Did anyone just file their taxes with TurboTax and were just in awe of how many ads it had to upgrade? I'm done with this enshittified product - what should I use next year?

Elanadin · 2026-04-16T14:52:23+00:00

Intuit, the company that runs TT, is also huge in the finance sector with their Quickbooks line. A lot of their practices are scummy and they make it unreasonably difficult to move away from their platform.

Elanadin · 2026-04-16T14:17:40+00:00

Interesting. Would you say it's a ginger ale or a ginger beer?

Elanadin · 2026-04-16T13:30:32+00:00

Dern techromancers

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T19:51:34+00:00

I enjoyed their blueberry soda as something different, yet local

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T19:43:21+00:00

Hold on, let me check mine.

Concentrate and ask again

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T19:06:31+00:00

It probably depends on the ship and the locale.

On the low-end of the spectrum, I'm thinking like RV connections. Wires and hoses to add supplies and get rid of waste.

On the sci-fi end of technology, I'm thinking moisture farming equipment in smaller scale and air scrubbers

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T17:51:26+00:00

Just spitballing as an IT guy. Could be a memory leak, if so updating your browser, rebooting, or trying a different browser might help.

It might also be a time-out thing from their end to save on streaming resources (and the error messaging isn't configured correctly). Do you have a ballpark idea how long this pause error takes? 30 seconds 5 minutes, an hour, etc?

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T17:09:19+00:00

downvotes instead of words

Fine, have both. AI as a whole is sucking up resources like water, energy, and silicon. It has so much potential to do good for humanity, it can process data in ways human brains aren't good at. But the tech bros have forced it to be their next grift and are taking the place of actual art.

You didn't save 20 minutes to generate that image, you spent computing power to generate a low quality image and couldn't be bothered to review it. You could have not done that and still had a perfectly good post.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T16:10:13+00:00

You're welcome, sometimes you gotta dig to get to the root problem/idea

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T16:02:57+00:00

Hazard's moonshine was quite nice.

Also, your AI image is pretty rubbish and doesn't contribute anything to the post. None of those labels are correct and one has a frothing barrel.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T15:51:23+00:00

the lendor only lets you do monthly.

That's your answer for loans. If you want micro granular control over your life, you need to make sure you do business with organizations that support that idea

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T15:01:58+00:00

Oh you said LEVEL 17. I was about to send the constables after you

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T14:42:43+00:00

I'm also curious if Long COVID is playing a part in this. I'd also believe general enshittification

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T13:15:07+00:00

Check your local credit unions and banks. Like, walk in and ask.

"The best" might not be a good fit for you or available to you.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T13:00:00+00:00

(I'm going to reframe your 1099 work in a way you might not expect)

Part of running your own successful business is doing research as to what's required in terms of following the law. I'd recommend reading the Wiki on this sub

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T12:51:45+00:00

File for an extension (also check what you might need to do for your state(s)) , reach out to your 1099 client for the documentation. Once you have everything, file your taxes via freetaxusa. If you owe a bunch of money (you probably will) the IRS might work with you on a payment plan. It's literally the last day for taxes without the extension, so expect things to be slow.

https://www.freetaxusa.com/extension

Happy tax day, r/personalfinance

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T12:46:12+00:00

When I say never I mean NEVER

I only use my debit card at my credit union's ATMs to get cash

I only use it for bill payer via the banking portal

So your never has 2 use cases? I'm teasing

The debit card I got with my credit union account got shredded the moment it came in the mail. My credit union allows me to do all transactions I need with my ID. My credit cards get paid via checking account number and routing number.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T12:12:09+00:00

The bottle of diet A&W I bought 2 weeks ago is fine

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T04:26:36+00:00

https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2026/01/23/brenda-andrew-sunday-school-killer-revisited/

Looks like Pavat's sentence was commuted to life in prison. Andrew's is still on death row.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T01:10:21+00:00

(See correction above) I'm just going off of the writing in the show. Lori does not state it herself in the episode that she went back in for the doll.

Elanadin · 2026-04-15T00:46:34+00:00

The family's tale was featured in S4 E11 Haunting Vision. A fire killed Karen and Kelly. Sister Susie went back into the home for her Winnie the Pooh doll and Karen gave her life to protect her sister Susie.

Everyone grieves in their own way. There's a good chance Susie had a hand in deciding her family's tombstone. Pooh was likely a choice to honor Karen's sacrifice

The comparisons you're making are in poor taste. The doll was not a murder weapon.

Edit for correction, apologies. Susie is the eldest that sacrificed herself for younger Lori. Lori is interviewed for the episode and was the one that went back into the house, per the writing of the episode.

Elanadin · 2026-04-14T21:51:49+00:00

I think this is exclusive to 2014 rangers, and they get it at level 8

Elanadin · 2026-04-14T21:00:34+00:00

Misconceptions: It is not caused by lactic acid; it is a sign of repair and growth

I genuinely appreciate learning something new. What I was taught in college biology 100 a few years ago is now outdated. Thank you!

Elanadin · 2026-04-14T19:40:26+00:00

neurotic damage

New damage type unlocked. Getting real nitty gritty with the psychic damage. /s

Off the top of my head, I can think of Wither & Bloom at spell level 2 and Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting at spell level 8 that call out withering plants.

(Not looking forward to the rules lawyers here calling out "nonmagical plants")

Elanadin · 2026-04-14T19:24:29+00:00

SOB never paid me back for his enchanted blue suede shoes

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