A lot of people owe a lot of things. Some of those debts get forgiven, or placed upon others. Other times, new debts and obligations are introduced whether we like it or not. There was a bunch of both going around this week on several fronts. Many systems are not well functioning, which is nothing new, and the fixes look to make things worse, which is also nothing new.
> A response is asking how the tax authorities intend to audit the college student who earned a few hundred working for a moving company, paid in cash? Even if they get audited, good luck proving it.
The biggest problem with the IRS is that you are guilty unless proven innocent. The IRS wouldn't have to prove you got paid in cash. The kid would have to prove that they reported the income or didn't get the income.
If the policy change was: "make reporting easier, mistakes (by IRS or taxpayer) less likely and rigorously enforce cheats" that would be for superior. What the current law essentially does is create incentives to assume a lot more people are guilty and see how many can prove otherwise.
I'm curious about the Australian lab hydrogen + oxygen + catalyst project.
Hydrogen combustion with regular Earth air burns at something like 2000C, and this project says it achieves 700C. Maybe the improvement is that not all the hydrogen is lost with this process and can be fed back in? But their website says nothing like that: https://starscientific.com.au/applications/
"Within minutes of the hydrogen interacting with the catalyst, HERO® safely reaches temperatures of more than 700 degrees Celsius.
The larger the surface area of the catalyst and the more hydrogen available, the more heat is generated. The only by-product is pure water."
That sounds like combustion with extra steps?
Maybe regular hydrogen combustion is too hot to swap in directly with a coal plant? Some quick Googling tells me these operate with a steam temperature of about 600C, but it's hard to pin down how hot they burn their coal.
But steam loops already have techniques for mediating burn temperatures and steam temperatures.
Maybe this technology is supposed to be cheaper than adjusting a steam loop to accommodate burning hydrogen?
What would you consider out of hand? In terms of number of total Monkeypox cases, overall situation.
> Also get rid of the new menu bar on the left that’s taking up a huge amount of space for no reason
1. Click "Settings"; the "Quick Settings" bar will come up on the right side of the screen
2. In that bar, go to "Apps in Gmail" and click "Customize"
3. Deselect everything, which will make the extra left-side menu disappear
> A response is asking how the tax authorities intend to audit the college student who earned a few hundred working for a moving company, paid in cash? Even if they get audited, good luck proving it.
The biggest problem with the IRS is that you are guilty unless proven innocent. The IRS wouldn't have to prove you got paid in cash. The kid would have to prove that they reported the income or didn't get the income.
https://www.lataxattorney.com/burden-of-proof-in-civil-tax-litigation.html
If the policy change was: "make reporting easier, mistakes (by IRS or taxpayer) less likely and rigorously enforce cheats" that would be for superior. What the current law essentially does is create incentives to assume a lot more people are guilty and see how many can prove otherwise.
I'm curious about the Australian lab hydrogen + oxygen + catalyst project.
Hydrogen combustion with regular Earth air burns at something like 2000C, and this project says it achieves 700C. Maybe the improvement is that not all the hydrogen is lost with this process and can be fed back in? But their website says nothing like that: https://starscientific.com.au/applications/
"Within minutes of the hydrogen interacting with the catalyst, HERO® safely reaches temperatures of more than 700 degrees Celsius.
The larger the surface area of the catalyst and the more hydrogen available, the more heat is generated. The only by-product is pure water."
That sounds like combustion with extra steps?
Maybe regular hydrogen combustion is too hot to swap in directly with a coal plant? Some quick Googling tells me these operate with a steam temperature of about 600C, but it's hard to pin down how hot they burn their coal.
But steam loops already have techniques for mediating burn temperatures and steam temperatures.
Maybe this technology is supposed to be cheaper than adjusting a steam loop to accommodate burning hydrogen?