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  1. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@PareeDave @wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias Also valuation is tough- for example, sale in progress- book value is 98K, tax assessed value is 792K, sale price is 4.3M, assuming it doesn't fall through... which value are you taxing?
  2. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@PareeDave @wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias I don't have debt/leverage so how are assets different than net worth? And I wouldn't fuss except they've explicitly said they wouldn't index to inflation because they want it to hit more taxpayers over time.
  3. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@dansully230 @PareeDave @wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias My actual take-home income is 5-figures, the rest is locked in a limited partnership that has income on paper but doesn't distribute except a ballpark figure to cover the extra taxes (and sometimes less than that, months after the tax is due).
  4. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@PareeDave @wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias ($500K * 60 yrs at 8% annual return = $50M)
  5. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@PareeDave @wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias Not over 50 million, but give inflation a few year... I certainly expect to get there in my lifetime and I'd rather not have a repeat of AMT ("it's only for the rich" -> hits people with upper middle income)
  6. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@wmui1 @David_Charts @mattyglesias Not if you're in the process of selling it. I'm somewhere in the middle on tax policy- the details matter and individual taxpayers don't always appreciate the workflow issues in the current system.
  7. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@David_Charts @mattyglesias (currently in the process of selling a small parcel of farmland for datacenter development, offer accepted in March, sale will close in Nov, even though the buyer is in a hurry to build)
  8. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@David_Charts @mattyglesias It really is not that simple to sell land- takes several months to close even for the most urgent acquisition of commerical raw land with no unusual circumstances... Add to that the small pool of potential buyers and fluctuating business cycle, can take several years to sell.
  9. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@0x26d Aww, give her time she'll settle in... Mine hid under the bed for a month, now rules the roost
  10. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@asyncangel @bryanl Relatedly, the idea that it's just as efficient to task two devs half time on two projects for two different clients as it is to dedicate one dev to each client
  11. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@asyncangel @bryanl I love the "no progress!?! But you've had two days!!!" when I've been booked with interviews and code reviews and client meetings and "sync ups" with no gap more than 30 mins. Some tasks require uninterrupted time to think....
  12. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@bryanl Lines of Code seen as an asset rather than a liability by PMs (and corresponding "just start coding!!! we can straighten out reqs later" attitude)
  13. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@norootcause Or X was around and identified a concern but was out-argued by extrovert PMs and eventually shifted from trying to prevent a fiasco to writing passive-aggressive CYA "I warned you" emails
  14. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@shararehdrury First Gulf War
  15. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@spicy_yogurt @EmilouMars @daddy_phantom_ @JuliaACohen @clhubes This- just wait till their next move is to go after condoms as "2-week abortions"
  16. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@SwervinChervin @KrampusSnail @mrvdot @mattyglesias A medication abortion is not the morning after pill but a combination of pills you take after a positive pregnancy test.
  17. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias 🤦 really most happen between weeks 6 and 8, given that the first 2 weeks are pre-conception...
  18. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@phl43 Flicking cigarettes out the window, particularly when they're not entirely extinguished and cause roadside brush fires.
  19. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · repostRT @notlewistbh: every time there is discussion on Real ai enhance images i remember this image and die https://t.co/FjFe3uRHMV
  20. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@CjgbVictoria @robinhanson Ugh I've totally experienced this... One of the various experiences that led me to resign from dating.
  21. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@robinhanson Because most young women don't read romance novels, and no one cares if granny has unrealistic expectations in her 90s?
  22. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@telmudic Ha! and here I've been keeping it a deep dark secret
  23. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@bryan_caplan 🙄 the important point is to shift from "I didn't hear her say no so I kept going" (because she was passed out) to "she affirmatively said yes", with the caveat that you can't hold a gun to her head to coerce a "yes". As someone with ASD I don't think this standard is unfair.
  24. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@bastard_brian It is sadly true for new college grad interviews, but who knows if they're ever hired elsewhere
  25. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@noampomsky Oh also everything by Henry Plummer (architectural photographer)
  26. Sep 1, 2021Twitter · reply@noampomsky Maybe not so obscure, but I love Seiobo There Below
  27. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@bunsenbernerbmd Lol if ppl followed rule 3 no one would ever RT again
  28. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@mdalton323 @jonmasters @QuinnyPig @ColWillis_Tech @awscloud At least the Eastern half... My cabin on Short Hill Mountain has no internet access *sigh*
  29. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · postTrump on Crypto: “I like the currency of the United States [...] The others are potentially a disaster waiting to happen. [...] They may be fake, who knows what they are? They certainly are something that people don’t know very much about.” 😂
  30. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@corbinwilliams @WholeMarsBlog Manure from neighboring farms for the garden
  31. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@corbinwilliams @WholeMarsBlog Utility trailer for mulch, canoes,
  32. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@corbinwilliams @WholeMarsBlog Need the Y for the tow hitch...
  33. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@sonnenmimi Or if he's a native American living in WV, set him up to lead hunting / fishing / foraging excursions and cook traditional dishes as a forest-to-table experience.
  34. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@sonnenmimi Hire him to repair my old log cabin with proper historical accuracy for the lime plaster and hand hewn logs and fix up the old stone boundary walls, then use the work to build a portfolio site and hire him out as a historical restoration expert to the NPS
  35. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · repostRT @igvolow: I’m convinced that 99% of all actions a software-producing business takes to protect their “valuable IP” are the rough equival…
  36. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias 😂 at 14 I was rewiring light fixtures under dad's supervision at the family biz after years of cleaning windows, folding towels, prepping mass mailings after school and cleaning stalls at the barn on the weekends... Odd to imagine not working as a teen.
  37. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@evanbear20 @urlnotfound @mattyglesias Lol, 35 should be full retirement age... (At least in tech it feels this way)
  38. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@LemieuxLGM Still holding out hope he shuts down Gitmo too...
  39. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias 💯
  40. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@Melonmon9 @BoldPolitics @b757fo_jim @jimnaifeh @ThomasSowell @bp22 West Virginia is gorgeous and majorly underrated.
  41. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@edavidds Sure, if you mean plenty of foreign policy pundits.
  42. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@robinhanson You could build this yourself- recruit a panel and pay them a percent of revenue, use Amazon affiliate links rather than building out inventory & fulfillment
  43. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@CarFreeHQ2 All of us who live in the area should buy JBGS shares and become activist investors.
  44. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@luke_metro The tradeoff for not requiring upfront education is that tech jobs require continual learning... Human brains tend to calcify with age, the infantilizing "cush" of tech jobs helps maintain childlike openness as long as possible.
  45. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@rhymeswithvocal Yeah, it's called hypomania 🙂
  46. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · reply@AaronKClark @Cultiv8Resilync Or, working in the hot aisle... Running overhead wires, sweaty tee lifting for a glimpse of rounded hairy tummy... Yeah I can imagine 😍
  47. Aug 31, 2021Twitter · repostRT @TheAncientWorld: A typical complaint fielded by Babylonian administrators: “I am not getting water for my sesame field. The sesame will…
  48. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@RichDecibels In my defense my parents are worse- just this past weekend, my dad told me he'd received feedback from interns that he's "intimidating"; meanwhile mom was gloating about helping a client through a crisis and joking she wants to rebrand as "Do What I Say"
  49. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@PstafarianPrice Not mine, but we had a survey in June and 100% said they were already vaccinated. Can't imagine asking for "proof" because if you can't trust someone then they shouldn't be an employee?
  50. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@RichDecibels Intensity, allegedly- I always have 10 contradictory possibilities that I want to debate in detail far beyond a normal person's interest or attention span.
  51. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@AVoiceForField1 @robertwiblin @MandatoryTopic Yeah I'm not sure, would have more questions... Just an observation that the hens themselves don't seem unhappy when I'm there buying veg food.
  52. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@JaxBucsFan @FrankLuntz My impression is that they're mostly dual citizens with Afghan extended family- it must have been an excruciating decision to leave behind siblings or elderly parents who aren't US citizens...
  53. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@Duderichy Can I reduce salary & days instead? 2 working days / 6 weekend days for half my current salary sounds pretty great tbh.
  54. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@robertwiblin Default assumption that people absorb information without bias and make rational decisions according to a set of consciously held values.
  55. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@robertwiblin @MandatoryTopic Hmm, I haven't had eggs in 16 yrs, but repeatedly seeing the laying hens at the local homestead market has me rethinking maybe I'm morally ok with their welfare? No idea how this compares with large scale free range eggs though.
  56. Aug 30, 2021Twitter · reply@Ceallach @CaseRN12 @MsShireenKhan @GrahamBrookie @florida_sophia NoVA doesn't have a SF-like homeless population and renters have been able to negotiate rent decreases during the pandemic... Landlords probably see this as an opportunity to find good tenants for units they've been struggling to fill.
  57. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · repostRT @RationalEtienne: Many choose ready-to-wear ideas. When asked what they think, they repeat a mashup of what others have said. This is…
  58. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@Aella_Girl I don't see how anyone can choose less than "maybe" given historical childhood mortality rates.
  59. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@michael_nielsen Living within the blast radius of the Pentagon, I'm interpreting "know well" to mean, like, they'd have to put me on their SF-86... 😏
  60. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · repostRT @DanRather: Sadly, this is not, generally, an "Age of Enlightenment." In so many areas it’s an "Age of Embarrassment."
  61. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@deepfates Buy chocolate ice cream to drown my sorrows
  62. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@MarkLutter 😂 I stan GMU econ mostly due to hometown pride and TCo's dining guide, tbh... Buy local = a bookshelf full of their work
  63. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · repostRT @MarkLutter: Fuck it, I'll turn this into a thread. GMU econ is the best intellectual environment on the planet. Here's why https://t.co…
  64. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@edavidds In Florida?
  65. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@JimDMiller Be better partners. Seriously. Single motherhood looks miserable- I'd rather have no children than go through that, and having a man-child for a partner would be worse.
  66. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@engineers_feed Hands free phone use while driving.
  67. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · repostRT @helloSnafu: Still think drugs are cool? https://t.co/9AnCh1CpxV
  68. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@peligrietzer I expect this will go about as well as training coders to be chill and act normal 😂
  69. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@TDHyper @zoee128 @shrinkthetaxgap Actually it may not... Tax laws for the rich are notoriously complicated and take years to litigate; you'd get better risk-adjusted return per hour of labor by identifying fraudulent EITC claiming a dog as a dependent
  70. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@shrinkthetaxgap And/or make tax laws simple enough that it doesn't take years in court to determine whether enough tax has been paid.
  71. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Where's Trump and the Magic Sharpie when we need him?
  72. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@JovianDesmond @phl43 That's exactly why! How can we "trust experts" if experts are going by wishful thinking rather than expertise?
  73. Aug 29, 2021Twitter · reply@HomeDepot Disturbing your neighbors, damaging your hearing, and worsening local air quality... Because fallen leaves aren't aesthetically pleasing?
  74. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · repostRT @WholeMarsBlog: Can software really drive better than some guy staring at his phone, trying to send a snapchat to a girl who doesn’t wan…
  75. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@IAmAmnaNawaz Can't wait to see the movie about Operation Pineapple Express? Incredible story and I'm sure reporters have a lot more than they're able to disclose rn.
  76. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@forrestbrazeal Is also my router's reaction to a SYN flood 😂
  77. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@evanewashington Social anxiety
  78. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · quoteRT @Duderichy: A comprehensive and consistent set of axioms https://x.com/evanewashington/status/1431438893400875012
  79. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · repostRT @ModFarm: When we think of using human waste as fertilizer, we tend to think of biosolids. But solids aren’t the only human waste produc…
  80. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@ESYudkowsky (also I'm thinking an advantage is that you don't have to find a buyer who can pay full value- you could rent it out like they rented bibles and herbals to make copies)
  81. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@ESYudkowsky This is why I specified topo maps (and should have said high resolution and local)- seeing the correspondence to visible landforms should be convincing relative to maps of the time.
  82. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@ESYudkowsky Accurate topo maps too.
  83. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@ESYudkowsky Botany books with medicinal herb info.
  84. Aug 28, 2021Twitter · reply@lilaexpt https://t.co/51J3WETQAr
  85. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · repostRT @JJfreeradical: @mattyglesias The big question is when it will switch to massive doses of the SSRI Fluvoxamine, since clinical trials ha…
  86. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Lol, I didn't mean incel, just the adult gay virgin part- seems like he was a late bloomer? It is kinda cute tbh
  87. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Are we still talking about Mayo Pete? 😏
  88. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan Yep!
  89. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · repostRT @kimbal: The Kitchen Restaurant Group @thekitchen will hire and train any Afghan refugees looking for work in Colorado. We stand with ou…
  90. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@THerwees You say this, but there are real problems with scam international adoption agencies stealing poor babies and putting them up for "adoption" for hefty fees
  91. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Idk, but if you figure it out can you ask them to push Olanzapine as the next miracle cure?
  92. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@tszzl Because you're actually right about bros in tech? Serious techies are usually awkward but well-meaning, the jackasses are mostly in tech-adjacent roles where their mind games might yield something other than bugs.
  93. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Useful but also overused to the point of diminished effectiveness and a contaminant in most manure sources... And it isn't crazy to use animal meds- often the same drugs minus human healthcare economic dysfunction.
  94. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · repostRT @FastCompany: Cities have a lot of roofs. Let's put some stuff on them! http://f-st.co/muHGtAo
  95. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · repostRT @mattparlmer: There's an enormous gap between the competence that medicine projects and what they actually demonstrate in the field The…
  96. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · reply@davidfrum @TheAtlantic 🙄 we should do this to all countries all the time by reforming our immigration system to let in as many law-abiding hard-working high-skill people as want to come.
  97. Aug 27, 2021Twitter · repostRT @NortherlyRose: When we got home Izzy was quite tired. This is her ‘I’m trying hard to stay awake but I’m about to go to sleep’ face! 7/…
  98. Aug 26, 2021Twitter · repostRT @WCKitchen: At Dulles Airport, the WCK Relief Team has served hundreds of meals so far today to Afghan refugees arriving on site. One…
  99. Aug 26, 2021Twitter · reply@Yellow_Dog1959 @mattyglesias 🙄 anxiety disorder? I know people holding this much cash because it helps them sleep better to know they wouldn't run out of money during a digital finance meltdown. Systemic risk in the Cloud is underrated.
  100. Aug 24, 2021Twitter · reply@MargRev Smh, the 61%... Romney's 47% are now the majority, do we really think they're going to stop exploiting the minority without a fight?