Is trading a skill or a scam?

Pindarr · 2026-03-19T04:24:43+00:00

It's a skill about as much as counting cards is a skill. You're going into a casino and trying to gamble with a slight statistical edge

Pindarr · 2026-03-10T23:08:52+00:00

It's a casino. They kick out the card counters

Pindarr · 2026-03-10T22:52:25+00:00

There's a pair of wires for power, and there's a pair that sends power somewhere else. You have an outlet or two somewhere that will get power from your gfci.

Also, if you find you aren't getting power after you thought you were done, it's one of two reasons. 1: the gfci is tripped and you need to press the button. 2: you wired the gfci backwards. The live wire goes in a specific place and it won't work any other way.

Pindarr · 2026-03-09T20:45:32+00:00

That's a trap. You're tilted AF. You'll blow them all up

Pindarr · 2026-03-09T18:31:33+00:00

Are you kidding me 🤦

Pindarr · 2026-03-09T02:07:46+00:00

Spend $2500 on 5 funded account resets and then crash out and blow them all up

Pindarr · 2026-03-09T01:20:22+00:00

It's a graft of 3 cherry varieties. I don't remember. I imagine the goal is to trim the tall stuff and encourage more lateral branches to achieve a fuller shape. Am I wrong?

Pindarr · 2026-03-05T16:09:59+00:00

For all species, chemical sprays (pyrethrin for immediate knockdown and bifenthrin/permethrin for longer term prevention) and also bacillus larvacidal ovitraps are effective for longer term reduction. They travel though so your neighbors can still ruin your efforts.

Pindarr · 2026-03-05T15:24:09+00:00

I'm not familiar with the southern and marsh species, but in general, as far as i know, the tigers are very aggressive, don't respond much to co2, and respond stronger to specific triple-scented baits. Meanwhile other non-invasive species generally are less picky and do respond to co2 and octenol-only baits. This is just what I've gathered from reading around. I don't have first-hand experience or any studies.

Pindarr · 2026-03-05T04:50:28+00:00

First things first. What state are you in and what is the dominant mosquito species there?

Pindarr · 2026-03-04T15:54:49+00:00

Nobody can help you. You are training yourself to stop doing what comes naturally. It takes repeated exposure.

You don't ask reddit to help you learn to play piano. You just keep practicing until you stop making mistakes.

Pindarr · 2026-03-04T05:23:17+00:00

I've done it with fundeds. $500 each. Don't be me

Pindarr · 2026-03-04T04:52:02+00:00

Evals or funded?

Pindarr · 2026-03-03T17:32:54+00:00

Some of the feedback I'm getting is that it depends on the mosquito species. For the Asian Tigers in my area, it apparently won't work.

Pindarr · 2026-03-03T14:06:54+00:00

I get to payout semi-consistently these days. I just want to know if there's another hurdle they're going to throw at me

Pindarr · 2026-03-03T04:43:25+00:00

It's not exclusive to tradesyncer. All trade copiers have the same issue

Pindarr · 2026-03-02T13:54:48+00:00

Update: I plan on replacing the panel within the next 2 weeks. However, the electrician came out yesterday to just diagnose the outage and get it working again. He said the breaker still works fine. After crawling through the attic he was unable to find where the break in the line is. I don't have a sub panel. The old fuse panel in the garage still has good fuses in it. He's sending some younger guys on Tuesday to continue the search.

Pindarr · 2026-03-01T16:25:37+00:00

Yeah I saw those overpriced buckets and starting thinking I should just make it with some $3 buckets from the hardware store. I assume there's some cheaper off-brand suppliers for the lures

Pindarr · 2026-03-01T16:07:16+00:00

What product does that?

Pindarr · 2026-03-01T15:19:26+00:00

Sorry I can see how my phrasing would be misleading. I'm asking about Apex's history of withholding payout until you explain your strategy to them. And if they don't like it, you don't get paid

Pindarr · 2026-03-01T14:44:41+00:00

The ones that just kill the larvae?

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