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Monthly land tax payments? How much are you paying? Land and building tax is payable annually, and the effective rate for agricultural land is miniscule. Ask others in the farming forum how much tax they pay per rai per year.
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I can see AI being used for diagnosing illness, where the ai is using a series of answers provided by the patient along with results of examinations and tests. I can imagine some kind of ai that is wirelessly connected to a blood pressure machine, a thermometer, weighing scales, blood analysis machine, etc. This sort of first line health care might be developed and trialled in developing countries where the options might be ai or nothing. One machine and a heslthcare assistant trained to draw blood and operate the machine would be all you need. A healthcare assistant is considerably cheaper and quicker to train than a doctor or a nurse. Diagnoses could be confirmed by a doctor anywhere in the world. The ai would get to train in the real world and improve itself until its results were equal or better than humans, at which point they would start to appear in the developed world. I think "generalist" jobs that use sets of questions and various information to produce a result are at risk, and not just in the field of medicine. Specific and unique jobs such as surgeon are out of reach of ai for now. I don't think expensive hospitals are going anywhere for a long time, just the diagnostic equipment and processes they use will inevitably change. But let's see. Maybe the flaw in my thinking is that ai will be able to design advanced surgery robots...
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The demise of the village ATM.
blackcab replied to Crossy's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
High usage is why it is uneconomical. Cash replenishment costs the bank money. Weekly cash replenishment even more so. SCB has been closing branches and removing ATMs since 2021 while at the same time their digital app has seen increased use by customers. Don't forget you should be able to withdraw cash fee free from other bank's ATMs 5 times per month (IIRC). -
If you are not donating the machines then take out the hard drives and hit them with a hammer a few times. Nobody will spend the time or money to reconstruct them. Alternatively drill a few holes right through the drives.
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The picture is not photoshopped. Here is the man himself: There is a story in the Bangkok Post about this, which unfortunately due to BP rules I cannot link to. However the following story is about the same man changing his name back to his original name: The Surin man who made headlines last year for failing to live up to his name, Mr. Heangjobhappylife Makelifebetter, when he got arrested for petty theft, has decided to ditch his unique name. Sanan Warinthrawat, the sheriff of Muang Surin district, said that Makelifebetter came into the district office on Tuesday to change his name back to Saen Soisoongnern, as given by his parents, after he had trouble spelling his own name, according to Daily News. https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/mr-heangjobshappylife-makelifebetter-ditches-unique-name-after-spelling-trouble/ Trouble spelling his own name. You can't make this sort of stuff up.
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Go to the District Office and apply.
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Thai citizens can change their first name and surname. There is a somewhat well known case of a Thai man who really did change his name to Khun Heangjobshappylife Makelifebetter. Which, to be fair, is fairly unique.
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First thing to do is clarify if the sprinkler system in your condo is common property or not. Generally, well built condos will have a floor control valve on each floor. Closing the valve will isolate the entire floor from the fire sprinkler system. The entire zone will then need to be drained before work will commence. As this is a life safety issue the juristic person would normally require a properly insured and equipped company to undertake such works, as all property in the disabled zone needs to be protected with temporary fire suppression equipment while works are carried out. After, the system will need to be tested and recertified. I guarantee you this will not be cheap if the company is trustworthy.
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Facial recognition for Banking apps
blackcab replied to chilly07's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
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Facial recognition for Banking apps
blackcab replied to chilly07's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Too many people getting scammed out if their money by fake call centers then complaining and asking the bank for their money back. This measure protects the banks as much as the customers. This technology is not new. If you want to register a Thsi telephone sim card online you have to have your face recorded as it moves. -
Sorry to hear of your difficulties. The full new state pension is now just over £10,600 a year, or £203.85 a week Anyone who reached state pension age before April 2016 gets £8,122 a year, or £156.20 a week
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Is the charity registered as a Foundation? If it is then the Foundation as a juristic person can register assets such as vehicles under its name. If the charity is not a Foundation then a letter of understanding or indeed any document issued in the name if the charity is not legally binding as the charity has no legal standing. The risks of putting someone else's vehicle in your own name boil down to keeper of record offences, such as if the vehicle is caught on camera speeding and the driver cannot be ascertained. If the charity doesn't pay then the keeper would be liable. That said there are two halves to this, and the charity is trusting the individual with possessor title of the vehicle, so one would hope they would fix small issues such as potential speeding tickets.
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Tabien Baan questions
blackcab replied to XGM's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
The house master is the first person listed in the book after the pages containing the particulars of the building. The house master does not have to be the owner of the building, although in the majority of cases they probably are also the owner. -
Tabien Baan questions
blackcab replied to XGM's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
Q: When a foreigner buys a condo, I understand the blue Tabien Baan (let's denote it by TB) is issued but without their name on it. Does it mean nobody is listed as resident? A: In this situation nobody is listed as resident in the TB for a condominium unless the foreigner has Permanent Residence (of which you would definitely know if you have it). However, the foreigner may be able to be registered in a Yellow TB. Q: If a Thai company owns a property (be it a condo or a house), how is the blue TB handled, and can a Yellow TB be issued to a foreigner in this case? A: The TB is issued with the first page containing the house details completed. Successive pages are empty and no person is listed as living in the property. A Yellow TB may or may not be issued, depending on the judgement of your local District Office. Q: What are the options to get a yellow TB without owning a property? A: A Yellow TB does not belong to any one individual foreigner. Instead it is supplementary to the Blue TB and is normally kept by the house master. It is quite possible to have more than one foreigner listed in a Yellow TB at the same time. A foreigner does not have to own a property to be listed in the Yellow TB, so in terms of options all you have to do is 1. Convince a house master to include you in a yellow TB for their property, and 2. Convince the District Office to add you to this Yellow TB. This may be easier said than done in some provinces. -
Unidentified Foreign Man Dies After Motorbike Crash in Pattaya
blackcab replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
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This topic is closed. Forum Rule 30 states: You will not post messages looking for missing people, or seek information about any person except with written approval from support (at) aseannow.com Incidentally, from your description, you definitely did not see Stickman.
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Why do people do this.
blackcab replied to stratocaster's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
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In general, forum members are not polled regarding business decisions. Reactions have previously been discussed with the membership and the topic was devisive. We have tried both adding and removing reactions, as well as making reactions anonymous to members. At the present time we think we have the best balance for the forum as a whole, however we do review forum functionality on a regular basis.
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Exactly. And of those members who have reported stalking I do not think any were proven. We listen to your opinion, however we make decisions for the overall benefit of the forum. With so many members and so many options it is impossible to please everyone.
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If you consistently reported being stalked and you were never correct I would hope you would realise you are not being stalked.
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No, but we do check reactions if a member reports they are being trolled.
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As you can see from the linked article, moderators can view who posted reactions. With this system what we have found is that in practise stalking by emoji doesn't really occur.