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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
So they want people to possibly pay to visit certain subreddits and the content of those subreddits is most definitely going to stay server submitted and curated. Getting people to pay to be able to submit their own content is going to go over well with the user base. They are probably going to do it with the NSFW subreddits.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The toggle showed up on Monday but RCS didn’t start working until yesterday. I have T-Mobile.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You can buy Starfield on Steam does it require an Xbox account to play if you buy it in steam? I think most are saying if you can buy it in steam but still need a psn account to play it then pirate it. I have both Xbox and PlayStation but I’m with the masses on this if you offer it on a platform then you shouldn’t require an account from a different platform to be able to play the game.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve deleted my account way before Elon bought the company and haven’t been back since. When I was super active on Twitter which was many years ago and they said I had to pay a small fee every month I would have stopped using it right away. I don’t see the benefit of having social media and I sure as shit won’t pay for any of them. I’m in my 40’s so maybe it’s just me or my age but I can’t imagine anything on those platforms that would be worth a dollar a month.

Sounds like he’s trying to recoup lost revenue and I can’t imaging this is going to work out well for them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Brother Printers: Eat a bag of dicks!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Well shit. I print a few times a year so we will see what kind of crap I have to deal with.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One of my favorite 3D printed organizations. Custom silverware drawer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I have two Ender 3’s and they are good printers. It can take some tweaking to get things to print right but it has been a good printer for the stuff I’ve printed. Once you get your settings right most print jobs print without issue. It’s an easy hobby to get into without going broke and with some patients you can print lots of stuff for the house. I’ve print coat hooks and a hook to go over my shower door to hold a towel so I no longer have to get my towel wet. We’ve also printed party favors for kids birthdays. Also finding stuff to print has never been an issue lots of stuff is free and the files that do cost are always super cheap. Most of the stuff we bought was 1-3 dollars and you can print it as many times as you want so TCO is really low.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One of my favorite 3D printed organizations. Custom silverware drawer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Each thing looks like it will only fit in the space for so naturally my kids will just toss the silverware in the drawer off to the side. There is no way in hell they are going to keep it organized.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Brother Printers: Eat a bag of dicks!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I just had to get rid of a canon printer that I’ve had for the last 10 years or so and I had been looking for a printer that I didn’t have to deal with this. As much as I hate HP I got one of their printers that use the tanks you fill with bottles of ink and so far so good. Good luck on them trying to DRM the liquid ink. I’ve purchased a 3rd party bottle of ink and it still prints like their first party bottles so I think that’s the route I’m going from now on.

Now they have some other bullshit you have to deal with like having a friggin account to manage the printer locally so I just set it up on the screen itself. I blocked its outbound connection to on the firewall so it can’t connect out and I haven’t had any issues. I sniffed the traffic I did see it trying to upload something after a print so they are more than likely trying to steal my data but I’ve been working on IT for 20 years so they won’t get my shit but I wouldn’t recommend it for someone that doesn’t have the ability to do that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I support a few business that have locations in Texas that can’t get fiber or cable internet. We use Viasat for them. I wanted starlink since we were seeing people with the service that had way better speeds and latency compared to Viasat.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I was waitlisted a while back but because of all the Elon bullshit when I got my email saying it was available I opted to just stick with Viasat.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
My Apple Card gives me 1-3% depending on the purchase type. I average 2% since I use Apple Pay all the time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Fraudulent parts on Amazon is a mix clever and just plain dumb I got bricks instead of a GPU. For work I’ve gotten a handful of hard to notice frauds. We got some Samsung SSDs the older sata drives not NVMe. One was a different shade of black and looked altered. It had the guts of a USB drive with a usb to sata homebrew conversion. That one Amazon took back no questions but it was a company purchase so they probably treat those differently.

For Legos if they were frauds I would imagine it would be noticeable. It’s probably a discount because of the volume they purchase.

If you buy legos often I’ve had some good luck going to goodwill stores and getting them super cheap. It’s not going to be a set. Usually it’s mixed pieces in a vacuum sealed bag or bin if there are a lot.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Appreciate the advice I didn’t think about the CFPB.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve definitely got a few things at Microcenter that were obvious repackages. I bought a cpu once to find the pins covered in thermal paste. Clearly someone made a bad choice and just returned it. I believe for the most part their returned items are sold at a discount after a review but people repackage things well and some get away with returning something as unopened. If I’m spending 150 or more I just open in store to just in case I find something odd I can return it and they never question it because I never left.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Microcenter is my go to. I live about 45 minutes from one but any PC parts that are expensive I get there, I also open in store to check for GPUs that were returned to the store to make sure someone didn’t swap out with a cheaper part. I don’t build too often so I don’t make my way over there too often.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I stopped buying electronics on Amazon after getting bricks instead of a GPU for my PC and they treated me like shit when I went to return it. I filed a complaint with the state about the fraud and their unwillingness to correct it. Complaint didn’t do shit but I was pissed. Now the only stuff I buy on Amazon is random household items and stuff for the kids that’s under 100 bucks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder where police cars get their gasoline from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I see the cops in my city, and a few nearby, at the gas station all the time. They all have gas cards. Some of the larger cities near me have pumps at a few of the city properties that the city employees can use to fill up city vehicles.