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  1. While unpopular, I'm not 100% against on Congress is About To Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing (propublica.org) · · Score: 2

    Nothing is free. Using tax revenue to undercut an entire industry that creates jobs doesn't really sit well. There is no free, everyone is paying for it. And everyone has a choice to do them for free the old fashioned way, find a 'free' service, or pay for it.

    The job of the IRS is to collect taxes, not prepare them. Now if you could show it actually saves the government money I'd likely be all for it as a cost savings.

  2. So what on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer On Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    People often need to make plans based on arrival time, be it for connection, train, or just when to get picked up. If padding gives a better chance of actually knowing when you'll get there who cares if it's longer than when you would have someone sitting at the airport for an hour for your late flight to arrive.

  3. How do they handle taxes? on 14-Year-Old Earned $200,000 Playing Fortnite on YouTube (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 1

    Does youtube, etc, send you a w2? At what point is this considered a job in which you need to pay payroll tax, etc.

  4. Re:Boeing Deserves to Pay for This on Ethiopian Airlines Crew Followed Procedures Before Boeing Max Crash, Early Report Says (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There in lies the question. The decision to reengage electric control, thus mcas, was made. Calculations will be made that take all the factors into account as to whether this was something that doomed them or it wouldn't have mattered. Timing is everything in these investigations in determining blame. Did the pilots react quickly enough? Did they go down a wrong path in their decision making at some point? If you remember even Sully was raked over the coals after saving an entire airplane worth of people. Did they perform adequately to alleviate the issues of difficulty in manual trim adjustments. All questions that haven't been answered.

  5. He isn't replicating the situation consistently and it's never been fixed.

  6. I actually like the idea on Comcast Unveils $5-a-Month Streaming Service Xfinity Flex (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't pay an extra $5 for it though. I thought this was initially what the xbox one guide was supposed to be but it never seemed to happen. Would love it if this was enough to push them to finally implement it.

  7. Re:Feel-good nonsense on Coders' Primal Urge To Kill Inefficiency -- Everywhere (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    That's because there is an overwhelming lack of understanding of what they write as code and what it actually means as far as instructions to perform it. In fact most of what people think they are doing to help performance is likely optimized away by the compiler.

    Which btw highlights the difference between programmers who write things like compilers and the rest of the "bro programmers". Sadly, guess which ones are likely pulling down more salary.

  8. Re:Before we take the city to task ... on Hacked Tornado Sirens Taken Offline In Two Texas Cities Ahead of Major Storm (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Because we live in a society where there are enough people that do not respect the common good. They believe if you aren't actively stopping them then it is perfectly ok. People also seemingly believe that there is an endless government budget to continually update these systems. It wouldn't surprise me if many of these things were 20+ years old, even 40+ years old wouldn't really surprise me. While we don't use them around here, there are similar sirens in the northeast that are 50s cold war tuck and duck era that are still functioning.

  9. It's means for their only streaming service all movies will always be available and not cycled on a typical ~7 year basis like they currently do. It was marketing genius for them allowing them to build anticipation for either release in cinemas or dvd. Streaming services allow them better opportunity to get more money with a subscription than a release dvd sale every now and them would bring in.

  10. Nothing would be said if it were that people wearing dark colored clothes and a hoody are more difficult to detect. And why wouldn't they just train these systems with all dark skinned people.

  11. The current laws for these tests require an operator. Ultimately it's their responsibility. This finding has 0 precedence to a case that occurs once an attentive driver is no longer a requirement.

  12. Re:Is that a typo? on San Francisco's Rent Hits a New Peak of $3,690, Highest in the US (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Big scary number but I do wonder how they came up with it. Is it a simple average, in which case the few ultra expensive ones have too much price influence. Or ideally it's some sort of weighted average based on price and availability. Just not sure how that number plays into an actual budget you'd have to go in there with. I know my daughter when she moved to Boston got a nice place significantly less than what the 'average' in Boston is advertised as.

  13. Re:news for nerds with limited reading comprehensi on US Bars Lithium-ion Batteries From Passenger Aircraft Cargo (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Admittedly poorly worded. It's not about where it's held, but whether it's associated with a flyer. What they don't want is cases of lithiums flying on commercial airlines. This is the difference between luggage and cargo, not where it's held.

  14. Re:CR gave a 'cannot recommend' on Tesla Launches Base Model 3 For $35,000 With Shorter Range, New Interior (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    I actually think the 3 is ugly and cheap looking.

  15. news for nerds with limited reading comprehension on US Bars Lithium-ion Batteries From Passenger Aircraft Cargo (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Passenger flights often allocate some of their space for regular air cargo. This isn't about banning your computer or camera from being in your luggage. Luggage hold is not cargo hold. What they are avoiding is a passenger plane being used to ferry batteries as a cargo carrier where you could have a box of dozens of them in a confined space. I don't have an issue with this.

  16. Re:Repeatable by other scientists or it didn't hap on Did A US Navy Scientist Just Invent A Room-Temperature Superconductor? (phys.org) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Will you say it happened when the projectile fired by the rail gun using it hits you in the head?

  17. Nice job editors on Amazon Prime Air Cargo Plane Crashes in Texas, Three Dead (weather.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This story would bring nothing but snarky remarks. The editors should know this. I'm blaming them for posting it and not the people making the comments, it's what you get on the internet.

    However, there is nothing in this story at this time that merits and sort of actual discussion.

  18. If you're making money on advertisements you should take the time to moderate the comments. Or turn them off. When that story of the kid toy review that topped the list came out I noticed the channel was smart enough to disable comments altogether, yet it didn't hurt and likely helped their revenue stream.

    I loathe this free loader society we are becoming. Upload video, free money. Can't pay for something, crowd fund it.

  19. Re:What if the car hits someone? on Waymo Self-Driving Cars Can Now Obey Police Hand Signals · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The question is one of responsibility. A person who hits and is fault loses license, is fined, goes to jail, bares responsibility. A driverless car that does so what happens? Go after the person who did nothing wrong? Go after the company? Disallow the use of the entire system? In the end its a litigation issue

  20. People are getting too lazy to play a game. They can only muster the attention to look at a crappy video on their phone.

  21. Re:There is a market for huge planes, in theory on Airbus Is Giving Up On the A380 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Not an impossible or even difficult logistical problem, especially considering any airport that services an A380 has plenty other heavy category planes that aren't as impacted. It's what airports do. And extra minute, and that's all it is for say a 777, to wait to get another 400+ people off the ground is something the airports would take all day long.

    The problem is there really isn't a market for this plane. You can't justify the costs of the plane and infrastructure when a percentage of your flights legs don't fully book. And that is unavoidable. Certain days of the week, times of the years, or whatever fill flights, others don't.

  22. Where it was when he called his kids and told them about the exciting news that they convinced him it may not be legit.

  23. Re:No we did not make websites like that in the 19 on '90s-Style 'Captain Marvel' Website Will Have You Nostalgic for Dial-Up (movieweb.com) · · Score: 0

    You must be the hit of all the parties.

  24. Re:The Results on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd be glad that the stress of going to a job and paying taxes reduced the stress of someone who can't be bothered.

  25. Not sure you understand how 100% fatality works...