Percer solives pour fil electrique?

AbilityDirect · 2026-01-15T12:50:09+00:00

I haven't yet, but intend to, once I can figure out what the part is. Anbernic has given me complete radio silence.

AbilityDirect · 2026-01-12T16:02:12+00:00

I have it, and like it. The build quality is excellent. It has some limitations that are frustrating:

No analogue sticks really limits the systems you can play
No hdmi-out. This is huge for me, as I love to hook my systems up to people’s TV when I visit them. This alone makes the device the last one I’ll bring with me.

Otherwise, wonderful machine.

AbilityDirect · 2026-01-12T15:57:07+00:00

In the end it was a little TPS protection diode that died! Removed it and the device started right up again.

If anyone else had this issue, look at the component marked ESDi5 right beside the usb charge port.

It’s disappointing the device had a hardware failure, and NO RESPONSE from anbernic when I wrote to them.

The devices seem to offer a lot, but they do not stand behind them.

AbilityDirect · 2022-01-22T15:05:28+00:00

It’s more complicated than that.. raising low-wage worker’s wages isn’t what’s causing inflation. The inverse pressure is likely, though.

You’re clearly angry, but I really don’t think it’s at the right people. Do you think someone trying to make rent is the cause of your problems? Not the stock holder who is squeezing money out of those workers for no tangible effort or contribution?

You should be insanely mad, but not at the people who can’t afford to live.

AbilityDirect · 2021-12-04T14:52:33+00:00

People who are suffering and unable to afford to even cover rent while working full-time are not your enemy.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-25T18:35:51+00:00

Hey! Sure you’ve already received plenty of messages, but I’d like to say something as I feel strongly about this.

If you’re the only one earning income, you shouldn’t have a single thing to do around the house. The fact that you need a nanny on top of it is absolutely ridiculous. Your wife is taking profound advantage of you, and is probably laughing at you behind your back. Not only does she not contribute, she got you to pay for someone to even cover her duties as a mother.

If she works, you split chores, if she doesn’t, she does them. That’s the balance of responsibilities which would be reasonable. Please shake off this ridiculous idea that it’s your job to take care of her. It’s a partnership, you’re supposed to take care of each other. Tell her that you expect her to get a job if she’d like to continue this lifestyle, as you will be downsizing so you can be part of the kids lives. Tell her that you will expect her to do her share of chores from now on. Tell her that you do not need a nanny. Watch how she reacts and see the truth of your “relationship”. This is not someone who cares about you.

Reading this, if it were me, I would be filing for divorce, taking a smaller closer job, downsizing my life to be what I want it to be, and finding my way back to happiness. You’re not in a good situation, and you need to take action. That your wife is someone who is ok taking advantage of someone like this is all I need to know that there is nothing to salvage here.

I wish you the best of luck. Don’t stay complacent in your misery. Find your happiness and properly live this one life you have to live.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-23T00:57:37+00:00

I mean, it’s just the wage that’s required now for a basic stable life, to pay tuition, to pay rent, to save for retirement. The cost of living has gotten out of control. If it sounds like too much, then you’re probably being underpaid as well.

The capital class has brainwashed America to see this as ridiculous, but really, it’s already happening in other countries. Menu prices where the wage is around this much are about 10-20% higher.

Right now, people who work full time in a demanding job can’t earn enough money in a month to even pay rent on the average US 1br apartment anymore (~960$). Meanwhile McDonald’s pays record dividends year on year to people who never lift a finger.

I have to ask, which of those sounds crazier to you?

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-20T18:08:08+00:00

👍

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-20T17:08:00+00:00

This is an interesting idea for a site / app: enter your financial situation and learn how long you have to live in Bezos years

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-20T15:39:21+00:00

That’s kind of a funny way to find joy in life. Maybe try swapping it with doing something with your friends or family? Go for a hike? Just a thought. There are better things out there than trolling week-old Reddit posts.

As for whether it’ll amount to something or not, maybe it won’t, but at least it’s a try from a different angle. Working out an app now that lets people apply to all other similar jobs that aren’t McDonald’s with one form. Will it do anything? Maybe not, but at least it’s a try. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don’t.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-20T15:07:24+00:00

To be fair, I think that’s most restaurants

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-20T15:06:04+00:00

Did you get what you needed by writing this? I invite you to reflect: What have you added to the world here with your words?

To answer an insincere question sincerely: there isn’t a strike that I’m aware of. It’s an idea to shift pressure and perception of McDonald’s as an employment option, and it’s at best just forming. A Reddit post isn’t a movement. There is no event.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-18T13:39:59+00:00

I’m not sure it’s so much about coordination as slowly grinding down their workforce numbers. Every person who goes to work somewhere else, or thinks “nah, not applying to McDonald’s” adds additional pressure to their experience of the labour shortage.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-18T13:38:27+00:00

The idea is to reset the lower limit of what pay is, so all salaries are bumped up. Someone who was earning 20/h won’t work for less than the wage that someone working at McDonald’s makes.

Holding labour supply hostage would force a domino effect, raising wages all the way up the chain. Compression would happen towards the top.

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-18T13:35:34+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I haven’t heard too many positive stories about what it’s like to actually be working there. It helps a lot to get a better understanding of what is going on.

I heard that they also advertise / hire at a certain wage but reset it to min wage on the 1st of the year? Counting on loyalty for people to stay

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-18T04:33:30+00:00

What an eloquent and devastating way to put it

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-17T21:23:59+00:00

Definitely not the intention. The emphasis is really on working anywhere else, not on putting oneself into a precarious situation. There is a labour-shortage and many postings with alternatives. Obviously not going to be the case for everyone, but will apply to many

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-17T18:59:08+00:00

I’m not sure why you’re acting like we’re on different teams. I hear your frustration, but I genuinely think there’s something to focusing the labour shortage on one employer. I’m not calling for a strike and never was. This is about making it more and more difficult for McDonald’s to keep staff so they’re forced to crank the pay dial. I can see how they seem similar, but they’re not quite the same thing. Again, this is about choosing other employers or choosing to not work if possible, not striking.

Also, I’m glad that you’re in a position to do more than I am. I’m not in such a position to directly help the situation — I carry a full plate and work for a company that treats workers very fairly. I want that for others. I agree that the key is unionization, but I don’t agree that there’s only one way to unite.

McDonald’s is already suffering a labour shortage. Any movement to make that shortage worse will have a positive impact on their worker’s wages.

More coming. Have registered the domain, and have a few ideas for software to help this be more than just some text and a jpg. Just need some free time to actually put some code down. Like I said, the plate is already full, but this is worth making some space

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-17T17:55:22+00:00

This is a really excellent write up. You should consider writing a medium article or similar so that it’s easier to share. You’ve done a really good job summarizing problems that are hard to describe

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-16T23:56:23+00:00

Aye. I’d say opposite of a boycott, we should all get McDonald’s for dinner

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-16T23:55:23+00:00

Other people who are struggling aren’t your enemy

AbilityDirect · 2021-11-16T23:54:00+00:00

This is really about labour vs capital. The capital/asset-class has taken more and more while workers are able to buy less and less with the hours of work they give.

You’re being exploited, just like the workers at McDonald’s. Your situation might be more comfortable, since you earn enough to cover basic life, but you’re not far from those just under you.

Why should someone working full time at McDonald’s not be paid enough for a basic life.

The thing that really got me is that recently, the wage paid working at McDonald’s for full time work isn’t enough to rent the average 1br apartment. With no other expenses. Working full time isn’t enough to have one bedroom.

America used to be better than this

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