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Organza Quiz posted:Is there an easy way to check if a particular username is taken here? Yes. You can swap 'userid=xxx' for 'username=yyyy' in a profile address and type in a username to see if the profile exists. You don't need to do anything special for spaces, just type your usual space in a username if the one you're trying to check has multiple words and your browser should put the %20 in for you. For example swapping your userid to username in the profile page would have the URL looking like this. code:code:
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I've seen people online who are antivaxxers or covid deniers or something, anyway one of the things i've seen them say is that they won't go to a hospital because hospitals make a lot of money from people dying of covid. What happens when the pandemic goes away will they still avoid hospitals? will they be going homeopathic?
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Sep 27, 2021 21:55
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tuyop posted:Can anyone recommend a foot warmer? My feet get cold in this loving miserable plague-ridden tundra and no level of thick wool socks helps To return to this, I saw a hot water bottle on sale at the grocery store for $8CAD and thought it was worth a shot. My feet have been pleasantly warm and I just refill the bottle a couple times a day.
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Sep 27, 2021 21:59
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Someone lost the stopper to our drain but I'm having trouble finding a replacement plug. Does anyone know what type of plug this is or how to go about finding a new stopper that will work?  
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Sep 27, 2021 22:57
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Crankit posted:I've seen people online who are antivaxxers or covid deniers or something, anyway one of the things i've seen them say is that they won't go to a hospital because hospitals make a lot of money from people dying of covid. What happens when the pandemic goes away will they still avoid hospitals? will they be going homeopathic? You’re trying to reason out what path they’ll take from a position they didn’t reason themselves into. It’s a fool’s errand. Having said that, I suspect that the number who swear off hospitals forever will be quite small. Many antivaxxers are eager to queue up for Regeneron right now.
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Sep 27, 2021 23:32
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Crankit posted:I've seen people online who are antivaxxers or covid deniers or something, anyway one of the things i've seen them say is that they won't go to a hospital because hospitals make a lot of money from people dying of covid. What happens when the pandemic goes away will they still avoid hospitals? will they be going homeopathic? As Platystemon points out, there's no consistent logical process at play here. People will say whatever they think they can get away with that will help them accomplish their goals. In this case the goal is "don't get the vaccine". It doesn't remotely matter if the excuse is consistent or indeed even remotely plausible, what matters is that there's an excuse. If their chosen excuse gets debunked so thoroughly that they can no longer use it without getting mocked by everyone, then they'll find a new excuse. If you're waiting for them to admit they were wrong and change their behavior, I hope you're prepared to wait a long time.
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Sep 27, 2021 23:58
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I mean my mom is a homeopath and she got right on the vaccine when it was available, and if any of her
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Sep 28, 2021 00:25
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:As Platystemon points out, there's no consistent logical process at play here. People will say whatever they think they can get away with that will help them accomplish their goals. In this case the goal is "don't get the vaccine". It doesn't remotely matter if the excuse is consistent or indeed even remotely plausible, what matters is that there's an excuse. If their chosen excuse gets debunked so thoroughly that they can no longer use it without getting mocked by everyone, then they'll find a new excuse. If you're waiting for them to admit they were wrong and change their behavior, I hope you're prepared to wait a long time. Another corollary goal with these sorts of statements is attracting attention, even if it is negative.
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Sep 28, 2021 02:35
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i understand people who still wear masks in public because im one of them i dont agree with anti-maskers, but i know what their arguments are and generally understand their thought process what i dont understand are the half-maskers. people who go around with a mask on their mouth but their nose sticking out. wtf is the point of that?
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Sep 28, 2021 05:00
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People who feel like they should wear a mask, but find it unpleasant to breathe in it and also don't think very hard about things.
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Sep 28, 2021 05:25
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They’re cowards, OP. They don’t want to do their part to help the community, but they also don’t want to be called out as the worthless sacks of poo poo they know, deep down, that they are.
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Sep 28, 2021 05:33
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Its like seeing a couple where one is wearing a mask and the other isn't.
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Sep 28, 2021 05:41
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Organza Quiz posted:People who feel like they should wear a mask, but find it unpleasant to breathe in it and also don't think very hard about things. It's this, a ton of people are not strongly ideological and are just going to go with whatever mandate exists without much thought, assuming that it's the best and easiest thing to do (which is why mandates are helpful). Exposing the nose makes it a teeny bit more comfortable especially wrt glasses fogging up and they probably don't think too hard about what the mask is for or whether they are drastically reducing its effect. The more weird case to me is people who wear the mask but secretly take it off in the bathroom, or deliberately have a snack on hand so they can claim they are actively eating/drinking. These people are too cowardly to be full-time anti mask, but still think they can get one over on society by sneaking it off when they can get away with it
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Sep 28, 2021 06:32
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Earwicker posted:what i dont understand are the half-maskers. people who go around with a mask on their mouth but their nose sticking out. wtf is the point of that? They're technically complying with mask rules while also finding a way to completely defeat the point of them. You know, assholes.
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Sep 28, 2021 12:41
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I have this weird habit in my head of using the word "preclude" to mean include or imply even though it means the opposite of include is there a p word that is similar? Like "that would p____ that they already know how to do this"
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Sep 28, 2021 12:48
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Presume?
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Sep 28, 2021 12:54
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Tiggum posted:My father posted this screenshot on Facebook showing a search for curtain cleaners in Victoria, Australia that seems very weird. From a few pages ago, but reminded me of this similar maps weirdness with Apple Maps in Australia: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/13/apple-maps-australia-listing-bug/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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Sep 28, 2021 12:58
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Alan Smithee posted:is there a p word that is similar? Like "that would p____ that they already know how to do this" greazeball posted:Presume?
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Sep 28, 2021 13:42
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I know NYC has a lot of condos and co-ops - I noticed that for condos, the HOA fees are pretty crazy, even for NY. For example a small condo in Brooklyn I saw listed at 600K and it was maybe 700 SF. But the HOA was 2100/month? My understanding is that with condos, the upfront cost is higher, but the fees are lower overall, but you pay property taxes separately. With a co-op, the upfront cost is lower, but the fees are higher, and the fees include property taxes. I have no idea how anyone affords this poo poo. Are all those ridiculous property taxes tax deductible?
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Sep 28, 2021 15:16
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Housing in NYC is very expensive. It drives salaries up pretty hard, but even after that a lot of people can't afford to buy property there.
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Sep 28, 2021 15:48
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ultrafilter posted:Housing in NYC is very expensive. It drives salaries up pretty hard, but even after that a lot of people can't afford to buy property there. 700k for a 500 SF studio lol (though it's in a pretty nice neighborhood, and is brand new) https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/561-Pacific-St-301-Brooklyn-NY-11217/2070188684_zpid/ also the HOA fee seems... really low? maybe because it's a new building so they haven't had to do any major updates yet?
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Sep 28, 2021 15:52
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Why are decorative towels almost universally useless?
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Sep 28, 2021 16:57
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hooah posted:Why are decorative towels almost universally useless? because they are for decoration and decoration is dumb, which is basically modernism encapsulated. welcome friend
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Sep 28, 2021 17:12
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actionjackson posted:because they are for decoration I just don't understand why they can't be decorative (i.e. have designs or patterns on them) and also functional.
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Sep 28, 2021 17:26
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hooah posted:I just don't understand why they can't be decorative (i.e. have designs or patterns on them) and also functional. Those would be decorated towels -they’re right next to the decorative towels.
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Sep 28, 2021 18:43
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For bravery and self sacrifice, this towel was awarded the brown star.
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Sep 28, 2021 19:01
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"gently caress those towels" - mies van der rohe, c. 1929
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Sep 28, 2021 20:08
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Do stars twinkle? I just remembered I've heard the explanation before about the atmosphere, but I don't think I've seen stars actually twinkle.
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Sep 29, 2021 00:36
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Crankit posted:Do stars twinkle? I just remembered I've heard the explanation before about the atmosphere, but I don't think I've seen stars actually twinkle. Yes? Do you live in the Atacama Desert or something? Some nights they twinkle more than others, but twinkle they do. Try comparing them to Jupiter, Saturn, or Venus, which are at this date all low in the southern sky after sunset and do not twinkle.
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Sep 29, 2021 00:55
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Flipperwaldt posted:For bravery and self sacrifice, this towel was awarded the brown star. After which it had to be thrown away, for sanitary reasons.
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Sep 29, 2021 04:31
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Platystemon posted:Yes? Do you live in the Atacama Desert or something? I've never been able to see this. I've had people try to point it out to me by going "that one's a planet; that one's a star. See?" and I don't see. There's no difference visible to me.
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Sep 29, 2021 06:23
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How's your vision? If you're sitting at 20/60 or something, or have an astigmatism, that could explain it. There's one fairly bright star, I don't know it's name, that seems to rapidly change colors from red, to white, to flashes of blue. That would be the most obvious twinkle. I'll see if I can find out the name of the star.
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Sep 29, 2021 07:16
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regulargonzalez posted:How's your vision? If you're sitting at 20/60 or something, or have an astigmatism, that could explain it. Sirius is a good candidate because it’s the brightest star in the night sky and it’s low in the sky from the Europe/U.S./Canada. There are some weird stars out there, but for twinkling purposes their size and metallicity and such is mostly irrelevant. It’s all about brightness and position. Sirius rises in the early morning right now. As the Northern Hemisphere enters winter, it will become prominent.
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Sep 29, 2021 07:30
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Tiggum posted:I've never been able to see this. I've had people try to point it out to me by going "that one's a planet; that one's a star. See?" and I don't see. There's no difference visible to me. They’re huge compared to stars, especially Venus. It’s why Venus is sometimes referred to as the morning star or the evening star: it’s so big and bright that it’s the first and the last light you’re likely to see in the sky (not counting the sun and moon). Also, if you take a moment you can get the planets (kinda) in focus and see an actual circle. You can’t do that with stars. I need to keep one eye closed, and it’s a bit of a strain on the one that’s open.
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Such Fun posted:if you take a moment you can get the planets (kinda) in focus and see an actual circle. 
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Sep 29, 2021 15:19
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Sounds like you might have some minor myopia. You have to be seeing just about perfectly to see stars twinkle, or even to see many of them at all. I know i can't really see it with my glasses, which are slightly out of date, but i can with my contacts.
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Sep 29, 2021 15:33
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Is there any inherent reason, given our level of scientific knowledge, why MRI machines must be so loud or is it a matter of we could make them quiet but it would cost an order of magnitude more money? If Elon Musk threw $5 billion at the problem could a silent MRI machine be developed?
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Sep 29, 2021 17:50
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Given his track record I'd say Elon Musk would probably raise 10B in public funding promising a silent MRI, use it to develop a new pair of earmuffs as a "proof of concept," and then claim to need more money to finish the silent MRI  But I'm curious about the real answer. My guess is there's just no way to sufficiently quiet a massive high-speed spinning eccentric load like that, especially in such a tight space with coolant, electrical connections, waveguides, etc.
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Sep 29, 2021 18:03
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Tiggum posted:I believe that you can do that. I believe that you see the twinkling. Enough people have told me they see it that I can't doubt it. But I can't see it. They're all just dots to me. That’s rough buddy. Have you really tried though? Here, let me show you again. Just look at it. Just look at - no, not like that. Just look at it. Let me show you again. You see this one here, the one that’s brighter? Yes it is, just look at it. Just focus your eye. Focus, like I’m doing. (I have the depth perception of a toddler and a bunch of optical illusions just don’t work for me no matter what I try. When I’m making a sculpture I constantly have to walk around moving my head like a chicken. So I get how much fun people repeatedly pointing at the sky must be for you)
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regulargonzalez posted:Is there any inherent reason, given our level of scientific knowledge, why MRI machines must be so loud or is it a matter of we could make them quiet but it would cost an order of magnitude more money? If Elon Musk threw $5 billion at the problem could a silent MRI machine be developed? I googled to get the technical answer, which is apparently: quote:
I don’t know if it’s already possible to make a silent MRI machine, I’d be curious to learn. But even if Elon Musk would pay other people to make a silent MRI, what are the odds of you and I being scanned with it if we’d need a scan? MRI machines are expensive as gently caress, and I don’t believe most hospitals upgrade them like it’s the newest iPhone. I hope everything turns out alright for you, and that you never have to get in that noise tube again.
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