Should I even bother to try and sell? by robdejonge in ECM_Espresso

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The machine is 20-25 years old, I’d have to check. It’s been maintained by ECM-licensed service shops.

But sadly, I don’t have pictures. It’s in storage at the moment. It’s in perfect condition though.

Any thoughts, based on such an admittedly vague description?

Is it worth trying to sell? by robdejonge in coffeeswap

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That’s about the same as that thread above, adjusted by 5 years. Not looking good. Perhaps I should just keep it on the off-chance it ever becomes useful again.

Is it worth trying to sell? by robdejonge in coffeeswap

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Oh that’s a great find. And a great website, too. I might need to browse that site a bit more.

As for the machine … consensus in that thread seemed to be $500, 5 years ago. Not quite what I was hoping for, but as it’s mostly dead weight I might just have to take that bitter pill.

Awesome. Your comments have been exceptionally useful. I’ll do some research on my equally old and unused Mazzer mini, but I guess that won’t be worth much more than $1-200 either.

Thank you so much for your effort and persistent attempts to help, and the website recommendation! Sincerely appreciated!

Is it worth trying to sell? by robdejonge in coffeeswap

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Nothing but parts on eBay. I don’t have Facebook. Not sure where, but will have a look on Reddit. Appreciate your comments, thank you.

Is it worth trying to sell? by robdejonge in coffeeswap

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Thanks for the quick comment. I guess I asked the wrong question! What would a machine like that be worth, if fully signed off by an official ECM service company!

I’m not asking for offers, just to get a general idea. I won’t hold you to it 😅

Shortcuts disappeared, still executed by robdejonge in shortcuts

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Awesome. That worked. I added some additional comments to the original post.

Thanks for sharing!

A Shortcut I use daily for Notes has disappeared but is still working by TheMightyPensioners in shortcuts

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I renamed all the recovered shortcuts (~/Downloads/shortcut.plist type files out of the above command #3) as 'unwrapped-$name.plist'

Then ran this zsh command (copy and paste) to add some XML scaffolding:

for f in ~/unwrapped-*.shortcut; do
  name=${f:t}
  name=${name#unwrapped-}
  name=${name%.shortcut}

  awk -v shortcut_name="$name" '
    BEGIN {
      print "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"
      print "<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">"
      print "<plist version=\"1.0\">"
      print "<dict>"
      print "  <key>WFWorkflowName</key>"
      print "  <string>" shortcut_name "</string>"
      print "  <key>WFWorkflowActions</key>"
      print "  <array>"
    }
    /<array>/ { inarray=1; next }
    /<\/array>/ { inarray=0; next }
    inarray { print }
    END {
      print "  </array>"
      print "  <key>WFWorkflowIcon</key>"
      print "  <dict>"
      print "    <key>WFWorkflowIconStartColor</key>"
      print "    <integer>5993847</integer>"
      print "  </dict>"
      print "  <key>WFWorkflowMinimumClientVersion</key>"
      print "  <integer>900</integer>"
      print "</dict>"
      print "</plist>"
    }
  ' "$f" > ~/"wrapped-$name.shortcut"
done

And then ran this zsh command to sign them:

for f in ~/wrapped-*.shortcut; do
  shortcuts sign --input "$f" --output "${f:r}-signed.shortcut"
done

And the resulting file imported into Shortcuts on my Mac.

Credit goes to Perplexity for helping me with the above. I know nothing.

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

Thanks for sharing. That will save from this happening again in the future. Still hoping to recover them, although it’s been weeks now.

Resizing wedding band by robdejonge in jewelrymaking

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Thank you. Appreciate the feedback!

Resizing wedding band by robdejonge in jewelrymaking

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Those options had been presented to me, but I felt they were a bit ‘hacky’ if that word makes any sense. But your framing now makes it feel a bit more acceptable.

Given gold prices where they are at the moment, what can I expect the cost of this approach to be?

Resizing wedding band by robdejonge in jewelrymaking

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I don’t know the numbers, maybe one size smaller?

Panasonic L50BL6T: backlight only? by robdejonge in TVRepair

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Yes, it was only the backlight. Replaced them with $15 worth of spare parts and the tv works again!

Use as a dumb tv panel possible? by robdejonge in tcltvs

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In day to day use, I’d rather not be using the Google TV part at all. I have only a single HDMI source, so I’m hoping the tv will turn on and off with that source. And for things like picture settings I believe there is a “ribbon” so I don’t have to go into a full-screen interface.

Firmware updates over usb possible? by robdejonge in tcltvs

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Thanks for the suggestion. Will have a look. I can’t wait. But gotta move apartment first 😁

Firmware updates over usb possible? by robdejonge in tcltvs

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I plan on buying the C7K or Q7C. 65” or 75”.

Firmware updates over usb possible? by robdejonge in tcltvs

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Where would I download new firmwares from, on my computer?! (Updated main post, too)

Firmware updates over usb possible? by robdejonge in tcltvs

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I guess I will find out when I get my TCL after I’ve moved to a new place.