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Re: bitwarden: interesting password manager, open source, free and premium plans. - 4 months ago

Quotespace-time How do you sync between devices? Admittedly not as smooth as it would be using a cloud-based, single file with all of my passwords, but to me it is much safer: Ciphsafe keeps its data in a password-protected file, and I use Ciphsafe on just 2 computers: one at work and one at home. Each computer has two Ciphsafe files, labelled Work and Home. Periodically I copy the current H

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Re: bitwarden: interesting password manager, open source, free and premium plans. - 4 months ago

I'm not brave enough to have my passwords stored on some company's server. I use the free CiphSafe. It works at least through 10.12.6, which is my newest OS.

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Re: Person's genealogy interest & DNA test results in murder convictions - 4 months ago

There is some question as to the ethics in the methodology used in some of these "use DNA evidence to find a suspect" cases. IIRC, a case in CA involved law officers submitting a crime scene DNA sample in the name of a fictitious person, looking for a matching "relative" in the genealogy site's vast archive of users. "Looking for my long lost cousin, uncle, whatever"

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Re: This dirt cheap dual monitor stand is making my life so much easier! - 5 months ago

So what brand of Coffee Lite do you drink that requires an aquarium stone to hold it down?

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Re: From the Risk vs Consequence Dept... - 5 months ago

I also have not had a professional cut since late March. And wifey's been up North since early June. I have used my razor on the short hairs on the back of my neck. I'm mostly bald on top, so its just the sides and back that grows. The sides look a bit shaggy, but in a good way. The back is just about long enough for me to relive my hippie days. Just need to find a suitable hair tie.

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Re: The Debate - 5 months ago

I watched only the first ten minutes or so, and couldn't continue. I so wish Biden would speak in complete sentences and finish the point he intended to make. IMO, that alone would show he is so much more appropriate and competent to hold the office.

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Re: Could the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett actually lead to more votes for Joe? - 5 months ago

QuoteWags Suppose there were many one-issue conservative religious voters, that issue being abortion, and after Barrett is on the court they no longer have a reason to rationalize support for tRump? By definition, the "one-issue conservative religious voters" have no other metric by which they measure 45's suitability to remain president, and on this one issue he satisfied their wish.

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Re: [FOLLOWUP] Shark Rocket Pro Dirt Engage Cordless stick vacuum (was Vacuums--Anybody using a Dyson V8, V10, or V11? Miele HX1) - 5 months ago

Any idea how well it would work on cat/dog fur on carpet?

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Re: It's Friday? Friday Funnies - 5 months ago

A man buys a parrot and brings him home. But the parrot starts insulting him and gets really nasty, so the man picks up the parrot and tosses him into the freezer to teach him a lesson. He hears the bird squawking for a few minutes, but all of a sudden the parrot is quiet. The man opens the freezer door, the parrot walks out, looks up at him and says, "I apologize for offending you, and I hu

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Re: Take a look at this picture and tell me your first thoughts - 5 months ago

Repurposed 1990s hard drive case?

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Re: What attracts lizards? (welcome to my Monday) - 5 months ago

The ones around here eat cockroaches, sorry, palmetto bugs. Their carcasses are easy to dispose of: after they die they just slowly dessicate to tough skin and bones.

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Re: '63 Aston Martin DB5 update - 5 months ago

Unless that DB5 has the optional hub cap tire slicers, its a nonstarter for me.

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Re: Because there are so many Matt Taibbai admirers hereabouts... - 6 months ago

Quotedeckeda If he turned it around any after that, I wouldn’t know. Why read more? He didn't: towards the end he wrote "The Democratic Party has no message — literally none — apart from him." Biden, Harris, and whole lot of others have a message that Taibbai doesn't acknowledge.

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Re: What part of the US is the reading every vowel letter combination from? - 6 months ago

Perhaps the south, where vowel sounds are sometimes drawn out. And sometimes a vowel is added: "One, Two, Tha-ree."

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Re: Charge your phone in 12 parsecs - 6 months ago

"Charge your phone in 12 parsecs" That device can charge every phone this side of Trappist-1?

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Re: computer shuts off - 6 months ago

You've probably already checked, but is the power cable plugged in securely at both ends? Years ago, that was the cause of random shut downs of a friend's 6500. Yes, a friend's, I never owned one.

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Re: What Was the OCR Software for this Old Xerox Scanner Called? - 6 months ago

Not sure if this will help, but Macintoshgarden.org has Textbridge Pro with this description: Using Xerox’s latest document recognition technology, DocuRT, TextBridge Pro is the first and only OCR software that can...

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Re: Monday Boredom Poll: "As Seen On TV" ?? - 6 months ago

Flex-Seal. It works. 'Nuf said.

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Re: GOP Convention - 12 speakers... - 6 months ago

QuoteLemon Drop That thread where Lemon Drop sounded like a Tim Scott fan. I did have some wine last night but not that much. Everyone has an oops moment. It does not diminish in any way my admiration for your thoughtful contributions and humane outlook on the many issues you address here. I forgive you completely.

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Re: GOP Convention - 12 speakers... - 6 months ago

Scott wouldn't be at any federal level today were it not for Nikki Haley appointing him Senator to replace retiring Jim DeMint in 2012. His main support is from Evangelical Christians. He supports off-shore oil drilling, which is mostly unpopular with the people along the SC coast, and receives campaign funding from oil and gas interests. He has spoken "truth to power" at least 3

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Re: GOP Convention - 12 speakers... - 6 months ago

QuoteLemon Drop There's one person on that panel I do admire and it's Senator Tim Scott. Certainly don't agree with all of his policy positions, but he's a man of character an integrity, self-made, the real deal. The rest of that...pass. I disagree. He and I exchanged emails after his very vocal support of Betsy DeVos for Sec of Education. In part, he wrote: "...she believes that

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Re: Indoor cat people: litter box situation - 6 months ago

I have two low tech, "standard size" cat boxes with shields similar to this. The shield blocks most of the flicked litter from leaving the box. For ease of changing, I have found that the boxes will fit into compactor trash bags loosely and the bags will lie mostly flat to line the bottom of the box, thus providing enough room for the litter, and also allow the shield to fit on top.

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Re: Biker Babe - 6 months ago

Good for her. Which roads in TN allow safe travel at 80mph?

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Re: I got my flu shot today- Beat the tsunami get yours now - 6 months ago

My Dr is holding off scheduling flu shots until mid September based on a CDC recommendation:

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Re: Biden = Bland, and that may be good. - 6 months ago

QuoteLemon Drop So have we settled on Kamala as heir apparent? Works for me. Biden and his team settled on KH as heir apparent. Works for me too.

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Re: there is a big but(t)?!.....reminder that toilet bleach tablets are not good..... - 6 months ago

QuoteMichael N-OS X-tasy! linked this in the MR Forum Confessions thread about 15 down: Please note that they say to use the 8100 or 8200 series if you have a septic tank. The 8200 series has cultures to help maintain a septic system. Our plumber told us that just pooping will provide everything needed to maintain a septic system, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to add more stuff to the stuff.

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Re: drove all night?!....Walmart offering free 'drive-in' movie theaters at 160 stores..... - 6 months ago

Radiating out from my location ("Closest" - Show More) indicates that every single location in the US is sold out.

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Re: there is a but(t)?!.....reminder that toilet bleach tablets are not good..... - 6 months ago

Doesn't someone make an elongated tablet that suspends inside the overfill tube? That way water flowing into the bowl will get treated each time the bowl fills, without the rubber seals in the tank being constantly exposed to bleach.

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Re: wow - 6 months ago

QuoteRacer X We had an air raid siren on top of the water tower across the street from my elementary school. Every Wednesday at noon, they set off the whole network throughout Seattle as a system test. Firedome Hemi engines powered the massive sirens. Back in the early 1960s, my town's weekly tests emanated from the fire station's sirens at noon on Saturdays, thus also signaling closing ti

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Re: Target In STore: Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer Gel Pump - 33.8 fl oz YMMV $4.99-6.49 - 6 months ago

"Recommended Skin Type: Combination" Not sure if it work for me? I have only one type of skin...

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