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Post by alchemist1e9 »

stemlord wrote: post #357
alchemist1e9 wrote: post #320

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The anti-capitalists have this crazy idea that investment income isn’t “earned” in the same way that labor income is. Of course that’s absurdly anti-capitalist and completely ignores the point of capitalism and the function of risk taking incentivized by potential rewards. Failing to make a coherent argument against active investment income, for instance entrepreneurs, they will then revert to criticism of passive in…

I thought "earned income" was an actual accounting term (to define a type of taxable income as opposed to passive income): https://itap1.for.irs.gov/owda/0/resource/Commentary_Files_R... " Earned income is money received as payment for work, including wages, salaries, bonuses, commissions, tips, and net earnings from self-employment. For tax purposes, it can also include long-term disability payments, union strike be…

That’s all accurate and I was assuming you were referring to passive income exactly as you have clarified.

That doesn’t change any of my observations as your comments imply unearned income deserves higher taxation than current is applied, which is what I object to.

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Post by alchemist1e9 »

stemlord wrote: post #358
simonhorlick wrote: post #341

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It's motivated by the ideology of wanting a meritocracy - the idea that if you work hard you can reap rewards. Having some people in society that can sit at home and watch the S&P increase while some have to work 50-hour weeks to make ends meet is seen as problematic.

It wasn't a judgement remark, "earned income" is what you call that which is not passive income

What does the “to be fair” part of your sentence mean then?

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Post by naught0 »

kitsune_ wrote: post #244

It's a tangent but I think two white collar workers being able to afford this and having this lifestyle is why Trump won.

Can you clarify? Trump got them rich parents and hired at tech startups before they exploded? In 2005? And because wealthy people can afford expensive homes, the people of America voted Trump?

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Post by system2 »

jillyboel wrote: post #316
system2 wrote: post #214

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If your goal is to have what he has, you can make it happen in 5-10 years. A decent job or hardcore hustling (sell something), you can make 200k a year and have all the things he has. Not that difficult.

I'm not an american, 200k/year is practically unheard of in the EU lol

I have friends in the U.K. and Sweden. They are making well over 200k these days. They might be exceptions but there are people making 100k in software and a very common salary for the field in the EU too.

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Post by throwaway888889 »

smolder wrote: post #269
throwaway888889 wrote: post #172

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Linus Sebastian from LTT has a series of videos about his in home gaming centre with computers in his house mechanical room.. This is one of them ... But worth a look http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aKRyZelOp7Y

The worst Linus... the one who pretends to understand computers on youtube for a living.

The world is a stage :)

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Post by andiareso »

kentonv wrote: post #189
ckmiller wrote: post #185

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Especially amazing considering that he moved from Palo Alto to Austin. Did all his friends move too?

My junior high friends that I've been having parties with for 30 years live in Minneapolis (where I grew up). They fly out for New Year's Eve each year. But, in fact, some friends who regularly attended LAN parties in the Bay Area moved to Austin around the same time we did. And some others are also willing to travel for New Year's. (Most parties are just local people, of course.)

Hey Minneapolis for the win! Blaine area here :D

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Post by eastbound »

kentonv wrote: post #310
eastbound wrote: post #305

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Heat exchangers can ensure the incoming air is heated up by the air going out, at no cost.

We do have an ERV. But I suppose the cat fans don't actually exhaust through it. Maybe we could have arranged that had we thought harder about it before construction...

Sir, I want to add that it was deeply inspiring. While I’m struggling at 40 just being a CEO of 14 people, which by one measure is excellent but I have put aside so many lives for it and failed at all my social ventures (yes I mean friends and dates); You, you succeed to have time for a wife (a potentially intellectually interesting person at that, according to your brief summary), you succeed to build a house, manage a lot of people at work, have friends with proper deep connections, and still have energy for home renovations. It’s like you’re living 9 lives at once. Oh yeah and kids. Like my uncle, who, beyond children, still had time for home renovations to build a cozy nest everywhere they lived.

In this day of international men’s day, maybe I should still enquire about your internal mental health, because stress can be discreet, but still, the outer appearance you give from your allocation of time and clarity of mind seems absolutely perfect.

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Post by rpigab »

echoangle wrote: post #56

This is so cool. But the keyboard disturbed me, wouldn’t you at least want a mechanical keyboard? > Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired — The world's cheapest keyboard at $13 a pop. Works perfectly fine for all gaming needs. I can’t imagine playing stuff like overwatch on a membrane office keyboard for $13 when having spent more than 100k on the setup. Especially when cheap mechanical keyboards are not that much more expen…

I've gamed on old keyboards, membrane keyboards, mechanical gaming keyboards (for a long time), and now... I purchased a Logitech MX keys mini wireless keyboard (no numpad) and MX Master 3S mouse and game with those.

Using the 2.4GHz logi bolt usb receiver when I'm on PCs or server (way easier than bringing cables to the garage), and bluetooth for my phone or Steam Deck. I was initially repelled by the half-size arrow keys, for use in terminal or certain games that don't use WASD, but I made up my mind, and I'm really fine like this. Hope it lasts, but generally Logitech peripherals do.

I also have to switch peripherals from gaming PC to work laptop every day, so wireless really helps put less cables on my desk. And I can bring it with me should I need to keyboard away from home, but usually I'm AFK when not at home.

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