[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

But someone would still have to pay taxes on income earned in the US (such as through online work, and work that generates tax forms that get sent), even though they live in a foreign country?

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

I, too, love when I get to prevent an entire country from invasion by an evil force, but only when I get to take credit for it. Someone else stealing my idea for peace is just as bad as someone else stealing a joke I said first, if not worse.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

This needs to be the plot of a new "The Wizard" remake.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 238 points 4 months ago

They may have made the page purely for SEO to grab a few people considering downloading GIMP.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Missing is one more panel where the claw releases the heart at the last second and it falls back into the patient.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

I've done my best to summarize them here with my opinions, but the article is also a quick read.

AB 1013 - bars and clubs must offer reasonably-priced or free drug testing kits.

Excellent to deter people trying to spike someone's drink. If you're worried, just get a quick test without having to even leave the bar.

AB 12 - caps residential security deposit at 1 month's rent, or 2 month's rent if the landlord owns no more than 2 residential rentals with no more than 4 units.

A+

SB 244 - requires manufacturers of electronics/appliances over $50 to provide product parts/tools/instructions to repair devices.

A+ Louis Rossmann's dream?

SB 478 - requires all mandatory fees/charges to be stated up front (no undisclosed fees such as in concert/sports tickets or lodging).

Curious what the companies will do to get around this, but it's a good start and I think should lead to a decrease in prices overall as companies have to compete through advertising.

SB 553 - employers must record violent incidents and have training on violence prevention.

They didn't have to before?

AB 28 - 11% tax on firearms/ammo.

This goes toward the "Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund" which I googled and found out it goes to programs to help prevent gun violence and enhance safety at school, as well as mental health services. Overall this seems like a good thing if it works.

SB 274 - public schools with a student in "willful defiance" can't suspend/expel them, but must implement intervention programs and support for those students.

I guess this is good too?

AB 230 - public schools must provide free menstrual products in school bathrooms + more instruction from grade 3+.

Makes sense, because kids can start their periods from 10~ but some earlier.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Major League Eating said that it had gone “to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day,” but that they’d been unable to come to an agreement.

Lol this is hilarious because I still remember what Major League Eating did to Kobayashi in 2010, but with Joey they're bending over backwards to accommodate him and still lose. Serves them right and hopefully they'll lose a lot of money over their poor treatment of their talent.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 246 points 5 months ago

For anyone wondering it's because the bowling ball slightly pulls the earth faster toward itself. This amount is too small to possibly measure. But imagine if the bowling ball were the size of another Earth and it's easier to see why it happens.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 108 points 6 months ago

The Fallout show was so much fun. Looking forward to the next season.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's not what people got shouted at for. It was for conflating it with a common cold.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 68 points 8 months ago

Jimmy Neutron being like 😎

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

"It's a me, Link."

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