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If you buy a car with sirius xm, do you have to activate the trial? I'm looking at getting a new car in the spring but I have no interest in it and don't want to even bother with a trial.
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Dec 13, 2016 20:28
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My VW that i bought in 2013 had a free trial and I don't think I set it up. Maybe the dealer did it for me? i'm not sure but that's how they harassed me.Enourmo posted:My oven's okay, but electric burners are got garbage as is, and on my particular unit the heat drops to effectively nothing* below about 1/4, and at that setting it'll still burn rice that's left to simmer; i have to use excess water to compensate for the fact that I have to pop the lid and stir every couple minutes. It's fine for big pots of stew and such, but god do I miss gas when I'm doing a fried egg or w/e. you should get a portable, single burner induction cooker. they're like 50 bucks or so.
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Dec 13, 2016 20:41
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mariooncrack posted:If you buy a car with sirius xm, do you have to activate the trial? I'm looking at getting a new car in the spring but I have no interest in it and don't want to even bother with a trial. Cooking chat... Benefits of a gas range>shortcomings of gas oven Induction is OK, but your nice high end copper, stainless or other non-magnetic cookware won't work unless they specially have a coating of magnetic material. I've also heard of some cheapo induction units magnetizing your cookware which is an issue I've run into with cheap induction heaters for mounting bearings for years (a magnetized rolling element bearing is a very, very bad thing). You also need to be careful you don't have anything like a mechanical watch anywhere near the cooking surface. .
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Dec 13, 2016 21:00
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AFAIK, you don't technically have to activate the trial but a lot of dealers will do it "as a courtesy" (read: they get a kickback from Sirius XM for every active trial going off the lot). Sirius XM has been hemorrhaging subscribers for years now so they're really aggressive in selling to people who get sucked into a trial via a new/CPO car. You should probably make it real clear to the dealer that not activating the trial is key to them getting the sale if you want to avoid getting harassing calls for months.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:02
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2016 has been a mixed bag. Another year with my awesome girlfriend, but my ex wife moved my kids 8 hours away to Orlando. I understand why she moved, it was good for her career, but now I either have to get used to my kids being 8 hours away (not gonna happen) or follow that rear end in a top hat to Orlando and uproot my entire life. Do you know how difficult it is to find a job in a city when you don't live there? Really loving goddamn hard.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:11
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BraveUlysses posted:Induction is nice but I still think i'd take gas for a range. i have a portable induction burner that I use sometimes. being able to use gas to char stuff directly in the flame or blast heat into a wok is better than the everyday benefits of induction imo. Having gone from old electric to gas to induction, I love my induction top but being able to char is something I miss. Oh well there's always the BBQ. Other than that Induction all day erry day. I've only ever used an electric oven though.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:13
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Three-Phase posted:Hey this is outside the current chat but the car I got has XM and I've gotten a couple of spam emails from them. I really have no plan to subsribe. Bought a new car with the trial (didn't realize how much they'd harass us hahah). We were waffling on subscribing - the wife really likes a few of their channels. They started spam calling us, emailing, etc. So I swung some violations into a sweet deal, so we have it for cheap  If you feel like arguing a little bit, you can get the service for dirt cheap.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:15
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Hey Hey guys Come play the Sheep Game! There is just a little more than a week to go to get your entries in...there are 19 players so far, and the more we get, the better the result turns out to be. I'd love to see at least 50 by the deadline, which is 11 PM Pacific Time on December 21st. Come play today!
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Dec 13, 2016 21:31
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slidebite posted:Cooking chat... I don't get the point of induction ranges for those reasons. Heating up a pan should be the simplest task ever and what can be simpler than a flame? I think having a standalone induction burner could be useful though.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:38
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SCA Enthusiast posted:I don't get the point of induction ranges for those reasons. Heating up a pan should be the simplest task ever and what can be simpler than a flame? I think having a standalone induction burner could be useful though. Some places don't have gas and electric coil ranges suck rear end.
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Dec 13, 2016 21:57
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Gas isn't available everywhere, and I think induction is generally seen as better than a standard electric range. Efb
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Dec 13, 2016 21:58
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I suppose it makes sense when viewed in that now obvious way. I'm used to having gas available everywhere, I guess?
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Dec 13, 2016 22:00
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For some reason I don't have a gas hookup in my kitchen despite the fact that I have a gas forced air heater and even a hookup next to my back door for a gas grill. Adding a gas line to the kitchen is pretty high up on my renovation priorities list.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:05
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Siochain posted:Bought a new car with the trial (didn't realize how much they'd harass us hahah). We were waffling on subscribing - the wife really likes a few of their channels. They started spam calling us, emailing, etc. So I swung some violations into a sweet deal, so we have it for cheap poo poo, that sucks. They did activate the free trial. I guess I'll just have to handle that crap in sixty days or so.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:12
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slidebite posted:Induction is OK, but your nice high end copper, stainless or other non-magnetic cookware won't work unless they specially have a coating of magnetic material. I've also heard of some cheapo induction units magnetizing your cookware which is an issue I've run into with cheap induction heaters for mounting bearings for years (a magnetized rolling element bearing is a very, very bad thing). wait seriously? I thought it induced a current in the pan and thereby heated it, which should work with any conductive metal pan.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:16
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kastein posted:wait seriously? I thought it induced a current in the pan and thereby heated it, which should work with any conductive metal pan. Nope, it uses a magnetic field so whatever you're cooking with needs to be ferrous to some degree. That's also, incidentally, why you shouldn't wear nice mechanical watches while cooking with them.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:29
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Induction heaters can be made to work with non-ferrous metals, but most consumer cooktops aren't, from what I'm reading. You can stick an iron plate/cast iron pan on top of the inductor and use it as a hot plate for your other stuff, though. Hell of a lot better than a lovely spiral that heats unevenly and makes intermittent contact with your pot depending on size.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:34
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kastein posted:wait seriously? I thought it induced a current in the pan and thereby heated it, which should work with any conductive metal pan. The way I understand it, the current through the inductive coil alternates at a high frequency (why?). Iron-containing cooking elements are more electromagnetically permeable, so the induced current flows through a really shallow skin. Because the skin is so shallow, it acts like a resistive heating element. I gleaned this from reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current#Skin_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(electromagnetism) I recognize that you know more about the above than I do, so if what I said is word salad, let me know.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:35
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e: we probably know about the same amount actually, I'm pretty weak on e-mag. I know the basics but I can't quote faraday's law at you.Magnus Praeda posted:Nope, it uses a magnetic field so whatever you're cooking with needs to be ferrous to some degree. That's also, incidentally, why you shouldn't wear nice mechanical watches while cooking with them. but... but... but... a magnetic field is what makes an air core transformer with two copper windings work, too. And cellphone wireless charger pads. A magnetic field is a magnetic field. I did some reading on it and it seems like the major difference is that ferromagnetic materials heat better because they have a higher magnetic hysteresis, which results in the metal sucking up more energy in the same strength magnetic field, which does make sense. You *can* induction heat aluminum, copper, etc but it takes a much stronger field for the same effect, basically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_heating
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Dec 13, 2016 22:40
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kastein posted:e: we probably know about the same amount actually, I'm pretty weak on e-mag. I know the basics but I can't quote faraday's law at you. Yeah, sorry, I simplified a bit too much. I just did quite a bit of research on them when I was trying to decide if it would be worth ripping up my kitchen floor to bring a gas line in at some point (yes, yes it is) or if I could live with induction to replace the stupid coil-type range (yes, but I'd still rather have gas). On a related note, I love watching videos of people melting various metals using induction coils. Spinning balls of molten metal!
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Dec 13, 2016 22:49
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Sirius/XM chat: $25 for 5 mo is their "last deal" - you only get it through the cancellation dept and if you say no to it, they'll cancel you. You can't get it 2 renewals in a row though. I think $60 for 6 mo is the next-to-last deal. They get aggressive with renewals starting 60 days before end date.
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Dec 13, 2016 23:17
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Fun, random fact: JPL designed the wheels on Curiosity to have JPL in morse code as it drives across Mars: Oh, and renewables will work fine once we combine them with nuclear 
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Dec 13, 2016 23:25
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4 pounds of back-bacon 3 French toast 2 turtle necks and a beer in a tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTwLqR071M
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Dec 14, 2016 00:12
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CommieGIR posted:Oh, and renewables will work fine once we combine them with nuclear This is simultaneously both true and keep your dirty politics out of my engineering
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Dec 14, 2016 00:18
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Five gold toques!
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Dec 14, 2016 00:20
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I actually remember the lyrics to that version better than the original.
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Dec 14, 2016 01:17
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BraveUlysses posted:yup. ideally you'd want gas stove with electric element oven Nope. Ideally you want gas stove and gas convection oven.  Or at least I do. I miss having commercial appliances.
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Dec 14, 2016 01:42
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I keep trying to mess with the customization settings in BeamNG and I keep making cars that are completely undrivable.   This one snaps the driveshaft off as soon as you hit the gas, and even if you do get up to speed it destroys the front end after a couple hundred feet. JOB WELL DONE.
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Dec 14, 2016 01:46
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That looks like fun. Is BeamNG fun? Can it teach me how to be a mechanic? Oh and I also don't know how to drive a manual maybe I can learn that too who knows. I am too tired and need to test a transformer tomorrow so I really should go to bed and stop psoting. Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Dec 14, 2016 |
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Dec 14, 2016 02:05
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Car Boys is a good look at the ins and outs of BeamNG, definitely check it out.
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Dec 14, 2016 02:10
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Well, it's less of a game, and more of a sandbox car smasher, but yes it's fun. They've recently added some new features, like some basic missions and such, but the most fun I've gotten out of it is in freeroam. Just spawn a few cars and smash 'em together over and over again. It's a fantastic stress reliever.
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Dec 14, 2016 02:19
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Well I spent $30 on DayZ Standalone so as the kids say: "YOLO".
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Three-Phase posted:That looks like fun. Is BeamNG fun? Can it teach me how to be a mechanic? Step 1: Buy lots of tools Step 2: Start a drug habit, because its cheaper Step 3: Post here.
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Dec 14, 2016 02:24
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Three-Phase posted:Well I spent $30 on DayZ Standalone so as the kids say: "YOLO". You have chosen loving poorly. I bought that piece of poo poo like two years ago, and it has made effectively backwards progress since then, as they've broken poo poo that used to work and not fixed it while introducing new bugs. Seriously, it's the only Steam game I've ever actually removed from my list entirely, as because they've been in Early Access for three goddamn years you can't get refunds despite it absolutely not working as advertised. Edit : Seriously, it's taken them 3 years, using a spin off of ArmaIII's engine, to get vehicles kinda working. And by 'kinda' I mean 'removed them for the most recent stable build because driving over anything causes the game to crash'. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Dec 14, 2016 |
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Dec 14, 2016 02:26
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CommieGIR posted:Step 1: Buy lots of tools Trust him. I was once a normal respectable young man
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Dec 14, 2016 02:37
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Oh yeah DayZ SA was trash sadly. Trip report: built SWAGTRUCK 2000. Skidded and smashed into guardrail. Screwed with alignment so I kinda tapped it on the other side to try and Cancel out alignment damage. Did not work as well as I expected.
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Dec 14, 2016 02:42
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Liquid Communism posted:You have chosen loving poorly. I assume you're talking about DayZ? Because BeamNG has made fantastic progress since they first came out. So many new cars, and parts and things to smash into. I mean for an aimless sandbox game it's really amazing how fun it is. Plus, they have some nice little touches:  
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Dec 14, 2016 02:43
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ExplodingSims posted:I assume you're talking about DayZ? Because BeamNG has made fantastic progress since they first came out. So many new cars, and parts and things to smash into. Yeah, DayZ, I apparently misread his post to state he just bought DayZ standalone and was very sad. BeamNG looks pretty cool!
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Dec 14, 2016 02:44
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14 BAR RIFF posted:Trust him. I was once a normal respectable young man 
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Dong we now our gay apparel
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