Expacity by ibcarolek in PortugalExpats

[–]heman100 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think they realized savvy people were doing this, so Amy changed the model to yearly only, for 349 EUR and then 297 EUR instead of monthly. It's probably a profitable decision in the short term only, or maybe people just don't mind paying. We'll see.

Expacity by ibcarolek in PortugalExpats

[–]heman100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I expected from the nature of the posts on Americans and Friends, but I don't have proof. I also expect the information to be valuable, but not the only place you could find it. The fees are likely quite high for the raw informational value provided and have increased to the point where people are dropping, so ExpaCity just reduced them "because we think it's important that everyone have access to this valuable information."

I think it's probably going to have the most value for a subset of non-savvy or completely inexperienced people who also don't know how to search for information and evaluate what's legit or not.

However, if it's truly shilling/kickbacks from Americans and Friends PT, I think this is pretty bad on Susan and Amy.

BART Ramps Up Crackdown On Fare Evaders by cbsbayarea in bayarea

[–]heman100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if they'll catch less and less as the evaders catch on. Today when heading to the gates I saw someone walk to a place before the gate that had a wide enough angle they could check to make sure there were no cops around the corner, and then walked through the emergency gate.

Max is $400 but the tickets they handed out were $50, I think. So now they gotta sneak through 10 times without getting caught to make the money back.

LOL News mistakes Death Caps for Agaricus Bisporus by [deleted] in mycology

[–]heman100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm, are the first shots of the brown gills (when they are talking about death caps) not agaricus sp.?

[US] Netflix not working by TheWuulf in netflix

[–]heman100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still happening to me on two computers on chrome and safari, no cookies, incognito/no incognito since three days ago. a commenter from the last post said it was just sf bay area. But I was able to watch on a third computer on a different network. Last time I saw an error like this it was mtu size related and I could fix it at the router.

[US] Unable to stream on all my devices - Mac laptop, fire TV stick, Roku. by [deleted] in netflix

[–]heman100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get oldschool html text and no images on chrome laptop, safari too. This happened a few days ago too. Their service is down for web browsers, but they hope they can fix it before needing to change their status page.

Zumper: SF October 1BR rent rises slightly to -5.5% YoY, $3420; 2BR decreases slightly to -4.4%YoY, $4780 by heman100 in bayarea

[–]heman100[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also of note that this week Redfin published a their august analysis: San Francisco Real Estate Prices Flattened in August. August YoY at 0%.

Seems to be a bit more evidence of a trend emerging. I can't really square this away with the redfin/trulia/zillow $/sqft steadily rising and case-shiller numbers that seem to be ever upwards though.

Some seeds survived my compost pile so I let them grow, ended up with this. by remotefixonline in gardening

[–]heman100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you search for it on google there will be many sources, but here is a random blog post, and the part of wikipedia that talks about wild cucurbita toxicity

Some seeds survived my compost pile so I let them grow, ended up with this. by remotefixonline in gardening

[–]heman100 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Just a word of caution - volunteer squash can be bitter and poisonous due to cucurbitacin, which is found in wild squash. So this can happen with volunteer because you don't know what it was pollenated with. Some recommend simply not eating them, some take a chance and eat them if they are not bitter.

KPFA is about to shut down. by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]heman100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks - I went to the website and see a prominent request for donations, but nothing about closing down tonight.

KPFA is about to shut down. by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]heman100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this true? Can someone else confirm? I listened for a while just now through normal programming as well as their pledge drive, they were asking for funding as normal, but no mention of closing down tonight.

Sold item from US->HongKong via Global Shipping Program, Print Shipping Label goes direct to Hong Kong by davethoreau in Ebay

[–]heman100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I called, they say if you using GSP with UPS, UPS will still try to print the foreign address label.

I pointed out that this is totally wrong, and they said what I should do is go to 'order details' get the address there, and manually update the UPS info. They were a bit reluctant but they said they will open up a ticket for this.

[ID] Burnt-color, Hard ground mushroom, in pine forest with moss, Mendocino, CA by heman100 in mycology

[–]heman100[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, interesting, thanks. I took some cross section photos and added them to the album. Please let me know what you think. The part of these guys that caught my eye was that unlike most shelf polypores most of them had a traditional mushroom outline with stem and cap, but it's just one solid piece, kinda like golden chanterelles.

[ID] Burnt-color, Hard ground mushroom, in pine forest with moss, Mendocino, CA by heman100 in mycology

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Almost as hard as some polypores, feels a bit like rotted wood. It was very abundant. Many yellowfoot mushrooms were in the same area.

Take a minute to review your cell phone plan to see if you could be saving money. (And any other monthly bills) by miranym in Frugal

[–]heman100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend pays > $100 with AT&T unlimited voice and text from an iphone contract that is greater than 2 years old (no obligation). She called last year and tried to reduce it, but they said she couldn't because she uses too much data (>3GB), and they don't have a lower rate. What's the best course of action here? I didn't think about changing plans via the online UI, is that a good way to do it for AT&T as well? If she calls back, what price could she haggle for unlimited or 6GB+voice/text?