GrumpyDuckling

@GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Copyrightability⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t matter what they say due to Chevron. Is whoever has the judge in their pocket that wins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inauguration Day Countdown for President 48⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully it’s a lot less time than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hey neighbor, where's your router?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I somehow formatted one of these to the point that it just locks up whatever system it’s plugged into.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to offer free returns for top rated seller status. It puts you higher up in searches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You wouldn't even need to stop going to work!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in the winter. They can’t do it during the cold months in many states. Everyone stop paying in the beginning of winter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wobble Wobble⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Clean yur ears out sunny

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would not adding a stamp and return address on a letter give you free postage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you buy on eBay they are required to send items with tracking. No tracking means you can just ask for a refund and you’ll receive it automatically since they can’t provide a tracking number. The major carriers also do rate adjustments if the seller tries to underpay for packages by listing the wrong weight. Unfortunately as a seller this also means that you have to watch for erroneous weight adjustments and contest them when they crop up. I think it happens when your package is sitting on top of another package when it goes under the automated photo system.

  I’ve never had an issue with receiving a package from eBay and I buy and sell on there all the time. I had one package I shipped get lost, I had another I sent through eBays international forwarding service (Pitney Bowes) who said they wouldn’t forward it because of the materials in the item. It was not listed as a prohibited item and isn’t prohibited to ship internationally, I got to keep the money and the buyer got a refund.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do many lame or incorrect comments get so much more attention than some witty or funny ones?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Make a technical mistake like saying windmill, people will come correct you with wind turbine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Smells like bitch in here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump is the dancing monkey who will sign whatever they put in front of him. Plenty of people in his sister sphere are itching to kill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨guys... :(⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that this is a real image is infuriating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The rise of a shitty pathetic edgelord.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there anything my girlfriend and I have to consider when traveling to America based on our skin differences?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You have nothing to worry about. There’s a handful of areas across the country with people who are outwardly racist, these places are nowhere anybody would ever have a reason to visit on vacation. It’s not the norm. If you have a weird accent most people will immediately be welcoming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BRB, need more cheese⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a disgusting amount of lobbying and corruption in the agricultural industry. However, food security is an important part of a country. You wouldn’t want to completely rely on other countries for food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is TikTok being blocked in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No app store download and no hosting in the u.s. Even if they weren’t blocking u s. Users the amount of video traffic suddenly hitting their servers outside the country would cripple their infrastructure and seriously hinder other Internet traffic. Since net neutrality doesn’t exist anymore, ISPs can be paid to block it or seriously cripple it.

  Still totally legal to install the app and access the content. However the same content will be reposted to other platforms which will be a great passive revenue stream for someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darn it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darn it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m voting for Jimmy Carter in 28’ and we’ll just pull weekend at Bernie’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should parents be allowed to euthanize their children if they have a diagnosis that just isn't worth dealing with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My cousin had a kid who was basically not a person. In a wheelchair unable to communicate or feed himself, just sitting there Drooling, maybe he was in there or maybe not. I think he made it to ten or twelve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I realistically get out of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the healthcare cost difference? Student loans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trømp⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Bought a PlayStation Vita in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still have my original first Gen PSP from 2006, modded that thing straight out of the box.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need a flicker free LED lightbulb running in the 3000 K range.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s 120v DC into an led light designed for 120v a/c there’s no difference other than no flickering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need a flicker free LED lightbulb running in the 3000 K range.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wound up cannibalizing a bridge rectifier from some old electronics and making an a/c to d/c adapter so I could do close up photography. I labeled it “lights only! 120v d/c” but I’m also the only person with access to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go into debt if you have to⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not out of line for a house these days. You can borrow the down payment from your boomer parents if they take out a heloc on their house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon discovers Japanese jazz⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sell on ebay and while I don’t go that far out if my way I do put a little thank you stamp on the packing slip, make sure everything is packed correctly and I go out of my way to make sure that the item is shipped either same day or next day if they order later in the day. People are always grateful that they get their items so fast. I often ask spare parts for things, but even things like cassette tapes I imagine that they want it for the weekend or it’s for a gift for someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gives a piracy history lesson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People were pirating games over bbs in the 80s. I have a shoebox of 5.25" floppies for the commodore 64 with hand written labels.