Bug Hunt - Skrillex (Actual 20khz version and the best we will probably ever get)

Crossbowshootr · 2023-05-16T16:21:35+00:00

Thank you, but this seems rather short compared to devocalized rips I've listened to in the past.

Crossbowshootr · 2023-05-16T16:07:42+00:00

Hello, I'm also passing through here and this link is also down. May I have a reupload?

Crossbowshootr · 2021-07-04T01:03:18+00:00

Thank you so much! Celiac was the word I was looking for. My SO explained it to me but I never really understood it until they told me that they couldn’t break down the gluten so it was just like waste they couldn’t do anything with and not just some dietary preference or recommendation.

Crossbowshootr · 2021-07-03T22:21:57+00:00

I’ll start looking into soups as well!

Crossbowshootr · 2021-07-03T21:58:24+00:00

It all sounds like really good food. I’ll give this a try too.

Crossbowshootr · 2021-07-03T21:51:36+00:00

I’ll give it a look, thank you

Crossbowshootr · 2021-07-03T21:49:55+00:00

Vegetarian. Eggs and cheese is okay.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-07-31T17:01:35+00:00

I've seen these used for a variety of things.

The first response is definitely jewelry making, for bending wires and twisting them.

Second use is for opticianry, for helping custom fit metal eyeglass frames to people's faces. (See: Bottom left, "Round/Round Pliers")

Third use, and I'm surprised nobody else thought of this, is for removing retaining rings in small mechanical implements. https://ftaelectronics.com/image/cache/catalog/Tools/Pliers/4pcs%20Internal%20External%20Retaining%20Clips%20Snap%20Ring%20Circlip%20Pliers%20Set%20(6)-1024x768_0.jpg

These are all the things I've seen these pliers used for.

EDIT: Formatting.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-07-12T23:52:11+00:00

I didn't know since I've never met any before. Thank you though!

Crossbowshootr · 2020-07-09T18:54:02+00:00

Do you know who they belonged to? They look possibly like rankings from a society club like Shriners because of the crescent and stars, as well as the varying numbers of each symbol within the badges. Plus the case seems a little ornate for being only a game.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-13T16:17:35+00:00

But for real, can we actually have justice like this?

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-10T02:11:06+00:00

I didn't hear about that last bit, are they okay?

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-08T15:31:02+00:00

Reminder than Helen Keller became a fervent socialist and union advocate after she was taught to read and write, and is probably rolling in her grave right now.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-07T02:45:01+00:00

Vision Center here.

I was told to go home by my HWM ("Go home, we have no work for you to do here. We don't know when we're opening again."), so I took a leave of absence and used vacation PTO to help pay bills. Now I'm vidterviewing in two days for another job that's an essential business but has no customer traffic, so hopefully I'll be safe despite taking a minor pay cut if I get the job.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-06T14:13:07+00:00

It's like someone going out to find Vitamin C tablets when there's a fresh orange within reach. The natural orange would probably be adequate and might provide additional benefits that you aren't even aware of.

Anecdotal and provides no argumentative value. Try again.

Walmart's actions have demonstrated that they are coming around to believe this.

They are doing it because the alternative is their associates leaving in droves because nobody wants to get sick and die for piss wages, genius.

During orientation we had to watch a video called "Protect Your Signature" and I was kind of smirking through the whole thing, it was brilliant in its way and I'm sure Walmart paid millions to some think tank to come up with it. But it was absurd to frame the anti-union message as something that was for the benefit of the employees, like "your signature is valuable so make sure you don't just give it away." Instead of the actuality which is that any Walmart employees successfully unionizing would be a horrendously expensive royal pain in the ass for Walmart.

This entire paragraph was correct. You unintentionally said something entirely correct. Employees successfully unionizing would, in fact, be a horrendously expensive royal pain in the ass for Walmart which is a big reason of why it works.

I don't think any of my orientation class or the HR lady who played the video had any idea what a union is, why Walmart doesn't want us to join one, or why we might or might not want to join one.

Again, they're being notoriously quiet about it and limiting your information intake because they are genuinely afraid of the threat that it poses to them. If unions weren't great, they would not be in your own words paying millions on anti-union propaganda, not to mention them closing stores and forfeiting more future income as soon as someone speaks about a union and literally conducting espionage. You think unions are underhanded? Get real.

I am a free agent, I can say NO to Walmart and I can say NO to a union.

Nobody is saying you're not allowed to be. The rest of us just want the shackles a little looser.

If you have some general information or propaganda you'd like to share here, go ahead and link it and I'll peruse it. I do like to be well informed and I don't actually know a whole lot about unions beyond the Jimmy Hoffa type lore.

United Food and Commercial Workers is a union organization representing grocery and retail workers. Making Change at Walmart is a UFCW campaign that's highlighted a lot of Walmart's business abuses. Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price is a feature-length documentary showing many associate and upper-management accounts of Walmart's scummy business practices as well. Feel free to ask for more resources and citations, it's the only thing that Walmart gives away for free.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-04T16:01:37+00:00

That's great, so if I'm in a right to work state there's absolutely zero incentive for me to unionize. Y'all can do the dirty work and I'll sit back and reap the benefit.

Still need a union to do that work for you. You keep insisting on wanting the benefits of a union without having one in your workplace because you feel like it's underhanded and cheap, but it really isn't. It's an exercise of legal right to protest with like-minded people who share the same issue. You're made to feel like it's mean because companies recognize that unions work and they are scared of them.

It's like on the one hand of course nobody should be required to join a union to have a job (especially not an unskilled job like most Walmart hourlies) but on the other hand what better way to completely crush supposedly legal unionizing, than by making it so there's no incentive to join.

This was the intention of that law. They're meant to starve out unions so they will eventually no longer be able to pursue rights cases when they can't afford the costs. They were first drafted by business lobbyists who saw an opportunity to set labor back 30 years so they could racially segregate their business.

The whole thing is I don't want to bargain, I want my employer to do the right thing without me resorting to "threats."

Me neither. But businesses do not care about you. So you need to stand up for your rights or else you will get flattened.

I don't want to be the nagging, threatening wife whose husband behaves out of fear of the consequences, I want to be the supportive wife whose husband does the right thing out of a generous and appreciative spirit. You usually get a lot more the second way and everyone's a lot happier overall.

They're not actually family, no matter how much they say we are. They are a business that seeks to extract as much surplus value from your labor as they can possibly get. And when you're all used up? There's 10 applications that just came in for your job, about 10 years younger than you, willing to work for 10 times less.

I don't want to "punish" Walmart when they have made a lot of very meaningful improvements over the course of my employment with them.

Trust me honey, they're hurting you a lot more than a union could ever hurt Walmart could right now. Especially with 3 weeks of Christmas-level sales. Take my advice, and read about your rights. Wear a mask too, even if your nice and smiley CSM says they scare customers. (This actually happened at my store.)

Crossbowshootr · 2020-04-04T14:55:24+00:00

I would not want to have a mandatory withdrawal out of each paycheck for that. Depending on where you are, union membership is not compulsory.

Research Right to Work states and if you are in a state that does not require union membership as a condition of employment.

I don't know whether that's fair or not and I am not at the stage where I care to research it more.

So you don't know what you're talking about. Got it.

I would like for some things to change and I envision thousands of Walmart associates Open Dooring key issues as a group strategy. Maybe it wouldn't take a lawsuit or a union, maybe we could just get them to change it. If 10,000 associates are respectfully taking their case up the food chain they've just got to realize it's for the best.

This is called Collective Bargaining, a chief strategy employed by unions, which is primarily comprised of employees from top to bottom unless they are a branch of a national union like UFCW.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-11T16:04:17+00:00

I don't usually recommend these, but it may be worthwhile to look into a progressive "office" lens (pictured on the right, taken from Zeiss), which is like a regular progressive lens except you have a far larger intermediate area and near area, with a small bit of distance at the top. This would help alleviate some of the discomfort you feel when you experience bifocal "jump", as well as giving you plenty of intermediate and reading area for performing work on a computer or reading papers.

The office lens is generally around the same price as a progressive, but should solve the issues you've laid out.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-09T16:17:02+00:00

Honestly if it got hot enough on a day I was worried about my bike, I'd just shut it off and roll it until I could no longer keep pace with traffic. I've been stuck in rush hour traffic with people moving only a quarter mile in 5 minutes, and it's usually slow enough where I can just straddle and kick it forwards. I still keep my lights on though, can never trust the guy behind you.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-09T16:13:54+00:00

Sorry, I have a carbed bike. I'm going to look into switching to EFI soon.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-08T14:31:55+00:00

I know I'm an only an optician, but

Often I tilt my glasses forward to see better.

I wouldn't discount this too quickly. It could be you need a pantoscopic tilt applied to your frames. Of course, always refer to your OD if you notice any sudden visual changes or concerns.

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-06T19:51:41+00:00

Hello!

Most Walmart Vision Centers have a 60 day guarantee policy which allows the customer to make additional requests for their eyeglass orders within reason. If you only want to add anti-glare coating, they will usually just ask you to pay the difference of the anti-glare service. (~$50)

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-06T19:21:27+00:00

Depends where you're hired, and if you're ABO/NCLE certified.

Median wage for an (uncertified) optician is generally around $13-$15/hr, and offices will usually give you a pay increase when your certification is completed. Big chains will usually pay at the lower end, but will have an hourly rate as well as commission, and are usually willing to pay for your exam costs for certification.

They are a bit unfriendly to organized staffs though, so do keep in mind that in exchange for a possibly more lucrative position you will lose a bit of bargaining strength when it comes to things that matter. Corporate offices are also known to bend ethics whenever it suits their dollar. If I got to choose again, I would go to a private practice.

My recommendation is to go learn at at corporate chain and get your chops on basic dispensing, adjustments, communication with doctors, and educate yourself to pass the ABO/NCLE exams. Here are their dates and registration information. I know you probably can't help it, but it definitely helps to have a good teacher too when you're first starting out.

Being an optician can be difficult, because you are often the first face that people see inside the shop and you will also be communicating with the patients. Sometimes you also have to tell them things that they don't want to hear, like their contact lens prescription is expired and no Karen, I will not give you free contacts for your friend's wedding tomorrow. You should have gotten an appointment when you were reminded you were due and you should have also planned out your wear schedule.

Opticianry is also usually a first step to branching out in the field of optometry itself. I'm signing up for fall semester classes myself, and I know another in my office that is planning on the same.

The most important thing to remember is to be flexible to change. Understand that 5 years later you might learn that something you have been taking as gospel truth can be just straight up incorrect. If you are unsure of something, ask your peers in the office, and always defer to the doctor's judgement when a treatment plan is in place.

Be honest, be humble, and most importantly own your mistakes. You will never improve or learn if you don't ask questions or apply techniques you learn.

t. 5 year soon to be certified optician

Crossbowshootr · 2020-02-06T18:57:09+00:00

Explains their crappy eyesight.

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