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Cake day: January 3rd, 2024

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  • As in if you live in a state with sales tax but down the road is a state without sales tax- why ever shop in your state?

    Mostly the states are quite big, so it’s not worth the trouble. But along various state borders, it distorts the shopping experience in odd ways.

    I’ve been to towns that are missing common retailers entirely, because everyone drives to the next town over (in another state), to avoid a tax.

    We also have a rich history of driving across state lines to purchase stuff that’s illegal in our own state. It’s also illegal to bring it back, but the borders aren’t patrolled, so the only way to get caught is to have a traffic violation while doing it.

    Or so I’ve heard. I never break any laws, myself.


  • Cool chart.

    It really makes the point to me that the PS1 and PS2, when adjusted for inflation, and for relative compute power, were just such a fantastic deal.

    I was recovering from some serious console-purchase fatigue, when I bought my PS1 to replace my garage sale purchased Super NES. It was a big deal to me.

    I’ve paid PS5 prices (inflation adjusted) for a game system a few times (my first Switch and SteamDeck), but they’ve been a lot more mind blowing than what appears to be on offer today.

    Disclaimer: My favorite game is 8-bit, anyway.












  • Yeah. The demand for red team skills is complicated.

    There’s plenty of work to do. But there’s a lot of anxiety, and in some cases laws, that make hiring managers cautious.

    When a team member is going to sometimes physically break into a data center, things are much simpler if they have an unimpeachable reputation.

    And that, itself, is unfair, since everyone’s definition of “unimpeachable reputation” is going to be a bit different. I’m inclined to factor in motives, but not everyone can.

    So it’s not the end of the world for a young hacker with a conviction, but they definitely have a more difficult time.