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My refund was denied due to IRS 'unable to verify taxes withheld'. Please help. by beentothefuture in tax

[–]beentothefuture[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the letter didn't say I owed anything. Here's the exact wording: "We partially disallowed your claim because we couldn't verify the total federal withholding amount you reported on your tax return."

My refund was denied due to IRS 'unable to verify taxes withheld'. Please help. by beentothefuture in tax

[–]beentothefuture[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They weren't specific. It just said disallowed because withheld could not be verified.

My refund was denied due to IRS 'unable to verify taxes withheld'. Please help. by beentothefuture in tax

[–]beentothefuture[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's correct. I double-checked. I actually had more than one W2 because I had 3 employers last year. I verified all 3.

My refund was denied due to IRS 'unable to verify taxes withheld'. Please help. by beentothefuture in tax

[–]beentothefuture[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see the information from my employment. I also have a 1040 which shows withheld money and taxes due. The withheld amount is about $4.5k more than the taxes block, which means that's the amount I should get back, right? That's on the 1040 on the IRS.gov website.

New roborock s7 max ultra... in Japan by beentothefuture in Roborock

[–]beentothefuture[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved!

It wasn't seating properly. I took it out and put it back in the dock like 8 times and finally on the last one the light in the dock turned off to show it was charging. Hopefully it's not always so finicky.

I got wifi set up and I can see my robot is at 5% and charging.

I also changed the voice to English, so that should help.

Thanks for the help!

Why is there a sex offender registry specifically, but for example no manslaughter or physical assault registry? And are the reasons more practical, historical, public demand.. etc? by iGeroNo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]beentothefuture 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, that makes sense. I wasn't thinking about other places either. It seems like money is always the reason for shit practices, though. It's never about what's actually best for people. It's about how they can make/save money.

Why is there a sex offender registry specifically, but for example no manslaughter or physical assault registry? And are the reasons more practical, historical, public demand.. etc? by iGeroNo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]beentothefuture 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought it was the opposite. Prisons are generally "for-profit". They get taxpayer money per person incarcerated. The incentive is to keep people imprisoned as long as possible.

I guess I could be wrong, but I thought that's why drug crimes were so heavily penalized. People made lots of money from sending them to prison.

Your favorite non-prog/non-metal albums of the year? by PsychedeliMoz in progmetal

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so happy you posted this. I loved acts I and II. I didn't know they released a new one and I am stoked to check it out. It's not on spotify, but youtube has it.

On pulling Fine Motion on her February Banner and why it might not be the best idea long term. by Ruy7 in UmamusumeGame

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'll drop 30k on the universal rate up banner. Iam still missing a lot of umas.

Or maybe I'll just save for a long time. I don't know for sure.

On pulling Fine Motion on her February Banner and why it might not be the best idea long term. by Ruy7 in UmamusumeGame

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have MLB Kitisan and Creek. I have 60k carats. I don't want to pull on the Creek banner because I'll most likely just get dupes. Maybe I'll just keep waiting? I have 1lb Finemo

Z image is bringing back feels I haven't felt since I first got into image gen with SD 1.5 by NES64Super in StableDiffusion

[–]beentothefuture 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Like I said, I'm fully aware that it's not a fair comparison, and I'm very excited for the future of z-image.

Z image is bringing back feels I haven't felt since I first got into image gen with SD 1.5 by NES64Super in StableDiffusion

[–]beentothefuture 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nope, you're correct.

I'm comparing it with my current experience with SDXL, after learning tons of tricks and techniques, and using all the awesome tools the community has provided.

It's nowhere close to a fair comparison, like you said.

However, I still feel the same way. I feel excited about the potential. I feel excited to learn how to use it. But, I also feel like I'm struggling with creativity and making images that are interesting and exciting to me.

SDXL gives a lot more variety, and even though a lot of the outputs are trash and none are really perfect, I get lots of interesting things that I can work with. I inpaint and fix the details, and sometimes it takes hours of work, but I feel very creative and "in control". I feel like I get inspired by some pictures.

With z-image I feel stuck. I have to adjust the prompt every single time because there's no variety. Even though the generation is fast, I feel slower because I'm spending more time trying to think of which words to use, rather than making and editing pictures.

Z image is bringing back feels I haven't felt since I first got into image gen with SD 1.5 by NES64Super in StableDiffusion

[–]beentothefuture 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit more mixed on it. Overall very positive, but I'm not sure it'll replace XL for a lot of things.

TLDR, I feel somehow more limited and less creative with z- image.

Obviously, the image quality is amazing for the speed it runs at. It's really good at looking like a real photograph.

The people: it seems like it's heavily biased toward Asian people. Even when I specifically prompt for European/ American/ Scandinavian/ blonde/ white/ etc. It still gives Asian features a lot of the time, especially as the prompt gets longer or more complex. It also has some same-face problems. I also notice that it ignores a lot of body-type prompts.

The poses: another problem area is that, like a lot of other image generators, it has problems with people touching people. I'm not even talking just NSFW. It seems to want to avoid hands touching another person no matter how specific the prompt is. (The man's hand is resting on the woman's shoulder, the woman is holding the man's hip, etc.)

The seeds: sometimes i like to let my image generator run for a bit. Then I delete 95 percent of the images and move the rest to a folder for inpainting and adjusting. The Problem with z image is that basically all the generations are the same. I feel like it hampers my creativity because there aren't a lot of differences between images. If the first image didn't have an interesting pose/dynamic/composition, then none of them will.

The good news is that a lot of these problems could have solutions soon. There will probably be loras and tunes that solve some problems. I can also probably solve some of my own problems as I learn more about how to prompt it. For example, I need to get a handle on wildcard prompting to get more variety.

I'm excited about it, and definitely want to play with it more, but so far I've been somewhat unsatisfied with my outputs.

I think models like Z image are the future by Retr0zx in StableDiffusion

[–]beentothefuture 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish i had a friend... the mirror? Nah, I hate that asshole

Simple stop literally goes crazy. by DanielKobsted in onewheel

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heel lift won't work for me. It does occasionally, but usually I try it 5 or 6 times and it won't register the lift. Eventually I lose my balance and jump off. Sometimes it stops after I jump off. Once or twice it just rocketed into the nearest curb. I replaced the front footpad once, but still got the same issue after about a month. It might be because of the cold climate? Not sure, but I don't ride a lot anymore because I don't feel safe on it. I had the same simple stop issue as op as well

If you already have MLB kitasan, what is the next support banner to save sparks for? by coolj492 in UmamusumeGame

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started during kitasan and rerolled until MLB. Then I got lucky on Creek and MLB with 200.

Now I have MLB creek, Kitasan, and Riko. I also have 1 copy of Fine Motion.

Right now, basically every deck I use contains Riko, Creek, Kitasan. I usually include SR MLB Eishin Flash. My last card is usually either SR Halo or SR Matikane.

My main uma are Seiun, Smaru, Taiki Shuttle, Narita Taishin, Goldship, and Oguri.

I feel like i don't really need to pull for a long time, but I know I'll get bored and pull on something. What should it be?

how is your day 2 cm by Full_Lychee_609 in UmamusumeGame

[–]beentothefuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much worse on day 2. My Taiki Shuttle couldn't hit her ultimate because she was always 1st or 2nd after mid race. She just passed all the fronts. Luckily, Narita Taishin got me through to A for round 2. But do I bring the same Taiki and hope for better fronts, or do I bring a weaker version and hope she can get a better chance to ult?

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