In case you're not trolling (and it's really hard to tell), those makefiles are for building projects whose source code is written using C or C++. The projects they are building are things like the Java runtime, Go runtime, or the Rust compiler, but they are not building projects whose source code is written in Java, or Rust, or Go etc...
What people are claiming is that make is used as a build system for projects whose source code is written in C or C++.
Buying dogecoin or any crypto, security or asset can not be deducted though. Losses can be deducted, and the depretiation of various assets can be deducted, but the purchase itself isn't considered an expense and can't be deducted.
Otherwise all companies would just buy gold with their profits and never pay taxes.
The Quora link reinforces OP's point though, it doesn't contradict it at all.
The only myth listed in your link is that Amazon made AWS to sell off excess computing capacity during periods of downtime.
This is from the CTO of Amazon himself:
>At Amazon we had developed unique software and services based on more than a decade of infrastructure work for the evolution of the Amazon E-Commerce Platform... The thinking then developed that offering Amazon’s expertise in ultra-scalable system software as primitive infrastructure building blocks delivered through a services interface could trigger whole new world of innovation as developers no longer needed to focus on buying, building and maintaining infrastructure.
Even today, if you look at the architecture and systems used by CDO and AWS, it’s clear that AWS was designed from the ground up to be sold to customers. The architecture used by Amazon Retail was not suitable for third party customers.
There is almost no similarity between AWS and CDO. I’m telling you this as someone who worked on the inside.
At most they took some of the things they learned. But it’s not like they took the code from any Amazon Retail implementation and did the equivalent of a “git checkout -b aws”
S3, SQS and EC2 the early AWS services were not based on the Amazon Retail systems at the time.
The entire control plane of CDO is completely different than AWS and always has been
If you want to see what services look like thst started out on Amazon Retail and moved over to AWS with few modifications - look no further than Amazon Connect. It was a lift and shift of the call center software that Amazon Retail uses without any AWS integrations or even publicly available APIs at first. It’s gotten better since 2020 when I was at AWS.
But none of those claims contradict the point that was made. It's not really clear what you're disputing.
AWS exists because Amazon had already developed the know-how and expertise in how to deliver computing infrastructure as a service and saw that offering this as a service to third-parties would be profitable. The only myth is that Amazon wanted to sell off excess computing.
There is a huge difference between “we have the know how to create AWS” and “we used spare capacity to sell to customers” or “we took code we used from Amazon Retail and created AWS”.
Most people think the former and even now people seem to think that there is any similarity between how Amazon Retail (CDO) and how AWS runs. Again with the caveat that some of Amazon Retail’s workloads have been migrated to AWS or were born on AWS.
Exactly, there is a huge difference, that's the point!
You seem to think the original claim is that someone took code from CDO and built AWS off of it, and no one said that. The simple claim which is reinforced in the very Quora link you provided is that Amazon had developed expertise in delivering computing infrastructure internally, and decided it would be profitable to offer this service externally.
Your claim that most people have a very specific belief about an implementation detail regarding whether literal code was reused or transferred is almost certainly false. The belief is that a company that developed expertise in an area that proved to be invaluable internally managed to leverage that expertise into a new product line that they could sell to other people, and nothing you have provided contradicts that.
AWS was obviously not going into building datacenters and taking a modern service oriented architecture approach cold. But, as you say, the pervasive myth is that AWS started out by using excess retail computing capacity and presumably the same architecture which, by all accounts, is simply untrue.
And GCP more or less started out as a classic PaaS. Azure really had more of an on-prem focus at first.
My understanding is that all of the functions found in the C compatibility headers that the C++ standard defines can not be made constexpr. sqrt is among them, as are a lot of the math functions.
The Wikipedia article does not flag Giuliani as being a member of Russian organized crime, but someone who Giuliani's law firm represents, an individual by the name of Dmytry Firtash.
Furthermore the timeline for this is over a decade after Giuliani was mayor of New York.
I'm surprised that ChatGPT is able to answer questions directly unlike on StackOverflow where so many questions are met with "But why would you want to do that? Clearly what you want to do is <insert over-engineered architecture to solve simple problem>."
It's totally cool if you want to argue what you're arguing about the value of investing early to unlock long term compounding gains but... don't call it the time value of money. Time value of money means something different than what you're arguing.
The time value of money (TVM) surmises that money is worth more now than at a future date based on its earning potential. Because money can grow when invested, any delay is a lost opportunity for growth. The time value of money is a core financial principle known as the present discounted value.
I asked ChatGPT to explain why money has time value without referring to making other money (circular).
I think this is a good description which represents my view. Notice that these are true regardless of the existence of central banking:
Opportunity Costs of Waiting: Money available now can be used to address immediate needs or desires—buying goods, accessing services, or achieving goals. If that money is delayed, those opportunities may be lost, diminished, or deferred, reducing its practical utility.
Uncertainty Over Time: The future is uncertain, and there is a risk that the purchasing power or usefulness of money might change due to factors like inflation, changes in circumstances, or unforeseen events. Money available now provides a guarantee of utility that might not exist in the future.
Personal Preference for Timing: People often value immediate access to money because it aligns with their current priorities. For example, having money now could allow someone to travel, invest in education, or address urgent health needs—opportunities that may not hold the same relevance or availability later.
Doesn't the law explicitly require TikTok to have a convincing deal in place, and to be able to show proof of that to Congress, before such an extension can be granted?
At 17:05 in this video (and I believe discussed once elsewhere but I can't find it/don't want to rewatch it): https://youtu.be/pZkoV5UnPvw
I don't have much of a horse in this race, and I wouldn't consider myself pro or anti-China but I do a significant amount of business in China just shy of 9 figures annually in terms of revenue and I have never once dealt with their government in any way shape or form.
I have absolutely no direct line to them, never given them any kickbacks, and I visit the country once or twice a year.
I have no doubt that there are businesses that do have significant dealings with the CCP, I would never believe otherwise, but the idea that every company has to have a direct line to them is objectively untrue. I know many other people who also do business with China and its mostly the same story, none of us deal with the government and frankly I would be very uncomfortable if ever I had to.
> I have never once dealt with their government in any way shape or form.
It’s likely you have and didn’t know it. The “political officer” or otherwise-embedded party official often has another title or “non-official cover” as they say. Communist governments have operated this way since 1918.
Here's a classic article about the very weird and unintuitive consequences of null pointer dereferencing, such as "time travel":
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20140627-00/?p=63...
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