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cakesmith handyman posted:So you're getting really sober for good right? Because I feel that is the only way that doesn't end badly. That's my goal! BraveUlysses posted:lets get u sober for life and do a GoFundMe for buying you a replacement whip I'm waiting to see what happens with insurance. Fuckers still haven't gotten me into a rental, though. I'm calling their corporate office tomorrow to ask  is going on.And  says the Civic ate a timing belt. That generation is seriously the bastard child of Civics in general; almost everything on it was a single-generation part, including nearly all of the drivetrain parts (though 06-08 liked to crack engine blocks). The engines were decent so long as you maintained them, but they were a bit more finicky than the 88-00 D series, and ate timing belts around 120-140k if you didn't change them (also super cramped under the hood compared to older ones). 7th and 8th gen Civics I take a hard pass on. Later ones look like a pain in the rear end to work on (step 1 for anything: remove cowl)I may have a car lined up.
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My sister the Apple Cultist got her about-to-be-ten-year-old only nephew of mine a babeh PC Gaming Rig (i5 from a year ago + GTX 1650/8gb DDR5 - prebuilt systems suddenly are a good value because of the crypto nonsense killing GPU prices) for his upcoming birthday so he can stop having that 2-6 week period while his PC buddies get Minecraft updates and he's still waiting on them on his I grew up a hardcore Apple II guy with tons of games on 5 & 1/4th" black floppys, learned BASIC there and had the original Macs with the sweet Black & White 7" monitor. I switched when XP got to essential parity with the Mac OS of the time and I was trying to get more games into my life, so I'm stoked to get my little buddy into gaming on the master system. In my role as "Cool Uncle", I decided to get him Valheim, Subnautica & Age of Empires II Remastered on Steam to be opened on his birthday Friday when he gets the rig, my sister's boyfriend is at least capable enough to get all this installed in time to hand it over to him to receive the gifts. Roblox, Portal, Teardown, Stardew Valley, Sid Meier's Pirates and/or Sea of Thieves - all on the list for future gifts so far. Any other suggestions for a 10 year old kid who I am not being allowed to train as a professional PUBG/Fortnite player... yet....?
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Ether Frenzy posted:My sister the Apple Cultist got her about-to-be-ten-year-old only nephew of mine a babeh PC Gaming Rig (i5 from a year ago + GTX 1650/8gb DDR5 - prebuilt systems suddenly are a good value because of the crypto nonsense killing GPU prices) for his upcoming birthday so he can stop having that 2-6 week period while his PC buddies get Minecraft updates and he's still waiting on them on his Sup fellow "Cool Uncle", I literally just gifted my niece and nephew some computers from spare parts I put together this last weekend. They had me help install Minecraft and Terraria on their computers.
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May 27, 2021 11:24
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Hey computer touchers, On Win10 Pro, can you use a Windows Hello capable webcam if your motherboard doesn't support a TPM chip? I'm finding conflicting info. I have to buy a webcam for my IOP anyway (old one got lost in the move), and it's not a lot more for one of the lower end ones with the IR sensor that Hello needs. I already use a PIN to login, which is part of Windows Hello, or so I thought. It'd just be nice to have it unlock as soon as I sit down at my desk, and log me into my account (and log SO into her account) without a password or PIN. From the system screen - pretty sure I'm running the latest public build? code:
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May 27, 2021 11:52
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Idk if it requires a TPM, but if it does I believe you can get expansion card TPMs.
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STR posted:Hey computer touchers, Oooo. I wonder if such a thing could work with Office 365. That could be handy.
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Coredump posted:Sup fellow "Cool Uncle", I literally just gifted my niece and nephew some computers from spare parts I put together this last weekend. They had me help install Minecraft and Terraria on their computers. Yeah, my original plan was to build him a system until I realized that a $600 pre-built comes with a $300 video card in it, impossible to assemble with cheaper parts at the moment - and the 1060 I have spare and thought I might keep price down with is not as good as what this comes with this in the overall scheme - plus shipping from LA to the midwest. I was ready to walk them through putting the 8 cables that won't fit anywhere else together & installing drivers and OS etc, the kid is bigly Lego competent, and my sister & her boyfriend are fairly capable computer-oriented youngish people (and building a modern system is simple) -- but this works great because I'm no longer Tech Support for any issues they have and they got it in time for the kid's birthday. On the other "Good advice" side - I convinced her a desktop vs the initial equiv price gamer laptop concept means zero arguments about whether it's coming with on vacation/trips to the Outdoors. Tis a desktop, lad. It stays home. She's pretty happy about that.
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May 27, 2021 12:26
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Can you get the kid assassin’s creed or will parents not like the whole assassin bit? Lots of architecture and exploring cities in there to sneakily educate while also entertaining.
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May 27, 2021 12:42
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builds character posted:Can you get the kid assassin’s creed or will parents not like the whole assassin bit? Lots of architecture and exploring cities in there to sneakily educate while also entertaining. Mum got all lovely with me playing Tomb Raider. "But mum! Her tits are triangles, but she's duel weilding pistols and I'm backflipping around shooting a freaken TIGER! It's not a horny game!" And was more than happy for me to be playing Shadow Warrior, Postal, and the rest of the hyper violent games of the time.
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May 27, 2021 13:20
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Humphreys posted:Shadow Warrior, Postal, and the rest of the hyper violent games of the time. Shout out to Carmageddon for delivering such amazing squelchy sound effects for when you hit a pedestrian at speed. The remake had the pedestrian electro bastard ray powerup in the EXACT SAME PLACE as the original game in the first map in the American football stadium so you grab it, annihilate both teams and end up with like 11 minutes on your timer very quickly. It ruled. You could then take your time and destroy the other racers at your leisure. I'm wondering if anyone ever finished a race by killing all the pedestrians, that seemed a little over the top, psycho level dedication to ped murder. I also enjoyed how weird the fares were in Quarantine, some proper freaks. It ruled. The game kinda sucked though, despite being fun it was incredibly hard, the AI just wrecked your poo poo so much. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 13:26 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 13:23
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So I got some words of encouragement from corporate HR, basically saying I'm a "hero" and "obviously very dedicated to recovery" for lining up IOP and an AA group <24 hours after getting out of detox. Was also told I can take the full 30 days off if I want, and can extend it as long as I'm in active treatment. I don't WANT to take that long off, but I do need at least a few days, maybe a week, before I go back. I'm not sleeping worth a poo poo now that I'm out (I had access to rx sleep meds in there), it's gonna take me awhile to adjust to trying to sleep sober. I have benadryl, but that didn't make a dent last night. Chainsmoking probably didn't help much either.RIP Paul Walker posted:Idk if it requires a TPM, but if it does I believe you can get expansion card TPMs. The only ones I've been able to find plug into a slot on a motherboard specifically for a TPM. Mine's too old for that. And frankly, as long as I can reliably overclock this fucker from 3.3 to 4.5 GHz all day without it even thinking about breaking a sweat (until I fire up Chrome, so drat bloated now), I don't plan to replace it. Though I went by my storage unit and found my old webcam (Logitech C270, so not quite scraping bottom of the line, but close), so a fancypants camera compatible with Hello is a luxury that can wait for another day. Especially with how much I'm forking out for treatment... I live paycheck to paycheck, SO is a bit better with her money, but we don't share any accounts. I've just gotten so used to face unlock on my phone that it'd be nice to have on the PC, and I know the capability is there in Windows.
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Wife just went in for gall bladder removal, and, since they’re going in the same way, to have a minor hernia around her belly button repaired. We think the gall bladder is what landed her in the hospital (to the tune of $10k) last year, so hopefully won’t have to deal with that ever again. Shouldn’t be any issues, but her will is up to date, because medical procedure. Mildly annoyed at how there’s 37 different entities charging for stuff, but that’s just how it works now. We’re completely avoiding insurance and just going cash price, since her insurance, like many, is worthless. So I’ll just be sitting here in the lobby shitposting for the next couple hours. Edit: I’ve also been up 3.5 hours earlier than normal. My alarm to wake up at my normal time just went off... At least we’ll be done before lunch. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 14:03 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 13:59
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Shout out to Carmageddon for delivering such amazing squelchy sound effects for when you hit a pedestrian at speed. The remake had the pedestrian electro bastard ray powerup in the EXACT SAME PLACE as the original game in the first map in the American football stadium so you grab it, annihilate both teams and end up with like 11 minutes on your timer very quickly. It ruled. You could then take your time and destroy the other racers at your leisure. I'm wondering if anyone ever finished a race by killing all the pedestrians, that seemed a little over the top, psycho level dedication to ped murder. Was playing Carmageddon: Reincarnation about an hour ago. It's very nice but gosh it's difficult. At least they sprung for the Fear Factory licencing.
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poo poo. I’ve caught up all my bookmarked threads. Now what? YouTube, I guess.
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STR posted:So I got some words of encouragement from corporate HR, basically saying I'm a "hero" and "obviously very dedicated to recovery" for lining up IOP and an AA group <24 hours after getting out of detox. Was also told I can take the full 30 days off if I want, and can extend it as long as I'm in active treatment. I don't WANT to take that long off, but I do need at least a few days, maybe a week, before I go back. I'm not sleeping worth a poo poo now that I'm out (I had access to rx sleep meds in there), it's gonna take me awhile to adjust to trying to sleep sober. I have benadryl, but that didn't make a dent last night. Chainsmoking probably didn't help much either. drat sounds like you have a good job haha. I can't imagine my current company doing anything like that. When I was getting sober I got out of the hospital only for my parents to tell me that I "didn't have a problem" and my mom charged me $800/month rent when I had to move back in with her while she drank wine all day not working. Since I have removed myself from the situation I'm not bitter about it anymore but yeah I didn't have insurance at the time so I couldn't get meds until I was already like 1.5 years sober. If you need something in a pinch take Valerian root and melotonin. Don't worry about quitting the cigs, I didn't quit until I was already sober for 2 years and it's really not worth risking your sobriety over. As for AA, you don't have to like going to it just keep going everyday you can and get a sponsor. You can hate your loving sponsor just make sure you have someone to call everyday. If you need a new sponsor get a new sponsor before you stop talking to your current one. I try not to subscribe to the "one drink could ruin your life or kill you thing" personally because I don't think it's really that true. But I do believe that one drink will lead to 100 more because for me it always does and every-time that eventually I'll wind up hanging out with people that carry guns and sell drugs lol. Not real recovery advice but one thing that helped with me getting sober was just leaning into the crazy withdrawal feelings I was having. Don't know if I would advise this but I kind of enjoyed being batshit insane for a few months. Some of it was a bit out of pocket though. I was applying to jobs at the time and I called a recruiter that was being lovely to me a "mop pushing failure". That's the kind of champion insane behavior that you can only get sober for real. (I regret nothing gently caress him)
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Elmnt80 posted:Oh right, I've been forgetting to ask this for like 3 months. Is there a handy (cheap or free) program for laying out 12v wiring diagrams? I want to try laying out a diagram for future wiring fuckery. StormDrain posted:I'm wondering too, I usually just draw on paper but it's hard when I'm just figuring things out and making mistakes. Check out Fritzing. https://fritzing.org/ It used to be free, but it looks like they're asking for 8 euros now. It's designed for hobbyist PCB and breadboard layout, but it feels like it'd be really easy to adapt to larger wiring diagrams.
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May 27, 2021 15:04
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Darchangel posted:Would it have made a mess if you had stood it up on end to go through the doorway? Done that with a number of couches, for example. Your average couch doesnt weigh 120kg either. This thing is freaking HEAVY! Plus they dont like going anything but horizontal due to the axis alignments going out the whazoo if you tweak the main backbone
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May 27, 2021 15:08
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Humphreys posted:Was playing Carmageddon: Reincarnation about an hour ago. It's very nice but gosh it's difficult. At least they sprung for the Fear Factory licencing. It is probably one of the best remakes of a classic game I've ever played. The driving physics are great, the destruction is wonderfully detailed and there are some great updated versions of the classic maps. Make sure you're playing the updated Max Damage version, it has better performance and more content.
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Humphreys posted:Was playing Carmageddon: Reincarnation about an hour ago. It's very nice but gosh it's difficult. At least they sprung for the Fear Factory licencing. What were you playing it on? I have the PS4 version and the PC one and the load times are crazy long on both.
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May 27, 2021 15:14
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Advent Horizon posted:Anybody else have an ‘I feel like a beer but don’t want alcohol’ drink? Kombucha is a fairly good substitute for me and also makes my digestion better. canned polar selzer, you get the nice pop top feeling and it's more exciting than regular water I still drink beers and such but it's good for when I know I shouldn't have one/another.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:canned polar selzer, you get the nice pop top feeling and it's more exciting than regular water That's what I do too. Satisfies me with bubbles but no sugar, alcohol, or caffeine. STR good to see you back.
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I go through so much LaCroix it’s a bit disgusting. Seltzer water got me to kick my soda habit tho which is nice
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polar is like 400x better than lacroix keep on keepin on STR
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Darchangel posted:Wife just went in for gall bladder removal Been there done that, loving suuuuuucks. Best of luck to you both.
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Darchangel posted:poo poo. I’ve caught up all my bookmarked threads. Now what? YouTube, I guess. RIP your data plan. I would have been a terrible husband and suggested she wear an “I want you to rearrange my guts” shirt to the appointment. Hope she gets out soon.
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There’s a Carmageddon remake?! Hoooooly poo poo, yesssss. Now please tell me there will be a Midtown Madness remake and I’ll be so hosed sitting in front of my sim.
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Advent Horizon posted:RIP your data plan. Thanks, y’all. Nah, plenty of data, and also guest WiFi. I didn’t even think of the shirt. She’s in recovery and loopy as heck on the anesthesia. Doc came out after the surgery a no not only talked about the procedure and how it went, but we now have “turning Japanese” pictures of her innards.
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For something hoppy with a seltzer pop look up Hop water. Lagunitas sells some in bottles, if you're the homebrewing type its really easy to just add some hops to water with a little lemon juice and carbonate it. Super refreshing with 0% alcohol. Kombucha can have alcohol, usually very little but there are some that can pack upwards of 3%.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:There’s a Carmageddon remake?! Hoooooly poo poo, yesssss. Now please tell me there will be a Midtown Madness remake and I’ll be so hosed sitting in front of my sim. Its been out for 6 years now i think! https://store.steampowered.com/app/505170/Carmageddon_Max_Damage/ Its pretty good though really really loving slow at loading levels. It came out as Carmageddon:reincarnation but seems to have been renamed as carmageddon:max damage at some point over the last couple of years?
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Middle Child took a spill when getting out of the tub last night. Slipped and caught his chin on the faucet of our soaker tub. Not a ton of blood, not too big of a gash but it was deep enough to give me concern. I have a low co-pay and the instacare was still open so I took him in. I am glad I did. No stitches needed, but they cleaned it and glued it up well. I think if we had left it he would have ended up with a nasty scar. Poor little dude was terrified he would have to get stitches, he was relieved he didn't. He didn't relax until we were physically in the parking lot walking to the car. He was certain we were going to pull some kind of switcheroo on him. I don't know why he is so untrusting of us.
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Guys... don't loving use Clearcover. They denied my hit and run claim (which is covered under UM/UIM in Texas, according to the Texas Dept of Insurance, and a lawyer I had a quick consult with). Got hung up on once, called back, sat on hold 20 minutes, got a "I'm sorry, we are closed for the day, please leave a message". Tried to buy online, but their website wouldn't take my card (it just disappeared as soon as I entered it), so I elected to have an agent call. Turns out I got one that lives right by my parents. But since I'm dealing with an agent, I have to wait for them to get everything typed up.  Already filed a complaint with the TX Dept of Insurance. Brokeback might get fixed - I'm going to start stripping the front clip down in a bit. Depends on what's bent. e: they finally called back and admitted they hosed up; they asked for photos of the damage, the VIN, and the odometer. And what shop I want it repaired at.  it ain't worth having a shop fix, it's heading to an auction.e2: called them asking about a rental. *I* have to handle that, pay full retail, and they'll reimburse me at $35/day in "4-6 weeks". You can't get a car for under $100/day here. What a bunch of assclowns. 64bit_Dophins posted:As for AA, you don't have to like going to it just keep going everyday you can and get a sponsor. You can hate your loving sponsor just make sure you have someone to call everyday. If you need a new sponsor get a new sponsor before you stop talking to your current one. I did an 8am meeting already via Zoom, it went well. Already have several people offering to sponsor. And once they go to in-person, it's a mile up the road. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 21:50 on May 27, 2021 |
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Advent Horizon posted:Anybody else have an ‘I feel like a beer but don’t want alcohol’ drink? Kombucha is a fairly good substitute for me and also makes my digestion better. Weekly 32 can slabs of Polar spicy water from CostCo for $8 has kept me sober for 973 days so far.
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I want to switch out 245/45R20 for 235/55R18 for comfort/noise/mpg reasons. 18s are standard in Europe. 20s are standard in US. Would the reduction in handling be noticeable in normal or even mountainy driving situations? Also where do you sell your wheels?
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MeruFM posted:I want to switch out 245/45R20 for 235/55R18 for comfort/noise/mpg reasons.  No. Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Ebay, OfferUp.
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Adiabatic posted:Weekly 32 can slabs of Polar spicy water from CostCo for $8 has kept me sober for 973 days so far. I realized this at the end of the wife's first pregnancy, and dawdled on it for this round, but I can keg water, and allocate a tap to just... carbonated tap water. I think she's burning through about 5 gallons in 3ish weeks. Sometimes straight, sometimes with a splash of juice, but since I have the kegerator there already, I'm saving a fortune in carbonated water! Turns out turning off the water softener, and running it through a charcoal filter is tastier than store offerings.
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I'd love a carbonated tap with a proper filter. Despite how good SF water is, a Brita filter + soda stream somehow seems to taste a bit chloriney.
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Alarbus posted:I realized this at the end of the wife's first pregnancy, and dawdled on it for this round, but I can keg water, and allocate a tap to just... carbonated tap water. I think she's burning through about 5 gallons in 3ish weeks. Sometimes straight, sometimes with a splash of juice, but since I have the kegerator there already, I'm saving a fortune in carbonated water!  My God man I need this.
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Yeah me too. Rate my quick kegerator build?
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Pretend I quoted the posts talking about a sobriety thread here, but yeah, go ahead. I 100% support AI having a place where you can lean on each other for support to keep sober.  Edit: And bump the old one or make a new one, its all good to me.
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