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Storming here. Florida. Power flickered for a bit. Half the rooms in the apt have power and the other half dont. I called my apt mgmt but havent hear back yet and I dont know what to do. Flipping the breakers doesnt seem to help.
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The Sean posted:Storming here. Florida. Power flickered for a bit. Half the rooms in the apt have power and the other half dont. I called my apt mgmt but havent hear back yet and I dont know what to do. Flipping the breakers doesnt seem to help. I hope you stay safe! Did you have a question?
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Aug 9, 2020 23:42
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Have you checked you don't have a second set of breakers elsewhere?
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Aug 9, 2020 23:44
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Aug 9, 2020 23:57
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tuyop posted:I hope you stay safe! Did you have a question? Yeah "what the hell do i do?" Moo the cow posted:Have you checked you don't have a second set of breakers elsewhere? I only have one set of breakers. I dont have a master breaker like I feel Ive had at earlier places Ive lived at. It may be bc Im in a large complex.
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Aug 10, 2020 00:03
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The Sean posted:Yeah "what the hell do i do?" Without knowing anything about your setup, it's hard to make an educated guess. But half your power working and half not sure make me wonder if the tripped breakers are somewhere else. You hear funky poo poo: my neighbour has his bathroom powered by the communal hall lights for no reason. I suppose you could try physically swapping around the breakers in case one has failed but appears functional, but only if you are completely confident that you can do it safely.
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Aug 10, 2020 00:14
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The Sean posted:Storming here. Florida. Power flickered for a bit. Half the rooms in the apt have power and the other half dont. I called my apt mgmt but havent hear back yet and I dont know what to do. Flipping the breakers doesnt seem to help. You dropped a phase. Flip any 240v (double pole) breakers to off, call the power company. And/or your property management. US power is "split phase". Power, power neutral is what comes in. Hook something up to power and neutral? 120v. Hook something up to two different power phases? 240v. Everything that is off is either on one side or the other of your breaker panel, or every or breaker depending on what panel it is how the phases are split out. Either way, you're not fixing this on your own. It's somewhere in the complex or on the pole. Motronic fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Aug 10, 2020 00:38
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Or you could listen to this guy who knows what he's talking about.
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Aug 10, 2020 00:43
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I know we used to have a linguistics thread, but it seems to be gone. Both French and Spanish have official bodies that determine whether a word is valid and accepted, how to spell it, what variations and synonyms are allowed, even to the point of creating neologisms rather than adopting foreign loanwords wholesale. So why did French ossify so much sooner than even English, resulting in a written language far diverged from the spoken, with tons of spelling irregularities and silent letters, while Spanish is almost exactly phonetic?
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Aug 10, 2020 00:55
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Fuschia tude posted:I know we used to have a linguistics thread, but it seems to be gone. Napolean really wanted France to stay french. One of the things that tends to happen when you start conquering europe is all the new territory holds onto their own language even when the new powers that be have moved in and made their own language official. Over the years things start blending together, loan words added, etc. Not on Napolean's watch.
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Aug 10, 2020 01:05
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Thank you for your responses. An extra bonus touch was hearing that from someone with a Ron Swanson avitar.
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Aug 10, 2020 01:07
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Since we have Swanson in here I'd like to ask. Anyone know of where maybe to start with an AC Unit that repeatedly trips the breakers after about 5 minutes? I'm guessing it will require a professional. Feels like the more it comes on/the hotter it is, the quicker it trips.
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Aug 10, 2020 01:16
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Fuschia tude posted:I know we used to have a linguistics thread, but it seems to be gone. veni veni veni posted:Since we have Swanson in here I'd like to ask. Anyone know of where maybe to start with an AC Unit that repeatedly trips the breakers after about 5 minutes? I'm guessing it will require a professional.
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Aug 10, 2020 01:36
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Say, what’s the cheapest independent living arrangement in US? PNW to be more specific. I’m not making min wage but not making much more than poor. I wonder what I’ve potentially been turning my nose up to that might be an option I’ve otherwise overlooked, would sum up the real question on my mind. Does everyone just slum it with roomies or live with their parents?Are trailers even a thing? Are tiny homes achievable for the working poor?
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Aug 10, 2020 05:36
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eternalvictory posted:Say, what’s the cheapest independent living arrangement in US? PNW to be more specific. I live in an illegal basement suite from a nice old lady. All in, utilities, property tax, house insurance, mortgage, it used to cost me 1600-1800 (don't even remember gently caress houses) a month to own a house. Now I pay 800 for for basically the same amount of space that gets used and amenities. I've lived in 3 of these type deals in the last 6 years and they're good.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:51
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eternalvictory posted:Say, what’s the cheapest independent living arrangement in US? PNW to be more specific. Tbh it is kind of impossible to live on your own here (20 minutes out from PDX in my case) unless you're making like $15/hr minimum, since most one bedroom or studio options these days start at roughly a grand just for rent alone, and that's not even counting poo poo like utilities, saving for first/last months rent/deposits and the like. I lucked out with a sketchy renovated boarding house situation at $820 but most people do indeed either have roommates, still live with family or split their rent with an SO. If there is a magical fourth option for us poors that's better than what I got though I'd also love to hear it
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Aug 10, 2020 08:38
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I'm only speaking from experience in Vancouver, but it's basically Canadian PNW and housing is also screwed up there (although the minimum wage went up recently and that may finally change things) . For low to minimum wage, shared accomodation (renting a room) is standard. Best option if you can find it is making a semi-legal arrangement with an elderly person for a basement flat. Crappy options: pay by the night/week hotels (this is crappy because many of your neighbours will be addicts and sex workers. Friendly people. LOUD. ) and the occasional studio apartment that has chronic bedbugs/water damage/other issues. Edit: If you can get some friends together, renting a house that's due to be demolished in a year or so is the ultimate option. This was probably my best housing situation in Van. Look in old exurbs that have been subsumed by the metro area and are on the cusp of being gentrified. Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Aug 10, 2020 08:54
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How do people mod, or view the code for, video games on consoles? As a specific example, Animal Crossing on the Switch. Doing this stuff on computer games makes perfect sense, but how is it done for a console game? (Just the general concept, I'm not looking to do it myself or anything.)
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Aug 10, 2020 13:16
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Methanar posted:I live in an illegal basement suite from a nice old lady. I’ve found weird arrangements like that a few times, but it’s not as concrete as what I’m after. And also, it’s crazy to think that 800 all in is cheap. But you’ve also gone through the ideas I pinged, so, what made you leave those situations? What about cost? Thank you for responding to my q
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Aug 10, 2020 14:29
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There was a classified ad in the SF Bay Guardian that ran for months in the 90s that just said, "Looking for someone to share a bunk bed. Preferably you have very little stuff." I think they wanted $250 a month.
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Aug 10, 2020 14:53
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veni veni veni posted:Since we have Swanson in here I'd like to ask. Anyone know of where maybe to start with an AC Unit that repeatedly trips the breakers after about 5 minutes? I'm guessing it will require a professional. Bad run capacitor would be the cheapest and easiest thing to check. Second cheapest would be the breaker itself getting weak - it happens. And then you have all the expensive stuff that end up with "you're probably replacing it unless it's under warranty or close to it" (i.e. the compressor is going bad and needs to be replaced). Propaniac posted:How do people mod, or view the code for, video games on consoles? As a specific example, Animal Crossing on the Switch. Doing this stuff on computer games makes perfect sense, but how is it done for a console game? (Just the general concept, I'm not looking to do it myself or anything.) On a computer. Often hooked up to a special development version of the console.
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Aug 10, 2020 16:25
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Blood Nightmaster posted:Tbh it is kind of impossible to live on your own here (20 minutes out from PDX in my case) unless you're making like $15/hr minimum, since most one bedroom or studio options these days start at roughly a grand just for rent alone, and that's not even counting poo poo like utilities, saving for first/last months rent/deposits and the like. I lucked out with a sketchy renovated boarding house situation at $820 but most people do indeed either have roommates, still live with family or split their rent with an SO. If there is a magical fourth option for us poors that's better than what I got though I'd also love to hear it I make low 30 a year, so more than 15 an hour, but I’m not making a killing in any sense. I live mid valley, so at least I’m not looking PDX peripheral areas, but even then everything seems to be basically the same price anyways and considered a burb of pdx. Apartments start at 1200 min, studios don’t exist or cost 1000 min, I’ve rented under the table at okay rates but it’s the stability of the situations I’m not a fan of. I just want my wife to make it through her schooling That’s why I bring up trailers and the like. I’d totally take out a trailer mortgage if it meant I could live around $500, but I have a feeling that’s completely absurd of me to think is within possibility anywhere at this point. I have a large pick up (ask me about my poor monetary choices) that I could use to tow an RV or ‘tiny house’ or some other bullshit.
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Aug 10, 2020 17:42
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Crumps Brother posted:I went on a bike ride today and the map I rode ended up looking like a really specific either video game or cartoon character. I can see the character in my head, but I just can't place it. Kind of looks like the "purple guy" walking around the end cut scenes of FNAF Sister Location. 
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Aug 10, 2020 17:55
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eternalvictory posted:That’s why I bring up trailers and the like. I’d totally take out a trailer mortgage if it meant I could live around $500, but I have a feeling that’s completely absurd of me to think is within possibility anywhere at this point. I have a large pick up (ask me about my poor monetary choices) that I could use to tow an RV or ‘tiny house’ or some other bullshit. Lot rent in a mobile home park is about $500, if you can find an open lot.
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Aug 10, 2020 18:05
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Yeah the thing with trailers is you're usually not gonna find one already set up for rent, generally you'd have to buy one yourself up front and then buy the space it'll be on. Definitely cheaper than fussing with the rental market landscape long-term but the issue with it is kind of just timing and the up front investment. most parks I see don't exactly have high turnover the way apartments do so you might be waiting a while for all those pieces to line up
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Aug 10, 2020 18:26
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eternalvictory posted:Say, what’s the cheapest independent living arrangement in US? PNW to be more specific. If you're in the Seattle area, PM me and I can refer you to some fairly cheap places with benignly neglectful landlords that are pretty livable (no bugs, no serious maintenance issues, but also very much not fancy). Gets a lot less cheap if you need a car, though (location is very good for downtown travel without a car).
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Aug 10, 2020 20:41
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Living in Corvallis, Oregon, I was able to afford a single bedroom apartment with its own washer and dryer, a quarter mile from the University and within a mile from everything else for $450 a month. The square footage was small (500 or so? I can't quire remember) but aside from that it was a great place to live that I could have afforded on minimum wage. I've lived all over the PNW, mostly in Oregon, and outside of Portland rent is usually... I don't want to say "reasonable" because that's debatable, but it always fit my meager economy. I've never lived in a bigger town than Eugene, though, and that's such a sprawl of economic misery that rent is cheap, generally. credburn fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Aug 10, 2020 23:12
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CzarChasm posted:Kind of looks like the "purple guy" walking around the end cut scenes of FNAF Sister Location. Funny story, that purple guy is not the fnaf purple guy, but don't delve deeper if you value your sanity.
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Aug 11, 2020 07:42
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Is there a thread for helping people to navigate collecting money from the CARES Act/back unemployment/PUA/whatever? My husband applied and got a letter saying "yay, you're eligible for back pay from April 4th to July 25th!", but when he's called to say "uh, where's that money at?" all he gets is phone trees sending him round and round in circles or "I'll transfer you to customer service" --- who then just hang up --- or "sorry, my computer says you're ineligible"  . We're at our wits' end, and I thought there might be some thread in BFC or somesuch with advice on how to navigate this poo poo but haven't found one. JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Aug 11, 2020 |
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Aug 11, 2020 21:03
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Is there a thread for helping people to navigate collecting money from the CARES Act/back unemployment/PUA/whatever? You can probably start a thread in BFC, but if you want an answer, you're probably going to have to disclose what state you're in (states administer unemployment).
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Aug 11, 2020 21:14
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I tried asking this question on Reddit's "Explain Like I'm Five" subreddit, but it got removed because I wasn't asking for an objective answer? Well, I thought I was, but whatever, maybe someone here can unlock the mystery? If someone shakes up a plastic bottle of soda, it gets fizzy inside and the bottle inflates. Even after the fizzy bubbles go away, the bottle is inflated, like you can't squeeze it. But despite it being air-tight, given a few minutes the bottle deflates again back to its normal state. What happens to all the air and pressure?
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Aug 11, 2020 21:22
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credburn posted:I tried asking this question on Reddit's "Explain Like I'm Five" subreddit, but it got removed because I wasn't asking for an objective answer? Well, I thought I was, but whatever, maybe someone here can unlock the mystery? gaseous carbon dioxide always tries to occupy a particular volume. Infact, all gasses do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro%27s_law quote:Avogadro's law states that "equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules."[1] Carbon dioxide dissolved into water is no longer in a gaseous state and may occupy a different volume. The mass always remains the same though, the same amount of carbon dioxide is always present, just within a different phase.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:35
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To expand on that, and keeping it brief without getting into deeper thermo: When you shake it you're forcing a bunch of CO2 out of solution (out of the liquid, where it exists as carbonic acid) and into the gas phase. This increases the total amount of gas in the empty space of the bottle so it increases the pressure. but this is out of equilibrium so eventually the excess CO2 dissolves back into the liquid.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:37
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I'm not sure it can be simplified beyond equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules Dissolved carbon dioxide is not a gas. In the absence of shaking the bottle of soda, the carbon dioxide in a bottle of soda is not usually a gas*, therefore the volume needed by the carbon dioxide is only the volume of the water its dissolved into, which is less than that of a gaseous state. *its actually at an equilibrium
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Aug 11, 2020 21:39
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Does this mean that it can just go back and forth? Like, I shake the bottle, it fizzes and expands, then goes back, and then later I shake it again, and I have a never ending fizzy shaky thing? I know this is the most easily testable thing in the world...
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Theoretically i think so but some of the gas might escape each time also idk If you're confused about perpetual motion, remember you're adding energy each time you shake it to shift it away from equilibrium, and that energy can dissipate as heat from the bottle
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Aug 12, 2020 00:47
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What the type of music called that's in novelty 50s-style PSAs and commercials? It's really upbeat and there's very little if any percussion. A couple of the Sims shopping music pieces sound a lot like it.
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Aug 12, 2020 01:39
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Muzak?
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I don't know how it's expressed as, like, a genre but Music for TV Dinners is an entire album of what I think you're looking for. They describe it as "50's Production Music" but I think that's less about the style and more how/why it was made.
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