Hacker News: orangepurple

New comment by orangepurple in "Ask HN: Best country to run a boostrapped startup from? (After Section 174)"

orangepurple — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 03:37:36 +0000

Terrible. You're stepping into the territory of highly paid tax consultants due to a mountain of regulations which are unevenly enforced. You will be slammed by GILTI and FATCA and more.

US citizens involved with foreign businesses must file various reporting forms, including Form 5471 and Form 926 (foreign corporations), Form 8865 (foreign partnerships), Form 8858 (foreign limited liability companies), Form 3520 and Form 3520-A (foreign trusts), and FBAR. Form 8832 enables a foreign limited liability company to elect to be classified as a corporation, partnership, or disregarded entity for US tax purposes. Failure to timely file a required reporting form can subject a US citizen to significant civil and criminal penalties.

New comment by orangepurple in "FSRS: A modern, efficient spaced repetition algorithm"

orangepurple — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:58:24 +0000

These algorithms are still suboptimal because they do not account for the spacing effect at all. But doing something is still better than nothing when it comes to learning.

New comment by orangepurple in "Citigroup Plans to Cut 20k Jobs"

orangepurple — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:32:16 +0000

FYI: Fidelity also offers 2% cash back with reasonable terms

New comment by orangepurple in "Generation Junk"

orangepurple — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:10:58 +0000

At this point I don't trust it if it doesn't at least explictly claim to be made with borosilicates. There are such suspicious items for sale on Amazon and I trust them more than "pyrex."

New comment by orangepurple in "First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation"

orangepurple — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:18:30 +0000

Is it possible for solar panels to be semi-transparent so crops can still thrive underneath?

New comment by orangepurple in "Germany hits 80 GW milestone"

orangepurple — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:56:02 +0000

Molten iron batteries will come sooner than hydrogen anything

New comment by orangepurple in "Germany hits 80 GW milestone"

orangepurple — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:54:57 +0000

From where are they obtaining gas for these plants?

New comment by orangepurple in "Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker"

orangepurple — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:25:39 +0000

Same reason Voice of America exists. To spread American influence and culture.

New comment by orangepurple in "Polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance"

orangepurple — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:41:57 +0000

Where is the colonization?

New comment by orangepurple in "NewPipe 0.26"

orangepurple — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:19:09 +0000

Start the app and play something through one bluetooth device. Pause, then connect to another bluetooth device. App won't play videos and bugs out.

New comment by orangepurple in "Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat hit with tough new EU safety regulations"

orangepurple — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:26:17 +0000

Before or after 44.9 million average monthly users?

New comment by orangepurple in "Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat hit with tough new EU safety regulations"

orangepurple — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:41:53 +0000

What happens at 44.9 million average monthly users? Why this distinction?

New comment by orangepurple in "It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber"

orangepurple — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:35:15 +0000

Quick way to get started: find numbers and letters in anything they are interested in. Kids love helping their parents and cooking with them using recipes and measuring stuff uses letters and numbers.

New comment by orangepurple in "It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber"

orangepurple — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:40:50 +0000

Based on my own tiny "clinical trials" how much and how quickly children learn is proportional to the time spent working through problems together with their parents.

New comment by orangepurple in "Why do programmers need private offices with doors?"

orangepurple — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:39:06 +0000

> A bunch of extroverts who just can't wait to tell you what they did over the weekend and a bunch of C-level dudes who can't believe work can be done if they PERSONALLY can't see you at your desk working.

The sight of people in an open office plan is merely an expensive therapy session for these guys

New comment by orangepurple in "Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared"

orangepurple — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:32:49 +0000

Will the cost be more than $32 USD (28 CHF) per kilogram or $14.53 per pound of chicken? That's what people pay for chicken at the Migros supermarkets in the tiny landlocked country of Liechtenstein which is part of the Swiss customs union.

I think the closest thing to that chicken is organic free range, which cost $5.79 a pound a few years ago in the US at Trader Joes.

So the 3x multiple is in line with what you're suggesting if we assume Swiss customs union area chicken cost reflects reality.

New comment by orangepurple in "Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared"

orangepurple — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:25:11 +0000

That's not true. There are lot of forests and mountains. To get to nothing you have to go all the way to Ukraine. It is relatively featureless south and east of Kyiv.

New comment by orangepurple in "Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared"

orangepurple — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:11:27 +0000

It just needs to last long enough to sell it forward to more dumb money (e.g., Saudis).

New comment by orangepurple in "Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices"

orangepurple — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:56:41 +0000

Germans have a ultra-wealthy upper class which own everything and skew net wealth figures massively. The bottom 50% of German residents by net wealth have nearly nothing compared to those in a similar situation in neighboring EU countries.

PDF Page 6

Table A3 Net wealth medians - breakdowns

EUR thousands

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/research/hfcn/HFCS_Statis...

New comment by orangepurple in "Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices"

orangepurple — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:29:16 +0000

Have you handled the boxes recently? They are more than 50% air by volume.