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  • So if he loses control of his car and is heading at a tree, he can shoot the tree in self defense.

  • Nerf guns

    Video games. Specifically I've started playing very retro games and emulating games from my childhood.

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  • That's not the point they're making at all.

    The point is when a website password breeds needs to be changed, then it won't conform to the system anymore. Now you need to make a new system, or remember this particular exception.

    I had a system with a number in it. Any time a password change was needed then I would add 1 to the number. I might have to try two or the times to get the password right if I've changed it for the third time.

  • Everyone can draw that. The money is in drawing really well.

  • You're in the picture. You are seen.

  • You're missing out on the Oral-B brushing experience.

  • That's not the point they're making.

    As you add more issues, then the Venn diagram of overlap of all the issues gets smaller and smaller. It doesn't matter if you think this is an obvious objective truth. What matters is what other people think, because you won't have much of a "movement" without other people who agree and join you.

  • "Buttucks"

  • It's a strength check. It takes the might of Thor to squeeze the plug enough, in a tight space, at an odd angle, behind the computer.

  • For anyone who might find this useful:

    Kodi is great for normalising volume and I try to use Kodi for Plex and YouTube on the TV:

    Try adjusting the Volume to about -20 dB and the Volume Amplification to +30 dB. The latter will compress the audio as it increases volume to avoid peaks, and will effectively "flatten" the volume contour a bit. Adjust the values to your taste.

    The other thing that has really helped is having a good Bluetooth speaker. If the kids are playing and being noisy in the room while I'm trying to watch TV, then sound is much clearer if the speaker is right next to me rather than trying to turn up the volume to drown out other noises.

  • Thanks for the tip, but this is more of a work problem than an organisational skills problem. There's no reason that 1 or 2 of those roles can't be made into regular scheduled activities permanently. The problem is my coworkers like the chaos for their own reasons and vote for this system. The solution I'm left with is waiting to drop a role and focus my energy elsewhere.

  • 20 min actually inside. Was appealing a visa rejection and the judge (+lawyer from the other side) couldn't see why things went this way; decided in my favour and wrapped up.

    Also spent half a day just outside the court, waiting to be called as a witness. Then got told they don't need me and that the other witnesses gave them all the info they needed.

  • My work calendar is a nightmare and I've given up trying to manage it. Now I don't know what I'm doing for the day till I see my calendar that morning. A lot of the time I just don't show up to meetings (and don't decline or RSVP them). Sometimes I show up to shifts when someone else is covering.

    I've got a bunch of roles at work:

    1st role is scheduled 6 months at a time, so there's some predictability there.

    2nd role's work is scheduled 6 weeks at a time.

    3rd role is scheduled about 8 weeks at a time.

    4th role is changing day to day with urgent meetings scheduled in by the secretary or seniors (which can even be later the same day).

    Other ad-hoc stuff keeps getting thrown in.

    Annual leave needs to be booked 6 weeks in advance.

    This doesn't even cover the things I'm trying to balance or make time for at home.

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  • I'll just die, thanks.

  • I've come from browsing "all"....and this is awesome!

  • People have vastly varying thresholds for what is acceptable here.

    Also, this is one of those issues where it is far easier to make a case for "hygiene and cleanliness" and far harder to accept the opposite. So it acts kinda like a ratchet mechanism (easy to turn one way, difficult to bring it back the other way).

  • Electric cars are a lot like petrol cars. Less noisy and more acceleration; but in day to day driving, there isn't a world is difference in the driving experience and absolutely no difference in the passenger experience.

  • PSP has such a great games library and emulates so well on phones. I owned a PSP back in the day and played it constantly, but still I feel like I'm getting so much out of the games I didn't play back then.

    Try China Town Wars. It's disappointing that top down games like that don't get made more often.