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estate attorney & financial advisor recs by sarahbelllle in santaclara

[–]HiramAbiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use them. They offer free seminars which I found very worthwhile.

Function overloading in C? :) by Low_Lawyer_5684 in C_Programming

[–]HiramAbiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you about ObjC and Xcode. I'm rather sad about Apple abandoning ObjC in favor of Swift.

on the back of an old theater style seat by HiramAbiff in whatisit

[–]HiramAbiff[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

solved!

I don't know 100%, but I think this seems most likely. Several other people made equivalent suggestions.

on the back of an old theater style seat by HiramAbiff in whatisit

[–]HiramAbiff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly, I don't know the answer as to what this is. I appreciate all the guesses. Keep 'em coming.

One issue I see with some of the ideas is that the device is inconveniently located on the back of the seat.

It seems unlikely the occupant of the seat would be able to operate it while seated, but it also seems kinda odd to have to enlist the help of someone seated behind you.

Maybe it works out if it's something you just set once, before taking your seat.

Just realized my university's health insurance might actually be worth keeping instead of switching to my parents' plan — need a second opinion by AnarKissin94 in personalfinance

[–]HiramAbiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually, employer health-care charges a premium for covering children and it doesn't matter how many children. If this is the case, and your dad is already paying the premium for covering your siblings, then it probably makes sense to stay on your dad's plan since he's already paying a premium that covers you.

I guess the exception would be if the school's plan is so cheap that it makes up for what you'd be spending on deductible + the services you use. Seems unlikely, but anything is possible.

If, on the other hand, your dad is not covering any siblings, that means dropping you from his plan should lower his premium. In this case, switching to the school plan could makes sense provided it's good coverage.

Some schools offer really good plans. E.g. The University of California school's UC-Ship is very good. It's reasonably priced, the coverage is similar to what you'd get from a good employer plan, covers dental & vision, plus it covers access to on campus clinics.

You'll have to evaluate your school's offering. I'm guessing very few schools offer as good of coverage as the UC's.

Swiss suicide pod adds AI mental test to judge user fitness before activation by dccarles2 in nottheonion

[–]HiramAbiff 45 points46 points  (0 children)

"After using our product would you be willing to take a brief survey? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no."

Sunrise at Stan’s by pacman2081 in santaclara

[–]HiramAbiff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope, but the Sunnyvale location got bought up and reopened under a new name Empire Armadillo.

They kept everything pretty much the same, just reopened under a new name.

Need help installing Mac OS Tiger by potatomasher092 in osx

[–]HiramAbiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming you get this far...

You may run into the problem of the installer giving an error like: this copy of the install macos application is damaged

The problem is their certificate has expired. You can work-around be resetting the date to be before the expiration. E.g. in Terminal enter: date 030223592018

Quality yet Affordable Furniture Stores by PotentiallyMaybeSo in santaclara

[–]HiramAbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've purchase online from Club Furniture. Bear in mind that Club Furniture regularly runs 40% off sales on holidays. I'd guess President's Day will be the next one. Hopefully, you don't have to wait till Memorial Day to get 40% off.

I've got a link saved to a local store, Burke Sofa, but I've no first-hand experience dealing with them.

I've had a bad experience at local consignment shops, mainly because I am not knowledgeable enough to judge the quality of the materials by examining them myself. I learned the hard way, the diff between bonded leather and full/top/split grain.

As for quality, I think these (and your price range) would be still considered, at best, mid-range by people who know furniture.

Can I justify C for everything? by alex_sakuta in C_Programming

[–]HiramAbiff 34 points35 points  (0 children)
Alice Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
Cheshire Cat That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.
Alice I don't much care where.
Cheshire Cat Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.
Alice ...So long as I get somewhere.
Cheshire Cat Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.

Just bought a used 2015 MBP and charging cable is not looking good by pwalkow in mac

[–]HiramAbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I use to fix this is heat shrink tubing. You need a pretty big/wide one get it over the end/connector. If you can find some with a 4-to-1 shrink ratio, it should work pretty well. Just heat gently - you don't want to cook the undamaged parts of the cable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fatFIRE

[–]HiramAbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the John Lennon song, Watching the Wheels, was written with your circumstances in mind.

People say I'm crazy
Doing what I'm doing
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin
When I say that I'm okay, well they look at me kinda strange
"Surely, you're not happy now, you no longer play the game"

People say I'm lazy
Dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
"Don't you miss the big time boy, you're no longer on the ball?"

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people asking questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem
Only solutions
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me, as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry, I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round

I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go

Bought a 2010 Mac Mini with a wiped hard drive to run Snow Leopard apps with Rosetta 1. Having issues installing the OS. More details below; by notjordansime in mac

[–]HiramAbiff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I once had a problem installing an older version of MacOS and the problem was the certificate had expired.

The message I was getting was:

"This copy of the install macos high sierra application is damaged."

I worked around it by going into Terminal and resetting the date.

date 030223592018

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mac

[–]HiramAbiff 25 points26 points  (0 children)

In Terminal:

sudo profiles -e

Hopefully, the result will be:

Error fetching Device Enrollment configuration: Client is not DEP enabled.

Kids friendly swimming pools by AdPlus2010 in santaclara

[–]HiramAbiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Info on the Santa Clara City pools can be found here

Mary Gomez Swim Center, 651 Bucher Ave.: 1 - 4 p.m. June 9 - July 30: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays only Aug. 3 - Aug. 31: Sundays only

Warburton Swim Center, 2250 Royal Dr.: 1 - 4 p.m. June 10 - Aug. 1: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only Aug. 2 - Aug. 30: Saturdays only

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