05/05 - Famous Last Words Friday!

[Mikeyyyyy]

So with the crash and burn of my SSD this morning I went on a bit of a spending spree via newegg and upgraded my CPU MOBO & RAM along with a new SSD. Which got me thinking, considering my computer use is vital for mTurk, when filing taxes would I be able to write some of this stuff off on taxes next year as business expenses? If anyone has some experience with this it'd definitely be appreciated. As now spending the next few days waiting impatiently for my new toys, hope ya'll had a great day (edit: except for @TobyF )

 

[Mr. Krabs]

Title: Visual perception study, ~15-20 min, $2, must take on desktop/laptop | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Georgia Tech Perception Lab [A24P2R5KVETTBH] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 2] [ToS: 0] TO 2: Not Available Description: You will perform simple visual categorization tasks and provide confidence ratings. You'll complete a total of 200 trials. Experiment conducted by Georgia Tech Perception Lab. Time: 40 minutes HITs Available: 10 Reward: $2.00 Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 500; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; Location EqualTo US;

HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.21.10​

 

[thedorchannel]

Title: Visual perception study, ~15-20 min, $2, must take on desktop/laptop | PANDA Requester: Georgia Tech Perception Lab [A24P2R5KVETTBH] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 4.50 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.60 Generosity ★★★★★ 4.50 Fairness ★★★★★ 4.50 Promptness Number of Reviews: 5 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: You will perform simple visual categorization tasks and provide confidence ratings. You'll complete a total of 200 trials. Experiment conducted by Georgia Tech Perception Lab. Time: 40 minutes HITs Available: 10 Reward: $2.00 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is greater than 500;HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 95;Location is US

 

[Squatty]

So with the crash and burn of my SSD this morning I went on a bit of a spending spree via newegg and upgraded my CPU MOBO & RAM along with a new SSD. Which got me thinking, considering my computer use is vital for mTurk, when filing taxes would I be able to write some of this stuff off on taxes next year as business expenses? If anyone has some experience with this it'd definitely be appreciated. As now spending the next few days waiting impatiently for my new toys, hope ya'll had a great day!

I am not a tax professional.

I wouldn't do that, I stick with the standard deductions. Less likely to be audited

 

[TobyF]

So with the crash and burn of my SSD this morning I went on a bit of a spending spree via newegg and upgraded my CPU MOBO & RAM along with a new SSD. Which got me thinking, considering my computer use is vital for mTurk, when filing taxes would I be able to write some of this stuff off on taxes next year as business expenses? If anyone has some experience with this it'd definitely be appreciated. As now spending the next few days waiting impatiently for my new toys, hope ya'll had a great day!

oh sure youll be nice to them

 

[Empress328]

new Slowdive and Mac DeMarco albums came out today for anyone into that

I've been listening to Slowdive. My critic friend reviewed it last week. It's good.

 

[aveline]

i missed the story of wats happening between u and amazon.

So did I, and they're so far refusing to fill me in on it.

All I know is my account was suspended because I put up a HIT for someone that was nothing more than a text box with a prompt that said "come here often?" I guess vanity HITs are a no-no now, idk. They haven't responded to me since I got the "we're not telling you anything, so please fuck off" email from them yesterday.

 

[MindNumbing]

Good day today. Gonna take the rest off unless something good pops up.

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[Peachy]

Slowdive is :heart:

Thank you, I had no idea.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks dude, Spotify didn't tell me shit.

I've been listening to Slowdive. My critic friend reviewed it last week. It's good.

yeah, just started listening to the new Slowdive album a few mins ago. already impressed. they haven't missed a beat

their first release since 1995

 

[Mikeyyyyy]

oh sure youll be nice to them

I wasn't talking to you.

 

[TobyF]

I wasn't talking to you.

you were talking to everybody

 

[Mikeyyyyy]

I am not a tax professional.

I wouldn't do that, I stick with the standard deductions. Less likely to be audited

Yeah I mean, there's always risk of being audited which would certainly suck. I've got a tax pro in my close family I'm checking with as well and if they think it's cool I'll take the chance. Then I can yell at them if not. Figured I'd ask around here if anyone's had a similar instance they can relate to. No worries!

 

[Mikeyyyyy]

you were talking to everybody

Fixed

 

[lobo925]

 

[catnapped]

Title: Questions and Choices(~ 30 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Cognition and Natural Behavior Laboratory [AHN61MLI1DS8R] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 4.83] [Fast: 4.87] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 4.97] [Reviews: 83] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $6.03/hr] [Pen: 0.06 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 100% of 1] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: This survey is a University of Waterloo, Canada research study being conducted in the department of psychology. The faculty supervisors are Evan F. Risko, PhD, Jonathan Fugelsang, PhD, and Jennifer Stolz, PhD. The student researchers are Michelle Ashburner and Martin Turpin. This survey is made up of questions about: demographics, interesting puzzles, case scenarios about cause and effect, and metaphorical statements. This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee. Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 1 Reward: $5.00 Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; Exc: [42641-42052] DoesNotExist ; Masters Exists ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US;

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[WalkingEmphasis]

Yeah I mean, there's always risk of being audited which would certainly suck. I've got a tax pro in my close family I'm checking with as well and if they think it's cool I'll take the chance. Then I can yell at them if not. Figured I'd ask around here if anyone's had a similar instance they can relate to. No worries!

A few people have said yes, it's okay, a few others caution against it. One person said that in order to claim them, you're supposed to do nothing but work on the computer. So no internet searching, movies, games, etc. Ultimately, I'd wait for the person you know to give you some advice about it.

 

[Vanyanka]

A few people have said yes, it's okay, a few others caution against it. One person said that in order to claim them, you're supposed to do nothing but work on the computer. So no internet searching, movies, games, etc. Ultimately, I'd wait for the person you know to give you some advice about it.

I'm pretty sure to claim home office stuff, in general, you need to use it primarily for work purposes. They're pretty strict about it.

 

[A6_Foul_Out]

That lovingly troll hit.

<3

@Tjololo

 

[WalkingEmphasis]

I'm pretty sure to claim home office stuff, in general, you need to use it primarily for work purposes. They're pretty strict about it.

Yeah, I could definitely see that being the case.

As an aside, here's how my day is going so far: PE: .65
Coffee dumped down the side of my face and on my chest - while drinking it just now.

 

[Mr. Krabs]

Title: Similarity Judgments: Associative Learning | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Samuel Gershman [A1NLXULMPXG1OY] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 4.19] [Fast: 4.81] [Comm: 4.58] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 56] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $7.61/hr] [Pen: 0.56 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 67% of 3] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: Judge similarities between text items. You can do this task with your mouse alone. It will take about 15 minutes and pay $3. Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 1 Reward: $3.00 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 90; Location EqualTo US;

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This took 4 minutes going fast. (This is different from the other $3 one you might've seen)