DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourcedwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down15cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.mlpositive_newsopensource@programming.devopensource@lemmy.mlOpenSource@europe.pubhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefoss@beehaw.org404media@rss.ponder.catnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.52Karrow-down1external-linkThe IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourcedwww.404media.coDesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square133linkfedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.mlpositive_newsopensource@programming.devopensource@lemmy.mlOpenSource@europe.pubhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefoss@beehaw.org404media@rss.ponder.catnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squarebitofarambler@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·edit-26 months agoonly if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.
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minus-squarebitofarambler@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoyou bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?
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minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAll of the sweet, sweet gross domestic product statistics. Mmm I love GDPness.
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minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoWe need better than that. We need a pinky promise.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThat’s impractical, because for a pinky promise, you need to actually lock pinkies. We need a surrogate, like maybe the Commander in Chief?
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI think we should ask Chuck Schumer. He’s really good at getting things done.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoPerfect, and since he’s in his 70s, he has all of that experience keeping promises to draw on.
minus-squareczl@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·6 months agoBro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke
minus-squarefiddledeedee@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·6 months agobecause its the internet in 2025 and we simply cannot tell anymore
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoA lot of people are completely incapable of reading obvious sarcasm, which is too bad.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down10·6 months ago/s dude, this is the Internet and you are not a person with a widely known stance.
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minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·6 months agoSick “burn”, but still a bit uncalled for, don’t you think?
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minus-squarepropaganja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoSo you’re saying he’s really really ugly
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoA funny joke is always called for.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago Wouldn’t it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship? To be fair, since it’s public domain, anyone can take it, modify it (and not release modifications), and try to screw you over w/ it.
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWell, public domain gets you halfway there. You can still rent it later, provided the original is user-unfriendly enough that you’d be interested in alternatives.
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHmm, maybe we could make private domain? It’s like public domain, but private.
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only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.
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you bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?
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All of the sweet, sweet gross domestic product statistics. Mmm I love GDPness.
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We need better than that. We need a pinky promise.
That’s impractical, because for a pinky promise, you need to actually lock pinkies. We need a surrogate, like maybe the Commander in Chief?
I think we should ask Chuck Schumer. He’s really good at getting things done.
Perfect, and since he’s in his 70s, he has all of that experience keeping promises to draw on.
Bro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke
because its the internet in 2025 and we simply cannot tell anymore
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A lot of people are completely incapable of reading obvious sarcasm, which is too bad.
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/s dude, this is the Internet and you are not a person with a widely known stance.
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Sick “burn”, but still a bit uncalled for, don’t you think?
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So you’re saying he’s really really ugly
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A funny joke is always called for.
To be fair, since it’s public domain, anyone can take it, modify it (and not release modifications), and try to screw you over w/ it.
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Well, public domain gets you halfway there. You can still rent it later, provided the original is user-unfriendly enough that you’d be interested in alternatives.
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Hmm, maybe we could make private domain? It’s like public domain, but private.
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