Interesting Links for 11-06-2026

[andrewducker]

1. Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

(tags:drone war Ukraine Russia death )

2. The stamp duty hike didn't backfire. That's the problem

(tags:tax UK housing )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

Thank you. Weird stuff.

[nancylebov]

2. The Laffer curve is an example of something that might be true but is focusing on the wrong thing.

[channelpenguin]

I've only ever bought property here in Germany, not sold it. Fees on purchase are a straight up 7% (IIRC, don't quote me. Estate agent fee is also standard - 6 or 7% It's a total of 13%, that's what I remember). There's no tax on selling after 10 years of ownership. I don't know what it is before that. Think might be 25%