“…a Net Promoter Score in the +80s, up from +74 last year (Apple’s, which is considered astronomically high, is +72). Direct File is a wildly successful government startup.”

Goodbye IRS Direct File, Hello Inefficiency It takes the average person over 9 hours and costs $160 to file taxes each year. IRS Direct File meant it didn't have to.

An architect of Direct File describes the inanity of DOGE cancelling the project.

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IRS Direct File: A government success story Expanding Direct File is an opportunity to invest in a program that lowers costs and saves time for families.

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Rorschach test: what do you see?

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This era is going to be fucking great for lawyers' billable hours

TIL that I am not snowboarding correctly unless my quads hurt like a motherfucker after a day on the slopes 😄

SO GOOD

I cheated. Used a NYT recipe.

Rydal Water islands in the mist

First time making latkes.

My colleague Julius My colleague Julius par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Humans use so many proxies to evaluate competence. ploum.net/2024-12-23-j...

Every now and then I have to spend some time digging deep into numbers and spreadsheets, and the enjoyment I get from it is probably rather to one end of the bell curve. The end filled with accountants and mathematicians.

Oh my God

The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos