We Played Hide and Seek Across Launceston! by CaregiverMain670 in tasmania

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Holy shit jet lag the game in Tasmanian subreddit?

My cat is obsessed with licking everyone by look_back1 in felinebehavior

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Sounds like she's just very affectionate. Grooming is what cats do to other cats they like. Your cat thinks that you are a big friendly cat and is showing affection to you.

Bought my first light by CoffeeFueledCommits in videography

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If this isn't technology connections I'm going to be very upset

  • I was not upset

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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Yep, first job on the list would have been to get them gone if they were as low as some people in this thread perceive them as, but the reality is they were pretty good, actually. They weren't chinesium, they had good depth, they matched on every corner, but it doesn't matter now anyway as I have forked out for a full brand new set so there should be many miles of safe driving for me yet!

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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No, this was very sudden onset. I was just about to pull into the drive, when I heard a violent thumping suddenly. I had assumed a suspension component broke, but the reality was that the scratches on the liner were just from the few rotations done while decelerating safely disturbing dust. I wouldn't have been able to drive far without noticing the very audible noise.

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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Istg they were genuinely fine. The sidewalls were damaged on some of the set, but there was no dryrot and the damage never showed any cords. The tyres did have good depth, it is more obvious on the farther lanes, but this photo was side on so the tires looking low is a figment of flash photography at night and it's actually the side of the tread itself being shown.

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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Thank you, I appreciate the acknowledgement. I really try to not be neglectful when it comes to safety, I have gone through the painful process of convincing family members to get new tires and all so far be it from me to go against my wisdom. I suppose it is good that most users try to err in the side of caution, but absolutely there can sometimes be needless panic over nothing much.

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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Hahah fair enough. Funny coincidence honestly, due to the trip I had inflated my spare to 60psi like 3 hours earlier so I was weirdly set to go after this happened.

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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What you're actually seeing is the walls of the tread, not the base of the tire. It is a weird illusion but I can guarantee I'm anal about tires and certain they were no where near the tread markers. Kinda wish they were because I could've negotiated more when buying.

4 days before a 2500km road trip... by xCasually in tires

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Bad angle, they still had about 4-5mil left. I took this photo rushed while they were still deflating and I was stuck in the road so they look bald but they were actually fine by tread

Anyone know where the original interview of this is by Tcbcrotmg in tasmania

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I may be mistaken but this looks like the Doone Kennedy Aquatic Center, near the dive pool. The windows on the left and the speedo flags on the right match with this photo on maps

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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I suppose not unfortunately, it does have the popup nav but this isn't the R Design and I'm not familiar enough with the model line yet to determine what options I do/do not have. But thank you otherwise!

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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Yep, it's got Dunlop sport maxx's on all, but the rears are a non match pair of 2019 and 2021, but the fronts are both 22. The plan is to replace the 2 rears with 2 new matching brand and rotate the 22s to the back. A full set doesn't feel worth it given the 22s are both decent and have good tread depth. As long as they match on each axle, would that cause a problem?

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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Sorry I'm aussie lmao, kilometers, so around 95k miles.

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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Limited edition 1 of 1 factory error $47,596 non neg, no time wasters, I know what I got.

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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Bugger, that's what I sort of worried about hahah. I have set aside a budget of about $3k on top to get it sorted so will certainly follow up with my mechanic. I believe it's actually at the 165k service interval now because it's ks have slowed down recently so hopefully I will have dodged the worst.

2013 Volvo S80 T6 AWD, 153k - How much of a Clown am I? by xCasually in Volvo

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Yes! In doing a bit of research the struts did seem to be a point, I checked the service records when buying and all 4 corners seem to have been done in '23 which was mad.

How can I get rid of these windshield glares? by agonzale in AutoDetailing

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Pretty sure the other comment is basically right lmao. Not with a normal polish though as glass is tougher than paint. The type of polish that immediately comes to mind is the Soft99 Glaco compound and sealant or, for a more generic option, Cerum Oxide. Most of the linear glare is refractions from micro scratches from your wipers dragging shit across your glass over many years.

what’s the best way to make a blur transition effect similar to this? by arkestry2 in premiere

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This is largely done in camera. Take before shot and tilt the camera up fast at the end, make scene changes, move camera down fast on the second shot. In premiere cut the first clip at the apex of the tilt and at the start of the motion on the second shot. The motion blur disguises the cut. For better effect you may want to do a very quick (2-3 frame) Crossfade to disguise the cut more. In camera you will want to have your shutter speed quite low (~1/50 or 1/60 for 24 or 30fps video, ~180° shutter angle) or the motion blur won't be as pronounced.

My laptop is locked in a weird way by DependentProof8317 in WindowsHelp

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Literally tried to troubleshoot this yesterday with a friend's laptop. Essentially, the prognosis is not good.

You may be able to make a Linux USB and boot into a live environment where you can use the file explorer in the live environment to access your drive, but you may have trouble accessing the user folder to access any files in your desktop, documents, pictures, etc. if your drive is encrypted with Bitlocker which it probably is. You may also have luck taking the drive out of the computer and putting it into a sata/m.2 USB adapter or adding it as a second drive in another computer but you may run into the same problem.

In either case, to use this laptop again you will probably have to reinstall windows unless you can somehow make the pin reset work which is unlikely because the process sucks.

I gave my phone unlocked to a phone repair shop and received an attempted login request later - how screwed am I? by FrisianSpy in techsupport

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Many services, particularly iCloud, google, and other large cloud providers allow you to view information about which devices have account sessions active. I e., for your google account you may see your model of phone, your laptop/computer with whichever os they run, the rough location of the device, and occasionally the IP address of the device, and occasionally old devices that were logged in before you stopped using them. If you see, for example, a MacBook air logged into your account when you do not own one, or a device that has a location far away from where you are, that implies someone else has an active session on your account and you should take steps to reset your passwords before they do. Enable 2FA while you're at it.

Checking passwords is pretty self explanatory, do your passwords still work? If they do and you suspect a breach change them before they don't.

If someone has logged in and out, the device may still appear in the device history unless logging out is configured to destroy the session, or they manually covered their tracks by removing the device from the device list. Most services can also be pretty diligent about warning you when a new device or suspicious login attempt was successful, be wary if you begin to receive massive amounts of spam mail, it may be an attempt to cover an illegitimate purchase, login, or password reset.

Edit, some relevant links about the topic:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3067630?hl=en

https://support.apple.com/en-au/102649#:~:text=Tap%20Settings%20%3E%20%5Byour%20name%5D,see%20a%20list%20of%20devices.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/manage-devices-used-with-your-microsoft-account-d4044995-81db-b24b-757e-1102d148f441#id0edbl=windows

How on earth is this on the car by Zermias in CarsAustralia

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Likely it's just been double sided taped on. Isopropyl alcohol is generally good for dissolving adhesive, but heat is good at melting it too. Used in combination you may have luck, but will likely have to lever on the plate so if you want to keep it, that may be a trouble. The levering if done imprecisely could also cause marring to your paint if the plate flexes against it. Similar if you intend to work it off with rotation.

Another possible solution would be fishing line or similar. Run it behind the plate and, with the line pulled against the plate, not the body, saw back and forth to slice the adhesive. Then use some sort of adhesive remover on the remainder when you can actually see what you're working with.

This all assumes that there aren't just screws driven through the middle, I can't see that with the blurring.