The biggest question is, do you think your tax percentage will be higher now, or higher in the future? If you think your income might increase later (placing you in a higher tax bracket), or that the government might increase your tax burden later, then it’s better to pay taxes now.
da yutes?
I mean… what is your threat profile? Are you a LastPass engineer with an unpatched Plex install and access to the company file server? (edit: LastPass not LinkedIn)
Are you going to do something that would attract the attention of law enforcement or nation-state threat actors?
Are you going to be using this mini PC to do your taxes?
Is it going to be in a DMZ with open access to the Internet?
Are you going to use it as an authentication server for other critical assets?
If you aren’t assessing your risk level with some realistic idea of what threats actually apply to you and weighing that against the possible consequences of a breach, then you’re pointlessly worrying about low-probability scenarios. Operational Risk Management right? Judge your risk by probability of occurrence and severity of impact and then make decisions based on that.
There probably is such a conspiracy theory, or many based on the same theme. Occam’s razor applies though - it’s far simpler to just assume that Putin is a self-aggrandizing dictator who dreams of conquest (what do you get for a girl who already has everything?). After all, if it looks like a selfish asshole, and it swims like a selfish asshole, and it quacks like a selfish asshole, then it probably is.
Of course, there are many groups within the military-industrial complex who are happy to take advantage of his behavior.
Cool, cool cool cool… your pocket knife isn’t spring-assisted is it? or a gravity knife?
The difference is scale. The larger they are, the longer they last, the more people they collect. More people means greater sociocultural presence which means more widespread acceptability even with non-believers. More people also means more money and other resources which means more power, the capacity to bend the society in which they exist. The larger “religions” label the smaller religions as “cults” as a form of basic anticompetitive practice.
So, like, which one goes in first? And if you need that, do you have to pull everything else out of your pocket to get to it?
Russia, the best recruiter for NATO.
Q: Is it shut the fuck up Friday?
A: It’s always shut the fuck up Friday.
The plan is to have a plan.
The more you tighten your grip, Google, the more users will slip through your fingers.
truly the raccoon shall inherit the earth
The self-destructive voice is a liar. We do not listen to them.
Folding Ideas is basically must-watch content. Dan’s thoughtfulness and thoroughness are unmatched.
Angela Collier goes into detail on physics topics, especially astrophysics. Don’t miss her video on crackpots.
If you’re into 3D printing you should be watching CNC Kitchen. Stefan does a lot of stress-test comparisons between different filaments and printing settings.
Moon Channel has some of the best sociocultural documentaries I’ve seen on YouTube. I particularly recommend Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics.
Practical Engineering is excellent. Grady is a civil engineer who discusses infrastructure and makes excellent demonstration models like this one on Why Engineers Can’t Control Rivers.
The 8-Bit Guy will teach you things about the early days of digital computers that you didn’t know enough to ask.
Jenny Nicholson does some great reviews of pop culture topics. Her video about Evermore: the theme park that wasn’t is fantastic, as is her review of Disney’s Galactic Cruiser (the Star Wars hotel).
Antigens are molecules that bind with antibodies - which is to say that they are things which trigger immune responses. In human blood, antigens are protein markers which are part of red blood cells.
Blood antigens are important because giving a patient blood which contains antigens that their antibodies react to will cause the immune system to attack the donor blood as if it were bacteria or another foreign invader. If you receive a liter of blood that your antibodies react to, your immune system will destroy the foreign blood (so you still need blood) and also your kidneys will start to fail because they’re being overwhelmed with a liter of dead blood cells all at once.
Most people are familiar with A/B/O +/-, but the reality is far more complicated. Hundreds of different protein markers have been identified in human blood. Not all of them are clinically relevant in the sense that they can cause rejection, and not all of them have easy identification tests. The more precise and thorough the antigen testing can be, the less likely that a blood transfusion will accidentally kill a patient.
Hezbollah originally formed to fight the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. At that time they could have been considered a resistance group. That has not been relevant for two decades.
The present-day Hezbollah is not a resistance group, it is a political and military organization, a significant power in the Lebanese government, and a proxy arm of the Iranian military.
We’re watching you too.
Now, entertain us, we are bored.
Rupert Murdoch is to blame for a lot of it.