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I got a case of bottled oil for my paper shredder. Probably 6-12 bottles in a case. One bottle probably lasts 10 years. I only got charged for the one bottle. I didn't trust that those bottles (the actual plastic) was going to last decades so I just returned it.
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One of the things I packed when I left my homeland in 1969 as "political refugee " was pair of surgical grade "serrated" stainless steel tweezers ... Do not ask me why.
I think I have donated them to restore WWII emergency set known as
Gibson Girl
PS If your tweezers are not "serrated" don't bother...
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Salvatore Terress wrote: If your tweezers are not "serrated" don't bother...
Stamp tweezers are not serrated. You don't want to damage the stamps.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Serrations don't do any good when your hand-placing very tiny parts for soldering.
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Buying the same tech book (same edition) a second time, after a couple of years, is equal fun. Has happened to me once, about 10 years ago.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Or when I order something from China and it takes so long to arrive I totally forget about it.
That happens to me too.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Hopefully it didn't tell you that there were "unpaid duty and taxes", or "an address error" that has to be corrected before delivery. 
Troy Hunt: Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The other day a large drill bit for sheet metal was delivered to me. It ways about 2 lbs, and I will don't know why I got it. 
My house lives in Amazon prime (reminds me, starting to get a little warm here in Atlanta, so time to put a cooler outside for all the delivery people). At any given time, there will be anywhere from 1-6 boxes on my porch. The box of dog food sat out there for 3 days (family spat, they aren't my dogs). The good news is that my house is a good 15 feet above the road, so you really cannot see the packages from the road. We don't have much in the way of package thievery, but I suppose it does happen and will likely increase as the area changes.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Who in the name of Carmen Sandiego is the editor for the Code Project Insider Daily Developer News (insider@codeproject.com).
The comments are 100 times better than most of the articles. True fact: I read the articles because the comments make me laugh.
Take this little gem as but one example (bolded and underlined):
Quote: Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander tipped over at touchdown, but it’s still kicking
The photos might just be in portrait mode
I have got to stop reading this newsletter when drinking my coffee. Now I need a recommendation on what to use to clean monitor screens.
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You are asking for @kent-sharkey
And the forum is: The Insider News[^]
There are some good answers to Kent too 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Thank you for the kind words, and sorry about the coffee.
TTFN - Kent
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We need to ask Chris to make an insurance for you.
Not that CP start getting sued due to broken monitors that didn't survive the coffee spit of the day.  
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Here's to you, Kent ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
I'm in agreement, the Insider contains great one-liners.
modified 26-Feb-24 17:53pm.
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BTW Kent... have yo something to do with the new pic in the home page for CP-AI of the cat with the laptop?  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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No, I just do cat videos. 
TTFN - Kent
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So you did the video that was sent back by NASA's last deep space probe.
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I figured it was OG's mischievious cat.
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Shmoken99 wrote: Who in the name of Carmen Sandiego is the editor for the Code Project Insider Daily Developer News
Not sound snide, but the poster's name (Kent 95% of the time) is of course the "editor" that makes the posts. It's right there on the post line.
Then again, if you click on his name: Quote: Kent Sharkey does not really exist. He is an AI generated by a random number generator. Chris found him between the cushions at a Microsoft conference.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Kent Sharkey does not really exist. He is an AI generated by a random number generator. Chris found him between the cushions at a Microsoft conference.
And it has to be said... that was WAY BEFORE openAI and chatGPT came to the news.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Well, Hat's off to Kent. Thanks for bringing some humor into my day.
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Someone had me sign up for an aggregator. I didn't like it.
I told them I want a clone of this newsletter but with different/more articles and the sass that comes with it and that I'd pay $5/mo for such a thing.
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The sheer arrogance and ego of people, who purport fake nonsense that goes untested and unchallenged because it revolves around money - which so many people worship and so many people pretend to be good at to seem cooler than they are.
Dynatrade-Bell™, Quantitative Trading Engine
No source? No actual learning? A trademark in the title? Reeks of He Who Shall Not Be Named. Must be his brother. I bet this dude couldn't even define quantitative as it pertains to finance, without looking it up.
Dunno if this belongs under spam or I'd put this post in that forum. But this article is not about education. It's an ad and I don't see something saying it's a sponsor of CP.
Jeremy Falcon
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In such situations the best is to summon @sean-ewington to have a look.
It is from 2013... 
How did you find it?
But yes, if not spam (sounds pretty similar to his username) at least... :
Quote: Using the code
NOTE: This section will be continuously updated as project progressing.
Points of Interest
Code never added...
I would say, the easiest is wait to see what Sean says... (I would wait due to the entry of the contest, not that we break something in the background)
afterwards you can hit the red flag and say "unclear / incomplete" (I'll be doing it myself).
If enough hit the flag... bye bye
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 26-Feb-24 11:16am.
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This is from an old contest where the article submission rules were different. Basically, you can think of it like, "there were no rules."
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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