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  • edited March 2011
    I dunno, then. I'd agree with you, I think; it always smacks of either immaturity or social awkwardness to not diversify your friendships between sexes. At least, in my experience.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • Does it strike anyone else as odd when you meet someone, guy or girl, who doesn't have many friends of the opposite sex? I have generally found such people to have juvenile senses of gender division and/or not have a very wide range of interests. As someone who has about an equal number of male and female friends, finding that someone else's friend ratio is radically skewed to one side or the other sends up a little bit of a red flag for me in terms of the content of their character. I kind of hope I am wrong to feel this way.
    Most of the women I know actually have a very high number of male friends and very few female ones, or at least did when I first met them.
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    Turn off the lightswitch?
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    potato
  • Step 1: turn off the breaker for that socket.
    Step 2: use a screwdriver to pry a small bit of the lightbulb base inward.
    Step 3: use pliers to grasp the base and rotate the pliers using the center of the socket as the pivot point.

    If step three is difficult, rotate the pliers using it's own center as the pivot point and simple peel the metal of the lightbulb base.
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    Turn off the lightswitch, then use a potato.
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    Turn off the lightswitch?
    I'm not sure which one is the correct light switch (hasn't worked since I've lived here)
    Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    potato
    No glass, literally just the metal.
  • Does anyone know how to get the metal base of a light blub that's become stuck in a socket out without killing yourself?
    Turn off the lightswitch?
    I'm not sure which one is the correct light switch (hasn't worked since I've lived here)
    No glass, literally just the metal.
    Just turn off all the breakers and follow my instructions. When you are turn the breakers back on, take this time to label them according to what they are connected to.
  • edited March 2011
    Pliers with rubber handles, just in case.
    Post edited by Nuri on
  • Rub yourself down with saltwater and use an ungrounded set of copper pliers.
  • Future Fail of Your Day Post:
    I got shocked.
    =P
  • Rub yourself down with saltwater and use an ungrounded set of copper pliers.
    This sounds the most safe...
  • Rub yourself down with saltwater and use an ungrounded set of copper pliers.
    Make sure the breakers are on before you attempt this. After all, safety first.
  • And make sure you flip every lightswitch on, to get the maximum possible illumination. Working in poorly lit conditions is hazardous.
  • edited March 2011
    I find that saliva makes an excellent lubricant for metal surfaces. You should lick it thoroughly before you begin to make the process easier.
    Post edited by Walker on
  • Also, in accordance with reflexology guidelines, placing your feet in metal (Gotta be metal.) buckets of water is a must. Don't be worried if it sloshes around and spills a bit.
  • England:Anglophile
    France:Francophile
    Japan:???
  • Japan:???
    Weeaboo.
  • Weeaboo.
    Or Japanophile, for France you can also be a ouiaboo.
  • edited March 2011
    While Weaboo was originally intended to replace wapanese it's more a generic for Japanophile these days. Though sadly the "In glorious Nippon!" kind and not the "Gentlemen, let's get trashed and go for gyudon!" kind.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • "Gentlemen, let's get trashed and go for _______!"
    These people are good people in my experience.
  • edited March 2011
    HTML5 Video Tag + Bittorrent back-end == Code-able?

    E.g. You insert a < video> tag using a magnet URI, click play and the file torrents and plays in your browser then seeds in the background.

    Looks like swarmplayer is roughly the thing but I feel it could be done better.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • HTML5 Video Tag + Bittorrent back-end == Code-able?
    It's maybe possible if you could develop a bittorrent client in javascript. Even then, you could probably only get the video to start playing after you loaded the entire video into memory. However, it would be pointless because even if a javascript bittorrent client might theoretically download a torrent, albeit temporarily, there is no way it could seed a torrent.

    This would require a browser plugin or extension at the very least. The only way it can legitimately happen if is bittorrent is part of the browser.
  • Even if It worked in theory you would still end up with the problem of finding a video you wanted and then only having a couple of seeders for it.
  • Even if It worked in theory you would still end up with the problem of finding a video you wanted and then only having a couple of seeders for it.
    Actually, it wouldn't be too bad for the seeding, especially for longer videos. Since the player and the torrent client are the same thing. You would be seeding the entire time you are watching, like it or not.
  • Even if It worked in theory you would still end up with the problem of finding a video you wanted and then only having a couple of seeders for it.
    Actually, it wouldn't be too bad for the seeding, especially for longer videos. Since the player and the torrent client are the same thing. You would be seeding the entire time you are watching, like it or not.
    True but if its not a very popular video, there probably wouldn't be that many people watching/seeding it.
  • True but if its not a very popular video, there probably wouldn't be that many people watching/seeding it.
    The site hosting the video would have to be a permanent seed. That's not really any different than it is normally. Imagine if YouTube did it to every video. That would mean that worst case scenario they use as much bandwidth as they are already using. If there are ever two people simultaneously watching the same video, they will save some amount of bandwidth.
  • edited March 2011
    This would require a browser plugin or extension at the very least. The only way it can legitimately happen if is bittorrent is part of the browser.
    That's what I meant. I may not be thinking that cohesively this late. Time for midnight mac n cheese.
    Even if It worked in theory you would still end up with the problem of finding a video you wanted and then only having a couple of seeders for it.
    A URI can contain a URL (Or several.) which could be used as a fallback or to boost the swarm via webseed.
    Magnet links can contain many things (Much like The Earth.).
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • True but if its not a very popular video, there probably wouldn't be that many people watching/seeding it.
    The site hosting the video would have to be a permanent seed. That's not really any different than it is normally. Imagine if YouTube did it to every video. That would mean that worst case scenario they use as much bandwidth as they are already using. If there are ever two people simultaneously watching the same video, they will save some amount of bandwidth.
    Oh ok, then that would work. I was thinking of a user-only bittorrent sort of situation. That would work great if only shitty places/internet providers didn't block torrents.
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