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    On becoming an electrician

    They probably do like it slightly better than their employees falling off the roof though.
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    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    I would guess there are production facilities that will make whatever to your specifications so that you don't have to directly deal with regulations/facilities etc? Pricier I also assume, but might be an easier way to get started once you've proven out your concept at a small level (could...
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    FOH Shower Thoughts

    Also Norway:
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Is your grip ok? You don't really lift with your arms:
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I'm probably the worst person to give diet/exercise advice since I've never actually managed to keep weight off (although I haven't actually gained any in like 25 years either, well, other than gaining short-term losses back). But I know I do better when I eat keto and lift weights (no source...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I do, I think I was there a couple of years ago! I'm assuming it's the Pinball Museum? Never really liked pinball that much, but getting to play some of the old mechanical arcades was great. Not my pics, but I may try to dig up some later.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Yeah, that feels like Canadian pricing. My fuzzy memories from kid years tells me that most games were 50-60 back through NES days, except for some RPGs which justified 70-80 since they (potentially) had much more playtime.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    There are still good ones, but it's very location-based.
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    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    There's trying to get value for your money, and there's struggling to afford food. If you're literally struggling to afford food, you shouldn't be buying steak at all. If you can't afford bulk rice/beans/eggs at Costco, then you're just gonna starve because it's hard to eat for less money than...
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    Home Improvement

    As dream purchases go, a gravel pit with some big rocks seems pretty attainable. You probably don't even need a real lottery. A good scratcher oughta do it.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    The Mandela Effect

    Took a few wrong turns while driving through Arkansas, in the summer, in the middle of the night, a few years ago. Ended up on a dirt road that looked like it had swamp/marsh about 3in below road level. Can confirm that bugs still exist in size and quantities that can make you think you've...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    It sounds like you mean supplements that might help a bit instead of actual T? In one of Huberman's videos, he recommended Tongkat Ali and Fadogia Agrestis. Seemed to help my mood and motivation a bit, not a dramatic difference though.
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    Desktop Computers

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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Tbh, I don't notice what thread I'm in much of the time since conversations almost always end up back at the same few root causes. To get back on topic, I'll actually agree with Mist for once: True indies are really the solution to almost all issues in gaming. Tiny teams can make whatever...
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Do as he says, not as he does?
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Of course not every failed company is because of DEI. I mean, it probably doesn't help, but most companies are able to fail entirely on their own. I just don't mind if everything thinks it is. The more people that think DEI is a death sentence for a company, the less of it we'll have. (I...
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    If you're trying to argue that it's bad that people think DEI is bad, you're doing a shitty job of it.
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    So people are starting to believe that DEI causes companies to fail?
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    Health Problems

    Do you use or did you do any research on hcg? I've considered having my levels checked, but I don't like the idea of losing natural function. I know hgc can help that, but it doesn't seem like it would be great long term.
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    Life extension- let’s play EQ1 and keep socking into 2100

    Supplements are easier though, and that's worth something. While I agree that the right amount of the right foods will always be better, that's making perfect the enemy of good. The real question should be, "all else being equal, is taking this beneficial?"
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The boobs, the face, the body, the gender, or the entire picture? The world is a more complicated place now.
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    We probably do need a dedicated cyberpunk dystopia thread!
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Someone must have had a rough first day in kindergarten Definitely harder than these
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    There probably isn't one (other than maybe an uncle Ted cabin). Some of the practical issues can probably be avoided by going with commercial versions of stuff though. My roku rage googling reminded me that there are digital signage screens that probably more like tv sized monitors. Not sure...
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    BB.com Misc Refugee Thread

    It may take you a few more days:
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    The Matrix (1999)

    It didn't occur to me at the time of course, but once I heard they had gone tranny, the "residual self image" scene was obviously there to plant some seeds. God only knows what the script looked like in it's original form, but the version we got was subtle enough to slip past everyone's defenses.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The fucking worst was when your shitty ramp's cinderblock moved :(
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Can't wait until my refrigerator and car can be similarly bricked.
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I have one of their shitty tvs, and I hooked it up last week for the first time in god knows how long. I got a "agree to our new TOS or you can never use your TV again" popup. So they'll never get another cent from me, but to make it even worse, it was impossible to push the agree button...
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    Calling out FOH Historians

    FnF is different. Were you the pink one?
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    RL Picture Thread

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    Calling out FOH Historians

    since 99 if you count noows, or maybe even earlier? was it (or something else) around for UO?
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    <makes notes> "not a team player..."
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    Dating

    Randomly hitting on any coworker with a pulse? Very bad. General advice to never date a coworker is shit though. Where else can you spend as much time together with someone before dating them? All of the things people bitch about with online dating mostly vanish if you can get to know the...
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Once people started with the custom ui's, you could trim away a ton of those unnecessary pixels! (not my ui, though I had something similar but less terrible) A little side-heavy, but sometimes the bottom gets full!
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I didn't really play much DS. Did the games actually benefit from 2 screens in a way that wouldn't have been just as good on a single, bigger screen? (other than the folding) edit: Not to say that there aren't good uses for other screens. In the EQ days, MQ2 was great to have on a separate...