philiphodgen

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by philiphodgen 2y ago
Domain name for sale?
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by philiphodgen 2y ago
Two questions to ask yourself: 1. Why am I hearing this? 2. Why am I hearing this NOW? Try to drop your pre-existing beliefs about the topic for a moment (rich people bad, FedBots evil, etc) and ask why this attempt at persuasion has been b
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by philiphodgen 2y ago
Canticle for Liebowitz. I was at a beach rental on vacation and it was on the shelf. Started about 7 pm and didn’t stop until I was finished, about 4 am.
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by philiphodgen 2y ago
I have seen this not work most of the time. Source: am a lawyer. Extreme privacy is extremely expensive and permanently lifestyle-altering. Take your strategic and tactical cues from Cold War-era spycraft and from current-day hyperparanoid
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by philiphodgen 2y ago
Tax lawyer here. I was in DC on a boondoggle maybe 15 years ago and had a meeting with an old-time staffer (and lawyer) for the Senate Finance Committee. Attached to the Democrat side of the SFC for what it’s worth. He had been on the tax p
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Opportunity is everywhere. Talent is not.
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
If the amounts are small, don’t bother lending to the company. Just make a capital contribution. Loans must be interest-bearing. This makes your life as an entrepreneur more complex. Your tax return and the corporate tax return will cost mo
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Interesting to watch propaganda/PR waves in action. Is this sudden oh-so-close-to-libel wave of stories coordinated? Or is it a viral pile-on sparked by someone, somewhere? Truly, these stories say more about the storyteller than they
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Thank you.
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
It's worth going to https://flyertalk.com and reading the forums. These are the people who play the airline status games. Status with an airline is useful for (a) free upgrades, (b) lounge access, and (c) better phone servi
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
> I am not able to paste url :/, how to share with you guys? Paste the URL in a comment.
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Do not do create an U.S. corporation until you have a screaming business reason to do so. Reason: U.S. tax reporting requirements create high accounting costs. Your problem is not “controlled foreign corporation” status. That’s only for U.S
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Hmmm. 1. How do I know you are who you say you are? (You don't identify yourself). 2. How do I know that you will do what you say you will do? (The website says says nothing). 3. How do I know that all spammers, worldwide, will do what
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by philiphodgen 3y ago
Thank you for the link to the YouTube video. There are some thought-provoking (and behavior-changing) ideas in those 9 minutes. My interpretation is that “strategy” as he defines it is an exercise in human whimsy. “I choose to play in this
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
Echoes of Clancy. Thanks for posting this.
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
Imagine telling a business owner that there is no such thing as gross revenue. The price you charge your customers doesn’t matter, because what matters is net profit. This is an effort at political persuasion, just as the concept of “tax ga
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
"Admits interfering with U.S. elections." That's one way to look at it. "Claims to have interfered with U.S. elections" is another. I'm not saying whether interference occurred or not and I don't know whet
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
I looked at recall-app.com and decided not to invest time exploring it further. The reason I passed is the same reason I moved from Roam to Obsidian and will stay with Obsidian: * Data in some mysterious location "in the browser"
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
Thanks for the response. And yeah, the [[keyword]] thing is something I'd like to replicate in my knowledge base. It would make life easier for the users, and thereby increase the likelihood that they'll, y'know, actually use
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
I am attempting something similar, and at the moment the tool I am using is https://docusaurus.io/ with the same set of problems to overcome. (Especially the photos problem). I have considered using Obsidian Publish. My obj
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
> FWIW, I've never actually heard anyone complain about state taxes in California or consider moving because of them. Because you don't know where to look, or what you're seeing. Source: am tax lawyer. In California. Have
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by philiphodgen 4y ago
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THU9zfWCUr0 (Sistine Chapel Choir).
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by philiphodgen 8y ago
Go run a quick 5K. Or 3K. Or brisk walk around the block. Get the blood pumping. Make a to do list of the tasks you are attempting to achieve today. Do one thing only today. When it is all too overwhelming, break it down into tiny self-evid
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by philiphodgen 8y ago
https://smokedmeats.com Without a doubt you need to make a drive up 395 on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. Stop in Bishop at Mahogany. Get some jerky. Hint: the habanero is HOT! This is the real deal. No industrial proces
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by philiphodgen 8y ago
Pop up tells me my iPhone is infected with a virus. Oh no! Flagged. Avoid this link.
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by philiphodgen 8y ago
This is so interesting to me. A curiosity. Usually, when you want your financials vetted you go to an accounting firm. I find it curious that they chose a law firm — with some PR-value name like Louis Freeh attached to it. Celebrity endors
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by philiphodgen 8y ago
The magic phrase you want for Mr. Google is “legislative drafting”. In fact there is a long-existing methodology in government for writing laws and regulations. Here, for example, is the US House of Representatives’ guideline document: htt
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. I missed that explanation. The transaction is: 1. Own property. 2. Borrow big bag of cash from Bad Guy. 3. Gamble or spend the cash. 4. Pay back the loan from clean sources. I understand it, but I guess I have
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
There is a missing step in the transaction that the article does not explain. 1. Bad person sells drugs for cash. 2. Bad person has cash. 3. Bad person lends borrower cash to buy real estate. Step 3 is the mystery. — Bad person could give a
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Please make an easy export function. My only fear is lock-in. If I know I can get my data out at any time, I will put my data into RexPad. Export can be to text or Markdown. No need to be fancy. This would replace Evernote for me. It looks

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