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Some swimming pools don't allow you to wear short and you have to wear speedos, I think it's mostly a french thing, but why does that exist as a rule?
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Crankit posted:Some swimming pools don't allow you to wear short and you have to wear speedos, I think it's mostly a french thing, but why does that exist as a rule? Shorts are sometimes very dirty because people wear them for all kinds of activities - sports, sitting on the ground, stuff like that. Sweat and grime from prolonged wearing are also an issue.
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Is anyone else getting that "Woman is 53 but looks 27" ad on nearly every page? Not that matters much, I'm just curious I guess. It's got to be the most persistent banner ad I've seen around here.
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stubblyhead posted:Try this. Pretty lovely of Microsoft to not have it on their site anymore though.
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Does anyone know of a goon or place that fixes ipod touches on the cheap? Can usually handle that stuff myself but this is a little out of my scope
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I know that bananas release pheromones or whatever that make other nearby fruits ripen faster. But do the banana chemicals also make other bananas ripen faster? If I isolate bananas from each other, will they ripen slower than if they were in a bunch?
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I think you might be thinking of the ethylene gas apples give off that cause bananas to ripen faster. Edit: Looks like bananas give it off too, and yes, the effects are cumulative between bananas and isolating them will cause them to ripen slower. A ripenening fruit gives off ethylene which causes it to ripen faster and give off more ethylene. Any fruit around this one will also be effected by the ethylene and will produce more and more themselves in a positive feedback loop. MrGreenShirt fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Captain Payne posted:I know that bananas release pheromones or whatever that make other nearby fruits ripen faster. But do the banana chemicals also make other bananas ripen faster? If I isolate bananas from each other, will they ripen slower than if they were in a bunch? That they should!  http://lifehacker.com/5891257/separate-bananas-to-slow-down-their-ripening
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I want to buy a shitload of those streamline nerf darts, where's the cheapest place to buy them? Amazon has a 100 pack for $20 but because of it's weird nerd following there could easily be some third party darts
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What's the deal with the Washington Post Social Reader app on Facebook? Is it meant to be lovely in effort to drive comments/likes, or is it actually just that bad? I feel like they're targeting the braindead dregs of the internet and if they are, props to them. If not, god help society. I'm just curious as to whether they're a trollsource or remotely legitimate. Are people just reading lovely stories and I'm seeing all trash on my newsfeed? Or is everything on that app basically trash? ZanderZ fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Do wearable articulate plastic arms exist or will I have to build a pair? I want to do up some tech-y looking fake arms for my trans-humanist halloween costume, but if there's nothing I can use for a base then I might have to build them from scratch.
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CowGuy posted:Does anyone know of a goon or place that fixes ipod touches on the cheap? Can usually handle that stuff myself but this is a little out of my scope This guy in SA-Mart buys them, not sure if he fixes them. Could have sworn there was a guy who had an avatar ad saying he fixed broken ip?ds somewhere.
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Scaramouche posted:Could have sworn there was a guy who had an avatar ad saying he fixed broken ip?ds somewhere.
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So I'm usually pretty aware of current slang/pop culture references, but I've been seeing people on Facebook say "lowkey" lately and it's bugging me that this is apparently a thing. I'm guessing it means sorta/kinda. There's an Urban Dictionary entry from 2010 that confirms this, and it even says it's from SoCal, but I'm from San Diego and have never heard this until today. Has this been around for awhile? I was out of the country last month, did some celeb start saying it lately? It's just so dumb and unnecessary, maybe that's what's getting to me.
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"Low-key" has been around for a long time, and it generally means something is understated or subdued. It apparently springs from a specific high-contrast lighting effect in cinematography, which was popular in horror and film noir. Unless you are referring specifically to lowkey as a single word? I don't know who the gently caress started that.
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Is anyone familiar with what a background check when starting a new job actually entails? I know they check your criminal record and what not. But what else do they check? Are they able to get information on what business licenses you've received if you started your own business?
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Charleston Jew posted:So I'm usually pretty aware of current slang/pop culture references, but I've been seeing people on Facebook say "lowkey" lately and it's bugging me that this is apparently a thing. I'm guessing it means sorta/kinda. There's an Urban Dictionary entry from 2010 that confirms this, and it even says it's from SoCal, but I'm from San Diego and have never heard this until today. Has this been around for awhile? I was out of the country last month, did some celeb start saying it lately? It's just so dumb and unnecessary, maybe that's what's getting to me. As noted above, this is usually written low key or low-key, and that phrase has been around forever, and is used in a huge variety of contexts (that is written for the non-native speakers mostly). example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-key_lighting Also a low key gathering= casual gathering etc etc.
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EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL 
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I apologize if this is something there is a thread on, I looked in the Business/careers forum and couldn't find it. Anyways..... I'm working abroad and have a good, well paying job with good hours. However, I would love to continue studying and pick up my Masters. I've been trying to find information regarding online masters programs and have been able to find about 5 million websites that mention schools such as Heald or ITT Tech. Is there a thread here where I can get some information/first hand experience on the whole process of online masters programs and have people to talk about schools with? If not, does anyone here know of any places such information would be easily obtainable? I realize that online degrees from for-profit schools are going to be the name of the game, but I'd like to have a little more information before just blindly jumping in and wasting my time and money.
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Busy Bee posted:Is anyone familiar with what a background check when starting a new job actually entails? I know they check your criminal record and what not. But what else do they check? Are they able to get information on what business licenses you've received if you started your own business? Credit check, criminal record checks, public record checks. Anything in the public record (which includes just about everything financial) is potentialluy a part of it. If you have to be bonded, it will be a fairly exhaustive check, either by the company or the bonding agency.
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Busy Bee posted:Is anyone familiar with what a background check when starting a new job actually entails? I know they check your criminal record and what not. But what else do they check? Are they able to get information on what business licenses you've received if you started your own business?
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kapalama posted:As noted above, this is usually written low key or low-key, and that phrase has been around forever, and is used in a huge variety of contexts (that is written for the non-native speakers mostly). This isn't what he's talking about though. http://twitter.com/#!/search/?q=lowkey&src=typd
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USMC_Karl posted:I apologize if this is something there is a thread on, I looked in the Business/careers forum and couldn't find it. Anyways.....
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Xandu posted:This isn't what he's talking about though. Based on context it means ... well I thought it was emphasis, like "really", but then I looked at Urbandictionary and there's an entry there for "kinda". "This summer lowkey sucked" -> "This summer kinda sucked." How this eldritch horror came to pass, I do not know.
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USMC_Karl posted:I apologize if this is something there is a thread on, I looked in the Business/careers forum and couldn't find it. Anyways..... There are actually online masters degree programs from not-for-profit schools too, not just diploma mills. There's a grad school megathread in the academics subforum, someone there can probably give you more specific advice on how to find the right program for you.
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Xandu posted:This isn't what he's talking about though.
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Captain Payne posted:I know that bananas release pheromones or whatever that make other nearby fruits ripen faster. But do the banana chemicals also make other bananas ripen faster? If I isolate bananas from each other, will they ripen slower than if they were in a bunch? Answering the last question first, yes. Both tomatoes and bananas release a gas that makes them ripen, and also can be stimulated to be ripened by flooding them with that gas. Which is why you are not supposed to store tomatoes and bananas in the fridge (trapped gas) or in plastic. Which reason is also why they are also wrapped in plastic at the store (to make them ripen for sale). Bananas are picked when they are green and packed in evacuated containers for shipping, and then ripened at produce warehouses in big rooms especially designed to ripen them (and tomatoes). When the green bananas are gassed drunk tarantulas come staggering out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripening
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This lowkey business, could it be some kind of iPhone auto-correct mistake? I looked at some of those tweets and something about themmade me think it's a word being misspelt and then the spell checker loving it up.
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I'm pretty sure 'lowkey' in this context is supposed to mean 'secretly.' Look at the Twitter feed: -i lowkey wana go back to school -I like this guy LOWKEY but he got a GF. Im tryna chill but the chemistry a1 lol ima POST!!! Im no HOME WRECKER -I feel like guys lowkey hate when their girlfriends screenshot & post their simp texts on social networks lol -Ppl Love Lies. They Lowkey Hate the Truth! -My mommy bought me a apron & cooking utensils she lowkey like my cooking. Replace it with 'secretly' and those all make sense. There are also a bunch of tweets using it as 'really' but I'm not convinced that those people aren't just really dumb.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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TheGame posted:I'm pretty sure 'lowkey' in this context is supposed to mean 'secretly.' Look at the Twitter feed: I think you're right, that makes it seem a little less awful now. But still, ugh. And I'm not even a person that normally gets uppity about the kids and their newfangled way of speaking.
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Just imagine that they're talking about Loki instead. Implying a sense of secrecy and malice.
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Gravity Pike posted:Just imagine that they're talking about Loki instead. Implying a sense of secrecy and malice. In American Gods Loki masquerades as a convict by the name of Low-Key Lyesmith. Odin goes by Mr. Wednesday. And I seriously hope that this is an auto-correct problem because it might be the first time I'm having a  moment for language changes.
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Are there any sorts of household objects that are made for relaxation? I've been looking at some of those little tabletop indoor fountains, and I'm wondering if there's other stuff that gives off pretty colors or chill sounds.
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Why does a bottle of Ibuprofen smell like farts?
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Rollofthedice posted:Are there any sorts of household objects that are made for relaxation? I've been looking at some of those little tabletop indoor fountains, and I'm wondering if there's other stuff that gives off pretty colors or chill sounds. I've always been a big fan of Japanese wind chimes. There are also various kinds of vaporizers with different aromas/oils that you could look into, if that's your thing. Maybe a vibrator?
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Well I don't want sexual relaxation
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Why are microwave ovens measured by volume? If I'm looking to get a new microwave, I want to know whether it will fit on my bench and how big of a thing I can fit inside it, and knowing that it's 3 litres doesn't tell me either of those things. So why not give the dimensions instead of the volume?
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Tiggum posted:Why are microwave ovens measured by volume? If I'm looking to get a new microwave, I want to know whether it will fit on my bench and how big of a thing I can fit inside it, and knowing that it's 3 litres doesn't tell me either of those things. So why not give the dimensions instead of the volume? What? Knowing that it's 3 liters inside tells you exactly how much you can fit inside it. Also, in America at least, microwaves will be marked in the store or online both with the volume of the cooking compartment and the overall size of the microwave as a whole, for example: 
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Install Gentoo posted:What? Knowing that it's 3 liters inside tells you exactly how much you can fit inside it. Well, it would tell me how much liquid I could fit inside it. Most things I put in a microwave though have a particular height and width.
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Tiggum posted:Well, it would tell me how much liquid I could fit inside it. Most things I put in a microwave though have a particular height and width. If you have a chunk of meat to cook, and it's 50 cm by 40 cm by 10 cm that's 20 liters, and should fit in say a 30 liter microwave. Seriously, did you forget basic measures so easily? Height times width times depth!
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