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athms

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    Comment #27853497

    Oh look, more idiots down voting because they think I am wrong. Maybe if you folks ran a business in California you would know better. https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_MinimumWage.h…

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    Comment #27852711

    $14 for employers with more than 25 employees, $13 for 25 or less.

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    Comment #27852703

    Where are the kids going to sleep? I suppose we can have coffin homes like Hong Kong. Maybe four beds on one wall with the communal toilet and tub down the hall.

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    Comment #27852673

    You should try living in a studio with four people.

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    Comment #27827111

    For the idiots down voting me: The California state minimum wage is $13 for employers with 25 or less employees, $14 for employers with more than 25. A person would make more money…

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    Comment #27816402

    Can we stop with the hyperbole? The fee isn't that much for California. I could see it as expensive if it was in a cheaper state. Also, if somebody is only making $20K annually run…

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    Comment #27816237

    All limited liability entities doing business in California must pay the franchise tax. Also, the first year waiver is only for domestic companies, those organized in California. F…

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    Comment #27816150

    >...$800 PER YEAR to have an LLC. This franchise tax is required by any type of business entity offering limited liability. Besides a limited liability company, this includes corpo…

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    Comment #27813749

    How did you make it through high school while failing in chemistry and biology? Organic is a scam for the natural is better crowd that occupies the human experience. A chemical is …

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    Comment #27759560

    >...I guess I will allow myself to say, that you can't re-license per se, only newer versions can be re-licensed. a prior release will forever be that license. Wrong. Why does the …

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    Comment #27758714

    >Tesla is a success. At selling carbon credits. The cars are junk. It amazes me that people buy these luxury vehicles and get uneven paneling and mismatched paint, or worse, seriou…

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    Comment #27758224

    >people who have completed the necessary paperwork to put their patches/contributions in the public domain. In the US, authors cannot put their works in the public domain. This abi…

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    Comment #27754713

    No it doesn't. Only the copyright owner can re-license. You can put modifications (that enjoy copyright protection) to BSD licensed code under the GPL or put BSD licensed code in a…

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    Comment #27407979

    >A lot of people use... I know and they are wrong. Words have meaning and it is difficult to communicate effectively if people use words incorrectly.

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    Comment #27407734

    >while catching pedos is a good thing Catching them? Pedophilia isn't illegal.

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    Comment #27321328

    >That's unfortunately incorrect. No it isn't. The company has always operated as a foreign corporation in California, which means it only pays corporate taxes on income generated i…

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    Comment #27309839

    Nothing changes regarding corporate taxes because the company is incorporated in Delaware.

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    Comment #27309811

    Perhaps you should read the article before commenting.

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    Comment #27081090

    There are several conditions that must happen before data loss begins due to cell corruption when the drive is stored (unpowered), with abnormal temperatures being one of them. The…

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    Comment #27073729

    Your source doesn't support your statement. The original poster stated, "They start heavily corrupting data if left unpowered for around a year or two though, in case this gives an…

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    Comment #27073594

    >Yes, all SSD's suffer this effect. Wrong. Stop repeating nonsense.

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    Comment #27073592

    No they don't. This myth originated when Alvin Cox (Seagate) gave a JEDEC presentation in 2015 talking about cell corruption when the drive reaches its end of life AND is stored at…

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    Comment #26999973

    Ah, the good old ad hominem. FYI, I am Gen X.

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    Comment #26998953

    Where in my reply did I mention forcing lactation on cows? My comments were directed at the statement that all mammals need to give birth to lactate, which is incorrect. If you are…