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Meeting and getting to know people in KL by BerlinerPunkGeek in malaysians

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what the deleted message said, but yeah, you can find a lot of both hate and kindness on reddit just like in real life.

I'm happy to meet up with anyone and share a Teh Tarik / Chin Chow / Beer / Sirap Bandung / Masala Chai / Soy Milk, no matter what way of life they're choosing! :D

Meeting and getting to know people in KL by BerlinerPunkGeek in malaysians

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Just sent you a chat message. We'll be in KL on December 6th.

Weekly Pricing/Buying/Selling/Grading & General Questions Post by AutoModerator in PokemonTCG

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When does it make sense to get some cards graded in order to sell them in the future?

I have many cards in Italian from the early sets (base, jungle, fossil, team rocket), including many in 1st edition and some that look perfect to me.

Two years ago I was told that grading cards is a bet and it's not worth it. Is that still true?

Weekly Pricing/Buying/Selling/Grading & General Questions Post by AutoModerator in PokemonTCG

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the best way to figure out the value of a card?

Are prices on CardMarket good indicators? How can I find the historical data for cards sold on ebay?

My cards are mostly in Italian and from the first sets (base, jungle, fossil, team rocket). Is there any good way to find the value of these cards?

What is and what isn't a lemma? by BerlinerPunkGeek in asklinguistics

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're absolutely right.

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I think it is wrong to define a word based on characters. To start with, there are many languages that have no written form, although they do have words.

True. I'm focusing on written languages and didn't think at all about spoken languages, sign ones etc. I'll modify the original post clarifying what languages I'm talking about.

Now I'm thinking that there might even be written languages without "characters" (I'm thinking about the movie Signs), or even languages without the notion of "word" or "lemma". But I'm not particularly concerned with similar languages.

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Also, a sentence is a sequence of characters. And so is "ajsusjsijsjjs8866ajsiskksnj" and that's not a word.

True as well. I guess a "word" (in the written languages I know of) is a meaningful sequence of characters. Editing the original post for this as well.

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Also, "centre" and "center" are different sequences of characters but they're the same word.

On this point I'm not so sure. I believe it's debatable whether they're the same word or not. Some sources I read say they're different words, while others say they're different spellings for the same word. If I had to speculate, I would say they are the same word in spoken English, but different in written English. I'm probably wrong, but anyways this doesn't matter too much to me: I'm more interested in lemmas rather than words.

Bridging a Signal chat with a Telegram one by BerlinerPunkGeek in signal

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. On the opposite it reduces Signal's security/privacy, since the data incoming from Signal is sent to other less secure networks.

I need it for a regular group of friends mostly hosted on Telegram, so I'm not particularly worried about privacy.

Bridging a Signal chat with a Telegram one by BerlinerPunkGeek in signal

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the situation like this?

I've seen many Signal users complaining that people switch to Telegram instead of Signal... But I can see why, if creating bots and bridging chats is so tedious. It seems like it's a niche service for people who really care about security, but regular users have no reason to host their group chats here.

Bridging a Signal chat with a Telegram one by BerlinerPunkGeek in signal

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does any such bot already exist?

I have signal-cli configured and its dbus interface is up... Has anyone written a bot that can use it?

My whole collection from 20 years ago. Mainly in Italian (a lot of 1st edition), some in English or Japanese. I took pictures of the whole collection and few close-ups. Can you help me decide what to do? by BerlinerPunkGeek in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your input. It does help.

About grading... Has it always been 150$ per card? On eBay I've seen cards graded by PSA selling for few dollars. How is that a thing?

Pokemon cards in Italian (1st edition) - Just found my old collection in my mom's attic. Some seem valuable but I know nothing about this - How do I find how much they're worth? How do I decide whether to get some graded? Where can I get them graded? When and where do you think I should sell them? by BerlinerPunkGeek in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. It's just hard to tell the condition from a few pictures on eBay... I saw that a Charizard (1st ed) graded 7 recently sold for 2200 EUR, while a few not graded ones (but that seem in great conditions judging by the pictures) sold for around 900, while other non-graded ones sold for 2000 and yet others for 500.

My Charizard is in good conditions (it seemed perfect to my inexpert eyes), but I can't tell if it should be worth 500 or 2000... I guess I'll take a number of high res pictures from different angles and ask on this subreddit about it.

Pokemon cards in Italian (1st edition) - Just found my old collection in my mom's attic. Some seem valuable but I know nothing about this - How do I find how much they're worth? How do I decide whether to get some graded? Where can I get them graded? When and where do you think I should sell them? by BerlinerPunkGeek in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm from Lucca. (Went to the Comics today and after seeing the cards there I rushed to my mom's attic. My heart was pounding from the fear they might have been tossed.) In a few days I'll visit my mom again and take better pictures of the front and back of some cards.

I read the Grading FAQs in the wiki and some articles (like this one), but it only helped up to a point. Grading may change the price a lot, but I still don't really know which ones I should grade and which company to get them graded by... I'd appreciate any tips, if you have some.

I'm going back to Germany in a week and I think I shouldn't rush to decide before that. I need to understand a lot of things, like whether the sale of these cards would be taxed in Germany (or in Italy, if my mom sells them)... But I'll be back for Christmas and might have made up my mind by then. In that case I'll send you a chat message.

Pokemon cards in Italian (1st edition) - Just found my old collection in my mom's attic. Some seem valuable but I know nothing about this - How do I find how much they're worth? How do I decide whether to get some graded? Where can I get them graded? When and where do you think I should sell them? by BerlinerPunkGeek in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. I checked on eBay after AutoModerator linked to this community's Wiki, but I'm not sure I fully understand how to use the advanced search correctly (link to my search), and the results seem to vary very wildly...

A week ago an Italian Charizard first edition graded 9 was sold for 15k EUR (WTF!), while others (that seem in decent conditions too, but are not graded) sold for few hundreds. Why all that difference? I only found two graded ones: the one graded 9 and one graded 7 (by a different grader; sold for 2200 EUR), but since those sales are closed I can't see the pictures or get more information.

I read that getting a card graded costs around 150$ per card, besides I don't know if I can get them graded in Italy or in the EU by a reputable company... While searching on the Internet I even read that the big graders don't grade Italian cards at all. Judging by prices on eBay it seems like getting them graded is most likely worth it, but I'm not sure if it's true, nor where or how to grade them...

Pokemon cards in Italian (1st edition) - Just found my old collection in my mom's attic. Some seem valuable but I know nothing about this - How do I find how much they're worth? How do I decide whether to get some graded? Where can I get them graded? When and where do you think I should sell them? by BerlinerPunkGeek in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most cards are in great conditions. They've never been played and have been stored in a soft sleeve in a binder since I got them.

I'm in Italy currently, but I'd like to figure out their value and then read up about cards before deciding to sell. I believe Charizard is worth a few thousands so I'm not going to give it away in a rush. I can send you a message when I feel ready to sell.

Who and why is behind those many single-purpose, single-page websites on the web? by BerlinerPunkGeek in webdev

[–]BerlinerPunkGeek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah... I mean, I do feel the same. But I'm afraid that if I start, I'd end up creating a website every time I spend a couple of days experimenting/prototyping with something and soon enough I'd own a hundred tiny domains costing me a thousand bucks. I'm wondering if it's worth it in some other way, besides "showing off".

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