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DaveSauce posted:haha gently caress me, turns out there is a function for this: WEEKNUM() Nifty, I'll give that a look. Thanks again. edit: Also this wouldn't be the first time that I spent longer trying to look up and learn to use a new function for some one-off purpose than it would have taken to brute force it.
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I'd like to have a feed of nature pics shown to me on topics I choose, plants, insects etc. I joined reddit but all the relevant subreddits are mostly about clueless idiots sticking the things into jars where they die. What's a good way to do this? Pinterest or something? Instagram?
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aphid_licker posted:I'd like to have a feed of nature pics shown to me on topics I choose, plants, insects etc. I joined reddit but all the relevant subreddits are mostly about clueless idiots sticking the things into jars where they die. What's a good way to do this? Pinterest or something? Instagram? Instagram is certainly full of nature photographers and scientists and whatnot
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Ras Het posted:Instagram is certainly full of nature photographers and scientists and whatnot Yeah seems like this was definitely kind of a stupid question but that's what the thread is for after all  If someone has a suggestion beyond Pinterest / Instagram I'd still be happy to hear it! e: yeah the follow hashtag function on instagram basically seems to do what I'm looking for. e: hold on it does nothing, I can follow hashtags but it doesn't show them in the feed? e: it only shows posts from people I follow, not from the hashtags, not sure what's going on there / what the hashtags are there for then e: gently caress this I'll just go outside more
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Feb 7, 2020 12:40
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah seems like this was definitely kind of a stupid question but that's what the thread is for after all It won't show you every post on the hashtag, just the occasional popular one. If you follow people that like things on the hashtag I think that also increases visibility. So find and follow people that like posting bugs. Pinterest works more like what you want, but I don't know if the quality is going to be as good.
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Feb 7, 2020 14:26
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dupersaurus posted:It won't show you every post on the hashtag, just the occasional popular one. If you follow people that like things on the hashtag I think that also increases visibility. So find and follow people that like posting bugs. Thank you! That clears up things a bit, the help pages were zero use. I think if the hashtags don't let me filter out all the selfies Instagram isn't what I'm looking for. I like the ability Pinterest gives me to just create a wall of pics of rock gardens or whatever I want, but I'm not sure that it actually adds anything over just doing a Google image search for the keyword with picture size set to large, which seems like the cleanest way to do this now that I think of it. That's kinda funny. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Feb 7, 2020 |
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Feb 7, 2020 15:11
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aphid_licker posted:Thank you! That clears up things a bit, the help pages were zero use. I think if the hashtags don't let me filter out all the selfies Instagram isn't what I'm looking for. I like the ability Pinterest gives me to just create a wall of pics of rock gardens or whatever I want, but I'm not sure that it actually adds anything over just doing a Google image search for the keyword with picture size set to large, which seems like the cleanest way to do this now that I think of it. That's kinda funny. Search instagram hashtags to find accounts to follow that post the content you want and you should be good.
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Feb 7, 2020 16:43
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Is it relatively common to receive a job offer, start work, and still not have a job contract after the first week (in the UK)? I've been assured I'll get it on Monday. I have a feeling it's because they didn't actually have a position, but took me on, so they're just figuring out exactly what my role will be. I'm curious as I want to know exactly what it is they'll put down, and how similar it'll be to what was offered. I'm not worried about them pulling a fast one on me. I'm more worried that they'll drastically change my role/responsibilities and I'll be stuck doing things I didn't originally sign up for.
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Feb 7, 2020 19:54
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A good contract won’t define your roles and responsibilities because ideally you will develop and adjust your role as you gain new skills and seniority, and signing a new contract every time something changes is a headache for you and for them. That assumes that it’s not some dead end job of course. My contracts have always said something to the effect of “must abide by the performance management policy and resulting performance agreement and development plans” and contained a link to the policy library where such material is stored. As for the question of whether you should have a contract yet, I think the answer is that yes you should but I’ve also got no doubt that it isn’t unusual to not have one right away due to internal slowness.
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Feb 7, 2020 20:47
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Uh. You're working for a company without any kind of agreement whatsoever? I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that's suspicious as hell... I know you're not fond of the UKMT in D&D but there are several lawyers in there who will be able to impart more wisdom than the small questions megathread. Just make clear you're not a regular/lurker and the usual munchkins won't give you the usual grief about chocolate oranges and monster munch. Also post tomorrow as I'm guessing said lawyers are currently either on, or recovering from, the lash. It's Friday, after all.
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Feb 7, 2020 23:56
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Ask/tell also has a "legal questions" megathread to check. I don't know how many are US vs UK based though.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:00
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The transit authority where I live has trains with AC electric motors and DC electric motors. They are moving more towards AC because they say the ride is smoother. Having been on both kinds it does seem like the ride really is smoother. What is it about AC that makes it that way?
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Feb 8, 2020 00:15
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The AC motor makes an electric field that turns around smoothly and carries corresponding magnets around with that field as it turns. The DC motor turns a bunch of spaced out electromagnets on and off at just the right timing that corresponding ferrous magnets are pushed forward and then coast over the electromagnets before being pushed again. With the AC you can vary the output speed easily, just by altering the speed of the field. With the DC you have a floor where it's just not feasible to pulse and coast the motor without it jerking or stalling. As a result, DC motors have an abrupt start where they launch up to that minimum, where AC motors can just take it slow.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:45
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In the Monty Python sketch where aliens turn people into Scotsmen, everybody strikes this pose: What is with the arm being held outward like that?
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Feb 8, 2020 17:14
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I'm going on a couple very long flights and would like to download a few websites for offline reading. What's the best way to do so? These are very straight-forward and mostly plaintext websites, but with lots of nested links (Chapters). Ideally I'd have these pulled down in a way that I can just drop them into onenote, but a raw stack of files will suffice also. All my googling leads to exercises to build your own, and while I'd love to develop something on my own I do not have time before I leave to do so! Thanks in advance! E: to clarify, I'm looking to recursively scrape through and archive all the links from the table of contents pages TraderStav fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Feb 8, 2020 |
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Feb 8, 2020 17:34
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DaveSauce posted:haha gently caress me, turns out there is a function for this: WEEKNUM() I deal with a lot of reporting so use weeknum() a ton on various platforms. Wanted to make sure OP was aware that if the starting day of the week matters to him (for us, Monday - Sunday is a 'week') you can indicate with an argument. =weeknum($A2,2) will start a week on a Monday for instance. Default is Sunday IIRC.
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Feb 8, 2020 17:39
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Mister Kingdom posted:In the Monty Python sketch where aliens turn people into Scotsmen, everybody strikes this pose: It's not a trope I ever saw in any of their other stuff and I always took it to be their representation of the scotsmen being dragged along by an invisible force.
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TraderStav posted:I deal with a lot of reporting so use weeknum() a ton on various platforms. Wanted to make sure OP was aware that if the starting day of the week matters to him (for us, Monday - Sunday is a 'week') you can indicate with an argument. =weeknum($A2,2) will start a week on a Monday for instance. Default is Sunday IIRC. Default is locale dependent i think but Sunday in the us yes
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Feb 8, 2020 18:52
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For the last week or so, Outlook (Office 365 ProPlus version) keeps making me go through the Google authentication flow almost every day. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
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Feb 8, 2020 20:20
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hooah posted:For the last week or so, Outlook (Office 365 ProPlus version) keeps making me go through the Google authentication flow almost every day. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? Could be related to Microsoft failing to renew a certificate earlier this week? This caused teams and other services to be down all morning one day
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Feb 8, 2020 20:23
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Azza Bamboo posted:The AC motor makes an electric field that turns around smoothly and carries corresponding magnets around with that field as it turns. Thank you! Are AC motors newer or harder to use or something? When I was trying to figure out the answer to my first question myself I couldn’t see why they wouldn’t have just always used AC instead of DC.
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Feb 8, 2020 21:57
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TraderStav posted:I'm going on a couple very long flights and would like to download a few websites for offline reading. What's the best way to do so? These are very straight-forward and mostly plaintext websites, but with lots of nested links (Chapters). Ideally I'd have these pulled down in a way that I can just drop them into onenote, but a raw stack of files will suffice also. Subjunctive helped me out on discord, it all was easily done with wget!
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Feb 8, 2020 22:08
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Badger of Basra posted:Thank you! Are AC motors newer or harder to use or something? When I was trying to figure out the answer to my first question myself I couldn’t see why they wouldn’t have just always used AC instead of DC. I don't know the mechanics of it, but AC motors bleed a lot of energy for some reason compared to DC motors. There's probably more to it than that, though.
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During the Super Bowl halftime show right before (or maybe after) Shakira sings Empire there is a guitar riff from a rock song. I can hear the song in my head but can’t remember the words or who sings it. Pretty sure it’s from the 70s or 80s. Anybody know what I’m talking about?
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Feb 8, 2020 22:52
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:During the Super Bowl halftime show right before (or maybe after) Shakira sings Empire there is a guitar riff from a rock song. I can hear the song in my head but can’t remember the words or who sings it. Pretty sure it’s from the 70s or 80s. Anybody know what I’m talking about? 99% certain that is Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin.
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Feb 8, 2020 23:07
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Probably Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
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TraderStav posted:99% certain that is Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin. Exactly what it is, thanks! Absolutely hated that song as a kid. Freaked the poo poo out of me and they’d play it on the radio station the morning show I liked was on in the morning.
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Badger of Basra posted:Thank you! Are AC motors newer or harder to use or something? When I was trying to figure out the answer to my first question myself I couldn’t see why they wouldn’t have just always used AC instead of DC. DC motors are a lot simpler/cheaper. AC motors probably only recently got cost effective for them.
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Feb 9, 2020 00:20
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Beat place to ask for help on ArcMap/ArcGis? I would have thought stack exchange gis but oddly there’s a lot missing.
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Feb 9, 2020 07:11
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:Beat place to ask for help on ArcMap/ArcGis? This isn't a bad place to ask questions to be honest. The geoscientists thread in SAL is probably another one, lots of people over there make maps on the regular. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3223185
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Feb 9, 2020 07:39
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Why does this seem to be the era of fantastic comedy shows but terrible comedy movies? Or does it just feel that way after watching Dinner for Schmucks
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Movies are a pretty significant investment of capital, so they have incentive to play it safe. However, studies have shown that people find things funniest when they are closest to their personal line of too inappropriate for a joke. Shows being leaner can afford to alienate more people and will thus tend to be funnier.
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CrazySalamander posted:Movies are a pretty significant investment of capital, so they have incentive to play it safe. However, studies have shown that people find things funniest when they are closest to their personal line of too inappropriate for a joke. Shows being leaner can afford to alienate more people and will thus tend to be funnier. Can you link to these studies? I've never seen the appeal of offensive humor and want to know how badly I'm in the minority.
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In the Cricket 19 game, there's a song sung by a male and the chorus sounds like "It's all your fault". Who sings this?! (I know there's a way to see all the songs on the game but I don't own it and don't have access; I just happened to be present while someone else was playing)
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Feb 9, 2020 22:48
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artsy fartsy posted:Why does this seem to be the era of fantastic comedy shows but terrible comedy movies? Knives Out andDolemite is my Name were both quite good. I think things will get better as the Boomers die off.
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How come you never (or just very rarely) see lightning during a snow storm?
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Leavemywife posted:How come you never (or just very rarely) see lightning during a snow storm? Thunderstorms require a lot of vertical motion in the atmosphere, which is usually tough to come by in cold-weather storms. Roughly speaking, thunderstorms are driven by the difference in temperature between the ground and the upper atmosphere, which in cold weather generally isn’t big enough.
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Thanatosian posted:Knives Out andDolemite is my Name were both quite good. I completely spaced on Dolemite and yes, it was really funny (and heart-warming!) I was sad that no one I asked had seen it. I'll definitely check out Knives, thanks!
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Are there any good android apps for managing a road trip? I'm planning one from MI to FL in a few months and while I can plan a route on google maps, it doesn't seem to let me save that route and restore it and iterate on it, etc. I'd like something that can do on the spot searches for nearby amenities and so forth. I'm not really sure what features are really worth having for a lengthy road trip, to be honest.
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Nighthand posted:Are there any good android apps for managing a road trip? I'm planning one from MI to FL in a few months and while I can plan a route on google maps, it doesn't seem to let me save that route and restore it and iterate on it, etc. I'd like something that can do on the spot searches for nearby amenities and so forth. I'm not really sure what features are really worth having for a lengthy road trip, to be honest. I’ve heard good things about this: https://roadtrippers.com/
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