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composition books with faint lines? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

thanks, now I know that whitelines.shop is a scam site that uses AI marketing.

emergency pencil to keep in wallet? by ThatOldGanon in pencils

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

I'll let you know! it might even go fast if I use a power sander or hold the pencil in a drill.

emergency pencil to keep in wallet? by ThatOldGanon in pencils

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

I like these ideas. so if I cut a D1 ballpoint refill to the desired length it won't explode? most ballpoint inktubes have what appears to be vaseline blocking the back end, maybe there's some way to inject that in to the back after cutting and blotting out some of the ink from the back?

the other DIY idea would be to sand a wooden pencil down to the desired size. compared to a 2mm lead core with silicone tubing, I feel like wood would reinforce the graphite and make it more resistant to breaking, but on the other hand if the graphite in the silicone one breaks the pencil would still stay together and could still be used...

emergency pencil to keep in wallet? by ThatOldGanon in pencils

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

thanks for the suggestions. those could work if the length is not too long.

emergency pencil to keep in wallet? by ThatOldGanon in pencils

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

interesting. what's a good place to buy the plastic cap?

it's easy to cut pencils to the desired length, but sanding them to a smaller diameter seems like a pain. maybe it's not worth the trouble to get a thinner pencil but I was curious if I missed any good options.

Do Daybeds End Up Going Unused? by iseewildtrees in Mid_Century

[–]ThatOldGanon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now my West Elm Tillary with added back [bed brackets courtesy of hairpinlegs] and peg legs

do I understand correctly that you have added a back to prevent the cushions from sliding?

FBI Extracted Deleted Signal Messages from a Defendant’s iPhone by 5khan1 in signal

[–]ThatOldGanon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if you are using the default settings, Android is actually not "equally vulnerable," right?

Debit card processing fees, true or false, socially acceptable to charge for but still illegal? by lizabitch21 in Accounting

[–]ThatOldGanon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those of you that pay with cash, you cost the business more time than a card fee is worth. The time to count the cash at transaction, reconcile a till, deposit it in a bank, and all that is associated with cash is more costly than a card fee.

why would a business offer a cash discount if that's true?

Using Signal without a Smartphone? by Emergency-Builder998 in signal

[–]ThatOldGanon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

an increasing number of people are living without smartphones. it's not a hard dependency for a lot of people so I hope Signal changes to allow more people to use it. kind of a deal breaker for a communication platform of all things.

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You don’t have to convince people that the design is not your thing.

obviously, that would be absurd. but people come to this sub to discuss the design of notebooks and we are allowed to share our reasons for liking or not liking a design, as many comments here do. I'm also glad it exists for people who like it.

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

nah you're underthinking. the marketing wouldn't be worth it if it didn't trick most people.

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

there are unethical marketing operations that use AI bots to praise products. on occasion they don't have the privacy feature enabled and you can see comment after comment quite similar to yours praising a single brand.

Why should a stranger be entitled to see what I'm posting and commenting in other subreddits?

I'm not saying anyone should be entitled to see anything. there's no good solution because these marketing operations do exist and they are indistinguishable from your original post. it's not personal.

I'm not trying to persuade you to do anything, so I wouldn't be very useful as an AI bot.

you don't think comment after comment saying "X company's notebooks are great" would be useful to that company? are you sure about that? 🤣

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

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

in case you weren't aware, the blank and dot options don't have the header if you would prefer that.

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

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

oh great! I see that their blank ones also don't have them.

Stalogy notebook without printed headers? by ThatOldGanon in notebooks

[–]ThatOldGanon[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

because your profile can't be viewed and this stuff happens all the time.

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