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New comment by smhg in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

smhg — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:45:48 +0000

> As long as I don't get taxed on the same money in both countries, I don't see the issue here.

That's exactly one of the current issues. The general rule is something like 'taxation happens where the company creates value'. Registration in Estonia just means taxation starts in Estonia. But at any point can Spain say 'we consider this a Spanish company'. After Spain taxes too, you can request a tax refund in Estonia. That's assuming they agree. Both countries will only communicate with the company, not with each other.

So while double taxation treaties are great, they are not doing much upfront in this respect.

The above is about company taxation, not personal taxes. For SMB that line is often confusing.

New comment by smhg in "Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU?"

smhg — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:10:18 +0000

You mean Sweden and Denmark, not Scandinavia. And both have different ideas about joining the Eurozone. Norway isn't part of the EU. Finland is using the Euro.

New comment by smhg in "A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD"

smhg — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:43:47 +0000

Not even one per day as far as I can tell.

The Amtrack website also mentions:

Known as Maryland's “Queen City,” Cumberland was an early gateway to the West. Today, it is a bustling arts center and popular stopover for cyclists using the trail network between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

New comment by smhg in "Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law"

smhg — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:11:21 +0000

> If you store any kind of data about a visitor to make their life more convenient, is that tracking? Shopping carts? Notification preferences? etc.

If it is crucial to provide the service or the service is explicitely requested by the user (i'd argue a shopping cart is), I think you don't need consent (see Article 5 of Directive 2002/58/EC).

New comment by smhg in "Starship will attempt a launch this Friday"

smhg — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:58:50 +0000

Making a video about a specific sound, talking through the whole (first?, hopefully) example.

New comment by smhg in "Banning E2EE is stupid"

smhg — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:06:46 +0000

> But then the governments will legislate against citizens usage of the technology.

No, given some exceptions (think dictators trying), that's not going to happen, right? At that point it's not a technological issue. You're talking about the right to be cryptical in everyday speech.

Edit: or, in a different approach, they'd have to forbid (private) use of (some) algorithms. Again, that sounds like you'll have bigger issues then, no?

New comment by smhg in "Copying Angry Birds with nothing but AI"

smhg — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:36:25 +0000

I don't have one either but I could read it on Mastodon. If it helps someone:

https://fosstodon.org/@javilopen@bird.makeup/111332485943091...

New comment by smhg in "Parents in Ireland town to voluntarily ban smartphones for kids as old as 13"

smhg — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:55:24 +0000

This sounded to me like the age of 8. But it's about 8th grade, which seems to be 13-14 year olds.

New comment by smhg in "Legs and knobs for IKEA and other furniture"

smhg — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 08:43:20 +0000

You can also attempt to do this within IKEA. You can sometimes buy bed/sofa/... legs separately and use ones from other series and furniture.

Sometimes they are quite different, or at least fit your style better than the default ones.

New comment by smhg in "Ask HN: Why is the Twitter logo a Shiba Inu?"

smhg — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:11:48 +0000

That graph does not have 0 as the starting point, which makes the so called spike look more dramatic. Try to enlarge the view by selecting a much longer period of time.

New comment by smhg in "GNOME 44"

smhg — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:48:19 +0000

Logitech's dongles (and possibly others) mimic a USB connection while still being wireless. They also allow you to access your BIOS.

Things being what they are, I don't think Bluetooth is the right setup for input devices.

New comment by smhg in "Night Train Map with all regularly served night train destinations in Europe"

smhg — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:54:37 +0000

I've used Trainline [0] twice for cross-border train travel because it fits in-between those 2 options (Google Maps vs Nightjet).

[0] https://www.thetrainline.com/

New comment by smhg in "IKEA made a smart air quality sensor to track indoor pollution"

smhg — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:35:00 +0000

On the Czech IKEA website it's listed with a price of 999 CZK [0]. This is about 42 EUR.

[0] https://www.ikea.com/cz/cs/p/vindstyrka-senzor-kvality-vzduc...

New comment by smhg in "A page with no code"

smhg — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:44:18 +0000

Isn't that like saying only big companies with specialized roles are allowed to provide app-like functionality?

Among others, smaller shops and single-person companies surely benefit from one delivery platform if you ask me. Even if it's not perfect.

New comment by smhg in "Rant: Year of Linux on the desktop"

smhg — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:06:16 +0000

I'll bite. You seem to be wrong. I use a 13" Huawei laptop from 2019 (I can't compare newer hardware):

- screen resolution is 4k (please correct me if that's not retina)

- price was $900-$1000 (apple products were double that price)

- everything just works in Linux except the fingerprint reader (I'll have to give you that)

New comment by smhg in "The Overlords Finally Showed Up"

smhg — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 14:41:41 +0000

Funny how the article is exactly about this happening: the inability to tell what is true when reading.

The article might be AI generated, your comment might be, both, or none of them. How will we know who is right? And if we can't, will we stop caring?

New comment by smhg in "We’re in a golden age of board games"

smhg — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:55:36 +0000

I would add The Castles of Burgundy to that price range list.

New comment by smhg in "Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014)"

smhg — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:28:54 +0000

I'm baffled any half decent site would use that. I expected some kind of new web/Chrome API.

That's a very "bold" choice of 538 if you ask me.

New comment by smhg in "Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014)"

smhg — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:52:47 +0000

When I navigate back to HN after reading the article, I get a page 'more stories before you go'. At least the first time I opened the link.

How is 538 able to intercept my navigation away from their page?

New comment by smhg in "Ask HN: What is the best gadget you bought in 2022?"

smhg — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:08:43 +0000

Logitech MX Keys keyboard. It's the best keyboard I've every typed on by a large margin.

In Europe, I had to order the US (qwerty) version through eBay though. As Logitech is stuck in ancient regional limitations.