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Crankit posted:Occasionally I've seen goons respond to something by saying "pissssssss" what exactly does that mean, is it from a TV show or something? It comes from my most favorite youtube clip ever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUz9xCTOPRw Someone posted it in YOSPOS and they took to it rather quickly. It just gets funnier every time I watch it.
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To call a woman beautiful in Spanish, do I use "bonita", "linda", or "hermosa"? Fast edit: What are the differences between these words?
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Mar 10, 2013 07:11
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On Facebook there are now tons of pages that purport to give away iPhones or other gadgets. Usually they just ask people to share a photo and state a colour or something. I know it's a complete scam but what exactly do the scammers hope to accomplish? There doesn't seem to be personal information being exchanged or anything.
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Mar 10, 2013 07:13
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Raimundus posted:To call a woman beautiful in Spanish, do I use "bonita", "linda", or "hermosa"? Why don't you check the Spanish thread in SAL?
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Mar 10, 2013 07:16
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Xiahou Dun posted:Why don't you check the Spanish thread in SAL? Está hecho. But any answer here is still appreciated. 
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Mar 10, 2013 07:24
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Raimundus posted:To call a woman beautiful in Spanish, do I use "bonita", "linda", or "hermosa"? It depends on the context. But linda is appropriate in almost any situation. There's not much of a difference. Just in how you would use them. Linda can also be used as "nice" depending on the wording.
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Mar 10, 2013 08:18
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Vegetable posted:On Facebook there are now tons of pages that purport to give away iPhones or other gadgets. Usually they just ask people to share a photo and state a colour or something. I know it's a complete scam but what exactly do the scammers hope to accomplish? There doesn't seem to be personal information being exchanged or anything. More likes, shares, and comments will increase the frequency their posts show up in a news feed, gaining a large audience quickly. These pages can then be sold off as sorts of pre-made auciences. The page can be completely changed so it's no longer the free ipod offer, but for something else. Since the page still had that viral share/comment/like quality, it will continue to show up higher in newsfeed postings under the new owner.
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Mar 10, 2013 09:05
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I have a question about the words A vs An. "I found an iPad yesterday." sounds right "I found a iPad yesterday" sounds wrong "I found a Galaxy Tab" sounds ok "I found an Galaxy Tab" is weird. Which are correct?
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Mar 10, 2013 22:55
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b0nes posted:I have a question about the words A vs An. You use "an" when the word begins with a vowel sound. A spider. An antelope. A yogurt cup. An honor. It can sometimes be confusing when people pronounce things different though. FAQ is the classic internet example, if you say "fak" in your head than you'd call it a FAQ. If you say the acronym, you'd use an F.A.Q.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:58
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b0nes posted:I have a question about the words A vs An. The "n" helpfully separates the vowel sounds between "a" and the word following it if it starts with a vowel sound. An apple. An orange. An iPad. versus A peach. A mango. A Galaxy Tab. Sometimes you will get words that don't fit this rule by vowel/consonant, so you must go by vowel sound. An honor. Very rarely, I think, you get something that a lot of people mess up because they pronounce the initial consonant of the following word. An historian. (I took my degrees in history and English and still always say "a historian"...I'm incurable.)
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Mar 10, 2013 23:05
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Liebfraumilch posted:Very rarely, I think, you get something that a lot of people mess up because they pronounce the initial consonant of the following word. Then you should know that the difference is probably dialectical. I, as well, pronounce the H in "historian".
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Mar 10, 2013 23:09
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Whats a good tool to combine several .flv files into one larger one? I googled around, but there seem to be 100 different FREE! programs for it, which I figure are mostly just spyware. The vidoe files are mostly .flvs from twitch streams that got broken into 2 hour chunks.
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Mar 10, 2013 23:57
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I know defrosting meat on the counter is a pretty big no-no but at room temperature is it really bad let it sit for a couple hours starting from room temperature? Obviously you don't let it sit overnight, but if you're just trying to defrost it for cooking or whatever, a few hours on the counter can't be that bad can it? I'm aware that the right way to do it is either a defrost microwave, leave it in the fridge or leaving it in a bowl of cold water. Just curious if on-the-counter for a few hours is really such a bad idea (at room temperature, not like a hot day or anything)
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Mar 11, 2013 00:37
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Revitalized posted:I know defrosting meat on the counter is a pretty big no-no but at room temperature is it really bad let it sit for a couple hours starting from room temperature? Obviously you don't let it sit overnight, but if you're just trying to defrost it for cooking or whatever, a few hours on the counter can't be that bad can it? I'm aware that the right way to do it is either a defrost microwave, leave it in the fridge or leaving it in a bowl of cold water. Just curious if on-the-counter for a few hours is really such a bad idea (at room temperature, not like a hot day or anything) To be honest, I do it out of sheer laziness, the microwave is a better option.
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Mar 11, 2013 00:42
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Put meat in bag. Put bag in cold water. Change water every half hour or so. That is how you safely thaw meat. The coldness will keep it out of the danger zone. The water, transmitting heat much better than air, will thaw the meat faster. 
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Mar 11, 2013 00:54
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What happened to the old Logitech Harmony remote thread? Where do I ask questions about one now?
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Mar 11, 2013 01:36
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Liebfraumilch posted:Can I alter individual keys on US International keyboard to display ğ and ş as altgr options? You can set up key mappings like this in AutoHotkey. Set it to run on start-up, and add the lines code:
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Mar 11, 2013 03:07
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Noni posted:Put meat in bag. Put bag in cold water. Change water every half hour or so. For fresh meat from the grocery store, my mother would just leave it wrapped in the package it came in. The cellophane is usually water-tight.
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Mar 11, 2013 03:18
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Pseudodude posted:You can set up key mappings like this in AutoHotkey. Set it to run on start-up, and add the lines I shall get on this, thank you!
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Mar 11, 2013 04:16
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Raimundus posted:For fresh meat from the grocery store, my mother would just leave it wrapped in the package it came in. The cellophane is usually water-tight. I've also heard putting it in a bowl of cold water and letting cold water from the faucet run continually into it works well.
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Mar 11, 2013 06:48
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Huntersoninski posted:I've also heard putting it in a bowl of cold water and letting cold water from the faucet run continually into it works well. That sounds like a huge waste of water compared to filling a bag a few times.
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Mar 11, 2013 07:12
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Wait so I'm not supposed to thaw meat on the counter? If I remember I typically take it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge 24-36 hours before I want to cook it. If I don't remember, I will put it on the counter 4-5 hours before I want to cook it.
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Mar 11, 2013 07:27
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Xenoborg posted:That sounds like a huge waste of water compared to filling a bag a few times. It's a waste of potable water, yes, but it'll thaw your meat a lot faster than just letting it sit. And if you're on a well/septic system you can't really waste water so it's not a big deal.
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Mar 11, 2013 09:43
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Do you ever wake up and eeverything feels kinda awesome like it's your birthday or something, but it's not actually your birthday but you feel good like someone is going to give you presents? What's that called and is there a way to experience it more often?
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Mar 11, 2013 13:11
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Crankit posted:Do you ever wake up and eeverything feels kinda awesome like it's your birthday or something, but it's not actually your birthday but you feel good like someone is going to give you presents? What's that called and is there a way to experience it more often? A good mood? An extreme version of this would be a manic episode. But unless it makes you do things that you later regret I wouldn't worry about it.
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Xenoborg posted:That sounds like a huge waste of water compared to filling a bag a few times. The faucet should be set to a just the slowest trickle. In the hour it takes to thaw your meat, you will use somewhere between what it takes to flush a toilet and what you use during a shower.
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Liebfraumilch posted:Keyboards & Languages in Windows 7: I don't know if it's a built-in part of Windows 7 or if you still need to download it, but Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator lets you create customised keyboard layouts, either from scratch or based on existing templates, so you start with whichever one is closest to how you want it and add whatever's missing. Ror posted:You use "an" when the word begins with a vowel sound. A spider. An antelope. A yogurt cup. An honor. If someone writes "an herb" you can instantly tell that they're American. :-) Liebfraumilch posted:Very rarely, I think, you get something that a lot of people mess up because they pronounce the initial consonant of the following word. A lot of people seem to have this weird idea that you should say "an" for words starting with a H (or "an H" if you prefer), but there's no reason to do that unless you drop the H. If you pronounce it, it's a consonant sound so you say "a". A historian, an 'istorian.
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Tiggum posted:I don't know if it's a built-in part of Windows 7 or if you still need to download it, but Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator lets you create customised keyboard layouts, either from scratch or based on existing templates, so you start with whichever one is closest to how you want it and add whatever's missing. This is unspeakably awesome. Thank you!  It's pretty intuitive so far, and all I need to do now is make sure I don't get carried away and end up with some overwhelming abomination. I'd also like to see if I can stop ' and " from being dead keys, I guess it's called (waiting until after the next action to show up), since it's been driving me insane after my switch to US International. EDIT: Works beautifully and was incredibly intuitive to work with for someone who knows just enough about computers to get herself in trouble. I have my ğ,ş, ı, and İ just an altgr away in great spots that are easy to remember, I have no more dead keys on ' and " and instead was able to shove them off to shift+ctrl+alt+<~> and ctrl+alt+<~> respectively (since I won't need them often), and I found a nice home for œ next to æ. Victory is mine at last. quote:A lot of people seem to have this weird idea that you should say "an" for words starting with a H (or "an H" if you prefer), but there's no reason to do that unless you drop the H. If you pronounce it, it's a consonant sound so you say "a". Written, though, it's supposed to be an, right? I'd like to believe there's a reason I've been sheepish about this for a decade. Liebfraumilch fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Mar 11, 2013 |
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Mar 11, 2013 18:26
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Liebfraumilch posted:Written, though, it's supposed to be an, right? I'd like to believe there's a reason I've been sheepish about this for a decade.
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Mar 11, 2013 18:29
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Nope. Though he does say you probably won't get in trouble for it. But apparently it makes me less sophisticated, which is pretty much all I could hope for after pursuing a BA in history and English from a private college. I will die a spinster, or married to a mere commoner. 
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Okay, my wife and I have been seriously procrastinating getting her name changed. I'm looking over the SSI website, maybe someone can answer a few questions: We have the court document for the marriage license, the official one. With her ID, can we scan/print her license (or photocopy it), or do we have to go to the DMV and get some sort of paper copy of it? Do we need to get her birth certificate as well or will it go through without that?
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This website should answer most of your questions! It is really nice because it lays out what order you need to do things. I'm using this website to mentally make notes on what I need to do when I get married in a few months. http://www.brit.co/the-ultimate-guide-to-changing-your-last-name/
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Gothmog1065 posted:Okay, my wife and I have been seriously procrastinating getting her name changed. I'm looking over the SSI website, maybe someone can answer a few questions: If there's a (an?) SSI office near you, go there first with the marriage license and get her name changed. They'll give her an official letter that she can take to the DMV and get a new license with, and I'm pretty sure she only needs that and her old license. (I'm guessing that was your question, how to get her name change officially started, although technically it started on the paperwork for the marriage license you filled out for your town.)
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I'm having trouble coming up with a word. It's along the lines of retroactive or complementary maybe. For instance if a software update for an application includes all the other updates before it, that update would be _________.
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stubblyhead posted:I'm having trouble coming up with a word. It's along the lines of retroactive or complementary maybe. For instance if a software update for an application includes all the other updates before it, that update would be _________. "Comprehensive"? "Plenary"?
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Cumulative?
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Meat Recital posted:Cumulative? This is the correct jargon. Microsoft regularly releases "cumulative updates."
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Sieg posted:... If I don't remember, I will put it on the counter 4-5 hours before I want to cook it. You're not supposed to but that's the way a lot of people do it at home. I suspect the biggest threat is from cross contamination and undercooking from thawing this way. I'm much more concerned about raw foods like produce (especially bagged/processed) and general food handling than I am thawing methods. But it's a "how safe is safe enough" kind of thing. It runs from the OCD to the pulling a slice of pizza from under the couch.
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Meat Recital posted:Cumulative? This was definitely it, thanks.
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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:You're not supposed to but that's the way a lot of people do it at home. My mom always put it in the sink so she didn't have to clean up any runoff. My current roommate lets it sit in the fridge until it goes bad and then throws it away. 
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