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What are these grey boxes that get copied with text from Gmail in Chrome? I've pasted this text into a simple text editor and then pasted it back into Libre Office and I don't really know what they are or how to get rid of them without going through and deleting them manually. Converting the email to plain text inserts line breaks. :I ed: OK well find and replace works (I forgot), but what are they and where do they come from? greazeball fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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Most emoticons I kinda understand or get, but I'm not really sure what  represents, can someone explain?
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Feb 29, 2012 17:44
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I keep getting messages from my iphone-having family that come as MMS and not SMS, and they're clearly all replying to all, and a chain of like 6 messages in a row will go by before I can even read the first on my regular ol' phone, in part because MMS takes longer to load/read. So I think I've figured out that they're all sending "group messages" which is a thing on iphones. Can anyone verify this? And why the hell is it sent as MMS? Is it because it comes with extra data, namely the other recipients? As an related ranty thing, is anyone else who has a regular phone really annoyed by how the way sms looks on the iphone encourages people to send messages as if it's an IM/gchat session? Do they realise how hard it is to read on a regular phone? Hey man whats knewnew* lolanyway just wondering what's up
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Feb 29, 2012 17:54
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alnilam posted:I keep getting messages from my iphone-having family that come as MMS and not SMS, and they're clearly all replying to all, and a chain of like 6 messages in a row will go by before I can even read the first on my regular ol' phone, in part because MMS takes longer to load/read. iMessages lets you send text messages through the internet, and it is possible to have group conversations with it. I have no idea why its being sent as MMS to you, but I can tell you that iMessages that fail to send through the internet do get sent as an MMS.
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Feb 29, 2012 18:02
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It's probably that, yes. MMS is a much more advance system than SMS, so lots of phones are very eager to switch to it when you try to do anything more complicated than 160 characters directed to one number.
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Feb 29, 2012 18:07
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alnilam posted:
I could be completely wrong but I don't think there's any way to send an actual group message through normal sms on any phone, don't think it's the phone it's the sms protocol. Blackberries and some android apps will sort of emulate doing group with sms by sending the message x times to x recipients. But if one of the recipients responds it doesn't go to all recipients like the iphone mms way. I'm android (and bb/winmo at work) guy but I send texts like you're ranting about at the end, not group ones though, sorry bout that. I thought even the dumbphones did threaded messaging now. Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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Feb 29, 2012 18:14
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Okay, good to know.Wagonburner posted:I'm android (and bb/winmo at work) guy but I send texts like you're ranting about at the end, not group ones though, sorry bout that. I thought even the dumbphones did threaded messaging now. Nope. Sorry if I wrote it in an accusing tone.
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Feb 29, 2012 18:32
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What is the best adhesive to use to attach a mustache to a fleshlight? ... Context: My buddy just went back to Afghanistan and I'm preparing a care package. On his previous deployments I sent him useful things (toothpaste, deodorant, baby wipes, beef jerky, etc) but this time he says that he's a Fobbit and that he can get all that poo poo for himself. I can't *not* send something, though, so I'm sending him a 12" dong, a case of lube, a fleshlight with mouth attachment (and facial hair, natch), probably some porn. Follow-up question: if I wanted to paint the dong desert camo, what's the easiest way to do that? Follow-up question 2: It's been surprisingly difficult to source an actual porno mag. Where's the best place to find the literary equivalent of lemonparty?
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Feb 29, 2012 20:49
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^^^ I would use liquid latex to attach the stache. It'll have decent hold, it can be skin colored, and it won't erode the existing silicone/latex parts of the fleshlight. You can use food coloring or RIT to dye it if it's silicone/latex. If it's plastic it's more difficult. This comes from a background working with special FX makeup, not fleshlights, btw. Just to be clear. alnilam posted:I keep getting messages from my iphone-having family that come as MMS and not SMS, and they're clearly all replying to all, and a chain of like 6 messages in a row will go by before I can even read the first on my regular ol' phone, in part because MMS takes longer to load/read. Yep, it converts any message that has more than one recipient to an MMS unless you disable mms on your iphone. It's a retarded feature that works pretty transparently to other iphones but is annoying as all gently caress on every other device. RaoulDuke12 fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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Feb 29, 2012 21:51
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Nukular Winter posted:
Camo dip it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOv9-GUJq0o You can buy kits and do it at home. Or if you are hilarious you can send it off to someone else to do it. It comes in all sorts of patterns.
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Mar 1, 2012 01:56
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So I remember hearing that it's a good idea to leave 15% of empty space on your computer's boot drive to help performance. Does this still hold on solid state drives? Or was that only for the spinning disk type?
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Mar 1, 2012 05:30
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TheAngryDrunk posted:So I remember hearing that it's a good idea to leave 15% of empty space on your computer's boot drive to help performance. Does this still hold on solid state drives? Or was that only for the spinning disk type? That was never true, it doesn't do anything at all for performance on any kind of mainstream drive.
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Mar 1, 2012 05:33
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I've always thought that you couldn't tell the nationality of an Asian person just by looking at them (without seeing what they're wearing, hearing them talk, or knowing their name). Lately, I've been running into a whole bunch of people who keep telling me that "so and so is definitely ___ because of their dark skin/open eyes/round nose/whatever"... And my protests were shrugged off with a "oh well, just because you can't personally tell them apart..." I gave it some thought and realized that my point of view is not backed up by anything besides word of mouth and some random websites... I don't even know whether the first paragraph is true or not anymore. What are your thoughts on the matter?
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Mar 1, 2012 06:18
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Spider Leg Soup posted:I've always thought that you couldn't tell the nationality of an Asian person just by looking at them (without seeing what they're wearing, hearing them talk, or knowing their name). They are a lot more homogenous as a racial class than Caucasians but it's billions of people across thousands of miles, particular traits are going to develop in some groups that don't in others.
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Mar 1, 2012 06:25
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^^^ I think the classic 3 that people claim to try to tell apart are Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.Spider Leg Soup posted:I've always thought that you couldn't tell the nationality of an Asian person just by looking at them (without seeing what they're wearing, hearing them talk, or knowing their name).
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Mar 1, 2012 06:26
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kimbo305 posted:I think the classic 3 that people claim to try to tell apart are Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. I'm not perfect at it, but I can definitely do much better than chance at telling apart people from those 3 countries by, say, face alone.
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Mar 1, 2012 06:35
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kimbo305 posted:^^^ I think the classic 3 that people claim to try to tell apart are Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Ah yes, I forgot to specify this in my post. Thanks! helopticor posted:I'm not perfect at it, but I can definitely do much better than chance at telling apart people from those 3 countries by, say, face alone. Do you mind if I ask how? Is there anything you look for or do you sort of trust your gut like when playing blackjack? You all have good points. Recently I've been looking at why and I might be subconsciously examining clothing and hairstyles, but I think there's definitely some facial categorization going on. I guess there are going to be some differences when people live in different areas for a while.
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Mar 1, 2012 06:50
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Spider Leg Soup posted:I've always thought that you couldn't tell the nationality of an Asian person just by looking at them (without seeing what they're wearing, hearing them talk, or knowing their name). It gets far easier if they're more geographically disparate, e.g. Japanese and Pilipino. It's not really obvious things, perhaps overall face shape? Especially in the "classic 3." The "Chinese" (in-as-far as there's a homogenous Chinese, so let's say the type you'd find in the US & also Taiwanese) have a slightly rounder head, whereas the Japanese and Korean have narrower chins. And there's something different about the eyes between Koreans and Japanese (again, this is all broad-as-hell generalization). There's no hard and fast rule, though. Just broad generalizations and prior experience, I guess.
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Mar 1, 2012 06:55
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It's especially hard between the "big three" because there's been so much intermixing going on historically. All three have historical phenotypes (for example, the Ainu in Japan) who have been pretty much subsumed into a general mix.
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Mar 1, 2012 07:01
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Spider Leg Soup posted:Do you mind if I ask how? Is there anything you look for or do you sort of trust your gut like when playing blackjack? I haven't consciously made a list of common features, if that's what you're getting at. I've just seen a lot of Japanese people and a lot of Chinese people and a fair number of Korean people (it helped that my highschool was about 2/3 Asian). There's a website here (I just found it by googling now) where people can test themselves on this sort of thing. dirby fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Mar 1, 2012 |
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Mar 1, 2012 07:09
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It's not even the "big three" really. Countries that are heavy on emigration tend to have more "like" traits, physically and socially. I can pick a Nigerian or Russian out of a crowd pretty reliably. You can do the same in your own country where cultures are less integrated.
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Mar 1, 2012 07:10
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helopticor posted:I haven't consciously made a list of common features, if that's what you're getting at. I've just seen a lot of Japanese people and a lot of Chinese people and a fair number of Korean people (it helped that my highschool was about 2/3 Asian). There's a website here (I just found it by googling now) where people can test themselves on this sort of thing. I live in Japan and most (Japanese) people have absolutely terrible luck figuring out what ethnicity I am.
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Mar 1, 2012 07:17
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tarepanda posted:I live in Japan and most (Japanese) people have absolutely terrible luck figuring out what ethnicity I am. I've heard, anecdotally, that many Japanese people have trouble identifying e.g. Chinese people as not-Japanese. This causes minor problems sometimes when a Chinese person (or a Chinese-American, etc.) doesn't know that much of the Japanese language and they're expected to be fluent. Japan is pretty darn homogeneous, so if that holds true, it wouldn't surprise me.
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Mar 1, 2012 07:22
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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:Countries that are heavy on emigration tend to have more "like" traits, physically and socially. I can pick a Nigerian or Russian out of a crowd pretty reliably. Oh I see. My parents are immigrants and I was the stereotypical bowl-haircut, bespectacled, studious child. I hoped in the back of my mind that nobody else's parents were so "FOB"-y but I guess social norms are stronger than that! :P helopticor posted:There's a website... Incidentally, I had alllooksame in mind when I wrote my question. My experience with it involves watching people claim to tell them apart and get scores around 50-60%. It was pretty awkward... Thanks for the replies, everyone!
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Mar 1, 2012 07:26
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helopticor posted:I've heard, anecdotally, that many Japanese people have trouble identifying e.g. Chinese people as not-Japanese. This causes minor problems sometimes when a Chinese person (or a Chinese-American, etc.) doesn't know that much of the Japanese language and they're expected to be fluent. I was born in Korea and look pretty Japanese, but I've heard everything from the big three to Vietnamese, Filipino, Mexican (???), Hawaiian (?????), and Spanish (????????). ChubbyEmoBabe posted:I can pick a Nigerian or Russian out of a crowd pretty reliably. I hope so! One is black and one is white. I'll leave it to your imagination which is which...
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Mar 1, 2012 07:35
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Spider Leg Soup posted:Incidentally, I had alllooksame in mind when I wrote my question. My experience with it involves watching people claim to tell them apart and get scores around 50-60%. It was pretty awkward...
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Mar 1, 2012 07:42
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For Chinese-Japanese-Korean, I can do slightly better than chance (it's mostly the eyes and cheeks), but not by much. I certainly wouldn't act on the assumption.
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Mar 1, 2012 09:05
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There's the stereotypical "those people all look the same to me" attitude, but I heard on NPR I think about a study that found that there's actually some truth to. Basically, they found that people can more easily distinguish between similar faces of their own ethnicity than of another ethnicity. Results were comparable for all the ethnic groups they studied.
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Mar 1, 2012 10:12
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stubblyhead posted:There's the stereotypical "those people all look the same to me" attitude, but I heard on NPR I think about a study that found that there's actually some truth to. Basically, they found that people can more easily distinguish between similar faces of their own ethnicity than of another ethnicity. Results were comparable for all the ethnic groups they studied. Is it "their own ethnicity" or "the ethnicity they've grown up around?" I grew up in a town that was easily 99% Caucasian and my family is Caucasian. I can tell white people apart easily, but Asians tended to blur together a lot and still do sometimes.
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Mar 1, 2012 10:13
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tarepanda posted:Is it "their own ethnicity" or "the ethnicity they've grown up around?" I really don't remember, but I could see an argument for the latter.
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Mar 1, 2012 10:19
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Nukular Winter posted:What is the best adhesive to use to attach a mustache to a fleshlight? Do you have an adult bookstore/sex shop anywhere nearby? I don't know if you'll find anything on the level of lemonparty, but that would be the first place I'd check for porn magazines if I were you. Check around, you might be surprised. Even my tiny little bible belt town has a shop. Comedy option: print off a bunch of stuff and make your own mag.
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Mar 1, 2012 15:08
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Install Gentoo posted:That was never true, it doesn't do anything at all for performance on any kind of mainstream drive. Don't you need some space (I think at least 20mb depending on ram?) for your page file? and also for a HDD you need a certain amount free to be able to defrag. I'm not sure how SSDs handle that though. Never owned one 
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Mar 1, 2012 19:05
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SSDs do not need to be defragmented, they're fundamentally different. It is a good idea to have some free space at all times because you never know when the system might need a lot of swap or a lot of temporary files, but these days 15% is probably overkill because that can be several dozen gigabytes on a modern hard disk.
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Mar 1, 2012 19:10
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Blooshoo posted:Don't you need some space (I think at least 20mb depending on ram?) for your page file? and also for a HDD you need a certain amount free to be able to defrag. Your page file is part of the space that's used, so it won't go away if you fill the drive. You also don't really need a full 15% free for defrag, a few gigabytes would do it - leaving 75 gb free on a 500 gb drive just for defrag space is silly.
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Mar 1, 2012 19:21
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You do lose performance for files stored towards the end of rotating drives. Since the drive spins, there's a greater linear velocity towards the edge of the platters than the inside (think of a record.) This means the head is passing over less data in the same amount of time when the heads are towards the middle of the platter, so you get slower reads/writes. Some drives do not address the innermost space at all and operating systems will often put less-frequently accessed files on the slower section of the platter. This should have no effect on other files on the drive, though.
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Mar 1, 2012 19:29
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For SSDs, having them too full may degrade write performance. It has to do with how the controller chooses where to store the data in the flash memory chips. It shouldn't affect the read speeds though. It's generally considered good practice to keep ~10% free space on an SSD. There's also the issue of write amplification, which plays a part in how fast the flash cells will wear out. It's a theoretical problem, but realistically, it's not going to manifest until long after the drive is replaced.
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Mar 1, 2012 20:10
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When you take apart a pen, how do they keep the ink secured in the really small tube? You can flick or shake the tube upside down and the ink doesn't move around. I also learned the ink is capable of getting all over the place if you use it with a sling shot, open side of the tube facing you.
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Mar 1, 2012 20:54
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Avocados posted:When you take apart a pen, how do they keep the ink secured in the really small tube? You can flick or shake the tube upside down and the ink doesn't move around. Doesn't move when you shake it cause it's so thick. It'll usually have some glue in the tube above the ink. Put a partway empty pen upside down in one of those CSI centrifuges with some mood lighting in your lab or just store it upside down for a long while and it will move and not write anymore.
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Mar 1, 2012 21:38
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unpronounceable posted:There's also the issue of write amplification, which plays a part in how fast the flash cells will wear out. It's a theoretical problem, but realistically, it's not going to manifest until long after the drive is replaced. Kind of a related question; what's the mean time to failure or whatever you want to call it for SSDs due to this problem? I remember reading about it being a concern when they first came out, but I haven't had the need for a new drive at the same time I could afford one of them so I haven't really kept up on how that works.
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Where can I get cheap pumpkins in the midwest before Halloween? I need a lot of pumpkins to practice carving on (unless there's a suitable pumpkin substitute with the same texture and consistency). This will be my first Halloween in the states, and any help is much appreciated.
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