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Ornery and Hornery posted:What is our proof that these scam websites are paying Google? I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not but… i hope so
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Just did my taxes. $0 for my federal return 
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Feb 25, 2023 05:54
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I got over $800 back, mostly because I have no deduction taken out and I got a $3400 retention bonus in July. I got some delivery Vietnamese food on Saturday and got anAmazon Fresh grocery today with it since I'm really trying to stay in my budget for the month.
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Feb 25, 2023 06:21
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Timby posted:Yeah, the pizza places here in Dubuque all have their own delivery drivers, but I can't think of any other place that does. To tie this to football, I worked there during Super Bowl XXXVIII, Panthers vs Patriots in February of 2004. I live in North Carolina. That day was CRAZY. The pre-game rush was intense, and it held through the first half. Then, because it was a close game, all business dried up during the second half, and I was sent home. I remember right before the half Kasay hit a long field goal, and I remember that because I was delivering to a house and everyone inside was getting all excited and the guy paying me was "Hey they're about to kick a field goal, wanna watch" and I said "YES" and went into that guy's house and watched the FG go through the uprights. Then here's the money here's your pizzas blah blah blah. Then, because I was sent home during the 4th quarter, I got home just in time to watch Kasay shank the kickoff and the Patriots kick the game winning field goal. Also, this was the game with the Janet Jackson / Justin Timberlake Nipplegate halftime show, and I didn't know anything about it because I was delivering pizzas.
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Feb 25, 2023 06:21
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Ornery and Hornery posted:What is our proof that these scam websites are paying Google? Google labels the sponsored ads. Of course, many of the scam websites bubble up to the top of the search results without being sponsored. Those, presumably, are just taking advantage of flaws in The Algorithm; but reportedly, people have little recourse when they're being hosed over this way and google doesn't seem to give a poo poo.
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Feb 25, 2023 06:38
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Ornery and Hornery posted:What is our proof that these scam websites are paying Google? The example I posted literally has the word "sponsored" next to the scam website, indicating it's a paid ad.
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Feb 25, 2023 07:08
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Dango Bango posted:Just did my taxes. $0 for my federal return I owe $1 lol
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Feb 25, 2023 07:21
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Tulalip Tulips posted:I got over $800 back, mostly because I have no deduction taken out and I got a $3400 retention bonus in July. I got some delivery Vietnamese food on Saturday and got anAmazon Fresh grocery today with it since I'm really trying to stay in my budget for the month. Wife got $900 for 2 kids and me being a stay home…. That’s about it
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Feb 25, 2023 07:37
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Is there a decent tax site that isn't turbotax that can do a lot of 1099 forms? I have several just from various banks, spending and mortgage stuff.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:02
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seiferguy posted:Is there a decent tax site that isn't turbotax that can do a lot of 1099 forms? I have several just from various banks, spending and mortgage stuff. TaxAct used to be really good with that, but they went to poo poo three or four years ago (both in terms of cost as well as service / features), and since I only have W-2s, I just do free filing through H&R Block. $1400 back from the Feds, $400 from Iowa, but my Iowa refund got clawed back because of a bill from an ambulance ride to the hospital in August (I collapsed at a restaurant where I was having lunch with my best friend).
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Feb 25, 2023 09:12
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Leperflesh posted:Of course, many of the scam websites bubble up to the top of the search results without being sponsored. Those, presumably, are just taking advantage of flaws in The Algorithm; but reportedly, people have little recourse when they're being hosed over this way and google doesn't seem to give a poo poo. From what I’ve heard of takedowns on YouTube, it follows a similar “fast to allow bad actors / slow to offer recourse” vibe. Wonder why.
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Feb 25, 2023 11:16
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seiferguy posted:Is there a decent tax site that isn't turbotax that can do a lot of 1099 forms? I have several just from various banks, spending and mortgage stuff. I've been using freetaxusa at reddit's recommendation and it seems to be working fine. We had a few 1099s including an NEC and it handled them well. It's free for federal and $15 per state and you don't have to pay extra to itemize. One piece of advice I got if you're not sure about their calculations is to put everything into TurboTax too so you make sure the numbers more or less even out. After all, you don't have to pay for TurboTax until you file.
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Feb 25, 2023 12:04
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swickles posted:It literally says "sponsored ad" in the screen shot. Leperflesh posted:Google labels the sponsored ads. Skwirl posted:The example I posted literally has the word "sponsored" next to the scam website, indicating it's a paid ad. I'm not sure that's the question he was asking. What if the scammers are scamming Google at the same time (not paying Google, disappearing, then popping up again with a new name)? If they're already scamming restaurants, why stop there?
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Feb 25, 2023 15:04
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Two important news items from last night. First, my parents announced the addition of Bennie the mini Aussiepoo (guessing that's the same as Aussiedoodle) to our family:   Unclear why it looks like they took the pictures on a gen 1 iPad, but whatever, they're old. Also, in much more SB-focused news, we spotted this gentleman leaving the Gopher Hockey game last night:  e: Oh, bonus third thing, Zoey (the cat we got in November) got her first mouse last night, and was nice enough to kill or severely injure it enough that it couldn't run away from us when she brought it upstairs to play with.
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Feb 25, 2023 15:56
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Blowjob Overtime posted:Two important news items from last night. 
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Feb 25, 2023 16:33
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Blowjob Overtime posted:Two important news items from last night. Hello friend.
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saintonan posted:I'm not sure that's the question he was asking. What if the scammers are scamming Google at the same time (not paying Google, disappearing, then popping up again with a new name)? I imagine google makes sure it gets paid
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Feb 25, 2023 18:18
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<Arnold holding a Giant space drill> BENNIE! SCREW YOU!!!
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Feb 25, 2023 18:19
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Nothing like feeling a big pop when you're doing leg press at the gym 
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Amy Pole Her posted:I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not but… i hope so swickles posted:It literally says "sponsored ad" in the screen shot. Leperflesh posted:Google labels the sponsored ads. Skwirl posted:The example I posted literally has the word "sponsored" next to the scam website, indicating it's a paid ad. OH That's it? I was assuming this was happening to the results that were not visibly labeled as "ad", in addition to the ones actually labeled as "ads". When it's clearly labeled as "ad" it seems much less nefarious to me... we can just ignore those results. I don't think I've ever clicked on an "ad" result? I'm lazy and out of shape but even ole' Hornery can scroll the mouse wheel down a bit. Timby posted:Yelp was found to be doing this several years ago. Leperflesh posted:Of course, many of the scam websites bubble up to the top of the search results without being sponsored. Those, presumably, are just taking advantage of flaws in The Algorithm; but reportedly, people have little recourse when they're being hosed over this way and google doesn't seem to give a poo poo. Did they omit labeling those results as "ads"? Yeah this is more what I was concerned about. Ornery and Hornery fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Feb 25, 2023 |
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Feb 25, 2023 19:40
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Blowjob Overtime posted:Two important news items from last night. Hi Bennie
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Feb 25, 2023 19:40
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Dango Bango posted:Nothing like feeling a big pop when you're doing leg press at the gym Thought that said "poop" at first but this is probably worse.
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Feb 25, 2023 19:51
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Quiet Feet posted:Thought that said "poop" at first but this is probably worse. Unless the pop was part of the poop
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Feb 25, 2023 19:52
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That immediately reminds me of the Schadenfreude thread's favorite elastic workout band video  And it's just a really bad pull/minor tear of a medial quad muscle. Right in the middle between hip and knee. It hurts like hell getting up from a chair though.
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Feb 25, 2023 19:58
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Not sure if I should get a vintage San Diego plate or a Bengos sombrero.  
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Silly Burrito posted:Not sure if I should get a vintage San Diego plate or a Bengos sombrero. 
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Feb 25, 2023 20:31
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I'd get the Falcons hat so you have a proper place to poo poo after sampling the local cuisine.
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wandler20 posted:I'd get the Falcons hat so you have a proper place to poo poo after sampling the local cuisine. A wise choice indeed.
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wandler20 posted:I'd get the Falcons hat so you have a proper place to poo poo after sampling the local cuisine. 
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Feb 25, 2023 21:02
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Tulalip Tulips posted:My fluffy boy cat did a real number on my hand today and he's lucky he's adorable and his revenge groom is next week. I still have to be careful around my girlfriend’s cats because mine will just let me do whatever to them and not care, but I got in trouble with one of hers because mine fuckin love butt pats, and while half asleep in bed one morning I found out her 18 pound part Maine Coon fucker does not enjoy a nice butt pat, and promptly got four puncture wounds in my wrist
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Feb 25, 2023 21:07
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saintonan posted:I'm not sure that's the question he was asking. What if the scammers are scamming Google at the same time (not paying Google, disappearing, then popping up again with a new name)? Google would figure out pretty quick if they were getting ripped off. The restaurant dealt with it enough they knew what was happening and they actually still get paid in this scam.
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T-Square posted:I still have to be careful around my girlfriend’s cats because mine will just let me do whatever to them and not care, but I got in trouble with one of hers because mine fuckin love butt pats, and while half asleep in bed one morning I found out her 18 pound part Maine Coon fucker does not enjoy a nice butt pat, and promptly got four puncture wounds in my wrist Thankfully Katya only bites when you're trying to take his squeezy treat away but he goes ham with his claws. Normally he likes belly rubs and side strokes but I must have hit his limit because dude trapped my hand and brutally scratched the hell out of it. 95% of the time he's fine and I got him trained out of his "hands are toys" kitten phase but when he goes for it it sucks. Smug little bastard got super cuddly though.
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Feb 25, 2023 21:59
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Skwirl posted:Google would figure out pretty quick if they were getting ripped off. The restaurant dealt with it enough they knew what was happening and they actually still get paid in this scam. A company that spent a few million to find the shade of blue most likely to get you to click something for sure knows what they're doing.
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Feb 25, 2023 22:59
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Oh, cool, this piece of poo poo is finally going away. Or at least you'll have to seek him out to find him. https://twitter.com/BrentNYT/status/1629606390703575046 He's up there with Dennis Miller for me for people who were once sane and...well lost their minds at some point. Not the same exactly, I did find Dennis Miller funny at one point and still think he was. Not the same for Scott Adams, but at least I got the Dilbert Principle and didn't notice...super racist things back in the day.
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Feb 25, 2023 23:56
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A boomer got lucky and got rich. Then he had a platform and a ton of money with no friends around to reel him in as he went further and further off the deep end. A tale as old as all boomers.
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Feb 26, 2023 00:22
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Blowjob Overtime posted:Two important news items from last night. Aussiepoo is Russell Crowe in Les Miserables. Good job on the new kitty keeping your house rodent free. In related news, I realized our second youngest, dumbest cat somehow broke off most of one of his top canines so we get to pay to have the remainder removed.
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Finally got around to watching Midsommar last night. Really liked it, and liked it more than hereditary, which I just watched a couple of months ago.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Finally got around to watching Midsommar last night. Really liked it, and liked it more than hereditary, which I just watched a couple of months ago. Midsommar is really really good.
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Feb 26, 2023 15:05
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I love Ari Aster movies. Looking forward to his next film, which looks to be even weirder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuiWDn976Ek
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Cool, got a local ache in my lower right abdomen that started last night and got worse over night. Sounds like appendicitis.  Waiting on a call back from the Medica nurse line to figure out which urgent care I need to go to and not get billed as out of network.
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