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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:Hot Wheels made a 1:18 die cast model in the exact colour if that helps. That's actually the ebay stuff I was talking about. Only model I've ever found in my color. In other news I really really want to put a deposit down on a Ford RS. Talk me out of it.
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I'm on a stag do. I am the last man standing and I'm not even drunk. The ridiculous burger I had from some joint I can't even remember the name of saved me. Also cat5 HDMI senders? Yeah they're great if you're sending a signal 50 metres, kinda pointless and expensive if you're not. 20m HDMI cables are relatively cheap and are all good for 1080p. The cheapest HDMI senders are going to be more expensive than a reasonable HDMI and probably poorly made. If I can run a straight HDMI then I will.
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88h88 posted:I'm on a stag do. I am the last man standing and I'm not even drunk. The ridiculous burger I had from some joint I can't even remember the name of saved me. 
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Aug 16, 2015 04:04
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literally a fish posted:They claim to require CAT6, but if you use the IP-based ones as opposed to the balun-type ones, 100mbps ethernet is plenty (they use around 60-80mbps at 1080p30) - and they'll happily run gigabit over CAT5e just fine. 50 meters would be plenty. It would basically be a short length of cable to a wall jack (or two on some of the models I've seen), cat5e run up the inside of the wall (~10 ft), run across the ceiling (~13 ft), then halfway down the other wall, going to a recessed outlet + low voltage box behind the TV. I'd use different color cat5 keystones to differentiate between ethernet and TV. Monoprice's $20 kit sounds like it might even work, it claims to handle 1080p over CAT5E, just at a reduced maximum length compared to CAT6. I have a double gang keystone plate that can handle up to 12 keystones - if I used it for this, I'd put in 2 ethernet jacks, and use the rest for sound (5.1 receiver, the sub stays near it, so I could run the other 5 speakers on the same wall plate and wall mount them). 88h88 posted:Also cat5 HDMI senders? Yeah they're great if you're sending a signal 50 metres, kinda pointless and expensive if you're not. 20m HDMI cables are relatively cheap and are all good for 1080p. The cheapest HDMI senders are going to be more expensive than a reasonable HDMI and probably poorly made. If I can run a straight HDMI then I will. Most HDMI cables aren't rated for in-wall use. So if there's a fire somewhere down the line, insurance takes one look at that and goes "why the gently caress is this in the wall?", even though there's roughly a 0.00001% chance it was related to the fire. Besides, I just priced the cheapest of HDMI cables (Monoprice) - one of sufficient length is well over $50.
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So hey, you guys? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMVu54MXW3M A goddamn Tank Biathlon happened earlier today. This may be the coolest sport ever.
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Aug 16, 2015 05:58
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some texas redneck posted:50 meters would be plenty. It would basically be a short length of cable to a wall jack (or two on some of the models I've seen), cat5e run up the inside of the wall (~10 ft), run across the ceiling (~13 ft), then halfway down the other wall, going to a recessed outlet + low voltage box behind the TV. I'd use different color cat5 keystones to differentiate between ethernet and TV. Yeah, the monoprice kit ought to work for you if it's anything like the cheap $20 kits i've tested. It worked fine over a run of appx 20m, no issues, and that sounds like that's all you're really working with anyway. I probably wouldn't run HDMI over more than 5M (10 tops) without an amplifier of some kind, too, so the UTP converters are pretty great (and usually cheaper than an amp). I use some cheap eBay IP based ones on their own VLANs (free fancy-pants switch! woo!) & a hdmi matrix switch to feed my gear downstairs to a TV upstairs, works pretty well.
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leica posted:Or get a job frying chicken at KFC, flipping burgers at Five Guys or something, even that should be able to cover rent of a crappy efficiency. Working in a fast casual style restaurant (Five Guys, Chipotle, Firehouse, etc) actually isn't the worst way to make a living, especially if you're like me and can't stand the idea of sitting in front of a computer for a living. Sure, it's still food service, but it's not nearly as soul-sucking as actual fast food because management has incentive to pay competent people more than $7.55/hr and ideally you're not relying on tips to pay your bills.
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literally a fish posted:Yeah, the monoprice kit ought to work for you if it's anything like the cheap $20 kits i've tested. It worked fine over a run of appx 20m, no issues, and that sounds like that's all you're really working with anyway. I actually have an 8 meter HDMI cable somewhere that I used to use. Worked fine, though my TV is on the older/cheaper side and only does 720p (or 1080i). 20m is quite a bit more than what I'll be working with, unless I go the IP-based route (even then I think it'd only add about 3 meters - all the network gear is in the closet next to my desk). My switch is 16 port, but unmanaged (router has another 3 ports open on it, but also unmanaged), so I wouldn't be able to do a VLAN. I do have a spare switch, if they're capable of being manually configured instead of requiring DHCP. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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Coasterphreak posted:Working in a fast casual style restaurant (Five Guys, Chipotle, Firehouse, etc) actually isn't the worst way to make a living, especially if you're like me and can't stand the idea of sitting in front of a computer for a living. Sure, it's still food service, but it's not nearly as soul-sucking as actual fast food because management has incentive to pay competent people more than $7.55/hr and ideally you're not relying on tips to pay your bills. I'd rather flip burgers at Five Guys all day long than work in a cubicle typing TPS reports somewhere.
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So I always thought Jet's was withholding way too much from my checks. I made $4100 there this year before I quit (including reported tips), and they withheld $650 in federal taxes. Just used the IRS W4 calculator with my last paystub from there and my current paystub - if my income is what I expect it'll be this year, I have a $1300 refund coming if I don't change my withholding.  If I do change it, I still have over $600 coming back, since Jet's withheld an entire year's worth of taxes in 4 months. And that's before deducting for vehicle expenses (not sure if that'll put me above the standard deduction), education expenses (I can get a tax credit for going to school), deductions for paying interest on my student loans, etc.
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corn in the fridge posted:good morning everyone Hello
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Enourmo posted:"good" some lovely weather out there today. We're going out for a stroll around kew botanical gardens have any plans for today?
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Hello, how are we this evening? Not doing too bad myself
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My friend bought me rocket league and it's stupidly entertaining... Who's the goon that had lots of Mazda 323s? I may have picked one up for really cheap that needs some work. Problem #1, finding the ac service ports (I only see one).
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Rocket league is the best game. I kind of want to make an arcade cabinet for it or something. Found and picked up some jalousie windows for my bus 
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corn in the fridge posted:some lovely weather out there today. We're going out for a stroll around kew botanical gardens Walk over Kew bridge and go to the steam museum. Usually they have everything running on a Sunday and it's an awesome place. Today's plan is to wash the van, eat food and generally do as little as possible. ExplodingSims posted:In other terrible money handling news, I'm convinced I need an old timey Dodge Power Wagon in my life. Yes. 100% yes. Ever since i saw the GTA 5 one i've wanted a Power Wagon. They're cool as gently caress. Mooseykins fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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corn in the fridge posted:some lovely weather out there today. We're going out for a stroll around kew botanical gardens  Gonna wash, claybar, and wax my new-to-me Subaru Impreza. I've never owned a car since my old mini cooper that my wife is so fond of. Got it tinted yesterday, 30% vlt front, 5% vlt back windows and hatchback. It's like driving in a cave now.   The forecast for all this week is rain every day, of course  But I have to get the tint installer residue off the paint asap.
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some texas redneck posted:I actually have an 8 meter HDMI cable somewhere that I used to use. Worked fine, though my TV is on the older/cheaper side and only does 720p (or 1080i). the IP-based ones I have experience with all use multicast UDP to stream the video (you can actually funnel it into VLC, though it uses up an absurd amount of CPU to software-decode the stream). For a simple short point to point sort of thing I wouldn't bother, but they're neat for single source multi output sort of things. the ones I got behave like these https://danman.eu/blog/reverse-engineering-lenkeng-hdmi-over-ip-extender/
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mafoose posted:My friend bought me rocket league and it's stupidly entertaining... djcommie has the BF wagon and had (has?) a number of BF 323 GTX hatches. Sockington had his BG hatch.
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BloodBag posted:
You need some of this in your life: http://www.premiumautostyling.com/tail-light-overlays/ That and a skidplate and some gravel tires.
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corn in the fridge posted:good morning everyone Whats so loving good about it?
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I made blueberry muffins with blueberries fresh out of the garden, whoops, turns out the kids think they're too tart and my wife doesn't like blueberries so I guess I get to eat a dozen muffins all to myself. That's what's so loving good about it.
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Cakefool posted:I made blueberry muffins with blueberries fresh out of the garden, whoops, turns out the kids think they're too tart and my wife doesn't like blueberries so I guess I get to eat a dozen muffins all to myself. Cake Fool
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why are so many ppl itt angry or depressed??
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I'm angry now because I have a lovely head cold that won't go away and I've had to work with it. gently caress colds in the rear end.
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Hah. So I work Friday to Monday and we got a letter from the power company stating they're taking us offline for line work yesterday. So I took the day off, I only have about 6 hours worth of poo poo to fix anyway. Well they cancelled the job yesterday because of poo poo weather and did it today instead. Woohoo 1.5 days off!  Except now I have to poop in the dark and ration the air left in the compressor to finish this trailer off before I leave. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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corn in the fridge posted:why are so many ppl itt angry or depressed?? Personally I'm angry because I can't afford to quit work and drive a bowler wildcat across Iceland with a dog and a bottle of whiskey
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corn in the fridge posted:why are so many ppl itt angry or depressed?? Because life?
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I dunno, life is pretty grand right now. The last four years have been a rollercoaster of disaster and recovery but everything is looking up at once and has been for about a year. I can't decide if I want to pay off my last student loan by Christmas (leaving only some property taxes) or actually have a heated, insulated house this winter. Sometimes poo poo gets me down and then I remember January 2013, when I was 700 dollars overdrafted, car insurance canceled for nonpay, 25k in debt, jobless, no prospects, with about two weeks of food on the shelf and $100 in my pocket. poo poo could be a lot worse. kastein fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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I'm hungover as gently caress but we were drinking to celebrate my brother being here and my mom's marriage so wooooo.
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some texas redneck posted:Most HDMI cables aren't rated for in-wall use. So if there's a fire somewhere down the line, insurance takes one look at that and goes "why the gently caress is this in the wall?", even though there's roughly a 0.00001% chance it was related to the fire. Is your network cable rated for wall use?
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Photos from work over the past week.   
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corn in the fridge posted:why are so many ppl itt angry or depressed?? I used to be sad... but then I got off the depression meds and life seems much better. Yeah I have some issues, but gently caress it, life is short. Besides, woke up this morning to my wife, getting some food and beers here in the next hour, and I don't have to work for at least the next 36 hours.
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I-95 through Virginia sucks. It was 10 at night, the speed limit is 70, and it was heavy traffic flowing at 60-65. Screw you, Virginians. I'm going back North where everyone is bitter and drives 80 while texting.
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Woke up late this morning, thinking it was Monday, and it was already 10 minutes after the start time of a meeting I am chairing. Was a bit annoyed with myself for a short bit before I realized it was only Sunday. Yay!
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corn in the fridge posted:why are so many ppl itt angry or depressed?? Bape Culture posted:Personally I'm angry because I can't afford to quit work and drive a bowler wildcat across Iceland with a dog and a bottle of whiskey 
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RIP Paul Walker posted:You might not even need new fuel. I'm sure the fuel is poo poo and all. But it'll probably start. some texas redneck posted:Like RIP Paul Walker said, the fuel in there is likely still good enough to at least get it started and moving. It'll run like rear end, but it will (probably) run. Just for some closure on this, popped the new battery in today and it started straight up as if it had just been parked. I don't think I've had a goofier grin on my face in a car I own. 
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The Mazda pickup made a big fucken noise on the freeway today, goddamn--you don't hear a lot of backfires these days. Scared the poo poo out of my wife, who from now on will never again trust this pickup.
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