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meatpimp posted:I think there's a large group of people that truly believe that they know, instead of doing intellectual analysis and viewing/processing evidence. You are right, and it's been documented. It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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toplitzin posted:My coworker got me an awesome surprise: Seems to be the go to gift for Volvo nuts. My friend who works in a Volvo shop got one from one of his friends that he used to work with. I went out and got one for myself. Also put my new M12 fuel brushless Milwaukee tools to work this weekend, did the timing belt on my new V70. God those things are amazing, especially now with the insane amount of torque and battery life they have. I used the 1/4" drive power ratchet to crack loose almost every bolt without needing to do it manually first. It made the water pump part of the job a breeze. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Feb 3, 2020 15:31
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I drive decent but modestly priced used cars in good condition, and I am occasionally but not frequently an rear end in a top hat on the road.
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Feb 4, 2020 18:55
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Trump isn't a David or Solomon, flawed but godly. He's a Pharaoh. Utterly depraved and in contempt and opposition to god, but god is using him for glory! The best part is that Trump is too dumb to know that's what they mean. He should be pretty insulted. I like how even when Pharaoh was defeated and submitted, god "hardened his heart" and MADE him torture the Jews some more, so that he could get even MORE plagues and poo poo dumped on him. It's Paul's sarcastic new testament comment about sinning more so that grace may abound, only not sarcastic. ilkhan posted:Not that any of you commies have any interest in hearing from the other side. You gotta say something we haven't heard and debunked 40 times prior is the problem. I'm always open to a new point of view as well. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Feb 6, 2020 01:21
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Darchangel posted:it definitely feels like Dems are close to where the GOP was, say, 30 years ago It's true. Obamacare was to the right of what was proposed by Reagan in the 80's.
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Feb 7, 2020 23:24
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trouser chili posted:Yeah, I’m underpaid. My base salary is low for my skill set and the company couldn’t replace the value I provide with twice the salary. That’s kept me employed. Occasionally I’ve achieved massive promotions. I could grab another $30k a year fairly easy if I made the right jump, but I’d have to give up my ownership in the company. I value the stock I own around $2 million. The face value is actually much lower but it’s intentionally devalued by the company and paid a 35% dividend last year. It’s not paid less than 20% annually in the last 20 years. On top of the stock ownership I’ve also been getting 15-20% annual bonuses in the form of profit sharing dumped straight into a 403b retirement account. Also we have a pension. Maybe it'd be better to say not that you're underpaid, but that a lot of your compensation is in secondary and future benefits rather than cash. I'm kind of the opposite. I make an okay salary for my skillset although it could be more, and the only non salary benefits I have are 50% premium coverage on health insurance and a 100% matching 401k, which I'm contributing to now but missed a couple decades on. I'm 31 years in to my career and I'm basically not planning to retire at this point unless something radically changes. I hope the next house I buy is my last and that I can pay it off before I can't afford to. I'm hardly secure, and one major catastrophe could bankrupt me. That said, I'm a lot better off than a lot of people. And I try to live below my means but don't always succeed.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:04
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mariooncrack posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w You're kidding!
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Feb 13, 2020 18:27
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One thing I'm seeing in my industry, which is machines assembled from various parts made in the USA and elsewhere, is that both margins and lead times have been shaved to the bone, and at the same time talent has fled and wages have gone down. It's gotten to the point that we simply can't reject parts because vendors cut you off for rejecting poor quality instead of replacing it. We have to rework tons of parts and pieces, and our products have inconsistent finishes from machine to machine. It takes a really bad defect to scrap a part and usually even after I declare the part scrap I'm tasked with "what can we do to make it work, we have to ship." They plan and sell like we never have a defect, but the nature of the industry is that defects are almost guaranteed at this point. I have to approve a lot of product that is not up to the level of quality I would like. I hope that's not what is happening with your kitchen.
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Feb 14, 2020 00:18
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T-Square posted:Man, I love Brad from Bon Appetit Agreed. They sure have done a great job of cultivating the personalities into likeable performers who are still obviously experts at what they do. And their ensemble work is great too, they mix and match pairs and groups of people and it just makes it really entertaining to watch. I go through a binge and burn out cycle every month or so where I catch up on things I haven't seen. And then I cry myself to sleep over my unrequited love for Claire.
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Feb 17, 2020 20:18
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I discovered that Amazon Prime video has all the Dukes of Hazzard seasons so I started watching it the other day. My son was like what's this, so I told him the backstory and how back in the day when I was his age the Dukes were the poo poo and the General Lee was the star of the show. You now get to explain that this is where "Daisy Dukes" are from, and how rednecks still call them that.
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Feb 21, 2020 00:04
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I was just thinking that! If it's anything like my reaction was it will be complete disappointment. Once the blood returns to his brain. (How old is he again?)
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Feb 21, 2020 17:07
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Sweetie is preferred, but Sweety is also acceptable. Sweaty is entirely different. Much saltier. On the subject of nostalgia TV, I went back and watched most of NYPD Blue last year, and that show holds up pretty good. I recently added ER to my playlist and watched like 5 minutes of it and I forgot how cool and bassy the theme song is. I have a completely new home theater and it made me want to crank it up super loud like I used to back in the day. Jury's out on whether it'll be re-watchable though.
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Feb 21, 2020 22:16
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Sweaty is the recognised Internet pisstake misspelling I love SA but I agree with SA and yeah I fuckin hate the internet.
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Feb 22, 2020 01:22
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Admiral Bosch posted:Some worthless piece of poo poo rear end in a top hat put a dent in my car last night. It doesn't even look like they hit it while parked with a car, it looks like somebody kicked it hard enough to dent the fender paneling. Anyone successfully used a dent puller? Would love to know how well they work. If you care about the car, just pay a paintless dent pro. A single dent will be under $100 these days. If you've never done it before, you will leave wrinkles even if you get the dent out. The PDR guys leave wrinkles too, but they know how to fix those in addition to the main dent. Residency Evil posted:Does anyone Have strong opinions about air compressors for home tire filling? I got a craftsman 25 gallon on sale and it does everything a home mechanic would need, including the occasional brap-brap of a crank bolt. But I got it primarily for filling tires, I had one car with a persistent slow leak where I had to top it up every month, and the day my gas station decided to charge $1.50 a fill that didn't even run long enough to do all 4 tires, I said gently caress you all and started shopping.
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Feb 23, 2020 15:52
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I'm in the "hosed by china quarantine" camp too. My bosses love cutting things right down to the wire, so we have a project that has to be in Germany by may 1 and we just placed the order for over 80 unique parts from china. Normally our shop over there would knock them out by April 1 but they're saying they're at 60% capacity and lead times are stretched out. Our local shops no quoted the order so they were our last resort. So yeah we're not going to make it. The worst part is that I'm also going to lose two weeks just to bad timing, my manager has a newborn in the hospital so he's been MIA last week, and the boss over him is at a customer site for this entire week, so no decisions are going to get made. I need those guys to approve POs. I'm actually really worried about my manager, he's just.. out. No comms of any kind, which means it's bad.
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Feb 24, 2020 17:01
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I'd send him an email back saying fine, don't take my CASH offer then you idiot good luck. I actually think I remember both of those scenarios when they happened. Unless you told them in past tense like this.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Lousy Smarch weather! I understood this reference. I still send my march child support documentation to my ex labeled as Smarch.
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