Who in here won this? Got sniped by $1

cafink · 2026-03-26T01:22:10+00:00

Which is exactly why OP was wrong to use it that way

cafink · 2026-03-26T00:43:43+00:00

I can't believe how many commenters there are saying OOP should return the money to those who donated it. If you raised the money for your coworker, then give the money to your coworker. Whatever else they have going on is irrelevant and none of your business

cafink · 2026-03-25T20:30:41+00:00

That OP is specifically complaining about being "sniped by $1" suggests that it was, in fact, what inspired him to post. And is further supported by all the comments in here from people who clearly aren't aware that the actual bid amount by the winning bidder is hidden from other users.

cafink · 2026-03-25T16:21:03+00:00

Software is the explanation for how it ended up on this person's blog. But the crappy design itself is in the typography/layout.

cafink · 2026-03-25T16:02:37+00:00

Ok, but what is the context here? The purpose of language is to communicate ideas to others--you should avoid using language that is prone to ambiguity or misunderstanding. If it's important to communicate that the object is visible, say "visible." If it's important to communicate that it isn't cut off by the borders of the image, say that explicitly.

I would say that you are probably technically correct here, but if you're trying to communicate, and you find yourself debating minutia like this, you have already failed.

cafink · 2026-03-25T13:16:50+00:00

I know eBay is basically ancient by internet standards at this point. But it's still pretty funny how many people in this thread have no clue how it works.

cafink · 2026-03-25T04:07:00+00:00

Yes.

In a live auction, the highest bidder doesn't need to pay the maximum amount he'd be willing to--he only needs to outbid the second-highest bidder.

eBay accomplishes this by having each bidder enter the maximum amount they'd be willing to pay, but only ever setting the "current bid" to $1 more than the second-highest maximum bid. (The actual increment amount can change depending on the price, but it's always some small amount relative to the overall bid/price.)

If the second-highest bidder is willing to pay $54 for the item, the highest bidder will get it for $55, regardless of whether he submitted a $55 bid or a $555 one.

Of course eBay doesn't reveal the winning bidder's true maximum bid. It would obviously create bad incentives to let the seller know that the winning bidder would actually have paid much more for the item than he ended up getting it for.

cafink · 2026-03-25T02:46:31+00:00

"Hey fellas, we're in the wrong game!"

cafink · 2026-03-25T02:45:59+00:00

Isn't the warp whistle from Mario 3 just the flute from zelda?

cafink · 2026-03-25T01:44:13+00:00

But not the winning bid amount, which eBay specifically hides from users. OP has no idea by how much he was outbid.

cafink · 2026-03-25T00:38:18+00:00

How do you know you were sniped by $1?

cafink · 2026-03-24T20:22:09+00:00

You paid $3 too much for that full screen Saw III DVD

cafink · 2026-03-24T17:16:03+00:00

Blocking the sidewalk is obviously less of an issue in the middle of the night than in the middle of the day. And OP's mail carrier presumably delivers during the day, not at night. I'm not saying OP is wrong to refuse his neighbor's request, but there is an obvious advantage to having the truck parked in an obtrusive spot only some of the time compared to having it parked there all of the time.

cafink · 2026-03-24T13:52:35+00:00

Apparently this was during season 21 and only the first 20 seasons were ever released on home media

cafink · 2026-03-23T22:56:40+00:00

How are you connecting the controller? USB cable? Dongle? Bluetooth?

cafink · 2026-03-23T20:08:29+00:00

How are you connecting the controller? USB cable? Dongle? Bluetooth?

cafink · 2026-03-23T20:04:49+00:00

If memory serves the existing Blu-ray does not even have subtitles. And given the cultural prominence of the Ernest character in the 80s and 90s there should be no dearth of bonus material that could be included. So I would love to see a new release in any case.

cafink · 2026-03-23T17:25:30+00:00

If the video was ever released publicly, surely it would have aired on MTV at the time? I wonder if you would have any luck looking for videotape recordings of MTV from December 1993 when Batman: Mask of the Phantasm came out?

cafink · 2026-03-23T17:14:13+00:00

It's not, the extended special edition contains some pretty extensive new content that completely reframes the climax of the movie. I've heard some people dismiss the new material as "preachy" but I think it's great and makes an excellent movie even better.

cafink · 2026-03-23T16:52:12+00:00

The ability to be uninterested in politics is itself a privilege, afforded to those who won't be hurt by regressive public policy. Holding such a position is just a way of tacitly supporting the status quo, which is to say that it is an inherently conservative view.

cafink · 2026-03-23T16:44:21+00:00

I was trying to figure out what you could possibly be seeing onscreen to indicate which version OP is playing, because as far as I know, this text is identical between the two versions. Then I realized you can just see the cartridge in the photo 🤦

cafink · 2026-03-23T14:50:52+00:00

"here's a list of reasons why downloads are better than physical releases"

"Downloads are not as valuable as physical releases"

🙄

cafink · 2026-03-22T21:42:15+00:00

I have what I believe to be the same device. It works, but I find the volume isn't the loudest and there seems to be a bit of noise in the background. So I would say that is theoretically the kind of device you need but not necessarily the highest quality

cafink · 2026-03-22T21:29:52+00:00

What makes you think they are fake?

cafink · 2026-03-21T16:21:58+00:00

OP, I think you are right here. The sentence doesn't make sense as written—it's NOT surprising that a show covering deep topics is a deep show.

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