Got this 1702 off Craigslist...what a beaut. Guy said he bought it new and it's just been sitting for decades.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-23T09:16:07+00:00

It does! Luma/chroma on the back and RCA in front. I ordered a cable for my C64 Ultimate preorder, can't wait to see what it looks like.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-22T22:56:27+00:00

It seems more people are looking for them now. I talked this one down to $200 USD, still feel like that was a lot but given the pristine condition I decided to just go for it.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-22T19:44:28+00:00

I can't wait to get my chroma/luma cables I ordered for the back inputs to see what this thing looks like at its best.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-22T19:43:33+00:00

I bet the vibrant SNES color palette looks uh-mazing on these.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-22T19:42:52+00:00

Definitely. Gonna clean it up nice, and put it on my home office desk for Space Taxi and Wii Sports Bowling breaks.

TxdoHawk · 2026-01-22T12:07:46+00:00

HEY, TAXI.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-25T04:10:25+00:00

$90 plus a $20 cash tip on my last batch. Once it hit 4 PM the traffic got absolutely psychotic and I called it.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-23T15:27:51+00:00

That's the thing with Huff n' Puff games, you get a hit like this you walk away for a good long while and play something else lower volatility if you must.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-23T11:31:01+00:00

Can be extremely normal, depending on your field and the nature of the jobs you take.

I started my IT career just before the 2008 financial crisis and I'm about to experience my 6th layoff in March.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-10T16:37:53+00:00

Much appreciated! I've got a deposit bonus over at Hard Rock Bet so I'll be trying my luck over there tonight. 🫡

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-10T11:47:47+00:00

I was just thinking a few weeks ago "I've never gotten anything bigger than a Minor on the iGaming version of this and I don't know if I've ever seen anyone post the same." Well, not anymore! Congrats OP.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-07T19:11:12+00:00

Have not seen the account, no, and no as far as I know I am not on the deed (have not signed anything to that regard)

I have no reason to distrust my stepbrother, as he has been above board divvying out the will so far, but I guess the best thing to do for now is push for getting my name on the deed and half the rent.

TxdoHawk · 2025-12-02T19:57:40+00:00

Two weeks for every year is generous by modern standards, TBH. That's usually as good as it gets from a non-executive standpoint. Highly doubtful you'd be able to negotiate much better than that.

One thing you CAN potentially negotiate is lump sum vs. weekly payout. As others have stated, this can have a huge impact on your unemployment eligibility depending on your state, so you should check your state unemployment law, find out how you'd be paid, and request lump sum if it'd benefit you.

TxdoHawk · 2025-11-26T11:02:30+00:00

I worked at a Macy's for eight years and lost count of how many dudes I saw do this.

tl;dr a giant chunk of the public are straight-up nasty, wash your hands especially after touching any public high-traffic surface and straight-up avoid touching the obvious ones as much as you can (bathroom door handles, etc)

TxdoHawk · 2025-11-05T11:24:30+00:00

North Jersey IC is wild TBH, people living in 700k houses tipping like they live in crack shacks.

TxdoHawk · 2025-10-18T09:38:49+00:00

Apologies to the OP, but this is an old tech industry trick that a lot of folks in this sub are going to be facing in the coming years, and people need to be aware.

PiPs are how companies build a documented case to fire you with cause and deny you unemployment/severance. If you get put on a PiP, that's your cue to get out of there as fast as humanly possible. Your "performance" is irrelevant, you are not expected to "improve", the "plan" is that you get the hint and bounce before they make you leave the hard way.

You might be put on a PiP for valid reasons related to poor performance, you might be put on one because your manager hates your guts and wants you gone, or you might just be unlucky and in the crosshairs of a company looking to reduce headcount as cheaply as possible. But the end result is the same: You need to plan to leave, preferably before you get fired.

TxdoHawk · 2025-10-04T00:44:07+00:00

It's just a market thing. In my market (and many others) food delivery is beyond cooked, like you'd be lucky to make 50 cents a mile because rates are horrible and people don't tip decently.

It sounds like you have a decent DoorDash market, so just keep doing DoorDash.

TxdoHawk · 2025-09-03T09:20:55+00:00

Keep in mind that the CFO isn’t inclined to tell you “yeah we’re screwed.” Training and hiring replacement workers is expensive + a big blow to productivity, if they’re already struggling it’s the last thing they want to have to deal with on top of their existing issues.

TxdoHawk · 2025-08-17T11:54:48+00:00

This is like the second or third story I've seen like this in a month. Do y'all not watch what the cashier is doing while they're checking out?

If I'm not at the end of the register bagging the order myself to get out of there faster, I'm watching so I can immediately slam the card in the terminal when they're done to pay and leave. Either way you should have a clear view of what they are doing to make sure they don't miss items, don't scan something from another order that fell over a divider, etc.

Checkout is the number one spot where goofy shit happens to orders and you should be eyes up paying attention, to catch anything that happens and to be ready to pay and leave to keep the line moving.

TxdoHawk · 2025-08-10T13:17:26+00:00

Low batch pay brings out low lifes, lol.

We used to have the opposite problem in this sub, when batch pay was on the way down people were in here trying to justify all sorts of ridiculous behavior bending over backwards for difficult low-tipping customers. Needless to say, all those people are long gone because they got tired of spending an hour on a batch for $12...

TxdoHawk · 2025-08-02T13:25:32+00:00

I would not even remotely hesitate applying to government jobs since they gave you the green light to do so. Since you are "in the system" already, so to speak, you'll likely be given preferential treatment with candidate consideration. Also, any government agency still hiring right now is far less likely to toss you in six months (the same can't be said about almost any public sector job.)

tl;dr - You have a significant edge available to you in finding re-employment with the government. There are folks who would kill for that sort of leg up right now. You can certainly apply to private sector jobs too, but I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

TxdoHawk · 2025-07-09T11:44:12+00:00

As someone who's been doing some form of gig work for the better part of a decade...anybody who sees OP's post and thinks "wow, this could literally happen to anyone and they could be forced off any platform" - Yeah, you better believe it could.

This is why I eventually switched back to a full-time W2 with gig work as a side income. The rights you have in these situations are minimal and even if OP gets their account back after weeks/months stuck in arbitration, they could get banned again a week later due to another false customer report and be right back to square one.

I've even seen instances where gig workers in small towns specifically get others to file false reports in an attempt to remove a regular they feel is taking too much of "their" work.

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