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There is definitely (so far as I perceive it) a particular bias here. Whether or not that's good or bad isn't really relevant, but it's pretty markedly different from say, that of reddit (in general) or stormfront or whatever the hell other forum you can think of with a fairly obvious stance (generally speaking). It's kinda nice to know that certain things are beyond the pale here, rather than some sort of wild west where clicking the wrong thread leads you to child porn or ron paul-esqe economic dogma (n.b.: I do not go anywhere near d&d, or lf). That said, the only other forum I go to is the fountain pen network (here), which is as un-politicized as can be. That's largely because fountain pens aren't exactly a political issue, like say, guns are. I imagine if you steer clear of forums that are specialized in popular culture or political issues, you can likely find an interesting place that is largely free of stupid memes, unpalatable attitudes, &c. But you would have to look pretty carefully. For example, I believe there are certain photography sites/forums that aren't particularly favored by the Dorkroom. I suppose that's the nature of specialization: much like certain car forums are not particularly well-received. Basically: places like SA (with a wide range of discussion) are oasis' in the desert of the internet. You're more likely to find a nice place with specialization, but it's no guarantee.
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when worlds collide posted:I can honestly say that I have never seen as many people who share similar views as I do, than here. Maybe I just didn't figure out where to look, but regardless. People like Story with his American Dream thread, and the prison effort threads by erm, damnit I forget the author's name, I'm sorry... the feminism thread of HOW HIGH THE MOON's and many more. The prison threads were done by HidingFromGoro. Sometimes I wonder if Joe Arpaio did something to him because as far as I know he doesn't post anymore. Edit: he's posted as recently as February but I guess he passed the torch.
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JustFrakkingDoIt posted:The prison threads were done by HidingFromGoro. That's right! Thank you, I knew his name but it just escaped me for the moment. *edited for relevancy when worlds collide fucked around with this message at 10:03 on May 24, 2012 |
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when worlds collide posted:I have stopped using Facebook, I don't use twitter, I don't know of any blogs I'd be interested in, I don't really play video games much anymore, I avoid the news because it is too depressing, and anything noteworthy gets posted here anyway, I don't know of any tumblrs that would interest me, and Pinterest is fairly slow, often there won't be any new images, but just reshared ones that I've seen 500 times before. I don't have many friends on last.fm so I don't communicate with anyone there, mostly just read up on bands and enjoy my scrobbling stats. I also read very fast, and sometimes the forums (these ones) are slow. Lately there's been quite a few interesting active threads, but there's often times where I've read all the ones I'm following, and there's nothing new I can find. Hell, I don't even chat on IM programs much anymore. So I like reading, I guess. If it's faster forums you want, might I suggest a little site called 4chan?  This thing here says they had 2.5 times more posts last week than #2 (SA was tenth).Have you read many other forums? There's one for expats in Switzerland where I live now and it is just god-awful. Nobody has a sense of humour, average thread length is 5 posts and there are 2 or 3 billy big-bollocks who post their lovely opinions in every thread. This is the way most other forums are for me, really. I'm happy to get one reply and then I almost never check back.
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greazeball posted:If it's faster forums you want, might I suggest a little site called 4chan? I'm aware of 4chan, it is not my thing.  Not enough moderation for me. I have actually owned and ran other forums before, but I haven't found any others that deliver something close to what SA offers. It's not even really about spending less time on SA, but adding something to it. If that makes sense. Maybe Amnesty Intl' has a forum or something.  I know what you mean about other forums, though. They're just the same old poo poo over and over. Meme's, catchphrases, bad typing and grammar, way too much noise to signal. when worlds collide fucked around with this message at 07:37 on May 24, 2012 |
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I don't think SA is some magic formula, although I do think it's developed into it's own unique thing. Charge money for membership, have a large group of moderators that err on the side of harshness, voila, you cut out the worst of the internet overnight. Once the standards are higher, then there's a degree of self-policing as well in that you have to meet the standards of the community in order to gain acceptance in the community. I don't know any other sites that are like this one though, unfortunately. (P.S this thread isn't the place for your political beliefs, that was really weird)
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Does anyone have that post by Tom Collins that theorizes about why SA works as well as it does? I can't think of the right search terms for it.
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May 24, 2012 10:04
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I think there are probably other good forums out there, but not as broad as SA or reddit or metafilter (metafilter has seemed okay the few times I have been there, so that's one possibility). If you want good forums, you probably have to look for specific topics, e.g. subaru enthusiasts or game-specific forums. You're still likely to get memes and stuff, especially in "geeky" type subject forums like video games or computers, but not the same way you get them on reddit or 4chan. If someone wants to make a thread for chatting about forums culture you can feel free to do that in A/T. The title must include the phrase "navel gazing" and there needs to be a "stay civil" rule and a "no arguing about political/social issues" rule. I think it would be interesting to more people than just those who frequent this thread.
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I've had a little black speck eye floater for a few weeks now. I was told it was common and it'd go away, but I don't remember having any before and it's not going away. Doesn't seem to have drifted anywhere either. 98% of the time I don't notice it but the other 2% of the time it's annoying as it looks vaguely like a bug in my peripheral vision. Is this rare or do a lot of people have them? It can be a little distracting.
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May 24, 2012 19:49
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Try rinsing your eye with some eyedrops. If that doesn't help, immediately visit an eye doctor. Seriously, hurry with that poo poo. It might be something that is embedded on your eye, could infect and then you're hosed. You need to be extremely careful with your eyes, they're about the weakest thing of your entire body, and arguably the most important! Don't take any chances. A qualified optician can perhaps also help you, but I suggest a doc in an actual hospital anyway.
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May 24, 2012 20:03
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The way you've described it, it doesn't sound like an external injury. Samopsa, it sounds like a floater, some cells that are floating around your vitreous humor. It's not ER/hospital-level stuff - but if you can, do go to an eye doctor and get checked out, just out of general principle of "something changed with my eye". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater for more information. I don't know if they "go away", it's more like you learn to shuffle them out of the way and they tend not to I have a shitton of floaters in my right eye, that coincided with a punch of retinal vasculitis (hemorrhaging in the back of the eye). But, that was a shitton. An individual floater is of less concern, but you should still have a doctor peek in there.
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May 24, 2012 20:32
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Yeah, it sounds pretty harmless, but my point was more that you don't want to take any chances concerning your eyes. And all internet medical advice should be blanketed with big warning signs to visit a loving doctor if you're not sure. Better safe than sorry when it comes to health issues!
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If something is going to appear on iTunes tomorrow, when do you think that is? Midnight EST? Sometime during the middle of the day?
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May 25, 2012 02:44
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the posted:If something is going to appear on iTunes tomorrow, when do you think that is? My phone downloads new things from the RSS feeds and they're always dated 2am Central, so I'm guessing midnight Pacific.
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May 25, 2012 03:16
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There's a wireless network at the place I'm staying that my macbook connects to fine, but when I try to connect my ipad it says it is unable to. What I'm I doing wrong?
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May 25, 2012 03:43
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ommega posted:There's a wireless network at the place I'm staying that my macbook connects to fine, but when I try to connect my ipad it says it is unable to. What I'm I doing wrong? 1. Entering in the code improperly?
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May 25, 2012 03:58
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Knightmare posted:I've had a little black speck eye floater for a few weeks now. I was told it was common and it'd go away, but I don't remember having any before and it's not going away. Doesn't seem to have drifted anywhere either. I don't think it's that common in younger people. If it stays roughly rooted in place, like a blade of kelp in the sea of your eyeball, it could be the humor forming a small cavity over the retina and causing refractions. A sudden onset of a ton of floaters is not a good sign and should be immediately checked out by a retinal specialist. For what you describe, I would schedule an appointment at your earliest convenience. I'm no doctor, but I have floaters and an operculum from kickboxing and have had my eye checked frequently. Depending on the size and how you deal with your vision, your brain might be able to filter it out over time, which is what my doctor said to me initially. For me, the floaters bug the poo poo out of me and so I keep noticing and reinforcing them.
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May 25, 2012 04:23
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Golbez posted:My phone downloads new things from the RSS feeds and they're always dated 2am Central, so I'm guessing midnight Pacific. FYI it was up at midnight EST
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May 25, 2012 06:13
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There was a show on History or maybe the Biography channel called "Urban Legends." They'd show vignettes of 3 urban legends, one of which really happened. You were supposed to guess which one really happened. I'm looking for a particular episode where a business or a home was getting repeated creepy phone calls at all hours of the day and night. Nobody would ever be on the other end. It turned out it was the heating oil storage tank of somebody's home. It had a device that would dial out on the phone line to the oil company when the level of heating oil was getting low. The phone number the person/business had recently gotten used to belong to the heating oil company and since it had been reconnected the oil tank was able to call it. On that episode this was the legend that was true. I don't care about seeing the episode so much (I can't find it on Youtube), but I've been looking for info about the incident.
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May 25, 2012 06:26
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the posted:FYI it was up at midnight EST Heh, I thought this was the Doug Loves Movies thread, since why else would someone be asking when an unnamed item is posted to iTunes?
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Are some people just unable to tolerate spicy food? It smells amazing but even mild spicy things (chicken katsu curry, thai green curry etc) burn my tongue to fuckery. Is it really just a case of toughing it out until I get desensitised, or am I never going to get there? Everyone seems to be able to eat it but me  The last katsu curry I had left my lips tingling in a burny way, I really struggled to finish it.
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May 25, 2012 09:57
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marshmallard posted:Are some people just unable to tolerate spicy food? Probably. I love some types of spicy food and have since I was a kid, but barely eat them. There wasn't a desensitization. There are also some spicy foods that I just can't handle. I can't pin down what it is. Maybe a lack of sourness? I dunno.
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May 25, 2012 10:43
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marshmallard posted:Are some people just unable to tolerate spicy food? I'm the same way... though katsu curry can run the gamut from mild to fireball shits.
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May 25, 2012 11:29
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marshmallard posted:Are some people just unable to tolerate spicy food? Supertasters can have trouble tolerating spicy food - are there other foods you find unpleasant that other people seem to have no problem with (olives, coffee or cabbage, for example)?
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1 posted:Supertasters can have trouble tolerating spicy food - are there other foods you find unpleasant that other people seem to have no problem with (olives, coffee or cabbage, for example)? That's definitely it. I dislike all the things it says I should. Raw cabbage, pineapple and fizzy drinks have all left my tongue feeling burnt before. So I'm never going to like spicy things? :/ Edit: I also seem to be able to detect an extra taste in meat that other people can't - I can only describe it as tasting 'dead'.
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May 25, 2012 13:34
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ommega posted:There's a wireless network at the place I'm staying that my macbook connects to fine, but when I try to connect my ipad it says it is unable to. What I'm I doing wrong? http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/04/apple-investigating-new-ipad-wifi-issues-tells-applecare-to-replace-affected-units/
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May 25, 2012 15:27
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Is Bio-Oil any good for reducing scars? Any tips?
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May 25, 2012 15:36
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I'm looking for a small CRM solution for my (small) company that I can host locally. SugarCRM was okay, but trying to log calls and update when last we contacted a lead was a pain; I want something that will be as easy as possible for my salespeople to keep up with their workflow, be it generating leads, emailing them, or picking up the phone. Calendar features are a plus, not required.
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Barnum posted:Museum jerk here. The white mold isn't toxic, I encountered it when I was digging out some old ice skates for an exhibit awhile ago. Cool, thanks for the info. Will give it a shot today or tomorrow.
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May 25, 2012 20:40
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marshmallard posted:Is Bio-Oil any good for reducing scars? Any tips? Not sure how well it will work if you already have the established scars but it can't hurt.
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marshmallard posted:That's definitely it. I dislike all the things it says I should. Raw cabbage, pineapple and fizzy drinks have all left my tongue feeling burnt before. You should take up smoking to kill your taste buds a bit.
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May 25, 2012 21:43
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randyest posted:I had massive 12"+ surgery wounds from a car accident many years ago and both the surgeon and a plastic surgeon said to 1) keep them out of the sun and 2) buy vitamin E gel pills for cheap, poke a hole in them, and squirt the juice on the scars and rub in daily. I did both and it worked very well over 6 months to a year. ...If someone wanted to try this with established scars, I'd be interested in hearing how it worked out. EDIT: Nighthand posted:Has anyone used http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/ ? Are they legit, are they worth it? I certainly wouldn't mind super cheap razors instead of what I use now. I FINALLY got my pack of 4-blade razors in from the dollar shave club. I like them just fine. They're just as good as any name brand razor you can pick up for $15 at the store, they clean out nicely. The handle is good, but the clip where it snaps to the blade feels a little flimsy. When I ordered they were suffering from an unexpected rush and fell way behind in shipping. The site promises it won't happen in the future, so I'll bear with it. I'm pleased with the blades and will continue to keep my subscription, unless another delay like that happens My only real issue with them is how ridiculously male-centric the site/ads are. Obviously women spend a lot on razors too and would also like to jump on such a deal but the ad stops just short of saying THESE PRODUCTS ARE FOR MEN WITH PENISES. The closest it comes to addressing the fact that some women might at some point be interested in cheap blades is the site calling the 4x the "lover's blade" and saying "your girlfriend will also want to use this" as if addressing us directly is out of the question! I'm not saying the ad's not funny and that I need the product to be pink to want it (I actually dig the black and white a lot), but it seems silly to deliberately exclude half the population who has a great deal more shaving to do from the ad targeting. Rat Patrol fucked around with this message at 00:29 on May 26, 2012 |
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I tried to use my bank's "online banking" feature, and I kept messing up the account number on accident. When I hit "forgot password", it asked me if I would like the password to send to "*random guy's phone number*" or "*random guy's email address*", which is when I realized I typed in a "6" instead of a "4" on my account number. Am I about to get a call from the fraud department or will nobody notice/care?
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No one will care. It's a common, harmless mistake, and besides, what are they going to do? Call you up, say "It's a FOUR. Shame on you!"? Edit: vv The other guy might have to sort things out, because it was his account with the suspicious activity. More likely, they'll just put a lock on his online access for a few minutes. Rate-limiting login attempts on a per-user basis is one of the better ways to defeat brute-force attacks. Gravity Pike fucked around with this message at 03:38 on May 26, 2012 |
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SlenderWhore posted:I tried to use my bank's "online banking" feature, and I kept messing up the account number on accident. When I hit "forgot password", it asked me if I would like the password to send to "*random guy's phone number*" or "*random guy's email address*", which is when I realized I typed in a "6" instead of a "4" on my account number. Am I about to get a call from the fraud department or will nobody notice/care? Banks like to call out any and all activity that is even remotely suspicious, so you'll most likely get a call or have to call them, but it should be easy to take care of.
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Somebody somewhere should be giving that bank some poo poo about displaying a phone # and email address associated with a guessed account #. Edit: or hopefully most of that was hashed out with *s or something Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 04:00 on May 26, 2012 |
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Does anyone know of a site/resource where I can get downloadable, printable pdfs/epub/blargh coloring books? I've seen all sorts of awesome vector art all over the internet, but I haven't really found any compilations that I could print out anywhere. I've spent a little bit googling and I've only found 90's style websites with pretty lovely content.
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SlenderWhore posted:I tried to use my bank's "online banking" feature, and I kept messing up the account number on accident. When I hit "forgot password", it asked me if I would like the password to send to "*random guy's phone number*" or "*random guy's email address*", which is when I realized I typed in a "6" instead of a "4" on my account number. Am I about to get a call from the fraud department or will nobody notice/care? I work at a bank. Nobody will give a poo poo. You didn't access the guy's acct and you didn't change his info. All that may happen is the guy will find himself mysteriously locked out, he'll call to get his password reset, he'll maybe be told that his password was locked out on X day, he'll be confused and concerned, the bank will assure him his info is safe. I doubt they bother tracing it back to you.
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Huntersoninski posted:Stuff about dollar shave club. Awesome, thanks for the response. I'm guessing their big rush happened because they went relatively viral, and it's a pretty drat good deal. As long as they've delivered the goods and they aren't complete crap, I'm willing to wager a buck or four.
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My fiancée's iphone can't connect to her housemate's airport. I've made sure the password is correct. Is there anything else to try on her end?
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