CoCo_Goldstein

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

What did Orwell say his novel was about?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

US taking over Gaza would be at the bottom of my list of options concerning Gaza. Almost anything else would be a better idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's a pity we've never been able to elect a Democrat president who could counteract the evil that Reagan has unleashed upon us.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I have to agree. Switching to USB-C is a big step, but I doubt Apple will become more interoperable unless they are forced to.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"This is especially a problem in Star Trek"

It gets really bad in ST Discovery, especially in the last season. Any time the ship gets into trouble, a cascade of sparks starts falling down. It looks like a waterfall made of sparks. The bridge basically looks like a KISS concert.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

probably because of lack of currency for imports

That makes sense. Russia is saving its money to pay smugglers to smuggle in weapons components.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not mentioned in the article, but mentioned elsewhere - trains. Russia relies heavily on trains to move things. One part of train maintenance is the replacement of bearings. Russia can't manufacture bearings for its trains and it can't import them either because of sanctions. Russia has fewer and fewer operational trains and train cars. One very important thing that the trains haul is grain. There are reports that Russia could face starvation by the end of the year if it doesn't get its trains repaired because they will be unable to haul food to the cities. Russia doesn't have enough trucks and roads to replace the trains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

"Love is love".

You can't judge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Eh, banks give out loans for people to start restaurants all the time

** Citation needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It sounds like you aren't making much money, so you probably don't owe much, if any, in taxes. For the year 2024, if you got a W-2 from your employer, you should file. What you did in previous years won't affect your ability to file this year. Who knows? perhaps you will get a refund.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

People heard about the original, now discredited study, which came out around the time autism diagnosises were increasing. People then either didn't hear or chose not to believe that the OG study was discredited.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That could be solved with a standard deduction of whatever income level the bottom 25% start at. So, assuming 40,000 is the start of the bottom 25%, you only start paying taxes on income over 40,000. I.E. the first 40k are free, you start paying taxes on the first dollar over 40k. No other deductions. There is nothing magical about my 40k number, it could be set at what ever society deems to be 'solidly middle class', therefore giving the poor and working poor a much needed tax break.

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