A dual battery charger for Dewalt 20-volt batteries… I think in gonna get a BB gun instead, so I’m still pumped.
You’re gonna put your eye out
The same touchscreen gloves I got two years ago that are no longer being made. There’s three pairs on eBay and if no one buys them for me I’m buying them all for myself.
Used to be it was hard to find touchscreen gloves. Now most gloves are touchscreen.
touchscreenis indeed the easy part
these gloves were so warm for how thin they were, that’s what made them special
Find a pair of gloves you love and use Conductive thread sewn in an x pattern a few times. Works great.
I really want to know more about these gloves that have inspired this level of dedication but if you tell me about them I’m probably going to go buy them.
Obligatory impractical / intangible: Four decades of excellent, indefatigable mental health.
Outlandish: The double glazing is overdue for replacing. (Follow-up: Someone to clean up the inevitable mess that would make.)
Practical: Cotton boxers. I asked for slippers instead. (If this startles you from some kind of reverie, and the double glazing thing wasn’t a hint, I am British and middle aged. Slippers are a necessity.)
Anything. I haven’t gotten a Christmas gift in years. My family isn’t big on holidays, but I like the idea that someone was thinking of me. I think a card would be nice.
The other night I watched the episode of Mr. Bean, where he’s writing Christmas cards. He goes out, shoves them in under the door, comes back in, acts surprised to find them, reads them and hangs them on a string on the wall - all identical.
And here some people are just chuckin those into the trash without opening the card. Do you really need a card for: happy thanksgiving! Have you ever seen a typewriter?
For the thought, that’s all. Not so much about the card itself, but someone taking time to write to you, even if it is just a holiday greeting. But I also don’t get a bunch so they’re easy for me to hold on to. I still have my birthday card from my 20’s 😅. But do it need it? No. Just makes me smile when it happens.
A no gifts agreement. You get nothing, I get nothing, we all save money and some sanity while not feeding the system by collectively buying a ton of unnecessary stuff at double the prices.
But anyway, if I wanted something, a Mullvad voucher would be useful.
Something cool, but mostly just a toy, an external eUICC chip, “eSIM adapter”. Either JMP because their app is open-source and on F-Droid, or 9esim because it’s far cheaper and has more storage. But as I said, it’s not something I need, mostly would serve me as a toy and I’d have a bunch of random foreign eSIM profiles. There’s even some free eSIMs like Firsty Free that I’d like to try. They promise “basic speed” unlimited data access with a time limit for watching ads. But there’s also some like BNESIM which have no expiration and some usable prepaid data amount.
My current phone doesn’t support eSIMs natively, but seems to support the required OMAPI to make this work.ThinkPad Thales card would be far cheaper, and probably work too (with EasyLPAC), but it’s out of stock everywhere.
But again, not something I need, just something for fun.
What are you doing with all that phone stuff? I thought we’re using the internet these days instead of calling people. Or do you just travel much and need the data plans for different countries/continents?
What are you doing with all that phone stuff?
Nothing, I don’t have any.
I thought we’re using the internet these days instead of calling that much.
A lot of cheap eSIMs are actually data-only, i.e.: you don’t get a phone number.
Or do you just travel much and need the data plans for different countries/continents?
No, not at all. I just get interested in random crap, and now it’s SIM cards it seems. Either way, some of these manage to be cheaper than many local offers, or even completely free as I mentioned.
Another thing is some countries, unlike mine, don’t require ID verification. So no scanning of your ID card, scanning your face, or perhaps physically sending signed documents via mail and waiting 3 - 5 business days to get your SIM card activated like I had to do with my carrier. e-mail should be enough. This way, phone numbers can be as disposable as e-mail addresses which is just awesome when using some untrusted services that want your phone number.
Lastly, coverage. I already purchased T-Mobile physical SIM from Czech Republic (and yay it works). T-Mobile seems to try to get as many roaming partners as possible in every country. In mine, that’s 3 out of 4, and 4th one is my main carrier. So I can connect to every carrier in my country with these 2 SIMs. I just find that pretty cool.
I told you, I get interested by random crap.Next on my list is GiffGaff (United Kingdom) which I can get for free shipped anywhere in Europe and can also be activated from abroad (as far as I can tell) like that T-Mobile card.
Fair enough. I mean the “because I can” argument is valid. At least in my eyes. I wish I had like 4 or 5 more phone numbers available to sign up on various platforms. Maybe I should collect some phone numbers, too. Or like 50 and I’d start my own temp-number.com service.
Hackerman
Day off
Cure for Depression…
🙃
I’ve heard just trying to not be sad works apparently? Haven’t tried myself, but it might work. If the assholes on the Internet are to be believed.
c/ThanksI’mCured
🙃
A reason not to do it
Did you know that Taco Bell is releasing a chicken taco? Don’t do it friend, you will miss out big.
Past tense bro. There are new chicken nuggets out though as of about 2 days ago.
Also chicken nuggets… Because we always go there and wonder, “why are there no nuggets at this taco place?”
What if we held hands while eating the new Taco Bell® Chicken Nuggito™?
I’m just gonna be honest, you seem like a great person and all, but eating a burrito with one hand is just not practical.
It’s too damn messy
Think of the shareholders!
rest
Peace and quiet.
A single family home… it’d sure be nice though.
I don’t even care about it being single family, I’ll take a nice old row house with glee.
I’d like to skip Christmas, I get nothing out of it but headaches. I don’t enjoy the family get togethers (individually or in small groups my family is mostly fine, but all of them at once is too much) I don’t want anything that can reasonably be asked for or given as a present, and I don’t have any space for the useless junk I’ll inevitably receive.
What I need/want is money. I’m not struggling, but I have projects and things I’m saving up for and whatever they’d spend on gifts if they feel like they need to give me something I’d much rather them just give me the cash or Venmo me. They’re not going to gift me a new heater, deck, washer/dryer, paint for my living room, etc. the best I can hope for is some gift cards to Lowes, home Depot, etc. and inevitably the cards will all be to different places so I can’t even use them all on what they’re intended to go towards, and there’s a good chance that once I’ve saved up enough I’ll get the best price at a store I don’t even have any gift cards for, so they’re going to sit around collecting dust because I’ll never remember to grab them when I need to go buy a box of screws or something.
Just give me cash.
A deus ex machina
Magic cards
/monkeyspaw - “a complete set of Fallen Empires. Enjoy!”
Best I can do is some shoddy pirate yugioh’s
A blowie
But would also love a DMC 2 mini CNC mill
I mean a good CNC mill could last you a lifetime, just saying.
