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Comment · 6 years ago
Why not hire a salesman to do the online dating for you until they have managed to get a date offline?

I think most people absolutely suck at being original or appealing in texting. Going through tinder or any dating app makes you see the worst of humanity. Scams, lot of them. Catfishers. Kids pulling prank and laughing at desperate middle-aged men. Exaggerations, too high expectations. It makes you compare with others. It makes you desperate. Just avoid it.

Comment · 6 years ago
I laughed so hard at the doctor example. Thanks.

Patient: decides to ignore the advice and seeks medical advice on the internet

Comment · 6 years ago
From: https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/11/san-francis...

> The tax will levy an extra 0.1% to 0.6% on gross receipts made in San Francisco for companies whose highest paid executive makes 100 times or more its median worker’s salary. The amount levied will increase in 0.1% brackets proportionally to the pay ratio. A company whose highest paid employee earns 200 times more than its median San Francisco worker will get a extra 0.2% charge on its gross receipts. For companies whose CEO makes 300 more, the charge jumps to 0.3% and son on. The tax caps at 0.6%, and only companies with gross receipts over $1.17 million will be targeted.

> Under the measure, gross receipts and CEO compensation will include money made from stock options, bonuses, tax refunds, and property, a caveat seen by many as a way to target the tech sector where CEOs are often compensated in non-salaried bonuses. Tech is expected to account for 17% of the tax revenues, according to an estimate by the city’s chief economist, while retail and financial firms are expected to account for 23% of the revenues each.

> The CEO tax is expected to generate between $60 million to $140 million per year.

Doesn't seem that big in comparison to what SF annual budget is.

From (because the article doesn't give exact figures on transfer taxes): https://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Econo... ?

> Proposed legislation would raise the Transfer Tax rate on properties in the city that sell for more than $10 million. For properties selling for between $10 million and $25 million, the rate would rise from 2.75% to 5.5%. For properties selling for over $25 million, the rate would rise from 3% to 6%.

Comment · 6 years ago
How productive it is to talk about how productive you have been on twitter?

Is there a standardized productivity test?

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