u/Aaasteve

I’m thinking of getting the card…

Am I reading things correctly that I do without the rental car damage waiver?

If so, it seems like a no-brainer to get the card, I’m renting cars 5ish times a year, and I’d save around $100 a pop.

Follow-up question: how does CSR coverage mix with rental car coverage I have with State Farm? Any issues with them pointing fingers at the other?

It’s a wood 8x16 shed, 2x3 studs, 3/8 wall and roof sheeting, with a pitched shingled roof.

I’m looking for suggestions on how to do this myself - I want all the fun for myself.

Ground rules: there’s too many nails to use a chain saw, so I’ll use a Sawzall. I don’t want to use a ladder, I want both feet on the ground. The bigger the cut, the better, cutting little 1 foot square sections sounds boring. I’m not going to light it on fire nor tie a rope around it and drag it away with my truck.

And no explosives.

Any ideas?

Do any of the 17 or 18 models have anything that improves cell reception over a 15 Pro Max?

To all my fellow Reddit docs, is there anything in the following MRI report that would indicate the TMJD is a factor in the headaches I’ve been getting?

I’ve added some details at the bottom.

Mild to moderate medial displacement of the disc in the left temporomandibular joint in the open-mouth position only without evidence of anterior disc displacement in either the open and closed mouth position. Range of motion of the joint is mildly normal.
2. Anterior displacement of the disc in the right temporomandibular joint without evidence of reduction upon opening of the mouth. Range of motion of the joint is mild to moderately decreased from normal.
3. Mild degenerative changes of the right temporomandibular joint, as detailed above, consistent with the sequela of chronic disc displacement.
4. The horizontal condylar angle is abnormally increased in the left temporomandibular joint measuring 37 degrees and normal in the right temporomandibular joint measuring 21 degrees.

I get them primarily on the right side temple and mostly in the morning, often severe enough to wake me up. They can last a few minutes up to several hours.

And I don’t get them every day, I’ve never been able to detect any pattern or commonality of when I get or don’t get a headache.

My Roku is probably close to 6 years old, and the only real complaint I have is that every now and then I have to wait for the option I’ve picked (ex: Prime Video) to reload.

Do the newer models eliminate this, and do they have anything else to warrant getting one?

Not a drummer, big Who fan…

Can someone explain to me in non-drummer terms why he was considered ‘unorthodox’?

I get the part about him not playing the same song the same way, and I can hear there’s a whole lot more going on with his drumming than with, for example, Ringo Starr.

What I don’t get is what it means that he played fills here and there, that Townsend and Entwistle kept time with him rather than the other way, and he used a double bass drum, but what exactly does all that mean?

Thanks

I can accept that Fitbit gives me credit for sleeping when I’m merely lying still in bed, I assume the app needs to see some indication of movement to indicate I’m not sleeping.

But why does it merely attribute to Restlessness when I actually get out of bed and go to the bathroom (and it’s not a 30 second trip either).

Are there settings I can change or do I just need to remind myself to swing my arms back and forth a lot?

Again, not a programmer, just an interested observer…

We once again are reading stories about the havoc ‘rogue’ AI is wreaking.

And while I’m impressed with what the model was able to do, I think the same damage could have been done - and likely has been done and will be done in the future - by a human programming a computer the old fashioned way.

Which got me thinking: if my system is hacked, does it really matter who or what did it? All that matters to me is that someone got into my systems and did things that I would prefer to not happen, whether it was taking data, launching missiles, engineering a virus, whatever.

Given this, shouldn’t a huge effort be made looking for better ways to lock down systems to keep anyone - AI or human - from doing things we don’t want them doing?

Or is this already being done, but since it’s not as sexy as AI, we just read about it?

I keep getting told to sign out and sign back in, and I’ll be asked for a selfie and an ID.

When I sign back in, there’s no selfie/ID request, and I get the same pop-up when k try to buy a ticket.

This is happening on both my iPhone and iPad, and trying to use both the app and different browsers (Safari, Chrome and Firefox).

Any ideas? Ticketmaster support was no help (interestingly, their AI agent was more polished and somewhat helpful than their live agent).

I’m replacing a shed and it’s in an area where rain runoff is a problem that I’m stuck with.

The current shed siding rotted away from the bottom up and I’m always stuck with water and mud on the concrete pad.

When I rebuild, I’d like to keep that from happening.

My idea is to build the new shed a half inch or so on top of a base of pressure treated wood that would sit on the existing concrete pad, allowing the water to run below the floor of the new shed. I’m thinking of a series of 1x1 pieces of wood laid about 6 inches apart and running lengthwise to the water flow.

Is this a workable idea? Any other ideas?

I’m using the unit with a HP PC and monitor, and depending on where I place the ball within their box, and making sure I’m getting a solid green light…

If the ball is in the center of the box I get full data on the swing….

If the ball is in the bottom right quadrant I get nothing, it’s as if I didn’t swing, the data from the last swing stays on the unit and on the monitor…

If the ball is in the bottom left quadrant I get some of the data (ball speed, distance, distance off-line, but don’t get swing path, club speed or angle of attack), it’s as if the unit isn’t recognizing anything until contact.

Yes, I know the easy solution is to make sure I put the ball in the center of their box, but it would be nice to know what’s going on, and if there’s a solution/fix for it.

I tried Foresight, and while they’ve been very helpful on the software, especially connectivity issues, they haven’t been able to help with the hardware.

I have a 12”, can I swap in 16” or (preferably) the 18” bar?

Re: their 16” and 18” saws, do they take a 20V battery, or will I need a 60V battery? I assume the 60V would have more oomph, but will a 20V even fit/work?

And, what’s the latest on leaking, is there a way of stopping/minimizing the leak without draining the oil? I read somewhere about applying gasket sealer, is this a real workaround?

For those who had success taking gabapentin to help increase your deep sleep (not to fall asleep, I’m okay there), about how long did it take before you saw positive results?

And what dosage were you on when you felt the improvement?

In drilling I can hit shot after shot (mostly) fine, but in the stress of a game - or even a simulated point - my technique goes to s**t.

For example, practicing transition zone resets, I get set nicely, I make contact in front with the right amount of weight shift and so on. In a game, I find myself standing upright, with my paddle hanging by my side, too much follow through or the wrong paddle angle… all things I know not to do, so much so that I mentally note the mistake in real time.

I assume that a big part of this is that I know what’s coming in drills while I’m trying to make sense of what’s happening during a point - what shot my partner is hitting, where my opponents are, where they’re hitting and how hard and so on… so much more to process than in drills, and the brainpower** needed to assess the situation is keeping me from focusing on getting ready and executing as well as I can in drills. I often feel I’m a half step/half second behind where I should be. Another example: as I move up following my return of serve, by the time I’ve processed that my opponent has given me a ball I can move and attack, it’s too late for me to actually do anything with the ball except reset it back to them, conceding the kitchen.

Suggestions?

** I’m a 286 in a Pentium world (my old CPU doesn’t run as fast as newer models).

It’s not specifically an AI issue, I read allegations that the defendants allegedly used a bug in Apple’s system to access files….

Is this (the bug, not the exploit) a common situation, where employees are aware of a bug and no one notifies management and/or management is aware but doesn’t patch the vulnerability?