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The remotes for my TV and stereo system attached to the TV have basically stopped working because my dad is a bachelor who thinks nothing of handling them with dirty hands. I can get the TV/stereo to basically sort of work in a turning on sense with my HD Box remote, but beyond that they don't work any more. Should I get them repaired, or is there somewhere I could go to get new remotes?
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I can't believe I'm about to ask this question, but I'm a paranoid/anxious sort, especially over stupid, stupid things. And this is beyond stupid, but I'd prefer to know anyway. So I'm perusing an adult website, and I click on a random video link. I will note that on my main computer, I run NoScript, which isn't running on this computer (which is not my main). I have been on this site many times without issue. Click random link (that would go to a video on the same site, not a new site), and up pops a new page saying my IP's been logged by the police for looking at child pornography and 'zoophilia' and all that. I immediately panic and close Firefox because, well, I think I've somehow gotten onto some other website and ended up on some watch list. Anyway, I ran Microsoft Security Essentials and Malware Bytes on the computer and came up with no apparent malware, and of course, I'd like to note 1) I wasn't looking at illegal porn 2) I've NEVER looked at illegal porn and wouldn't (this being SA someone might crack a joke, all I can offer is my word and the fact that if I'm lying why would I be talking about this poo poo in the first place and calling attention to myself) 3) This was a site for normal porn and always was as far as I know, so its accusation had no basis in the first place. 4) I have no idea if the computer I was using has people who have looked up illegal porn, but I point out this drat page popped up out of nowhere when I was using the computer, not them. 5) I'm pretty sure that even if I WAS, the police wouldn't announce it to me, as that would give me incentive to get rid of evidence. 6) Also pretty sure from my brief glance at the page there were spelling and grammar errors, but I might be misremembering, and if that page is something bad I don't want to go back to check. So I'm pretty sure I got 'script-jacked' or something. Does anyone know what the hell happened, or what else I should do besides install NoScript on that other computer? Cornwind Evil fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 06:21
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NESguerilla posted:Did you finish? Mood was kind of spoiled.
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Dec 30, 2014 06:34
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So I'm woken up at 8 AM by a phone call claiming to be from Microsoft Windows, an unsolicited phone call with a heavy South Indian accent, claiming I have downloaded 'lots of virus infected files' or something. I say not interested and hang up: they IMMEDIATELY call back. I say not interested AGAIN (I have Avast and Malware Bytes and THEY haven't found anything recently, and I just re-ran them right now to be ABSOLUTELY certain) and hang up, and they immediately call back AGAIN: I let it go to the machine and they hang up. So, my question is, are the drat malware producers hiring their own drat call centers now? This is a first for me. It was the fact they immediately called back (twice) after I said 'not interested' that really got my attention. Cornwind Evil fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Apr 6, 2015 |
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Apr 6, 2015 13:26
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EricBauman posted:Some of them are really smart and install a new video driver that will make your screen go black while they can still see it, so you can't see what they're doing. They mainly target old people, I think, so maybe there's some reason they think you're old? I do live with my dad, who is old. Only solution I can think of.
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Apr 6, 2015 14:35
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I recently started on a mild depression-anxiety medication for the first time (50 mg of a generic of Zoloft, I believe), and today while I was trying to sleep I suddenly swore I smelled poop. I thought it was my cat (she's a longhair and sometimes gets something stuck in her fur on the way out), but I checked her and no poop. Looked all over my bed and around and under it: no poop. I know mental medication can have all sorts of sides effects: anyone know if olfactory hallucinations is one of them? According to my googling such things supposedly derive from brain issues (schizophrenia, Alzheimers, brain damage, etc) and not their attempted fixes. It just really bothered me, because I SWORE I smelled poop (and now I'm so hypersensitive that I keep wondering if I'm smelling poop that's not there or if I'm just getting touches of my cats' litter boxes that I didn't notice before. I will note my cat's litter box in my bedroom is a good 15 feet from my bed.) Cornwind Evil fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Apr 8, 2015 16:44
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Rent-A-Cop posted:Yeah it's probably good you're taking something because that is a bizarre reaction to smelling a fart. If you continue to freak out about totally mundane things you should probably talk to your doctor about getting your meds adjusted. To be fair, I have never heard my cats fart nor seen any indication they fart. Between 'new meds', 'side effects', and 'sudden inexplicable poop smell', well, I wondered.
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Apr 8, 2015 18:09
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So, my cousin, her husband, and their six month old baby are vacationing in Thailand, and she posted on Facebook on how every day people swarm her daughter to take pictures of, or with her. Okay, cute, except over the past several months I've been listening to a lot of real life horror stories and more than once, child abduction has come up. But I know very little about Thailand. So, do my concerns that all the attention their daughter is getting could hide some very nasty intentions have ANY basis, or am I just being stupid, paranoid, and possibly racist?
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Nov 5, 2015 06:43
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Is there a parody of the song "Good King Wenceslas" that includes the line "When a poor man came in sight, riding on a barrel?" (the actual line is "When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.") I swear I heard my dad sing such a song once (this was...late 80's? Early 90's at the very earliest) and that's the only line I remember. Have no idea if there was an established parody along the lines of "We Three Kings" (about smoking cigars and being blown up) or just something he made up.
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Jan 19, 2017 10:44
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I want to ask over in the Tech Support Forum (on SA, of course) what's a good program for cleaning my computer (you know, getting rid of broken junk files, fixing de fragmentation, all that). Basically I want to see if there's any new programs on the block that do well or if I should just go back to the ones I know like Piriform's stuff (because for all I know Piriform=MacAfee). But I can't figure out what thread to post in, there's no software megathread and I don't think this question warrants its own thread, so...anyone know that forum better than me and know where I should post that question?
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Sep 10, 2019 02:12
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Ah, I thought that thread dealt solely with WINDOWS based software.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:37
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Those small clear plastic things they keep razors in (Gillete, Schick, etc) are they recyclable?
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Jul 25, 2020 03:29
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Those paper/plastic packets that (some kinds of) disposable needles are stored in, are those recyclable?
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Oct 17, 2020 15:21
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I swear I read somewhere that thinking about accomplishing something releases almost as much dopamine as actually doing it, and this plays into procrastination because your brain is getting almost the same hit for zero work as it is for work. Has anyone else heard of this theory? Is there any validity to it?
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Nov 13, 2020 18:30
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So, if I want to do a basic caulking job, I just 1) Toothpaste the caulk across whatever crack I am closing up, and 2) Use my hand to spread it so it's not a long circular lump string, right? No need for an actual caulk gun, that's for more in depth and specialized jobs, right? I am not going to paint it, I checked on that part.
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Aug 13, 2022 06:06
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Is there anywhere on the forum where you can post GoFundMes and the like if you want to try and get eyeballs on such a thing? Sometimes there's singular threads but that seems to be when it's wholly goon related, like the GoFundMe after Lowtax's suicide for his abused family.
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Jan 2, 2023 01:00
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Khizan posted:Pretty sure that’s no longer allowed due to people scamming. Sadly not surprised.
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Jan 2, 2023 08:17
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When you get arrested in the States, where you're held at first until you post bail (if you're allowed to, and can) and where you go if you are actually convicted of a crime are generally not the same place, right? How often do people who can get bailed out get held in facilities with/alongside convicted in a court of law inmates?
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They say the Tall Man of the Phantasm series has 'quantum immortality'. How precisely does that work under the film's use as 'any time he dies, another him immediately pops up'?
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May 20, 2024 17:06
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