reeddavid

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by reeddavid 2mo ago
My biggest issue here is delivery date certainty. So often the manufacturer will list "2-5 day delivery" or similar. But no way to tell which side of the country they ship from.
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by reeddavid 3mo ago
Starlink's AI customer service agent confidently gave me incorrect information about shipping time estimates. It would have been better to have no answer at all than to have a broken promise.
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by reeddavid 1y ago
I think this comment references something many people don't realize: Even items that say "Ships from Amazon, Sold by Amazon" could be counterfeit, because the inventory from third party sellers is co-mingled with Amazon'
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by reeddavid 2y ago
In my experience, desperate people cut the cords off of perfectly good appliances to sell the copper as scrap. Copper wire fetches something like ~$1/lb as scrap. It's infuriating when they cut it right at the connection to the ap
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by reeddavid 2y ago
This solves a huge annoyance I've had: swap a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse between multiple laptops, without manually un0paring / re-pairing. I have a personal "hot desk" at home. I want to be able to plug in any laptop
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by reeddavid 3y ago
Yes, you should do this. Will you add your contact info to your profile, or contact me from mine? I've been thinking the exact same thing about toasters. Here was my recent comment in the "Generation Junk" thread a few weeks
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by reeddavid 3y ago
The reviews suggest this $250 toaster isn't any better: "was hoping it lasted longer & would be better quality but was disappointed" "All the coils do no not glow and It toasts unevenly" "one side stops wo
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by reeddavid 4y ago
The recent outrage over RealPage seems misplaced, at least here in Seattle where demand for housing is so much higher than supply. There are so many restrictions on new housing. We're considered a liberal city, but plenty of our reside
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by reeddavid 4y ago
Based on some of the follow-ups you've posted here, it sounds like the crucial factor is the 1200€ authorization and capture from PayPal. With your initial dispute of "order not received", they pointed to the 1200€ credit and
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by reeddavid 5y ago
I've noticed a problem when I try to buy tools (especially automotive tools): The only tools available locally are cheap and crappy. I know they are crappy because half the reviews state that it didn't even work once. But I can&#x
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by reeddavid 5y ago
Looks great, I'll give it a try for my next scraping project. My favorite of all these types of tools was kimonolabs ( http://kimonolabs.com ) before they were acquired and shut down.
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by reeddavid 5y ago
When I found pine nuts for only $16/lb at Trader Joe's, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. I made pesto, and even snacked on the pine nuts while I cooked. Then I had a terrible, 2-week long experience with 'pine mouth'.
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by reeddavid 6y ago
The concept of installation was very simple – just put clips on wires. However even with my entire electrical panel switched off at the main breaker, the supply from the meter is always live. So with the panel cover removed in order to inst
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by reeddavid 6y ago
I started using the Emporia Vue 2 about a month ago. Overall I'd say it's great. I hooked up a few circuits individually and I got crucial insight into unusually high energy usage from a heat pump + air handler + auxiliary heater
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by reeddavid 6y ago
I think your comment describes something very similar to what Solar Foods is doing ( https://solarfoods.fi ). There was a previous discussion with some more details about what they're doing: https://news.ycombinato
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by reeddavid 6y ago
UPS and FedEx don't really have warehouse space for things to sit. The facilities are all designed to unload, sort, and load parcels as efficiently as possible. Oftentimes the lines run in alternating inbound / outbound directions
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by reeddavid 6y ago
I got the particle counter used on eBay for about $100. I know it's totally unnecessary to have that industrial version, but it was cheaper (used) than I could buy their consumer-level AirVisual Pro( https://www.iqair.com&#x2
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by reeddavid 6y ago
For anyone wondering about immediate solutions in your own home, I can say: Indoor air filtration really works. I now use this industrial-level laser particle counter to verify my indoor air quality: https://www.iqair.com/us
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by reeddavid 6y ago
Ugh, deceptive headline. More accurate: Tesla's Model 3 now includes wireless phone charger
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by reeddavid 6y ago
I'm not an app developer, but I am equally frustrated as a user on several of Wil Shipley's key points: 1. Ads for competitors. Sure, show me ads. But don't replace my exact match with an ad that takes up the whole screen. As
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by reeddavid 6y ago
Yes, I investigated the conversion issue and it seems it's due to HEVC / H.265 video being the default in iOS 11, but not supported in older versions of iOS / OS X. I was transferring to a Mac running OS X 10.13 High Sierra.
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by reeddavid 6y ago
Looks like it doesn't work on iOS. What happened to AirDrop? It used to "just work" and now it rarely works. In the last two days I experienced: - Unable to discover devices (a constant AirDrop frustration) - Transferred a v
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by reeddavid 6y ago
Fakes: Are you sure you haven't received a fake item? If you don't have a reference point, you might not be able to tell unless/until something goes wrong with it. Clones: If you shop through referral links (e.g. click throug
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by reeddavid 6y ago
I'm curious why the model doesn't work. I didn't get a chance to use Maven but I loved using ReachNow, Car2Go and LimePod in Seattle before they each shut down. I would think the biggest strength of free floating car sharing
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by reeddavid 7y ago
Yes, it is edge-lit. And since the original power supply still works, I was able to use the existing LEDs. I'm not a huge fan of the spectrum/quality of the light though, so I may replace the existing edge lights with pleasing LED
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by reeddavid 7y ago
Not a company, but sharing a personal project: I got a free broken 55" TV and turned it into a big daylight panel. I got a great explanation of why this works well (fresnel lens) from the DIY Perks channel on YouTube: Turning Smashed T
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by reeddavid 7y ago
I frequently see people click through a Google Ad just because they didn't type in the whole domain name. Example: type "NYtimes" into address bar, click on top-most link (an ad). In these cases, the ads are entirely extracti
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by reeddavid 7y ago
What a mystery. The article mentioned winged drones that could "make round trips of about nine miles". A range like that would make for a fairly narrow search area for a base. Then again this NY Times article ( https://w
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by reeddavid 7y ago
What a total waste. Apparel companies are starting to participate in the secondary market for their used gear, why can't Sonos do something similar? Examples: - Patagonia Worn Wear ( https://wornwear.patagonia.com ) - REI Us
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by reeddavid 7y ago
What a bummer, these car share services were incredibly useful in Seattle. I've been a huge fan throughout the evolution of car sharing here. Car2Go launched in Seattle in 2012. The model was innovative (one-way trips! park almost anyw

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