I don't know how it works in your jurisdiction, but here in Canada there is no need to incorporate to claim business expenses on your taxes. A computer would be depreciable property though, so you wouldn't be able to claim it all in one year.
It makes it much cleaner in the US to incorporate yourself to write off business expenses. And here I can most definitely write off and claim the entire amounts in the year purchased.
My CPA says I can, so I do....so anything computer or camera related (hell most anything even close to being something I attempt to make money with) I write off each year.
Well, I've been struggling with what I have for a number of years....and right now, the old system doesn't do what I need.
Not to mention, for big purchases, I like to save my nickles and dimes and buy what I want/need with cash and have no buyers remorse...therefore rather than make lots of small purchases, I save up and buy big and best as I can periodically.
Currently, I can bog the little systems down for DAYS at a time with a heavy After Effects render.
And I can't do much with Resolve before it halts things to a snails pace.
So, yes, I'm looking for dropping some coin on a high end workstation type unit, that will hopefully get my preferred workflows going at a manageable speed, and hopefully, last me for a few years to come.
Again, I've looked at something comparable, as recommended by Blackmagic Design, for running Resolve (linux or windows) with the HP Z840...which also get $$$ very quickly.
I did a very quick comparable on the HP z840 to the base iMac pro and it was about $4665...it isn't exact, but is close to what Apple purports the base iMac pro to be. And also, the iMac pro includes the 5K 27" monitor which you would have to add to the HP or other comparable unit.
No, not everyone needs this type of workstation, but if you are wanting to do a good bit of quality video, SPFX and even some high end photography compositing, etc....a nice high end system can make your day and workflow work for you.
I like the 5K screen, and need a beefy machine to run something like DaVinci Resolvefor video editing, color grading, etc....especially if I start working with 4K footage.
I'm working on old hardware (MBP late 2011, with 16GB ram, SSD card replacement main drive, external thunderbolt work and cache drives)....and even with Photoshop, if I'm working with compositing several RAW files, I can bog my system down.
So, no...you don't really need this if you're just doing email and browsing the web.
I've priced out comparable HP and other systems...and they run well over $5K quickly as you start to beef them up.
And hey...it is a business write off!! Yet another good reason to incorporate yourself.
Yep, I recently took the plunge and bought an apple watch LTE.
My old fitbit just disintegrated and I wanted a nicer replacement.
I love that I can leave my big phone at home and with BT ear buds (I got the IQ Buds to pair with them so that I can hear my surroundings externally as well as my mp3s playing from the watch while I bicycle or other outdoor activities.
I really like it for my bike and next summer I hope to test it out with swimming, since the watch is also waterproof.
Sure it isn't perfect, but I feel at this point it is ok to jump in for one...as that it has started to mature a bit.
I like not always having to have my phone with me, especially when exercising.
If you have a real car that can perform, it doesn't have to "glow" in the dark and look like some circus side show display....
I'd think money would be better spend on things that actually make the car perform better, rather than adding a neon underglow light system, spinner hubcaps, and a coffee can exhaust that does nothing for performance or good engine note.
Why are you at/. if you only care what's on sale now in your budget range, and science and tech over the horizon is of no interest? Or where many of the the world's potential and actual pandemics flare up? Or where many people will be displaced from as climate change bites, some of whom will arrive in your backyard almost inevitably?
Never mind simply being humane.
Who said I don't have interest in science and tech? That has nothing to do with what I've stated so far.
And I realize that I have a short amount of time and limited resources....so, I pretty much *only* concentrate on my immediate surroundings, family and friends where I can make an actual meaningful impact with said limited time, attention and physical resources.
Doing what I said will fill up most normal peoples' day....so, with my plate already full with myself and those in my immediate circle, why would I bother wasting already limited time and resources on a place on earth that again...has little to no real impact on my life and those in my life?
I don't actively wish anyone else (with few exceptions) on earth ill will, but I really also don't have time to waste giving them much attention either.
Wth dude? I've never seen a 419 come from Zim. They generally come from Nigeria, which is over 6000km from Zim. I guess you are one of these ignorant Americans who have never had a geography lesson in your life?
Potato...PoTAHto....
Who cares?
It's not like anything that happens over in Africa has much an impact on the day to day lives of anyone in the Western world.
My concern is the impact this had on Zimbabwe...the article never stated the full impact on both the people affected by this full country outtage...?!!?
Yep..and again....EVERY job is NOT a job one makes their sole livelihood from....
And with stuff like Patreon, most all it takes is your extra time doing something you likely would be doing for free as that you like it.
I am curious, however, how much the gun channels are making on Patreon. YouTube has apparently de-monetized most all of them (I guess YT has a political slant)...and it appears most of the larger ones are now using Patreon to try to regain some of that lost YT revenue.
But really....most people doing stuff online are not making a living from it, it is a hobby that is generating some income.
I'd rather get paid for doing what I like that I'd do anyway, than get no $$ at all, if given the choice.
Its has a huge amount of gratuitous sex themed iconography including a close up of a woman's chest as she takes off her leather jacket in order to stow it in this bag.
Err....so, you're saying you would rather look at a guys chest in the video....???
Ok, thumbing through my US constitution, I can see one of the few, enumerated powers/responsibilities of the Federal govt IS for defense. The rest of it, not so much.
Oh wow....since when has referring to the US Constitution, the basis for our entire government become reason to get rated TROLL???
The Presidency and Senate would be fine if the House was back to one rep per sixty thousand citizens or so. Dilute the power and you can have actually representative reps.
I think it would help if we were to go back to having the Senators appointed by the State Legislators, rather than popular vote, and thus eliminate the huge about of $$$ that now influences senators.
If appointed once again by the state houses, then they would more carefully also represent the interests of their state rather than the external interests that give them money now to stay elected.
I'm guessing the majority of these mothers with this problem are in the two most populous, and coincidentally most polluted of countries....China and India?
I think this is just Mother Nature helping clean the pool a bit, with indirect help.
Too many people.....not a good place to make more.
I'm pretty sure the issues with Greece turned out to be a manufactured hysteria that was driven by a bunch of bankers concocting a story elsewhere in Europe. Of course, people never understood that and instead believed a false narrative about how the Greek people somehow did something wrong, when in reality, it was all a con game, and they were working and producing as hard as ever, while the actually lazy criminal thieves were disparaging them.
When a country runs OUT of money, and has nothing but debt that they cannot pay off....well, if that doesn't give good reason to panic, I dunno what does.
Yes, the taxpayers are quite busy paying for a bloated military and bailing out failed car companies and banks!
We don't have the money for college for your kids and health care for your parents!
Are you crazy?
Ok, thumbing through my US constitution, I can see one of the few, enumerated powers/responsibilities of the Federal govt IS for defense. The rest of it, not so much.
I've got plex on my FireTV box...works pretty good, I hook to my friend's Plex server for some things.
I'm wanting to figure how to build my own Linux Plex server, but I only really want it to keep my high end FLAC rips so I can stream lossless audio to my living room stereo.
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A fool and his money are soon (to be) parted....
Of course it doesn't mean free....
But a % savings on my tax bill is always a welcome thing, and I have to buy equipment anyway, so, nice to save a bit wherever I can!!!
It makes it much cleaner in the US to incorporate yourself to write off business expenses. And here I can most definitely write off and claim the entire amounts in the year purchased.
My CPA says I can, so I do....so anything computer or camera related (hell most anything even close to being something I attempt to make money with) I write off each year.
Well, I've been struggling with what I have for a number of years....and right now, the old system doesn't do what I need.
Not to mention, for big purchases, I like to save my nickles and dimes and buy what I want/need with cash and have no buyers remorse...therefore rather than make lots of small purchases, I save up and buy big and best as I can periodically.
Currently, I can bog the little systems down for DAYS at a time with a heavy After Effects render.
And I can't do much with Resolve before it halts things to a snails pace.
So, yes, I'm looking for dropping some coin on a high end workstation type unit, that will hopefully get my preferred workflows going at a manageable speed, and hopefully, last me for a few years to come.
Again, I've looked at something comparable, as recommended by Blackmagic Design, for running Resolve (linux or windows) with the HP Z840...which also get $$$ very quickly.
I did a very quick comparable on the HP z840 to the base iMac pro and it was about $4665...it isn't exact, but is close to what Apple purports the base iMac pro to be. And also, the iMac pro includes the 5K 27" monitor which you would have to add to the HP or other comparable unit.
No, not everyone needs this type of workstation, but if you are wanting to do a good bit of quality video, SPFX and even some high end photography compositing, etc....a nice high end system can make your day and workflow work for you.
I'm actually considering buying one...
I like the 5K screen, and need a beefy machine to run something like DaVinci Resolve for video editing, color grading, etc....especially if I start working with 4K footage.
I'm working on old hardware (MBP late 2011, with 16GB ram, SSD card replacement main drive, external thunderbolt work and cache drives)....and even with Photoshop, if I'm working with compositing several RAW files, I can bog my system down.
So, no...you don't really need this if you're just doing email and browsing the web.
I've priced out comparable HP and other systems...and they run well over $5K quickly as you start to beef them up.
And hey...it is a business write off!! Yet another good reason to incorporate yourself.
I just send and receive text emails....no html.
My old fitbit just disintegrated and I wanted a nicer replacement.
I love that I can leave my big phone at home and with BT ear buds (I got the IQ Buds to pair with them so that I can hear my surroundings externally as well as my mp3s playing from the watch while I bicycle or other outdoor activities.
I really like it for my bike and next summer I hope to test it out with swimming, since the watch is also waterproof.
Sure it isn't perfect, but I feel at this point it is ok to jump in for one...as that it has started to mature a bit.
I like not always having to have my phone with me, especially when exercising.
If you have a real car that can perform, it doesn't have to "glow" in the dark and look like some circus side show display....
I'd think money would be better spend on things that actually make the car perform better, rather than adding a neon underglow light system, spinner hubcaps, and a coffee can exhaust that does nothing for performance or good engine note.
Who said I don't have interest in science and tech? That has nothing to do with what I've stated so far.
And I realize that I have a short amount of time and limited resources....so, I pretty much *only* concentrate on my immediate surroundings, family and friends where I can make an actual meaningful impact with said limited time, attention and physical resources.
Doing what I said will fill up most normal peoples' day....so, with my plate already full with myself and those in my immediate circle, why would I bother wasting already limited time and resources on a place on earth that again...has little to no real impact on my life and those in my life?
I don't actively wish anyone else (with few exceptions) on earth ill will, but I really also don't have time to waste giving them much attention either.
Well, seriously....how could pretty much anything there have a real, direct effect that I could perceive on my life?
Life is short, I tend to only bother directing my attention and efforts to things, people and places that affect my life and lifestyle.
Why waste time on things that don't affect me?
Potato...PoTAHto....
Who cares?
It's not like anything that happens over in Africa has much an impact on the day to day lives of anyone in the Western world.
My concern is the impact this had on Zimbabwe...the article never stated the full impact on both the people affected by this full country outtage...?!!?
And with stuff like Patreon, most all it takes is your extra time doing something you likely would be doing for free as that you like it.
I am curious, however, how much the gun channels are making on Patreon. YouTube has apparently de-monetized most all of them (I guess YT has a political slant)...and it appears most of the larger ones are now using Patreon to try to regain some of that lost YT revenue.
But really....most people doing stuff online are not making a living from it, it is a hobby that is generating some income.
I'd rather get paid for doing what I like that I'd do anyway, than get no $$ at all, if given the choice.
Who wouldn't?
She has "cankles"??
(That's where you can't tell where the calf ends and the ankle begins.....)
A large contributor to that is, that the Asian folks live in very homogeneous societies.
Err....so, you're saying you would rather look at a guys chest in the video....???
Oh wow....since when has referring to the US Constitution, the basis for our entire government become reason to get rated TROLL???
Seriously?
Simple.
Because every job out there is NOT worth the same.
I think it would help if we were to go back to having the Senators appointed by the State Legislators, rather than popular vote, and thus eliminate the huge about of $$$ that now influences senators.
If appointed once again by the state houses, then they would more carefully also represent the interests of their state rather than the external interests that give them money now to stay elected.
I think this is just Mother Nature helping clean the pool a bit, with indirect help.
Too many people.....not a good place to make more.
When a country runs OUT of money, and has nothing but debt that they cannot pay off....well, if that doesn't give good reason to panic, I dunno what does.
Ok, thumbing through my US constitution, I can see one of the few, enumerated powers/responsibilities of the Federal govt IS for defense. The rest of it, not so much.
Hmm..so, we're now advocating the government take over how businesses do business, right?
NOw...how about we add a little nationalism in there too and hmm...what form of political government are we talking about now?
I believe there is precedent for this in history how all that turned out.
Nope..you gotta have Samuel L.Jackson in there somewhere....
"I said turn the mother fucking transporter on and beam my mutherfucking ass of this goddammed PLANET"
Maybe they can dress Travolta up in a green bitch costume and he can dance in the background....?
I'm wanting to figure how to build my own Linux Plex server, but I only really want it to keep my high end FLAC rips so I can stream lossless audio to my living room stereo.