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Shy posted:You're not gonna believe it but it's this one, as is proven by your post and my reply. This really deserves a like. So answer me sir. I need a thread on weird questions kids asak their parents and another one where you state an opinion and people need to make you change your mind (civilized)
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In case you're unable to find them, my advice is to not post them yourself. Follow the lurk before posting rule (for even longer than you think) to get a better feel for the culture of whichever subforum it is so that you have some hope of fitting in.
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MikeStmria posted:So answer me sir. I need a thread on weird questions kids asak their parents quote:and another one where you state an opinion and people need to make you change your mind (civilized)
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MikeStmria posted:and another one where you state an opinion and people need to make you change your mind (civilized) Depending on the subject matter this might be a decent Ask/Tell thread. Or most subforums have Q&A threads
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Dumb Lowtax posted:In case you're unable to find them, my advice is to not post them yourself. Follow the lurk before posting rule (for even longer than you think) to get a better feel for the culture of whichever subforum it is so that you have some hope of fitting in. Don't underestimate this advice. I've flopped into a few threads and just come across as an absolute shithead despite my intentions. Lurking is the hottest tip I've seen in a while. Looking like an idiot in front of random internet people hurts. A little. Sort of.
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MikeStmria posted:Thread where you state an opinion and people need to make you change your mind (civilized) These threads crop up every once in a while, but they almost always turn into a shitshow. I’d recommend just posting in a somewhat relevant thread and asking for an explanation of the opposing viewpoint. It’s a good way to get a free avatar and red text though.
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There's a few websites I visit that recently made changes so that using an adblocker will not allow you to use their comments section. Okay, fine, I turn off the adblocker. I now see the usual clickbait nonsense like "doctors hate this woman" and "10 secrets [industry] doesn't want you to know". Lately I see stuff like "this is what dental implants cost in [your state]". I can understand how these would get people to click through, but now I see this a lot (and as you can see, more than once on the same site):  Who is this aimed at? I also see a variation that says "[celebrity]'s spouse is the most stunning woman alive today. And, no, I didn't click.
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Dec 14, 2019 00:04
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I'm gonna say 40+ horny men, since those are some dated references. We're at the cusp of algorithmically generated web content though, so the reason could just be clickthrough statistics.
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Dumb Lowtax posted:In case you're unable to find them, my advice is to not post them yourself. Follow the lurk before posting rule (for even longer than you think) to get a better feel for the culture of whichever subforum it is so that you have some hope of fitting in. please note this does not apply to byob, we love you as you are and can't wait to see your posts
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Rabbit Hill posted:Math question from a math-illiterate: That's correct math, but you can make it easier on yourself by using Excel's built-in formulas: D11 =AVERAGE(D2:D10) E11 =AVERAGE(E2:E10) B11 = A11/D11*E11 C11 = A11 + B11 
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Forums related: Often times I'll see a reply in a thread that's simply ".", without "(user) hosed around with this post at (time)" - I can understand some of them being ninja edits but it happens more frequently than I'd figure is reasonable. My guess is that a user wanted to search their posts within the thread and posted that so they could click on their name and see all their posts in that thread. Would you say that's the case the majority of the time?
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Sometimes ill do that to find an old reply but almost always say its a placeholder and add real content afterwards.
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Some of those might be posts edited by the moderation, I think those don't have the [x] hosed around with notes.
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YggiDee posted:Some of those might be posts edited by the moderation, I think those don't have the [x] hosed around with notes. Admins can gently caress around with them without the notification, mod edits will get somebody hosed around with this appended
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Dec 14, 2019 05:29
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Holy poo poo it makes my day to know that you still post here. Your escaping prison story in ask/tell so many years ago was not only super entertaining, kept me on SA, and convinced me to also click HidingFromGoro's prison stories prompting my whole sheltered life/political/interpersonal outlook to change. Great have you around, please post in CSPAM more!
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There's a pedestrian crosswalk request button thing that has been broken for a few weeks now. Where and who do I tell to get this thing fixed? Because it's a wide enough street that green lights for cars isn't active long enough for most people to cross it safely, plus it's quite busy that you can't casually jaywalk without getting run over. It's also only inactive on one side of the street, which is probably why nobody has noticed it's broken.
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Dec 14, 2019 07:36
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Here in Australia there's a phone number on the cabinet holding the traffic light controller, maybe there's something similar? Or you could call your local government and ask them.
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value-brand cereal posted:There's a pedestrian crosswalk request button thing that has been broken for a few weeks now. Where and who do I tell to get this thing fixed? Because it's a wide enough street that green lights for cars isn't active long enough for most people to cross it safely, plus it's quite busy that you can't casually jaywalk without getting run over. It's also only inactive on one side of the street, which is probably why nobody has noticed it's broken. Check your app store to see if your city has an official app. Mine lets people report broken stuff, potholes, graffiti, etc.
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Yeah depending on where you live it'd likely be on the city gov website, the township gov website, or the state department of transportation. All depends on who controls that hardware/road. You might also be able to just call up whatever clerk at city hall answers the phone and ask them who you should report it to.
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value-brand cereal posted:There's a pedestrian crosswalk request button thing that has been broken for a few weeks now. Where and who do I tell to get this thing fixed? Because it's a wide enough street that green lights for cars isn't active long enough for most people to cross it safely, plus it's quite busy that you can't casually jaywalk without getting run over. It's also only inactive on one side of the street, which is probably why nobody has noticed it's broken. Most cities in Canada have a call centre for this stuff. Just dial 311 and see what happens.
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The city where I live doesn't has that but for some reason there is a campaign that tells you to call to the city services to report things not working or water foodings and so on. Maybe that can work.
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You can just call any part of the city and ask them who to call. Someone broke a street sign right off the pole outside of the place I used to work a few years ago and someone else brought it into the store, we just called the police non-emergency number and were like "hey I know you guys aren't in charge of broken street signs but can you tell me who is?" and they just gave me a number to call to get some guy to come pick it up.
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Cross-posting from the DIY thread, 'cause I'm a doof who doesn't plan well and I'm hoping to know this by tomorrow.  artsy fartsy posted:I have a kitchen with a few different painted textures on the walls. I'd like to apply a new texture/paint over everything to make it look uniform. Do I need to use a primer on top of the existing textures before putting on the new mud?
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artsy fartsy posted:Cross-posting from the DIY thread, 'cause I'm a doof who doesn't plan well and I'm hoping to know this by tomorrow. What do you mean by painted texture, is it plaster and like one wall is popcorn, another is ridges, or it's literally globs of paint? Can you take pictures?
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dokmo posted:Toilets used to be an elevated tank and you'd pull a chain to flush. The chain would be on the left side but if you were more likely sitting it would be on the right side. tuyop posted:Many modern toilets are also a button on top of the tank lid. Centred. Eventually it makes sense that’ll be the standard.
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Tiggum posted:Why would you ever want to flush the toilet while your'e still sitting on it? I don’t know about buying a toilet but I’m sure the turnaround for toilet replacements is pretty low so you see lots of older ones!
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Tiggum posted:Why would you ever want to flush the toilet while your'e still sitting on it? Buttons aren't the standard in America.
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Tiggum posted:Why would you ever want to flush the toilet while your'e still sitting on it?
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artsy fartsy posted:Cross-posting from the DIY thread, 'cause I'm a doof who doesn't plan well and I'm hoping to know this by tomorrow. no priming before mud dude, just knock off as much of the old poo poo as you can and go for it. sanding screen on a stick and mash what you can off like you're swiffering a floor. the more you get off the less mud you'll need to make it nice and smooth again, and the more new texture you're putting on the less that will matter (secret: texture is mostly to hide poo poo) Tiggum posted:Many? Can you even buy a toilet that has the flush buttons anywhere but the centre? I don't remember the last time I even saw a toilet with anything but the standard "buttons in the centre" design. Except for public toilets where they're sometimes in the wall, I guess. the handle ones are really easy to fix. the button ones aren't. especially the ones with two fuckin buttons for how much you want to flush, tf is with that?
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Being green and using less water
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Stravag posted:Being green and using less water I don't need some stupid button to tell me what to do. "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"
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Stravag posted:Being green and using less water p sure using the same handle toilet for 50 years or w/e is greener than having a new toilet stripmined in china and shipped across the globe to me cause it uses slightly less water i do get it, i'm just being Cantankerous Quabzor posted:"If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"
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regulargonzalez posted:What do you mean by painted texture, is it plaster and like one wall is popcorn, another is ridges, or it's literally globs of paint? Can you take pictures? Yes, actual mud texture and not just paint--it looks like the previous owners didn't like the existing texture so slapped on a different one--or started to, until they got bored. The whole house is full of half-assery like this.
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owlhawk911 posted:no priming before mud dude, just knock off as much of the old poo poo as you can and go for it. sanding screen on a stick and mash what you can off like you're swiffering a floor. the more you get off the less mud you'll need to make it nice and smooth again, and the more new texture you're putting on the less that will matter (secret: texture is mostly to hide poo poo) Thank you! You're absolutely right that this new texture will be hiding some dumb poo poo. Thankfully I also happen to like the way textured walls look (when done well--the existing stuff looks pretty bad and gets real annoying when trying to hang up pictures etc.)
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owlhawk911 posted:p sure using the same handle toilet for 50 years or w/e is greener than having a new toilet stripmined in china and shipped across the globe to me cause it uses slightly less water The actual ecological breakeven point is going to be very different dependent on your waste treatment facilities, local water sources, stuff like that. But nobody is suggesting replacing your toilet every year like it projects a glowing rectangle or anything. It’s just like, if a toilet has to be installed because new toilets are needed (as they sometimes are!), it makes sense that it uses like 2L of water a flush instead of 15, no?
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Dumb Lowtax posted:Holy poo poo it makes my day to know that you still post here. Your escaping prison story in ask/tell so many years ago was not only super entertaining, kept me on SA, and convinced me to also click HidingFromGoro's prison stories prompting my whole sheltered life/political/interpersonal outlook to change. Great have you around, please post in CSPAM more! Oh hey man, thanks! I'm still glad I posted that and had so many positive experiences as a result. I've kept my nose clean except for a couple anti-ICE/concentration camp protest "arrests" (citations). Cheers!
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tuyop posted:The actual ecological breakeven point is going to be very different dependent on your waste treatment facilities, local water sources, stuff like that. rain catchment and on-site septic, i'm greener than a goddamn tree. got solar too baby i really don't like owning things i can't fix, ecological impact is just one of many reasons for that. i do get it though! and if you're doing new construction in a city they make a lot more sense, cause water/waste management is harder and there are plumbers to call. my toilet is older than i am and unless they actually come out with one that projects a glowing rectangle (i have always dreamt of my toilet doing that) you can pry it from my cold dead hands. the buttons ones have the same float valve+a whole janky mechanism that fucks up instead of a chain/lever/flap Clockwork Sputnik posted:Oh hey man, thanks! I'm still glad I posted that and had so many positive experiences as a result. I've kept my nose clean except for a couple anti-ICE/concentration camp protest "arrests" (citations). this sounds super interesting, mind linking if it's still up?
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owlhawk911 posted:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1745759
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abelwingnut posted:so a black hole is a star the collapses into an infinitesimally small, infinitely dense point. a neutron star is sort of similar, but the original star wasn't massive enough to form a point, so it's a ball. I don't know much about them, but: in a black hole, the schwarzschild radius defines the limit beyond which all quantum information is lost (the event horizon). That radius defines the region of the singularity. A gravastar has sufficient mass (and spin, I suppose) to appear basically identical to a black hole, but it has a central region of dark energy preventing its collapse into a true black hole. Surrounding that central region is a bose-einstein condensate, and surrounding that is the gravastar's shell. The whole thing emits no light and interacts only gravitationally with space around it so it looks just like a black hole to an outside observer. That all said, they are highly theorized objects of the sort imagined when trying to resolve apparent contradictions in black hole math. I'm not sure how accepted they are in the astrophysics or theoretical physics community, since even the wikipedia page says things like "the violent creation of a gravastar might be an explanation for the origin of our universe and many other universes," which is exactly the sort of untestable statement you hear from string theorists. I also don't know how it would be possible to distinguish a gravastar from a black hole in observations, so the whole concept seems truly theoretical.
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