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General Questions Thread, January 14, 2026

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Both grandparents on my father's side potential polish citizenship

I have struggled to find where in Poland anyone was, but will dig more into it if the dates seem OK. Both my grandparents lineages are very similar, with my grandfather serving in WWII. I included both templates below with the info I currently have. Grandmother’s side Great-Grandparents:  \* Date married: 1919 \* Date divorced: N/A GGM: \* Date, place of birth: 1895, Russia \* Ethnicity ...

[0 YoE, Retail lead at a Hardware store, Journeymen Electrician, USA]

Fresh out of Highschool, looking to get into my local electrical union. This is my first time making a resume, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I am early thirties, make $125k (HHI ~$350k), live in Mid-Atlantic USA (MCOL), work as a VP, and buy a car this week.

This is my third money diary. Previous diaries from [2021](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneyDiariesACTIVE/comments/mdqugu/i_am_in_my_midtwenties_make_80000year_live_on_the/) and [2023](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneyDiariesACTIVE/comments/10lw0u1/i_am_in_my_late_twenties_make_111k_hhi_250k_live/).  Home buying diary from [2020](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneyDiariesACTIVE/comments/ndpsyg/i_am_26_year...

Went to the hardware store - found this flier posted outside

Went to the hardware store today to fix my toilet - found this flier posted outside

Doorbell transformer wire

I’m not an electrical expert at all, but trying to DIY to save some money. My original transformer (16/10) wires (thin black and red) from within the walls are too short to reach the new replacement transformer (16/30). So, I went to the hardware store in search of what I thought would be 18 AWG wires. The idea was to just cut two extended pieces of wires, connect them together and power the doo...

General Questions Thread, January 07, 2026

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Tool haul from Japan, USA and Switzerland

Just got back from a 40-day trip westward out of SE Asia with my kid – we hit a bunch of cities and I squeezed in some tool shopping at what I figured were "mecca" kinda places for gear. Nothing crazy huge haul-wise, but picked up some stuff that's tough to get back home. Here's the quick rundown from the shops I checked out, with my real thoughts. Weber & Widmer AG in Zurich ...

General Questions Thread, December 31, 2025

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[USA-OH][H]32GB and 64GB kits of DDR5 RAM, Intel 265K and MSI Z890 Tomahawk Motherboard Bundle, ATX Power Supplies, Corsair SF1000L PSU, Antec C8, Lian Li O11 EVO, XTIA X-Proto A ITX, Lian Li 206, Ibuypower Case, NZXT Kraken 360 RGB, H150i Elite Capellix[W]PayPal, Cash

**Time Stamps:** [**https://postimg.cc/gallery/KcrDdQR**](https://postimg.cc/gallery/KcrDdQR) **Important Information:** * I can only ship to people that live in the continental US. No international shipping, forwarding services, or PO boxes. Sorry. * You can pick up any item for cash at the Garfield Heights police station near Cleveland, OH. * Some items are too big for shipping, or I don't ...

General Questions Thread, December 24, 2025

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General Questions Thread, December 17, 2025

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Should I quit my job or am I just crazy?

So I travel around the USA and build a certain thing( I've been NDA to death so nevermind what the things are). I've been told that we get paid by the amount of "things" we build. An even split. If four workers build a thing we all split the pay evenly. On the early jobs I was given a plane ticket and Uber ride from airport ,at company expense, to lodging which is also company expens...

General Questions Thread, December 10, 2025

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ID please

WA State, USA Found growing in some bagged wood chips I bought at local hardware store.

What would you do with these old wires in ceiling box? (USA)

Replacing a boob light in an old apartment and i find that the wires are a mess, covered in loose electric tape and crumbling insulation. I stripped most of the junk away to reveal bare wires. Dont worry, i know how dangerous this is and the fuse is switched off until this is resolved. Is this is a situation where i can get away with reinsulating the wires and proceeding, or is this a more serious...

Review of Duracell Coppertop AA Alkaline Batteries with POWER BOOST Ingredients, 28 Count (Pack of 1), Long-Lasting Alkaline, Re-closable for Quick Access and Organized Storage

Duracell’s 28-pack of AA alkaline batteries is a textbook case of a brand charging a premium for a product that hasn’t changed in decades. The listing brags about “POWER BOOST ingredients” and a 12-year shelf life, but the chemistry is the same alkaline mix that’s been on shelves since the 1990s. At $19.99 for 28 cells, you’re paying roughly 71 cents per battery-nearly double the price...

Follow-up: Hybrid Search in Apache Solr is NOW Production-Ready (with 1024D vectors!)

# Hey everyone, A few days back I shared my experiments with hybrid search (combining traditional lexical search with vector/semantic search). Well, I've been busy, and I'm back with some **major upgrades** that I think you'll find interesting. **TL;DR:** We now have 1024-dimensional embeddings, blazing fast GPU inference, and you can generate embeddings via our free API endpoint. Plus: you can ...

Follow-up: Hybrid Search in Apache Solr is NOW Production-Ready (with 1024D vectors!)

# Hey everyone, A few days back I shared my experiments with hybrid search (combining traditional lexical search with vector/semantic search). Well, I've been busy, and I'm back with some **major upgrades** that I think you'll find interesting. **TL;DR:** We now have 1024-dimensional embeddings, blazing fast GPU inference, and you can generate embeddings via our free API endpoint. Plus: you can ...