[–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Very nice! I use a shop vac with a long hose myself, don't like getting on the roof if I don't have to on account of being a chicken shit. :D

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago

    Dude it's even more fucked than it seems. If your parents bought their home 30 years ago, and you make twice their combined salary at the time, then you are actually making 10-13% less than they did, despite your college education, thanks to inflation.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Maaaaan, I loved dropout.tv! I was really bummed about the cop show cameo stuff though. it was hard to stop watching but I just don't support shilling for the police in any capacity. Great group of talented entertainers though.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Looks way worse than it is. Clean it out and add salt. The resin should be fine, they're rated for like 15 years. I'm sitting at 20 years with mine and it still does a fine job. In fact, by happenstance a buddy works for Culligan and he doesn't even bring up replacement unless the unit shows actual problems keeping water soft, regardless of age.

    E. Another user mentioned bacteria, which can definitely be a cause for concern if the unit was sitting for that time, but should be less of an issue if it was just used without salt and NOT on bypass. Especially considering softeners typically have a pre-filter that sits in untreated water for 4-6 months at a time and a softener doesn't sterilize water in any way. So you're getting same bacteria regardless.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Hey thanks for sharing! I'd love to set one of these up for my kid (he's 4) to play old emulators with. Is there a way to get it working in a kiosk type mode where he can't get lost in a system menu or otherwise "stuck" outside of a game? I know I've configured emulators to auto launch roms before,, but can the psp be setup to auto launch the emulator on startup, for example?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Yes, randomly had my first zebra cake in ~25 years and holy shit are they awful. Not only smaller but really dry. I used to walk the long way home (an extra half mile!) to slam down a hard earned quarter for one of those things in my youth. Threw the fuckin box out after three bites.

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