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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by someweirdperson »

csallen wrote: post #6

> I'd already transferred the maximum yearly tax free gift of $10,000 to each of my kids. If I'm not mistaken, one tip I've heard is that one can transfer more than that in gifts yearly, and although that requires filing a gift tax return with the IRS, it doesn't mean necessarily mean paying any tax. There's a lifetime maximum that has to be hit, and it's extremely high. (I'm not a lawyer nor an accountant, and this…

> and it's extremely high

"Extremely high" is relative (some 11 million, probably less at that time?), considering the person telling this story.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by MrPatan »

ramraj07 wrote: post #46
Asooka wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No less irresponsible than charging a man with a felony over an obvious joke.

How is using fake IDs to board airplanes a joke? Only because we are mostly sure this particular man is an innocent manchild, but how exactly does that generalize?

Do you have to show your papers when you board a bus?

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by gandalfian »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

If it has his correct details is it actually a fake ID?

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by ShamelessC »

crispyambulance wrote: post #41
dist1ll wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

It was a different era, people were more cool and playful back then.

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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by ShamelessC »

082349872349872 wrote: post #19
helsontaveras18 wrote: post #8

I do not understand how the story ended. And that was a very odd story… he is an edgy guy.

It ended on (a) a yet more unbelievable note than everything up until that point, and (b) noting that lots of money changed hands that day, but that all the financial details are ancillary to the story, which is what was important. I don't know if I'd say "edgy", so much as a hacker — and there have been hackers in all generations, eg https://books.google.ch/books?id=V3ByEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA575&lpg=P...

This definition of "hacker" is effectively synonymous with "edgy and deviant". You can maybe add "intelligent", but eh, that's giving too much credit.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by papito »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by nohuck13 »

bhaney wrote: post #5
haunter wrote: post #2

You can still buy uncut sheets https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/

Looks like every single thing is out of stock, so maybe not.

Wow, checked that link an hour ago and almost everything was in stock then.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by sneak »

ramraj07 wrote: post #46
Asooka wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No less irresponsible than charging a man with a felony over an obvious joke.

How is using fake IDs to board airplanes a joke? Only because we are mostly sure this particular man is an innocent manchild, but how exactly does that generalize?

The fact that fake IDs work means that blacklisted people can board aircraft.

This is true regardless of whether or not non-criminals like Woz can.

A non-criminal using a fake ID is a victimless "crime", and as it is harmless, there is no moral issue with the performance of the act.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by [deleted] »

implements wrote: post #9
haunter wrote: post #2

You can still buy uncut sheets https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/

I mean, it’s a neat idea, but … what do you do with them? Framing one as a picture would seem to invite a burglary, and as a source of individual notes it’s much cheaper to go to a bank. Edit: Not intended as a critical question, btw - I was just wondering how you’d use them.

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