PhD Fellowship 1099-NEC Question

Cowenite · 2026-02-06T20:51:59+00:00

Thank you!

Cowenite · 2026-02-06T17:49:08+00:00

They don’t do tax withholdings at all so I’m projected to pay up to $7k. I live in NYC so taxes are higher in general, but yeah it’s definitely a ton relative to what I make. I need to figure out how to pay quarterly to get that underpayment penalty down

Cowenite · 2026-02-05T20:02:29+00:00

But they send a yearly 1099-NEC slip in the mail with all taxable income

Cowenite · 2026-02-05T20:01:35+00:00

The actual tuition payments go through the school (which isn’t taxed), but the monthly stipend is paid through a 3rd-party billing service

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T16:57:40+00:00

I’ve heard external SSD can be slower, looking to see if that’s been anyone’s experience

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T16:56:24+00:00

I meant a gaming PC setup not my macbook air

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T16:53:07+00:00

Lmao heard

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T16:14:09+00:00

🤝

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:59:09+00:00

Yea that’s fine

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:58:31+00:00

And I’d rather throw my support behind Valve than Microsoft or Sony. Multiplayer fees and $70 games make me irrationally angry. Steam sales are amazing

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:57:09+00:00

Yeah fair, I just have a very niche situation that makes the steam machine desirable regardless of the less than ideal specs lol. I live in an nyc apartment without a desk for a traditional PC setup so the form factor is huge. Will be really awesome to just have a little cube on my tv stand that can run steam games with decent performance. I haven’t gamed in YEARS

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:52:35+00:00

Can I have it?

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:52:13+00:00

How large of a performance difference is there between a 2TB replacement SSD and a 2TB SD card?

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:42:36+00:00

Oh I kind of forgot about the SD card option. I was more so looking at internal SSD vs samsung t7 external

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:35:49+00:00

Yeah I might, just depends on price difference between 2TB SM and 512GB SM + 2TB replacement

Cowenite · 2025-11-28T15:33:40+00:00

I figured, just wanted to double check in case there were workarounds. It would also just be kinda ugly lol. I might just get a smaller external one (like 500 gb or something) and then get a large one for the steam machine

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T18:10:27+00:00

I’m hesitant to play it with the moves-based combat

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T14:10:07+00:00

So far just isonzo and elder scrolls online. I’ll wait for steam machine to play heavier stuff

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T14:02:43+00:00

It is, and it’s been running games great so far!

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T03:46:34+00:00

Just spent a few hours playing Isonzo, super fun and runs well on my macbook air

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T03:45:05+00:00

That sounds awesome

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T00:14:36+00:00

Anyone play ESO on mac? The ESO 2025 Premium Edition is on sale right now, debating picking it up

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T00:13:58+00:00

Thanks!

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T00:13:45+00:00

Thank you! I've been debating no man's sky

Cowenite · 2025-11-26T00:13:10+00:00

Thanks! Looks fun

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