I've been bidding on Ebay (Partly to see how it works.) and I find it bizarre that a website, a massive bunch of computers, requires you to use third party tools in order to give you an optimized bidding process.
You're a website! I'll tell you what numbers I want to put in and you work them out.
What's this third-party tool? My bidding process is to find something I want, check what similar items sold for ("search completed listings"), bid, and forget until I get an email saying I won or lost.
I'm using the open source JBidWatcher. The main problem is that if you bid at the last possible moment (I have mine set to bid 7 seconds before the bid ends.), you deny others the ability to react. I just won a bid like this by £2, which I probably would have lost if other people had been able to force my hand sooner and adjust their bids accordingly.
That said, it seems to be in the favour of the bidders as a whole to remove the chance of one-upping each other.
A correction for the Filtering Content show. Windows 7 64-bit version will not accept certain low-level drivers without signing. Deactivating this must be done at each boot.
This might be outside the scope of GeekNights, but thanks to your recent episode, I'm interested in seeing/hearing you guys play an actual session of a roleplay-heavy RPG like a Thousand and One Nights or Burning Wheel.
I don't know how well that would translate, but as someone who sucks at roleplaying in any form, I'd be interested.
Not sure if this has been covered but how about an episode saying that predicting future tech is impossible more than a few years out. Not sure how much there would be to discuss but it could be interesting.
So I've been watching a lot of Vlogbrothers content as of recent, and they are both cool dudes. One of them, John, is also an author, and he nearly had one of his books banned in a high school close to Buffalo New York. I plan to read that book sometime soon because I want to see whats up with it and because I want to support the Vlogbrothers a bit. And so I thought, maybe this would be something for the book club. I've never read the book so I can't vouch for it being good or even being a decent experience.
And so I thought, maybe this would be something for the book club. I've never read the book so I can't vouch for it being good or even being a decent experience.
I know John Green only from his books. Looking for Alaska is pretty good. It's a YA novel so I don't know how well it'd be suited for a GeekNights book club.
A Thursday show about teeth, toothbrushes, and oral hygiene.
Do you floss? What are your opinions on oral hygiene? What are your opinions on the appearance of teeth? Is your opinion of a person lowered by poor oral hygiene? What toothbrushes do you use? Is an electric toothbrush superior to a hand-held one to you? What tooth paste do you use. Is there a flavor that you prefer? A flavor that you dread? Do you use a mouth-wash? Do you have a preference of mouth-wash? What are your opinions on bad breath? Do you have any funny stories regarding teeth, the mouth, and such? How often do you visit the Dentist? Do you enjoy your Dentist? Have you had any cavities, root canals, and other operations on the teeth? Did you have your wisdom teeth removed? Did you wear braces? Did you eat toothpaste when you were younger?
Listening to the show "Nothing" made me think that you could do a show assessing the US in it's current state in terms of economy, education, quality of life, etc..
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You're a website! I'll tell you what numbers I want to put in and you work them out.
That said, it seems to be in the favour of the bidders as a whole to remove the chance of one-upping each other.
Here's some screen caps (I have a thing for repairing stuff.):
Item in question.
The bid history
Ha! My final bid was £33, so if that last guy had gone 2p more, I'd have lost.
Instead, you could just bid with the amount you're willing to pay.
Windows 7 64-bit version will not accept certain low-level drivers without signing.
Deactivating this must be done at each boot.
I don't know how well that would translate, but as someone who sucks at roleplaying in any form, I'd be interested.
I sat down at a game at Burning Apocalypse 11 11 11 and Scott showed up to play and I was thinking "Awesome! I get to play in the same game as Scott!"
That's when Rym showed up and flaunted his higher slot priority and booted Scott from the game!
Do you floss? What are your opinions on oral hygiene? What are your opinions on the appearance of teeth? Is your opinion of a person lowered by poor oral hygiene? What toothbrushes do you use? Is an electric toothbrush superior to a hand-held one to you? What tooth paste do you use. Is there a flavor that you prefer? A flavor that you dread? Do you use a mouth-wash? Do you have a preference of mouth-wash? What are your opinions on bad breath? Do you have any funny stories regarding teeth, the mouth, and such? How often do you visit the Dentist? Do you enjoy your Dentist? Have you had any cavities, root canals, and other operations on the teeth? Did you have your wisdom teeth removed? Did you wear braces? Did you eat toothpaste when you were younger?
1) We need a category for books
2) Please get rid of the damn 30 minute editing limit.