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Re: OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D

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Post by Zacharias030 »

xlii wrote: post #322
phil21 wrote: post #300

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I have nearly 3 decades (ugh…) now of forming fully remote startups and working remotely. It used to be totally non-controversial and completely validated by direct personal experience that only a minority of the population is built to work remotely. It’s so silly this is even an argument when our entire society and education is built on in-person interactions. I think the 10% number is variable depending on the org…

I read, wanted to reply but would only echo what you wrote. 100% agree. Just a note that my 10% experience is based on general population of people who were working remotely for at least 6 months (and being a contractor I’ve switched orgs more often than average engineer)

100% agree with you both and I love the litmus tests mentioned!

Looks like big and small tech are mostly doing things wrong then?

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Post by pfannkuchen »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #151
pfannkuchen wrote: post #73

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It seems like a more formalized quid pro quo system is needed so that political favors can be split across bills and relied upon. This sort of thing seems to be human nature, it doesn’t help anyone to pretend in the procedural rules that it doesn’t happen.

This was called pork when it used to happen and people were very angry about it.

Pork wasn’t formalized, though, was it?

Though I agree that favors did seem to be more separated across bills in the past. This is an interesting manifestation of congress becoming a lower trust system, I suppose.

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Post by int_19h »

ethbr1 wrote: post #81
a_wild_dandan wrote: post #38

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What does that matter? We're talking trifectas here, not supermajorities. The filibuster is a cute remnant of "decorum." It's a vestigial rule which will disappear when too inconvenient. (Fun question with not-so-fun answers: why isn't the filibuster gone already?)

> (Fun question with not-so-fun answers: why isn't the filibuster gone already?) Because both parties are scared eventually the other party will be back in the majority.

I don't think Republicans need to worry about Dems retaking the Senate anytime soon.

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Post by lunar-whitey »

archagon wrote: post #330
perihelions wrote: post #190

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That (initially) $175 billion/year will pay for itself in forced labor. I think most countries with large-scale systems of concentration camps converged on that solution, when the costs of those systems ballooned into something unsustainable. Modern China has that. Their system makes use of their (reportedly millions) of incarcerated Uyghurs as low-skill forced labor, mainly in textiles/clothes. Few talk about it, bu…

The fact that this is downvoted is deeply disturbing. Timothy Snyder has similar thoughts on concentration camp labor: https://snyder.substack.com/p/concentration-camp-labor Meanwhile, SV darling Curtis Yarvin is plainly insinuating that we should bring slavery back: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gqqqg5xi4p2x4bfgphr7akip/po... What in the fuck is wrong with people?

It is important to understand that the methods selected for the “Final Solution” were intended to minimize costs. It is dangerous for crime at this scale to become cheap.

The experience of the Einsatzgruppen in Poland showed that mass execution with guns used too much material and was too stressful for the perpetrators. Camps allowed operational costs to be amortized while individual responsibility was diffused.

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Post by andrekandre »

pavlov wrote: post #187

Is there a more bizarre legislative process anywhere in the world? The US Congress is practically able to pass only a single giant bill every year. To work around its own deficit rules, these bills are packed with taxation time bombs where rules have expiration dates or delayed starts several years in the future. Then, if Congress doesn’t get around to defusing its own time bombs, you get situations like this R&D exp…

  > taxation time bombs where rules have expiration dates or delayed starts several years in the future.
  > ...
  > Unless the bomb is hopefully retroactively cancelled, like happened now.
this is by design: the opposition usually get into power in midterms and next presidency can swap parties, so if there is a bad provision its moved out to "explode" when they aren't in power and hurt the oppositions continuing chances

as an example, the cuts to medicade don't start until right after the next midterms (which most are expecting to strongly favor democrats) [0]

[0] https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/27/medicaid-and-chip-cuts...

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Post by sn9 »

Sammi wrote: post #332
jayd16 wrote: post #317

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The unserious and corrupt are consistently rewarded with re-election. I really have no idea how we move forward.

Get rid of the First Past the Post voting system. Almost all the brokenness of US politics is downstream from FPTP. It incentivates divisiveness instead of collaboration and consensus, which a better voting system would.

Divisiveness as well as strategically voting for the "lesser of two evils" compared to voting for your ideal choice.

It should honestly be banned for any election and primary across the country and be replaced with approval voting or Condorcet methods or something else that are strict improvements.

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Post by testies_for_you »

supportengineer wrote: post #93
calvinmorrison wrote: post #39

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NJ, home of the H1B scam. I worked with these guys at some large corporations on contract and as an employeed (F500 companies). I felt bad for them. Modern serfs. They lived in housing owned by you know the names of these indian firms that do 'anything'. Companies love the low cost, unlimited hours, and no need to hire, they're contractors. they sign deals with big indian vendors to provide everythingunderthesun. Poo…

Sounds like a CRIME to me.

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Post by testies_4_u »

supportengineer wrote: post #93
calvinmorrison wrote: post #39

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NJ, home of the H1B scam. I worked with these guys at some large corporations on contract and as an employeed (F500 companies). I felt bad for them. Modern serfs. They lived in housing owned by you know the names of these indian firms that do 'anything'. Companies love the low cost, unlimited hours, and no need to hire, they're contractors. they sign deals with big indian vendors to provide everythingunderthesun. Poo…

Sounds like a CRIME to me.

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Post by rpiguy »

apsec112 wrote: post #67
rpiguy wrote: post #56

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was the most sweeping legislation ever passed via reconciliation.

Obamacare was passed via regular order (60 Senate votes), not reconciliation. There was a follow-up package to tweak it that passed via reconciliation in 2010, but the original bill was regular order. It's the only (very brief) window where one party has held 60 Senate seats since 1977.

Whoops! I remembered the reconciliation but not the initial vote.

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Post by BlahBlahBlah33 »

supportengineer wrote: post #93
calvinmorrison wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NJ, home of the H1B scam. I worked with these guys at some large corporations on contract and as an employeed (F500 companies). I felt bad for them. Modern serfs. They lived in housing owned by you know the names of these indian firms that do 'anything'. Companies love the low cost, unlimited hours, and no need to hire, they're contractors. they sign deals with big indian vendors to provide everythingunderthesun. Poo…

Sounds like a CRIME to me.

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