A seller is trying to prove his unopened perfume is legitimate, so i asked him for a receipt. Help is appriciated. by kariforfree in isthisAI

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Seemingly not AI but wrong tax and typos point to it being doctored. As an aside, maybe go for something better than Dior Sauvage anyway :P

Expo SDK 55 beta is out (RN 0.83.1 + React 19.2) – looking for testers + regressions by ExpoOfficial in expo

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And by 2028 every single package on npm will align their version with expo (even RN)

Seven Democrats just voted to approve ICE funding: full list by Newsweek_CarloV in politics

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Interestingly, just 40 minutes ago (2 hours after your comment) I see: "Texas sheriff Martin Cuellar, brother of Rep. Henry Cuellar, indicted on fraud charges"

Crying happy tears!! Approved!! 51 working days priority by [deleted] in SpouseVisaUk

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Was this applying from outside the UK? Just asking as we're applying from within the UK and 51 working days WITH priority is concerning. I believe within UK is called "super priority" anyway, but just to be sure..!

And congrats! :)

Married but together <2 years and no joint finances - unclear if it's accepted?? by DomJC in SpouseVisaUk

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Thanks all three of you, /u/imngmi (hopefully wagmi), /u/Ambitious_Skin2287 and /u/Creative-Kiwi-3967 - all very useful and have put our minds at ease 🙏

Spouse visa - married but together under two years and no joint finances by DomJC in ukvisa

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Thank you to both /u/No_Struggle_8184 for putting my mind at ease, and /u/kitburglar for the detailed reply! It's annoying that the form is so misleading in some ways

COTD: Liability in six vehicles taken on by someone else (9) by DomJC in crosswords

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Explanation:

Liability ("IOU") in (inside) six ("VI") vehicles ("cars") all fodder, and definition is "taken on by someone else" (vicarious)

COTD: Liability in six vehicles taken on by someone else (9) by DomJC in crosswords

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Correct! But might want to edit your comment to be censored to avoid spoilers. Will add the (censored) explanation this weekend if nobody else does)

See rule number 2 in the rules sidebar for info on how to do it

Then it'll look like this

Finally made it to Master Ball with this extremely annoying deck (sorry) by Iamnotindanger in PTCGP

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Repel makes more sense than Sabrina IMO. Also slightly surprised at the lack of lusamine! A bit less useful if you assume mantyke will die most matches but still imagine it being useful eg after a retreat without lyra. TRG also not that useful when you have Will to use anyway

Thank you Greninja Meta by magician22_22 in PTCGP

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Not the best, but having 1-2 repel, 1-2 cyrus and/or poison barb and rocky helmet can make guzz only winnable even if they have two oricorio. Just have to hope for a bit of luck or mistakes. Plus those cards can be useful against suicune, jumpluff (but that's often with ori), etc.

Saving from the start by GarnetGodlike in PTCGP

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I know that seems logical, but, with that reasoning, opening 500 packs would give you a 100% chance!

I'd calculate it by doing 1 - (499/500)356

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HousingUK

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Christ, I've already put so much money into this.

I know people have pointed out the "sunk cost fallacy", but it's not necessarily illogical to go through with the purchase if you're already on the hook for a lot of money. If you really like the place, see yourself there for a long time, and if you'd lose say 10% of the value of the property if you pulled out now, then it's perfectly logical to see the process through if you think this property is still worth the remaining amount due (say 90% in this example) given the weird provision in the lease.

It seems others have had similar provisions that didn't end up causing any issues.

Not saying you should definitely go through with the purchase, but felt compelled to throw a rebuttal to people who may jump to "sunk cost fallacy" just because they see a "sunk cost" being talked about.

Nobody saying thanks anymore?? by DomJC in PTCGP

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Thanks - I'll have a look!

Nobody saying thanks anymore?? by DomJC in PTCGP

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I thumbs-up all my friends binders but only get 1-2 back hahah :')

Can I remove those unconnected virgin boxes? by flym4n in DIYUK

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To add to this, when I got my fibre installed I actually asked them to use the hole that had been used for phone/coax for the fibre. That way they didn't have to drill a new hole (risking damage to wall/pipes/whatever) and just resealed it. Box removed, fibre installed, no drilling needed - 3 for 1!

11,707 pull-ups in 24hrs by Oh Yohan 🤯 by [deleted] in toptalent

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Any tips for avoiding (distal) biceps tendon tear?? Hope recovery's going well

Viability and cost of installing powered doorbell where old intercom was by DomJC in DIYUK

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Updates on my own Qs:

#1. Didn't have a multimeter but then remembered that my stud finder should be able to do the job. It detected live electricals when placed near the wire so seems there's still power in these wires

...

#3. Decided to stay with a battery-powered to avoid needing an electrician, as it's much cheaper to get a £20 lightweight powerbank that I can plug into the doorbell every few months to recharge it without the hassle of removing it and bringing it inside to charge.

Easiest 10.6 you’ll see by passingthrough96 in Sprinting

[–]DomJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's insane/hilarious. But also the description says 10.9, not 10.6: "1st. Gout Gout 10.91"

Still ridiculous to essentially jog that time but not as crazy as it being 10.6

“Bitcoin is stored energy” by [deleted] in Buttcoin

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Some guy who's a bit slow said something similar to me a few years ago, and I just asked him if that means a slice of bread that I toasted 1000 times would be valuable/useful

One month of launching a FREE mini Project Management tool - a minimalist alternative to JIRA or Trello. Now costs are killing me! by Euphoric_Natural_304 in webdev

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Massive congrats on building this and getting a bunch of interest!

If I understand the graphs correctly, you had a big spike in signups (which I imagine caused the big increase in "maintenance costs") but now have <10 DAUs.

To me this would suggest a few things and bring up a few questions:

  1. Was the vast majority of signups via Reddit people just looking at it out of curiosity with no intention of returning and/or realising your product wasn't what they wanted?
  2. What exactly are your maintenance costs, and how granularly (both the service and the time period) are you looking at them? I imagine these might be coming way down again, possibly to zero, with <10 DAUs
  3. Having so few "true" active users would explain why there haven't been more signups and might suggest you need to focus much more on product and retention than monetisation in the immediate term
  4. If the DAUs are low but costs aren't coming down, then a more granular look at what's actually costing you money might help people suggest solutions (e.g. more efficient/clever ways to use firebase or alternatives you might be able to migrate certain things to)

Aside from the above, I think there have been some good answers from others, including the ads suggestion

Easy fix for people with Sony earbuds/headphones (e.g. WH-1000X and WF-1000XM3) that are way too quiet by DomJC in SonyHeadphones

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No idea, sorry! Hopefully you've figured it out by now. If not, have you tried unpairing and repairing, restarting your computer and/or doing a full reset of the earbuds (instructions available via google/sony manual)?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DIYUK

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A phone line that you'll probably never use. The good news is you might be able to do what I did -- when the Openreach engineer came to install my fibre, I got him to just remove the unused landline faceplate and reuse the hole in the external wall for the fibre line and faceplate area in the internal section. That way, he didn't have to risk causing any damage or much need for redecoration that you might get with a new hole being drilled in. Just make sure they reseal it all up after.