Re: Anyone else noticing the large number of misleading titles/descriptions on ebay for items?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 10:36

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I see this all the time with chinese sellers and their chinese sites like aliexpress and such. Made the search difficult, and another thing, aliexpress does not use exact terms no matter what you want even brand name, correct term words are not used, especially aliexpress's, and having to check …

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Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-16, 15:08

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Well, we do not own even our own lives. Life is also some kind of subscription. So...

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Re: Anyone else noticing the large number of misleading titles/descriptions on ebay for items?

Posted on 2024-04-12, 06:01

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Heh, these days it’s impossible to do an eBay search for retro items without this seller polluting the results with his stupidly expensive no picture listings. Not only are the prices absurd, they also seem completely random… meaning you can find a very expensive but somewhat rare item but also an …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 14:19

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-04-10, 14:09: I don't use Adobe Reader, so I can't say much on that, but I do dislike Chrome's interface getting more confusing compared to how it used to be. Thank goodness it still can be rolled back to the older one.

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 13:58

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YouTube just changed the UI layout and it's terrible. Not really on topic, but I did notice it while watching a retro video, so there's that. And what do you say about new Google Chrome and Adobe Reader UI? I have a feeling that UI development was outsourced to China and they have outsourced it to …

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Re: Anyone else noticing the large number of misleading titles/descriptions on ebay for items?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 06:34

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What really bothers me on eBay, are "misleading" prices. 😄

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 17:21

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Me: Watched couple of Ron's videos about Retro Computers Scammer YouTube: Wait a second, I have more stories for you. What about "I too was taken advantage of by an internet confidence trickster" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynlyh685e5Y) ? I can't believe, this guy scammed almost the whole retro …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 04:58

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It's not nice and the guy is a dick for sure. But this is not that big of a deal, be smart with your business dealings and if you're a personality be vocal about the liars... To be vocal about the liars it is definitely a right thing to do. But when you tell the audience that you made friends with …

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Re: The IBM Game Port, more than just games

Posted on 2024-04-02, 19:58

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Very interesting topic. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 18:47

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The vid with Adrian answers many questions. Now I know why Adrian kinda disappeared from the NABU scene after being one of the early people doing videos about it. For starters "Famous persons in retro communities"and "Youtube celebrities" in that Ron's video sound so funny, at least to me ... 😄 And …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 18:08

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It has come to my attention, and specifics will be avoided as per the preferences of Vogons mods, to keep drama off here, search "retro scammer" etc to dig more up, that there is an undercurrent of unease, drama and ppl bowing out of the scene due to how one or several sociopaths have been playing …

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Re: Will program written in Microsoft Visual Basic 1.0 work in Real-Mode on Windows 3.0?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 11:32

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I see no sense running DOS programs on Windows 3.0 on XT machines. You always can run them in pure DOS instead. Hi, is this topic still "a thing" (so to say)? Because I had thought about this problem in the past months. Yes, of course it is. And thank you for plenty of information, I appreciate it. …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-03-30, 17:50

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Shponglefan wrote on 2024-03-28, 15:49: Anyone else seen the latest bird-watching steams from LGR (LGR Blerbs)? It looks like he's diversifying his content. 😁 Frankly speaking, I see a little difference between this birds spotting stream and his recent The Sims reviews. 😄

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Re: If you had $100000(at your disposal), what retro act would you do back in 1990?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 23:57

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Would buy a fast retro 1990 model vroom-vroom car and date retro-girls who are in their 50's today. 😄 Come on, retro computers is just a silly hobby and looking for some good deal these days on eBay is part of the fun.

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 19:25

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Why should I pay the channel owners via Youtube (and then they will get only a part of that payment) if I can pay them directly? To be clear, I'm not telling anyone what they should or shouldn't do. I'm simply pointing out that a portion of YouTube subscription revenues are shared with creators. In …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 18:59

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I have nothing against paying for whatever product or service, but when I can avoid paying without breaking the law, why should I pay? One reason to subscribe to Youtube is that part of that subscription revenue goes directly to channel owners based on the content you watch. Subscriber revenues …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 17:49

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It is quite strange to compare coffee with a subscription. Coffee is one of the basic physiological needs appearing at the bottom of Maslow's pyramid of needs and Youtube subscription is somewhere at the top. I have nothing against paying for whatever product or service, but when I can avoid paying …

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Re: Do you think prices will stay high?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 05:41

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I think the elevated prices are here to stay. All it takes is one buyer being willing to pay exaggerated pricing, and one seller who does a search and saw it sell for that price. They then assume that's the value of said item, right or wrong that's how it works. Thankfully eBay has the "Make an …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-22, 08:02

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While I don't mean to join the 'Bashing on 8-Bit Guy Is Cool' bandwagon, today he released his second of 'Can I go for 24hrs on battery power?' and his tests always strike me as weird . As someone who lived through both the 1998 Ice Storm and the 2003 Northeast Blackout, your 'worst case scenario' …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-21, 10:37

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That's honestly a response perfectly emblematic of that side. Rather than attempt to debunk my statements as untrue, all you do is express indignation that I won't bend the knee to the touchy-feelies. So the number of children being killed in American schools by gun violence needs to hit a certain …

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