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dpbriggs commented on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel... · Posted by u/givemeethekeys

jen20 · 12 days ago

> How does Govt picking winners and losers going to help?

By ensuring that the US retains at least the ability to manufacture second tier CPUs vs complete reliance on Asia? This doesn't seem unreasonable.

dpbriggs · 12 days ago

Achieving that doesn't need to take the form of a 10% stake in a flailing company.

dpbriggs commented on Berkshire Hathaway Now Pays 5% of All Corporate Income Taxes in America barchart.com/story/news/3... · Posted by u/rexbee

monero-xmr · 2 months ago

The correct corporate tax rate is zero, or the correct income tax rate is zero. Double taxation on employees of corporations is ludicrous and warping.

IMO corporate tax should be zero, and we tax individual people instead.

dpbriggs · 2 months ago

Limited liability needs to priced to reflect the enforcement costs. Sole props are "free".

dpbriggs commented on Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024) blog.yaakov.online/replac... · Posted by u/birdculture

dpbriggs · 4 months ago

I've had a really great experience with docker compose and systemd units. I use a generic systemd unit and it's just as easy as setting up users then `systemctl enable --now docker-compose@service-name`.

dpbriggs commented on Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 9to5google.com/2025/03/31... · Posted by u/tantalor

dpbriggs · 5 months ago

Why do retailers put up with Honey? They're clearly not providing value with the attribution theft. Why give them money?

dpbriggs commented on Short-term rentals are hollowing out communities with loose restrictions nextcity.org/urbanist-new... · Posted by u/rntn

seanmcdirmid · 8 months ago

> Let's just make housing a human right and that'll do it.

How would that right read? Maybe “Every Canadian has the right to housing in the desirable neighborhoods of Toronto”? I’m not sure if that is really feasible.

dpbriggs · 8 months ago

"Dignity for minimum wage" may be a more realistic tagline. It's not particularly good faith to say it's a detached house in Toronto.

We're sliding towards workhouses of the 1800s. Policy should lean towards a one bedroom apartment being achievable for all of the working class.

dpbriggs commented on Wall Street Investors Enter Single Family Rentals arpitrage.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/mooreds

dpbriggs · 10 months ago

It's bizarre that we've prioritized increasing shelter costs for all of those who haven't hedged it. It's costing the next generation and is just unsustainable.

It wouldn't even be a bad thing if rent was low. But it can't be, as that would probably imply a lower cost of ownership.

dpbriggs commented on Wall Street Investors Enter Single Family Rentals arpitrage.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/mooreds

delichon · 10 months ago

The higher the ROI the more people invest in building housing, bringing the price of housing and the ROI down. This is the general rule of supply and demand, to which exceptions are exceptional and rare. It is the single most well accepted principle in economics.

dpbriggs · 10 months ago

That only work when supply isn't constrained.

dpbriggs commented on 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux pcgamer.com/software/wind... · Posted by u/belter

BlindEyeHalo · a year ago

but linux is?

dpbriggs · a year ago

The only games I can't play on Linux are mega-modded Skyrim and League of Legends.

dpbriggs commented on Restic: Backups done right restic.net/... · Posted by u/fanf2

dpbriggs · a year ago

It's on my TODO list to add Restic support to BorgTUI[0]. It supports Rustic but the beta nature and iffy performance leaves something to be desired.

[0] https://github.com/dpbriggs/borgtui

dpbriggs commented on Helping wikis move away from Fandom weirdgloop.org/blog/why-w... · Posted by u/creatonez

ykonstant · a year ago

Fandom PoE still pollutes the top of Google searches :(

dpbriggs · a year ago

There is an extension which automatically redirects you from Fandom to the new wiki. While that's convenient it probably helps Fandom stay near the top.

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