cuppaconcrete

joined 2 years ago
[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or just have all gambling be run by the government so the profits go to social services to support people who bankrupt themselves from gambling.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

In the US most of the lotteries are run by the government (typically state governments). If they can do it we can too.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The idea is that if the government gets all the profit from gambling then that money can go into social services to support the people who bankrupt themselves from gambling.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Because you can strictly enforce spending limits per person. The current system allows people who hit the limit to go down the street to an ATM and get more cash out. A digital card system is designed to close that loophole.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think "ACAB" is a great credo, and it's probably a self-fulfilling prophecy. Don't dehumanise cops, most of them really are trying to help.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Already has I think. Especially with tools like radar/sonarr/jellyfin that let you "follow" tv series/movies and automatically download them as they become available and put them into your own personal "Netflix" style media server. Piracy now is better than ever.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

In a perfect world I would agree with you.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

In a capitalist economy it's normally a "growth or death" situation, for many reasons.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's still a bad idea. If they have some really nasty malware installed it could rootkit your device, and vice versa - and you never really know. Just build a small portable computer (eg. Raspberry pi, NUC, etc) and use their KB/mouse/display.

Other peeps are saying just connect to a remote desktop you have hosted somewhere using your friend's PC - don't do that, you can't trust their software/hardware.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

After a brief search I can't find any mention of any punishment for Sisyphus if he stopped pushing the boulder up the hill. That said, this is all taking place in Tartarus so there probably isn't much else to do and endlessly push a boulder up hill might be the better option lol. I can relate.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you negging him cos you want him to be your man baby?

 

Next year, Australia will introduce a global minimum tax aimed at preventing multinationals based within its borders from evading tax.

It's been dubbed the "race to the bottom".

However, Singapore's effective tax rate can be much lower, as its government has incentives that greatly reduce or remove tax obligations for multinationals that set up operations and services in that country.

Last year, the ATO reached a settlement of almost $1 billion with mining giant Rio Tinto over its Singapore-based subsidiary.

Professor Sadiq says the tax will "raise very little" for Australia, providing $210 million by the 2024 financial year, "less than half a per cent of the $93 billion in company tax revenue" expected for that year.

Professor Sadiq says it would be better to distribute corporate tax revenue to countries with a company's activities actually take place.

(I welcome any recommendations for a better summary website to use.)

view more: next ›