Atropos

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by Atropos 2y ago
It is a bit different though, because the German exit tax applies to companies and people holding more than a 1% share in a company. So no exit tax if you hold bitcoins as part of your private assets... Agreed that there is some tension wit
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by Atropos 3y ago
If you are planning on VC-like returns by selling your company, you should start with a holding GmbH and an operative GmbH below (or crazier structures like a Holding GmbH & Co. KG). But: This way you have the maximum administrative cos
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by Atropos 3y ago
"Replace" is difficult to define. Will there not be a single artist? Obviously wrong. But possibly we have seen "peak" numbers in some professions? There are some exceptions, but in many modern professions, the numbers o
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by Atropos 3y ago
You should check out how EU state aid laws work. This is exactly the issue they are addressing and it is not true that we have seen a significant "subsidy race" between different EU countries in the recent past.
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by Atropos 4y ago
If I am not mistaken, the £1 would typically be distributed between all of SVB UK's current shareholders. If SVB UK is 100% owned by the SVB parent company, and SVB parent is bankrupt, the £1 will get added to the funds that will make
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by Atropos 5y ago
You are correct, the technology for 24/7 SEPA instant transfers is there, but they are just ~ 10% of all SEPA transfers right now and - crucially - are not free yet: https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/what-we-do&#x2
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by Atropos 6y ago
I agree. In a perfect world, it would not matter who wins the lottery of having conscientious parents etc. and the government would make sure that everyone has the same chance to achieve their potential in school. But in the real world, it
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by Atropos 6y ago
I am still working in big law and I disagree that the benefits of adopting more advanced version control would be small. However, I work in a field that is a mix of regulatory law and litigation, where almost no work is based on templates a
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by Atropos 9y ago
The legal system and independent courts etc are an infrastructure it depends on - Google had to leave China due to problems with the local legal system
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by Atropos 9y ago
They have 90 days to "stop the abusive practices", basically meaning find a way to redesign their website - this is what they really care about.
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by Atropos 9y ago
Germany's tax system is linked to residence, not citizenship (unlike the US). Therefore if you move to the US and work there for a few years, you will not pay any German taxes during that period. Therefore the "free rider" ef
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by Atropos 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring
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by Atropos 9y ago
Could you please refresh my memory: Which of the Soviet Union states was allowed to hold a referendum on whether it should leave?
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by Atropos 9y ago
The Economist's democracy index disagrees, putting Azerbaijan into the "Authoritarian" index. And apprently their President is in power since 2003, which is usually not a good sign. Iran certainly cannot be called a full demo
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by Atropos 9y ago
I am not so sure. For me at least, it was much more difficult to be in the unstructured university environment than having a job. Routines make life easier for me, I like having micro-accomplishments every day in working life etc... I know
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by Atropos 10y ago
That concept is actually not that unusual or nonsensical - imagine if we had the opposite: As long as you and your servers are outside the US, you can not be charged under US criminal law. This would basically mean that the US would need to
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by Atropos 10y ago
You need to differentiate between where your company has its "real seat" (= place of business activity) and your "legal seat" (=incorporated as GmbH or LLC or ...). If your office building is in Berlin and you employ a l
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by Atropos 10y ago
Regarding the abortion point: I agree that science cannot answer the question regarding morality of abortion, but can philosophy answer it? In my view, philosophy can at best provide certainty of the kind "If you hold these moral value
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by Atropos 10y ago
I agree. Things like having the weekends free and getting enough sleep are really important for having a sustainable working life. But that does not mean working 35 hours per week is a must or 40 hours is a natural limit, for example 9 AM t
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by Atropos 10y ago
Totally the opposite experience - normal 40 hour week means working 9 AM to 6 PM, due to 1 hour lunch break. This is even the case in most public administrations (Germany, France, EU Commission), I'm quite curious where a 9 AM to 5 PM
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by Atropos 10y ago
If your job does not require you to be aware of 24/7 news, weekly journals can be a good alternative.
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by Atropos 10y ago
I disagree. I once worked for a services company that basically had a "6 month notice" policy, meaning if they let someone know July 23th 2016, he still has a job until January 31 2017. This gives people the opportunity to start l
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by Atropos 10y ago
Cameron announced the referendum as policy choice in 2013 and at least after the May 2015 election it was clear it would happen. Therefore this was a long time coming. Has any other European country started with a referendum process in the
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by Atropos 10y ago
What about the UK? Their prime minister has resigned, the lead of the opposition party is battling a motion of no confidence, the British pound crashed 10% against the US-Dollar and Scotland wants to stay in the European Union...
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by Atropos 10y ago
It does not matter much if it is shared by most Germans - what matters is if it is shared by a small elite of German, French, and EU Commission/Parliament leaders. Do you really think the German population will rise up if you tell them
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by Atropos 10y ago
Yes. I am German and pro-European and I would happily take a deal that our GDP will be cut 20% if UK's GP is cut even 10% in return. Not to punish the UK, but to firmly establish the principle that leaving the EU is painful. While this
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by Atropos 10y ago
I'm a lawyer in a civil-law system and I would not agree with this description. Maybe one can say that in theory civil law systems have more legislation and are less comfortable with "judge made law", leaving the filling of g
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by Atropos 10y ago
The legal system is not applied by computers, but by humans. That's why laws don't have to be written in a way that pre-defines every possible edge case - you can let judges make a common sense judgment call about it later. For ex
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by Atropos 11y ago
This "cost of litigation" argument is probably bogus. Even some of the epic patent battles like Apple v. Samsung or other decade long arbitrations like Yukos vs. Russia were like 50-60 Million USD in legal fees.
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by Atropos 11y ago
Fact is, it hasn't happened in Germany so far, even in the big financial crisis 2008, all the banks could easily be bailed out by Germany's own public funds. In addition, Deutsche Bank hasn't failed yet, so save your gloating

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