Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart.
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Healthy organizations make it safe to report problems, but unhealthy ones make it a gamble to tell a superior something isn’t right. Same for personal relations too. https://twitter.com/ahugheswriter/status/1209271665026371586
This is insightful because it’s also a sign of an abusive society. Case in point: in the Philippines when you dare to criticize the govt, their supporters will paint you as a bad guy for being disruptive and say “why cant you just be helpful”
Quoted ahugheswriter's tweet:I once read that you can spot an abusive system because when you point out a problem, you ARE the problem.
That opened up my eyes dramatically. https://twitter.com/EveyJacob/status/1209234390829502464
RISE OF SKYWALKER Spoiler-free review:
I have a bit more spoilery comments posted here.
@SeresaTagAraw they skipped a season?
@iriscathleen kaya mo yan!
I feel like it says something about this country that whenever I pass by a garage sale or such its almost always just used clothes and never used books
Probably one with a (former) friend - someone I knew growing up - over his support of a certain presidential candidate in 2016. It took me forever to realize we were coming from two completely different value systems. (PS, he was the one who unfriended)
Quoted buster's tweet:👋 I’m giving away 10 copies of WHY ARE WE YELLING? https://amzn.to/2Sc83we If you’d like one, retweet this with a comment about the most unproductive disagreement you can think of, whether it’s out in the world, or your personal life. I’ll randomly pick 10 winners tonight.
Star Wars prediction: Rey is revealed to be the adult form of Baby Yoda. This is my headcanon until I watch on Saturday
Very long Star Wars review thread
Quoted kristinnoeline's tweet:Hello, my name is Kristin and I have never seen a single Star War.
After learning some incredible facts about moisture farming from @jowrotethis I’ve decided to watch every movie over the span of one week beginning with the original trilogy.
Be random.
In an episode of Futurama, Fry gained the ability to read minds and tried to use it to win a big Poker tournament. In the final table, he was up against Bender, and they were the last two players. For the final hand, Bender didn’t even bother looking at his cards and went all-in, giving Fry’s mind-reading no chance to work. Clip: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/55yfmj/futurama-the-poker-tournament
In One Piece, the protagonist Luffy was having trouble fighting bad guy Enel who could read his opponent’s intentions. What Luffy did was to bounce his barrage of attacks against a wall, so that neither he nor Enel could predict which way they would go, so that Enel would be unable to avoid them.
Did people who grew up in the 70s watch that 70s show? I’m not sure I’d watch “That 90s show”
Quoted ThatEricAlper's tweet:That 70’s Show debuted in 1998, and was set in 1976.
If a show came out today in 2019 with the same premise, it would be set in 1997.
Panda express sounds like a business where
I found out that I had bought the wrong printer ink cartridge when I went to the mall last week because I misremembered what my actual printer model was =/
I’m looking forward to the eventual storyline where he makes a deal with the devil for everyone to forget this reveal in exchange for ending his marriage.
Thanks for your reply, but I’m still not clear on the “employer-employee relationship part.
For example, a contractual part-time service worker in a fast food chain, he is not considered a regular employee is this correct? Is he required to register as a business? (I assume no.) Is he deduced the 8% withholding tax or the regular income tax?
How is this different from the scenario where you are a consultant working as a contractor for a local (PH) client (say, as a graphic designer or software developer)? Is the consultant considered an employee? Is he required to register as a business?
Also, I’ve worked for a number of clients as a consultant under contract, and they always just withhold the 8% and when I ask if there’s anything else I need to do for tax purposes, they never advise me that I need a business permit. Should their accountant been telling them otherwise?
> Recurring like, you expect to engage in that particular kind of transaction for more than 1 time
-> does that mean if you are only doing this once, it is not considered recurring? i.e. a client asks me to build an application for them and I receive a one-time payment from them upon delivery and afterwards we no longer have a relationship, in this scenario you do not have to register as a business?
Sorry for all the follow-ups, I just want to clearly understand the scenarios wherein I would or would not be required to register as a business, because honestly I would like to avoid the bureaucracy as much as possible, hence I prefer not to register as a business if it can be avoided. I understand our duty as citizens to pay the right taxes etc and I would like to make sure I comply with any requirements and I don’t mind the withholding tax being deducted from me. But I would prefer to know under what conditions I could structure freelance/consultant work without having to register as a business.
BTW, I wanted to say I appreciate your answering these questions. I had been planning to look for an accountant to consult on related matters so this thread really helps.
> 1. Should I register as a self-employed /business?
Only if you are earning recurring income not earned under an employer-employee relationship.
Please explain “recurring income” here? What if I am earning money not on a full-time basis, with no guarantee of recurring income? For example, a company consults with me and I get paid an hourly fee.
Please also explain “employer-employee relationship”. I was previously working as a consultant with a company, and they were deducting the withholding tax from me (I think it was 8%). My understanding is I was not an actual employee here since I was a consultant, should I have been registered as a business in this instance? It’s just weird since this withholding tax was already reported to the BIR and it seems there was no issue.
New rule: No going south of Ortigas in December
@thorstenball right click -> copy link location? (name might vary across browsers)
No spoilers, but the #CrisisOfInfiniteEarths cliffhanger was amazing. The only problem now is we have to wait one month for the back half lol
@visakanv isnt “interesting” relative though? the 500 interesting people for me wont necessarily be the same as yours
Wow!
Quoted DuckDuckGo's tweet:@roytang awesome to have you on the Duck Side! An anonymous easter egg in your honor https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roytang
DuckDuckGo is my search engine of choice. #ComeToTheDuckSide - we have privacy. https://duckduckgo.com/#1
FACT: Buying games on Steam and playing games are two different hobbies. I do the former and one day, the latter. https://twitter.com/HeatherAntos/status/1203126933346754561
It’s always great when I’m coding something and I find out that past me already implemented a function for it and I’m like “good job past me!” :self-five:
Copied all of my follows to a private Twitter list, then replaced my “Home” column in Tweetdeck with that list, let’s see how that works out. Main advantage of this: I can follow people for contest/giveaway purposes without necessarily having them in my main timeline.
Are there any region restrictions for these? I’m still bitter over not getting SOULCALIBUR VI
Well, I’m not sure my Gruul list is optimal either, but I do enjoy it:
Deck
4 Stomping Ground (RNA) 259
4 Rootbound Crag (XLN) 256
3 Llanowar Elves (DAR) 168
7 Mountain (ANA) 64
4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171
4 Gruul Spellbreaker (RNA) 179
8 Forest (ANA) 65
4 Zhur-Taa Goblin (RNA) 215
4 Burning-Tree Emissary (GTC) 216
3 Embercleave (ELD) 120
4 Questing Beast (ELD) 171
4 Once Upon a Time (ELD) 169
4 Pelt Collector (GRN) 141
2 Domri’s Ambush (WAR) 192
1 Castle Garenbrig (ELD) 240
Sideboard
3 Veil of Summer (M20) 198
2 Cindervines (RNA) 161
2 Lava Coil (GRN) 108
1 Rekindling Phoenix (RIX) 111
2 Shifting Ceratops (M20) 194
2 Flame Sweep (M20) 139
1 Collision // Colossus (RNA) 223
2 Bonecrusher Giant (ELD) 115
If you’re facing a lot of aggro, I do like bant scapeshift better.
Sorry, after I posted the comment above, I didn’t have much time to grind Arena that month so I don’t have much more input. The deck is sweet but it fares much better against aggro decks than the various ramp and control decks that become more prevalent once you’re in Diamond or higher.
For this month, I’ve switched to Gruul aggro for Historic BO3, the games tend to go a lot faster :)
Protip: you dont have to scroll through all the memes
@jmcpatino you cant start a batman series with the bat family already in place
Given the recent spotify end of year summary posts lately, I thought I’d make a lifetime (since 2005 at least) listening stats page for myself: https://roytang.net/about/stats/listening/
Someone once messaged me in Words with Friends to ask if I was a bot lol
This (mentioned below, read the thread) is a skill I wish I was better at (I was surely a lot more straightforward when I was younger!). Additionally, when I make a mistake, I try to explicitly say sth like “I was wrong” to signal that admitting to mistakes isnt a problem
Quoted sehurlburt's tweet:A tip for negotiation/life is to realize people hate saying “I was wrong” so give them easy outs. They’d prefer to say:
I forgot
I wasn’t thinking of that scenario
I didn’t realize you meant adding x
I didn’t know there were multiple options
I didn’t know you talked to y already
Read this thread and be sad about the world
Quoted miniver's tweet:A parable about the nature of truth, from my day job
(thread)
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@Westraid For my personal travels, never. I only went this year because I was with my brother and his kids. IDK if I’d enjoy it if I wasn’t with kids
@talk2GLOBE is your customer service hotline number 24 hrs?
This is how my decade sounded on Spotify. Get your #spotifywrapped. https://open.spotify.com/wrapped/aff7b2bddf8a3d1fa72bf6e69f5ab67c784c2856
This is how my year sounded on Spotify. Get your 2019 Wrapped #spotifywrapped https://open.spotify.com/wrapped/ddf3e4a1ee43a067d9e011917a96978cb404b9e4
News: “Philippines lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries”
Seller: P599 sale price Buyer: hm po?
Belated realization: This is why Batman doesn’t fit the Arrowverse, there is no opportunity for Wayne family drama
Quoted roytang's tweet:I watched an episode of Batwoman to see what it was like before Crisis, and it was mostly Kane family drama. Unsurprising because:
Arrow S1: Queen family drama
Flash S1: Allen family drama
Supergirl S1: House of El family drama
This is why Legends is the best one
I watched an episode of Batwoman to see what it was like before Crisis, and it was mostly Kane family drama. Unsurprising because:
Arrow S1: Queen family drama
Flash S1: Allen family drama
Supergirl S1: House of El family drama
This is why Legends is the best one
To start my history classes this year, we read the Michael Parenti speech, “The Control of History,” then I told students, “I am going to describe someone from history, & after I am done, you tell me who it is.” 1/? Quoted ZinnEdProject’s tweet:
Teach about Rosa Parks’ protest in context of her own life of activism (before and after), the decades of protests of Jim Crow on public transportation across U.S. (see list below from 1841 to 1992), the role of Women’s Political Council, and much more. https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/desegregation/transportation-protests
DM: ‘You come to large wooden door.’
Cat: ‘I knock at the door.’
DM: ‘An orc opens it and asks you to come in.’
Cat: ‘I do nothing.’
DM ‘He asks you to come inside again.’
Cat: ‘I do nothing.’
DM: ‘Eventually the orc tires and closes the door.’
Cat: ‘I knock at the door.’
So I was looking forward to playing Soul Calibur VI in the December early unlocks, but today I find out it’s “unavailable in my region” and all I get is a $5 coupon for my trouble. =/ They could have indicated that in the promotional materials they kept sending me!
I wish they had an option for me to just gift the code to someone who is in the correct region (that way I can at least set up a trade maybe?). Instead I get a $5 coupon that IDK if I’ll be able to use; I never purchase stuff from the Humble store because Steam gives me better regional pricing. It would be nice if I could apply the coupon to one of their other bundles instead.
So that this isn’t just a rant, can I ask if purchases off the Humble store always give a Steam key?
Edit: I found out that Soul Calibur VI is actually purchasable for me on both Steam and the Humble Store, so IDK what’s up with that “unavailable in my region” thing.
@SeresaTagAraw ikakasal ka na?
@miithinks what happens if for some reason you need to cross and the mall has already closed?
Apparently the only Steam game I’ve played this year which was actually released this year, is Slay the Spire https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/76561198026163141?k=11300073902501546795
@guingonabart @momblogger slightly confused; if berhald shouldered the construction cost using funds borrowed from dbp, then arent they going to be the ones to pay back that loan with interest?
Nobody has any idea how long it takes to build software to better than +/-200% accuracy. Quoted mykola’s tweet:
Please quote this tweet with a thing that everyone in your field knows and nobody in your industry talks about because it would lead to general chaos.
@jaymelynilao maganda nagkataon na magkakasama kayo lol
