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voyageur77 t1_j8u0lul wrote
Reply to comment by turtlejelly1 in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
As a lawyer who actually works on these issues, I think I have a pretty good idea of how the system works.
DanielPhermous t1_j8u05l6 wrote
Reply to comment by aneeta96 in House Republicans subpoena Apple, Facebook and Google over content moderation by bhodrolok
They are allowed in the US. They want to be in the US. There are 320 million potential customers, most of whom have no idea what a VPN is in the US. You don’t just ignore the worlds third largest and richest country.
It whooshed because it’s an argument that makes little sense in this context. Relying on VPNs is a terrible business decision here.
DerekTheSkiNerd t1_j8tzvx3 wrote
Reply to comment by ACCount82 in Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy by Sorin61
then the republicans in florida try to ban net metering
[deleted] t1_j8tznm2 wrote
Reply to comment by ethereal3xp in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
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Vote_nihilist t1_j8tzhiw wrote
Reply to Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
Lol, co-founded.
turtlejelly1 t1_j8tys4r wrote
Reply to comment by herewego199209 in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
He donated to himself. This is not to benefit the charity, it’s to benefit the next step in the grand scheme. I have no idea what that is but I bet you it’s not to help those in need as being a priority.
turtlejelly1 t1_j8tyll1 wrote
Reply to comment by voyageur77 in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
The IRS is not dumb but they have to work within the legal system. The system has flaws. Wealth can navigate flaws and unfortunately take advantage of it while the IRS watches.
Shavethatmonkey t1_j8tyg4u wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Microsoft officially blesses Parallels as a way to run Windows on M1, M2 Macs by ActivePersona
Buying and selling reddit accounts is a big business.
Shavethatmonkey t1_j8tyfwj wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Microsoft officially blesses Parallels as a way to run Windows on M1, M2 Macs by ActivePersona
Quality advertising.
turtlejelly1 t1_j8ty7eu wrote
Reply to comment by voyageur77 in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
I don’t think you understand the legal system… They are utilizing loop holes that are in the system which appear illegal and the system knows there is a loop hole that is being utilized. They won’t do anything about it because it helps the .01%.
texasauras t1_j8txs68 wrote
Reply to comment by Verrico in Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy by Sorin61
Oh wow, that's awesome and the best part of this dialogue. Thanks for taking the time to put it all together and post it here!
kingbitchtits t1_j8tw36k wrote
Reply to Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy by Sorin61
It's Rockefeller all over again!
Ok_Kale_2509 t1_j8tvvhy wrote
Reply to comment by dlgn13 in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
I mean yes.. kind of. But we are talking about the difference between an Atari and a PS5 here. Yes, you absorb stimili and react but your reaction (hopefully) intails more than just "people say this to that so I say this too."
Cranky0ldguy t1_j8tvkj3 wrote
"ChatGPT is a robot is a robot con artist, but please continue to read the 25 daily stories BI writes about it."
There's no we here. In all probability, most reasonably educated people understand that it is just software that simulates human responses. The suckers are anyone naive enough to pay any attention at all to Business Insipid.
dlgn13 t1_j8tv739 wrote
Reply to comment by Slippedhal0 in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
Is emotion not, itself, a sophisticated neurological algorithm that produces (among other things) text tailored to the situation?
Aggravating-Water-65 t1_j8tv423 wrote
Reply to Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
He invented ChatGPT too??? Amazing! /s
trent58 t1_j8tuox1 wrote
Reply to Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy by Sorin61
LOL. They are lucky they haven’t declared Texas a feudal state.
SpaceToaster t1_j8tumup wrote
Reply to comment by m1sch13v0us in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
maybe not so much angry but surly and overconfident
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voyageur77 t1_j8tuh1e wrote
Reply to comment by Badtrainwreck in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
How does that avoid any taxes? The director has to pay taxes on the rent received from the non-profit, while the non-profit has no use for deducting rent expenses.
Non profits are not allowed to own whatever investments they want and do whatever they want with the money, look up Unrelated Business Taxable Income for example. A charity that is controlled by some rich guy will only qualify as a private foundation instead of a public charity. It is then not allowed to own a large amount of stock, and not allowed to pay high salaries or rent to the family members. It must operate exclusively for charitable purposes, it cannot act to favor the family's business. All the income and spending goes on Form 990 for the IRS to see.
The IRS isn't dumb. The scams you're describing are tax fraud and they will get you audited. There are hundreds of pages of IRS rules against this kind of stuff.
OccasionUnfair8094 t1_j8tud6r wrote
Reply to comment by anti-torque in ChatGPT is a robot con artist, and we’re suckers for trusting it by altmorty
I don’t think this is true. You’re describing a Markov chain I believe, and this is more sophisticated than that. It is much more capable than that. Though you’re right it cannot discern between true and false.
dlgn13 t1_j8tuczl wrote
Reply to comment by roboninja in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
If it weren't a legitimate point, you wouldn't need to resort to insults in order to argue against it. (And objectively incorrect insults, at that; L'homme Machine was published in 1747.)
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[deleted] t1_j8ttxyd wrote
Reply to comment by My_reddit_strawman in Tesla Workers Announced a Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired. by psychothumbs
He’s probably trying to get sued so they can appeal all the way to scotus and get whatever result they want. Slavery is in the future.
ChipChapChopChao t1_j8u0o6k wrote
Reply to comment by CaterpillarAny8669 in ChatGPT is a robot con artist, and we’re suckers for trusting it by altmorty
Same with self-driving cars. Oh my god, who should we blame if there's a car accident?
Meanwhile: In 2020, a total of 35,766 fatal car accidents occurred on roadways across the United States. Another 1,593,390 crashes resulted in injuries and 3,621,681 caused property damage. That means a total of 5,250,837 collisions happened over the course of a single year.