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General Discussion / Comment in Boeing crash articl...

Last post by tommolica - Today at 10:46:04 AM

1 hour ago
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I worked on optimizing the 429 ARINC I/O controller for the 737-300
around 1990, but I don't think I broke anything.  That 32 bit data
bus controller had a weird glitch where it would reset when more
than 21 bits of the 32 bit word were 1s.  Weird.
The was the last thing I fixed before leaving Michigan
and returning home to Florida.

At the time, we didn't have the POPCNT instruction used
by today's Intel processors.   This board used a Z8000
which I spent a lot of time working on with other avionics
contracts.

Now?  Just cut grass and take care of the chickens.

-- Just some useless info for my Social Comment File.

I don't know anything about programing, but this sounds amazing.

#2

Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by Jason - Today at 09:02:41 AM

That might be why it didn't work; the Efile code changes each year. It'd be good if could import the code. I recall that I had to type it in.

CRA has plans to do simple returns automatically. They will use the stubs for the details and you will confirm it's accurate. Some European countries already do it. After all, they have the stubs for employment, pension, disability, etc.

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Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by ssfc72 - Today at 07:42:57 AM

I am not sure but I suspect MyTaxexpress maybe imports the old efile code from the previous years tax Return.
Maybe it then imports the proper efile code with your other info from your CRA account, when you tell MyTaxExpress to import the CRA info?

I will leave myself a note for next year, to pay attention to this.

How does MyTaxExpress know your efile code? Does it grab it from the NOA on the previous return? It changes yearly.

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Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by Jason - Yesterday at 04:45:31 PM

In the long run it seems trivial. But it only runs on Windows.

You can use Turbotax on any OS by using the online version. I've done it previously with no issues.

On the Intuit site (TurboTax) it claims you can use a simple tax form for free, and it lists a multitude of the usual stuff you can enter. It will not handle anything like dividends or capital gains. Might be worth investigating. Don't know what the catch is.

There's no catch but I believe you have to be under a certain income per year (see my previous post).

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Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by Jason - Yesterday at 04:42:15 PM

How does MyTaxExpress know your efile code? Does it grab it from the NOA on the previous return? It changes yearly.

#6

General Discussion / Re: Prescription eyeglasses on...

Last post by Jason - Yesterday at 04:40:12 PM

Nice price! Thanks for sharing, Bill and BrianP.

[ncat]

#7

Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: LocalSend - sharing files ...

Last post by Jason - Yesterday at 04:38:31 PM

When I need to move files locally, which is seldom, I use ncat or faucet/hose on command-line.  Though it would be nice to have GUI frontend that runs on multiple OS.

I haven't tried it but Dolphin, the file manager in Plasma, is available for Windows. Keep in mind, that it's a development version. I don't know about other OSes.

https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/system/dolphin/master/windows/

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Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by ssfc72 - May 02, 2024, 03:38:22 PM

Thanks Buster, for the info about Turbo Tax.

I will just leave myself a note for next year, with the Netfile code for 2024, which will be on my NOA for 2023. :-)

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Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Income Tax programs for 20...

Last post by buster - May 02, 2024, 12:20:05 PM

Interesting Bill the part about your return not being accepted because of a filing code number. Then you went into your CRA account and fixed it. I have never had a problem filing except for one thing. I don't know the passwords for our CRA accounts anymore.

When the passwords had to be updated to more stringent standards I managed to do this by spending endless hours on the phone. But the next year I got them wrong, got locked out, and I've never bothered to fix this.

With my tax program, at one point, I could enter these CRA passwords and then all the info on any T3, T4, T5 slips, and various others, was entered for me automatically. The last two years I've had to enter it all manually, which is still much quicker than getting through on the phone to fix the passwords.

I use TurboTax, and have used this or its predecessors for over a quarter century and have no wish to change. It's easy, and carries info from year to year.

The money once a year to buy it is not even the price of one bottle of the brandy I buy, or a fill with gas, or a date at a restaurant, or any of the house bills we get monthly. In the long run it seems trivial. But it only runs on Windows.

On the Intuit site (TurboTax) it claims you can use a simple tax form for free, and it lists a multitude of the usual stuff you can enter. It will not handle anything like dividends or capital gains. Might be worth investigating. Don't know what the catch is.

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General Discussion / Prescription eyeglasses online

Last post by ssfc72 - May 02, 2024, 06:06:05 AM

For many years now I have bought my prescription eyeglasses from online stores because the cost was significantly less and I have had very good results.

clearly.ca   was my main store but sometimes I wasn't able to find the style of eyeglass frame that I was looking for.

I also have had good results with glassesusa.com    They have the rimless titanium frames that I like.
Their pricing is in USD

I have just got bought a pair of presciption glasses from ca.goggles4u.com
BrianP from our PLUG group had good results from them and they are by far the least expensive store.

They didn't have any rimless frames that I prefer but I did select a halfrim eyeglass with titanium frames.
So with progressive lens, extra thin and scratch resistant coating the total cost of the prescription glasses, including taxes was $68 CDN. Mailed to me in 16 days, from the day I ordered. The normal price of the glasses was $130 but I got discounts that lowered the price.

Thanks BrianP for sharing your information about this eyeglass online store.