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IRS loves inflation Since taxes are on nominal gains, in case of 10% inflation, the owner of a stock or a real estate becomes liable for a 10% increase in the equity value even though the real gain is 0%. […]
Most digital nomads are from the western world. Technology workers and immigrants in the US, Canada, and Australia are overwhelmingly from India. Even then the digital nomads are fewer. I think the reasons are two-fold.
Knowledge workers are either confined to selected urban areas around the world or are working remotely. We all know the selected metropolitan areas, San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin, Bangalore, and so on. It should not be a surprise that […]
Every business has revenues and costs. When the revenues and costs are not aligned, the business sooner or later risks bankruptcy. Let me illustrate with a few examples. A restaurant’s costs consist of raw food materials and labor. While the […]
American government goes everywhere exporting its brand of democracy. The Chinese government just wants to do business and make money [with these autocracies] in Asia, Africa, and South America – Lee Kuan Yew In many ways, American companies take the […]
In MusicSync, one of the views became complex. So, I decided to do some Pooling around it to inflate it on the background thread and use it on the UI thread. This made the UI snappier, reducing multiple-second load times […]
“The [apartment] rentals are high right now but we got a good deal”, he said, smiling alongside his roommate. “We got a good deal on a car loan, so, we took the loan, it’s good for building credit history to […]
I crawled through the 2 by 2 feet hole. I checked the map again. If the map is right then in about 30 ft, this passage should open into a big enough chamber for me to walk out of this […]
There was no water fountain at the airport. Everyone was expected to buy the overpriced water bottles sold alongside the “Save Environment” banner. The bathrooms were slightly damp. The AC was only partially working. There wasn’t enough space to stand, […]
Mt. Fuji is a tough but gorgeous hike. It is much shorter than Grand Canyon or Mt. Whitney and can be done on a day trip.