560 x 1080 display.

Bad: Video playback in VLC and FireFox was choppy.

Not sure if the AMD FirePro or AMD Quadro have better support than Intel graphics. I ended up switching back to Debian.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: An Ode to Linux Desktop Users Everywhere

I agree on the hardware side. However, more times than not I have to fight with the video playback tearing or dropping frames. I've had least amount of problems with ElementaryOS, but that distro has stability problems that counteract the better video playback.

chrisp_dc | 9 years ago | on: The Dreaded Weekly Status Email

Thanks for posting this. This is the best perspective & concrete advice on DSU I've seen. I'm not a big fan of going through the motions, but understanding why we go through the motions changes my outlook.
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