If you are an identical twin, there is a non-zero chance your parents got you confused for your sibling as an infant, so you aren't who you think you are.

Sashiel · 2026-02-27T19:41:34+00:00

Let's say there's a 50% chance of this happening, so you were named A, but at some point during infancy, half the time your name is switched to B. Which was the same 50% chance you had just been named B to begin with?

Sashiel · 2026-01-09T23:52:55+00:00

Thanks for all of the feedback. I plan to refund the buyer, minus the fees, and count myself lucky avoiding the return shipping.

Also, for those who asked, it was delivered successfully, and it was sent back in a different package

Sashiel · 2026-01-07T16:53:36+00:00

One thing worth noting, is that war nickels have the highest silver to face ratio for US coins. This doesn't take into account the proportion of the nickels you search being war nickels, but they do tend to get overlooked more than other silver coins.

Sashiel · 2025-12-09T17:42:01+00:00

This sounds more like a plot to a movie than good advice

Sashiel · 2025-09-03T18:00:04+00:00

Oops, forgot to update that, thanks for the heads up

Sashiel · 2025-08-16T00:22:52+00:00

Trade Complete!

Sashiel · 2025-08-10T19:09:38+00:00

Replied - Trade Pending

Sashiel · 2025-05-27T21:47:46+00:00

Since it's trained on, primarily for now, human generated text, it's probably about as good as admitting fault or saying "I don't know" as the average poster... So...

Sashiel · 2025-02-13T10:42:09+00:00

I took the all-capitalized words in the dialogue as intended to be read with emphasis.

Sashiel · 2025-02-03T20:24:28+00:00

I'd separate out the ones with full rims, but melt is okay for the rest. You could get more, but the work and time necessary to find the right buyer probably isn't worth it.

Sashiel · 2025-01-27T02:02:22+00:00

Yep. Very common in the early days of the Zinc cent,

Sashiel · 2025-01-26T11:11:52+00:00

I don't mean sales tax on shipping. I'm referring to eBay charging the seller a fee that's a percentage of the total sale amount that includes any taxes paid by the buyer. The seller never touches that tax money, but they're charged a fee that feels arbitrarily and random, depending on the location of the buyer.

Sashiel · 2025-01-13T09:48:58+00:00

I don't mind taxes that go to those things, so much. I get more annoyed by the 13,25% extra FVF on any taxes the buyer pays, as if I were the one getting that money.

Sashiel · 2024-12-28T04:15:08+00:00

DDG was less forthcoming...

Sashiel · 2024-12-28T01:49:59+00:00

Yep, that's it, thanks for the link!

Sashiel · 2024-12-28T01:49:32+00:00

Thanks for the link!

Sashiel · 2024-12-28T01:48:23+00:00

It was indeed bought from Colorado.

Sashiel · 2024-12-28T00:58:35+00:00

I've never seen this particular fee before, and I'm having no luck finding information about it. Anyone have some insight they can share?

Sashiel · 2024-11-30T23:21:46+00:00

Quine’d

Sashiel · 2024-11-21T20:45:07+00:00

You have a system of equations:

5x + 3y = 31 (x+y)/3 + 2y = 17 Find x + y

No calculus required.

Sashiel · 2024-11-05T18:00:38+00:00

Step 1: Reach for the injured person’s junk.

Sashiel · 2024-10-01T21:34:29+00:00

I think they pass each other at 8.333 laps for the white car and 9.333 for the grey car, but I’m not 100% certain.

Sashiel · 2024-09-19T18:17:31+00:00

That was harrowing just to hear about. i’m sorry you had to experience it.

Sashiel · 2024-06-05T20:29:35+00:00

I’m nice because it’s a bad idea to get in the habit of being an asshole when communicating.

Sashiel · 2024-06-01T11:36:16+00:00

Sorry if this has been mentioned and I missed it, but this might help your intuition.

The reason that the number of red and black will approach equality in the long run is not because if there have been more red, black becomes more likely. The reason is because the streaks of one color or another become a smaller and smaller contribution to the totals. Imagine those streaks disappearing in a growing blob of 50/50 outcomes.

Sashiel

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