michpoch

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by michpoch 1y ago
These professions are a core of the middle class. Maybe some of the most successful could be called upper-middle class, if they also had a large inheritance? But a regular software dev or a GP is the perfect representation of a middle class
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by michpoch 1y ago
> but that middle class and lower class Americans were much more likely to have Android devices. An iPhone would be a very minor expense for a person from middle class (lawyers, doctors, sofware engineers…). I imagine for working class o
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by michpoch 1y ago
> For any expats, I was curious what your pathway was to getting overseas? So... any expats? Or Americans moving overseas? Or people from the USA moving to EU countries? These will be wildly different scenarios. For me it was signing a w
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by michpoch 1y ago
Yes, that’s seems rather low even? Plus that is basically almost included in their budget - 30 USD for electricity is already there.
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by michpoch 1y ago
> Also, while I agree that $40 is cheap to me, it's also an additional 10% on their budget. They already have 30 USD per month for electricity in their budget. All year long. > which is more than half the size of my suburban home
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by michpoch 1y ago
At these electricity prices bothering with wood might not be worth it. If you get some, that’s nice, but otherwise just insulate the house well and you’re golden.
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by michpoch 1y ago
At 4 cents per 1kWh heating will not be an issue, even with regular resistive heater. It’s almost free electricity. You could run a 1.5 kW heater 24/7 for roughly 40 USD a month. Just make sure the space is well insulated and not too l
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by michpoch 1y ago
> No offense, but it kind of shows with every product by that company I've touched over the years. You still have code review process which will be done by the owner of that space and someone with the language fluency.
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by michpoch 1y ago
> Until recently, Telegram operated without a clear monetisation strategy, funded largely by Pavel Durov’s personal fortune Well, that is an extraordinary business model indeed
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Amazon and Nvidia – all options considered to power AI including fossil fuels(cnbc.com)
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by michpoch 1y ago
Right, but how do you track carbon in imported goods?
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by michpoch 1y ago
„Only” track imports?
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by michpoch 1y ago
It's trivial to implement auto fuel tax - it's already in place in most of developed countries.
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by michpoch 1y ago
Ok, let's assume you do. Let's tax all fuels 300% in the US. Now all manufacturing stops as your production costs are all over the roof. Everything is imported from countries that do not have these taxes. What problem was solved h
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by michpoch 1y ago
This is already done, in Europe most of the fuel costs are taxes.
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by michpoch 1y ago
Yes, if you apply the carbon tax only for the fuel at petrol stations. I am talking about realistic-to-implement solutions.
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by michpoch 1y ago
Right, but now you're talking about adding the tax to the whole economy, not just car fuel? That's close to impossible to implement. You'd need to track production and usage of everything in an extreme detail. Plus tracking a
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by michpoch 1y ago
We don't differentiate these in any significant way. Do buses in your country pay different rate for fuel? There are vans carrying 6 people on international routes in Europe, is this public transport? Private? Anyone can book it.
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by michpoch 1y ago
> Some uses are, impulse Craigslist and local furniture purchases, outdoor sports equipment, home garden projects. Why would you buy a pickup for any of these activities? It'd be quite terrible? A van is a perfect solution.
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by michpoch 1y ago
> I live in a "city" in WV and need my truck all the time to get to rural areas How rural are these areas? No roads?
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by michpoch 1y ago
The question is... how many farmers / ranchers need these pickups? There seems to be like an absolutely crazy competition for vehicles for a very narrow group of people. Who will be buying all of these pickup trucks?
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by michpoch 1y ago
What makes a jet private? Should Trump's Boegin 757 count as one? What if an airline is flying a jet with no passengers? Cargo jets?
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by michpoch 1y ago
> since on average richer people will spend more on fuel Why would you think so? People driving older cars, not being able to afford to fly - will certainly spend more money on fuel for their car.
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by michpoch 1y ago
So the US should drop the sales tax then?
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by michpoch 1y ago
> Just as a tax on consumption of up to 27% in Europe massively reduces Europe's consumption of US exports. Same way it reduces the consumption of domestic goods? Seems like fair level?
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by michpoch 1y ago
> We also have VAT on imports. And the US has sales tax. VAT is paid on all products, it doesn't matter if it's domestic or imported!
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by michpoch 1y ago
Then they'll lose time for the same verifications to fail in the PR?
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by michpoch 1y ago
> I have team members who complain that installing and running pre-commit is too much overhead Why do they have a say in this? This is up to tech leadership to set standards that need to be followed.
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by michpoch 1y ago
They need to be knocked out anyway because they're using fossil fuels or high amount of electricity for heating / cooling. You change the planning rules and things change over time. We're not destroying peoples cars to replac
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by michpoch 1y ago
> I’ve had my EV for five years and the brakes are still pristine (regenerative braking saves mechanical brake wear) What did you expect? I have original brakes with original brakepads in my 5 years old ICE van. I have original brakes (p

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