vomitaur @ vomitaur @slrpnk.net

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i feel like it's important to note that this is against the ebay seller agreement, and though ebay does nothing about it if you report it after the fact, leaving feedback with a statement like "this seller drop shipped the item via amazon" helps other shoppers.

generally, though, it's getting easier to tell: higher volume (we're talking 1k or higher, usually) of feedback with less than ~97% positive feedback, is a good first indication of some kind of reseller/dropshipper.

personally, i started shopping on ebay to avoid amazon, so it's a supreme annoyance to have something drop-shipped or gift-shipped through them. I get why some sellers do it, but that doesn't make it right.

i use jmp.chat and love it but be aware that they have a list of banned words, and any outgoing sms (meaning that you send out, incoming messages aren't blocked) containing the banned words will be blocked.

https://blog.jmp.chat/b/sms-censorship

the children STILL AWAKE running around upstairs

as an ex-IT currently working at Lowes, they don't really give a shit about your qualifications, and probably won't even ask. passing the drug test and background check is about the only qualifications that matter to them.

funded quick because of an absurdly low funding goal coupled with a high entry price point, and somewhat deceptive marketing.

blitzkrieg bop by the ramones

we can leave your friends behind!

it's plenty fast. i have a usb-attached nvme for the stuff i download to watch that I don't intend to keep, and my main collection on a separate NAS. the microsd I run coreelec from is a samsung evo, i think it's an A2 and it's plenty fast. I haven't installed coreelec to the emmc because i'm running nightly so it's a decent fallback when CE breaks which does happen once every few months - and allows me to easily make a backup using dd.

there was an issue with x265 playback being out of sync slightly (which could be remedied by seeking back or forwards one step, i used to just do it at the beginning of playback), which persisted for more than a year, but that was resolved about two weeks back, so aside from the occasional av1 issues, I'd consider the X4Q+ the best CE device i've ever tested. i had also used one of the homatics boxes that CE supports, but gave it to a friend.

One more note, I have this connected through an hdmi switch (that's shared with a steam deck and a ps5) to a usb-powered 4k hdr display. CEC works fine, passthrough audio works fine, color depth displays exactly, it's just a butter smooth experience.

i'm no ugoos evangelist, but the hardware is really solid and fairly cheap and hasn't failed me yet. i've been running this setup for about 2 years (iirc) and probably won't be needing to upgrade for a while.

edit: for clarification on speed and image caching, my library has roughly 1600 movies, 140 shows with about 5200 episodes, and everything is scraped. there's never any image loading issues like there is on slower hardware like the rpi and odroid.

+1 for Ugoos. I use an X4Q Plus, which has av1 support, but other than that I did the same setup: coreelec nightly (I like living on the edge). I have a complicated setup due to my networking paranoia and coreelec handles that without issue. I loaded coreelec onto a micro-sd but haven't used the default android that it came with since day one.

My only real complaint is that SOME av1 files have playback issues, and some play flawlessly. I'm no expert so I haven't any way to figure it out, and I've been too intimidated by the community to try to seek help or report a bug.

That being said, av1 isn't meant to be an archival format and realistically only excels at network streaming, so it's better to look for x265/hevc content rather than av1 if all you're doing is playing locally (or even playing from a NAS on your local network). and, of course, x264 is still pretty much the standard, with the downside being higher filesizes for the same level of quality.

someone the other day posted a link to CT Fletcher talking about willpower and in that video he says something that resonates with me here (and I'm paraphrasing): when you do your best, it's never a failure, it's a victory. because you did your best. that you didn't achieve some (possibly unattainable) goal is irrelevant, because the success is determined by the efforts you made. (and there are MANY ways to interpret those wise words and make them applicable to yourself).

as a single father, i'm constantly struggling with similar thoughts you describe. I often feel like i'm struggling to just survive. but when I see that my kid is happy, and that he's following my advice (like: 'never be afraid to speak your mind' and 'cleaning your room makes your life better', etc) and I realize that yeah I'm absolutely doing the best for him that I can, then the whole rest of this shit sandwich doesn't suck so bad.

there are many measures of wealth, and only ONE of them is by how many dollars are in your pocket. collect those smiles and those 'i love you, dad' and they'll keep you going when money won't.

as a retail worker, i don't ever get any other holidays off, why would my employer (or the insame amount of entitled shoppers) respect some new holiday?

pretty sure the venn diagram of f-droid users and adblocking users is such a huge overlap that this may not pay off too well.

As someone currently using a swamp cooler in a desert climate with daily temps around 40C, that statement is absolutely misleading!

A more accurate statement could be that they cycle 125-550L of water a day, but aside from what's evaporated, it's basically a closed-loop system, with very little water waste or loss.

evaporative coolers are very common in desert climates in the US. they work really great up to about 60% humidity and cost less than 10% to operate compared to 'regular' AC. they use little power (can easily be solar powered), and do not pollute.

i have both an evaporative cooler and an AC unit and have rarely felt the need to use the AC - the evap works exceedingly well for keeping the temps tolerable.

the only real downside is that it's not just push a button and all your problems are solved. you need airflow. usually these things are mounted where the output vents into a central hallway or room, and you direct the flow of cool air by opening windows or doors - the path between the cooler vent and the open "exhaust" to the outside is what stays the coolest. Opening the whole house requires turning the evap cooler's fan to a higher speed, but that's so wasteful and we're not ever using the whole house at once. i also turn it off when there's a thunderstorm (because obviously the humidity spike makes this useless). It also doesn't get used in the winter - it gets a canvas cover and some padding to seal off the air gaps so the house doesn't get too cold and drafty.

it's clear there's a lot of people here who haven't ever used or even seen this type of cooler, but i assure you this is common, and probably the most cost-effective summer cooling.