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DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

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Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
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    Dunno, sounds like some fucking commie shit to be. And not the kind i can someyimes get on board with when it comes time to do secret police shebanigans, but the bad scary kind where they dont even have a use for police.

    Wouldn’t it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship?

    Edit: yes of course we rent it back!

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      only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.

      • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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        We need better than that. We need a pinky promise.

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          That’s impractical, because for a pinky promise, you need to actually lock pinkies. We need a surrogate, like maybe the Commander in Chief?

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            I think we should ask Chuck Schumer. He’s really good at getting things done.

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              Perfect, and since he’s in his 70s, he has all of that experience keeping promises to draw on.

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        Also we have to pay them whenever we want to use the code. Yes.

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          you bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?

          • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Exactly! Twice the value for my tax dollar!

            Not that I’ve ever paid taxes, but, you know, if my accounting department all suddenly died in mid march some year, and i wasnt operated out of a PO box in a tax shelter, i bet i mightve had to.

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              All of the sweet, sweet gross domestic product statistics. Mmm I love GDPness.

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                All that gdpness hot and throbbing in my mouth as i wrap my accounting department around it, and extract everything i can. I’ll be methodical, ruthless, and messy, as i extract every last bit.

                • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  Maybe we can do a three way where i let our hot cia affiliated friend tickle your labor while i do?

                  You know, for your birthday?

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      Bro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke

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        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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        Because more often then not people are entirely serious about shit like that. It’s not funny and it’s impossible to tell if it’s someone joking or someone being entirely serious but deflecting a harsh reaction by claiming haha funny joke

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        I can think of two reasons and both of them are hilarious.

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      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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        No but im saying it shouldn’t be public, it should be given to a good corporate citizen to maintain so we can rent it back when we need 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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            Okay but ‘public domain’ is communist, and everyone within 20 miles of it should be killed

            But its not physical so there is no precise location for it, and the only way to sidestep this existential problem is by not having a public domain, so maybe my headache goes away.

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              Hmm, maybe we could make private domain? It’s like public domain, but private.

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                Right, so you could only access it by paying corporate citizens. Yes.

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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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        The candle that burns half as bright burns twice as long, and you, my child, will burn so very long.

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          Sick “burn”, but still a bit uncalled for, don’t you think?

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            A funny joke is always called for.

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            Perhaps i should have said hot, but seriously; more fun to not.

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              So you’re saying he’s really really ugly

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                Was more tjinking about takes.

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