Okay, okay, everyone settle down… I’ll just go ahead and be the best, mmmkay?
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Looking up 2020 income tax filing thresholds (as in “you are required to file a return if you meet these criteria and have income of at least $X” which varies by criteria).
Mostly pretty mundane stuff… $400 if you have Self-Employment income, $12,400 if you are single and under 65, $14,050 if you are single and over 65, etc.
But this part made me 
(emphasis mine):
I like that they acknowledge that it’s so hard to believe it’s right that they figure people will assume it’s a typo.
Yes, I am a nerd. I actually have a pair of socks that say “I am a nerd… and not the cool kind”. I acknowledge this about myself.
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The longest road trip between two cities/towns/whatever in the continental united states (that I can find after not a lot of work) is from Imperial Beach, CA to Caribou, ME
Would Key West, FL to Alaska count??? 
Only if you dukes of hazard over that part of Canada.
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Continental US = lower 48
Wikipedia lists a few:
Extreme distances[edit]
- Greatest east–west distance in the 48 contiguous states: 2,800 miles (4,500 km)
- Greatest north–south distance in the 48 contiguous states: 1,650 miles (2,660 km).[21]
- Greatest distance between any two points in U.S. territory: 9,514 miles (15,311 km), from Point Udall, Guam, to Point Udall, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (formerly known as Orote Point and East Point, respectively).[22]
- Greatest distance between any two points in the 50 states: 5,859 miles (9,429 km), from Kure Atoll, Hawaii, to Log Point, Elliott Key, Florida.[22]
- Greatest distance between any two points in the contiguous 48 states: 2,901 miles (4,669 km), from North Farallon Island, California, to Sail Rock, east of West Quoddy Head, Maine.[22]
- Greatest driving distance between any US territory in contiguous lower 48 states (via US highway system): 3,689 miles (5,937 km), from Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, Florida, to Cape Flattery, Washington.
- Greatest distance between any two mainland points in the contiguous 48 states (linear distance): 2,892 miles (4,654 km), from Point Arena, California, to West Quoddy Head, Maine.[22]
- Greatest east–west distance in U.S. territory [?]: 5,823 miles (9,371 km), from Kure Atoll, Hawaii, to Riviera Beach, Florida.[22]
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Continental should refer to the 48 + Alaska. Contiguous means lower 48. The disqualifying word is “in” since a land route to Alaska from the 48 would not be entirely in the US.
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Usually AK does not count as “continental” USA, which I interpret as the 48 contiguous states.
But Key West to Neah Bay WA seems longer than CA to ME.
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Duh, I knew that 
just saw an article about the top 20 easiest passwords. But who can use these passwords? Every site now rejects all my first few passwords because they’re not secure enough
Are you not allowing driving through Canada? From most points west of the Mississippi River (and many East as well), going through Canada is the fastest way to get to Caribou, ME.
Which app were you checking for driving directions and is there a setting for “don’t go through Canada no matter how much time it saves me?”
Off hand I would have guessed Neah Bay, WA would be a contender for the west coast end of the trip if you’re disallowing ferries or intermediate points in Canada. It’s quite a bit further west than anywhere in CA which I would think would make up for being further north.
The east coast end is almost certainly somewhere in Maine.
If you’re disallowing Canada, I can’t see how California can possibly be right. You’d want to start as far north as you could because then you’d be forced to go all the way down to the Ohio Turnpike to avoid Canada, which is way way south of both the origin and destination, and would add loads of miles to the trip.
But I’m not seeing a “don’t drive through Canada” option on Google Maps to confirm and I have to add way too many stops to stay out of Canada to get a good mileage number.
If you allow driving through Canada then we’re obviously talking about somewhere in Alaska. Wales or Point Hope, maybe.
Google Maps is calling this 3,665.
And Cape Flattery basically is Neah Bay, but yeah, very slightly further west.
I can’t get a non-Canada mileage number on Cape Flattery to anywhere in ME further than Bangor.
But Cape Flattery to Bangor (all within US) is 3,479 and Bangor to Madawaska, ME is 205, so… I’m thinking it’s further to go from Cape Flattery to Madawaska than Key West if you disallow Canada.
But… the two are practically identical, which is interesting.
I’m not positive Madawaska is furthest, but it seemed like a good candidate.
I just realized (perhaps, re-realized) that “stat reserves” can be typed with only the left hand (if you use the lh for the space bar, that is).
My last name is entirely left hand. Kinda sinister…
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literally!
Not to brag too much, but I can actually type any word with just my left hand.
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What’s your other hand doing? Or do we want to know?