Can you write off Section 179 Expense against personal W-2 Income if the business does not have income?

Why does https://bradfordtaxinstitute.com/Content/179-Against-W2-Income.aspx say that this is possible? I thought you can't write off an amount larger than the business income?

 

Also see: 

https://www.cchwebsites.com/content/taxguide/text/c60s15d575.php

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.179-2#c