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greybeardgeek

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greybeardgeek··on Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
Recently I sourced two TVs for my elderly mom, who is never going to stream or use an app. I only looked at TVs which had their manuals online for review. I found two LGs which I could disable the app splash screen, and set to "select last input on power-up", which in her case is a cable box on HDMI-1. Don't know how long choices such as this will be available.
greybeardgeek··on TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Not to mention the almost 5K local income tax jurisdictions in the US https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/state/local-income-ta...
greybeardgeek··on Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds
Here's the chart. https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/el2024-02-3... Not sure if I agree with the headline as a proper summary.
greybeardgeek··on Find anything fast with Google's vector search technology
you can append -site:forbes.* to your query string
greybeardgeek··on Chrome 86 hides full URL in address bar
Right-click on the URL, select Always show full URLs.
greybeardgeek··on Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps
When I worked in Oak Ridge in the 70s and 80s we had our SSNs stenciled on the back of our lab coats.
greybeardgeek··on Ask HN: How do I explain “startup went bankrupt” to family and future employer?
I've interviewed and hired hundreds of talented technical people and would look favorably on a candidate that said they had concerns on the financial viability of the company, and that the viability concerns were not related to anything they could influence, such as product or service quality, and so leaving was the best option.