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Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by magicalhippo »

taspeotis wrote: post #270
jorams wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In a slightly less illogical EU This has approximately nothing to do with the EU. Norway is not in the EU and not in the EU Customs Union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area > The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the Agreement on the European Economic Area, an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Association. The EEA links the EU member states and three EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and *Norway*) into an internal mark…

We have our own customs rules though. The proper EU members are all bound by the EU customs TARIC[1] while Norway has its own[2].

The EEA limits what we can do with our own customs tariff though.

[1]: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/calculation-c...

[2]: https://tolltariffen.toll.no/tolltariff?language=en

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by mszcz »

rasz wrote: post #269
consp wrote: post #247

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This reminds me of puzzles (as in physical 1000 piece things) in the 90s. It was cheaper to manufacture them somewhere, import them, export them to Spain, import them again than sell them straight from the country of origin which I think was Finland. All the while the stuff never moved and it was all on paper afaik. The lettering had to be in Spanish though but it's a puzzle, you know how it works.

Biggest Polish IT company was bankrupted by this. Optimus SA was called Polish Dell&Yahoo combined in the nineties. They manufactured computers, made multimedia/education software and games, distributed software/games, IT contracts/system integration, POS systems deployments, ERP, consulting, biggest web portal, biggest online communicator, biggest search engine. .. then one day in 1999 ministry of education announce…

Yeah, I remember that. I think I still have a framed, very old cover of Wprost with Roman Kluska (the owner of Optimus) after we won a pyrrhic victory against the state for that, years after the fact. Of course, none of the bureaucrats responsible for burning Optimus to the ground got even as much as a citation. In fact, I vaguely recall reading about them getting bonuses for slapping a big fine on Optimus.

The framed cover used to be a reminder that, in general, the state and the Polish equivalent of the IRS is not, and never will be, your friend. Sure, I've had some friendly and helpful chats with multiple people working for our IRS but I've never forgotten Optimus.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by throaway46546 »

function_seven wrote: post #263
captainmuon wrote: post #262

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I never get why you actually have to put the ham on the truck. In a slightly less illogical EU you could just go to the appropriate EU committe, and get an exception where you send the ham on a "virtual trip". Just proove that you payed the cost of shipment. The ham benefits, the environment benefits, everybody wins. I would even go further and introduce a legal principle. Every law that can be circumvented by a ridi…

> Every law that can be circumvented by a ridiculous trick is either void, or the loophole has to be closed. California did something like this with window tint violations. It's illegal to have your windows tinted darker than some amount. In the old days, if you were ticketed for this, it would be a "Fix It" ticket. You get the tint removed, have a cop sign off that the violation was corrected, and pay some nominal f…

I have heard you can just bribe a cop to sign it off and you don't have to have it removed at all.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by sokoloff »

function_seven wrote: post #263
captainmuon wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never get why you actually have to put the ham on the truck. In a slightly less illogical EU you could just go to the appropriate EU committe, and get an exception where you send the ham on a "virtual trip". Just proove that you payed the cost of shipment. The ham benefits, the environment benefits, everybody wins. I would even go further and introduce a legal principle. Every law that can be circumvented by a ridi…

> Every law that can be circumvented by a ridiculous trick is either void, or the loophole has to be closed. California did something like this with window tint violations. It's illegal to have your windows tinted darker than some amount. In the old days, if you were ticketed for this, it would be a "Fix It" ticket. You get the tint removed, have a cop sign off that the violation was corrected, and pay some nominal f…

Some tint shops responded to this loss of revenue by offering “tint guarantees” where you could have tint reapplied for some period of time for half price.

The game over here in New England is getting a statement of medical accommodation from an eye doctor asserting that bright sun is uncomfortable but you have no other limitations.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by Rarok »

I'm Spanish and I'm finding this very hilarious because that explains a "urban legend" that was about that computer. People said that the Amstrad had a secret chip that only the NSA could use. Yes secret chips for a foreign government in a offline computer.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by Rarok »

alibarber wrote: post #258
supernova87a wrote: post #202

It's called tariff engineering for a reason. Columbia will add an extra pocket below the waistline on a women's shirt so it gets classified as a utility/work garment and they can price it 10% cheaper. https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/29/theres-a-reason-your-... Converse will line the rim/bottom of a shoe with felt so it can be classified as a slipper. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-why-your-c...…

I have experienced the Canon DSLR software limit to 30 minutes of recording - much to my frustration.

Probably you know that but check magic lantern firmware (if its available for your camera)

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by veltas »

geocrasher wrote: post #5

This reminds me of the Subaru BRAT in the early '80s. There was a 25% tarrif on imported pickups. So Subaru added two plastic jump seats in the back of the BRAT, even making them face backwards. No seat belts as I recall just handles. They weren't even really intended to be used. They were just cheap plastic. But they served the purpose of making the vehicle a four-seater car instead of a pickup, with only a 2.5% tar…

You don't need seatbelts if you're going facing opposite to direction of travel, so this is safe for driving forwards.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by forinti »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #111

Pistols manufactured in Mexico are imported as a kit of parts, then assembled as "Made in America!"

I witnessed thumb drives being "assembled" in Portugal (the case clicked on the drive, basically) from parts imported from China.

At least it creates a few local jobs.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by yeetaccount4 »

illirik wrote: post #234
yeetaccount4 wrote: post #214

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I’ve heard that pickups got so big in the past decade or so because of Obama-era emission regulation. A bigger truck was classified differently and not subject to such strict guidelines, so when the old 3/4 and 1-ton trucks couldn’t possibly meet the new rules they got bigger to get around them.

To this day, super-duty pickups do not have to report fuel economy figures. I technically own a 1984 Ford F350, with a 460 cubic-inch (7.5 L) V8, that is rotting in a family member's yard in North Carolina, which (when operative) got 8-9 miles per gallon. It's about the size and length of a brand-new Honda Odyssey; the real split is between vehicles classed as commercial, and those that were not. Even today, you can…

Funny thing is a new superduty can match or exceed the highway mileage of a new 4Runner. As long as you aren’t cruising around town or catching red lights you’re not doing all that bad. ~20MPG in eco mode.

Re: Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

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Post by evancoop »

In everything from federal law down to an organization's handbook, a simple principle applies:

If a nonsensical action helps one remain in compliance with the rule, it is the rule (not the action) that is nonsensical.

Amazing how many examples exist.

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