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A Sometimes Food posted:Not sure where would be a better place to ask this, but is there a good app like Duolinguo but for brushing up on maths? Khan Academy is probably the best you'll find in this area. edit: this is why you check the new page
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A Grand Egg posted:There used to be a Wikipedia page, it may have been science or philosophy based, that used to do the rounds. It was some theory? and the page was very dense text and the more you read it the more unhinged and bizarre it got Are you thinking of TIMECUBE?
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A Grand Egg posted:There used to be a Wikipedia page, it may have been science or philosophy based, that used to do the rounds. It was some theory? and the page was very dense text and the more you read it the more unhinged and bizarre it got Timecube?
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A Sometimes Food posted:Not sure where would be a better place to ask this, but is there a good app like Duolinguo but for brushing up on maths? Khan Academy is the standard answer. For your next question you can get help in the math question thread in SAL.
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A while ago, I bought a Snowball mic, then I loaned it to a friend. Friend returned it in a bag with its cable (or a cable, at any rate). I've never used it before. Today, I took it out of the bag and went to set it up, but the cable won't plug into the mic. Here's a pic:  It looks like the cable plug would fit into the mic if that black rectangle of plastic weren't there. Does it look to you guys like I just need an adapter, or does it look like something broke off inside the plug? If I have to buy an adapter or a new plug, what search terms should I use?
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Apr 30, 2020 17:14
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Rabbit Hill posted:or does it look like something broke off inside the plug? If you want a new cable, it is a regular USB A to USB B cable. Some people call this a printer cable. Edit: I should specify it should be USB 2 type B; USB 3 type B won't fit. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Apr 30, 2020 17:19
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I would recommend the new cable. Something going wrong with one of those isn't worth the hassle.
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Rabbit Hill posted:A while ago, I bought a Snowball mic, then I loaned it to a friend. Friend returned it in a bag with its cable (or a cable, at any rate). I've never used it before.
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Tiggum posted:I assume you've asked the friend if they gave you the right cable? Or if something happened to it? I was curious, so I tried to find a picture of the cable and as near as i can tell that's the right one. Or at least it seems like it shipped with a cable with clear shielding like that.
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Apr 30, 2020 18:03
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Memento posted:Khan Academy? Penguissimo posted:Khan Academy is probably the best you'll find in this area. dirby posted:Khan Academy is the standard answer. For your next question you can get help in the math question thread in SAL. Thanks all. Was asking for my sister, I'm happily past schooling and need far less maths than I know.
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Rabbit Hill posted:A while ago, I bought a Snowball mic, then I loaned it to a friend. Friend returned it in a bag with its cable (or a cable, at any rate). I've never used it before. That is a USB "B" cable end with something broken off in it. That's why it doesn't fit.
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Apr 30, 2020 19:00
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Flipperwaldt posted:It does look like something broke off and is stuck inside. I'd try to wriggle it out with a toothpick or something. Thanks, I've now ordered a new one. I'm not in contact with the guy I loaned the mic to anymore, otherwise I'd ask him what happened to the cable. I tried prying out the jammed piece of plastic with a toothpick and pointed tweezers, and that thing is stuck in there.
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He probably needed to print something and dug out an old printer, couldn’t find the cord and so used your cord, but the plastic was old and brittle and broke off in the cable.
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I'm trying to remember the name of a subreddit. it's based on a type of fortification, and a saying that you should "stay in your fortification" referring to only arguing about things you're an expert in. does anyone know what I'm talking about
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I'm trying to make a spreadsheet for some aircraft performance data to simplify doing these by hand/saving on interpolation. How hard would it be to make an excel or google sheet to spit out data from this sheet below with most of the variables being known such as temperature, starting altitude (SL is sea level), GW (gross weight), and drag index? If you follow along starting at A, (the known temperature), then move left to B, (the known field elevation), then down to C, (the known gross weight), right to D (drag index) gets you to E, F, and G to get "fuel consumed," "time," and "distance" respectively. I made a formula for temperature and SL (sea level) but I don't know where to go from there. I want to obviously be able to input any valid value for a variety of Gross Weights, temps, altitudes and drag indicies and get computed results. This may be just way to much work and ultimately not worth it but I'm curious how complex of a task it is. My math skills haven't really been used much since college.
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If I'm interesting in trading in my current car for something else, what is the smartest option? I know there's no right answer but when would buying or leasing make sense? If my credit is terrible or amazing which way do I go?
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What’s the deal with Chrome Cast? I haven’t used one of these for several years and when I last bought one it was easy enough to just buy a piece of hardware called ChromeCast. Now I’m looking and there’s millions of things that look like what I bought before but they are all pretty badly reviewed. What other option do I have to cast browser content from Chrome, on a laptop provided by work that I have no administrator privileges for? Edit: The laptop doesn’t have an HDMI port otherwise I’d look at one of those 2 piece wireless display things Squibsy fucked around with this message at 11:04 on May 1, 2020 |
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I have a one-week gap between my current job and the next (handing in my 2 weeks today). Is it worth it to figure out how the gently caress COBRA works or is there an easier and/or cheaper option?
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May 1, 2020 13:20
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i am kiss u now posted:I'm trying to make a spreadsheet for some aircraft performance data to simplify doing these by hand/saving on interpolation. How hard would it be to make an excel or google sheet to spit out data from this sheet below with most of the variables being known such as temperature, starting altitude (SL is sea level), GW (gross weight), and drag index? If you follow along starting at A, (the known temperature), then move left to B, (the known field elevation), then down to C, (the known gross weight), right to D (drag index) gets you to E, F, and G to get "fuel consumed," "time," and "distance" respectively. I made a formula for temperature and SL (sea level) but I don't know where to go from there. I want to obviously be able to input any valid value for a variety of Gross Weights, temps, altitudes and drag indicies and get computed results. This may be just way to much work and ultimately not worth it but I'm curious how complex of a task it is. My math skills haven't really been used much since college. What you need to do is translate the physics equations for each of your required pieces of information into excel formulas and substitute the variables for the locations of the data in your spreadsheet. I don’t know anything about those equations but based on the charts they look like pretty straightforward algebra and you can handle them with basic operations in a formula.
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ineptmule posted:What’s the deal with Chrome Cast? I haven’t used one of these for several years and when I last bought one it was easy enough to just buy a piece of hardware called ChromeCast. Now I’m looking and there’s millions of things that look like what I bought before but they are all pretty badly reviewed. Just get an official Google ChromeCast. I have no idea what other things you're seeing but we've had one for a couple of years and it's great. https://store.google.com/product/chromecast
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Is it safe to use an electric blanket and a mattress topper? If so, can I put the electric blanket under the mattress topper, or is that just asking for a fire?
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olives black posted:I have a one-week gap between my current job and the next (handing in my 2 weeks today). Is it worth it to figure out how the gently caress COBRA works or is there an easier and/or cheaper option? I am not any expert in any way, but when I talked to my old HR on the way out (over five years ago), they said that COBRA coverage was retroactive and I should just hold on to the paperwork and only fill it out and pay in if something happened in my two week gap. I made it to the coverage from my new job without incident, so I never filed.
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ineptmule posted:What’s the deal with Chrome Cast? I haven’t used one of these for several years and when I last bought one it was easy enough to just buy a piece of hardware called ChromeCast. Now I’m looking and there’s millions of things that look like what I bought before but they are all pretty badly reviewed. you sure it doesn't have displayport bud?
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I believe COBRA can be retroactive for either 30 or 60 days, so I wouldn't bother
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Mak0rz posted:Just get an official Google ChromeCast. I have no idea what other things you're seeing but we've had one for a couple of years and it's great. I just searched ChromeCast on Amazon, assumed that the official thing would be at the top of the list. Thanks for the link! owlhawk911 posted:you sure it doesn't have displayport bud? I’m... not sure of that, no. I’ll check. Does that have wireless options as well?
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NotNut posted:I'm trying to remember the name of a subreddit. it's based on a type of fortification, and a saying that you should "stay in your fortification" referring to only arguing about things you're an expert in. does anyone know what I'm talking about
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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ineptmule posted:I’m... not sure of that, no. I’ll check. Does that have wireless options as well? DisplayPort can be turned into most anything with an adaptor or dongle. They seem to cost like $5-15. Post your laptop model.
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Alan Smithee posted:if only one copy of a rare book exists can you rightfully call it "1st edition" or does that only apply to the mass publishing world If I physically create exactly one copy of a book, it is the first edition first printing. If I later create a second, exact, copy, it's first edition second printing. If I then create another hundred copies in an unbroken production run, it's first edition third printing. If I change one word, and create another thousand copies of that modified book, it's now the second edition. If then a mob rises up, kills me, and goes on a bloodstained crusade to remove all memory of my book from the earth and succeeds except for one copy of the second edition, that one copy is still part of the second edition. (printing = production batch, edition = content with a slight overlap to format - e.g. publish in hardback, published unchanged in paperback, you can put "first paperback edition!" on the cover of the paperback) If only one copy of the book ever existed, or more generally it only had one print run, it is technically correct but misleading to refer to it/them as the first edition or first printing because those qualifiers are generally only used when there is more than one. This matters, of course, a lot less than it did when setting up a print run was a high-effort endeavor and the crispness of the text/illustrations depended on how many times the plates had been used. In any case book rarity price depends mostly on scarcity, fame/significance of the author and/or the owner, and what inscriptions there are in it (e.g. Shakespeare 1st folio = $$$$, Shakespeare first folio once owned by (say) the Duke of Wellington = $$$$$, Shakespeare first folio owned and annotated by John Milton (yes, it's a real thing, it's in the Free Library of Philadelphia) = almost literally priceless)
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misguided rage posted:Bailiwick? Wheelhouse?
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olives black posted:I have a one-week gap between my current job and the next (handing in my 2 weeks today). Is it worth it to figure out how the gently caress COBRA works or is there an easier and/or cheaper option? I believe If you step one day into a new month you have coverage for the entire month. So you can quit on the 1st and be good until June before you need COBRA
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jjack229 posted:I am not any expert in any way, but when I talked to my old HR on the way out (over five years ago), they said that COBRA coverage was retroactive and I should just hold on to the paperwork and only fill it out and pay in if something happened in my two week gap. I made it to the coverage from my new job without incident, so I never filed. Slimy Hog posted:I believe COBRA can be retroactive for either 30 or 60 days, so I wouldn't bother George H.W. oval office posted:I believe If you step one day into a new month you have coverage for the entire month. So you can quit on the 1st and be good until June before you need COBRA Thanks for the advice, everyone!
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I need a prepaid smartphone, that I only need to use for the eBay app. So whatever smartphone that can run it, and is cheapest. I’ll mostly be using my own wifi so it doesn’t need a lot of mobile data or fast speeds. Any recommendations? Edit: nm, just got a crappy old smartphone from my pops. MeatRocket8 fucked around with this message at 22:06 on May 2, 2020 |
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:If I'm interesting in trading in my current car for something else, what is the smartest option? I know there's no right answer but when would buying or leasing make sense? If my credit is terrible or amazing which way do I go? If you wanna know about the financials of buying a car, check out this thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3213538 If you want recommendations on what car to buy, there's a car buying recommendation thread in AI
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My glasses are a stronger prescription than before. My sunglasses are my old prescription; can I still use them or will the weaker prescription further deteriorate my sight?
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Thirteen Orphans posted:My glasses are a stronger prescription than before. My sunglasses are my old prescription; can I still use them or will the weaker prescription further deteriorate my sight?
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Gobbeldygook posted:You'll probably get a headache switching between prescriptions. I would just buy a new pair of cheap prescription sunglasses from Zenni. Oh, gotcha. Cool, thanks!
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Yeah, switching prescriptions like that gives me the mother of all headaches. When you're ordering the sunglasses you should also order a cheap set of regular glasses with the new prescription just in case something happens to the current set. I keep my spare glasses in the glove box of my car just in case something happens to my glasses while I am out, since I can't drive without them.
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Stupid Question: If I've begun to acclimate to Biden's frontrunner status, and think that his response to the allegations was suprisingly sound, and believe that said allegations by Reade are now extremely dubious - does that make me a horrible person? Or at least, an anathema to DnD/C-Spam? Would I get torn apart if I show my face in there? I don't know if I've sincerely turned into a middling bourgeois or if i've chameleoned into one to prevent further ethics-based mental anxiety from ruining my quarantine.
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