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Thauros posted:I have Comcast cable internet and like many Americans I have no alternative for reasonably fast internet access (FIOS is in some parts of my city but not in my neighborhood). If it's like Time Warner Cable, you're going to have to keep calling until you get to their top level support (usually Tier 3), and that depends on what they're told to do. With TWC, if you're getting 80% of your speed, it's fine. The problem you're having is during peak hours, which usually means a node split, and once they commit to it, it takes 3-6 months to actually do, and it usually takes them FOREVER to commit to a node split. Doing what Install says will help too, they normally won't do poo poo if it's only one person.
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Install Gentoo posted:Why exactly do you want to move to a small town? I am sick of everything here, and I want a slower paced life style. I also want to raise a family some day, and if I have to raise my child in LA I think I'd have to shoot myself. I've been in Foster Care since I was young and the whole city just stinks of despair and bad memories. I want my life to be easier, and find a way to escape poverty.
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So Dr. Pepper now has (or very recently had) a promotion where one in ten bottles won a free Redbox rental or something. This got me curious as to how these sorts of deals work financially. Specifically, does Dr. Pepper pay Redbox or does Redbox pay Dr. Pepper? Or is it just a mutually beneficial situation where Dr. Pepper handles the cost on packaging promoting the deal, but Redbox "pays" for that 1-in-10 free rental?
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Turtlicious posted:I am sick of everything here, and I want a slower paced life style. I also want to raise a family some day, ... I've moved around quite a bit but you need to save some money first, a few thousand at least, unless you want to be homeless.
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Jul 8, 2013 04:59
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Yeah... I knew that really, I was hoping $800 would be enough to bootstrap it.
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Move to North Dakota next March.
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Turtlicious posted:Yeah... I knew that really, I was hoping $800 would be enough to bootstrap it. Hilariously unlikely. Start job-hunting in your desired area now for a wake-up call.
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Call Now posted:Is there a way to disable those stupid "X is posting about a page you like" on Facebook? Because I've had enough of jizz-covered TARDISes and whatever Social Fixer.
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ElectricBlizzard posted:I'm going to the Dominican Republic in a few weeks, i've been living in a cold country all my life. Razz posted some good advice, but I prefer the loose layers method for doing field work when it's really hot. I usually wear hiking pants that won't absorb moisture, a long sleeved cotton shirt and a hat. Always wear a hat, your eyes will thank you. Near the equator, the sun will come pretty much directly above, and it's a blinding blue light that will actually burn your retinas if you don't protect them.
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Turtlicious posted:Yeah... I knew that really, I was hoping $800 would be enough to bootstrap it. The problem is that it has become harder, the job market sucks and many landlords want first and last month's rent plus a security deposit and they won't rent to you at all if you don't have a job. Last time I just up and moved across country, only one place would rent to me and only because I could pay six months rent in advance which left me broke, living off credit, and scrambling for a job. That was before the recession and I wouldn't try it again without a job lined up.
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Busy Bee posted:I was eating a sandwich a few days ago and all the oil from it dripped onto my khaki shorts. I didn't clean it for a few days and when I did, my pants smelled like absolute poo poo. I was able to get all the oil stains out but even after using stain remover and washing it two times, it still smells. What can I use to get rid of this smell? I was thinking of soaking the specific area in Isopropyl alcohol or something like that but I wouldn't know if it would ruin the shorts? Make a thick paste with baking soda and apply to both sides. Wait at least an hour the wash. It will not harm if you leave it on longer.
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Turtlicious posted:I am sick of everything here, and I want a slower paced life style. I also want to raise a family some day, and if I have to raise my child in LA I think I'd have to shoot myself. I've been in Foster Care since I was young and the whole city just stinks of despair and bad memories. Well if you want to escape poverty, definitely don't try to move to an actual small town. In all honesty I'd recommend trying to move to the suburbs of a completely different city instead, like maybe Seattle, or Boston, or Philadelphia.
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Holy crap this is awesome. Thanks dude.
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For about a week all of the overlays on youtube have stopped working for me. Stuff like the quality control popup, timestamps, the similar video popups at the end. Weirdest part is that they are broken in both Firefox and IE. Anyone else getting this, or have an idea on how to fix it? edit: Other video site like twitch work just fine. Xenoborg fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Jul 8, 2013 |
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What is the origin/meaning/point of the trend in clothing (especially shirts) to say "PROPERTY OF ______"? The blank can be filled with: the brand of clothing a town a university an organization It's by no means a new trend, but I've never understood it, and it even seems kind of hosed up to proudly wear a shirt saying you are property that belongs to Aeropostale, or Penn State. some, um, examples Does this come from something? Does "property" refer to the shirt, or the wearer, and either way, why?
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alnilam posted:What is the origin/meaning/point of the trend in clothing (especially shirts) to say "PROPERTY OF ______"? Property refers to the shirt being owned by an organization and not the individual. The intent being that you cannot get away with stealing a shirt (or any item) if the ownership is marked on it. So if you didn't want all your football players stealing t-shirts and incorporating them into their wardrobe you would make them as school property. One current example I know of is hospital scrubs. Marking them property of a hospital discourages employee theft, reminds me not to wear scrubs from one hospital to another, and helps the linen service avoid mistakes. Now it is a way to sell poo poo as team branding.
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Busy Bee posted:Short problems Take it to a dry cleaner if it's cheaper than new shorts.
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alnilam posted:What is the origin/meaning/point of the trend in clothing (especially shirts) to say "PROPERTY OF ______"?
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Turtlicious posted:I am sick of everything here, and I want a slower paced life style. I also want to raise a family some day, and if I have to raise my child in LA I think I'd have to shoot myself. I've been in Foster Care since I was young and the whole city just stinks of despair and bad memories. I can see where you're coming from but moving to a city and winging it is quite different than moving to a small town. You'll need a job or probably 6 months rent of cash first. Cost of living will be much lower than LA but so will the pay, so keep that in mind if you work out a budget. I don't think it's a terrible idea if you do it right, but going out with $800 and winging it isn't right.
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Install Gentoo posted:Well if you want to escape poverty, definitely don't try to move to an actual small town. In all honesty I'd recommend trying to move to the suburbs of a completely different city instead, like maybe Seattle, or Boston, or Philadelphia. Haha yeah, take this from someone who grew up and has lived most of her life in a <9,000 people town. And is currently living in a rural area where the closest town is 600 people (and 45 minutes to the nearest grocery store). There's a reason why I can rent a 5 bedroom house for $400 here. There is no such thing as a job that pays more than 8 dollars an hour, and you'd be lucky to even find that for part-time hours. Small towns are economically depressed and most are dying. Even the ones that aren't still don't have good-paying jobs. Small towns are riddled with poverty, it's just a completely different kind of poverty than in the big city. The manufacturing plant in the closest town pays $9-10 an hour and anyone that works there is "doing pretty well for themselves" here.
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Who does this song remind you of? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafiOd-jm14 I quite like it, but it's clearly derivative of a few 60s bands and I'm struggling to think of exactly who. It's on the tip of my tongue. edit: I mean, they sound almost exactly like The Coral, but The Coral were aping the 60s too Hoops fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Hoops posted:Who does this song remind you of? Crosby Stills Nash and Young?
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Hoops posted:Who does this song remind you of? Very reminiscent of some of the folk singers of that time. Particularly Ian and Sylvia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfTDPhMdTk
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Xenoborg posted:For about a week all of the overlays on youtube have stopped working for me. Stuff like the quality control popup, timestamps, the similar video popups at the end. Weirdest part is that they are broken in both Firefox and IE. Anyone else getting this, or have an idea on how to fix it? Something even wierder just happened. I got asked to do a captcha by youtube because "Sorry for the interruption. We have been receiving a large volume of requests from your network. To continue with your YouTube experience, please enter the verification code below." I've probably watched 15 minutes of youtube in the last 24 hours...
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Hoops posted:Who does this song remind you of? Made me think of Richard and Mimi Farina, but I don't know how likely that is.
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Hoops posted:Who does this song remind you of? Sounds a little like Richard Thompson's 70s stuff with Linda, particularly the precise fingerpicking part.
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Etiquette question: if I see someone's car in their driveway and it's lights are on or the trunk/hatch/a door is open, should I ring their doorbell and tell them? Also, if it's late at night (say 11 pm), but they're obviously up (TV and lots of lights on), does that change the situation?
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Sunshine89 posted:Etiquette question: if I see someone's car in their driveway and it's lights are on or the trunk/hatch/a door is open, should I ring their doorbell and tell them? Also, if it's late at night (say 11 pm), but they're obviously up (TV and lots of lights on), does that change the situation? Our neighbor did this the other night for my wife's truck and I thanked them profusely. If it looks like they are awake, knock/ring the bell and let them know.
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kensei posted:Our neighbor did this the other night for my wife's truck and I thanked them profusely. If it looks like they are awake, knock/ring the bell and let them know. Only do this if you are friendly with the home owner. Don't go around knocking on strangers' doors at 11pm for any reason (that should be fairly obvious)
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TATPants posted:Only do this if you are friendly with the home owner. Don't go around knocking on strangers' doors at 11pm for any reason (that should be fairly obvious) What? If the car obviously belongs to that house (if it's in their driveway) and there are still lights on inside then there's no reason not to knock. What do you think is going to happen?
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Tiggum posted:What? If the car obviously belongs to that house (if it's in their driveway) and there are still lights on inside then there's no reason not to knock. What do you think is going to happen? Castle doctrine and paranoia. At least I think that is what TATpants is alluding to, which is horribly goony.
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One small addendum: given the late hour, it's possible there will be kids asleep in the house even though the adults are still awake. I'd knock rather than use the doorbell, which may sound loudly enough to wake up the kids.
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Hoops posted:Who does this song remind you of? The obvious reference for folk singing in close harmony like this is Simon and Garfunkel.
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I'm gonna go with Peter, Paul and Mary.
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Whenever I've seen other people touch an electric fence they seem to suffer a worse shock than I do, is this because I have a highger electrical resistance? What would cause that could it be dehydration or lower electrolyte levels? Did eating a coin cell battery as a child give me some eletrical control superpower?
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Crankit posted:Whenever I've seen other people touch an electric fence they seem to suffer a worse shock than I do, is this because I have a highger electrical resistance? What would cause that could it be dehydration or lower electrolyte levels? Did eating a coin cell battery as a child give me some eletrical control superpower?
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One of my favorite features of Firefox is keyword searches, where I can type something like "d wholesome" in the address bar and it'll bring up search results for wholesome at dictionary.com. But suddenly...poof. Stopped working completely a few days ago. If I recreate the bookmark that lets me do this, all is fine, but all my old ones are just useless. Anyone else seen this?
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Tiggum posted:What? If the car obviously belongs to that house (if it's in their driveway) and there are still lights on inside then there's no reason not to knock. What do you think is going to happen? If it's someone I know, I have no reservations. It's just that if it's someone I don't know, I wouldn't want them to think that I'm some sort of creepy wierdo or that I was casing their car.
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Crankit posted:Whenever I've seen other people touch an electric fence they seem to suffer a worse shock than I do, is this because I have a highger electrical resistance? What would cause that could it be dehydration or lower electrolyte levels? Did eating a coin cell battery as a child give me some eletrical control superpower? It could be the shoes that you're wearing. Try it barefoot next time!
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