Comment Re:It is a Hobby (Score 1) 218
Believe it or not in a conversation people do not repeat the same point over and over again.
Believe it or not, when your initial argument is bullshit, it doesn't change the facts...
Believe it or not in a conversation people do not repeat the same point over and over again.
Believe it or not, when your initial argument is bullshit, it doesn't change the facts...
Depends in what sense you use the word.
No, not to the IRS, and that was the original question.
When you have billions of dollars your versions of "hobby" may be very different from what a normal person would do.
Maybe so, but going back to original post about what the IRS considers a "hobby", a "non-profit" is not the same as a business that makes no money.
According the IRS if you run a business and don't make a profit, it is considered a HOBBY.
Sort of like Bill Gates' non-profit is a "hobby"?
Hopefully in a journal that is reviewed by skeptics rather than Ideologues.
All scientific journals are reviewed by skeptics.
That's because all scientists are skeptics.
Spoken like a true ideologue.
is there in one of these plates? Are they detachable by thieves to be sold for the metal value?
Given the location and structural requirements, I'm going to say this is not a readily detachable part...
Don't underestimate the persistence of a meth-head: Catalytic converters are removed with battery driven grinders and saws-alls all the time.
France fails at having an Internationally competitive workforce.
Sure, if you are a fan of the coporate greed that is "free trade". On the other hand, if your primary goal is the health of your society, your nation, your people and their quality of life, an "internationally competitive workforce" may not be the top concern on your list.
Yes, but the patent claims something specific.
But isn't that just more of the "this function, that fumigation ON THE INTERNET" sort of thing?
The landlords have nothing to do with this. This is the city evicting people.
Incorrect.
The city is threatening landlords with fine for the activities of their renters. The landlords are evicting people, not the city.
You should also read this article analyzing the issue from an owner's perspective. You'll note that it doesn't suggest that the San Francisco has the ability to evict the tenant... merely to fine the landlord.
The landlords evict to avoid the fine, and also because the renter has clearly violated the rental agreement.
the context here is that rental rates in SF have skyrocketed in recent years, and if landlords can evict long-time tenants they can get the unit on the market for 4x rent.
Irrelevant. You expect your landlord to uphold his end of the lease, why should he not expect you to uphold your end of lease.
This sounds like predatory landlord practices.
It sounds to me like landlords enforcing the rental agreement. The agreement is between the renter and the landlord, not some unknown unvetted third party.
I'm not sure I want to live in a building where other renters are sub renting to random people on a daily basis. Seriously, these people need to get a hotel room, and if they can't afford a hotel room, well, what could go wrong?
Quick!!! A 3D printer can print something! This is newsworthy fodder for Slashdot!!
And naturally the thing being created is currently very "sexy" in the tech world - a UAV! Why, the uses are unlimited! Amazon can deliver products to the products (you and I), and, and, and...
I think there are many great possibilities for 3D printing beyond the UAV / plastic gun craze, though.
YouTube was great until Google acquired them. Every "enhancement" and change they make drags it down further.
I don't agree with your opinion, but really this has little to do with the issue at hand.
It's the DMCA takedown laws that allow this.
they're required by law to be heartless bastards---if the CEO says "oh, well, we'll be good to humanity, even if it costs our shareholders $X a year"... that CEO would be instantly replaced by someone who puts profits ahead of morals---as the law requires him to.
People like to trot this out, but it's complete bullshit. The law requires no such thing.
The shareholders, on the other hand, very well might.
Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit.
