u/Double-Effect3416

my printing setup for a small fulfillment side gig has been busy with spring orders and mother's day rush so thermal shipping labels are constant. i need qr returns, product barcodes and shipping info merged from excel data but finding the best barcode generator for thermal shipping labels that actually works with thermal printer and batch runs is frustrating. the free ones i tried add watermarks or break on larger jobs. i've looked at some paid programs around a couple hundred bucks but i want real feedback first. anyone in printing actually found the best barcode generator for thermal shipping labels that handles qr returns and excel data smoothly?

The message I accidentally sent to the wrong person had nothing special about it, pretty standard stuff about a role we were hiring for. The only difference was we went to the same school and he could see that on my profile. That was 8 months ago. Since then I've been deliberately targeting alumni first for every open role and my reply rates have not dropped below 30% once (although I had around 15% on linkedin before). I feel like I've been leaving an obvious tool in the drawer for my entire c

Do any of yours have built-in transcription? Like real-time speech-to-text, not just a third party app you sideloaded? Would love to know if this is something people are actually using day to day or if it's more of a gimmick.

I've been using podcasts to fall asleep for about a year now, works way better than meditation apps or white noise for me bc my brain wont shut off without actual content to chase. But I've been cycling through the same 5-6 shows and need to refresh my rotation.

What Im looking for:

• Long form episodes, 1 hour minimum, ideally 2-4 hours
• Calming narration, not two hosts arguing, not sensationalized, not loud
• Actually interesting content, I dont want something boring on purpose
• Subject matter can be pretty broad. I like history, biography, philosophy, power dynamics, organized crime, science history, etc
• Preferably a single narrator, I find two host shows harder to sleep to

Shows currently in my rotation:

• Fall of Civilizations (perfect format but new eps come out twice a year)
• Hardcore History (amazing but Carlins voice gets intense)
• Casefile (great but after a while i run out of episodes)
• The History of English Podcast (very underrated for sleep)
• The Rest Is History (good, slightly too conversational sometimes)
• Sleep With Me (the joke format works for some people, not me specifically)

What am i missing? Genuinely open to anything, especially if you've got a deep cut rec. My bedtime listening is pretty much all my podcast consumption at this point so it matters lol.

I'm planning to use the subway extensively in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen. Does Alipay just have one universal Subway QR code that I scan at the turnstiles everywhere, or do I need to download a specific mini-program for every single city I visit?

ok so here's the situation. Six years at one company, operations role, gone. Severance is melting faster than I expected and every application disappears into the void. linkedin easy apply is a scam btw, 80 applications, maybe 2 recruiter screens, zero offers. What's killing me isn't even the money yet, it's that I can't tell my own story anymore. like when people ask what I did there I just freeze up. I sound either bitter or desperate, no in between. started looking into career coaches last weekend. they all do this "discovery call" thing before they'll even tell you what they charge, which feels a little sus but I guess I get it. anyone in newark or nearby actually pulled the trigger on one right after a layoff? did it help or was it another thing draining the severance?