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    The Electric Bike thread

    Got my Pace 500 several months ago, as part of my "Holy Shit I'm turning 45" get into shape Midlife Crisis. (TLDR, lost 80 lbs, health at a better place than at any point in the last 20 years.) It is interesting. . . Back when I used to bike regularly, I was always pushing how fast I could...
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    In which one discusses one's obsessions

    Books++. But considering that I work the SF/F convention circuit, I'm trying to limit myself just to authors I know. . . But I fall in the "adhd hyperfocusing on a rotation of hobbies" area of the neurodiverse spectrum. Currently my Foci are my project car and Rockhounding.
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    Can the newest macbook air be made to run windows games?

    Back in the glory daze before Apple ditched intel for the macbook air, I just would have made a bootcamp partition, and been happy. But life decided to get complicated and I have a bright, shiny, top of the line macbook air, and it doesn't even ship with the bootcamp assistant software. So a...
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    Transferring photos from iPhone to PC?

    Mine does the same thing. Something odd in how the iphone security works with large file transfers.
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    Buying a car is the worst

    My local Toyota dealership is great. Next time I'm looking for a new vehicle, I'll go there. OTOH, I'm a Gambler now, so I've been buying vehicles from auctions and private sales. . . bought 4 in 3 years. :) https://www.gambler500.com/
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    So, my doctor prescribed some drugs...

    These days, if I go in for something that could be painful, I have to bring my doc (or assistant) up to speed on my perception of pain. As in, pain doesn't particularly bother me. So if I tell my doc I don't want him sending me home with opiates, I want him to hear and grok what I'm saying. I...
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    Security Camera Questions

    Amazon cloudcams can be viewed from a browser. I have 4 up at my grandparents house. They're also quite reliable, with minimal fuss in the 2 years they've been up.
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    California fires check-in - everyone OK?

    *cough* COUGH *CoUgH* cough *cOuGh*
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    Yup! That's Eustice! I found 'er when she were freshly 'atched! Affectionate little thing. Always givin' people 'ugs. Doesn't know 'er own strength! 'cause unsurprisingly I am a MEGANERD. But I get free tickets to the Fantastic Beasts movies, and free admission to most HP themed events. Fun...
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    The Illusion of a body

    And resincasting is a much better use of it than nailpolish. People really shouldn't be using UVC to cure nailpolish.
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    The Illusion of a body

    If you receive daily Tinkerbell pics, then yes, yes you are.
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    The Illusion of a body

    Tested over 100 rolls they give a standard distribution of results. If not, they get sanded a bit, then rolled 100 times again. My dice making friend charges waaaay too little for her bespoke dice sets. Amusingly, the d20 for Seanan had a bit too much dye in the resin, and didn't fully cure...
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    Well, Toby is in his 30s, so he could call them himself, if he so desired. Photo of me with his GF taken a couple years ago at the Portland Harry Potter Society Yule Ball:
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    The Illusion of a body

    Photos of the finished Equine Polyhedrons won't go up until the respective parties receive their Ponydice.
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    A friend of mine is dating the baby!
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    The Illusion of a body

    I recently found out that two of my good friends, and a certain famous mutual acquaintance are all Gen1 MLP fans. Said Mutual Acquaintance requested Dice sets to console her on the day of the Hugo awards, whilst she was out doing swamp-witch things. As I have a friend who makes bespoke resin...
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    Apple will battle COVID-19 by designing and making millions of medical face shields

    Apple doing this isn't a real story. The real story are the tiny little hobbyist companies doing it. For example, a local Nerf Modding company has turned its 30+ Prusa 3d printer farm to 100% face shield making. Likewise Foamblast another Nerf Modding company. A company with a tens of billion...
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    Cybertruck?

    I mean. . . there are multiple videos about how badly Tesla Shorters are getting spanked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvThvfUR8z0 is an example.
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    Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - Spoiler filled discussion thread

    Live action, yes. However Temple guardians in Rebels had yellow sabers, so they were already cannon. Funny thing: My best friend and I decided to coordinate our sabers and outfits to go to our showing. I was wearing a recreation of the exact outfit Luke was wearing as a force ghost, with a...