I've had others correct me the other direction (specifically decrying the use of "refund" because it wasn't money owed in the first place). At some point it's just semantics.
You might be getting the wrong idea. We have tax withholding on our paychecks, same idea. Then when you file your taxes, you either send a cheque (if your withholding was less than you owed) or you get a return (if your withholding was more than you owed).
I had looked at those, but the hat alone is over $70. Plus they need an RPi5, because earlier ones don't have a PCIe interface. For that much, I could get a Beelink or something similar.
I hadn't looked at any ODROID stuff, and the HC4 is a cool looking solution! I'm actually even more impressed with the M1S, which has a built-in M.2 slot. Can't use my existing spinny drives, but for the price of the M1S, I could pick up an NVMe drive to go with it.
A SBC with SATA ports, to use as a Plex server. I've only ever found one (the Zimaboard), but it's a bit pricey for something that I'd still have to find some way to house with an external HDD.
Using "sir" and "ma'am" was my way of addressing instructors in engineering school, because the faculty was so diverse that I would otherwise butcher their names.
I've had others correct me the other direction (specifically decrying the use of "refund" because it wasn't money owed in the first place). At some point it's just semantics.