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meh just get a google voice number. need one for all sorts of services.
GV numbers commonly don’t work. Somehow they are identified as a sort of virtual (VIOP) number.
another alternative (also minutes) is to use eSim, e.g. Google Fi - minutes to setup and many late model phones support multiple esims.
If you don’t need LinkedIn, don’t use it, I can’t think of any other “social media” platform that’s so cringy and weird like LinkedIn, there’s something off putting about it that no matter how I promise myself to be active there, I stop after one day. If you need it however, just get a burner phone, that’s what I do, I have a second number for all these kind of stuff, my personal never shared in any online service.
I deleted my linkedin cookies, waited a few days, changed my IP address, and was able to log in without handing over my phone number. They lock this nasty screen in using cookies or possibly your IP address. I'm guessing it's to harass VPN users.
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Note that if you are in the US, you will have to report yourself as beneficial owner of these LLCs to FinCEN starting Jan 1 2024[0]. The government super duper promises not to leak the info[1]. [0] https://www.fincen.gov/beneficial-ownership-information-repo... [1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/16/2022-27...
"Beyond the direct benefits to law enforcement and other authorized users ...". They are going to squeeze us through banking, which they already have full visibility into.
In the US we need to abolish the income tax, corporate tax, and all of the other federal taxes, and add a VAT that scales higher for luxury items like houses over certain values and luxury items.
This would end up being far more progressive that the shit show we have today with the tax code. It would also lower stress levels 10x.
We also need to revoke the bank secrecy act and patriot acts. We can put in a streamlined subpoena process if law enforcement needs access to financial records for a legitimate investigation. We're not living in the 1970's anymore. The rules are archaic and overreaching and allow for total financial surveillance without a warrant. That's just too easy to abuse if you have access to these systems.
The first thing I would do if I was an evil person is put plants in government who have access these systems. The power they wield is enormous.
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"Beyond the direct benefits to law enforcement and other authorized users ...". They are going to squeeze us through banking, which they already have full visibility into.
It's amazing the power they have to make up new "rules" this broad without a vote by elected officials. In the US we need to abolish the income tax, corporate tax, and all of the other federal taxes, and add a VAT that scales higher for luxury items like houses over certain values and luxury items. This would end up being far more progressive that the shit show we have today with the tax code. It would also lower str…
I've been receiving sales calls lately from companies offering services in my industry. Very annoying ones as well, the kind where they will call multiple times even if I tell them I am not interested. The only source I can think of that they got my number from is LinkedIn. This prompted me to check if I have it publicly available but turns out I didn't. Being unable to confirm the source from the sales people themse…
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It's amazing the power they have to make up new "rules" this broad without a vote by elected officials. In the US we need to abolish the income tax, corporate tax, and all of the other federal taxes, and add a VAT that scales higher for luxury items like houses over certain values and luxury items. This would end up being far more progressive that the shit show we have today with the tax code. It would also lower str…
A sales tax is always regressive, no matter how you tier it. Poor people spend 100% of their income/net worth monthly. The ultra wealth spend something like 0.00000000000001%.
We've got to be more pragmatic about taxation, adhere to the KISS principle.