What is the stock market?
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    Grumpydaddy
    1w ago 100%

    Stocks also represent a company's net asset value. So, unlike crypto, a shareholder would be compensated by the sale of a company's assets in the event of its liquidation. Crypto has no such safety net.

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  • The boys bounced back in game two, overcoming a red hot Mets team in what I think is probably the best game I've ever seen. How do they stack up against the Mets pitching as the series moves to NY? I think we get one more good pitching effort from our starter with Nola; can the Mets say the same, or will they be easier to hit off of tonight?

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    I'm tired of every game being live service
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    Grumpydaddy
    2w ago 100%

    I vote with my wallet. I don't buy games that have scummy conditions or requirements. There are too many other choices out there to justify supporting companies who treat their customers poorly.

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  • Despite a great showing by Wheeler, the Mets seemed to be able to hit anything the bullpen threw them. It was crazy how efficient NY suddenly became. Meanwhile, our bats stayed pretty quiet all night. I hope the Phillies bats wake up in game two. Go Phil's!

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    Sail Amsterdam boat parade, the Netherlands, 2015
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    Grumpydaddy
    3w ago 100%

    You forgot to include alcohol!

    Seriously, though, it just appears to me that it wouldn't take much to turn that situation into a tragedy but I don't know a darn thing about sailing. I went one a few charity motorcycle rides and they felt the same: too many people who's abilities are unknown and mostly likely more than a few who were drinking.

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    Model Makers 2mo ago
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    Update: Time Travel book nook!
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    Grumpydaddy
    2mo ago 100%

    Very cool. I did a Dagon Alley book book a few years ago and really enjoyed getting a model done in ten or so hours versus the eternity it takes me to assemble and paint a plastic kit.

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  • How to remove stripped laptop screw?
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    Grumpydaddy
    3mo ago 100%
    1. Strong down force with the appropriate screwdriver (looks like it started out as a Phillips head) while turning the driver with a wrench. You need a square shaft in your screwdriver or clamp with vice grips.

    2. Same, strong down force, but use a square driver ( Robertson screw). This can also be accompanied with a wrench.

    3. Drill it out. This is pretty much the last resort as you will use a drill bit about the same size as the threads which will pretty much take the head of the screw off as you drill into the threads. The threads probably won't come out but you will at least be able to open the case. I have had very little luck with screw extractors and they probably don't come that small.

    Strong down force is the main thing I have found to work when breaking loose pesky screws. Pushing down hard enough to prevent the bit from skipping to the next slot

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  • 999 piece puzzle from the thrift store.
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    Grumpydaddy
    3mo ago 100%

    I should have mentioned:

    1. This is the first time I separated all the pieces by color/region before assembly and I was amazed at how much faster it went together.

    2. Instead of doing the edges first I started at the center (lighthouse) and followed with the trees and sky. This allowed me to keep the top of the puzzle closer to me and push it away as I worked my way down to the sea. I found this reduced the time I usually spent standing, hunched over the puzzle. I am amazed it took me 40 years of jigsaws to figure this out.

    3. The sea and rocks took way longer than I thought. It was brutal.

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  • Kind of an ELI5, but I tune a radion into a specific frequency to listen to a station. If that frequency is constantly being modulated (changed), how is the radio not going in and out of tune? I expect it is finding a way to measure multiple frequencies around the tuned station and decodes the data from it's deviation from the tuned frequency?

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    Authy Users' Phone Numbers Compromised via Twilio API Vulnerability
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    Grumpydaddy
    4mo ago 100%

    So for common folk like myself, what do I need to do? I used Authy for a few sites. Can a bad actor pretending to be me now get access to those sites?

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  • Anyone have any advice regarding my design? I'm figuring on playing older titles mostly so I think the 6 action buttons are more than enough to play on. That will allow me to map an A, B, X, Y, L1, L2 for console games. On the top row I can place a Select (player), Start (coin) as well as a hotkey button. That leaves me with an extra button at the top if anyone can think of what I can use it for. Also, I'm planning on one button on either side for a poor man's pinball machine. I figured I'd ask here before mocking it up in case I missed anything.

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    I'm trying to understand what's happening in this circuit: I------------------T1 (+333V) I I I R1(10K) (pos) I 1000V I------------gnd (0V) (neg) I I R2(10K) I I I IT2(-333V) I I I R3(10K) I I I-----------------IT3 (-666.7V) I am learning basic DC theory from reading and sometimes I come across something I'd like to ask a question about, so: 1. In the above circuit, without the ground, the voltage across all components would begin at 10V and finish at 0V. By adding a ground, I'm basically saying "here is 0V" and everything gets redefined in reference to that point and I end up with a 10 volt circuit with +3.33 as it's highest voltage and -6.667 as it's lowest. 2. The electrons could care less, they still flow from the anode to the cathode of the battery under normal conditions, going from the highest potential to the lowest. 3. This example was only used to demonstrate voltage dividers. It revolved around worker protection present in aluminum processing. Each machine is in series and mobile grounds are used nearest the machine a worker is using. I assume that this allows the worker to have the least exposure to electrical shock as they are also at ground potential? I actually think working though these questions has cleared everything up, but please, comment on anything I got wrong. Also, sorry about the crappy drawing, the autowrap in this editor really made things tough to format Thanks!

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