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Go to your local sign shop and get some "View Thru" vinyl, or whatever they call it in your area. It's a vinyl that has zillions of little tiny holes in it. From the outside your window would appear to be painted completely white, but from the inside you could see right through it. Restaurants use it primarily for window advertisements.
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Maybe a curtain hung from a tension rod? That's what I've got in my bathroom.
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Jan 30, 2013 21:50
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This is a cheap DIY glass frosting technique I did on my window and it's not permanent but it works really well : http://lifehacker.com/399731/increase-your-privacy-with-16-diy-window-frosting Edit : Do it on a hot day or have a heater pointing at the window or something because it doesn't work so well doing it on a cold day since it takes awhile to dry.
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You can get glass frosting films that just stick on with static.
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Don't mess with the design. Architect clearly intended that you date only midgets. Edit: visionary architect Zegnar fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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Jan 30, 2013 23:18
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I just got a package from China. It was one of those wristbands that supposedly improve your athletic performance. The thing is that I never actually ordered this thing, nor did I order anything at all from China. Has this happened to anyone else? Why would some random Chinese person send this to me?
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Jan 30, 2013 23:24
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KittyLitter posted:The cost of the chemicals combined with the labor involved and the time it takes makes it almost not worth messing with. After the 386 series computers the manufacturers got muuuuuuch better at the gold plating that they were doing. Now, old 70's era telecom equipment is loaded with gold, so they are still good, but modern computers aren't. Thank you for this. I have some old pc's around here, like Windows ME garbage, and I was thinking about giving them to these people. But I was very curious as to how much they actually get from these things, and if it might not be worth it for me to strip them of things like RAM and what not, in case there's people out there that would use the components in their older computers. I could give those components away then recycle the rest. So many decisions to make. And the thought did cross my mind that if it wasn't too persnickety, I might consider recycling the gold myself, but yeah, doesn't sound worth it for me personally. There's a recycling depot near me that takes electronics, but I don't want to do that unless literally nothing can be used from the old boxes. I bet they might be set up to recycle the metals from mobos and things, though, hmm. That's kind of their whole schtick and all. Thanks again!
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Jan 30, 2013 23:26
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Is there a specific term for this style of skateboard?
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I just got a package from China. It was one of those wristbands that supposedly improve your athletic performance. The thing is that I never actually ordered this thing, nor did I order anything at all from China. Has this happened to anyone else? Why would some random Chinese person send this to me? Probably the real address got mangled somewhere along the purchasing process. Keep it, anyone who buys one of these probably couldn't spell out their correct address anyway.
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Jan 30, 2013 23:38
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I'd have thought that as well, but the package addresses me by name.
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I'm having a strangely hard time with this, but anyone know where I can find a decent 3.5mm audio cable on the cheap? I need a foot at most, just so I can plug my phone into my car. Locally everyone here loves charging an upwards of 10$, and I feel like I can get them extremely cheap. The dollar cables on amazon are offset by 5$ shipping which Prime wont cover. I know a possible answer is "cough up the 10$ and go without fast food for a day" but it's hard paying that much for a foot cable.
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Avocados posted:I'm having a strangely hard time with this, but anyone know where I can find a decent 3.5mm audio cable on the cheap? I need a foot at most, just so I can plug my phone into my car. Locally everyone here loves charging an upwards of 10$, and I feel like I can get them extremely cheap. The dollar cables on amazon are offset by 5$ shipping which Prime wont cover. I know a possible answer is "cough up the 10$ and go without fast food for a day" but it's hard paying that much for a foot cable. Monoprice is what I would recommend.
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Avocados posted:I'm having a strangely hard time with this, but anyone know where I can find a decent 3.5mm audio cable on the cheap? I need a foot at most, just so I can plug my phone into my car. Locally everyone here loves charging an upwards of 10$, and I feel like I can get them extremely cheap. The dollar cables on amazon are offset by 5$ shipping which Prime wont cover. I know a possible answer is "cough up the 10$ and go without fast food for a day" but it's hard paying that much for a foot cable. http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218
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Sieg posted:Monoprice is what I would recommend.
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ineptmule posted:
They make window shades that are mounted at the bottom, and then you pull the shade UP to cover the window. This way the bottom portion would remain covered for privacy, but the top portion could remain open for the view and sunlight. Here's a website with a DIY tutorial to give you an idea of how it works: http://www.instructables.com/id/Create-Your-Own-Top-Down-Blinds/
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I have a job interview tomorrow for an office assistant position. Definitely just a job and not a career track, but the pay is pretty good for what it is. The company's owner just sent me a 32 page PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming conference he's hosting next week and asked me to "jazz it up" so he could get an idea of what I'm capable of. He added at the end, "Don't bother spending too much time on it, just do what you can." The presentation is absolutely abysmal though, just page after page of white backgrounds, black Arial text, dozens of bullet-points, and zooming entrances. I'd really like to get this job, I want to make a good impression, but I also don't want to spend my evening completely overhauling this thing for free. Since I agreed to work on it, does "doing what I can" mean 10 or so slides of awesome work (and the promise to finish the rest if hired) or a moderate tweaking of the entire presentation?
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Jan 31, 2013 00:11
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I'd have thought that as well, but the package addresses me by name. Well I think at this point, it's only polite to send them something in return. Before Chinese New Year, so it'll be a festive gift.
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Jan 31, 2013 00:27
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Sieg posted:Monoprice is what I would recommend. Rent-A-Cop posted:Thirding Monoprice for all your cable needs. Awesome. And it looks like I can finally get another HDMI cable and still keep fiscal dignity. Thanks dudes!
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Cruxxed Up posted:I have a job interview tomorrow for an office assistant position. Definitely just a job and not a career track, but the pay is pretty good for what it is.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I'd have thought that as well, but the package addresses me by name. My guess would be that someone you know bought it for you. If they didn't tell you about it, maybe as a joke? Or maybe they thought you'd actually like it. 
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It's just an old school shortboard. That what decks generally looked like in the 70s and 80s before people started doing tricks off the nose of the deck. I've heard them referred to as "pin nosed" but I'm not sure that's really a widely used term.
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Cruxxed Up posted:I have a job interview tomorrow for an office assistant position. Definitely just a job and not a career track, but the pay is pretty good for what it is. Just because its not a career track position doesn't mean you shouldn't try 100%. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to get some fantastic connections or get some amazing opportunity by putting your all into it to impress him. Either way, it's a good chance at a first impression so why not start off with a bang?
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I was just watching a gangster movie and I thought, why doesn't a criminal just launder money by gambling with cash? Lottery tickets and casinos and stuff. You'd get a majority of it back, pay Uncle Sam, and everybody's happy. There's a limit to how far you could take it, but most criminals don't actually make all that much money.
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Mescal posted:I was just watching a gangster movie and I thought, why doesn't a criminal just launder money by gambling with cash? Lottery tickets and casinos and stuff. You'd get a majority of it back, pay Uncle Sam, and everybody's happy. There's a limit to how far you could take it, but most criminals don't actually make all that much money. Yes, this is done. I venture that it's the main reason casinos are built in places where nobody would think to go for entertainment.
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Mescal posted:I was just watching a gangster movie and I thought, why doesn't a criminal just launder money by gambling with cash? Lottery tickets and casinos and stuff. You'd get a majority of it back, pay Uncle Sam, and everybody's happy. There's a limit to how far you could take it, but most criminals don't actually make all that much money. You get 47% of it back, if you're playing "red" on roulette. 46% on Powerball, when the jackpot is around $100,000,000. Maybe as much as 49% if you're good at poker or blackjack. And the feds know your tricks. Gamboling is heavily regulated, which means lots of attention, which means lots of opportunities to get caught. Plus, if you do decide to pay taxes on it, well, the IRS knows the odds as well as I do. If you have an annual income of $50,000 from gamboling winnings, they're going to wonder why you didn't declare your $120,000 income.
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Gravity Pike posted:You get 47% of it back, if you're playing "red" on roulette. 46% on Powerball, when the jackpot is around $100,000,000. Maybe as much as 49% if you're good at poker or blackjack. And the feds know your tricks. Gamboling is heavily regulated, which means lots of attention, which means lots of opportunities to get caught. Plus, if you do decide to pay taxes on it, well, the IRS knows the odds as well as I do. If you have an annual income of $50,000 from gamboling winnings, they're going to wonder why you didn't declare your $120,000 income. I thought you could get near 90% on blackjack and generous slots. It seems like a dude could skate by and explain it away as good luck for a while. At least long enough to have the "clean" capital to start up Legitimate Joe's Cockrings & Quality Automobiles or some other front. Beside this, there are guys who play cards for a living, I don't know if they get audited every year. I guess what I'm wondering is whether midscale laundering is a thing of the past.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I just got a package from China. It was one of those wristbands that supposedly improve your athletic performance. The thing is that I never actually ordered this thing, nor did I order anything at all from China. Has this happened to anyone else? Why would some random Chinese person send this to me? The first one's always free.
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Gravity Pike posted:Gamboling is heavily regulated This is true, but you can get by on a technicality if you class it as frolicking.
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I'm producing a brochure at work, and when I convert it to PDF all of the l's and i's come out really heavy on the screen, like twice the thickness they should be. When I print from the pdf it looks fine... But we'll distribute the document digitally as well. What is going on and how can I fix it? PS: Thanks for all the window replies. I'm gonna go to a hardware store and see what they got.
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Mescal posted:I was just watching a gangster movie and I thought, why doesn't a criminal just launder money by gambling with cash? Lottery tickets and casinos and stuff. You'd get a majority of it back, pay Uncle Sam, and everybody's happy. There's a limit to how far you could take it, but most criminals don't actually make all that much money. Criminals used to do this much more, but now the government regulates gambling enough to catch money launderers doing this. They'd just grind a roulette wheel for a reasonable average return. Poker is the only game in a casino where a good player can actually come out ahead, because the house takes a cut of his winnings, but it's too risky for a criminal launderer to play.
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Mescal posted:I thought you could get near 90% on blackjack and generous slots. It seems like a dude could skate by and explain it away as good luck for a while. At least long enough to have the "clean" capital to start up Legitimate Joe's Cockrings & Quality Automobiles or some other front. Beside this, there are guys who play cards for a living, I don't know if they get audited every year. I guess what I'm wondering is whether midscale laundering is a thing of the past. Most US states that allow slot machines mandate that over a sufficient period of time, a slot machine must return anywhere from 92% to 98% of the money put in in the form of rewards. The catch of course, is that you might sit there plinking in money for 3 days straight and not get anything back, and then the next guy to try it wins a jackpot of 92% of what you put in. And slot machines get very carefully inspected to ensure that they do provide that rate of return before they're allowed to be operated.
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Mescal posted:I was just watching a gangster movie and I thought, why doesn't a criminal just launder money by gambling with cash? Lottery tickets and casinos and stuff. You'd get a majority of it back, pay Uncle Sam, and everybody's happy. There's a limit to how far you could take it, but most criminals don't actually make all that much money. They'll do far better laundering in *building* the casinos, rather than gambling in them. Cocaine is a major reason Miami has a skyline.
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ineptmule posted:I'm producing a brochure at work, and when I convert it to PDF all of the l's and i's come out really heavy on the screen, like twice the thickness they should be. Are you sure this isn't a zoom problem? If the zoom level is just right some letters can be distorted.
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Why don't any of the Indian people I work with wear deoderant?
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the posted:Why don't any of the Indian people I work with wear deoderant? I thought that was more of a diet thing?
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the posted:Why don't any of the Indian people I work with wear deoderant? Indian from India, or Native American? I work with quite a few Indians from India, and I haven't ever smelled anything offensive. If anything, the opposite is true. Most of the Indian engineers I work with wear a lot of cologne.
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Curry is the smell that keeps on giving, why would you want to cover that up?
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In college my Indian roommate told me that white people smell like milk. I told him I couldn't smell milk and he said 'Exactly.'
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Golbez posted:Curry is the smell that keeps on giving, why would you want to cover that up? Because it's the senile grandma of smells that keeps on giving you pink socks.
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