A GPT tool is only as smart as its training data. ChatGPT is currently trained using the collected knowledge of the Internet.
I'm personally amazed that it's gets anything right.

A GPTlike tool trained only on Tax laws, IRS statements and tax court related legal precedents would be pretty damn accurate.

It's not even make work, the vast majority of returns processed through these companies are never touched by a human.

It's more like make profit. The only folks who get anything out of the current tax preparer system are the shareholders.

Sure they do, but then the taxi is supplying the screen, battery and data to provide this.

If they want me to use my device, my battery, and my data to see their ads there had better be something in it for me.

As someone who could only play Quake for about 30 minutes at a stretch due to motion sickness, I am not looking forward to the current generation of goggle/controller VR. If it was something like Ready Player One, with the 2D treadmill, so I could trick my inner ear into thinking I was moving it might, MIGHT but a possibility. But the current generation is just a vomit commit I don't want to ride.

Windows 11
Respect the tubes.

That is more of a feature than a bug. If you had read the article you pointed to, you would have noted that the issue was increased drag at the satellite's initial insertion orbit. The satellites are initially launched at a lower orbit where they will burn up quickly if they have issues. The satellites then move themselves to a higher, operational orbit for actual use. The solar storm only affected the sats in this lower orbit. There was no effect on the sats already in operational orbits, no matter how much FUD you want to apply.

The reason we deorbit satellites currently fall, broadly, into one of three categories.

1. 1. They are obsolete. The technology has advanced to the point where a replacement can do a better job and the improvement is worth the expense of launch.
2. 2. They are out of fuel
3. 3. They are damaged

The current generations of orbiting Starlink satellites generally fall into both of the first two categories. They are already on the v2 units, which are a slight upgrade over v1. And while the improvements are not yet enough, within the useful lifespan of the current orbital fleet it is quite likely category 1 will fully apply.

As for category 2... One of the stated goals of Starship is to have orbital refueling up and running. Once you have the kinks worked out of that process, what's to stop Starlink v5/6/7/etc. from having the capability to refuel while in orbit?

Um, no.

from the summary:
So [Kitson] posts the photos and articles, many of which he receives from an anti-wind email list. "I do that just to try to show people what's possible."

Unfortunately for Jimmy, Christie's removed the auction after it was determined that the edit was not notable.

The subscription versions have to call home at least once a month. If they go 30 days without, they drop into read only mode.

And that use case is exactly why there is an Office 2021 coming out next month. It is marketed specifically for PCs that are off-grid.

The 1TB storage really is a nice feature.

I use on of my licenses as online backup storage. I've got a cron job that copies important files off my desktop and laptop (whenever it's connected to my home WiFi) over to onedrive on this second account. My desktop / laptop can't even see this drive, so even if they get cryptolocked all of my important data is secure.

OneDrive also takes care of versioning, so even if things get encrypted, I can just roll back to the previous version and get the decrypted editions.

I didn't know R. Kelly worked for Amazon.

On the contrary, the fact that Google (A) acknowledged their mistake and (B) fixed it in a timely manner is definitely newsworthy. Historically, it hasn't happened very often.

Oh to be so young.

#ReallyGetOffMyLawn

This is comparable to what I'm paying right now for cable internet in my small town (~4,000 people).

My current cable provider, Mediacom, sells me a 100 Mbps up / 5 Mbps down Internet package for $80/month. They also charge $15/month for modem rental, so it comes to $95/month. Around here, that's considered pretty good. A lot of people around here, those not "in town," are stuck with fixed wireless (2-10 Mbps) or DSL (1.5 Mbps) as their only options.

Most of those not "in town" folks would jump at 100 Mbps for $99 today. If Starlink comes out of beta with a a 150 Mbps plan at $99/month, I'd probably sign up myself.

Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, they can't.
The FCC ruled in 2018 that local franchise authority's have no authority over non-video (i.e. Internet) services. That would seem to include the authority to impose franchise fees.
About the rule