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Stupid Questions 2 |OT| of questions that don't deserve their own threads, The Sequel

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hateradio

The Most Dangerous Yes Man
Is there anything I can clean a laptop touchpad with to fix it from being so jerky and unresponsive? Just happened all of a sudden so it might just be fucked
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Stop doing your trackpad?
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
When you press the 'frozen' button on a toaster, does it just toast for a bit longer or does it do anything clever like reducing the heat at the start to help defrost the centre of the bread?
 

Renoir

Member
how do i recover my password, if i do not have my original email address i sign up with?
Is there some one I can message to update it for me?
 
how do i recover my password, if i do not have my original email address i sign up with?
Is there some one I can message to update it for me?
Your password for NeoGAF? If you can post then you are logged in and have the password saved in your browser. You can view it from your browser settings.
 

Renoir

Member
I checked my chrome advanced setting, and password. Its not in there. I think its just saved as a cookie or something.
 
I forgot to remove my card details from google play music before the free subscription ended and I got charged. Is there any way to get a refund?
I contacted them and it wasn't a problem

Also you can just cancel it and keep the free sub. You don't need to remove card information. Unless they changed it recently.
 
Is it possible to sprain your eyeballs?

Went to IMAX recently and was in the front row, looking up at the screen, being that close to such a big screen wasn't particularly comfortable at the time.

Two days later it hurts to look up or to the sides if I move my eyes independently of my head.
 
Is it possible to sprain your eyeballs?

Went to IMAX recently and was in the front row, looking up at the screen, being that close to such a big screen wasn't particularly comfortable at the time.

Two days later it hurts to look up or to the sides if I move my eyes independently of my head.

There are a ton of little muscles that move the direction of your eyeball as well as the focus of your lens. Exercising them excessively can tire them out, although the word sprain doesn't really apply.
 
What's the etiquette for leaving a job while still in training? For example: I'm in week 2 of 4 for training in Job A, and I was notified of a possible opening for Job B. If I'm hired by Job B, what's the most professional thing to do in regards to Job A?
 
What's the etiquette for leaving a job while still in training? For example: I'm in week 2 of 4 for training in Job A, and I was notified of a possible opening for Job B. If I'm hired by Job B, what's the most professional thing to do in regards to Job A?

Depends whether you can afford to go without pay, or if job B wants you tomorrow.

Because the most professional thing to do according to Company A is to give 2 weeks notice. But if you do that, they are bound to escort you out the door immediately.

So, do what protects your interests best.
 
What is that spice and seed mix that Indian restaurants have in place of breath mints? It's like sugar and fennel and some other spices. Can I buy that or do I have to make it myself? I think I might keep a bit at my desk and chew on it after lunch.
 

NateDog

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I'm in need of a new phone and am primarily looking at the Motorola Moto G4 Plus and G5. Both are the same price but I can't tell what I'm better off going for in terms of specs and support down the line. Can anyone make a suggestion?
 
I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, but two movies that I can't remember the names of.

Movie #1: Sci-fi film where at least 90% of the movie is inside a woman's apartment. She is protecting a child that is immune to the epidemic that is happening all over the world and scientists want to use the child to make a cure/vaccine for it. I don't remember if it was a virus or what but it only took a person over if they fell asleep. There was a man infected outside her apartment trying to convince her to let him have the boy so the epidemic will eradicate mankind. The man is infected with whatever is going around.

Movie #2: A zombie movie where a group of mercenaries/military go into infected cities to extract uninfected people. Throughout the movie the zombies seem to be almost mindless but near the end one of the survivors gets stuck inside a closet and they barricade the door. The zombie manages to get his head in and then to the shock of the survivor the zombie talks about he is going to eat him.
 

Lunar FC

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I want to use my wired headset on my pc as both a headset and mic. But due to the headset being aux I can only do one or the other. If I got an aux splitter such as this, would that solve the issue?

Thanks.
 

Minamu

Member
How can I move my iphone 5 files, such as pictures and movies, to my pc? Is it just plug and play with a usb? I need to do a factory reset :/
 

Podge293

Member
How can I move my iphone 5 files, such as pictures and movies, to my pc? Is it just plug and play with a usb? I need to do a factory reset :/

Pictures you can drag and drop (at least I have done so previously and that was with a 6s) assuming they're saved on the device and not the cloud.

By movies if you mean video you recorded with your phone it'll be the same way. If you mean stuff you did loaded and added onto your phone I don't know if the same applies.

There's tons of tools online that you can download to do it aswell
 

Minamu

Member
Pictures you can drag and drop (at least I have done so previously and that was with a 6s) assuming they're saved on the device and not the cloud.

By movies if you mean video you recorded with your phone it'll be the same way. If you mean stuff you did loaded and added onto your phone I don't know if the same applies.

There's tons of tools online that you can download to do it aswell
Thanks! I'll try that. If my files are in the cloud, then everything's fine eiter way I suppose. And yeah I meant video recordings I've made, great. I don't think there's anything else worth saving, no? I don't really care about passwords, text messages or safari favorites.
 

AdanVC

Member
Hello. Somebody send me a screenshot of a facebook messenger conversation and this icons were above that conversation, I know the icon on the right indicates the number of messages you have unread on messenger but what about the other blue icon on the left?? what app is that icon for or what notifies?? That is my question hope somebody can help me out because I'm curious as hell. Thanks!

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Ive been watching a lot of Cops lately and notice the police almost always touch the back of the car they've pulled over when they do a traffic stop - why is that?
 

Accoun

Member
Is there a solution for Twitter to get rid of the "sensitive images" warning and just show them, without having to register?
 

Patryn

Member
Which came first: Ranch or Cool Ranch?

If being serious, the answer is Ranch. Ranch was created at Hidden Valley Ranch, an actual working ranch where the dressing was the house dressing. People liked it enough that they began selling it, eventually reaching the point where the business of selling the dressing eclipsed any of the business at the ranch itself.

So Hidden Valley Ranch was the first, and everything else is just variations of that.
 

Oberon

Banned
How do you react to someone showing you their artwork? Because I have a feeling everyone just wants to hear "That looks good" or "That's impressive" and that's what I say. Unfortunatly nothing below "professional level" really impresses me ( I am trying to get at a "professional level" myself, so that's a byproduct of that)
I would love to give people critic, but that would just make me look like a dick when they don't ask for one.
 
How do you react to someone showing you their artwork? Because I have a feeling everyone just wants to hear "That looks good" or "That's impressive" and that's what I say. Unfortunatly nothing below "professional level" really impresses me ( I am trying to get at a "professional level" myself, so that's a byproduct of that)
I would love to give people critic, but that would just make me look like a dick when they don't ask for one.

Most people don't like critiques unless they're trying to be serious artists. Then they will usually be explicitly asking for crit.

Just talk about the content of the work or what you think they were successful at. If they ask for help or suggestions then you might be able to point some things out.
 
Hello. Somebody send me a screenshot of a facebook messenger conversation and this icons were above that conversation, I know the icon on the right indicates the number of messages you have unread on messenger but what about the other blue icon on the left?? what app is that icon for or what notifies?? That is my question hope somebody can help me out because I'm curious as hell. Thanks!

chatheadssgsw4.jpg

That's your friends' updates, kinda like Instagram (a small video or an image, that gets deleted after 24h)
 
How do you react to someone showing you their artwork? Because I have a feeling everyone just wants to hear "That looks good" or "That's impressive" and that's what I say. Unfortunatly nothing below "professional level" really impresses me ( I am trying to get at a "professional level" myself, so that's a byproduct of that)
I would love to give people critic, but that would just make me look like a dick when they don't ask for one.

Try to find something positive in the work and lead with that: "I really like your use of color and the vibrance of the work...but your composition seems a bit unbalanced, maybe you could blah blah blah..."
 

Oberon

Banned
Most people don't like critiques unless they're trying to be serious artists. Then they will usually be explicitly asking for crit.

Just talk about the content of the work or what you think they were successful at. If they ask for help or suggestions then you might be able to point some things out.

Try to find something positive in the work and lead with that: "I really like your use of color and the vibrance of the work...but your composition seems a bit unbalanced, maybe you could blah blah blah..."

That's sounds good. I'll think of doing that next time I am in that situation. Thank you very much!
 

IrishNinja

Member
okay let's try here: so for a modding job (SMS) i was told:

Anything from 0.02 to 0.5 mm2 would be fine. Basically any general purpose hook up wire is suitable

can someone just link me to something cheap on amazon prime that fits this criteria? i wanna make sure i have the right stuff! thanks in advance here
 

Oreoleo

Member
okay let's try here: so for a modding job (SMS) i was told:



can someone just link me to something cheap on amazon prime that fits this criteria? i wanna make sure i have the right stuff! thanks in advance here

You just need some electrical wire? 20 gauge is just over .5 mm^2 so something like 22-24 gauge ("AWG") would be fine for your needs. Like literally anything.

But since you asked for a link: (this is just an example, it was the top result you could almost definitely find something cheaper for your needs) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KQ0D3M0/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Edit: For the record .02 mm^2 is 34 gauge so any wire sized between 22-34 will suit your needs, but I've never worked with anything that small. 22/24 are way more common which is why I recommended that size.
 

IrishNinja

Member
You just need some electrical wire? 20 gauge is just over .5 mm^2 so something like 22-24 gauge ("AWG") would be fine for your needs. Like literally anything.

But since you asked for a link: (this is just an example, it was the top result you could almost definitely find something cheaper for your needs) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KQ0D3M0/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Edit: For the record .02 mm^2 is 34 gauge so any wire sized between 22-34 will suit your needs, but I've never worked with anything that small. 22/24 are way more common which is why I recommended that size.

awesome! appreciate the response - so would this work for my needs then?
 
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