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Methanar posted:My guy just attempted to set up an antenna, but complained it didn't work. This guy gives me the vibes of not knowing what he was doing, so he probably just did it wrong. TV fool does Canada to see where the transmitters are. Sometimes they're not where you think they are. Also I had a TV old enough to not be able to receive digital OTA TV, and could only get French CBC until I got a TV from this century.
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This might not be a good place to post this but I can't find a better thread. Where did my av come from? I've never posted in YOSPOS and I was under the impression the stupid newbie av was now the Trump Lover av. Is it some in-joke I'm unaware of? I'm actually pretty cool with it, I just have no idea the context.
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Why can't you just boil uncovered water on a stove instead of using a humidifier?
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Feb 2, 2018 05:49
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I'm pretty sure you can. I'm not familiar enough with humidifiers to say if one is more energy efficient than the other, or the safety of leaving the stove on, or how much wet per area you get out of the average pot of water, but stove boiling will absolutely moisten the air. Make some soup stock while you're at it so the air is both damp and delicious.
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Feb 2, 2018 05:56
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Why can't you just boil uncovered water on a stove instead of using a humidifier? You can if you want. My grandpa used to do that for his vacation cabin where the power outlets were always tied up by a lamp, a fridge and a radio. Main thing is the pot's going to need to be refilled fairly often because when you do it this way it'll use up the water way quicker than a standard humidifier.
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Feb 2, 2018 06:29
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Mister Kingdom posted:
Never woulda guessed.
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Feb 2, 2018 08:48
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 What kind of plant is this and how bad is it if these two doofuses occasionally nibble on it? It's some sort of standard veggie garden veggie plant but I'm apparently too bad at google to find it. I like the idea of occasional free veggies but not dead cats. ETA:  Thank, you Google Image Search Organza Quiz fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Feb 2, 2018 |
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Feb 2, 2018 12:09
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Enourmo posted:Can you ID the artist/group? That may help narrow it down. It's Jigsaw performing "Sky High". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO320HpYV-M
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Feb 2, 2018 13:35
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I'm thinking it's likely a zucchini plant or something. Or something in that family.
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Feb 2, 2018 13:40
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Flipperwaldt posted:I'm thinking it's likely a zucchini plant or something. Or something in that family. There's another plant also growing up that I'm 90% sure is zucchini, which incidentally apparently is fine for cats and is sometimes used in cat food, so maybe. I just haven't found any with leaves that look like that so far.
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Feb 2, 2018 15:32
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Organza Quiz posted:
You can get cell phone apps that will identify it by taking a picture of it in the app. Leafsnap.com is one of them.
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Feb 2, 2018 17:51
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Is there a generic term for thinking something looks wrong exclusively because you've been looking at something similar for a while? Like, say, reading a book for a while, then reading SA and it looking weird because the font is different?
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Feb 2, 2018 20:41
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MisterBibs posted:Is there a generic term for thinking something looks wrong exclusively because you've been looking at something similar for a while?
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Feb 2, 2018 23:16
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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If a delivery containing an external hard drive (Western Digital Elements in a zippered form-fitting case and then packed in the usual parcel box) is refrigerated for about 12 hours by mistake, does that effectively kill the hard drive?
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Feb 3, 2018 10:03
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It sure shouldn't.
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Feb 3, 2018 10:06
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Disharmony posted:If a delivery containing an external hard drive (Western Digital Elements in a zippered form-fitting case and then packed in the usual parcel box) is refrigerated for about 12 hours by mistake, does that effectively kill the hard drive?
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Feb 3, 2018 10:11
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Thanks guys! That makes me worry less. Now comes the hard part: Convincing my landlord that the hard drive is fine so she should just come clean that she did receive our package by mistake. She was expecting two packages from a rice cake place (but it's more than likely just one because it's one large box and a super small one - there's two tracking numbers too) and I guess excitedly shoved them in the fridge and found out the next day that it wasn't hers.
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Feb 3, 2018 10:26
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Disharmony posted:Thanks guys! That makes me worry less. if your landlord sticks to their guns and keeps saying they didn't receive it, if you ordered it through Amazon, you can say you never received it and it was left with another neighbour who claims they didn't receive it.
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Feb 3, 2018 11:58
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Disharmony posted:Thanks guys! That makes me worry less. I don't understand what's going on here - the landlady got your hard drive, shoved it in the fridge, and won't give it to you? You know she has it, since she shoved it in the fridge... I don't understand what you mean by this situation or why you have to convince her of anything at all if you know she has your package. Also if you're wondering, a usual SATA disk can safely operate at -40C (-40F); any colder than that and you gotta leave it out to warm up a bit before you use it (that's when the parts inside freeze and will snap if you try to power it on). So unless she has a freezer that goes to -40F you can even use the HDD immediately.
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There’s a story I read somewhere about a neckbeard guy going to Latin America (Brazil maybe) to meet a girl. When he got there, they lived in a hovel and he couldn’t communicate with anyone and he ended up masturbating in a sink or something and getting kicked out. Does anyone know what this story is called and where it’s posted?
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tuyop posted:There’s a story I read somewhere about a neckbeard guy going to Latin America (Brazil maybe) to meet a girl. When he got there, they lived in a hovel and he couldn’t communicate with anyone and he ended up masturbating in a sink or something and getting kicked out. Does anyone know what this story is called and where it’s posted? It's known as Brazil.txt It's believed to be a work of fiction by a bitcoiner imagining a farcical situation in which bitcoins are useful.
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Organza Quiz posted:
I think it's maybe a melon vine, which are zucchini's sweet-fat cousins!
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Feb 3, 2018 18:58
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Looking for a reputable VPN that doesn't have a bloaty POS software that is laggy and awful. Don't mind inputting the VPN details myself in lieu of an easy to use piece of software. Wanting something that won't sell my info or anything.
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Feb 3, 2018 19:30
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Q8ee posted:Looking for a reputable VPN that doesn't have a bloaty POS software that is laggy and awful. Don't mind inputting the VPN details myself in lieu of an easy to use piece of software. First choice: Mullvad. They do absolutely everything right, and are the service I use. Their client app is completely open-source and works great, but you can do a bog-standard OpenVPN connection to them if you prefer. (Review.) Second choice: AirVPN, makers of a very nice IP leak tester page. They seem to know what they're doing, but I don't have personal experience with them. (Review.) Third choice: NordVPN, since they're currently the cheap option for goons thanks to Lowtax's discount deal thing. (Review.) As you've probably guessed from the review links, I consider That One Privacy Site a reputable source of info on this sort of thing.
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Feb 3, 2018 22:01
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Does taking a bath use less water than a 15 minute shower?
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Average numbers for American shower flow and bathtub size, yes. But taking a responsibly timed shower uses less water than a bath, no reason to be in there for more than 5 minutes or so, really.
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Gobbeldygook posted:https://pastebin.com/ANGXu1mw Perfect, thanks!
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Does taking a bath use less water than a 15 minute shower? The answer depends on the size of the tub, the depth of the water and the efficiency of the showerhead. But usually, the shower will use less. Most people use about 30 gallons of water for a bath, according to industry estimates. When filled to capacity (just below the overflow), a standard bathtub holds 42 gallons, but some of that water will be displaced when you get into the tub. So, the tub is rarely filled to capacity before taking a bath. A low-flow showerhead uses about two gallons a minute, or 30 gallons for a 15-minute shower. A standard showerhead uses 2.5 gallons a minute, or 37.5 gallons for 15 minutes. Either way, the shower doesn't save water – as long as you take 15 minutes. The shorter the shower, the greater the savings. Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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Can you get drunk from breathing in alcohol that has evaporated during cooking?
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Can you get drunk from breathing in alcohol that has evaporated during cooking? Technically yes, but with the amounts you use in cooking and the rate at which the vapors spread out as they boil off, you'd have a hell of a time getting enough in to actually feel anything.
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Can you get drunk from breathing in alcohol that has evaporated during cooking? You can get super drunk on alcohol vapor, there’s a LA Beast video of him doing it, but with the small amount that cooks off, and how the vapor disperses, it’s hard to get drunk through normal cooking.
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ChairMaster posted:Average numbers for American shower flow and bathtub size, yes. have you ever in your life met anybody with a substantial amount of hair?
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Can you get drunk from breathing in alcohol that has evaporated during cooking? Cooking? No not really. Putting it in a bulb and lighting a candle underneath and inhaling the vapors through a straw? Sure can!
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If I cut the the tips off of my index finger and thumb, and then tape the wounds together, will my fingers fuse together over time?
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Fruits of the sea posted:If I cut the the tips off of my index finger and thumb, and then tape the wounds together, will my fingers fuse together over time? Human wounds (with a few exceptions) don't really regenerate, they heal instead. Important difference. Healing typically means the spot is covered in scar tissue. Both stumps will have scar tissue forming, and due to confusion there is a pretty big chance the scar tissue chunks will grow together. I'd call it more 'biological glue' than fusion though.
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Namarrgon posted:Human wounds (with a few exceptions) don't really regenerate, they heal instead. Important difference. Healing typically means the spot is covered in scar tissue. Both stumps will have scar tissue forming, and due to confusion there is a pretty big chance the scar tissue chunks will grow together. I'd call it more 'biological glue' than fusion though. Would new capillaries form or join through though? I'm thinking of the times when someone has a hand attached to their face or whatever or a graft of skin from their rear end to a 3rd degree burn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqlzYWz98A
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How many unarmed people in regular clothing do you suppose a fully armored knight wielding a longsword could kill before they overwhelmed him? What about a samurai?
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Jeb! Repetition posted:How many unarmed people in regular clothing do you suppose a fully armored knight wielding a longsword could kill before they overwhelmed him? What about a samurai?
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They'll just run away, I'm pretty sure full suit of armor makes it pretty impossible to chase an unencumbered person. Unless he's got a horse, then the answer is just "as long as it takes to scare his horse or hit it with a heavy enough rock or sharp enough stick to blind it or something".
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Gobbeldygook posted:Best answer would probably be to look to the Spanish conquest of Central America. The native weapons were virtually useless against the Spaniard's metal armor so the Spanish could just wander around stabbing people to death, e.g. they won the battle of otumba despite being outnumbered 40-1. 1000 dudes with swords and smallpox conquered an entire civilization. That was a really interesting read. Depends entirely on the sort of group of people going up against the Knight. If they're just randomers, why would they stick their neck out to help save other people? They'd just run, or try and overwhelm the Knight in trickles instead of one concerted effort. If the group were friends or family, they'd be more willing to risk their own lives to save the group, and overwhelming the Knight would be easier. Knights are slow and cumbersome, they'd be pretty easy to overwhelm and outmaneuver. Didn't Knights have a group of foot soldiers accompany them to prevent being surrounded as easily? They were fearsome head on, but in a one-vs-many situation, they were easy to take out? I reckon a Samurai would be far more deadly and able to cut down way more people. He's more mobile, more agile and is quicker to respond to people trying to surround him.
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