I say that every team gets a roster of 14. Open roster spots can be filled by anyone enrolled at the school, but the spot only becomes open when the previous person completes their degree at any institution or it has been 3 years since that previous person has played collegiate basketball. In other words, people who…

In 2001 I got a used 85, even though I had the standard 83+. The 85 was older in design, but it had better hidden menus and capabilities. Our teachers were wise to what was going on with the 83+ and would report people for the known games like drug wars and would wipe them if someone was caught using it in class.

I’m with you that this all seems logical. I’ve found that this show is done just right. My wife doesn’t watch much TV at all, I don’t know how I would react in front of her, what she would read from me.

For those shirts, if they are the right material they can always be used as rags. The last time I stained wood I looked around for something to use and I ended up just pulling an old undershirt out of my dresser. The sleeve ripped right off and I tossed it when I was done with my project. I wouldn’t keep all of them…

New York in the summer without AC is like living in the jungle. This may be the best decision of your life. Depending on your apartment, and if you only get one unit, put it in your bedroom, not your living space. Sleeping comfortably > sitting on the couch comfortably.

It does come in handy though. I went out and got a set that are all on the same device, like a large pocket knife where each size flips out. Well I often find that on items with slats, like a crib, they expect you to use the single allen wrench that has the short length before the elbow. If I just used my set, I’d…

I hid tools all over the house like this, but taping it is a good idea. I have a wrench set in the garage just for typical nuts that are on cars. When I’m working on a random project, I never use that set, I go down to the basement to find the set that is meant for any project.

It basically means look at total cost first, and monthly cost second, because of the other factors at play, like length of the loan. You really shouldn’t say you can “afford” a car just because you can pay $300 a month. You should wait until you can say I can afford it by putting this much down and paying $300 a month…

I missed it for a second at the end because I was still getting over how dumb the dialogue was between that dad and the operator of the place. “That is a ********** and is capable of hacking *****”. “Oh that’s right, you’re a softare engineer”? WTF.... we’re really relying on 80's and 90's references to “powerful…

Congrats, you deserve it. I can relate to how long that tunnel feels, especially when you have friends or colleagues who are happy in their jobs and spend their free time being young and carefree.

The best thing I ever did was not pass up opportunities for change. When I started I was in IT support.... Even if I could move up, the entire operation was worrying about other people’s problems and needs. It wasn’t for me. I switched to a middle management operations job after getting an MBA (was not a business…

I watch everything, good, bad, or otherwise. I give it a chance. It’s what my Netflix subscription is for. For people like me, the real reason why we haven’t seen these movies is because they aren’t out yet. The only one I’ve seen is Hell or High Water. Arrival is long wait, and everything else comes out next week or…

For any of you who are still in school or in deferment for any other reason, remember that in December you can make a one time payment to your loans to cover the interest that has accrued that year. It’s tax deductible when you file a couple months later, and your interest then doesn’t get added to your principle. My…

I pay for internet and netflix, using my own cable modem to save on fees. I then bought a Tablo 4 and connected a spare 1TB hard drive to it that I already had laying around. I also bought a lifetime service for Tablo guide info. The one time costs paid for themselves within a year. The Tablo acts as a whole home DVR…

At that cost, buying 2 or 3 reusables makes sense. Bag and tag one for later cleaning and put on a fresh one.

More math teachers should use that language with kids. They already know the word, and it drives home the point that reducing fractions is just what polite and civilized people do. It’s on par with, “clean up your fucking room”.

As a former intern, that’s a pretty standard response. In the office I worked in we would keep daily tallies on issues. So, if you called to say he should vote one way, we’d verify that you were a constituent by getting your address and putting a tally next to your stance on an issue. If I knew the Senator’s stance, I…

Yes, mostly people who either drink a lot (in college) or home brew. I home brew and bottling sucks. I have a chest freezer where I unscrewed the lid, put 2x6's around the rim of the opening, then screwed the lid onto the wood. Then drilled holes in the wood for the taps. 3 taps in one medium sized chest freezer. It’s…

By not having one. I honk as a warning to drivers that are about to get hit. I honk at people who swerve too much (where I am it’s drunk, not aggressive driving) and then I make sure they are in front of me and I take a different route. The best bad driver is in front of you where you can see or avoid them.

For most of my projects I don’t use the desktop environment at all, so there’s only the command line anyway, but to each their own. I do prefer using vnc on my media server though, because dragging and dropping is easier when organizing and then you don’t have to mount samba shares.