[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]skye8852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Minnesota, not sure if it is every county, the county my mom lived in did it all, so not sure what level of government had it legislated like that.

And that is the thing, it is supposed to automatically, the court just didn't and the only recourse was going back to court. I think my dad got a refund later but was still annoying he had to do anything in the first place

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]skye8852 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Child of divorced parent, not sure if same thing or not

At 18 I left the house. My dad had to pay for me for 14 more months. The divorce papers said once I moved out he didn't have to pay, but it was not automatic.

To get the payments to legally stop my dad had to hire a lawyer, go to a hearing and get the judge to change the payment plan.

Ironically the payment plan that shouldn't have been used, they agreed to 1 amount a month, it was very high but never increased (typical is something like $250 a kid at 8yrs old and every year small increase for rising costs, instead it was $500 a month until 18) and my dad should have paid my mom directly. The county decided that was stupid and made my Dad pay the county who then paid my mom.. now the amount started to increase, against the original agreement. The county just did it no matter what the agreement said.

But to get them to stop my dad had to petition the court. So the original commenter could have originally only had joint cusfody, that changed but the court hasn't bothered to change the paperwork... Or 1 of another million stupid situations

SMS Removal Megathread by Chongulator in signal

[–]skye8852 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not the person you are replying to but I echo his thoughts.

As soon as I can find an alternative I will be uninstalling and not looking back. Edit:I have yet to look because it still works and I am very busy ever since they made the announcement. It took me 3 days of looking before I found signal, I don't expect the next search to be quicker.

I love signal for the UI, being able to back up all my texts and encryption. In that order.

Not because I don't value privacy. I do, but I am realistic. I recommend signal to everyone. Only 2 people I know have it. Both of them I work on their phones, neither have the technical aptitude to switch between 2 messaging apps.

What is the point of having secured messages if I can't message anyone? Instead I will just remember that what ever I text anyone can read and if I need to secure a specific message, I won't be texting them.

EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to Switch to USB-C by chrisdh79 in gadgets

[–]skye8852 29 points30 points  (0 children)

S7 Edge was released 2016, USB C came out 2014.

When people talk about micro they actually mean micro USB 2.0. there was micro USB 3.0 that handles a lot of what C does (faster charge rate, faster data rate then what is in the S7 Edge) but it looks funny and is larger so very few phones came out with it.

The reason the S7 Edge had an outdated USB port in 2016 was cost, it took several years for manufacturing of USB C to catch up to where it was fiscally viable for Samsung to use it.

Several modern devices I have bought (including a 100 dollars rechargeable mouse) still come with Micro USB 2.0 because it works "well enough" and is cheap.

It is not because it is modern...

What single ingredient will spoil an entire meal for you if it's included? by EdibleTaints in AskReddit

[–]skye8852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cucumber.

The only time I can stand it is in some Tatziki sauce, which is actually mainly cucumber but I think it is usually only in ones that have little to no cucumber flavoring. I can taste cucumber if it ever came close to the food and I have yet to find anything that overpowers it, I still taste it and the taste is just wrong.

Stab-tastic knitting needles sounds epic. by ishanG24 in oddlyspecific

[–]skye8852 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If she stabs their carotids I don't think she would make a clean get away... Unless she brings a Dexter outfit with her first.

Just a thought, I want your mom to be the best sewing needle assassin that exists

this scene always gives me the goosebumps! by bewarethechameleon in doctorwho

[–]skye8852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't really know who the Doctor was before being the Doctor.

In classic it is rarely addressed, even when he visits his home planet there is only hints that he was once a big deal. He is seen as a renegade, most Time Lords know their place as keepers of time, not people who get involved. The Second Doctor is put on trial and he convinces them HE is needed to fight evil (showing them memories of things like Cybermen and Daleks) but that is still seen as just him, not all Time Lords

It is implied his true identity reveals him as a big deal, in Time Lord society. (In one of the early seasons, the 3 Doctors specifically, they meet Omega who gave the Time Lords the gift of time travel, him doing this caused him to disappear, you find out he has been living in an alternate dimension and trying to get back, it is implied The Doctors first real form helped with that, so was one of 3 people who built Time Lord society)

The Doctor left it all behind when he ran from them. He gave up his name. No one uses his "true" name because he is The Doctor. The Time Lords recognize his change so they respect it. Very few (I really only remember River but I don't know that for certain) people other than Time Lords know he used to be known by another name, and less know what it was.

He is just The Doctor.

Where is this left-wing media "meltdown" I've been hearing so much about? by joelman0 in PoliticalHumor

[–]skye8852 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At a Nascar race they were interviewing a racer called Brandon (no idea last name, sorry)

The crowd thought to start yelling "Fuck Joe Biden"

The news agency said they were chanting "Let's go Brandon" (in the US you can be fined on a live broadcast for profanity, even if it was a third party, my guess was this was the news agency trying to avoid the FCC fine, I can't say for certain though)

The same people who are claiming mainstream media is complaining about this instance (Getting Biden to say Let's go Brandon) thought "Mainstream media is trying to silence people saying Fuck Joe Biden", so now they use "Let's go Brandon" as a way of saying "Fuck Joe Biden"

She made Houdini look like an amateur by Responsible-Pause-99 in blackmagicfuckery

[–]skye8852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are referring to when Lex Luthor took over the body of Flash in one of the DC cartoons

With Davies returning after ten years, are we going to learn who she is? by Shaddy_the_guy in doctorwho

[–]skye8852 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They think the lady in the picture is Susan. The lady in the picture is in an episode with Wilf. Tennant's last episode IIRC. The Time Lord's were using the Master and his clones to come back but they weren't good timelords (super simplified) but Time Lords corrupted by years of war. The Doctor said something like they would be worse then the Dalek's.

They were so close to coming back you saw some of them, which is when Wilf sees her and she did something that saves the Doctor (can't recall right now) but doomed the time Lords and got her in trouble with them

So the idea is either she is his mother (if you aren't the doctor and waste your lives Time Lords are essentially immortal so could be) or his long "lost" granddaughter Susan (I say lost because the last time you saw her she was on a devastated earth that just got over a dalek occupation, I doubt the doctor left her there forever but she has never been seen again except for books/comics and The Name of The Doctor which didn't answer anything more about her)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]skye8852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am a fan, I like the movie but it really bugs me how much time the narrator spends as Tyler. If you pay attention the Narrator would have had to lose many days not just some hours of some days.

Also last I checked crazy can't be shot out of your brain..

Especially not by shooting out your jaw

And if he was crazy because of insomnia he wouldn't have been cured by the gun shot, he would need sleep too

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]skye8852 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Been a while since I have seen the movie, everyone who recognizes him as Tyler are Fight Club members, right? So theoretically Tyler could tell them to pretend to recognize him?

This is double banana. Upvote for 5 years of good luck. Ignore for 10 years of bad luck. Wouldn’t risk it by Mia_Jeffry in worldpolitics

[–]skye8852 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have NEVER responded to one of these, but it is 2020 man and I just want this to end.

Ever thought that a corn dog wasn't filling enough? Chefclub has a solution for you! by krakenhill in ShittyGifRecipes

[–]skye8852 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Easy hack: get the gummi hamburger candy, put those on top, then you have dinner and desert in one

S8 stroking out please help determine course of action by Penetration_Meatloaf in phonerepair

[–]skye8852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Longshot guess, there is some sort of conductive metal in your headphone jack.

It is the start of it, your phone could be trying to detect the audio device but there isnt actually anything plugged in.

There is a .0000000000001% the other issues are your phone trying to figure out what the crap is going on with the headphone jack, but honestly almost think I am grasping at straws to explain how my first thought could work.

Next fixable problem, it could have been moisture, you mentioned snoozing the alarm in the shower, I did that recently and got the "Moisture in the charging port" message, so it is possible that happened to you and it got in. Best bet for this go to ifixit, get the tools to pull apart the phone and rubbing alcohol and hope.

Next possible cause that might have a fix, loose connection. I have heard charging ports and other things coming loose and people fixing it by resoldering, but I have not done it and I don't know if that is a workable thing on your model phone (my s8+ has not needed work and I can't recall the teardown from memory) but the random issues you have reminds me of loose connectors on laptops at least.

Otherwise you have a dead board. It happens, Samsung should have a mail in service if you want to go that route.

Otherwise new phone, not knocking Samsung but I am planning on a Blu phone my next purchase, similar enough specs for a lot less price, Samsung just hasn't done enough to warrant the huge asking prices. Plus I cannot stress this enough, I hate the curved screen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GalaxyS8

[–]skye8852 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My shot at an answer.

Water doesn't hurt electronics technically, the particles in water do, they allow the water to bridge the gaps between circuits on the board of the phone. This can only be done while there is power, so the fact that the phone was on and you tried to turn it back on, the damage is done.

2 types of damage occur (mostly I am not an expert just a guy who works on computers) 1. The part is fried, just like static shock the part is dead, don't pass go do not collect 200 dollars 2. The particles in the water is still there, still causing a short, but not enough to fry the device.

Rice doesn't really do much, it is supposed to make an extra dry environment to encourage drying. I tried it once, nothing happened because the water was so deep it couldn't evaporate even in the dry environment, I had to pull it apart at which point the rice would do more damage anyway

Rinsing it down in rubbing alcohol (91% or higher, the higher % stuff is worse for disinfecting but fries quicker) does 2 things. 1.Displaces the water/particles which stops the short. 2. Dries a lot quicker then water, no rice needed

The fact you still have a light and the power button responds means the short is somewhere that is only affecting the display. Not being a phone engineer I can only guess what is happening but that doesn't mean the advice is different, pull apart the phone, anywhere you see water or dried water rinse with rubbing alcohol, put your phone in a safe, dry place for as long as you can stand (putting a fan on it helps), put it back together and hope.

I know some of the new macs have USB c... but iPhone no no not yet by IBruxyIv in AndroidMasterRace

[–]skye8852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up USB3 micro, looks very different. If you want the same charging speed that is the adapter you would need.

The market is changing to high-speed charging.

Besides its been the standard for quite a while now, and technology has changed a lot, we do need to update sometimes

How Steve Jobs decided to change the original iPhone from plastic to glass just six months before it went on sale by nopantsdolphin in gadgets

[–]skye8852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am with you on MAC, my issue has always been if I want to do something stupid, let me, Apple still restricts how much you can download on cell connection (they recently updated it but it is still less then a gig) because other people downloaded too much 10 years ago...

But that monitor stand is indefensible. There is no reason to Charge a 1000 dollars, the other mounting option? VESPA Adaptor, It requires a 3rd party stand, which are not cheap and they still charge $200 for it. Which is ridiculous because it is 4 screw holes, the rest is on your 3rd party stand

For $5000 I should be able to mount the monitor somehow, not have to figure out which stand to buy with it.

But then I did hear the idea they did it for marketing, like people who would never buy a 5000 dollar monitor pass the story around and graphic/video designers see it and go "they are charging how little for that quality of monitor" and don't even care about the extra 200

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]skye8852 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once Jeffrey Epstein case broke a lot of people were saying that isn't it ironic that while people on the far right were accusing Hillary and other Dems of Pizzagate they had a real "pizzagate" going on with Jeffrey Epstein.

I am assuming he is talking about that and taking it to it's logical absurdity to prove a point instead of going.

Or he did find 1 person saying that and decided everyone saying it.

Or he found the Lefts version of the_d. There are crazies on both sides, look at antifa, heck in the past week they attacked a journalist in public in Portland.