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Help with 1099-K
I started a single-member LLC last year. The easiest (but probably stupidest) way for me to infuse it with cash was to send money from my personal PayPal to the business PayPal. PayPal has reported those transactions as income on a 1099-K. How do I indicate on my taxes that it wasn't profit from an outside source, but me moving my money around? I'm using H&R Block's online filing system. There doesn't seem to be a way to ask it for advice until you're ready to file.
Two player NBA 2K23?
My son downloaded NBA 2K23 on his Switch. I am sitting next to him on the couch. We each have a controller: he has the two joycons attached to a whatsit that makes it look like a third party controller, and I have an Xbox-style third party controller. Both of them work on every other game we own. We would like to play against each other. Please explain how to make this possible because I've been reading stupid articles and watching videos for an hour and I still can't figure it out.
How do I unspam myself?
Following up on this one. How do I make my emails not end up in people's spam folders?
It's not spam, I promise
Every time someone buys something through my website, I get an email confirmation. It goes into my spam folder. I don't want that to happen. Help.
This quote's a failure, you know
My college philosophy textbook* contained a quote from Mission: Impossible (the TV series, not the movies): "The world's a failure, you know. Someone, somewhere, made a terrible mistake." Anyone know what episode it's from? Or do I have to watch it from beginning to end?
Another "help me remember this movie" question.
At some point in my life, I saw a movie or TV show in which a bumbling duo (I think) are talking to a cop (I think) and they inadvertently admit to doing some crimes. The cop responds something like "[blank] and [blank] are both serious crimes, and you've just admitted to both of them." To which one of the bumblers replies "I didn't mean to!" It was probably something that showed on repeat on a movie channel in the 1980s or 1990s, but who knows. Any ideas?
Email form with CAPTCHA for Wordpress
You have a Wordpress site with a contact form plugin that has CAPTCHA functionality. You're happy with it. It's free. What is it called?
Should I incorporate?
I sell used books on ebay and instagram, and I've published a couple of books and plan to do more in the future. Should I incorporate? LLC? What are the benefits to me? I'm in Illinois. You are not my accountant or my lawyer.
I need a new wallet
I opened a Coinbase account last fall and bought some Ripple cryptocurrency (XRP) and it's doubled in value. But Coinbase stopped supporting XRP in January after an SEC lawsuit. I'd like to cash out. Coinbase tells me I can transfer it to a crypto wallet and cash out (but not their crypto wallet). Can you recommend one that's easy to use?
Why isn't my connection private?
Ever since whatever happened last week with the Let's Encrypt security certificates, I get security errors on a lot of sites, and can't get to certain websites at all anymore. How do I fix it?
Best drawing... thingy
I want a thingy that will plug into my laptop and that will allow me to (1) have images from my laptop appear on its screen, (2) doodle on them in various ways, and (3) save the new layer as an image file on the laptop. What's the best but not too expensive thingy you've encountered to achieve these ends?
Termites in a tree?
Who inspects trees for termite infestations? My neighbor's contractor told her that termites from our tree destroyed her garage, but the tree looks healthy. And an arborist I talked to said that seems highly unlikely, as termites live in the ground, not in healthy trees. None of the tree services I've found do termite inspections, and none of the pest control companies inspect trees. Who do I contact? Based in Chicago, if that helps.
Identify this sci-fi book or series of books.
A friend remembers reading a science fiction book or series of books in the 1980s. Can you identify it? Details inside.
Story about a carpet that comes to life
I remember reading a short story about a kid who is playing on an ornate carpet, pretending that the red in the pattern is lava, the green is jungle, there are snakes or something... and what he's imagining becomes real, and maybe he's eaten by a snake. I thought it was by Ray Bradbury but I'm not coming up with anything. Does anyone know what story I'm thinking of?
Raw unsweetened shredded coconut in Chicago
I'm trying to recreate a dessert that a friend used to eat when they lived in Cuba as a child called either dulce de coco or coco rallado, which requires raw unsweetened shredded coconut. I don't relish the idea of buying a coconut and shredding it, so where might I be able to find what I need in Chicago? It needs to be raw (because that's how they made it when they were there)--I can find dried shredded coconut anywhere.
Pokemon card interpretation
What's the best place to go for "official" interpretations of confusing text on Pokemon cards? Most sites, including the official Pokemon card database, just repeat the text on the cards.
Article about voice teacher's opinions about metal singers?
A few years ago, no idea how many, I read an interesting article in which a voice teacher(?) listened to famous heavy metal singers and talked about their techniques. I believe she(?) talked about Rob Halford from Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, possibly King Crimson, and possibly more. Can you find it for me? Yes, I've tried to Google it. (Inspired by this post.)
Something to sleep on, camping edition
She and I are going camping! In a tent! What should we get to sleep on that isn't an air mattress, since all air mattresses are unsatisfactory what with the bouncing around and the deflating and the failure to reinflate. We are both prone to sore backs. We would like to not spend our kid's college fund on this.
Very Specific Spreadsheet Question: Ranges
How do you make Excel automatically group years (1921, 1925, 1929) into decades (1920s)?
Can Google spreadsheets solve my problem?
I have a massive Google spreadsheet containing entry info for a small film festival. I need to be able to produce tailored reports from it that only contain need-to-know info, instead of making people look at the master sheet. Is this possible? If not, what online software should I use?
How much does it weigh now?
A 600-pound, 24-foot-long retractable movie screen is suspended from two chains attached to an overhead pipe. I want to get it down. Come inside for the details.
FTP on my MAC. Help!
FTP on a mac using "Connect to Server." Why isn't this working?
Make Firefox Stop Using This Font.
Why did Firefox start using some stupid script font while I'm browsing?
Can't Connect my PC Laptop to Airport Extreme network.
Can't connect to Airport Extreme with my PC. The Macs in the house have no trouble.
Computer display flipped 90 degrees. Help!
How do I fix my computer display? All of a sudden, everything on screen is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Mouse controls are similarly changed: left is now up, etc. Resulted from a mistaken key combination, but I can't figure out which keys I hit. Running Windows Vista on a Toshiba Satellite laptop.
Lost his iTunes playlists, and wants them back.
Friend Shane moved iTunes to an external hard drive, and he seems to have lost his library--he can re-import the songs, but the library in which his play counts, etc., were stored seems to have vanished. Help getting this info back?
Best translation of Divine Comedy?
What translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to recommend?
Is the 9th Circuit Overturned More Often?
Is the 9th Circuit really overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than the other circuits?
Help me identify this book.
Help me identify this young adult book about time travel of a sort.
Two iTunes problems: track info and organizing
Two iTunes problems: changing individual track info and organizing my library.
Can I Get My Schefflera to Branch?
How do I make my schefflera (umbrella tree, S. actinophylla) branch out?
Video players for .m4v files?
Are there any video players aside from Quicktime and iTunes that will play an iTunes .m4v video file?
Automatic backup of my flash drive?
Can I set it up so that my flash drive automatically backs itself up onto my home computer when I plug it in?
Can I modify my fridge?
Can I remove the freezer from dorm-sized refrigerator without destroying it?
Help me find a poem
Help me find a poem. I believe these things about it: (1) from the early 1990s, (2) appeared in the New Yorker or Atlantic, (3) written by an elderly woman, (4) about her husband's suicide, (5) contained a line resembling "I do not understand/I will never understand." It is possible that these beliefs are founded on nothing except my faulty memory.
iTunes compilations fix?
Why does iTunes think that some of my single-artist CDs are compilations, and how do I tell it otherwise?
Help me bid on a freelance writing project.
Freelance writers: help a newbie make a bid on a writing project.
Health insurance for freelancers in Illinois?
Freelancers in Illinois who have health insurance: what plan do you have? What others did you look at? Why did you pick the one you did? How much? Etc.
What helped your plantar fasciitis?
If you've had plantar fasciitis, what helped you the most?
Fear of cranes?
What would the irrational fear of construction cranes be called? I'm looking for a word in the form [Greek or Latin root]phobia. I've checked a few lists of phobias, but it doesn't show up. Any suggestions/neologisms?
How to remove bike-chain grease from upholstery?
How do I get bike-chain grease stains out of my girlfriend's car's upholstery?
Apostrophe or no?
In the phrase "I'm going to milk this for all it's worth," which is it? Its or it's? (I.e., apostrophe or no apostrophe?)
Generic Terminalogy eg Hoover / Kleenex
Kleenex = any facial tissue. Xerox = any copy machine. "There are thousands of Milky Ways out there."
What's the word for using the name of a specific thing to refer to all things in its class? It's metonymy, right, but is it synecdoche? Is it antonomasia? Help!
What's the word for using the name of a specific thing to refer to all things in its class? It's metonymy, right, but is it synecdoche? Is it antonomasia? Help!
What is a good auto repair shop in Chicago?
I need a reliable car transmission repair place in Chicago, south side if possible (but reliability trumps location). I've had terrible luck with mechanics here so far. Any recommendations?
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