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Vegetable posted:Is there a good way to hide a Blue Yeti mic during a Zoom meeting? Kinda a dumb question but I came into possession of one of these cool Where is your webcam positioned? Normally you'd just put it off to the side so it doesn't block your view of the monitor, and that way it should naturally be out of view of the camera too
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Dec 9, 2021 03:09
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Yeah, I don't think the mic needs to be super close to your mouth to pick up your voice. I have a Snowball mic that sits like two feet away from me, and nobody's ever had trouble understanding me.
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Dec 9, 2021 04:44
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What is the catch on the people who go door to door selling solar panels? I always say “sorry we’re saving for something right now so we can’t afford it at this moment” to which they always reply that not only won’t it cost me a dime, I’ll save money immediately. My bullshit alarm goes off but I’d love to be educated on where the catch is.
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Dec 9, 2021 05:20
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LuckyCat posted:What is the catch on the people who go door to door selling solar panels? I always say “sorry we’re saving for something right now so we can’t afford it at this moment” to which they always reply that not only won’t it cost me a dime, I’ll save money immediately. My bullshit alarm goes off but I’d love to be educated on where the catch is. Love him or hate him, here's a John Oliver piece that summarizes the scene pretty alright https://youtu.be/zv8ZPFOxJEc
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Dec 9, 2021 05:40
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LuckyCat posted:What is the catch on the people who go door to door selling solar panels? I always say “sorry we’re saving for something right now so we can’t afford it at this moment” to which they always reply that not only won’t it cost me a dime, I’ll save money immediately. My bullshit alarm goes off but I’d love to be educated on where the catch is. One general rule to keep in mind with this kind of thing: the folks that are really good at their jobs don't need to go hunting for new customers, because they already have more work available than they can physically do. The people going door-to-door are more likely to be the kind that really need work, which to me implies rushed and not particularly-well-done work.
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Dec 9, 2021 05:58
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LuckyCat posted:What is the catch on the people who go door to door selling solar panels? I always say “sorry we’re saving for something right now so we can’t afford it at this moment” to which they always reply that not only won’t it cost me a dime, I’ll save money immediately. My bullshit alarm goes off but I’d love to be educated on where the catch is. There are companies out there that will install solar panels on your house, and then rent them out to you. Which might be cheaper than financing short-term, but it's usually stipulated that if you end up selling power to the grid, that money goes into the installer's pocket, not yours.
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I’d guess the main scammy bit is that you are spending a lot of money on a home improvement project but not shopping around for the best price. And a lot of times you are being sold based on a monthly cost which we all know is terrible from car sales.
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smackfu posted:I’d guess the main scammy bit is that you are spending a lot of money on a home improvement project but not shopping around for the best price. And a lot of times you are being sold based on a monthly cost which we all know is terrible from car sales. The scammy bit is actually that they're making you believe that you're "buying" the system, but typically you're leasing it and have zero ownership of it whatsoever. They sometimes have buyout options, but ultimately they own the equipment, not you. Also these contracts follow the property, so when you go to sell the house in 10 years you're forcing the buyer in to it, and they're not going to be too terribly happy about it, so it's going to make it a PITA to sell the house.
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LuckyCat posted:What is the catch on the people who go door to door selling solar panels? I always say “sorry we’re saving for something right now so we can’t afford it at this moment” to which they always reply that not only won’t it cost me a dime, I’ll save money immediately. My bullshit alarm goes off but I’d love to be educated on where the catch is. The "won't cost a dime" part is just a kinda-lie that the monthly payment for the panels will be less than the amount of money you'll save by having them. There are catches just like you suspect though. The first is that the savings are wildly oversold - you will absolutely not save money, period. Also the note is going to be surprisingly long, sometimes to the tune of thirty years. If you want to sell your house during that time there is some fuckery you'd have to deal with that I don't fully understand. It's not really a scam per se, just a bad deal. Like buying a car off a chainlink lot. Residential solar is a bad investment for the majority of people in the best of circumstances, and that's before middlemen and usurers get involved.
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Do kids still say something is "cool"?
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Yes, sometimes. It's actually amazing how long "cool" has lasted. Other cool-adjacent words come and go but cool lives on.
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Dec 9, 2021 21:00
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I definitely trust a frog with shades to inform me what remains hip and current
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There's a Roman philosopher/rhetorician that wrote an essay on why one should pursue older women. I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, and I can't seem to get the right Google terms to find that essay. Does anyone know offhand the essay I'm thinking of?
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litany of gulps posted:There's a Roman philosopher/rhetorician that wrote an essay on why one should pursue older women. I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, and I can't seem to get the right Google terms to find that essay. Does anyone know offhand the essay I'm thinking of? Wasn't it Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin? Someone like that
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It was Benjamin Franklin advising a friend to choose an older mistress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress
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Leal posted:It was Benjamin Franklin advising a friend to choose an older mistress This one feels much shorter and more silly than what I recall. Thank you, I'll have to keep digging.
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litany of gulps posted:There's a Roman philosopher/rhetorician that wrote an essay on why one should pursue older women. I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, and I can't seem to get the right Google terms to find that essay. Does anyone know offhand the essay I'm thinking of? You may be thinking of Ovid's Art of Love? There is a section in it about that: https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/ArtofLoveBkII.php#anchor_Toc521601920
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Cross-posting this, as book forum here has so little traffic: I wonder if anyone knows a good bookbinding service. The book I want bound is rather old -- early 16th century. It is completely unbound at the moment -- only loose pages. I'd like a binding that fits the book's era. Vellum, if at all possible. Price... well, I'm, willing to spend a bit but price is certainly not no object. Ortho fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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Dec 10, 2021 08:47
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Yeah, I don't think the mic needs to be super close to your mouth to pick up your voice. I have a Snowball mic that sits like two feet away from me, and nobody's ever had trouble understanding me.
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dustin.h posted:Cross-posting this, as book forum here has so little traffic: The person whose house I'm living in used to do bookbinding professionally. It's possible she'll know what to look out for in finding somewhere good to do this, or if you're in UK maybe she'll even know some companies that will do a good job.
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litany of gulps posted:There's a Roman philosopher/rhetorician that wrote an essay on why one should pursue older women. I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, and I can't seem to get the right Google terms to find that essay. Does anyone know offhand the essay I'm thinking of? I believe you’re thinking of “Boomin’ Grannies” by The Beastie Boys
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dustin.h posted:Cross-posting this, as book forum here has so little traffic: You might call the nearest university that has a rare book collection and ask who they use. Shipping the thing any distance in its unbound state is not the best idea.
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dustin.h posted:Cross-posting this, as book forum here has so little traffic: I would try any mom and pop local printing shop. If they can’t do it they might have connections that can.
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when and why did "tugging" replace "fapping" in goon vocabulary?
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Earwicker posted:when and why did "tugging" replace "fapping" in goon vocabulary? Because Tim Robbins is a comedy genius. Watch Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave. https://youtu.be/VxDozuzfVuY You may have also noticed that this coincided with the rise in a meme of a man in a hot dog suit saying "we are all looking for the guy who did this" while behind him a hot dog car has crashed through a wall into the building.
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Harold Fjord posted:Because Tim Robbins is a comedy genius. Watch Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave. I was expecting that link to be the tug toner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMs-4fUZd-k
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Do any current world governments have any policy already in place for if we were to meet extraterrestrial life? This is a real question
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BaronVanAwesome posted:Do any current world governments have any policy already in place for if we were to meet extraterrestrial life? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-detection_policy Doesn't look like any specific government policies, but there are things like the Brooking's Report which makes recommendations.
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BaronVanAwesome posted:Do any current world governments have any policy already in place for if we were to meet extraterrestrial life? Make peace with your god.
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AlbieQuirky posted:You might call the nearest university that has a rare book collection and ask who they use. Shipping the thing any distance in its unbound state is not the best idea. LuckyCat posted:I would try any mom and pop local printing shop. If they can’t do it they might have connections that can. Squibsy posted:The person whose house I'm living in used to do bookbinding professionally. It's possible she'll know what to look out for in finding somewhere good to do this, or if you're in UK maybe she'll even know some companies that will do a good job. Ortho fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Dec 11, 2021 |
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Are Madagascar's gold/currency reserves largely held in France, like her other old colonial holdings, or not?
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Arbite posted:Are Madagascar's gold/currency reserves largely held in France, like her other old colonial holdings, or not? I don't know, but I can assure you that the veracity of this detail will not make a difference to your novel's reception
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Where do I go to find out if the Invisible Inc switch port is any good? The Switch thread is busy talking about hacked switches.
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Dec 11, 2021 16:25
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Any simple way to loop a Netflix fire log thing? On an Apple TV if it matters
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Dec 11, 2021 18:17
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StrixNebulosa posted:Where do I go to find out if the Invisible Inc switch port is any good? The Switch thread is busy talking about hacked switches. Just post about it in the Switch thread. They go on weird tangents all the time in there.  Somebody will answer your question.
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Silver Falcon posted:Just post about it in the Switch thread. They go on weird tangents all the time in there. I did. Still no answer. Has no one played this port?
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