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Off Topic / Re: How do I hold a wire against the wall?

« on: December 17, 2015, 06:08:37 PM »

at my house we have these plastic clips that are attached to adhesive, idk what they're called though

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: December 17, 2015, 06:04:25 PM »

Hey dudes

I'm taking a laptop apart and making a mineral oil computer for a school project. I'm about to turn it on and test it outside the laptop's externals, but I'm terrified of bricking it. There is absolutely no metal on metal to short it, should I be fine to plug it in and turn in on?

if it works in the laptop, i don't see why it would break outside of it

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Off Topic / Re: 0% snow what the forget guys

« on: December 16, 2015, 10:50:49 PM »

it's been over 50* for a long time down here

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: December 16, 2015, 05:52:28 PM »

the cooler that comes with the cpu has thermal paste on it already.....

not all thermal paste is made equal. my aftermarket cooler came with thermal paste but i used my own. there's nothing wrong with using your own thermal paste, it's not that expensive

manufacturer error, you could have sent it back

why would you sent a whole cpu back just for missing thermal paste when you can apply it yourself in a few minutes?

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Off Topic / Re: Malwarebytes (MBAM)

« on: December 15, 2015, 07:34:23 PM »

leave it be? you dont have to pay for mbam

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Off Topic / Re: Why do some people hate high school so much?

« on: December 15, 2015, 07:55:14 AM »

luckily my parents have been saving up ever since they got married and i wont have to take in big loans thanks to them

mine have been saving up since before i was born but that'll only cover my first two years if i don't get full scholarships

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Off Topic / Re: Why do some people hate high school so much?

« on: December 14, 2015, 10:37:27 PM »

My good friend from High School is going to a big school for pharmacy and is currently sitting at around $150,000 in debt and would be lucky to get a job within the first couple years of getting his degree. Meanwhile I'm sitting at $15,000 in loans and already have a job lined up for when I finish college. It's just so much smarter financially to go to a decent two year school for $3,000 a semester, especially considering the majority of people aren't even entirely sure what they want to do until they've experienced a couple semesters.

yea p much. i'd love to go to a big college with a great engineering program like vanderbilt but it's ~60k tuition so unless i get a free ride, there's no way i'll go there. i'll probably end up at either university of arkansas or mississippi state university.

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Off Topic / Re: avast is being handicapped

« on: December 14, 2015, 10:34:07 PM »

did you update steam today or very recently?

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Off Topic / Re: is there a story behind your name

« on: December 14, 2015, 10:24:26 PM »

i'm carol and i like cats. carolcat. the carol comes from my english grandmother of the same name whom we now refer to as "carol prime"

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Off Topic / Re: Programming Megathread

« on: December 14, 2015, 10:23:37 PM »

my school district will supposedly be forcing all students to participate in the hour of code event, especially now that all arkansas schools are mandated to have a compsci course in high school. aside from that i can do motor control and joystick mapping in ROBOTC, just basic stuff like mapping joysticks/triggers/buttons to motor ports and making the robot drive autonomously (no sensors tho, haven't learned that yet)

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Off Topic / Re: Why do some people hate high school so much?

« on: December 14, 2015, 10:16:59 PM »

I want to get into an Ivy League or an equally reputable college so I need to challenge myself (or at least look like it) and also maintain a high GPA, and I am doing well in the classes although they are very stressful to take because of how easy your grade can fluctuate. My school is really damn competitive so if you don't take challenging courses or a schedule similar to mind you're going to get lost in the pack.

there's a lot of schools that are comparable to an ivy league that cost way less. you don't need to come out under an ocean of debt from those schools just to try to be better off.

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Off Topic / Re: Why do some people hate high school so much?

« on: December 14, 2015, 05:28:46 PM »

my high school experience is p swell so far. i don't get caught up in the "uighhhhh dumb cliches ughhhh dumb memes" but i stay chill with my classmates. my classmates like me and i like my classmates most of the time.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE WORSHIP, NOT THE GOD. "God", "Jehova" and "Allah" are one and the same according to the various beliefs.

please don't start stuff with planr, he'll make it go for 10+ pages over some stupid stuff that doesn't matter

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Off Topic / Re: Favorite Foreign Type Food?

« on: December 14, 2015, 05:20:43 PM »

i love chinese and japanese foods. sushi is my biggest fave

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Off Topic / Re: do you ever hate the things you're good at

« on: December 13, 2015, 10:41:42 PM »

what do you mean "apparently"? didn't you go on stage in some poetry contest or something lol.

yea i went to nationals but i never really thought i was that good. obv not good enough to get far in nationals though.

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Off Topic / Re: do you ever hate the things you're good at

« on: December 13, 2015, 10:02:50 PM »

the only things i'm good at are test taking and apparently poetry recital, but i don't hate either of those things so