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IT Nerd of 30yrs and avid hobbiest of genealogy, geology and science in general.

  • Yeah, I'll wait for the peer review, thanks.

  • Thing is, this isn't new in the slightest.

    I remember calling around to different PC stores in the 90s and early 00s to find the cheapest RAM and hard drive prices.

    Before that, I remember my grandfather, an IBM employee in the 60s-90s calling places looking for best pricing on 64k-128k SIPP memory for an ibm pizzabox 286.

  • Same. I worked at a Pharmaceutical company in the early 00's where the CFO, accounts payable/receivable and many managers were all power hungry horn dog women.

    My immediate IT boss (one down from CTO) was banging my coworker, a guy who was already banging the HR secretary and a lady in finance all to get favoritism. I literally quit over the whole thing.

    Pharma companies are all drama btw. Don't go into pharma if you dislike drama.

  • Dremel

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  • If you still have issues with constipation, go get some:

    • High Absorption Magnesium Citrate 250mg
    • High Absorption Potassium supplements

    Why it matters:

    GPL-1 drugs deprive your body of some nutrients and to make things worse, normal vitamins also are not fully absorbed for the same reason you are losing weight.

    The constipation is a direct result of your body telling you it's missing certain vitamins and the magnesium citrate plus potassium will help this.

    I'd recommend taking it once a week. usually the day after your shot and see if it helps. Up the dosage if it doesn't but be careful as too much (daily intake) can result in diarrhea.

    sources:

    And as always, don't take advise from Internet strangers. Instead, use this information to approach your doctor and ask them.

  • Wall Street didn't learn from past events and is doomed to repeat history?

    Shocking... /s

  • Dremel

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  • GPL-1 users: Oh?

    GPL1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy cause ridiculous amounts of constipation due to slowing down digestion and GI food transference.

  • I'd invest in a calendar reminder every week. Probably your best bet.

  • the answer is: Copy the neighbors.

  • Also Mexico. Tacos de caballo are very common here in Baja California.

  • Nothing screams 'I need attention' more than consistently trying to troll everything you post on.

    So what's wrong beella?

  • Smart Energy Discount issues from the personal view of a consumer.

    These plans work by sending you notifications that they will be reducing your thermostat for you when there is an energy crunch.

    Sounds good so far, here's the issues I had:

    • Let's say you are a good consumer and let them change your thermostat to 85'F when it's 100'F every single time... You saved... $5!!!! and got to sweat profusely in your own home in the process.
    • Let's say you were working in the yard and come in sweaty and needing to cool off or you have a hot flash for some reason. If you change that thermostat while they are in control of it, you lose your whole $5 for not just that day, but the entire billing cycle.
    • Let's say you want to exit the plan. Now you're on the hook to wait on hold with your energy company for hours waiting for the one department and probably one person who can unenroll you. Chances are likely even then that they can screw it up and like in my case, both Google and my southern California electrical company claim ignorance anything was done wrong yet keep me enrolled.

    In short and in summary: It's a trap because the savings is far, far too small for the sacrifice.

  • Jokes on them, I block my Nest from talking to the Internet so my electrical company cannot control the damned thing. They had control even after I opted out and Google insisted they unenrolled me in the energy savings plan. Don't enroll in these plans [insert it's a trap gif].

  • Come along with the snorks...

  • Doesn't mean they will keep the name for EU customers. The value there is in the IP and the infrastructure configuration.

    Thus the term: Rebrand.

  • The idea here is to rebrand and modernize AOL as a gmail and cyber security alternative with decoupled infrastructure from US dependencies: A highly political topic in the EU currently.

  • I say this fits in WTF more than memes

  • Oh no

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  • Yes, under certain circumstances laserjet cartridges can explode like this.

    • High heat (something wrong with the printer)
    • Third party (Crappy made ones heat up and eject toner out of weak spots)

    By looking at this image though, it was most likely caused by:

    • Waste tank was full and someone reset the toner settings, causing air to be pumped into the waste tank until it popped like this.

    TL;DR: Quit being a cheapass company and replace your toner cartridges when it says to.

    BTW, this is a circa 2000s Canon imageRUNNER 3200 series. Bets are that this image is also 20 years old.

    Sincerely, someone who has worked on laserjets since Compaq Printers were a thing.