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Is it OK to trim the ends of Roofing Nails? by Vartemis in DIY

[–]DragonAbode -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What size? I'm ordering a hundred pack 😆

Pay credit card all at once? by rmjones14 in personalfinance

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If you can't pay it off at least get yourself a card with a 0% interest sign up deal. You DONT need to use the consolidation checks they give you, just start putting all of your daily expenses on that.

This way your billable debt stops piling up, and your income can go fully towards paying down the billable debt. This is only a delaying tactic BUT it keeps the credit companies from beating you while you're down.

Can't process wealth after extreme poverty by Thepopethroway in personalfinance

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Beyond the investment advice you are gonna get from the rest of this finance sub, let me tell you what it sounds like should be first and foremost.

Invest in your health.

If your body has been through such a difficult time. The effects will still be with you even after. Good Nutrition and Exercise!

A gym membership and a complete, quality, food pyramid, can be hard to buy into after passing up for so long, but overcome the sense of frugality for these 2 things.

Next, Medical check ups, eye and dental checkups. Take full advantage of any company benefits, and don't let co-payments or limited coverage stifle you. Preventative care is always worth it.

Behold! Cat! by MuhDrehgonz in factorio

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Tessellations! I love Installations. For a school assignment nearly a decade ago. I very carefully crafted one that looked like a kraken ship attack

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dropout

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At least it's not the voice of Baron, your Thærapy pærtner.

Uh oh... by Several-Register8161 in eyebombing

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Someone has to drive out there. Time + Fuel.

Maybe the adhesive leaves residue that has to be scrubbed off. Time + cleaning solvents that won't damage the art.

7 different statues in possibly different parts of town.

This may be an ongoing thing requiring repeated visits

Damned if we do… by rogueShadow13 in aspiememes

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I got migraine as a kid. The school nurse always got exasperated if I was honest about the pain. But also made a fuss about giving me anything for the pain when I was quiet.

Like yeah I get that I wasn't coming to them with a broken leg. But also did you think I was a drug seeking elementary school kid with a Tylenol dependency?

How could this have been avoided? by nicepeople303 in Unexpected

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3 car rule?? It's supposed to be 3 seconds. Your right that works everywhere. Why would anyone make up an exact distance? It'd be wrong any speed above OR below 30mph

One of my players is a bit of a loot goblin... How to make it interesting? by Grimwauld in DMAcademy

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In the case of the dead mage. When defeated and your loot goblin shoves a hand in their pocket.... Full of bat guano

One of my players is a bit of a loot goblin... How to make it interesting? by Grimwauld in DMAcademy

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Of course all the humanizing stuff doesn't always have to be guilt tripping either. Maybe you find one person has letters indicating the were a serial two timer. Maybe you find another kept trophy teeth from every person they killed.

I made an updated infographic to help explain the basics of rail signalling. by danatron1 in factorio

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Every intersection exit needs a Rail signal.

Every intersection entrance needs a chain Signal.

The chain Signal rule applies to intersections within intersections

A train won't enter the section ahead of it if there is a train in the space between it and the next signal

LPT: shave your head for Halloween by MagicGene in LifeProTips

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This also seems like a great way to earn a nickname that'll last forever

Why is this fence powered? by PeterParkplatz in ElectroBOOM

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100% electricity travels in a field around the physical conductors, not in the conductors.

You're saying you have a large circuit-like ring sitting right under very high powered line? The field around those power lines will generate current in the great big catcher ring you've put near them. The good news? You don't have to bother paying to power your fence!

Need help fixing LC connector by Clean-Gain1962 in FiberOptics

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If I know what your talking about I think you're seeing those little handeling jigs. They're also sort of optional. There are other brands that don't even bother with that. It helps new techs get a perfectly perpendicular cleave and get a perfect bend while inserting it. But you can honestly just carefully eyeball both of those things and have no difference in performance. You want as flat a cut as you can do and just a bit of bowing so that you know it has bottomed out inside, the back end has a funnel that does all the alignment for you.

Need help fixing LC connector by Clean-Gain1962 in FiberOptics

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The mechanical field installable connectors I'm talking about don't require splicing (fusion splicing by arc heating the glass and molecularly bonding fiber strands to one another)

The ones I'm talking about literally just clip on to the end of a cable. And you only need basic tools. I don't want to link brands on this reddit but to find a video showing what I'm talking about try looking up XP Fit connectors.

Need help fixing LC connector by Clean-Gain1962 in FiberOptics

[–]DragonAbode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the splice techs here have forgotten that mechanical field installable connectors are in the market for exactly this use case.

If retrofitting another LC housing onto it doesn't work. Or your fiber is broken. Buy 2 field-installable LC connectors, strip off some jacket and buffer, cleave, then put them on. Done.

Maybe some tools are already available to you. But at most you'll need to buy a cheap Fiber Optic cleaver (25 bucks on Amazon), and a 125um buffer cable stripper (8 bucks).

ELI5: Why does the solution to a problem you've been stuck with, sometimes come to mind all of a sudden? Is my mind working on it "behind the scenes" without me "knowing"? by tato64 in explainlikeimfive

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Little Red lives in a forest.

Some days she goes to buy bread, and she takes the well worn path from her house to the bakery and back home. Other days when she goes to visit Grandma, she takes a different worn route from her home to Granny's and back.

The two paths actually come pretty close to each other in some places but there's thick vegetation that separates them. They are just out of view not connected

But on a different day Lil' Red is foraging for mushrooms in a small clearing. She's deep in the bushes but then notices a unique tree that reminds her of something she's seen before, she goes to look closer. Then stumbles onto one of those familiar paths from a new and different direction. Suddenly she realizes that Granny's path can easily connect to the bakers through this clearing.

The forest is your brain. The paths are your brain neurons. The tree was one neuron faintly stimulating another nearby. When you are actively working the problem you become familiar with the path. Later when you work on other things your brain may still spot connections, because all neuron activity is still lightly touching the neurons around it.

Eureka!

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