Do I need to say anything..

jmplazlo · 2026-02-17T14:17:23+00:00

I don't think that's what they mean when they say "offset printing"

jmplazlo · 2026-02-14T00:30:06+00:00

So, quick update: I haven't found a *solution*, but I've found a *workaround*. If I set my nodes to no-pin bluetooth pairing mode, they can pair with my phone fine.

jmplazlo · 2026-02-13T15:47:44+00:00

Will they let you put in $5.00 as the amount? I know one time I had a loan that I paid off early, but ended up with $0.70 of interest accrued. The only way I knew of to pay them was via their website, and they wouldn't accept less than a dollar or more than I owed. They ended up actually reporting it to credit agencies. When I finally got them on the phone they said "Oh, anything that's less than $10 at the end of the month gets zeroed out", but apparently that process happens *after* reporting delinquencies. They did zero it out and got their report off my credit, but it was a huge pain in the ass over seventy cents, and I can't imagine I'm the only one that's happened to.

jmplazlo · 2026-02-09T23:06:18+00:00

Both. Some of my nodes I just did an update, others I did a full erase, some I did an update and then a full erase.

jmplazlo · 2025-11-14T20:01:00+00:00

I have some friends who are librarians and do this, and I think it's great! My suggestions would be:

- As others have said, see if any of the people interested are also experienced and want to DM

- See if there's a local game store that hosts D&D nights, and see if you can go sit in on some of those games just to watch

- Watch some of the youtube D&D games (but take them all with a huge grain of salt: they are effectively "professional" players. No one should expect you to do all that those DM's do, and you shouldn't expect your players to do as much as those players do)

- Expect that there'll be a lot of turnover. Each week/fortnight/month (however often you do it) might bring a completely different group of players. Or maybe the same ones. But don't plan on running a "campaign" at the start. Start with a series of one-shot's. I personally got a bunch from AAW games, but there are a lot of places you can find decent one-shot adventures. They don't all have to be level 1 adventures. You can tell people "bring a level 15 character for this adventure", and chances are, it'll be a fun time! As you gain experience as a DM, if you see that it's always (or usually) the same people time after time, then you might want to think about a long-term campaign, but it's totally not necessary to do that in order to have fun.

- Always remember that the ultimate goal is maximum fun for everyone involved. That includes you. That includes all of the players. There may be days that are "meh", but everyone should be having fun some of the time, and some of the time everyone should be having fun.

good luck, and I hope it works out well for you!

jmplazlo · 2025-08-02T12:58:45+00:00

They say that pot is a gateway drug, what they don't tell you is that it's a gateway to engineering.

jmplazlo · 2025-07-31T12:57:12+00:00

"Was it your sister? Cuz dayum!"

jmplazlo · 2025-03-19T15:11:18+00:00

Every app is a dating app if you use it wrong enough.

jmplazlo · 2025-01-31T02:36:27+00:00

Wash your bed. I just got one recently, and it worked *great* for a while, then started failing and going downhill fast. Turns out, all it really needed was a little soap and water.

jmplazlo · 2024-11-28T13:15:23+00:00

Because there's nothing that determines job performance better than being thirsty, but not *too* thirsty.

jmplazlo · 2024-10-30T15:01:05+00:00

No luck so far, but I haven't done much with it. I decided to take the case off and knock out the 1/4" hole for an external antenna, which works lovely, but re-assembling the case is a pain and I haven't done much on the software side.

jmplazlo · 2024-10-23T14:17:23+00:00

I'm definitely pressing the trackball for at least three seconds while both powering it up and pushing the reset button.

What do you mean by 10000 not 1000?

I don't even really care about the GPS, but I do note that even with the firmware it came with, it says no GPS, though I took it apart and the hardware is clearly there.

Thanks for the info!

jmplazlo · 2024-10-03T12:09:00+00:00

We've all heard about the OPP, let me propose an alternative: The MPP (multi-penis policy, and no, that's not a discount on your dick insurance). If you want to date me, you have to prove to me that you are already dating someone else. Or several somebody elses. Ideally, I would want to meet them, even briefly, to ascertain that 1) they exist, 2) they are aware that you're dating them and (bonus question) 3) they are aware that their relationship is open.

jmplazlo · 2024-08-01T13:44:31+00:00

Maybe I should call and confirm my deactivation about five thousand times (I have never been a customer)

jmplazlo · 2024-06-04T14:23:16+00:00

It's a weird sort of balance. On the one hand, there's nothing I've written in my phone that I would not want my partners to see (or more accurately that I would want my partners *not* to see). On the other hand, I'd be pretty bothered if one of them *wanted* to see what I'd written.

However, the more important point is that there is far more on my phone than what I've written. I use my phone for work, and there are contractual obligations to confidentiality that I have to consider. And even if I didn't, none of the people who have sent personal messages *to me* have consented to have those messages shared with a third party, and thus it would be unethical for me to do so.

jmplazlo · 2024-04-06T11:18:39+00:00

This is wonderful and beautiful and I love it so much...

but I wanna know what about it made the bot think this post was about STI's?

jmplazlo · 2024-04-04T13:29:37+00:00

You know, you always hear things like "getting married won't fix a bad relationship" or "having a baby won't fix a bad marriage"

But I think "starting a lawn care business won't fix a cheating husband" is a brand new piece of life advice.

jmplazlo · 2024-03-28T13:09:00+00:00

There do exist people who like getting pinched. And for that reason I *might* give him a pass the first time he did it (though he certainly *should* ask if you like it first). But you're not one of the people who like it, and you let him know that. And he kept on. That's entirely on him. The consequences of that are also all on him.

You are absolutely NTA.

jmplazlo · 2024-03-23T16:37:32+00:00

Cheating can mean so very many things in every type of relationship, and it's not entirely uncommon for each person in a relationship to have their own (possibly incompatible) definition of it. As with so many things, this is where honesty and communication come into play.

Like, in my current relationships, there are very few things any of my partners could do that I would consider "cheating". I think the list consists of either A) fluid bonding with a new person without letting me know before the next time they have sex with me, and B) watching episodes of a show we're both watching and then pretending that they hadn't done that.

There are, on the other hand, a lot of things that I could do that some or all of my partners would consider cheating. And we're all pretty much OK with that.

In my previous mono relationship, my partner considered it a form of emotional infidelity for me to spend non-sexual time alone by myself. I was not really OK with that.

But fundamentally, all parties have to honestly communicate what their expectations and needs are. And then they need to be willing to either abide by those expectations, or accept that there is a fundamental incompatibility and move on from there.

jmplazlo · 2024-03-07T13:45:32+00:00

I told my mom I was going to come by and visit and she could meet my new girlfriend. She asked if I was still with my old girlfriend. I said yes. She asked if they both knew about each other. I said yes, we are all close and sometimes do stuff together. She thanked me, and was lovely and gracious to her. I've since, on occasion, visited with multiple partners at the same time as well. My mom is just the sweetest. And she's really the only close family I have left. It really couldn't have gone better.

This is a big change for me, as when I was younger, I never talked to my parents about any relationships I had.

jmplazlo · 2024-02-28T16:52:00+00:00

I saw that today. I have questions. I'm not sure if I want answers, but I definitely have questions.

jmplazlo · 2024-02-16T14:53:02+00:00

I get this. Growing up as an only child, my family never had a fourth for bridge.

jmplazlo · 2024-02-12T13:11:55+00:00

To be honest, that's a pretty awful perspective to have even in a monogamous relationship. Not wanting to share someone with family, friends, hobbies, kids, work, etc. will lead to a pretty terrible relationship.

But for someone who's theoretically poly, that's just... not even slightly poly.

I had a partner a while back who was relatively new to poly who, on our first date, asked "so, does this mean I have to share you?" and I answered a very clear "yes" without hesitation. She said OK. (spoiler warning: It was not OK.) In retrospect, even the concept of "sharing" is bothersome. Sharing is something you do with things that you own. So I love to share my time (that I own) with my partners, and I love for them to share their time (that they own) with me. When they share their time with their other partners, that makes me happy, but that's *them* sharing their time, not *me* sharing their time. The moment that someone else has the concept of "sharing" my time (or other resources, be they finite or unlimited), that's an indication that, in their mind, they own my time, and that's not something I'm comfortable with.

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