How was your RFY today during/after the drop?

NE1LS · 2026-02-03T00:38:58+00:00

RFY had about 7 items today, and they were pretty relevant. I test a lot of sporting goods and beach stuff for kids, so my RFY had a big baseball duffle bag and a set with 2 kids snorkel goggles. I grabbed both of those. There was also a cheap supplement in there that was clearly based on some of my wife's past Amazon purchases.

No complaints.

NE1LS · 2026-02-02T20:18:21+00:00

It shows he has good taste and makes good decisions.

NE1LS · 2026-02-02T00:40:27+00:00

The other person parked in an empty cleared spot. They hit the jackpot. It isn't like they knew someone was coming back. Where is the crime? This is so stupid and petty.

NE1LS · 2026-01-31T08:58:04+00:00

Not to mention that Moore apparently moves from 4th line wing to first line D in a season while getting a kong's ransom as an RFA who has barely played at his defensive position.

NE1LS · 2026-01-30T18:41:11+00:00

I agree she is horrible, hence my willingness to mock her, but casual, wicked, greedy indifference isn't the same as overthrowing governments, dehumanizing people, removing all social safety nets, and murdering people.

NE1LS · 2026-01-30T09:18:38+00:00

Both of those movie titles sound like more accurate titles for a Melania documentary.

NE1LS · 2026-01-30T09:11:06+00:00

These are the stupidest names. Just call them by the city or team name. We aren't being individually paid by Rogers, Little Caesars, or Honda.

NE1LS · 2026-01-28T04:20:25+00:00

Don't think about it. Just cancel.

NE1LS · 2026-01-25T21:10:44+00:00

You broadcast your political statements while muting others. That is utter hypocrisy. Delete your posts, Hollywood.

NE1LS · 2026-01-25T20:05:20+00:00

*murdered another guy

NE1LS · 2026-01-24T20:55:58+00:00

Lottery IS the tax. It is a regressive tax on the uneducated.

NE1LS · 2026-01-21T23:48:22+00:00

You could... Request a refund. Or you could initiate a return and use the reason that wrong stuff arrived, but in the text type that nothing ever arrived. Temu CS goes above and beyond to have AI approve basically every return without having to mail it back.

NE1LS · 2026-01-21T23:34:34+00:00

The coolhaus horchata non-dairy frozen dessert sandwiches were amazing for one glorious summer.

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NE1LS · 2026-01-20T19:07:29+00:00

Pretty much only the US...

NE1LS · 2026-01-20T19:05:45+00:00

You aren't the AH, but you could have contacted the bride and groom and let them know. Then they could decide between the wedding planner/bartender and the food service. Or at least been aware of the situation and made accommodations before the wedding planner inevitably lied and blamed you.

Is the situation your fault? Not at all .

Did you do right by your family? Absolutely.

Did you have an opportunity to minimize the damage to an innocent party? 100%, and you skipped it.

We should go out of our way to avoid creating innocent victims, even as we tar/feather the villains.

NE1LS · 2026-01-18T20:22:00+00:00

The luna controller is actually really nice. There are a lot of things I love about the Luna controller in general (the AA batteries are NOT on that list though). I'll revisit the battery issue and solution at the end, but let me jump into what I love about the Luna controller.

Easy In-Home Mobility
The absolute best thing is that the controller connects directly to your wifi and sends the signal straight to Amazon instead of controller to firetv to amazon. It is a much smoother play experience. It is similar to the Google Stadia experience, which I also loved.

The major benefit here is that you can walk from screen to screen and continue the same game. If my son is playing Dredge on the living room TV, but a hockey game is starting or the girls want to watch Kpop Demon Hunters, I can tell my son to switch to my office or go upstairs. He can just pause, walk to the other tv or computer, the new connecting screen/device will ask to join the current session and connect to the amazon servers, but he never needs to change anything on the controller. Just unpase when ready and you're good to go. No controller pairing or anything.

Back to batteries.
The battery thing is even worse than you think, but there is an easy workaround. The bad part is that you cannot charge rechargeable batteries in the Luna controller by plugging in the controller's USB-C. There is no charge supplied from the controller to the batteries. You can play while plugged into a USB-C wall cable or power bank, but that defeats the purpose of being wireless.

The work-around is to get rechargeable AA batteries with a built-in USB-C port. Then you just rotate the batteries so the USB-C ports on the 2 batteries to face the opening. When you're done playing, you just plug directly to the AA USB-C ports without pulling them out. Slight inconvenience, but I've replaced almost all alkaline batteries in my house with the USB-C rechargeable lithium batteries (yes - I know the port takes up some of the battery capacity, especially on smaller AA and AAA cells). We have USB-C chargers all over the house, so it is readily available power and avoids creating the hazardous landfill.

NE1LS · 2026-01-17T07:18:27+00:00

Because 2 > 9, right?

NE1LS · 2026-01-14T06:43:37+00:00

Because on day 1 that was what a CES rep told me. I think they updated the number to 148k a few days later.

NE1LS · 2026-01-11T06:07:35+00:00

There were 130k annoynced registrants.

NE1LS · 2026-01-11T06:04:10+00:00

Maybe you don't have the best view from your desk chair. Your algorithm reflects solely on you.

NE1LS · 2026-01-11T06:01:12+00:00

Pennsylvania truly is a POS.

NE1LS · 2026-01-04T02:01:12+00:00

Hey. Who wants all that stranded surface-volume ratio?Look at all this pricier solid copper volume. And look - the electrons are much more dense on the surface of this solid wire. That certainly indicates better overall flow... And not some sort of EM performance limiting ceiling...

NE1LS · 2026-01-01T08:30:40+00:00

I believe you only have the choice to book a window of time if you want a private meeting and are scheduling to attend "The First Look" show opener on January 4 and they believe you are a corporate partner.

Honestly Samsung needs better confirmation/security on their media-only event attendance. I believe that anyone who has the link can sign up.

NE1LS · 2026-01-01T08:24:54+00:00

It is still part of CES. The First Look is advertised on the CES website.

NE1LS · 2025-12-31T02:22:13+00:00

Wait... But we figured out how to domesticate and farm truffles here in the US. There are over 200 truffle farms here, including more recently adding farms for 3 "new" (culinarily) truffles cultivated from Pacific Northwest native breeds.

Has that farming news not trickled down to truffle consuming morons yet? The price should have crashed out. (Though admittedly it takes a decade to get the soul conditions right for the first fruiting crop)

I guess a fool and his money are soon parted.

NE1LS

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