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New comment by apparent in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

apparent — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:26 +0000

You'd just end up arguing about when the property appreciated. The owner would say it all happened since the last tax payment was due.

It would also complicate the home buying negotiation. People would look at your recent tax payments and put a cap on the bids they would make based on what would trigger back taxes for you.

New comment by apparent in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

apparent — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:58:05 +0000

It depends on how the $ is spent. If it's spent on "free preschool" then it benefits parents who use the free preschool. These are by definition not the people paying this non-resident-only tax.

New comment by apparent in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

apparent — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:19:35 +0000

> increase the cost of hotel rooms and reduce the cost of owned-housing

Reducing the cost of $5M+ homes will slightly help some wealthy people who live in NYC, and there will be a modest trickle-down effect into less expensive properties. But I thought the goal was to generate tax revenue from the taxes, which wouldn't happen to the extent they end up in the hands of NYC residents.

EDIT: apparently it hits all homes over $1M, which means it will hit more homes but also won't generate revenue to the extent the homes end up being owned by New Yorkers.

New comment by apparent in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

apparent — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:17:38 +0000

> helps create some liquidity in the housing market (the goal)

Is that the stated goal? I thought the goal was to generate revenue from the tax. It's true that triggering sales will create a one-time boost in sales-related taxes, but that's just temporary.

New comment by apparent in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

apparent — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:09:22 +0000

How will this deal with videos that are just b-roll and then AI audio? I end up seeing a lot of those when looking for educational videos for my kids. Basically, if a video was posted after 2023, and the narrator is not visible in the first minute, my radar is up.

It's not clear what these rules are or how they will be applied to videos of this variety.

TBH, I have found a few of them to be quite good, but most of them are junk, and I don't want my kids to become accustomed to that kind of video.

New comment by apparent in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

apparent — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:54:20 +0000

I wonder if the 28% more visits was mostly among existing users. I skimmed the article and it didn't look like this was broken out. It would be much more impactful/impressive if they brought in a bunch of new users, as opposed to ratcheting up usage among people who were already aware of it.

New comment by apparent in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

apparent — Tue, 26 May 2026 22:40:18 +0000

Funny that its failure is in being too chubby, when Ive was famous for making Apple products overly thin (think butterfly keyboard).

New comment by apparent in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

apparent — Tue, 26 May 2026 22:36:13 +0000

I heard they didn't want it to be functional while charging because then people would use it plugged in all the time. They wanted it to be clear that it takes a little time to charge, then you use it unplugged. Might make more sense if there were battery level LEDs on the top or something. But it's just a couple reminders and then bang it's dead.

New comment by apparent in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"

apparent — Sat, 23 May 2026 05:25:45 +0000

I think the reference to wireless charging was to their rumored-but-never-released product that was going to allow charging at a distance, not mere magsafe charging.

Meta released a new Reddit-like app called Forum

apparent — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:57:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2179165/meta-forum-groups-app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48236834

Points: 4

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New comment by apparent in "Parents Are Fuming About Other Peoples' Kids Getting Extra Time on the SAT"

apparent — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:56 +0000

The IBS trick is a new one. But given the brain-gut connection, and the susceptibility of kids to suggestion, I wonder if some kids will actually develop intestinal difficulties as a result of fake diagnoses.

New comment by apparent in "A Master's Degree Isn't the Job Guarantee It Used to Be"

apparent — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:03:46 +0000

Yeah I would guess part of the reason for the increase in unemployment is that there are many silly masters degrees offered now. Would be interesting to see the unemployment rate for masters that have been around for a while.

New comment by apparent in "Court bans Kars4Kids ads in California for violating false advertising law"

apparent — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:49:26 +0000

I think the kids who get to go to camp or Israel for free are beneficiaries. It's not like all of the money goes to executives' salaries, right?

New comment by apparent in "Court bans Kars4Kids ads in California for violating false advertising law"

apparent — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:36:32 +0000

Going to be interesting to see if they adapt their messaging to be more explicit about who their beneficiaries are, or just stop soliciting in CA. Seems like a good chunk of their donations could come from CA, so it'd be a big loss. Maybe they'll instead spin up some CA-based beneficiaries so they can maintain their mission without having to be more explicit about who is benefiting exactly.

New comment by apparent in "The Siri for Families Apple Will Never Build"

apparent — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:01:17 +0000

Oh good, so when Apple goes live with its Gemini-Siri mashup, I won't have to adjust to anything since neither of them works.

New comment by apparent in "The Siri for Families Apple Will Never Build"

apparent — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:18:24 +0000

If they cared about families, they'd enable iPads to support multiple users. I guess they realize that people will just buy more iPads rather than abandon the ecosystem.

New comment by apparent in "ICE Agents Have List of 20M People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir"

apparent — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:39:54 +0000

Oh sure, I see those posted all the time in threads about paywalled articles. I assumed if it wasn't linked in this thread (like it usually is) then it didn't work for this site.

New comment by apparent in "ICE Agents Have List of 20M People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir"

apparent — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:11:41 +0000

Is there a way to read these articles without creating a subscription? This is the second 404media post to make the front page in the last day, and I don't understand if the commenters here actually happen to be subscribers and can read the article, if there's a way to read it without subscribing (none is posted in the comments, which is unusual for paywalled articles), or if they're just commenting without having read it.

New comment by apparent in "ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App"

apparent — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:08:29 +0000

Yes I know...it is not posted in this thread. In light of that, I am wondering if this conversation is happening amongst people who did not actually read the article.

New comment by apparent in "Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead"

apparent — Tue, 12 May 2026 05:45:20 +0000

This makes me want to download their app even less. And at 400+ MB, it wasn't exactly at the top of my list.