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Solicitor dropped a business card inside my screen door and I can't get it out.
Call up, schedule an appointment, have them remove the card, and then kick them out.
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Solicitor dropped a business card inside my screen door and I can't get it out.
Call up, schedule an appointment, have them remove the card, and then kick them out.
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Netflix removes its basic tier in the US and the UK
They started to enforce the multi home rule on my account, so I cancelled my subscription. I think I had the account over 10 years. I was barely using my account anymore, so I don't miss it that much.
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HP says I should have known its £399 laptop bargain was too good to be true
I worked with HP once at an internship like 15 years ago...I still avoid them because of the shitty experience.
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Excluding the obvious ones such as politics, what topics can't you stand listening to people talk about?
Weed/drugs. You do you, but shut the fuck up about it. I don't need to know why you think it needs to be legalized and all of the "health" benefits it offers. Just smoke your weed and be happy about it.
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Looking For Something to Read
Have you checked out The Expanse series? I think it's 8 primary books, with like 4 optional novellas. Its not exactly what you're looking for, but it does deal with some of what you're interested in. It was also turned into a pretty good TV show.
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What was the time you almost died/had a close call?
I just finished working out and noticed I had a flat after like 30 seconds of driving. It was dark and I pulled over on an uneven/unfinished area of road. A passerby helped me out by holding a flashlight, we were chatting as I was working, then all of a sudden my car fell off the jack (the flat had been removed). I was so lucky I didn't crush my hand. After that I just called AAA to take care of it for me and I'll never try changing a flat again.
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Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says
We have been very lucky and fortunate to acquire the American dream. My wife and I wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of her family though. Every time I look at the housing market it's only gotten crazier.
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US Homes Face Costly Retrofits for Induction Stoves, EV Chargers | New homes in the US may not be “electrical ready” after an international standards agency excluded building electrification measures
When we redid our kitchen I demanded induction. We had a shitty electric stove before, but I love my induction. It's be hard for me to go back to anything else.
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How do I wipe a modern SSD to prevent data recovery?
I hear thermite is good at destroying things.
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HP says I should have known its £399 laptop bargain was too good to be true
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I was working on one of my users desktops (adding RAM). The machine wasn't recognizing all of it. I eventually cave and call tech support. Their solution was to not use all of the RAM slots. I called up the next day and got a competent person to replace the board, but pretty much all calls were like that.
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Frankly, I thought he did an unexpected rocket punch.
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A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up
My wife and I were lucky enough to be able to purchase a home at a decent rate and then refinance a few years later to an even better rate (around 3.5%). We bought in 2019, when the world was still somewhat sane. The thought of trying to sell and get a new home at the higher rate makes me sick to my stomach and I feel bad for my brother-in-law.
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I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video
The last straw for me was no more free returns. I cancelled my prime but it doesn't expire for a few months. A buddy of mine is doing the same. It's no longer worth it.
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What ebook reader to buy that works with selfhosted ebook library?
On the Kindle, you can email yourself e-books.
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Anybody Else Heard of Death to Smoochy (2002)?
I remember news stories when the movie came out; parents were taking their kids to the movie because they didn't understand what it was about. I thought the R rating would have been enough.
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Me, an adult pushing 40, still can't beat that section.
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Do you have trouble explaining your job to people?
I'm in DevOps, so anyone not in tech has no idea what I do/what that means. So, I end up just saying "I work in IT".
My new doctor didn't like that answer when we were making small talk and wanted a more detailed answer, so I tell him. He looks at his nurse and says: did any of that make sense?
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Come tell Tux🐧your Linux plans for next year to cheer him up
I'm planning on building a new rig for Xmas and am gonna go Linux for my desktop OS for the first time.
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Which TV has a (mostly) ad-free OS and works with a few regular apps?
Buy the tv that suits your needs and then use a streaming device: Roku, Apple TV, Raspberry Pi, any modern video game console, etc. Back in college an acquaintance worked at Hulu and confirmed that no one works on the smart tv app. This was like 15 years ago, so things may have changed but I've never enjoyed the smart tv experienced (always been super slow Ford me).
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What meal could you have forever?
I want to say Manta (Armenian dumplings), but that could be due to me only having them a few times a year. It's labor intensive and my grandmother used to make them all the time, but now I have to wait for a random church to sell them.
I might have to go with tacos as my backup. Tons of variety there.