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Tell me about adapters/power supplies/etc. I really know nothing about them. For example I picked up a digital photo frame for 4 bucks the other day but there is no adapter. Luckily I gave mom the same one years ago so I can look at the adapter and get the model number, and all the other info is on there but how much leniency is there with this stuff? Does it have to be exact? How do I know if the tip will fit into the device?
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codo27 posted:Tell me about adapters/power supplies/etc. I really know nothing about them. For example I picked up a digital photo frame for 4 bucks the other day but there is no adapter. Luckily I gave mom the same one years ago so I can look at the adapter and get the model number, and all the other info is on there but how much leniency is there with this stuff? Does it have to be exact? How do I know if the tip will fit into the device? You can measure the depth and width of the socket to figure out which tips will fit it. You can pretty much always use an adapter with a higher milliamp or amp rating thant he original power supply had, but using one with a lower rating might not provide power, and the voltage should always be the same as the original unless you have a device that explicitly says it will accept a range of voltages - going too high or too low for voltage can easily destroy either the device or the adapter or both at once, You also want to make sure the replacement power adapter has the tip positive or negative depending on how the original adapter had it. In some devices this doesn't matter, but in most devices having the tip positive when it expects negative or vice versa means a device that doesn't power on at best, and a completely destroyed device at worst.
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I just saw this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/photovoltaic-polymer-restores-some-vision-to-rats-with-retinal-degeneration/ Now, obviously, they aren't to human trials yet. But is there some kind of way to get on a "I want to be a human test subject" list for things like this? Because I totally want them to fix my retina and am willing to be a guinea pig. It's one thing to tell my doctor, but *he* may not have access to them, etc etc. So basically: If an experimental treatment appears, how do people who want to help become known to the people who may someday be testing it on humans?
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Golbez posted:I just saw this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/photovoltaic-polymer-restores-some-vision-to-rats-with-retinal-degeneration/ US: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ UK: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Clinical-trials/Pages/clinical-trial.aspx Worldwide (both US/UK included): http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/ Find the trial you're interested in and bring the information to your doctor to discuss whether it's appropriate, and ask for them to try and put you forward if you want to go ahead.
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Mar 8, 2017 21:22
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Taeke posted:There's no way to subscribe to just part of a youtube channel, right? For example, I like "This is not Happening", a stand-up show on Comedy Central, but if I subscribe to their channel I get all the other stuff I'm not interested in flooding my feed as well. Some channels are just way too massive with too much content, which sucks if you're only interested in one or two videos out of a dozen they upload every day. I don't think it's possible. Aside from that, it is possible to follow a channel's uploads via Feedly (probably other RSS readers too) which might make it faster for you to sort through the stuff you don't want to get to what you do
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Mar 8, 2017 23:18
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In Outlook/Office/Lync 2013, is there a way to see a list of everyone who attended a meeting after the fact? I don't care about tracked responses or anyone's RSVP, I'd like to see who was actually present.
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Mar 9, 2017 00:17
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Teeter posted:In Outlook/Office/Lync 2013, is there a way to see a list of everyone who attended a meeting after the fact? I don't care about tracked responses or anyone's RSVP, I'd like to see who was actually present. Did you share your screen or send an IM to the meeting? Lync/Skype would show the attendees in conversation history. Otherwise no.
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A small grammar question. I work as an editor for a patent firm in South Korea and routinely have to fight about English with dudes who don't speak English. As such, I generally like to have all of my ducks in a row before explaining something. Drafters frequently like to over write these stupid applications, and as such they love to toss in a whole poo poo load of unnecessary information. Usually I can work around that, but sometimes I run into this kind of sentence. "A module connected to the substrate may be provided on the substrate." Now, this is the first time that the module is brought up, and a part of me wants to rewrite that sentence as: "A module that is connected to ..." For some reason, I read "A module connected to..." and think that I should already know that the module is connected, where as when I read "A module that is connected ..." and don't have that feeling. I'll admit that I could be totally wrong about this. Even though English is my mother tongue and I studied it a ton, I frequently make mistakes. So, my basic question is, is there any significant grammatical difference between "A module connected to ..." and "A module that is connected to ...?"
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Mar 9, 2017 02:39
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"A module that is connected to..." sounds like it would be easier to understand for non-English speakers If you're a native speaker you read "A module connected to..." and your brain automatically supplies "that is" I don't think there's any grammatical difference
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Mar 9, 2017 03:27
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Sometimes including "that is" will make things clearer. Not in this case, I think.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:11
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Ein cooler Typ posted:"A module that is connected to..." sounds like it would be easier to understand for non-English speakers Vegetable posted:Sometimes including "that is" will make things clearer. Not in this case, I think. Eh, looks like I was wrong. Thanks for the quick answers. The main reason I ask is that I'm usually stuck trying to read and make sense of sentences that can stretch on for pages. As a result, I usually try to make everything as clear as possible. That's pretty tough when you are trying to clean up "A module connected to the substrate having two sensors measuring a temperature of external air suctioned through an inlet having a predetermined inlet diameter is connected to the substrate to transmit temperature information of the external air suctioned through the inlet to an external device in a wireless manner." (I know this seems like an exaggerated sentence, but it really isn't.)
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Mar 9, 2017 04:42
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USMC_Karl posted:That's pretty tough when you are trying to clean up "A module connected to the substrate having two sensors measuring a temperature of external air suctioned through an inlet having a predetermined inlet diameter is connected to the substrate to transmit temperature information of the external air suctioned through the inlet to an external device in a wireless manner." (I know this seems like an exaggerated sentence, but it really isn't.) You could do a bit to make that clearer, like: A module, having two sensors to measure the temperature of external air that has been suctioned through an inlet of predetermined diameter, is connected to the substrate in order to wirelessly transmit that temperature information to an external device. Not knowing the specific requirements, I could be removing some valuable information, but there seems to be a lot of redundancy in the original sentence.
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USMC_Karl posted:That's pretty tough when you are trying to clean up "A module connected to the substrate having two sensors measuring a temperature of external air suctioned through an inlet having a predetermined inlet diameter is connected to the substrate to transmit temperature information of the external air suctioned through the inlet to an external device in a wireless manner." (I know this seems like an exaggerated sentence, but it really isn't.) "There is a module that uses two sensors to measure the temperature of external air sucked through an inlet of a predetermined diameter. This module is connected to the substrate to transmit the measured temperature to an external device in a wireless manner."
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Mar 9, 2017 12:00
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^^^ I like this one. Break up the sentence.
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It's not grammatically different, but people still read from left to right. "a module connected to ..." creates an ambiguity, because it could initially mean "a module has connected to ..." or "a module that is connected to ..." This means our brains have to put that part of the sentence in a buffer and read on until that ambiguity is cleared up before we can jump back and parse the sentence correctly. Or we guess early on and being wrong makes us go "Wait, what?" for a second. Removing the ambiguity by being more explicit as soon as possible helps clarity. Don't get me wrong, we're usually pretty good at buffering and jumping back and forth during parsing. In your original example, clarification already comes when we hit "may". That's peanuts. USMC_Karl posted:"A module connected to the substrate having two sensors measuring a temperature of external air suctioned through an inlet having a predetermined inlet diameter is connected to the substrate to transmit temperature information of the external air suctioned through the inlet to an external device in a wireless manner." fake edit: basically the same idea as the guy above for reconstructing the poo poo sentence.
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Mar 9, 2017 12:12
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Here is a FaceTime (on iPad) question, I've tried to google it but may not be asking the right question. Is the "recently called" tag only assigned to the last number called? And also is there a "time limit" to how long it shows? Ie will the number stay tagged as recent until anther number is dailed? Or does the tag naturally "expire" after a while. If anyone knows, or knows how to find out for sure I'd appreciate the help, there are concerns about phone calls being made to a child in the family.
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Mar 9, 2017 14:34
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I just searched 'iPad FaceTime Call History' on google and got a number of articles showing how to retrieve a call list. How to view your FaceTime call history. Additionally, if you tap the 'i' button at the right hand side of a listed call it can show you more than just the most recent event. I expect there is a limit on how many recent calls it will show however.
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I had a friend approach me regarding domain names for his business (I do a bit of website stuff) but I had no idea how to answer him. He has a business named All Forklift Solutions (not actual name) and owns the domain allforkliftsolutions.com. His business has been around for 10 years and recently found out that 'allforklift.com' is available for purchase at $3000 since someone is squatting on it. He wanted to know, is there any way to obtain allforklift.com since the name applies to his company without actually having to shell out $3000?
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Mar 9, 2017 19:26
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Dr. Video Games 0089 posted:I had a friend approach me regarding domain names for his business (I do a bit of website stuff) but I had no idea how to answer him. He can wait until they let it expire or he can try to sue them which probably won't work. Otherwise no.
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Your situation sounds pretty close to this:"Many domain names -- for instance, coffee.com, drugs.com and business.com -- are potentially powerful domain names, but they're generic. That is, they describe whole categories of products or services. Generic terms can never be trademarks." Given that you didn't include a gibberish random name in there I'm going to assume there is none and it is formed entirely out of normal words. I highly suspect allcoffee.com could not be trademarked. Aside from that since your friend is balking at 3000 dollars I doubt your brand has a high enough recognition to qualify for protected trademark status. I'd say talk to a lawyer, but that'll likely cost the $3000 or more anyway. If you're really insistent on going this route and being cheap I've found that a lot of people are willing to barter services for services. Here's a good place to start doing more research(it's where I found that quote): http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/avoid-trademark-infringement-domain-name-29032.html.
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Dr. Video Games 0089 posted:I had a friend approach me regarding domain names for his business (I do a bit of website stuff) but I had no idea how to answer him. Ignore the $3k price. Domains are meant to be negotiated. If you want the domain, go to who.is and find out who really owns the domain. There should be contact info and an email address (the info may be private the the email a forwarding address but having valid contact info is required). Contact them FROM AN EMAIL NOT RELATED TO YOUR BUSINESS. Tell them you want to build a blog or a link farm or just buy and sell domains and want to buy it. Make them an offer for $XXX and negotiate a price. If they agree, you can use a service like escrow.com to transfer the domain. I've bought and sold domains before like this. If you want to PM me your domain name I can help you find the registrar and the owner or email them for you. As far as just taking the domain, if he had a more specific business name like JeffsForkliftsOfOhio.com then he could probably file a WIPO complaint but I don't think he will win. He would have to prove that his company was specifically targeted in bad faith. FCKGW fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Tell me if this silly rear end situation could turn against me. I'm moderately desperate for a place to live where I can walk around town and get a job. Found a craigslist ad for a 400/mo 1 bedroom 4 month sublease in the shanty town area next to campus. Ive lived there before and its surprisingly safe. Met the guy, place checks out, but the first problem is the rent is actually 550 and he wanted to cover the 150 a month based on an honor system or a personal agreement signed by each of us. I said "lets talk to the realtor about options to get it on paper" because gently caress that poo poo. We go talk to the realtor and the guy is terse as gently caress. Tells the guy he needs to catch up the rent (1 day late) pay the 300 sublease fee, and pay 600 in advance (4x150) because that honor system nonsense aint gonna fly. Guy calls me afterwards and wants to work something out under the table on the place. He's flying out of state Monday. We arranged a situation where he keeps the bills and the lease in his name and I will be electronically paying him a 400+bills sum each month out of state. He wants to put things in writing and have us both sign (its to my understanding that this will be a nullified agreement since it violates his leasing contract to begin with). Legally, my name is not going down on anything, or at least anything that counts as a valid contract. If he gets squirrelly, I doubt anyone would show up to the physical address for a while. I've never not payed rent on time, let alone let it go indefinitely, but im pretty sure they give you 2 week or so before they start calling around, then another two weeks or so before their lawyer starts calling, then its time to go to the physical location and start knocking on doors. Also I'd be given a 30 day notice to vacate, which is time enough to get what I payed for and leave. What I'm worried about is not being given a notice to vacate. As in, they show up, tell me for all they know I forced the lock and moved stuff in and that I'm trespassing and the cops will be there within an hour to escort me off the property. Also I don't think there's a way for me to prove that he's paying this months rent. If I move in during a situation where's he's already 2 weeks late then I might only be there 2-4 weeks before they come knocking. I'll mention that I definitely intend to hold my end of the bargain up. I have the money saved to pay all of it now but I wouldn't risk doing that and hoping he pays the bills for four months. It seems like he's taking all the risks. I'm not pulling up a bunch of other options for this area because Its mid semester. I'm staying with friends sort of out in the country. I haven't looked over the area but maybe I could walk to a gas station or pizza hut or something but being downtown would offer many more job opportunities. As far as opportunity costs go, I'd probably be better off paying 1600 up front, the 300 dollar sublease thing myself, and getting all the bills and sublease in my name than I would living out here. I really need to get back to work is what I'm saying.
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Can you not use the $1600 to take a cab in and out of town to go to interviews and stuff? I'm reading this right you already have a place to stay that isn't sketchy as all gently caress.
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I do have a place to stay right now but it'd be a costly round trip in a cab. Also once I get a job I'll have to live close enough to walk. I'm concerned that I won't be able to find a place to do that. I've already talked to my current roommates and they'd be glad to have me back in the next month or two if things dont work out.
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I'm not entirely following your logic. You're looking at the sketchy short-term place so you're close to where you can look for jobs. But if you get a job, are you still going to still live at the sketchy place or are you going to immediately look for something better? I mean, if you're dead set on getting this place, just make sure your name is on nothing and don't bring anything into the house you're not fine with abandoning on no notice. Here's a dumb question of my own; I want to get a Steam Link so I can play video games on my couch like back in the good old days. Right now I have a hardwired ethernet line run to our upstairs TV room from the router which is located downstairs. Well it's not impossible to run a second line, the first one was pretty annoying and it's not a very clean shot. Is there anyway I can split the HDMI cable upstairs so I can still keep it plugged into my TV and into the Steam link? I googled around a little bit and there are what appeared to be HDMI splitters, but I know basically nothing about the stuff and want to know how much grief I'm in for when I finally buy the Link.
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Four months would be plenty of enough time to get established into a job. Having a job means I can lease an apartment like a normal person. Also I have money for a car down payment but i need an income first. In addition, I'd like to not buy a car as long as possible. At least until I can pay the whole thing off in cash. The only thing I'd really hate to get stolen is this computer. I guess thats what you mean by abandoning. Its a low crime area. Lots of broke college kids, especially ones from the middle east and asia, live there. Also its still in campus territory so the campus cops and city cops compete to see who car arrest people fastest over there.
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bongwizzard posted:
I'm not sure whether you're actually asking to split an HDMI cable or an ethernet cable here. If you're asking about ethernet, the proper thing to do would be to probably cut the ethernet line somewhere in the middle of it's run, than add on two new ethernet plugs (properly wired of course) onto the two new ends you made in the cable, then plug those both into a gigabit ethernet switch you buy (they're usually like $15-$20) and buy another, shorter, ethernet cable to go from the switch to the new device you want to have ethernet on. Buying or borrowing a tool like this will make it simpler to strip the cables for putting into the new plugs properly, and then crimping on the new plugs: https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-RJ45-Medium-Duty-Crimp/dp/B00004Z62S If you're asking about HDMI, you can't really do this sort of thing. You'd simply have to plug one end of the HDMI cable you already have into a splitter box (usually $15-$20 as well) and then use 2 other HDMI cables to connect the two different things you want connected to that.
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In gmail how do I set up a canned email to send to the same person every time? Trying to help my dad. He wants to set up a form to send to the same email address every time with just little variations. I've got it so a canned response shows up in the body of the message but just want to go the step further so he just has to gently caress around with the specifics. And also save it to the desktop as an icon!! 7 RING SHRIMP fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Black Cat posted:Four months would be plenty of enough time to get established into a job. Having a job means I can lease an apartment like a normal person. Also I have money for a car down payment but i need an income first. In addition, I'd like to not buy a car as long as possible. At least until I can pay the whole thing off in cash. I think what bongwizzard had in mind is the scenario where some poo poo goes down with the landlord/person on the lease and you can't legally get back in there to get your stuff.
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Groundskeeper Silly posted:I think what bongwizzard had in mind is the scenario where some poo poo goes down with the landlord/person on the lease and you can't legally get back in there to get your stuff. Yeah, this is a real risk. If the landlord finds out you are there without a proper contract, he can evict both of you for a violation of the lease. I don't know what the laws are in your area but subletters usually have fewer rights than the leaser in regards to eviction notice, and a lot of laws protecting renters only kick in after they have been living there for a longish period of time. The landlord is probably watching that guy like a hawk for the slightest sign of an infraction now too. I would need to be more than moderately desperate to step into a situation like that. Even if nothing happened, it would be really stressful living there and having to be ready to pack out at a moment's notice. Also, why is this guy taking plane flights around the country if he isn't making rent on time and having to sublet the place illegally.
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Black Cat posted:The only thing I'd really hate to get stolen is this computer. I guess thats what you mean by abandoning. Its a low crime area. Lots of broke college kids, especially ones from the middle east and asia, live there. Also its still in campus territory so the campus cops and city cops compete to see who car arrest people fastest over there. I literally meant abandon. Like if sketchy roommate guy turns super sketchy it would be nicer if you could just walk the gently caress away notice. fishmech posted:I'm not sure whether you're actually asking to split an HDMI cable or an ethernet cable here. No, I'm an idiot I meant ethernet. Why do I have to cut the cable in the middle though, cant I do all that work at the end by my TV?
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Oh I was assuming you needed to branch it off farther away from the device it was already plugged into. You can just plug the ethernet cable you already have into a gigabit switch like I mentioned before without cutting it then, and just buy 2 short ethernet cables to plug into the switch to go to the device you already have and the new device you'll be getting.
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fishmech posted:Oh I was assuming you needed to branch it off farther away from the device it was already plugged into. You can just plug the ethernet cable you already have into a gigabit switch like I mentioned before without cutting it then, and just buy 2 short ethernet cables to plug into the switch to go to the device you already have and the new device you'll be getting. Awesome, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. I work alongside a lot of AV guys and I know that certain kinds of control/data cables can't just be split so simply.
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There's a Gooncaves & Garden thread in this sub that deals with rent-related issues. The weird sublease thing is a horror show of bad ideas.
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Fruits of the sea posted:Yeah, this is a real risk. He's flying home. My take on it is college and/or jobs aint working out and he's moving back in with parents. Maybe I should search through the legality of the situation. My understanding is that you can never be locked out and prevented from collecting your possessions from a dwelling. For instance, and this was a different state, but the last town I lived in had PSA's about letting strangers crash your couch for a week. People would offer ludicrous amounts of money to bum a couch, like 300 a week, then stop paying, then force a 30 day eviction, then probably steal your stuff on the way out.
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Black Cat posted:you can never be locked out and prevented from collecting your possessions from a dwelling.
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I have a stack of business cards and am going to put them in my Gmail contacts by importing a CSV file. Is there a certain way to fill out the spreadsheet so Google knows how to pull the two things I want? Those two things simply being: Name + email address ?
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I'm a German who wants to visit the United States for three weeks in June. My passport expires in September 2017. Do I need to order a new passport before the trip or will I be fine? Some countries want the passports to be valid at least 6 more months.
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The foolproof way would be to export your existing gmail contacts to a csv, use that same format to add the new ones, deleting the ones you downloaded, and just use that file as a template.
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Honj Steak posted:I'm a German who wants to visit the United States for three weeks in June. My passport expires in September 2017. Do I need to order a new passport before the trip or will I be fine? Some countries want the passports to be valid at least 6 more months. Do you look terrorist-y? This could be more important than you might think.
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