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> The person who’s passsing the money down already paid tax on the money.

If they're passing down cash yes, but if they pass on assets like stocks or real estate, the cost basis gets stepped up to the fair market value at the time of death (in the US at least). So any capital gains accrued on those assets prior to the death of the person passing them on are just never taxed.

At least some of the legally problematic reimbursement payments to Cohen happened while he was president.

Zuck could personally give 3000 fired employees $1million each and that would be less than 10% of his net worth.

Making operations idempotent.

And the "real-world example" is just someone getting distracted, not yak shaving.

With stock though there's a company associated with the stock that (theoretically) brings in profits. Predicted future profits drive the stock price.

Every single elevator in Korea allows you to deselect a floor by simply pushing the button again.

You'd be surprised how often it comes in handy and have never had an issue with anyone deselecting someone else's floor.

Every elevator in Korea works this way. Pressing once selects, pressing again deselects.

Any asset that you can resell (Real estate, commodities) is a hedge against inflation. Bitcoin isn't special.

Putting all your eggs in the Bitcoin basket is risky because it will likely collapse because it's a less than zero-sum Ponzi scheme. It's arguably good for short term speculation but not long term investment.

Except the web actually has value.

You're not wrong.

"Since March 1, 2021, she has worked as a regular columnist for German daily newspaper Die Welt." (Wikipedia)

Her career is alive and well.

1/2 mile is like a 10 minute walk.