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c/digital-nomad-life•sethm74•2mo ago

Remember when you had to pick a 'home base' country for banking?

Back in 2018, I had to choose between keeping my US account open with all its fees or fully switching to a new digital bank in Portugal. I went with the Portuguese option to simplify taxes. It worked for two years until I moved to Serbia and couldn't easily access certain international payment gateways. Has anyone else locked themselves out of a needed service by changing their financial 'home'?

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c/computer-technicians•sethm74•3mo ago

Had a customer in Phoenix who refused to believe his computer was just dusty.

He brought in a gaming rig that kept shutting off, convinced it was a virus. I opened it up and showed him the quarter-inch thick dust mat on the CPU cooler. He looked me dead in the eye and said, 'That can't be it, I paid $2000 for this thing, it should just work.' I cleaned it for free, booted it up, and it ran fine. Ever have a client just REFUSE the simple fix?

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c/chimney-sweeps•sethm74•3mo ago

Serious question, has anyone else tried both a standard brush and a poly brush on a tough clay tile flue?

I had a job last week in the old part of town with a flue that hadn't been cleaned in maybe 15 years. The standard steel wire brush just wasn't cutting through the glazed creosote, but a poly brush I borrowed from another sweep got it clean in half the time. What's the best brush type you've found for these older, glazed-up systems?

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