So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.

Angel ,'Conviction (1)'


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Jesse - Oct 28, 2016 5:16:14 pm PDT #24906 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Did you get the Radio Shack warranty? It would be especially worth it for you, apparently.


beekaytee - Oct 28, 2016 6:38:03 pm PDT #24907 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant

I need to, for reasons, permanently block a game url from my system. Like, forever. All browsers.

google tells me to use terminal, which scares me a lot.

I've been using Self Control, but it is not permanent enough.

Any suggestions? Or positive experiences?


Gudanov - Oct 29, 2016 9:26:00 am PDT #24908 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping

My home desktop now has 32GB of RAM. It's nice to have plenty of memory.


omnis_audis - Oct 29, 2016 9:31:28 am PDT #24909 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I just can't be bothered to take my damn iPhone out of my pocket every fucking time I sit down

I can't recall if you ruled out Bluetooth headphones?


tommyrot - Oct 29, 2016 9:35:14 am PDT #24910 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I want one of the fancy new MacBook Pros, but my current one is working fine and I've declared a moratorium on "expensive shit I don't really need" until my job situation is clarified a year from now.


NoiseDesign - Oct 29, 2016 12:00:50 pm PDT #24911 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

I've switched over to some of the new bone conduction headphones. There are a lot of situations where I really like them now.


Volans - Nov 15, 2016 3:20:56 am PST #24912 of 25496
move out and draw fire

Is anyone on Fi? I'm thinking about getting a Pixel and switching to it.


Dana - Nov 15, 2016 4:35:58 am PST #24913 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Google Fi? Yes, I have it, though I have a Nexus.


Volans - Nov 15, 2016 4:31:43 pm PST #24914 of 25496
move out and draw fire

Thoughts? The one person I know who has it loves it, but I feel like I need a bigger sample size.


Dana - Nov 15, 2016 4:39:43 pm PST #24915 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I think, as is, it's probably best for single users, rather than people who'd benefit from a family plan. I pay $30/month for unlimited talk and text and 1GB of data. If you go over your allotment, they pro-rate the charge. If you don't use the full allotment, they credit it toward your bill.

I have had times when my phone just doesn't ring and I miss a call, but that's been true of other services I've had. I had to call customer support a couple of times when I was getting it set up, and they were immediately available and very helpful.

It's pretty much perfect for me.