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07:14 <@Dolemite> mr0ning, be0tches and h0ez!
07:15 <@Dolemite> Well, 2 out of 2 COVID tests tell me I don't have it, but damn, these allergies have me feeling like I got run over by a truck, which then backed up to check the damage, then drove over me once again for good measure.
07:16 <@Dolemite> So basically I have the "Cruise Crud"
07:16 <@Dolemite> Probably from taking so much money from the casino
07:39 < brimstone> noro passed through my family last week, and we didn't even get to go on the cruise
07:47 <@Dolemite> Well that would certainly suck
07:47 <@Dolemite> But at least you didn't lose at the casino
07:47 <@Dolemite> I did pretty well.  Hadn't played Craps in years.   Ended up taking $400 from them.
07:49 < brimstone> how do you report that on your taxes, just as misc income?
08:14 <@Dolemite> Don't have to under $600
08:21 <@Dagmar> That's like waiters "don't have to" report all their tips
08:22 <@Dagmar> Above $600 it simply becomes automatic and it's not worth chasing after someone for $20 in taxes
08:22 <@Dagmar> In the time it takes to fill out that paperwork, everyone's in the hole
08:23 <@Dagmar> Taxes are a bit on my mind right now since apparently whoever is in charge of the NOC at Intui still has their head up their ass.
08:23 <@Dagmar> s/Intui/Intuit/
08:23 <@Dagmar> I could understand there being a problem e-filing yesterday evening, but someone should have gotten it working by this morning.  They can't even give me copies of the tax return documents.
08:35 <@Dolemite> Well my wife lost and I won and since we file jointly, I'll just consider that a cancellation.
08:35 <@Dolemite> But I'm also not going to voluntarily report more income to be taxed
08:37 <@Dagmar> NO ONE will blame you for that
09:26 < Evilpig> I blame him.  the potholes on I40 blame him
09:26 <@Dolemite> They are my minions!
09:26  * Evilpig shames Dolemite's ill gotten gains
09:26 < Evilpig> if you were to slide me a 10% finders fee, i'll look the other way
09:27 < Evilpig> that 10% can be translated to krispy kreme directly too
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09:51 <@Catonic> Does anyone know of a reputable seller for used HP laptops, e.g.: off business lease?
10:09 <@Dagmar> No, but some of their Pavillions are pretty goddamn reasonably priced off Amazon
10:10 <@Dagmar> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KS7D7WR <-- I got this for a little over $700
10:10 < PigBot> Amazon.com: HP cp0013dx Home & Business Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6-Core, 16GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, AMD Radeon, 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080), Fingerprint, WiFi, Bluetooth, Webcam, Win 11 Home) with Hub : Electronics (at smile.amazon.com) https://tinyurl.com/yd6auvum
10:13 <@Dagmar> If you really want a specific brand of refurb, maybe check eBay
10:39 <@opticron> I ebayed my current lenovo, but I got it NiB, presumably a cast-off from some company that bought a bunch and then immediately shut down
10:39 <@opticron> or stolen
10:59 <@Dagmar> Usually it's a warranty replacement
10:59 <@Dagmar> Like, employee turns in laptop X because it's broken, but it'll tkae longer than they're willing to wait to get fixed, support provisions a spare laptop and issues it to them
10:59 <@Dagmar> THen 6-8 weeks later the warranty repaired laptop comes back practically NIB
11:04 <@Catonic> The only problem I'm seeing with Amazon purchases is that all of them I find are being sold by vendors who are not Amazon.
11:11 <@Dagmar> Well, yes.  Notice that the laptop I ordered was the same way
11:11 <@Dagmar> There's companies that buy the things up by the dozen when HP is having a big sale, and then they sell them later for the normal price
11:11 <@Dagmar> Additionally they may opt to expand the RAM or replace hte hard drive with something better as a value-add
11:12 <@Dagmar> Remember the baseline models made by companies like HP and Dell are _really_ cheap, but if you select improvements over hte baseline there's a lot more profit in it for them
11:12 <@Dagmar> So usually ordering the baseline and upgrading it yourself is worth it
11:13 <@Dagmar> The brief time I was working there it was clear to me that they were charging a good 30% over market value on RAM when you get more than the minimum amount
11:20 <@Catonic> Hardware arbitrage.
11:23 <@strages> I saw them play locally a couple months ago
11:23 <@strages> great show
11:31 <@Dagmar> hehe
11:47 <@Dolemite> LMFAO
11:47 <@Dolemite> https://www.facebook.com/712622129194670/photos/a.761952147595001/911801499276731/
11:47 < PigBot> Facebook (at www.facebook.com) 
11:47 <@Dolemite> "When the pastor was asked why he believed the real Ed Sheeran would perform for 35 dollars and a sandwich, he said he just assumed he had fell on tough times."
11:51 <@Dagmar> NOt hard to believe from the picture of the crackhead
11:55 <@Dolemite> That's not the pastor.   That's the Ed Sheeran impersonator.
11:55 <@Dagmar> Yes.  I'm aware it looks like Ed Sheeran spent a few years on a steady diet of crack and pork rinds
12:46 <@Catonic> strages: lol.
13:46 <@Dagmar> OKay.  Eff this.  I'm ringing up Intuit's customer service.
13:47 <@Dagmar> I've paid them $119 and their site can't even give me the PDF of my return so I can print and mail the damn thing
19:47 <@Dagmar>  brimstoneA naked skydive inspired a way to keep pilots oriented in flight"
19:48 <@Dagmar> Lovely
19:48 <@Dagmar> Let's try that again
19:48 <@Dagmar> Headlines that tell me I don't want to know what's in the article: "A naked skydive inspired a way to keep pilots oriented in flight"
20:08 <@Dagmar> Ooo
20:08 <@Dagmar> I bet I know why Intuit can't file my taxes
20:09 <@Dagmar> This year they have apparently partnered with Cryptotrader to do that accountancy
20:09 <@Dagmar> However, last year when I used them, they just fucked up and somehow decided that they couldn't figure out the cost basis for about $6000 of some coin or other
20:09 <@Dagmar> I was like, "Fuck it.  I
20:09 <@Dagmar> 'll pay the extra tax and sort it out later with an amended return."
20:10 <@Dagmar> I'll bet that shitcode is still being used and is still fucking up
20:11 <@Dagmar> I should have my own audit of Coinbase's exported data finished by Monday and I may be ringing them up and giving them my case number with Intuit and saying "Ya'll sort this shit out."
20:13 <@Dagmar> Urk: Have you tried Googling "Open Office Ubuntu"
20:13 <@Dagmar> @#$#@
21:50 <@Dagmar> Yay for Reddit
21:52 <@Dagmar> I just got https://www.developmenttools.com/credit-card-generator/ from there which also includes appropriate issuing bank info
21:52 < PigBot> Credit Card Generator | Valid CC Generator 2021 (UPDATED) (at www.developmenttools.com) https://tinyurl.com/y9lmxugc
21:53 <@Dagmar> So... no more fraudsters figuring out I'm lying like a rug when that doesn't check out
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