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Anime dating sim that also does your taxes
- superchroma 4y agoRather notably delisted from Steam.
- gostsamo 4y agoNot an US citizen but this is genius. The slide show messes with my screen reader while reading the description though.
- _qxjp 4y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35273064 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35273064
- 5mv2 4y agoThis is dangerous! I have a hunch most people would be a lot less regarding of security vulnerabilities for tools that boast such as nice "packaging". This has potential of bringing "free browser extension that sells your data" to a whole new level.
- Aeolun 4y agoThis is no less safe than a boring Excel spreadsheet. Looking different doesn’t inherently make it unsafe.
- 5mv2 4y agoYou're right for locally run programs. I was referring to the online ones that will be inspired by this format.
- irl_ 4y agoLike QuickBooks Online?
- lupire 4y agoMaking it more attractive makes is more popular so more unsafe in aggregate.
- Aeolun 4y agoWould you argue that more people using turbotax is more unsafe?
- capableweb 4y agoSeems like the "product" is made by a art collective (https://mschf.com/ https://mschf.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF) based in New York. Since it doesn't seem to actually be available, it seems to just be landing page with graphics, rather than a actual game/program. Vaporware essentially. Still, really funny idea and I'm sure it'd help someone to file their taxes (if it's real), as there seem to be people really obsessed with anime or dating sims out there, or a combination of both.
- Closi 4y agoWorth noting that every other product MSCHF has made has actually been real though. No reason to believe this will be any different just because they are an art collective.
- pkage 4y agoIt seemed to be briefly listed on Steam, though the link is now dead. Here's the Wayback Machine archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031642/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363850/Tax_Heaven_3000/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031642/https://store.ste...
- codetrotter 4y agoTheir itch.io page is still up https://taxheaven3000.itch.io/tax-heaven-3000 https://taxheaven3000.itch.io/tax-heaven-3000
- scanny 4y agoThe delisting from steam and the developer response has been covered in an article here https://www.pcgamer.com/anime-dating-sim-that-can-prepare-your-taxes-was-removed-from-steam-but-its-developers-say-they-want-to-disrupt-corporations-not-steal-your-social-security-number/ https://www.pcgamer.com/anime-dating-sim-that-can-prepare-yo...
- robbiet480 4y agoMSCHF raised from Founders Fund in January 2020 at a $200 million valuation https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/09/mschfs-push-party-raises-an-unconventional-round-at-a-200-million-valuation/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/09/mschfs-push-party-raises-a...
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- Tao3300 4y agoForms are boring. I can get behind a movement toward replacing them with a dating sim. Weighing my health insurance options is particularly onerous. I'd rather have waifu awkwardly blushing her way through the relevant questions. That would be more narratively satisfying than the usual "it costs more and covers less".
- lupire 4y agoThis is basically TurboTax, which has all the annoying chatter interfering with the task, but none of the erotic undertones. This product would be more effective as a browser extension to modifying the TurboTax web page styles.
- SmoothBrain12 4y ago[dead]
- ParetoOptimal 4y ago> This product would be more effective as a browser extension to modifying the TurboTax web page styles. But then you'd use and support turbotax and it's efforts to pointlessly complicate the tax system so their software is required to make it easy. Per Iris: > TurboTax, per its own internal documents, is built on the “Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt” that ordinary people have about their taxes.
- isk517 4y agoI'm sorry but because of the commas I can't help but read that first sentence as implying that Tax Haven 3000 is the program without any sort of erotic undertones compared to the very sensual TurboTax.
- rsr 4y agoI disagree. There are plenty of erotic undertones with TurboTax. I always feel like I'm getting fucked
- red-iron-pine 4y agoWhy have forms or dating sims at all? Most of Europe just has you log into their version of the CRA / IRS, confirm the numbers look right, and hit send. If you want to add exceptions, tax credits, etc, you can, but if you don't log in then it assumes you give it your blessing. Why get anime waifus involved at all?
- satoshiiii 4y agoLOL, this is another brilliant idea from the same company that previously sold thousands of keys for a single car, which could be shared by everyone. These guys are marketing geniuses. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l30V426-_S4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l30V426-_S4
- PedroBatista 4y agoAren’t those cars KIAs?
- lupire 4y agoNo, you don't need a copy of the key to steal a Kia.
- mabbo 4y ago> previously sold thousands of keys for a single car Most 1990s Dodge Shadows worked on a similar premise. My friends could unlock and start each other's cars.
- knodi123 4y agoMost cheap locks work on a similar premise. At my last building, my apartment key could open two other doors on my floor and the floor above. And I once stole a bike by accident because the owner had the same color and model, and brand of lock, and my key worked! I thought the lock was a bit stiff, and the seat felt odd, but I didn't figure out what had happened until the next day.
- jojobas 4y agoGamification we deserve.
- Dalewyn 4y agoCalling something "anime" when it's unrelated to Japan annoys me greatly.
- jackmott 4y ago[dead]
- bowsamic 4y agoWhy?
- Dalewyn 4y agoFor the same reason people get annoyed when someone says AMD CPUs have hyperthreading.
- lupire 4y agoIf it's not from the anime region of Japan it's just sparkling comic characters. Or seriously, why use a Japanese word for something that already exists in English?
- PurpleRamen 4y agoAnime is just a short for animation, so it's not really Japaneses, more Japanese slang of an English word. But in this specific case, the term anime is more referring to the specific art-style and game-concept, which originates from Japan.
- jerf 4y agoI think some people's objection to the term is that they think it's just American animation and Japanese animation, why does Japan need a special term? But there are clear stylistic differences between many cultures and separate terms for them are inevitable. Japan definitely has a family of styles preferred there, versus American animation styles. (Note my plural.) Europe has different styles too, as does the many cultures of the rest of Asia that isn't Japan, and I'm sure if large animation industries start up elsewhere they will all end up with distinguishable styles too. Anime doesn't just distinguish between anime and "not anime"; it specifically identifies the Japanese styles. For this purpose it's fine, and I kinda think that anyone who is objecting to it doesn't understand the number of styles in the world already, not to mention the ones I'm sure we'll see develop over the next decades.
- Borrible 4y agoAlthough probably just an art stunt, in the absence of meaningful genetic matching, one about corresponding income tax returns would certainly be a good substitute...
- mpsprd 4y agoThis makes me remember CrystalDiskInfo. You can download versions with cute anime girls, with little thumbnails looking concerned or panicked when the SMART looks too bad.
- soupfordummies 4y agoExcellent app. Not really into cute anime girls personally but I think the amount of personality it adds to a utilitarian tool is really fantastic.
- krackers 4y agoI was disappointed when the macOS equivalent app (DriveDx) lacked such personality.
- PaulHoule 4y agoI like the visual novel as a paradigm in UI design. It’s even good for slides for a talk.
- totetsu 4y agocool
- marginalia_nu 4y agoCan we not turn every thread into a thread about ChatGPT?
- krkartikay 4y agoI had seriously thought the title was a reference to GPT 4.
- devnullbrain 4y agoMost visual novels aren't dating sims & vice versa.
- t344344 4y agoI would be totally up for such AI assistant, but it absolutely has to be self hosted. I would also like an option to audit its memory and scrub sensitive information.
- hatmatrix 4y ago> Suitable for singles without dependents Yup, it checks out.
- itronitron 4y agoI wonder if anyone has ever tried this on an actual dating site, offering to complete someone's tax return for several dinner dates. There is a huge benefit, in terms of assessing dating prospects, to the person completing the tax returns.
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- mabbo 4y agoThis is one of those ideas that sounds like it might work, on the surface of it, but the more I think about it the worse it gets. You're on a date that you don't really want to be on, and the person sitting across from you knows precisely how much money you make, where you got it all, and what tax write offs you have. That's sitcom material.
- rsynnott 4y agoIt's not just sitcom _material_, didn't this actually _happen_ in Seinfeld? George had to get back together with a horrible tax lawyer because Jerry was being audited, IIRC.
- whstl 4y agoYep, in the episode "The Truth". An accountant, though, which is even closer to the scenario presented by the grandparent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697801/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697801/
- red-iron-pine 4y agoProbably just easier to offer cocaine. Plus you're going to give your personal info to someone you just met... in exchange for dinner? Man you're trusting. Unrelated: there is a bridge that I own roughly 131km from here. Interested in buying it?
- rovingnothing29 4y agoA waifu AND an audit in one sitting?! How can I pass this up?
- omginternets 4y agoPlus, Iris loves tortoises.
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- userbinator 4y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if something like this already exists in Japan.
- 3836293648 4y agoEh, doubtful. You'd need America's awful tax system for it to exist and I suspect that Japan is more like Europe where the tax authority does everything for you and you just log in and confirm that it looks right
- whalesalad 4y agoCombine with GPT-4 and now you’ve got the OS from the movie HER
- rsynnott 4y agoSo, do non-joke dating sims exist? Beyond this, I'm aware of three; the one where you date pigeons, a Pride and Prejudice one, and one involving cats in some way. I assume that all of these are parodying a real genre, but the joke ones seem much more prominent than the real ones.
- jjice 4y agoThey do, but I don't think they're nearly as interesting to most people as the goofy ones. I believe Steam has had a massive uptick in them over the past few years.
- bombcar 4y agoIt's a complete genre, but many of the main "real" ones are in Japanese. They're usually a form of interactive novel almost, but some are more advanced. Even Stardust Valley has a "dating sim" portion.
- courgette 4y agoCan you reference the pride and prejudice one ?
- rsynnott 4y agoNot sure where one would actually get it these days, but here's a page about it: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/MatchesAndMatrimony https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/MatchesAndM... There was a fun thread where someone played through it on, er, SomethingAwful, possibly? Some old forum. (Strictly speaking I think it was a bit of a Jane Austen mashup, but mostly Pride and Prejudice; if you screwed up you could end up marrying the awful vicar, for instance)
- KaoruAoiShiho 4y agoYes like tears of themis for example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miHoYo.tot.glb&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miHoYo.tot... By the developers of Genshin Impact.
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- SteveDR 4y ago> Turbo: An unsavory SaaS bro, quick to anger and oddly fixated on Iris. He seems to be up to no good... Likes: Corporate lobbying, confusing forms, dark UX, fleece vests
- vGPU 4y agoFun fact: the “X rated patch” is actually set to rotate through multiple can-fics. Some dirty, some not.