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Marketplaces / Re: 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 18, 2024, 07:24:05 PM »
It is a major change for rural areas but breadth of products available -particularly specialty products- is a major change for everyone. 

Here's a product I've purchased 3 times beginning in 2013.  Now, I could travel an hour or more to the closest metro area and I have no doubt that some supply house there has one.   Maybe I'd find it after visiting 100 of them and explaining to the counterman what I'm trying to find. Unless I'm extremely lucky, the search could take days.  So gas, meals, hotel room? --this thing would have a $200 hidden cost.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008OMKATW

Robert Manufacturing RM292 Series Bobby Series Brass Miniature Valve and Float Assembly, 1/4" Compression Wing Nut, 125 psi Pressure, 3/64" Orifice: Industrial Float Valves: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

It's tiny, btw, about the size of your thumb.

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Marketplaces / Re: 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 18, 2024, 01:56:48 PM »
>credit card details spread about online

Good point. We've discussed silo-ing several times and it was/is a major reason I buy with Amz even if the same item is cheaper elsewhere online (that doesn't happen often).  Aliexpress, Home Depot, & Ebay have paypal checkout, so I do use them on occasion as I think paypal provies a bit of a buffer between the merchant and my CC.  ...I *definitely* wouldn't have signed up with Aliexpress without paypal. 

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Marketplaces / Re: 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 18, 2024, 09:18:31 AM »
Aliexpress (or perhaps their larger vendors) now offer US-based shipping.  Some products -3d filament, for example- offer "5-Day Delivery Free Shipping From United States to United States via Cainiao Large Parcel."   Other products -ex: smart home sensors- offer quick US shipping (14 days, IIRC) and a coupon reward if they are late.  But the Aliexpress site UI is a mess.  Even if you use it regularly it is easy to buy the wrong product.

In my world, Walmart has become irrelevant. I rarely see them mentioned in the context of online sales.

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Marketplaces / Re: 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:18:25 PM »
>consumer habits aren't going to change that much

best headline of 2017:

Missing The Mark: Walmart Offers Cheap When People Want Easy

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-04-12/walmart-offers-cheap-when-people-want-easy

(paywall. but the teaser is the point)

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http://th3core.com/talk/water-coolerextra/the-tyranny-of-convenience/

The Tyranny of Convenience


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Marketplaces / 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 17, 2024, 08:22:37 PM »
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-has-180-million-members-report-shows-2024-4

Americans Are Obsessed With Amazon Prime, and It Shows

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Water Cooler / Re: Terminator Scenario
« on: April 17, 2024, 08:02:55 PM »
>New Atlas

Damn.  You definitely put that one in the most appropriate thread.

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Water Cooler / Re: Bird flu: First human case reported in Texas - transmitted by cows
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:48:11 AM »
Without reading the link...

>Should you worry about bird flu found in cows?

Only when it jumps species (again).

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Traffic / We Need To Rewild The Internet
« on: April 16, 2024, 09:55:31 PM »
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/


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Water Cooler / Cali Grid: Wind-Water-Solar
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:35:03 AM »
https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1779614175075197142

Mark Z. Jacobson on X: "This is not an anomaly. It is the new reality. The percentages will only increase each year Once again, California exceeds 100% of demand on its main grid with #WindWaterSolar This is the 30TH OF THE PAST 38 DAYS that #WWS supply has exceeded demand for 0.25-6 h per day.

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Traffic / They're Looting The Internet
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:30:57 AM »
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-great-looting-of-the-internet/

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Water Cooler / Re: Wait! Wait! What does it *taste* like?
« on: April 15, 2024, 11:47:43 PM »
Again, what do they *taste* like?

https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c4vgwy/a_gang_of_robber_crabs_invade_a_family_picnic_in/

A gang of Robber crabs invade a family picnic in Australia. : pics

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Water Cooler / EU data shows PHEVs emit 350% more CO2 than tested values | Auto News Europe
« on: April 15, 2024, 02:57:41 PM »
https://europe.autonews.com/environmentemissions/eu-data-shows-phevs-emit-350-more-co2-tested-values

"The Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge was the best-selling PHEV in Europe through February, with 4,340 sales."

also file under "Companies Lie"

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Water Cooler / Re: Texas Proves Its Commitment To Freedom By Legalizing Kei Trucks
« on: April 14, 2024, 08:17:37 PM »
Isuzu P'up !!  You couldn't kill those things.  I finally had to give it away to a SIL.

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Monetization / Re: That Ad Infested Flow
« on: April 12, 2024, 07:16:11 PM »
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/

Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV | Ars Technica

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Hardware & Technology / lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in Kagi
« on: April 12, 2024, 07:13:59 PM »
https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html


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