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[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I know where this is, I hate it.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Reader mode works for me

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let that stand for now and then pull the rug on them later so they rack up millions in fines and back taxes and criminal charges.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That thing was absolutely filthy, hopefully cleaning it fixed your issues. Thanks for documenting these kinds of issues for others. It's something I often try to do when I run into an issue which I couldn't find answers for.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

My theory is that people like attractive people so much that attractive people never really have to learn to do things for themselves because other people will gladly do it for them. So they end up stupid yet confident at everything they do. People just like attractive and confident people. If you ever look at leadership around you, you'll notice that most of them are tall. It's because we see tall people as authority because that's how it was when we were kids. The tall people were in charge. Smart people are always unsure of themselves because there's no way to predict what is going to happen for certain. So that's why the world is run by overconfident dumb people.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've worked with some mentally challenged people in the past and through customer service. I'd much rather deal with someone with limited reasoning skills than someone who is genuinely intelligent. Intelligent people fail to see their own limitations and don't know when to be humble. Some of the dumbest people on this planet are academics, top of their field, highly educated. Those people don't know shit about anything because they're hyper focused on one teeny tiny aspect of the universe. At least the mentally challenged know that they have limited reasoning skills and are fairly skilled at asking for help and knowing their limitations.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I keep running into maintenance jobs that want industrial controls and electrical experience which I don't have, just a strong background in mechanical repair and troubleshooting. The problem is that all these jobs are night shift, odd 12 hour schedules with weekends, or travel. So I'm stuck doing production work but on an 8 hour day shift schedule. My work was even offering a two year apprenticeship with 2 free years of school but you have to work 2 more years on nights after that on top of 12 hr days. It seems like it could be a fun trade, but doesn't seem worth the work/ life balance for me.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

There's different sizes of pegboard and pegs

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The op image looks like it's from an snl skit lmao.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

We should stop letting religious extremists write laws.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They're citing an anti discrimination law that applies to individual people as you can't refuse business to someone based on their nationality. That doesn't really apply here as they're refusing to do business with a specific country. The class of people they're not doing business with isn't specified in the boycott.

They're trying to use the legal system to stymy free speech. It falls under anti-SLAPP laws.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Waving a Confederate flag is terrorism plain and simple. The intent is to cause fear and promote terrorism against minorities.

 

A loose cow on the University of Illinois campus isn't the only thing turning heads. So is a "couch car." Two engineering students created it for an end-of-t...

 

I've been looking at marketplace for a small car with good gas mileage that I can get cheap. I don't mind doing work to it like replacing a clutch or dealing with a head gasket or engine replacement. The trouble I'm having in my area ( Midwest United States) is that either mileage is well into the 200k range, price is unrealistic so I won't bother trying to reason with them, the car is more of a headache than it's worth (Chevy Cruze) or there's more than one issue like transmission problem plus body damage. I could go up in price under $10k but I don't see the up side in spending that much to get better gas mileage unless the car can go at least another 5-10 years.

 

I'm running octopi on an rpi zero 2 w it had been working flawlessly for weeks until I unplugged it to move the printer. Now it won't connect to Wi-Fi sometimes. If I connect a monitor it will connect. If I connect the monitor after booting it has no network IP address just the 127... Local address. I've gotten it to connect one time without a monitor but it was in the wrong location. I thought it might be proximity related, and it still could be, but that doesn't explain why it doesn't always connect near my Wi-Fi access point where it was working before. I've tried multiple other power supplies and with the printer both turned on and disconnected.

 

Preface: I'm on my third cheap printer in the past ten years. I bought an Anycubic kobra neo a few years ago. I told myself I wouldn't mess with doing anything to it, but I was running into issues because of low quality control. I put it away due to frustration for the past year and now needed to print something and just figuring out all the issues. Right now I'm looking into upgrading the part cooling fan as I cannot get rid of stringing even on low temps with PLA. I should just buy a good printer but I just don't feel like I can justify it.

 

I went to buy a Commodore Vic 20 also for only $20 (unknown state) and the seller offered to sell this to me for "whatever." Currently it has a bad power supply, so I'm in the process of figuring that out.

 

!flipping@lemmy.world

Discuss selling on different platforms like eBay, marketplace, Craigslist, Mercari, etc.

No, you don't have to be in the "hustle and grind" mindset. You can be a casual reseller, or just learn the ins and outs in order to get the best outcome from selling your own personal items. I've been casually selling on eBay for 22 years and am happy to answer questions.

 

!flipping@lemmy.world

I've been selling on eBay for over 20 years. I created a community to discuss selling on various online and local platforms.Whether you're just trying to unload some personal items, or you're a full time reseller we want to hear your questions, successes, and failures.

 

I always look forward to her videos. One of the most wholesome and honest flippers on YouTube.

 

This is a quick guide on selling items on eBay in the u.s. I've been selling on eBay for over 20 years and learned a thing or two. This is not a comprehensive guide, and by all means I am not an expert.

If you don't already have an eBay account go ahead and create one. New sellers will have limits on the amount of listings they can create and total dollar amount of sales.

Find a few items that you would like to sell.

We'll start by looking up each item on ebay and possibly other places such as Amazon to see what other sellers are asking. After that we will filter the search results by "sold" this will tell you how much people are actually paying for the items. You should consider the price plus shipping as a total price.

At first you should consider items in the $20-$30 range that don’t weigh too much. Shipping cost is a big factor in how much you will net from the sale. Ebay takes a small fee plus a percentage of the total sale which includes the shipping amount you charge (if any) so you don’t want to sell items under around $10 or the shipping and fees could cost you more than you make. https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#section2

Once you find a comparable item "comp" click on it to make sure that the listing matches what you're trying to sell, including condition.

Once you've decided what a good price is, pick a sold listing that has a good sounding title and click "sell one like this." That will open up a listing page and copy over a lot of information and the listing title.

Now you can create your listing. First, be 100% sure that your title is correct and that you're utilizing all 80 characters. You can do some seo here. Eliminate duplicate words and try to think of different words people might use to search for the item.

Photos: Photos are the most important part of listing, if your photos suck, then nobody is going to buy from you. They don't have to be ultra professional, but you should take some time to make them look good. Find some natural lighting and a clean surface with a nice background. You can buy a piece of white poster board and curve it up from the floor to the wall to make a semi professional background avoid using the background removal tool, it looks really bad.

This process is going to vary quite a bit depending on your preferences. I like to take photos before I start listing. You can also take photos from the app. If you start your listing from desktop you can click "upload from mobile" which will give you a notification on your phone where you can continue the listing and take photos if you haven't already. You can upload short videos up to one minute, the option is only on desktop and is burried. Very useful if you want to show item condition of a collectible figurine you can put it on a lazy susan and spin it around.

Item specifics, condition, and description: These just need to be accurate. Avoid using the AI description, it's terrible. Even just "in good condition" for item description is fine. People don't read item descriptions as ebay hides them pretty far down in the app listing. Your title, photos, and condition sections should tell the whole story as much as possible. If there's something important you need to say in the description you should put READ in the item title.

Pricing and shipping: As far as buying format, I always use buy it now, sometimes with offers turned on. I would avoid allowing offers for now. If you do allow offers, be sure to set a minimum offer amount. My shipping rule of thumb has always been that if it’s under one lb it’s ok to offer free shipping. If it’s over one lb I do calculated shipping. Shipping rates are determined by distance. If you offer free shipping on a heavy item, someone in Hawaii or Puerto Rico will buy it and you will lose money on the sale. Enter in your packed weight and dimensions. You don’t have to box it up now, but it’s a good idea to have a shipping box ready. Set the handling time to at least 2 days. If you set one day then someone will buy the item at 10 at night and you will need to ship it the next day.

At the very bottom there is an option to promote your listing. Ebay allows you to decide a percentage of the final sale. You can use this if you want, it only gets charged if the buyer clicks through a promoted listing. Generally I don’t use the recommended amount and only use it on rare items where someone outside of ebay might be interested in it.

 

!flipping@lemmy.world

Discuss and learn how to sell items on marketplaces such as eBay, Craigslist, Mercari, and many more.

You don't have to be a full time reseller, learn and resell your own personal items for someone else to enjoy.

 

The ansible instructions state to run

git pull && git checkout version_name

but I don't understand what url to put there.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/blob/main/UPGRADING.md

 

I saw that a user was banned by moderator on my instance and their comments removed. I don't have a moderator, it's just me, I'm the only user. I thought I accidently fumble fingrred the ban button and restored their comments and appologize. Come to find out that they were banned from their own instance.

I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand it's good if it's a really bad user posting spam or worse. On the other hand it is a conduit for censorship. If an admin doesn't like what you post on another instance, then they can censor you everywhere. On top of that, it makes it look like I am banning people, and I don't like that at all if they're just making normal comments. It should say something else and I should get some kind of alert that lets me know so that I can decide if the comments on my instance are appropriate.

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