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None of that makes sense with how taxes actually work. For every $1 donated to charity, the maximum you're getting back is 0.37 from the tax deduction. That's assuming you're in the max tax bracket. The higher your tax bracket, the cheaper it is to give to charity, but it's never better than keeping the money yourself.

There are games that can be played with charitable donations, but cash to a foundation is not really the way. The real games are played around with hard to value assets like art/jewelry where massively inflated values and weird lease terms can lead to some really questionable outcomes. For example "loaning" art to a museum and writing off the "rent" after having it appraised for some insane value.

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Itch.io Re-indexes free NSFW content, are in ongoing discussions with payment processors to re-introduce paid content

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Steam's bans were (as far as I've seen) far more targeted at content that is a lot tougher to defend. It's a lot tougher to defend rape and incest content than just all porn and nsfw. Obviously it's all fantasy and fiction, but it's still more difficult.

Itch.io went full into banning everything labeled nsfw, LGBTQ, violent, etc. The fact that Steam had a much more targeting impact implies to me that they used their stronger position to negotiate prior to the ban rather than itch.io that banned first and is now trying to walk that back.

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What do you think have we taken for granted before it was enshittified?

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There's plenty of stuff dropped, a lot of it is dubious tbh.

My older phones had: IR blaster for controlling TVs FM radio tuner Replaceable battery's Headphone jack (as you noted) Expandable microsd storage Physical Keyboards (no real loss imo)

Probably some others I've forgotten. Honestly, I slightly miss the IR blaster on occasion. I haven't listened to FM radio in ages, but could see it being useful. Replaceable battery's would be nice from a longevity perspective, but I prefer battery packs to device specific batteries for longer life in general and battery life is more than a day for me anyway unless I'm going nuts. The lack of SD storage is the one that bothers me the most.

Keep in mind phones have gained at least a few things in that time. Simple reliable waterproof is a huge one.

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It's a very dumb saying. If you don't have the volts you won't get the amps to kill you that's ohms law.

However, there are plenty of harmless high voltage scenarios as well. Situations with high voltage, but no power.

So really you need both.

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US citizen here. Stayed in many hotels. Never once tipped for housekeeping. I've tipped for lots of small extras, like bag service, valet, etc. I know it's a thing some people do, but it's certainly not standard or expected. Cleaning the room is part of the stay price.

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That is not the definition of escape velocity. Escape velocity is the minimum velocity to escape a body's gravity well entirely. Orbital is much lower