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Munin posted:I like the design but looking at the transition from underneath it looks as if it is something someone bodged together and I'd be curious how (probably badly) the upper support column was attached to the ceiling. 
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Hope a stretcher is never needed up there. drat.
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Sep 6, 2014 01:19
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The House Of Broken Toes
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Veinless posted:Hope a stretcher is never needed up there. drat. That is: in theory. Reality is all those tiny screws are stripped due to them having a hole for an allen key only very slightly smaller than the thickness of the screw. I've been meaning to change them out for hex bolts for the last ten years, but eh.
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Sep 6, 2014 01:36
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Sep 6, 2014 01:46
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One acid trip away from being a 2nd-floor recluse
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Sep 6, 2014 02:20
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Flipperwaldt posted:Except for a couple that are bolted to the wall, all steps stay in place through friction only. You could loosen one of the screws in the rings and swing the steps out of the way, making a hole you could lower someone through vertically along a rope. Please mechanize this process so they are only out when someone's near them, like some kind of bullshit videogame bridge. Bonus points if they're all pressure-sensitive and supply just one stair at a time above and below the one in use. e: if you do this then consider also replacing them with an approximation of those hands from Labyrinth. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Sep 6, 2014 |
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Munin posted:I like the design but looking at the transition from underneath it looks as if it is something someone bodged together and I'd be curious how (probably badly) the upper support column was attached to the ceiling. you'd think there would at least be a substantial connection between the two posts instead of just that little wire keeping them aligned. I'm picturing the top half coming loose and taking a core sample of somebody going downstairs. Veinless posted:Hope a stretcher is never needed up there. drat.
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Delivery McGee posted:take the stretcher out through the window.  
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At my brother's apartment complex: Hmm, yes, this seems fine.
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Sep 7, 2014 17:06
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Nothing jumps out as me as "not to code" or hazardous there. Just typical lazy phone/catv installers. This is what happened to the cable plant of both industries since they started hiring contractors as installers. It's even worse in places you don't typically see (cross connects and in some cases head ends).
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Sep 7, 2014 17:34
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Motronic posted:Nothing jumps out as me as "not to code" or hazardous there. So there's no code that says that the boxes can't be open and let water into everything? Is that because it's under 50V so the government basically says "gently caress it whatever it's cool"?
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:So there's no code that says that the boxes can't be open and let water into everything? Is that because it's under 50V so the government basically says "gently caress it whatever it's cool"? There is nothing hazardous there. So no reason to regulate the hell out of it. Not that that hasn't stopped building/property maintenance codes before. If you want good work, hire good people. Or better yet, do it yourself. Also, minimum code is usually poo poo. It's not exactly some benchmark to strive for.
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Motronic posted:There is nothing hazardous there. So no reason to regulate the hell out of it. Not that that hasn't stopped building/property maintenance codes before. No kidding. If you want to see how dangerous a low voltage shock is, stick a 9V battery to your tongue. Better yet, look up on YouTube how many 9V batteries you would need to attach together to weld with.
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If you want to see how high voltage "low voltage" actually goes, try stripping phone wire with your teeth when someone calls the line. 90V AC @ 20 Hz is a great substitute for coffee in the morning... There's still no real danger involved, but it sure stings.
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wolrah posted:If you want to see how high voltage "low voltage" actually goes, try stripping phone wire with your teeth when someone calls the line. 90V AC @ 20 Hz is a great substitute for coffee in the morning... True. Had a kitten that loved chewing on the telephone wire...until the last time, which was when the phone rang mid-chew. Never did it again.
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I'm told rubbing habanero pepper juice on their favorite wire is a good deterrent.
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I've used a product called Bitter Yuck, which deters chewing but also does not involve smearing food all over something you might want to touch eventually. The wiring in my phone photo up there is all cable and phone, but it's also fairly typical of what his apartment complex is like generally. I'll try to take a couple photos of the electrical work at some point. It's not as blatantly exposed, but it's still a messy hackjob with some highly questionable external exposure.
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Javid posted:I'm told rubbing habanero pepper juice on their favorite wire is a good deterrent. Dominic you rat! How could you give your own brother the spicy phone line Dominic!?
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PainterofCrap posted:True. Had a kitten that loved chewing on the telephone wire...until the last time, which was when the phone rang mid-chew. Never did it again. My Dachshund loved doing that- Was chewing his way thru (thankfully unplugged) 240V extension leads with alarming regularity. Until one day he bit the LV side of the Macbook Pro's power lead while it was plugged in- That was a hell of a yelp!
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Re: Home Depot...kastein posted:The realist in me says that the same complete retard who wrote their search engine also was responsible for their order fulfillment system. Just quoting some prophetic words here for posterity.
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Aoi-chan posted:Re: Home Depot... One of the developers of it is on trial for hot car murdering his child and sexting underage girls. lol.
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Ferremit posted:My Dachshund loved doing that- Was chewing his way thru (thankfully unplugged) 240V extension leads with alarming regularity. Until one day he bit the LV side of the Macbook Pro's power lead while it was plugged in- That was a hell of a yelp! My puppy has destroyed two of these so far. I soldered the second one back together rather than spending another $80. Neither was plugged in at the time unfortunately so she didn't learn her lesson. Hopefully she never chews something connected to the mains.
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Aoi-chan posted:Re: Home Depot... god dammit  what have i done e: from an article I found on the data breach - the 3000 stolen credit cards for sale from the home depot branch (they're pretty sure there are more, but that's all that has made it out so far) had these billing ZIP codes. If your ZIP is among them, check with your bank and check your statement for suspicious transactions. http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hd_rescator_zips.txt kastein fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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kastein posted:god dammit In it, voted 5.
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kastein posted:god dammit I like the "Canad" at the end. Ahhh, Americans and your inability to program a system that accepts Canadian postal codes... "NO YOU HAVE TO PUT A SPACE IN THERE" "NO SPACES IN THIS ONE" "I don't recognize that as a valid postal code."
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Luckily for me, my wallet got stolen recently so my new credit cards aren't affected by this breach 
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gently caress, mine's on there. :| No suspicious charges on the card I can check from here, at least, and the other one just expired so I have a new one anyway.
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kastein posted:these billing ZIP codes
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PuTTY riot posted:One of the developers of it is on trial for hot car murdering his child and sexting underage girls. lol. Pretty sure he wasn't one of those developers. My brother worked with him, and at the time I think they were developing the paint mixing machine software.
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slap me silly posted:Mine's not on there, but my card was compromised last week. I'm sure it was a total coincidence then! Hah. The zip code up the street from me is on there, whoever made this list probably just hasn't reached my block yet. I think these are the zip of the Home Depot store.
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spencer for hire posted:I think these are the zip of the Home Depot store. Iiiiinnnn that case.... I'm in.
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slap me silly posted:Iiiiinnnn that case.... I'm in. Oh boy....me too. I just went through this a few months ago with the Target hack.
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spencer for hire posted:I think these are the zip of the Home Depot store. Correct: Krebs on Security posted:The card data stolen from Home Depot customers and now for sale on the crime shop Rescator[dot]cc includes both the information needed to fabricate counterfeit cards as well as the legitimate cardholder’s full name and the city, state and ZIP of the Home Depot store from which the card was stolen Apparently Home Depot is also offering credit card monitoring for free to affected customers so give them a shout. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/09/in-wake-of-confirmed-breach-at-home-depot-banks-see-spike-in-pin-debit-card-fraud/
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Chauncey posted:lol Heads up, don't make low content posts like this please.
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I just went downstairs and noticed this. I have absolutely no sane explanation for why what seems to be soot would be there, but I have to imagine this is something I should be concerned about. On a scale of 1 to turn the gas the hell off now how much do I need a new water heater?
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wolrah posted:I just went downstairs and noticed this. I have absolutely no sane explanation for why what seems to be soot would be there, but I have to imagine this is something I should be concerned about. On a scale of 1 to turn the gas the hell off now how much do I need a new water heater? Nothing in that area should ever really burn unless things were beyond hosed up. I'm guessing you got some dusty stuff in that area and the convection draft of the hot pipe is pushing air up that column maybe. Unless it smells burnt it's probably just weird dust buildup.
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dietcokefiend posted:I'm guessing you got some dusty stuff in that area and the convection draft of the hot pipe is pushing air up that column maybe. Unless it smells burnt it's probably just weird dust buildup. ...   Yeah, doesn't smell like burnt plastic, that's for sure. I can't really tell anything from smell myself, but the utility room had been been used for a  session today so I think the pieces are coming together. I feel dumb.
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