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tdhoot commented on Sorry, Gas Companies – Parody Isn't Infringement (Even If It Creeps You Out) eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10... · Posted by u/hn_acker

bastawhiz · 10 months ago

It's actually not that complex. They're not misrepresenting themselves as the brands. They're not in the same industry as the brands. The standard is not "if anyone could think this was real".

tdhoot · 10 months ago

I wouldn't be so sure. Jack Daniels sued (and won) against a maker of dog toys that looked like Jack Daniels but were named "Bad Spaniels". Turns out trademark law actually is complex.

https://www.today.com/food/news/jack-daniels-dog-toy-supreme...

tdhoot commented on DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate dronedj.com/2024/06/14/dj... · Posted by u/huerne

cratermoon · a year ago

I wonder, though, could this be considered an unconstitutional bill of attainder? That's an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of people, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, without a trial. Article I, Section 9, iii: "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed".

tdhoot · a year ago

That's one of the arguments being made by TikTok in their challenge against the "TikTok ban" bill.

tdhoot commented on Marilyn vos Savant and the Monty Hall Problem (2015) priceonomics.com/the-time... · Posted by u/hecubus

swayvil · 2 years ago

Am I the only person who wonders how "Marilyn Vos Savant" also happens to be the smartest person?

If you didn't notice, "Savant" means smart.

So is it just a coincidence? Karma? The pressure of carrying such a name drove her to smartness?

tdhoot · 2 years ago

Nominative Determinisn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

tdhoot commented on Bank transfers as a payment method (2021) bitsaboutmoney.com/archiv... · Posted by u/shsachdev

biscuitech · 2 years ago

Same, until I went to the US where nothing is standardized and somehow there's private companies worth billions that cover this precise use case. It's actually mind blowing.

The single banking system of Canada is a massive win in this regards

tdhoot · 2 years ago

Interac is also a for-profit corporation. It's just owned by an association of banks. Zelle would be the equivalent in the US.

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tdhoot commented on Fed hikes rates by 0.25 point despite recent turmoil in the banking sector cnbc.com/2023/03/22/fed-r... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

HDThoreaun · 2 years ago

> I’ve come to associate it with an attempt to will the Fed into doing what they want.

Because that's what it is. Powell tried to raise rates early in the pandmeic and wall st. meltdown successfully got him to lower them back down. It worked before so they're trying again.

tdhoot · 2 years ago

When did Powell try and raise rates early in the pandemic? You might have your timelines confused, it was well before the pandemic.

tdhoot commented on MSFT Q2/2023 Earnings Release microsoft.com/en-us/inves... · Posted by u/ckastner

NickC25 · 3 years ago

I wonder if that accounts for the Activision purchase?

If it's just purely revenue, yeah, that's ugly. Sad because I got the Xbox Game Pass maybe 3 months ago and while I rarely game, I've really enjoyed it - the fact that I can just hop on and play whatever I want in the cloud is really cool. The fact that it comes bundled with all EA games too is great. Will suck when they inevitably have to bump up prices, because right now it's the best value in gaming hands down.

tdhoot · 3 years ago

Activision purchase hasn't closed yet.

tdhoot commented on RxPass from Amazon Pharmacy, a $5 prescription subscription aboutamazon.com/news/reta... · Posted by u/atlasunshrugged

kolanos · 3 years ago

Access to 80 generics. So $5 for what a normal pharmacy charges $0? (minus the shipping to your door part)

Maybe I'm missing something...

tdhoot · 3 years ago

$0 with insurance maybe. This is $5 for all your medications, shipped, without insurance necessary. Seems like a pretty good deal IMO, esp. if you're taking multiple medications.

tdhoot commented on World’s only sleeping bank website applyonline.hdfcbank.com/... · Posted by u/ramsundhar20

wara23arish · 3 years ago

The US only insured accounts up to 250K so its common to split up accounts for that reason.

what a great problem to have

tdhoot · 3 years ago

It's only $250K per account category per bank. So 5 savings accounts would only get $250K in coverage in total.

tdhoot commented on EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business bbc.com/news/business-640... · Posted by u/nixcraft

colechristensen · 3 years ago

Likewise corporate tax should be in the jurisdiction where services are rendered. You sell something digitally in a market then you are locating yourself in that market and that’s where you should pay tax on profit for goods sold there.

tdhoot · 3 years ago

It's not that trivial to track down.

Say a US company's French subsidiary sold something for $10 in France. If the software is developed in the US, then the US company will sell it to the French subsidiary for $9, so then they only have pay profits on $1 in France. Then in the US, they will say they paid $3 in costs and sold the software to their French counterpart for $9, booking $6 of profits in the US at a lower rate.

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KarmaCake day585March 18, 2013View Original