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andrew

@andrew@esq.social

[he/him]

Tax/Technology Attorney
Admin @ https://esq.social open to all #legal and #law adjacent folks

Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax
Contributor @ TechCrunch, Baseball Prospectus,
Law360 etc.

Adjunct Prof @ Drexel Kline School of Law

Bestie to @gina

https://lawstodon.org

#tax #tawlaw #tech #legaltech #law #lawfedi #baseball #economics #finance #fintech #history #politics #newjersey #pennsylvania #cabins #motorcycles #ebikes #podcasting #mastoadmin

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andrew, to random
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“More power to you” is a weird statement to make with such a casual inflection.

andrew,
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@LouisIngenthron

Yeah that’s true in my little milieu, to be sure. I thought maybe it was a byproduct of being raised by sarcastic people and everyone else was using it earnestly.

andrew, to random
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Legal News for Fri 5/10 - Xtandi Cost Cut, Lawsuit Against Iowa Immigration Law, Musk Potential SEC Testimony, ABA Shift on Bar Exam Alts and FERC's New Rules https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-fri-510-xtandi-cost?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

andrew, to random
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There is nothing more "this can't be how this is intended to work" than manually typing an authorization code from one pop-up window to another on the same device.

andrew,
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@JoeStewart

Security theater, nothing more.

caseyliss, to random
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👎🏻 × ∞

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/10/virginia-school-board-vote-restore-confederate-names

andrew,
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@caseyliss

When defenders try to explain to me that it isn't about being pro-slavery, I'm still left wondering why you would want monuments to a team that came in second in a contest of two?

It'd be as if baseball stadiums flew pennants for years where they came in dead last. What are we commemorating?

andrew, to random
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You’d think Microsoft would have negotiated for some kind of exclusivity for search with Bing.

It just became semi relevant and it’s going to be relegated to third banana again. https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/112416562753787073

andrew,
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@JoeStewart @icymi_law @ricmac

Just tried the same prompt and got the same results.

I would assume the way these LLMs are working for search is they're answering based on what they "know" and then backsolving from that to find something to cite to.

Right? I would expect actually performing a search and dumping the results of that search into a prompt and running it through the model would be too resource intensive.

andrew, to random
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Legal News for Thurs 5/9 - Jazz Pharmaceuticals Orphan Drug Claim, Ozempic Side Effect Litigation, Allegations against Rudy and AFL vs. Red Hat https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-thurs-59-jazz-pharmaceuticals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

andrew, to random
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Call me old fashioned but if I was in charge of a candidate's communications I'd advise against disclosing your brain looks like a moth-eaten garment.

andrew,
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@catsnfats

No copyrights for non-humans, unfortunately (for the worm).

andrew,
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@miah

Okay well look, if you’re going to have sensible answers that explain things … I mean … is this even the internet anymore?!

I kid of course. You’re right, though the worm thing seems so nuts I wonder if it would be believed if leaked. Sounds more like a rushed playground rumor.

overholt, to random
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I just pray that the students finishing up dinner next to me don’t come to blows over whether the check should be settled by Venmo or Zelle.

andrew,
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@overholt

I smell a duel coming.

andrew, to random
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Legal News for Weds 5/8 - SCOTUS Looks at Wetlands and Clean Water Act, Failed House Veto Override, TikTok Legal Battle, Archegos Trial Start, Trump Document Trial Delayed https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-weds-58-scotus-looks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

andrew,
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@wcbdata

They are neither superfluous nor uncaptioned.

andrew, to random
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I get the vitriol lobbed at politicians that make use of public funds to fly all over the place, right up until one coming to town impacts my commute.

Then I want these folks choppering in and out and I don’t care how much it costs you.

andrew, to random
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TBH I want this to be a problem for me. https://mastodon.social/@lzg/112402224883259863

andrew, to Law
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In my column this week I discuss the general idea of injecting progressivity into the property tax regime.

When property values go up, income doesn’t always follow suit. This gives rise to myriad breaks from the FMV—assessment paradigm, which brings with it … problems.

Key it to income. (Property) tax the rich. Full stop.

@law

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/income-adjusted-property-tax-system-would-foster-homeowner-equity

MarvinFreeman, to Colorado
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For some reason, is cutting property taxes.

We live in irresponsible, selfish, moronic times.

andrew,
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@MarvinFreeman

Property tax has long been the least popular tax regime—for good reason, tbh. The policies are almost always a mess and create all kinds of inequities.

Not defending the general slashing of property taxes, but merely pointing out that it’s political chum. Bipartisan political chum.

andrew, to random
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Legal News for Tues 5/7 - Trump Trial Updates, Law Firm Growth in '24, $23.4m Verdict Against Activision and Income-Adjusted Property Taxes https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-tues-57-trump-trial?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

andrew,
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@nus

If you isolate the faces the faces follow you.

andrew, to random
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Legal News for Mon 5/6 - U.S. Overtime Thresholds, MA Adopts Six-Person Juries, Berkshire Battles Wildfire Claims and UAW Labor Negotiations Updates https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-mon-56-us-overtime?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

andrew,
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@Axomamma

Interesting! Thanks for the insight. I work with MA attorneys on the civil side (sales tax reassessment defense) pretty regularly but the stuff I work on doesn't go to trial all that often.

I am somewhat skeptical of the notion that we can yet know if there is truly no prejudicial effect -- seems like something we will only know with more data.

wolfe, to random
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capitalism is the best system

andrew,
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@LALegault @wolfe

Don’t give the looney tunes any ideas. We will be facing a return of distemper and rabies in dogs next.

andrew, to Podcast
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Every once in a while this happens, and I'm definitely not complaining, but over the last 3 days the daily downloads of Minimum Competence have been 4-5x the usual.

I often wonder if we're getting mentioned somewhere or something. The page views aren't up appreciably, so it seems like the listeners are coming in straight via the audio RSS feed.

Some aggregator featuring us maybe?

@podcast

andrew,
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@humanhorseshoes

I don’t — I think my folks have to get it, right? I have to look into it formally. It’s been on my arms length todo list for a decade.

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