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trying to get 10 hoodies made for a friends brand. simple design, nothing complex. figured it would be easy

called 4 different print shops. either they didnt want to bother with such a small order or they quoted something ridiculous like $40 per hoodie. i get that screen setup costs money but come on

started researching alternatives and found out about dtf transfers. ordered from a supplier with . got the transfers in like 2 days. pressed them myself over a weekend

ended up costing around $25 per hoodie including the blank. quality is solid, print feels good, and my friend was happy with the result

not saying this works for everything but for small runs and samples its been a game changer. way cheaper than screen printing and faster than pod

anyone else using this method for their small batch stuff

Sincer cred că am dat o căruță de bani pe culegeri de teste în ultimele luni și mai mult stau degeaba pe birou. Fiu-meu e clasa a 8-a și are examenul ăsta stresant în vară, dar pur și simplu refuză să deschidă cărțile alea uriașe.

Pe bune, mi se pare că stilul ăsta vechi de învățare pasivă mai mult le provoacă anxietate decât să-i ajute, mai ales la chestiile complicate gen geometrie în spațiu unde, dacă te blochezi, n-ai niciun ajutor în spate în afară de răspunsurile seci de la finalul cărții.

Cum să procedez?? Am observat că el reacționează mai bine la chestii interactive. Acum ceva timp am dat peste platforma upper school și am început să testăm niște simulări online cu feedback de la profesori. E cu totul altceva când cineva le explică logic unde greșesc în loc să se uite ca la felul doi în culegerea aia printată unde vezi doar un rezultat net și nimc mai mult.

Sunt curioasă dacă mai folosește cineva exclusiv culegeri clasice și chiar dau rezultate? Sau ați trecut toți pe meditații clasice și variante online?că eu simt că înnebunesc când văd câte cărți se strâng prin casă acumulând praf.

so i was bored earlier and decided to look up my own name just to see what comes up. bad mistake. i am honestly kind of losing it right now because my private info is just plastered all over the internet.

this includes my current phone number, my parents' old house address from ten years ago, full names of my relatives, and random online activity i don't even remember. all sitting on these creepy people-search sites and data broker databases. i never intentionally shared any of this.

After a few years of backpacking I keep hearing people say campsite selection is one of those skills that takes real experience to develop, and I think that's true in a way no gear review or trail guide can fully prepare you for.

My worst call was pitching on what looked like a perfectly flat, sheltered spot near a stream. Woke up at 2am with water slowly seeping under my sleeping pad. Turns out I had set up right in a subtle drainage depression that was completely invisible in the dark. Packed up soaking wet and spent the rest of the night on a slight rise I should have chosen from the start.

Since then I've started doing a slow lap around any potential site before committing, checking for subtle slope, signs of water flow, widow makers overhead, and proximity to the trail. Takes maybe five extra minutes but has saved me multiple rough nights.

Curious what mistakes others have made and what habits came out of them. Drainage issues, wind exposure, privacy, proximity to water, I feel like everyone has at least one story that rewired how they think about where to sleep in the backcountry. What did your worst campsite teach you that you still carry with you today?

I’m trying to pack everything onto my bike for a long weekend trip up into the mountains, and I swear I spent more time looking at straps and tie-down configurations than actually checking my valves. Traditional adventure moto brands charge insane amounts for basic heavy-duty utility gear now.

If you want a standard piece of reinforced webbing or a secure tie-down and it happens to be sold on a major motorcycle site, they slap a 300% markup on it because it's labeled for "adventure riding." And it's literally just nylon and a buckle..

I refused to pay forty bucks for a pair of basic extension tethers last night so i just ended up searching general off-road and utility sites instead. I know a guy who got some tie-down hardware from rogue powersports a while back when he was building out his rig, and looking through that stuff made me see how badly the mainstream bike shops are ripping us off.

You can get heavy duty, industrial-grade straps for a fraction of the price if you just look outside the ADV bubble. Tbh I'm just going to start sourcing all my rigging gear from general off-road sites. Paying a premium for a tiny logo on a piece of fabric is just stupid.

Planning a trip to Sydney next month and trying to mix in some fun stuff beyond the usual tourist spots. I've been hiking and camping most of my life so sitting still on a beach for a week isn't really my speed. Figured go karting would be a solid way to break things up.

Did some searching online and came across a few options when I looked up go karts sydney. Seemed legit based on what I could find. But I honestly don't know enough about the different venues to make a smart call.

Has anyone actually done karting in Sydney and have a venue they'd actually recommend? Curious if there's a real difference between the indoor tracks and outdoor ones out there. Any tips appreciated.

my tap water in australia always had this off taste from chlorine and whatever else comes through the pipes so i stopped drinking it straight and was going through way too many plastic bottles instead. it felt wasteful and i wanted something better for daily use without the hassle of big systems.

i decided on a pure water systems benchtop water filter because it clips straight onto the tap no plumbing needed and filters out the chlorine taste plus a heap of other contaminants. im going to use it for all my drinking water tea and even cooking from now on to make things simpler and better.

been building algos for crypto for about 2 years now. binance api, bybit, all the usual stuff. its great rest endpoints, websockets, nice documentation. but ive been looking at forex recently cause the crypto market has been kinda dead and i want more liquidity. problem is metatrader.

like, what is this thing. why do i need a windows vps. why do i have to write mql. why can't i just send a simple http request like i do with binance.

i was complaining about this in a discord and someone mentioned services that give you rest endpoints for mt5. you just connect your account and send commands via http. no terminal, no ea, no windows vps.

sounds like what i want. but i'm skeptical. crypto exchanges have apis built-in. this feels like a third party wrapper. how reliable is it? what about latency? if i send a market order, is it gonna be slower than running an ea directly on the terminal?

also, can i get tick data via websocket or do i have to poll? because my strategy relies on pretty fast updates. i'm used to crypto where everything is designed for algos. forex feels like it's still in the 2000s. but the liquidity is tempting.

anyone here made the switch? or do you just accept the ea life and move on?

I just got into backpacking this past year and honestly the learning curve has been steeper than I expected. Gear research was the easy part. What really caught me off guard was how much thought goes into picking a campsite once you're actually out there.

My first couple of trips I made pretty classic mistakes. Pitched my tent in a low spot that collected water during a light rain, once camped too close to a water source without thinking about the impact or the bugs, and another time picked a site that looked great at 4pm but turned out to be fully exposed to wind once the temperature dropped at night.

I've been reading trip reports and watching videos but the most useful stuff I've learned has come from talking to people who have already made those mistakes.

So I wanted to ask this community, because you all clearly have a ton of experience. What do you wish someone had told you earlier about picking a good campsite? Terrain, proximity to water, sun exposure, bear activity, whatever. Looking for the practical stuff that doesn't always show up in beginner guides. Happy to hear stories about specific mistakes too, since those tend to stick with you more than any advice ever does.

So I finally did it. After years of only camping with friends or family, I packed up and headed out alone for a long weekend. I had done plenty of research, watched videos, read posts on here, and thought I knew what to expect. Turns out there were a few things nobody really warned me about. The silence was the biggest one. Not in a bad way at all, but the first night I just sat there realizing how rarely I ever experience true quiet. It was honestly a little overwhelming at first, then became the best part of the whole trip. The other thing was how much faster camp chores go when you are only doing them for yourself. Setup, cooking, cleanup, all of it just felt simple and low stress without coordinating around other people.

What I did not expect was how much I wanted to do it again almost immediately after getting home. There is something about being completely responsible for yourself out there that feels really satisfying. For anyone on the fence about trying solo camping, I would genuinely encourage it.

Curious if others remember their first solo trip and what caught them off guard. Any destinations you would recommend for a second solo outing?

Just got back from my first solo trip and made basically every campsite mistake possible. Pitched my tent at the bottom of a small depression that looked perfectly flat, woke up at 2am in a puddle because I had no idea how to read drainage patterns. Also set up way too close to the water source, which I later read is a big nono for both wildlife reasons and Leave No Trace principles.

I'd done a ton of research beforehand but somehow none of it clicked until I actually lived through the consequences. Now I'm obsessed with learning how to properly scout a site before committing to it.

I know this community has a lot of experience and I'd love to hear which mistakes taught you the most. Wind exposure, proximity to dead trees, sun angle in the morning, terrain slope, whatever it might be.

Were there any red flags you missed that now seem obvious in hindsight? Did you learn mostly from your own experience, or did someone on the trail point something out to you? Campsite selection feels like one of those skills that nobody really covers in beginner guides, but it makes or breaks your night completely. I'd rather build a mental checklist from real experiences than gear review articles.

Been running a pressure washing business in Phoenix for about 3 years now. Got 2 trucks, decent clients, word of mouth is solid. But every time I pull up to a job site my trucks look like nothing. White vans with a magnetic sign that falls off half the time.

Started looking into proper fleet wraps recently. Talked to a few local shops, got quotes anywhere from $900 to $2,800 per vehicle depending on full wrap vs partial. One shop couldn't even tell me what vinyl brand they use which felt like a red flag.

Been looking at larger production companies too. Came across Crafts men while researching, they seem to do fleet wraps at scale with consistent color matching across multiple vehicles. haven't committed to anything yet, still comparing options.

Curious if anyone here has gone through this process. Did you stick with a local shop or go with a bigger vendor? And did it actually bring in more leads or is it mostly just aesthetics?

Moved to the area about a year ago and I am still trying to find a dentist I actually trust

Been to four different offices around here, one on the north end of Naperville, one over in Lisle, one in Bolingbrook and one closer to Warrenville, and every single visit follows the exact same script. Rushed cleaning that barely hits ten minutes, then someone who is not even the dentist walks in with a printed quote. Last time it was $3,800 for Invisalign I never asked about, $2,100 for a deep clean, and a $750 night guard. I walked out having agreed to nothing and feeling weirdly guilty about it

The one in Bolingbrook actually asked for a $300 deposit before they would even take x-rays. First time I have ever seen that.

My teeth are fine. I brush, I floss, I show up every six months. I am not looking to be upsold a full cosmetic package at every checkup.

Has anyone in Naperville found a dentist that just does the work without the sales pitch? Just want a straightforward place that treats you like a patient and not a revenue target.

i have been dealing with slow draining sinks and toilets for weeks along with a faint sewer smell in the bathroom. it got worse after some heavy rains and now water is backing up in the lowest drain even after basic snaking did not help.

i called sunny bliss plumbing and they came out quickly for a camera inspection and hydro jetting to clear the line.

has anyone dealt with similar wastewater line problems in older homes and what long term fixes worked or should i check for tree roots or pipe damage next?

I have been camping for about ten years now and one thing I always look forward to is planning the first night meal. After a long drive and setting up camp, the last thing I want is something complicated, but I also do not want to just eat a granola bar and call it a night.

For me, it is almost always foil packet meals. Throw some chicken, potatoes, and vegetables in foil with a little seasoning, toss it on the fire, and in about 30 minutes you have a real meal with barely any cleanup. It feels like a reward after all the setup work.

I have friends who swear by premade pasta salad that they bring from home, and others who say tacos are the move because everything can be prepped in advance. I get the logic but I love that campfire cooking feeling from the very first night.

I am curious what other campers do. Do you go simple and practical, or do you try to make the first night feel like a bit of a celebration? Do you prep anything at home beforehand to make it easier? Any meals that have become a tradition for your group? Would love to hear what works for people across different styles of camping, from car camping to backpacking.

I’ve noticed more creators are moving everything behind memberships lately, and honestly, it made me wonder how people keep access to stuff they already paid for. Do you just stream everything forever or actually keep offline backups for courses/tutorials you revisit a lot? I randomly came across whop while looking into this topic, and it seems way more straightforward than most of the sketchy download tools floating around online. Curious what everyone else is using these days because the current options are kinda all over the place lol.

was trying to debug some nested logic generated by a popular coding assistant today and it suddenly hit me - the reason these models keep failing at strict tasks is entirely because of how we test them in the first place

We are literally training and evaluating them to sound like confident humans. if a new release passes a medical exam or a law test, the whole internet cheers. but human exams allow for ambiguity and "mostly right" answers. actual code and physical hardware do not. if a model probabilistically guesses a state transition wrong, the whole system panics

It makes total sense why the actual engineering side is starting to pivot toward strict ai reasoning benchmarks that use machine-readable proofs instead of multiple-choice questions. if the system cant mathematically prove its logic step-by-step before executing, it's basically just fancy autocomplete

kinda crazy that it took the industry this long to realize that conversational fluency is the exact opposite of deterministic logic

got into a full blown argument in a comment section last night and realized 20 mins in that I was literally just yelling at an automated script

it completely ruined my mood tbh. we grew up with the web being this chaotic place full of actual weirdos and real people, and now its just endless bot farms talking to other bot farms for engagement. you never even know if the person you're talking to actually has a pulse anymore

People keep panicking about the rumor that platforms are gonna force us to verify our identities to post, but honestly? at this point id gladly just go scan my eye at a world Orb or something if it meant i got access to a strictly biological-humans-only version of social media. I dont even care about the friction. I just want to know that when i type something out, a real living breathing person is actually on the other side reading it.