yukichigai

@yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For taxes: initially it was because business owners were renouncing their citizenship as a way to avoid income and capital gains taxes, as well as estate taxes.

  For the draft: during the Vietnam War people would flee to other countries (usually Canada) and renounce their US citizenship, even if they didn’t obtain citizenship elsewhere. Becoming a stateless person was (correctly) seen as less of a death sentence than being sent to Vietnam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironically enough, you actually have to pay the US Government to renounce your citizenship. The base fee is $2,350, but the application process is so lengthy and complex the total cost can run up into the $20k range. Oh, and you’re still obligated to pay taxes and subject to orders for mandatory military service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave CEO rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s not forget the embedded racism in the original claim, which was that “CIA n*ggers glow in the dark.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically they aren’t lying: their subjective experience is much better when they don’t have to deal with customers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 20 year old PSP can now connect to WPA2 Wifi Networks - Wololo.net⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually run a hidden WPA1 SSID at home just so I can connect my PSP Fat to the net, so this is directly relevant to my interests.

  Of course I need to upgrade my CFW. Still on M33 5.0. Then again I’ve been needing to do that for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  86336930 checking in. Pretty sure I remember the password, but it’s not like I can check now.

  You will be missed, ICQ. When no other messaging service worked, you always did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Guessing they used Sonarr, Radarr, qBittorrent, maybe an NZB client…

  Would you look at that, I’m sophisticated now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Aliens did a little trolling⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck yeah Mosquito Genocide crew!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SDF's MLMYM (old reddit view for lemmy) instance appears to be down. What's going on?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Update: It’s back as of now. Still curious what caused it to go down to begin with.

• SDF's MLMYM (old reddit view for lemmy) instance appears to be down. What's going on?
  Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org⁩ | ⁨2⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The $53,000 Connection: The High Cost of High-Speed Internet for Everyone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This just feels like a repeat of Rural Electrification: yeah it’s expensive and not immediately profitable, but we’re at the point where it’s necessary to be a part of modern society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Church of Scientology Chimes in Opposing Right to Repair Laws⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be blunt: the fact that they’re opposing it makes me even more supportive of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  RTF is a rarity these days since basically every phone, tablet, and other handheld device can handle either PDFs or HTML (and ePub is basically just a ZIP file with HTML in a specific naming scheme and structure). Back in the day though you’d find RTFs more often for use in budget/jury-rigged eReader options. It’s much easier to parse, if nothing else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Windows not having a built in free RTF editor is notable

  Yeah, that is a bit odd, but then again when’s the last time you’ve seen something other than a cut-rate eBook in RTF? Everything is either some variant of plain text or a DOC file these days.

  Plus, it’s rare that you ever need to edit RTF files. Read, sure, but that could be handled by Word Reader, which is free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s nowhere near as bloated as Word but you have many more options than Notepad when it comes to formatting and presentation. It’s actually impressive how much you can do within the limits of RTF.