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Motronic posted:I think the easier way to say all of this is that consoles are loss leaders or at best revenue neutral. Nah, most of them become profitable in their own right within 2 or 3 years of being out. It's cause they can usually be redesigned cheaper, or simply get better economies of scale.
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More of a doctor question, I know, but since I can't see her for a few weeks... For almost a decade now I've had a consistent, bothersome pain in my left knee that comes and goes; typically, here for a day and a half, gone for a month. Feels rather like growing pains used to as a kid, 'cept I'm 30, and somewhat worse in intensity (it interrupts my sleep pretty readily). Is there anything this could be that's more specific than "you got a lovely joint, son"? The fact that it's gone and back like clockwork is the only thing odd about it. (I'd have asked said doctor about it long before now but its odd timing means I often forget about it by the time an appointment comes up. I should write this poo poo down...) Also, thanks for the all-nighter advice. Hour one and I'm already quite bored 
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Apr 28, 2015 03:59
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Ciaphas posted:More of a doctor question, I know, but since I can't see her for a few weeks... Is it an ache? Does it respond with sharp pain when you poke around? My not-a-doctor advice is to take a Tylenol or something, and check out the doctor forum here.
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tuyop posted:Is it an ache? Does it respond with sharp pain when you poke around? I should have specified, yeah it's an ache. Doesn't respond or change intensity due to poking, prodding, stairs or other stresses, it just kind of is. At least until I take some Aleve (or some of the oxycodone I still have from my stomach surgery, now THAT is good stuff  )I forgot we had The Goon Doctor, I'll post there too.
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Ciaphas posted:I should have specified, yeah it's an ache. Doesn't respond or change intensity due to poking, prodding, stairs or other stresses, it just kind of is. At least until I take some Aleve (or some of the oxycodone I still have from my stomach surgery, now THAT is good stuff Yeah, they'll know more. Doesn't sound like an injury so that's kind of a bad sign, though!
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I need to change the bulb on this light fitting but I can't work out how to remove it. Does anyone know?   I can try to get more pictures if it would help but it's hard to get non-blurry ones between the bad light and the fact that I'm holding my phone above my head to get it close enough. I've tried googling for removing various round light fittings but haven't found anything that resembles it. I'm guessing there's a way to release the little claw bits but I can't see any way to do it.
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Ciaphas posted:More of a doctor question, I know, but since I can't see her for a few weeks... I had something like that, and sometimes would get worse when I couldn't move or stretch my legs for long periods like traveling by bus having someone on the other seat. It doesn't hurt anymore and I think what fixed it was exercise since I started going to the gym at least 3 days a week for a while, and every single day the entirety of last year.
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tuyop posted:Yeah, they'll know more. Doesn't sound like an injury so that's kind of a bad sign, though! Honestly it's probably just sorely weakened from carrying my 300+ pounds for over a decade. It's just weird that a) it's only my left knee, never my right, and b) it's so clockwork-like. But I'm not au fait with how joints respond to stresses over time (or in general), so I figured I'd ask while it's ongoing and I actually remember to ask. Gonna put a note on my next doctor appointment too, I think...
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Organza Quiz posted:I need to change the bulb on this light fitting but I can't work out how to remove it. Does anyone know? You should be able to slide/pull the clips outwards radially. Hold onto the glass from below and try each of them, at least one should give way otherwise they might be rusted/gunked up a bit.
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Ciaphas posted:Honestly it's probably just sorely weakened from carrying my 300+ pounds for over a decade. It's just weird that a) it's only my left knee, never my right, and b) it's so clockwork-like. But I'm not au fait with how joints respond to stresses over time (or in general), so I figured I'd ask while it's ongoing and I actually remember to ask. Obesity puts you at significant risk of arthritis, so there's that as well.
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VodeAndreas posted:You should be able to slide/pull the clips outwards radially. Hold onto the glass from below and try each of them, at least one should give way otherwise they might be rusted/gunked up a bit. Just tried that and got nothing. They're a little bit wiggly but don't seem to want to actually move, and I don't want to force something and break it. It does look like there are little hinges on the clips but they're stuck pretty fast and I'm not sure if it's because they're gunked up or if there's an extra step to getting them out. ETA: Here's an attempt at taking a photo of the clip: 
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Apr 28, 2015 04:47
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I used to have one just like it where I was renting which is why I suggested that, don't have any where I am now though to compare and it could just be the same glass piece with a different mechanism.. Once I actually bothered to go get my ladder out I remember it being pretty straightforward... Good luck.
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Does matcha have appetite suppressing properties? I drank a cup of pretty think matcha like 4 hours ago and I still feel really full. Google is useless when it comes to anything to do with tea or the health benefits of tea because of how much garbage pseudo science there is about all kinds of tea everywhere you look.
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ChairMaster posted:Does matcha have appetite suppressing properties? I drank a cup of pretty think matcha like 4 hours ago and I still feel really full. Google is useless when it comes to anything to do with tea or the health benefits of tea because of how much garbage pseudo science there is about all kinds of tea everywhere you look. It can have some mild effect on it but it's quite likely that you're just not hungry today. Unless maybe you had some sort of giant Starbucks green tea latte thing that was 800 kCal or whatever. some article posted:Green tea appears to demonstrate the ability to suppress appetite, although a number of mechanisms may be at work. The major appetite suppressant factor lies behind its effect on norepinephrine and dopamine. These two peptide hormones, known as catecholamines, activate the sympathetic nervous system; one of the known effects includes a reduction in the desire for food.
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Organza Quiz posted:Just tried that and got nothing. They're a little bit wiggly but don't seem to want to actually move, and I don't want to force something and break it. It does look like there are little hinges on the clips but they're stuck pretty fast and I'm not sure if it's because they're gunked up or if there's an extra step to getting them out. It looks like the hooks on the clips should bend/rotate up? It's pretty out of focus. You tried all 3? If one of them gives then that would be enough to get the cover off.
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re: the light You have to pull it almost too hard, it'll pop right off.
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Manslaughter posted:It looks like the hooks on the clips should bend/rotate up? It's pretty out of focus. Yeah, it's hard to get an in-focus picture when I'm holding my phone above my head to get it so I can't really see what it's focusing on. It does look like it should rotate up but none of them budge at all in that direction. They do budge a little bit to the sides but that doesn't seem particularly helpful for getting the glass part out of them. photomikey posted:re: the light The problem is knowing how to pull almost too hard and not actually too hard on a part that's not meant to move.
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In the military, people sometimes use the word suspense to mean deadline. Does anyone know the etymology of that? I'm having trouble making sense of using it that way.
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What's the punchline here? I really can't hear it. - So where you from? - Los Angeles - What do you do? -???? SOME ENCHANTED EVENING! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxdBUQg1bxw
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axolotl farmer posted:What's the punchline here? I really can't hear it. He goes a little fast, but here's the punchline Cantor goes to the third son Cantor: *mumble* What's your name?*mumble* Issac: Issac Cantor: *mumble*Where are you from?*mumble* Issac: Los Angeles Cantor: *mumble*What do you do?*mumble* Issac: I'm a talent promoter Cantor: *Singing loudly* Some enchanted evening... The shy, mumbling, quiet Cantor suddenly breaks into song when the opportunity to show off in front of a talent scout approaches
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CzarChasm posted:He goes a little fast, but here's the punchline A little fast? I'm obviously out of touch with my Jewish roots. Or the guy was speaking Hebrew. I guess either way I'm out of touch with my Jewish roots.
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Xandu posted:In the military, people sometimes use the word suspense to mean deadline. Does anyone know the etymology of that? I'm having trouble making sense of using it that way. I didn't hear that at all in the Canadian army, it sounds ridiculous. Like, "Your suspense for your platoon PT plan is Thursday, Lt."? Or, "Your suspense to be in position for H-Hour is in three minutes!"? Or maybe, "I'll be home late because I'm working on a suspense."?
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CzarChasm posted:He goes a little fast, but here's the punchline Welp, I really couldn't hear that line! Thanks, pal! 
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tuyop posted:I didn't hear that at all in the Canadian army, it sounds ridiculous. It sounds totally ridiculous. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30WestPoint-t.html?ex=1348804800&en=1295ab9b96ef8a15&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&referrer= "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the Army’s term for a deadline is a “suspense,” sometimes abbreviated simply “S:” and followed by a date. The first time I was told that I had to “meet a suspense,” I didn’t know where to turn" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=suspense What is the suspense on the completing the operation order? Your suspense is 06 hundred tomorrow.
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I was told it originally came from things on your suspense list were "in suspense" as in they were tasks in progress with the outcome pending.
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I want to print this sign up sheet in word but I want to print, say, 50 of them each with the sequential date on it for each day. Can Word do something like that?
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KoB posted:I want to print this sign up sheet in word but I want to print, say, 50 of them each with the sequential date on it for each day. Can Word do something like that? You want a new date in the header of each page? This is not an easy thing to do in Word. http://www.gmayor.com/insert_a_date_other_than_today.htm Instead, try Excel or Google Sheets which give you some more control over what figure displays in a field. I'm not exactly sure how you'd do it in Excel, but you can definitely set up a page to look the same as a word doc.
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KoB posted:I want to print this sign up sheet in word but I want to print, say, 50 of them each with the sequential date on it for each day. Can Word do something like that? Make a list of the dates in excel and use the mail merge function in word with that list as the source. It will automatically generate as many pages as there are things in your list.
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tuyop posted:Instead, try Excel or Google Sheets which give you some more control over what figure displays in a field. I'm not exactly sure how you'd do it in Excel, but you can definitely set up a page to look the same as a word doc. EricBauman posted:Make a list of the dates in excel and use the mail merge function in word with that list as the source. It will automatically generate as many pages as there are things in your list. Oh yeah, I didnt think about excel and mail merge. Thanks, I can make it work with that.
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Stupid question: I'd like to unbookmark threads that have been archived on SA. Normally, I use the star on the top right of the post header, but now that has been replaced with an Archive label. How can I remove those threads from my bookmarked threads list? e: nm, just found the yellow '-' button next to the threads CrushedWill fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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CrushedWill posted:Stupid question: I'd like to unbookmark threads that have been archived on SA. Normally, I use the star on the top right of the post header, but now that has been replaced with an Archive label. Click the star on your Control Panel until it's gray.
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What is the most nutritious nut?
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Let me google that for you.
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This website looks sketchy to me, do you have any evidence that these are the most nutritious nuts?
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Frykte posted:This website looks sketchy to me, do you have any evidence that these are the most nutritious nuts? Jesus, I've heard about full-on dom/sub lifestyle stuff, but that doesn't normally extend to posting everything in sub tags. Try some of the other google hits for "what is the most nutritious nut"?
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I'm curious what the test result window for nicotine/cotinine is. Google majority tells me that aside from hair, it's up to 4 days after last use, but some sites are saying up to a month or longer even for blood/urine.
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DigitalRaven posted:Jesus, I've heard about full-on dom/sub lifestyle stuff, but that doesn't normally extend to posting everything in sub tags. well this IS the SMALL QUESTIONS MEGATHREAD!!!
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I remembered a cartoon series with shorts that would run for approximately a minute, something like 'The amazing world of Mr Werks' or something. It would start like so: "Say, Bobby, do you know how X works?" "Why sure, Mr Werks! *Detailed description*" "Wrong, Bobby!" "Wha-? But I thought-" "*Convoluted yet humourous false description*" It would conclude with "We have this thanks to Y, Z and good old American know-how!" Such false descriptions would be things like 'You tug a tea bag to start a million tiny mowers hidden inside them' and 'Tires move because there are a ton of micro speedboats resting in the water inside them (Which is why you see so many discarded tires with water in) and 'Straws are prehistoric cave creatures that adapted themselves to human use.' Google isn't helping at all. What's the series called? WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Frykte posted:well this IS the SMALL QUESTIONS MEGATHREAD!!! Man, I really hope that was the joke all along and you've just been waiting for someone to ask. Dedication.
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ineptmule posted:Man, I really hope that was the joke all along and you've just been waiting for someone to ask. Dedication. Thanks
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