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How's the content on curiositystream? Decent selection of documentaries? Worth the 3 a month?
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Is there a website for all things maps? I know I've been to a website before that was a massive collection of antique and modern maps.
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Sep 21, 2019 13:31
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This is really dumb, but could someone help me make up the word for the opposite of a pedophile? Like what do I call a person who's attracted to adults? My best try is gerontophile, but that's being attracted specifically to old people. I want a word that captures attraction to anyone age 18 and above (or 21 or 17 or whatever age you become an adult).
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BonHair posted:This is really dumb, but could someone help me make up the word for the opposite of a pedophile? Like what do I call a person who's attracted to adults? My best try is gerontophile, but that's being attracted specifically to old people. I want a word that captures attraction to anyone age 18 and above (or 21 or 17 or whatever age you become an adult). Teleiophile
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Sep 21, 2019 14:14
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George H.W. oval office posted:Is there a website for all things maps? I know I've been to a website before that was a massive collection of antique and modern maps. The David Rumsey Map Collection might be what you're thinking of?
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When I was in grad school, I really liked my courses on program evaluation and regression analysis. Stuff like STATA. Are there any good accreditation or certificate programs? I want to; refresh old memory, learn new skills, and have a tangible thing to show employers that I know how to do program evaluation.
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For years I had very short haircuts, but I've grown my hair back out and I have the weirdest part now, like a shepherd's hook shape. When I wear it up or down (especially if it's been a couple days since I washed it) my hair splits like the Red Sea and reveals this stupid looking part. It's been a couple years with the new style, will it ever retrain? Is there anything I can do?
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Memento posted:The David Rumsey Map Collection might be what you're thinking of? That’s the one!
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artsy fartsy posted:For years I had very short haircuts, but I've grown my hair back out and I have the weirdest part now, like a shepherd's hook shape. When I wear it up or down (especially if it's been a couple days since I washed it) my hair splits like the Red Sea and reveals this stupid looking part. It's been a couple years with the new style, will it ever retrain? Is there anything I can do? It sounds as though you might have a strong cowlick there - lots of us do. If it is a cowlick, it's going to fight you, but there are things you can do. You've probably already tried some of these, but if you haven't yet, try parting it where you want it while it is wet, and clip or tie it down while it dries. Alternatively, if you aren't averse to blow drying, dry that section while brushing it in the direction that you want it to go, and get it really dry before you stop. There are also strong-hold styling products that you could try, if you are really determined. Cowlicks can vary in strength over their length, so you could also try retraining not the whole thing, but just a couple of inches at a time. If none of these techniques give you what you want, there are products that you can use to camouflage the skin that is revealed in the part, and make it less noticeable. They are mostly meant for people whose part has widened through really tight braiding or is thinning due to hair loss, but if carefully blended, they can help hide cowlicks too. Take a look at something called "fill-in powder." There are different brands that people like. Another approach entirely is to work with your natural part rather than against it. A cowlick can give you a little extra lift in your hair if you brush it opposite the direction it wants to go, which can look nice; and if the cowlick is right at your hairline, you can get a nice lifted swirl there that some folks would love to achieve, but can't. Whatever you choose to do, good luck with it!
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Thanks for the tips! I haven't tried the hair dryer yet as I always air dry so that'll be my next step. I wish I could just work with this stupid thing but the strongest part of it is on the back left/top of my head, in a weird little curve shape. It's bizarre because I know it wasn't there when I last had long hair (teens/early 20s).
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I saw a car yesterday that had a rope hanging from its back bumper. It looked exactly like the rope that would be used to hang a person. Is this a racist signature? Is it criminal? Worth reporting? This happened in the central coast of CA, where Trump stickers are perfectly common. Picture: 
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Sep 22, 2019 15:13
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It's almost certainly racist, although the owner might give you some BS about it representing the idea of "justice" or something like that. I can't imagine that it's illegal, however, even in the state of California. Just forget it and assume the owner is an ignorant, scared little man.
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It's entirely possible it's illegal for boring, regulatory reasons. In CA, things attached to your car have to be properly secured, and if they go a certain distance beyond your bumper, they need to be marked with a bright orange flag. If it is attached to the bumper itself, there's probably another regulation, since you need to attach anything like that to a special attachment. Having it drag on the road itself is probably a safety hazard in itself. If you have the free time and want to give that driver a bad day, I'd say that's something that could be reported.
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theHUNGERian posted:I saw a car yesterday that had a rope hanging from its back bumper. It looked exactly like the rope that would be used to hang a person. Is this a racist signature? Is it criminal? Worth reporting? This happened in the central coast of CA, where Trump stickers are perfectly common. i would assume that the car owner is racist and also that the local police are most likely totally fine with it Tenik posted:In CA, things attached to your car have to be properly secured, and if they go a certain distance beyond your bumper, they need to be marked with a bright orange flag. do you seriously imagine that report will result in anything at all? this kind of "technically illegal" is stuff that cops can use if they need an excuse to pull someone over but they are not going to go around looking for someone because of something like this
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If it's not 'hate crime'-levels of illegal, I'll just leave it alone and move on with my life. Especially since I could be countersued for taking a cell picture while driving. Edit: Earwicker posted:... the local police are most likely totally fine with it Exactly.
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Sep 22, 2019 17:50
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theHUNGERian posted:Especially since I could be countersued for taking a cell picture while driving. "sued" by who? and how would you prove the person taking the photo was driving the car and not a passenger?
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Earwicker posted:"sued" by who? and how would you prove the person taking the photo was driving the car and not a passenger? Good point.
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What's the best place to buy used books online? I've been using amazon/ebay/abebooks and I was wondering if there are any other places I should check out.
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StrixNebulosa posted:What's the best place to buy used books online? I've been using amazon/ebay/abebooks and I was wondering if there are any other places I should check out. Half priced books?
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Half priced books? I'll have a look, thanks!
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Or Thriftbooks. I think if you spend $15 you get free shipping.
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Anything else I should do in terms of removing any data before giving my laptop to my close friend? I've already cleared all the data from the web browsers + deleted / disabled the system restore points but wondering if I'm missing anything else.
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Could someone with a modern camera ever recreate this sort of look: Or is something you would simply have to use antique methods and film for? Or obviously, photoshop, post processing, etc? I don't know anything about cameras so it's probably a very stupid question.
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ulex minor posted:Could someone with a modern camera ever recreate this sort of look: Off the top of my head, and I’ve never spent much time in analog photography so I might be wrong: That “look” is just lots of makeup and a shallow depth of field along with a relatively coarse-grained film. You could achieve a similar effect with digital if you missed your focus a tiny bit while the background was very distant or applied some Gaussian blur/smoothing in photoshop. For non-photography speak: the lens used let in lots of light so the background was blurry. The film that was used had a “grain” to it so that the cells of photosensitive material were relatively large, and this made the makeup look a lot smoother than it probably did in real life. Another option is that the scanner used on the photo just didn’t pick up the finer details of the photo but the result was pretty anyway so it was good enough. But to answer your question, I’m pretty sure you could make a photo look like that with modern equipment and techniques. There’s nothing really exceptional about the old ways now afaik, just time and practice and a really strict vision. tuyop fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Sep 23, 2019 |
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Busy Bee posted:Anything else I should do in terms of removing any data before giving my laptop to my close friend? I've already cleared all the data from the web browsers + deleted / disabled the system restore points but wondering if I'm missing anything else. If it's a windows laptop you can just boot the install media from usb and nuke it clean.
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Klaus Kinski posted:If it's a windows laptop you can just boot the install media from usb and nuke it clean. That doesn’t really get rid of the data, but unless you’re worried about the friend actively taking steps to recover old data and discovering your love of dwarf tentacle porn it’s good enough.
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Sep 23, 2019 12:51
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Physically destroy the drive and tell your friend to get their own drive.
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Sep 23, 2019 13:28
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Leal posted:Physically destroy the drive and tell your friend to get their own drive. Extremely dumb
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Its the only way to be sure that your friend doesn't come across your dwarf tentacle hentai.
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Sep 23, 2019 14:01
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tell your friend that you left a gift on the drive with a wink, and have a folder on the desktop filled with your fetish pornography of choice
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ulex minor posted:Could someone with a modern camera ever recreate this sort of look: tuyop pretty much covered it, but that's just standard portrait photography done in the period style. Nothing has changed in terms of technical ability, it's just that these days we're not big on the soft-focus style like that. It's true that the camera and film back then isn't as fast as modern equipment (that is to say, requires more light), but in a studio environment that's a moot point. All that's really changed is that these days you'd probably be more likely to clean her up with photoshop more than with makeup and lighting tricks (although there are things you can do when developing the image that photoshop mimics), but that's a small thing.
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A Real Happy Camper posted:tell your friend that you left a gift on the drive with a wink, and have a folder on the desktop filled with your fetish pornography of choice Set a bunch of randomly scheduled tasks that start in like three months that just make small changes like moving random text files to the desktop or locking the computer for no reason.
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Do those mould removal sprays actually destroy mould, or just bleach it from black to white? I had a bunch of mould growing in the corners of my bathroom, bought some mould removal spray and used it. Within 15 minutes, the black spots have completely gone, or lessened to an extreme extent. I don't know whether it's just been bleached white, or if the mould has actually been destroyed.
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Qubee posted:Do those mould removal sprays actually destroy mould, or just bleach it from black to white? I had a bunch of mould growing in the corners of my bathroom, bought some mould removal spray and used it. Within 15 minutes, the black spots have completely gone, or lessened to an extreme extent. I don't know whether it's just been bleached white, or if the mould has actually been destroyed. Check for the word 'fungicide' on the small print.
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Basic Excel/data question: I am trying to chart some numbers to compare some things. The problem is the two sets of numbers are vastly different in scale. In one case I am comparing two metrics of 8,732,965 and 8,581 on a chart. Excel scales the chart to the larger numbers, which makes the smaller number trend impossible to decipher. The blue line at the bottom represents the smaller numbers. As you can see, it's pretty much a flat looking line:  Is there a different way of representing this data?
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You can go into the chart type settings and put the 2nd data set on a secondary axis.
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Xenoborg posted:You can go into the chart type settings and put the 2nd data set on a secondary axis. Thanks - I'll give that a shot.
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me your dad posted:Basic Excel/data question: The simple answer is to add a secondary y axis on the right hand side for the blue data. This is strongly discouraged by virtually everyone who works with graphs, so don't do this. Another way to do it is to rescale the numbers so the two data series are comparable. Presumably you are interested most in the year-to-year trends of each line, not their absolute numbers. If so, for each value, calculate (present value minus previous value)/(previous value) + 1, this will return the year to year percent change in that value. The two series will now be comparable on an identical scale, like this:  Another way of doing this without transforming the data is to make two plots, each with the y-axis ranging from the minimum value in the data to the maximum. dokmo fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Sep 23, 2019 |
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Thanks - I will give that a shot!
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