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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Story on this one. As a young adult I needed gas to drive to my second job a town over, maybe 12 miles. I had $75 in my account which was plenty to fill up.

    When I started the process, my card was declined. I tried and failed a few times, then went inside the store and had them try there to no success. The cashier mentioned that the hold amount was set by the bank.

    Hearing this I went down the road too my bank and asked them what the fuck was going on, to which they said it was normal and that my funds were locked until the transaction went through. The 0$ transaction.

    I managed to scrounge up enough change and a single $5 bill I had in my wallet to buy like 2 gallons of gas which was just enough to get to work and back. Shortly thereafter I closed my account at that bank and transferred everything to a credit union I have been much happier with.










  • Depends on the costume. One year I spent almost $200 on Wreck-it Ralph, but that was a pair of overalls and two shirts I can still wear. The next was like $1000+ on electronics and components for a LED wizard orb I spent a month making and like $20 in fabric for a robe. This year was probably $50 for fabric, cardboard, and tape for a terrible Ken The Butcher costume.

    What you do is entirely up to you and your situation. Cheap materials make it cheaper, but the costume may only be single use. The orb was stupid expensive because I went fancy and made an object that would last, but that’s hardly necessary.


  • I did a similar project with a raspberry pi pico w and a glitter lamp. I ended up destroying the surface mount LEDs trying to solder them in to the board and instead replaced them with my own. The stirring motor was good, and a button to control it from the outside was a nice addition. Put the whole thing together with ESP Home and it’s fantastic. Also allowed me to switch from disposable batteries to a standard USB cable for power.






  • Godnroc@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldNorth Jersey, New Jersey
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    22 days ago

    Crossing the street is a momentary delay, a few seconds while driver sits in a climate-controlled chair with optional music, but parking across a sidewalk hinders people for minutes, hours, or even days until it is removed. The road isn’t wide enough to allow people to safely enter the street to go around the obstruction, and that says nothing about those who rely on sidewalls for free movement such as the elderly, injured, and disabled.

    In short, blocking other people for longer than is reasonable makes you a dick.