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Re: Yesterday... ANTS cut mah inter webs! - 7 months ago

QuoteRgrF Seems someone your ISP has an extraordinary interest in what you do - so what is it you do? Nothing more than what anyone else would do. They are in competition with Cox cable, billing themselves as better: "Tired of your internet provider? Yeah, we thought so..." is actually on their billboards around town. I work at a medical research institution as a staff member in

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Re: Yesterday... ANTS cut mah inter webs! - 7 months ago

QuoteNewtonMP2100 ....what did the uncles do.....???? Stood by and did NOTHING!!!

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Re: Yesterday... ANTS cut mah inter webs! - 7 months ago

Yeah. Damn ants! I know how you feel. They got into the outside AC unit one year and necessitated a service call. Now that I know what to look for hopefully I'll remember next time. Maybe.

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Yesterday... ANTS cut mah inter webs! - 7 months ago

My internet service went down, for the first time in at least 8 months. I waited a few hours, as things happen sometimes and it might come back up, when I was surprised to get a phone call from the company providing internet asking me what was going on, as they hadn't seen any traffic from us. I told them that the service was down; it might come back up and I was waiting a bit before calling them

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Re: Not looking hopeful for missing Indonesian Navy sub - 7 months ago

Quoteraz QuoteRAMd®d It'd take some nerve, but I think one could safely make a buoyant ascent from that depth, especially with something like a Steinke hood. Maybe. It's been a while since my SCUBA days, but assuming the sub's interior is at 1 atmosphere, then the ascent should not require a safety stop. Basically, it's like coming up from a free dive. No? If I remember right (and it’

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Re: help me refinish this nearly 100 year old light fixture - 7 months ago

Quotemattkime QuotePaul F. Electrolysis only works on conductive metals. Works best on ferrous ones. The rust will "de plate" to the other piece of metal you hang in the bath from the other jumper cable (I forgot to add that part... I can never remember if your workpiece is the red wire or the black wire... the one with bubbles coming off it should be your lamp, the crap will collect on

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Re: Once again, the 2015 MBP locked up .... - 7 months ago

Quotekj Man, if there is a program that works for you on windows, I would just buy a cheap windows laptop...It's not THAT bad. My wife has had similar problems (using MATLAB, etc.) with mass overheating, etc. with 3 different Macs. Like you, she just puts up with it. Maybe the M1 will take care of those problems, but who knows if the software will be available for it? Good luck though. I tr

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Re: Once again, the 2015 MBP locked up .... - 7 months ago

Quotespace-time ... and there is NO save and restart without just dumping the work that has been done and restarting it all over again. This isn't a 15-minute job, but something that takes days to weeks to get it done,... Can you please clarify this part??? I start by having Bookends search for duplicates It compiles the list, asking me what I want done with what it finds: (a) delete them,

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Re: Once again, the 2015 MBP locked up .... - 7 months ago

QuoteC(-)ris The crash log points to a graphics card issue, but it could be that it overheated in your bag and crashed. It isn’t a great idea to put a frozen laptop in your bag, if it can’t go to sleep because it is frozen it is going to roast. As far as your software issue....I’m guessing without knowing how the software works but it seems like a resource utilization issue. Either

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Re: Once again, the 2015 MBP locked up .... - 7 months ago

1. The software is Bookends. It is a reference manager. It allows me to put a PDF of a scientific paper into the computer, and be able to search the "database" and group the hits according to the search words. I started with Reference Manager for Mac, which dropped the Mac and went Windows only; then went to EndNote with a manual system of folders and physical paper articles; then to Se

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Once again, the 2015 MBP locked up .... - 7 months ago

.. and I got tired of waiting and closed the lid to bring it home ...and it rebooted IN THE BAG, and so I lost the work I had done. A little information is in order: I had started with one reference manager software; they dropped the Mac. I went to another one in grad school (expensive but I didn't have to pay for it) but it didn't do what I needed, and subsequently went to one that did. I pa

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Re: Reaction to Second COVID shot? - 7 months ago

Achey tired with a bit of a headache, muzzy head the day of, with arm soreness. Still bruised at the shot location; low back pain started 7 days out, and at 10 days it still bothers me. I haven’t done anything that would aggravate it, so either it’s a coincidence or a side effect. Otherwise I’m doing well.

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Re: Prime member? 12W USB Power Adapter for iPhone, iPad (2-Pack) $14 - 7 months ago

Quotejonny Link doesn’t work without downloading an app. It did for me. Sold out. Using 15" 2015 MBPro using 10.14.6 (MoJave).

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Re: Warning: Cuteness alert!! - 7 months ago

QuoteSpeedy X 2

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Re: any good books on dealing with aging parents? - 7 months ago

QuoteLemon Drop QuoteGGD A related topic to consider. I don't know how many children they have, but it would be good if one child could assist them with tracking their medical conditions and finances. Possibly even going to doctor appointments with them and understanding their conditions, and treatments, and make sure that they're following up. And understand what medicine they're supposed to

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Re: Passwords, don't do what I did - 8 months ago

Quotetestcase I expected you to report that you put ALL of your passwords into a "Password Vault" app and then forgot the "Master" password thereby locking you completely out of your "digital life". No, that would be my mom. I know her master password, and as long as it doesn’t get changed, she won’t be completely locked out. With her memory issues, though,

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Re: Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines 90% effective - 8 months ago

I got the first Pfizer shot two weeks ago (as of tomorrow) with the followup one scheduled Tuesday next week. My significant other is scheduled Wednesday afternoon for the J&J. Mine is through work, snd his is what he was able to find statewide. About two weeks ago, the state opened Stage 3 folks for vaccinations, and now, before the essential people that comprise Stage 3 here are able to fi

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Re: NPR: "It 'Might Take Weeks' To Free Ship Stuck In Suez Canal" - 8 months ago

Quotespace-time does anyone have an image showing a cross section to see what shape it is under the water and how deep it goes? Generic images: https://forshipbuilding.com/ship-types/container-ship/ As you can see they are not flat on the bottom, with a protruding keel that runs the length of the ship. Stats on this particular ship (from the Wikipedia article): Ever Given is one of

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Re: Apple Watch to measure Mother's heart rate - 8 months ago

Apple's Watch4 also does heart rate monitoring, if you can find one.

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Re: Dump Truck vs Mini Cooper - 8 months ago

Quoteztirffritz Reminds me of this story from a few years ago That's a rather large blind spot; I've nearly been that driver (edit: of the car) a time or two.

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Re: Dump Truck vs Mini Cooper - 8 months ago

First off, I drive a Mini, a 2-door hatch; his name is Oliver (yes, I named the car: deal with it). The truck driver had to have hit her in her driver's back quarter panel, spinning the car into the path of the truck. She was very lucky this didn't end badly for her. He SHOULD have been able to see her, as this apparently was a ramp leading to another highway and it also appears that he was ch

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Re: How do I "trim" chromed steel? - 8 months ago

I was going to say put it in a vise and hit it with a grinding wheel on the Dremel. I like Buzz’s method better, for sheer simplicity if nothing else. Otherwise I will have to find the vise, the Dremel, it’s attachments ... and it makes a lot of noise and will make sparks too. Eh, toss up there. Diana

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Re: Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show renewed for second season - 8 months ago

QuoteNewtonMP2100 ....spending all your time complaining about all the stuff you hate [ like an old person 'get off my lawn' ].....IMHO is not time well spent.......you could use that same time to enjoy the things you like, rather than using it up [ wasting it ] complaining about everything 'wrong in the world'......

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Re: Just got my first COVID shot! - 8 months ago

They opened up for my group, and within the week work was saying they would hold a shot clinic for employees. They previously were authorized to do patients of their clinics/studies. Got mine yesterday. My arm is a little sore but less than last night. A little brain fog, but much like I would have had with an allergy shot.

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Re: Ever briefly find yourself in the shadow of a passing airplane? Pretty rare event - yes? Not for me... - 8 months ago

When I was a kid Dad worked at Lockheed Marietta. I remember the C5s screaming overhead either in takeoff or landing; I held my hands over my ears they were SO loud. A couple of years later the Marietta facility closed down, and we were off to a new place. A sheet metal mechanic goes where the work takes him. A plane passing overhead was no big deal. Quotecyclemax I worked on the roof of a bu

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Re: Do you go to the restroom by yourself? - 8 months ago

QuotergG Quotegraylocks Quotemattkime >Do you go to the restroom by yourself? I have a 2 year old and a five year old - what do you think? oh, in that case I'd have to include my late doggie. My two previous kitties were my “potty pals.” Current kitty, not so much. Lol Just don’t close the door. That guarantees a visit at my house. And yes, I take my phone with me wherever I

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Re: Need opinions - are these two different photos of the same person? - 8 months ago

Same person or closely related. If I take a photo of my dad and my brother at about the same age (fortunately we do have one of Dad) they appear to be the same person; also, some thought my brother and I were twins, even though there is a year between us. Diana

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Re: Happy birthday, Albert Einstein! - 8 months ago

**oops. Already posted (multiple times). Maybe I should read before posting ... nah! Diana

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Re: The hygienist recommended a 'waterpic' for me. Any experienced users here? - 8 months ago

I have a waterpik waterflosser I use on a daily basis after breakfast and before I brush my teeth. I do between the teeth and along the gum lines. It came with a bunch of attachments to change the nozzle type as needed; about every two years or so it “dies” as in it no longer will pump the cleaning solution. As the device costs more than $60, I checked online and sure enough the company sells

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Re: Any real milk switchers do it for digestive matters? - 8 months ago

Quotemrbigstuff Diana, wow, thanks for that informative piece, esp as it relates to goat milk (which I've tried but wouldn't sub in my cappuccino, probably!). No, goat milk definitely has a taste to it quite different from cow milk. I'm not a fan of it in my coffee, but it does well if you were to mix it with other things that can soften that taste, such as parmesan cheese. I find it does well

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