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  1. Comment on How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value in ~finance

    DeaconBlue
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    Thank you for this advice!

    Thank you for this advice!

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Consumer Electronics Show 2026 in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    I am confused in several different ways by this statement.

    The only thing I can remember from last year's CES was a TV that took batteries that if you didn't regularly replace, it would fall off the wall.

    I am confused in several different ways by this statement.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value in ~finance

    DeaconBlue
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    6 months is when we are hoping to be gone, so it is soon but not "next week" soon. The "living estate sale" is a really good idea though!

    What is your time budget? Do you need everything gone right away, does it not matter if it takes half a year? The time budget has a huge impact on your practical options.

    6 months is when we are hoping to be gone, so it is soon but not "next week" soon.

    The "living estate sale" is a really good idea though!

    4 votes

  4. Comment on How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value in ~finance

    DeaconBlue
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    Yeah a yard sale will happen, this was more about the stuff that is "worth" quite a bit but not necessarily to a random passer by. The yard sale will be for furniture, clothes, toys, that kind of...

    Yeah a yard sale will happen, this was more about the stuff that is "worth" quite a bit but not necessarily to a random passer by. The yard sale will be for furniture, clothes, toys, that kind of thing.

    4 votes

  5. How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value

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    Operation: Move Far Away is well underway in my house. As part of this operation, I am realizing that I have quite a lot of Stuff. Stuff that is worth selling, but not huge collections that I can...

    Operation: Move Far Away is well underway in my house.

    As part of this operation, I am realizing that I have quite a lot of Stuff. Stuff that is worth selling, but not huge collections that I can get an auction house involved with. This is Stuff that I have inherited, or happened upon over the years of being in various hobbies.

    Things like alternate cover DnD books , what I assume is the exact same collection of Pokemon cards that every other 30something has, porcelain dolls of some flavor, coins, video game paraphernalia, that kind of thing.

    I figure the best way to liquidate this stuff is just to list it all on ebay, but that requires an account with a buildup of reputation that I neither have, nor have time to build up.

    I figure the worst way is to take a box of stuff to the nearest pawn store and ask what they'll give me for it.

    I am curious what kind of middle ground approaches other people have tried. Is there some version of a business that takes Stuff and sells it on ebay, pocketing some percentage of the sale? Is there a different kind of business that I should be looking for?

    This has to be a common enough scenario that a solution exists in some way, but I'm just not sure exactly what to look for.

    34 votes

  6. Comment on Hooters | Bankrupt in ~food

    DeaconBlue
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    I had a similar experience when I went to a Tilted Kilt because my wife wanted shepherd's pie and we just searched for Irish food not knowing what it was. Super uncomfortable experience, and just...

    I had a similar experience when I went to a Tilted Kilt because my wife wanted shepherd's pie and we just searched for Irish food not knowing what it was. Super uncomfortable experience, and just checked their site and they also do the "casting" thing.

    13 votes

  7. Comment on US judge indicates Elon Musk’s fraud lawsuit against OpenAI will head to trial in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    No idea, just an observation

    No idea, just an observation

    3 votes

  8. Comment on US judge indicates Elon Musk’s fraud lawsuit against OpenAI will head to trial in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    If he wins this, the door is open for all donations to turn into monetary damages any time a company loses a nonprofit status, yeah?

    If he wins this, the door is open for all donations to turn into monetary damages any time a company loses a nonprofit status, yeah?

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life

    DeaconBlue
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    And this is where the "one parent is an anecdote" thing comes in. I have no idea. That is a problem we just didn't have. I guess for now just focus on crib times? I wish I had good advice. We...

    And this is where the "one parent is an anecdote" thing comes in. I have no idea. That is a problem we just didn't have.

    I guess for now just focus on crib times? I wish I had good advice. We definitely lost a few books between the kids but not many.

  10. Comment on Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    It will hopefully go the way of the phone call. Phone calls go unanswered and filtered except from trusted sources unless you are looking for a job. The entire medium has been rendered nearly...

    but that it decreases our ability to discern truth from falsehood. In a few years we’re all gonna be so fatigued from questioning everything that we just believe nothing anymore

    It will hopefully go the way of the phone call.

    Phone calls go unanswered and filtered except from trusted sources unless you are looking for a job. The entire medium has been rendered nearly useless because of garbage spam calls.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life

    DeaconBlue
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    If my post is not terribly useful just DM me questions and I can try to help out! I wrote that on the fly a few months after it was made.

    If my post is not terribly useful just DM me questions and I can try to help out! I wrote that on the fly a few months after it was made.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life

    DeaconBlue
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    Read to them constantly. Obviously any single parent's results are anecdotal but we read to the kids every night for quite a long time and nearly every day. Ask them to point out words that they...

    Read to them constantly. Obviously any single parent's results are anecdotal but we read to the kids every night for quite a long time and nearly every day. Ask them to point out words that they know. Use your finger on the page to show them which part you are reading. Ask them to sound stuff out. Give them all of the tools you can.

    14 votes

  13. Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life

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    Context: Father of kids under 5. They do not have phones yet. These things have worked well so far. Media Player: My daughter has full control over her television for an hour a day after preschool...

    Context: Father of kids under 5. They do not have phones yet. These things have worked well so far.

    Media Player:

    My daughter has full control over her television for an hour a day after preschool to unwind. She does this through the player that I made her containing mostly PBS shows and such. There is friction here, as it has no ability to infinitely play. Most of the episodes are like 8 minutes and she has to pick a different one by getting up and picking a new one. In practice, she usually watches two or three and goes to play with her dollhouse.

    Games:

    She is allowed to play games on a tablet almost exclusively when we are in boring long meetings. Think DMV or various lawyery meetings and even then it is only after a while. PBS Kids Games seems pretty decent. The tablet has had everything removed and side loaded the games app so she can't stumble on other stuff.

    Books:

    She is onto chapter books by now, currently her favorite is the Princess In Black series. She takes those with us when we go places and staves off boredom that way because she understands that the tablet isn't an option for quite a while.

    Board Games:

    We have games that we can play as a family or alone. Dominoes are used to make up their own particular games pretty often despite us not really trying to make that happen. The family games are still quite short at this point so we try to play one while preparing dinner.

    33 votes

  14. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    DeaconBlue
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    Not disagreeing with you at all there. I have no real opinion on the matter because it is just a magic string for my pipelines as far as I care. It was just decided as such by The Powers That Be...

    Not disagreeing with you at all there. I have no real opinion on the matter because it is just a magic string for my pipelines as far as I care. It was just decided as such by The Powers That Be and it was easy to change.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    DeaconBlue
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    We had a similar effort on our branch naming schemes, changing "master" to "main" A squick script to update the default branches on the server and then told everyone to run a git command on their...

    We had a similar effort on our branch naming schemes, changing "master" to "main"

    A squick script to update the default branches on the server and then told everyone to run a git command on their locals and we were done in an hour. I spent like 20 hours of time dealing with people complaining about it.

    9 votes

  16. Comment on US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country in ~society

    DeaconBlue
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    If good intentions were relevant, this would not happen exclusively to profitable countries. The only intention is looting.

    That's usually how this ends up despite any good intentions

    If good intentions were relevant, this would not happen exclusively to profitable countries. The only intention is looting.

    12 votes

  17. Comment on US voter opinions about inflation and consumer prices look very bad for Donald Trump in ~society

    DeaconBlue
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    And? Not being dismissive for the sake of being dismissive, but he has already been impeached. It hasn't come up as a problem.

    If opinion of Trump continues to drop, there is even a chance that some republicans will support impeachment.

    And?

    Not being dismissive for the sake of being dismissive, but he has already been impeached. It hasn't come up as a problem.

    14 votes

  18. Comment on US voter opinions about inflation and consumer prices look very bad for Donald Trump in ~society

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    What does "look very bad for Trump" even mean? Why would he care about what people think of him? He isn't up for reelection, and if he somehow is in three years then the public opinion is kind of...

    What does "look very bad for Trump" even mean?

    Why would he care about what people think of him? He isn't up for reelection, and if he somehow is in three years then the public opinion is kind of moot.

    If this is meant to be "Republican Party" instead of "Trump" then I sincerely doubt the rest of the party means much to him.

    30 votes

  19. Comment on Help me enjoy Baldur's Gate 3 in ~games

    DeaconBlue
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    You can change everything except race, background, and appearance at Withers (unless that's changed). I have definitely turned Lae'zel into a monk and changed around a bunch of stats there and I...

    You can change everything except race, background, and appearance at Withers (unless that's changed). I have definitely turned Lae'zel into a monk and changed around a bunch of stats there and I haven't done anything with mods yet.

    10 votes

  20. Comment on Help me enjoy Baldur's Gate 3 in ~games

    DeaconBlue
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    Why not just bug Withers? It costs almost nothing without mods.

    Use EasyCheat's Respec function on your char (or even on your companions) so you can try something different, and get them to play how you want them to.

    Why not just bug Withers? It costs almost nothing without mods.

    6 votes