Recent content by benny_profane

Yeah right you have a production pedal. You probably just used a pedalpcb schematic. What a joker.

How’re you finding it?

The tariffs put forth as responses to various “emergencies” are citing IEEPA, which lower courts said was an overreach. Those are still in place as the appeals process plays out. Oral arguments start on November 5th at SCOTUS. This latest tariff is said to be in response to trade practices...

This is, I think, particularly vexing for US folks because we have never really had a consumer-facing, across the board federal consumption tax like this in recent memory. States/local authorities have sales tax (tax on top of eligible goods at point of purchase). Federal consumption taxes exist...

Oh interesting. I agree with you regarding the shade. A slightly deeper glimmer brown sugar would be great.

“Oh you did something so uniquely illegal that there’s no precedent? Have another six weeks of doing it just for funsies.”

They’ve been indicating tariff prices since the semiconductor tariffs started in January. They are passing it through to the customer but as a specific line item rather than in the price.

Is there a term for a self-imposed embargo?

We don’t have to speculate here. This policy proposal was put forth by the previous administration last summer using the same spurious claims. People were skeptical then too. There’s been a whole lot of noise in the meantime that has distracted from that. Also, that approach wasn’t Leroy...

I don’t know about that. DHS has had staffing and other cuts for everything but one particular department. There have been no substantive directions about how or who is responsible for levying tariffs, collecting payments, and disbursing them to the USG. None of this went through congress. It...

More people than usual will have to file 1099-K forms this year. Hobbyist builders that sell on the side but have not incorporated or otherwise set up a commercial structure will more easily meet the lowered reporting threshold ($2.5k)—especially because those will be generated automatically by...

Barring explicit guidelines for processing and collection—as well as a determination that those new systems will still be cost effective for the courrier—I imagine those will pop up across the board for pretty much everything but B2B overseas shipments. Edit: For background: when the previous...

We’re quickly moving toward state capitalism with the current trends, specifically in micros/semiconductors.

The point I was making is that when people discuss the corrosive effects of the Internet, they are largely referring to the impact of Web 2.0—the commodification of communities and the creation of walled gardens. That not to say the other uses of Internet technology don’t exist, just that...

Why? There isn’t much left of Web 1.0 unless you’re specifically looking for it. In this context, social media and internet are basically the same thing.