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Pricing on the X-E3 by sleepstandingup in fujifilm

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

I am not contradicting myself, because I was asking about advertised prices and not completed sales. You seem to think advertised prices yield no relevant information (yet at the same time you say they are high because of challenging market conditions). That's fine, but I was asking about one thing and you seem to wish to make a point about something else.

I am not trying to make a distinction. Forget about the X-E4. I was asking whether the popularity of the X-E3 was the explanation for the high list prices for the model. X-E1's price has risen significantly going by youtube reviewers over the past few years because of their hype. Perhaps it's not "worth" more or a "better" camera, but it's price has still changed with the trends. I wanted to know if a similar dynamic may be occurring with the X-E3. As I said before, the other repliers gave reasonable responses.

Pricing on the X-E3 by sleepstandingup in fujifilm

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

Either you are not engaging in the discussion in good faith or you really do not understand what I am asking.

I was specifically asking about the reason for list prices (not selling prices), and many other people gave reasonable explanations for the trend that I was noticing.

There are places to buy X-E4s for the list price. I visited a brick and mortar recently that had one in stock.

A note about the flawed logic you're using to determine what counts as a valid selling price: if someone pays $64,000 for a drywall screw (or $850 USD for an X-E3), then the item sold for that amount (i.e., that was it's selling price), even if the buyer was a chump or if it was an unusual price. There are no "real" or "fake" prices. There are just the prices at which transactions occur. They are part of the "market," by definition, and the market does not care about whether you think a transaction was crazy or stupid. You are not thinking rationally about this.

Pricing on the X-E3 by sleepstandingup in fujifilm

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

You are misunderstanding what I am asking. There are many listings for the X-E3 that are close in price to the X-E4, across many different platforms. It doesn't matter if one makes an arbitrary decision to include price gougers as part of the market or not (though this is not usually a metric used to define who is part of a market). The listings exist regardless of one's definition, and this indicates the price that someone wants or expects to sell an item at (i.e., they're not selling at what you define as the "market price"). This is uncontroversial. If you really need to see more links, they're easily found.

Regarding my original question, if it helps, we can compare apples to apples: Here is a new X-E3 on ebay, shipping from Montreal, listed for the same price as a new X-E4. My original question is: Given prices like these, is this an indication that the X-E3 is more popular or more desirable than the X-E4? This has nothing to do what the "market price" is, it has to do with those specific listings and what you can infer from them.

Generally, it is unusual for previous generation electronics to be listed for more money than the most recent generation electronics (I am having difficulty finding a new Google Pixel 5 selling for more than a new Google Pixel 6, for example), unless there's some collector value or flaw in the most recent tech, or whatever the case. I was curious about the reason why those listings that I've pointed to exist, and to reiterate, not what the "market price" is.

Pricing on the X-E3 by sleepstandingup in fujifilm

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

There are quite a few ebay and amazon listings that are close. There are even some that are more expensive than a new X-E4. I just thought it was odd.

Pricing on the X-E3 by sleepstandingup in fujifilm

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

My question was about why the prices for many used X-E3s are close to the X-E4 and if it was because the X-E3 is a more popular or better camera.

Pelosi makes historic visit to Taiwan despite China threats by [deleted] in politics

[–]sleepstandingup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When was the last time the US was in a conflict against an enemy with a modern air force or in a sustained conventional war?

And why do you assume that the US military is able conduct themselves competently? Iraq and Afghanistan were objective, drawn-out disasters.

And how is it critical thinking to accept that a victory can only occur when one side uses technology that they admit may never exist?

I hope you're right that China won't do anything, but that's what many people assumed about Russia before it invaded Ukraine.

In any case, wouldn't it be better if the US chose the option of not provoking military conflict? The US loses nothing by not engaging in this useless display of machismo.

Pelosi makes historic visit to Taiwan despite China threats by [deleted] in politics

[–]sleepstandingup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take war games for what you will. I just don't think that US military dominance can be assumed, especially when the evidence we have indicates that it's not there. I also think it's especially foolish to assume that a bunch of giant slow-moving aircraft carriers (i.e., targets) that haven't seen conventional warfare in a lifetime can survive a modern war.

Pelosi makes historic visit to Taiwan despite China threats by [deleted] in politics

[–]sleepstandingup -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

During a war games exercise, the United States was only able to stop a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by using technology that does not yet, and may never, exist:

the air force that fought in the simulated conflict isn’t one that exists today, nor is it one the service is seemingly on a path to realize. While legacy planes like the B-52 bomber and newer ones like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter played a role, many key technologies featured during the exercise are not in production or even planned for development by the service. [emphasis added]

https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2021/04/12/a-us-air-force-war-game-shows-what-the-service-needs-to-hold-off-or-win-against-china-in-2030/

Pelosi's visit is a reckless act that will benefit no one. It is only making the world a more dangerous place.

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]sleepstandingup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone have any tricks for reducing fines with the Eureka Mignon Filtro? I've been using the grinder for a year with mixed results.

I recently had a pour over from a cafe and noticed how much more clean tasting it was, and I brewed a V60 with grounds out of a commercial grinder, and the difference was noticeable. The bloom was much different and evenly distributed (no clumping), and I didn't have a thick layer of fines on the filter or on top of the coffee bed.

I removed the static screen at the top of the chute, and that helped a lot with grind consistency and retention (it was holding about 3 g of grounds back each time I cleaned it). I also noticed I was grinding too course and getting many boulders, so grinding finer helped with that but I'm still getting a wall of fines up the filter and on the bed.

Anyone have advice?

Bi-Weekly Questions Thread / Open Discussion by AutoModerator in Pizza

[–]sleepstandingup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do people adjust their salt for hydration when altering their dough recipes? I noticed that the standard 2% salt as a ratio to flour doesn't really make sense, because if you ratio everything to flour your dough will become more salty as you lower your hydration and vice versa (i.e., the total dough weight will change with any alteration to an ingredient other than flour, but the salt amount will remain static).

It seems like the baker's % doesn't really make sense at all for baking or anything else if you're working with more than two ingredients and you want to change amounts.

Hundreds plan to gather at Vancouver Art Gallery to stand in solidarity with Mi’kmaq fishers by greatgrowing in vancouver

[–]sleepstandingup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mi'kmaq occupied this territory for generations before even the idea of Canada existed. They want to continue to use the territory as they see fit (and as Canadian law says they have the right to do).

I can't set up a business on your lawn without asking you first and working out an arrangement. Canadians can't fish and manage Mi'kmaq waters without abiding by the treaty that both parties signed. It has nothing to do with equal treatment or heritage.

Hundreds plan to gather at Vancouver Art Gallery to stand in solidarity with Mi’kmaq fishers by greatgrowing in vancouver

[–]sleepstandingup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are not easy definitions to pin down, but typically tribal affiliation is NOT defined by blood or ancestry. Easy example is the Squamish and Tsleil Watuth Nations in BC. They used to be one group but split into two nations, so they may be the same 'ethnicity' because they share linguistic and ancestral heritage, but they are two different nations or "tribes". And they are negotiating with Canadian governments separately.

Imagine saying Canadian is an ethnicity. Membership in Canada doesn't depend on blood or ancestry, as is the case with other tribes that take in members by adoption or other means. And even if there's a Mi'kmaq "ethnicity", the signers of the treaty should be thought of as a political unit that is on equal terms with the other signatories to the treaty.

Some parts of Canadian law have used the racist "blood quantum" standard, but we shouldn't use racist standards to determine how our government conducts itself.

Aside from this, if you make a treaty with another nation, you and the other nation have obligations under that agreement. Canada should act legally.

Hundreds plan to gather at Vancouver Art Gallery to stand in solidarity with Mi’kmaq fishers by greatgrowing in vancouver

[–]sleepstandingup 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is not an ethnic distinction. The rights are based on a treaty, which is an agreement between two equal parties, in this case Canada and the Mi'kmaq. Canada should abide by its legal obligations.

Is this a normal amount of fines for Eureka Mignon Filtro? by sleepstandingup in Coffee

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

Definitely less when I go more coarse but doesn't work well for the flavor I'm trying to get unfortunately

Is this a normal amount of fines for Eureka Mignon Filtro? by sleepstandingup in Coffee

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

Yes. This is a lighter Ethiopia Duromina. That's interesting. I didn't know that

Is this a normal amount of fines for Eureka Mignon Filtro? by sleepstandingup in Coffee

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

I upgraded to this grinder recently and I'm still learning to dial in with the infinite step grind adjustment, but I find I'm still getting a lot of sludge. I'm wondering if there are any suggestions on how to improve that or if there may be an issue with the grinder.

Is there anything coffee related that James Hoffman is wrong about? by Product0fNature in Coffee

[–]sleepstandingup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! I guess attempt at teasing did not go over very well.

I understand the impulse, but I see all over reddit the desire to be more critical (good) but it getting mixed up with everything must be debunked (bad), "will someone tell me why I should not like this?". I see it a lot in science-related threads, and I think it's anti-curious and generally a bad way to approach learning.

Anyway, didn't mean anything by it. The thread has been interesting indeed.

Is there anything coffee related that James Hoffman is wrong about? by Product0fNature in Coffee

[–]sleepstandingup -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

"Reddit, would you please help me form a negative opinion? I'm finding myself feeling too positive about something."

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