Sites. Amazon: useful direct links

That's a list of direct links to quickly access some useful features at Amazon.com.

• Shopping Cart:
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html
https://www.amazon.com/cart
• Short links to a specific item:
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ID
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ID
• Buying Choices (offer listing; lists price offers from all the sellers of a specific product):
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ID
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ID/?aod=1
• Customer Questions & Answers (about a specific item):
  https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/asin/ID
• Customer Reviews (of a specific item):
  https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/ID
• Amazon Smile (charity/donation project, free for customers; discontinued since 2023):
  https://smile.amazon.com/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html
[etc.]

Note. By ID, I mean ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number), a 10-character alphanumeric Amazon product identifier (for books, it usually matches ISBN-10), e. g.:

• "B07978J597" is a Kindle E-reader (2019),
• and "0345803485" is for the Fifty Shades of Grey (paperback book, 2012), sorry for NSFW ;-)

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HOWTO: quickly check current bids & offers on eBay

You can quickly check the list of current bids & offers for a specific item on eBay.

• eBay USA:
  http://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/ID
  http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&Item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ManageBestOffers&itemid=ID
• eBay United Kingdom:
  http://www.ebay.co.uk/bfl/viewbids/ID
  http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&Item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ManageBestOffers&itemid=ID
• eBay Germany:
  http://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/ID
  http://offer.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&Item=ID
  http://offer.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ManageBestOffers&itemid=ID
• etc.

Notes:

1. Obviously, ID is the eBay item number (usually, it consists of 12 digits, e. g., "123456789012").
2. Apparent meaning:
   
   1. "ViewBids" is for auction bids;
   2. "ViewBidsLogin" is for "Buy It Now" (including "Make Offer") sales;
   3. "ManageBestOffers" is to check your & seller's offers & counter-offers for "Make Offer" items.
3. Usually, you can check your item on any regional eBay site, not just the one it has been listed on.
4. Surprisingly, sometimes eBay UK lists more information (e. g., sometimes, when items end, it shows actually offered amounts for "Best Offer" items).
5. Sometimes some links work only for auctions or "fixed price" ("Buy It Now", but also "Make Offer") items.
6. Obviously, you need to be logged into eBay to view some info provided at some of those URLs.
7. Disclaimer: please, careful educational use only, no warranty and don't abuse eBay! ;-)

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НБУ: незвичайні скорочення і терміни

Деякі скорочення (абревіатури) та терміни, що вживаються НБУ, можуть здатися дивними стороннім особам... Спробуємо розшифрувати деякі такі "жаргонізми".

Tips: how to find out the name of a deleted YouTube video

Sometimes, when a video on YouTube gets deleted, you may have only the address saved, but not the title.
For example, you may want to remember what was that deleted video in your "Liked videos" on YouTube about.

First of all, you need to find out the ID of that video;
it's quite easy to retrieve it from the URL of that video.

E. g., here is a sample short link:
https://youtu.be/RemV1deo_ID
And a "canonical" long one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemV1deo_ID
And "RemV1deo_ID" is the target 11-character video ID.

Unfortunately, the search itself is not so simple...
Sometimes, the deleted video page still preserves the video title.
Otherwise, try searching the ID in YouTube, and then in plain Google (and any other search engines you like): often, some sites embed, link or otherwise mention YouTube videos (searching full links is not much better, but you can also give it a try).

If the video has been recently deleted, you can try some "special" Google search syntax, e. g.:
cache:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemV1deo_ID (Google cache)
and
info:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemV1deo_ID (Google page info).

Have a good luck & enjoy!

Дивні фрукти в Україні: ююба / Strange fruits in Ukraine: jujube

[Українською.] Ююба (Зизифус звичайний, Ziziphus jujuba). Походить з Азії.
Продавалось місцевими в Херсонській області України на початку жовтня 2016 р. Перепрошую, плоди трохи прив'яли ;-)
Свіжа м'якоть біла. Смак дещо нагадує яблучний. Велика кісточка.
Для масштабу: сторона клітинки — 5 мм.

[In English.] Jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba). Originally comes from Asia.
Found being sold by locals in Kherson Oblast (Ukraine) in the beginning of October 2016. A little bit wilted ones, sorry ;-)
The fresh pulp is white. Tastes somewhat like apples. A big pit inside.
For the scale: the grid step is 5 mm.