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[Melizmatic]

295 in addition to what you have already accrued, or 295 in all?

[dave_b]

On top

[Melizmatic]

So 295+435?

[dave_b]

Plus an additional 150 now.
So 880 total.

[Melizmatic]

So 295+ 435, +150, for a grand total of 880?

[anon29631895]

Is @OtherMichael outsourcing his like rampage?

[Melizmatic]

Nope; this is a positive outcome of his ‘rampage.’

[dave_b]

<foo!>Yep

[Melizmatic]

Groovy; you can just provide the comment links and a tally of the new points accrued each time you post. That makes it easier to keep track, thanks.

@wisconsinplatt = 900 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 40 points

[anon26304152]

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Would probably get better results if he called MIT…

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

I’d check with a locksmith. Personally, having access to something like that is pretty cool, so preserving it would be key.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

The default combination for a new safe is 50. If a locksmith has the proper change key available it is good practice to return the lock to 50 if a used safe changes hands. This way there is no risk of losing the combination and making the safe practically useless. It would then be up to the new owner to have it set with a 3 digit combination of their choice. So always try the single digit 50 first. Rotate a minimum of 4 times to the left, stop on 50, rotate right until it stops.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Please post a clickbaity new topic for us to enjoy “I finally broke into the safe we found in our new house and what was inside will blow your mind. Or not.”

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

The inside of Cory Doctorow’s head.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

It’ll contain another safe.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Clearly, you can never open it. The contents can’t be worth more than the mystery.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

UPDATE: Tried a few combinations (to no avail), plenty more obvious ones to check. Was distracted by dog requiring intensive belly rubs. If the basic combos don’t work out, I’ll be removing the wooden skirting board to see if the safe can be easily removed. In either case, probably off to the locksmith then!

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

At this point even Geraldo Rivera is saying “Just get on with it and open it!”

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Individuals with The Open Organization Of Lockpickers should be considered to have knowledge of the existence of ‎Schröechizza’s Safe.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Call Geraldo, too. Just in case it’s filled with krugerrands.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

don’t you want your dissertation back?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

You won’t believe what happens next!

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Did you try just knocking, politely? Maybe somebody is just trying to get some privacy in there. Try offering cookies?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Locks (especially doorlocks) are fairly trivial to open, but requires the know-how to do so even if it isn’t complicated. So difficulty of opening a lock is irrelevant, the locksmith did his job and charged you an appropriate amount to have a professional out there to do his thing. On a related note, my dad once lost the car keys after putting them in his swim trunks while swimming in a river. To get a locksmith out there on a weekend would’ve cost a fortune and we would’ve had to wait almost a…

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Maybe there’s a TV inside it?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

So, do these folks stick one of those promotional contractor signs in your lawn while they are working? “Onsite Safecracking by Honest Bob’s Discreet Locksmithing”?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Why don’t you try selling the safe on eBay as a Mystery Box?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

How much extra to keep quiet about what’s actually in the safe?

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

I’d pay ten bucks toward a share of the dust (or doubloons) inside, and I’d even bring homebrew to the opening party.

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

No, but i’ll give that a try! I have one!

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I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

Look at this way, what a great opportunity to pull an “FBI?” Call the manufacturer of the safe and ask them to create a device to brute force crack your safe!

I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

I replied to a catty remark in another thread and felt I should repost it here. [image]

340 for the SAFE Thread.

I did kick one up to 49 and a few up to 24 if anyone wants those.

[anon26304152]

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Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Yeah, it’s like getting polio! You’re terrible for a while, but then you get better! Or you die. And even if you get better, you can’t walk anymore. Probably why no one willingly gets polio…

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Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

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Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Building a wall around England would have been so much easier.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

On the plus side, there’s probably never been a better time for a filthy foreign barbarian such as myself to buy from amazon.co.uk

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Not sure if you can get that from someone who can boil things down to being simply “free trade” or “anti-trade”.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Fucking. Hell. I…I’m dumfounded. I really thought this would go the other way.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Could have to do with familiarity breeding acceptance. If you live right next to an “Other” you’re more likely to strike up a friendship than someone whose notions about them come largely from xenophobic tabloid propaganda. (Anecdotally, some older people’s traditional or religious homophobia is defused after a family member comes out. Some disown them, but overall they’re more likely to support equal rights than people who think they don’t have any queer friends or family.)

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Hurrah ! Next logical step : https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0c/12/3c/0c123ca1332787cc956fc8ad5e119b6a.jpg Long live the 51st !

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

My German in-laws were crowing about it this morning - with the sort of barely coherent rants that are one step away from “It’s the Jews!”. Germany should be afraid - there is a huge amount of fucking insane fascist sentiment bubbling under the surface there.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Do a search for Ukip campaign posters. Too much of it seems to be on the level of “If you want a N***** for a neigbour, vote Labour”

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

“Equating” them would be wrong of course. There was more than one reason to vote for an exit, obviously; some better, some worse. But migration as a topic apparently tipped the scales, and thus took precedence over the legitimate concerns of the people who would have preferred to stay.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

LOL - WHAT? Regret is eating that 5th taco - not for a vote you should have researched.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

One said: “I personally voted leave believing these lies and I regret it more than anything, I feel genuinely robbed of my vote.” Oh goodness. “Robbed”? I’d love it if there was some polling on this, though. With nearly 1.3 million voting to leave it’s almost hard to believe that you couldn’t find 5 who regretted it. Such as the UK in it’s recent Brexit vote? I get issues of scale, but I don’t like people pretending that no one died in this campaign.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

I am utterly baffled that a decision of this magnitude was decided by a simple majority. When the vote is split nearly 50-50 you’d think it might be a sign that this isn’t a good way to decide.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Now, now. To paraphrase Mill, it’s not that most Brexiters are reactionary fuckwits. It’s that most reactionary fuckwits are Brexiters.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

I’m all in favor od Scottish independence. Right down to Hadrian’s wall, preferably. The border is much too far up north, but I live right near Wallsend (clue’s in the name), and I quite fancy being Scottish after today.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Yes, Scotland is economically viable as a nation. It’s contributed more than its population share in taxes to the UK budget for something like 29 out of the last 30 years. It has a strong export sector, and so on. In European terms it’s fairly similar in size and population to Denmark.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

Whitehall, meanwhile, will be severely stretched by the mammoth exercise of withdrawal. The civil service has zero spare capacity after the cuts of the last five years: many departments have seen budget cuts of over a quarter since 2010, and total civil service employment has fallen by almost a fifth in the same period. Further spending reductions for the coming years were set out in last year’s spending review. The UK has no current capacity at all in trade negotiations, as this is a job that…

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

That is… wow.

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

And no one will say anything about you using it, just like the last time, this came up (but thanks for the act of solidarity).

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

That’s precisely what I was trying to suggest. He got in bed long enough with the real racists to get the job done and now seems unhappy about the outcome. I think it points us in the direction of how dangerous these sorts of political machinations can be, especially when you start employing racism to get something done. Again, not to godwin this thread (although I’ve apparently already derailed it), but the conservative parties that aligned with you know who also thought they could control him…

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

OMG… the review… [image]

Brexit wins: Britain votes to exit the European Union

It’s official. Britain has forfeited its right to make fun of American stupidity.

Brexit nets me 285

[anon26304152]

A couple of 50s to round it out

Texas: 12-y-o Sikh kid arrested for "terrorism" over solar charger

But here is the appropriate conversation: Student, “I have a bomb.” Teacher, “No you don’t, sit down and study.” Electronics while brown has become a crime. It’s nuts.

Will you miss the headphone jack?

Every piece of audio equipment I own will accept a stereo 3.5mm plug. I don’t really harbor ill will against apple, but this is truly a “it’s not you, it’s me” kind of thing.

100 total

[anon68952647]

This is a pretty fantastic idea. So, I’m gonna lurk and not be annoyed that so many of my comments are linked to here.

[anon33466019]

Liked.

[Melizmatic]

Damn, yo.

@wisconsinplatt = 1725 points

@jsroberts = 800 points

@Ignatius = 20 points

@Markdow = 10 points

@daneel = 30 points

@Melizmatic = 20 points

@dave_b = 880 points

@OtherMichael = 40 points

@AcerPlatanoides

This is a pretty fantastic idea.

Thanks.

I’m not certain yet if I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m glad that I set up a definite cut-off point.

[XantheStone]

Now I know why I have been getting so many likes on old posts lately.

[Melizmatic]

@XantheStone

Now I know why I have been getting so many likes on old posts lately.

*lolz

[XantheStone]

Ha!

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[Melizmatic]

I have a workaround for that.

If you want it, just DM me.

[anon26304152]

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Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Here’s the very picture of iconoclasm - a bunch of old white Mormon elders rocking kente cloth neckties in Africa. It could be a scene straight out of The Book of Mormon… [image] http://thesmithsinafrica.blogspot.com/

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Here’s one about a Marine not being allowed to walk during graduation because they wanted to wear their Dress-blues.

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

There is a difference between a private affair, like a wedding, and a public school graduation, yeah? I didn’t find the guys kente cloth to be anywhere near the same thing as wearing shorts and flip-flops to a formal wedding. Maybe he didn’t think it would be a problem, since he was indeed wearing his cap and gown, as required for the ceremony.

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I suspect that had another student worn something they viewed as violating the dress code, and they asked him to remove it, and the student did not comply, the reaction would have been the same, though in the absence of an example we will not know. Why do you suspect that this situation would be handled no differently if a white kid had done the same thing? Have you not seen any of the numerous studies that show how very different the disciplinary treatment of black students and others is? I…

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

The question is on what non-arbitrary and not-first-amendment-violating basis do you exclude the swastika and accept the African heritage indicator? That’s the question to be answered. One is hatred the other is pride. Question answered, right?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Isn’t this precisely what happened in this case - the supression of constitutionally protected speech? The school wanted to enforce their dress code, in their capacity as a public authority. And they called in a cop to eject the kid from his own graduation. Someone could have allowed it, because it was not offensive in anyway nor was it distracting. But instead, they called the cops. The likelihood of this happening to others not conforming to the dress is likely rather low, I’d guess. I do ob…

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Right? Isn’t that the real question here, why were the cops called in the first place and is that connected to the race of the young man in question?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Could you point me to something I’ve said that brings you to that “fact”?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I’ll give you a hint: other than asking you to point out what I’d said that made you come up with your version of reality, I had posted only twice in this thread. Specific info on how to fix something in a post, and After @anon15383236 had asked the same question repeatedly and gotten no substantive response. Kind of like how I asked you a specific question twice and still have gotten no response. I know you think that means we’re all in awe of your power and control, but no.

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Enforcing racist rules is still racist. Race is not merely a function of the melanin content of one’s skin. Indeed, it’s far more about heritage. The student was ejected for displaying his. You can say he was ejected for not getting prior approval to display his heritage, and perhaps he was, but the rule requiring him to do so is still racist, and thus so is enforcing it. You can say the administrators were just enforcing the rules, and perhaps they were at that, but do you want to live in a wo…

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Okay, irl I do the same things

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Do you think LEOs should have been called to drag him out of there? And do you agree that it’s more likely that happened because he’s black?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Let him graduate. If someone has a problem with my decision, I can handle the weight more than a student. And then … dance off. [image]

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I somehow forgot about the ones that @RogerStrong had posted… This was me coming back to this thread… [image]

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I’ll spell it out this time because wow. Holy fucken shit. Let’s see, will the Native Americans be wearing headdresses and building teepees on the stage of this fever dream? I’m sure people of color would run amok on graduation stages everywhere if left to their own devices, oh the colors, oh the humanity. Maybe just this once, the people who are being honored can pick their own clothing and adornments? Or are we back to the collapse of higher education and/or society?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

What does this have to do with anything?!?! We aren’t talking about this kids prospects in the business world, but hey, if we were you’d be right. Getting a job while black is a lot harder than getting a job while white. Would that ‘southern heritage’ make any African American students in attendance feel unwelcome?

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I know honor cords are often fine, and they are >70 inches in length. They’re not hat tassles. They drape over both shoulders, Eagle Scouts are encouraged to wear a red white and blue one. Thousands of them, annually. It’s a thing, everywhere. There are other honor cords as well. Stoles are also not uncommon, while often reserved for faculty or alumni, they are not exclusively though. I’d not want to see the battle flag of a national enemy such as ISIS or North Korea represented in a graduation…

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

Also, you should know that there is a long history, which continues to right this second, of racism within law enforcement,. This is not really conjecture of our part. it’s a pretty well-established historical and current fact of life in the US. See for example on the role of race in the modern prison system, which you can read about in this book: http://newjimcrow.com/ So, while the individual who called the police on an 18 year old for wearing cloth to a graduation ceremony might not have ha…

Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

I heard about this in high school, met some people in college who said this, but did not grok it. What I did do was recognize that this is what everyone smarter than me believed, and took it on faith. As a now 40s white guy, I am fucking astonished on a daily basis how this culture is built for exactly me. Holy crap people. Take it from me, it is great to be 40something and white in America, even on little money. Not bragging. I see how bad it is out there for so many. What I do for work brings…

The naked hypocrisy of Game Of Thrones’ nudity

It has always seemed to me to be more hypocritical to insinuate nudity while hiding bodies, instead of being straightforward about showing it. Hint #1: all people are nude under their clothes, and we don’t really need to be so concerned about the times when those clothes are off. Hint #2: men like to look at naked women, and its not a character flaw. Presumably, if the country wasn’t so unrelentingly prudish about bodily functions, nudity would cease to be remarkable. Hint #3: women like to loo…

The naked hypocrisy of Game Of Thrones’ nudity

No hypocrisy, it’s just your puritanism that is hurt. I love the whore scenes

The naked hypocrisy of Game Of Thrones’ nudity

You know, you CAN like something, and understand the problems with it. I love GOT, even as I understand that there is some sexism in the show’s depiction of women. Liking GOT doesn’t make you a bad person, even disagreeing with the point of the article doesn’t make you a bad person. Basically, what @daneel said. So because men “evolved” to be sexually attracted to women, we shouldn’t point out the power dynamics involved in that and how it tends to lead to women being treated as objects? That …

The naked hypocrisy of Game Of Thrones’ nudity

He’s texting with his sweetie north of the wall… I wonder how reception is up there… [image]

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Student ejected from ceremony for graduating while black

At my daughter’s high school graduation I noticed quite a few things. Lots of kente cloths. Didn’t disrupt my ability to enjoy the ceremony. I also saw a person, who was clearly born male, dressed in the white robes the females were wearing. Didn’t disrupt my ability to enjoy the ceremony (actually it stood out, and I saw it as extremely positive. My daughter seemed completely unimpressed, which is pretty cool, because she accepts it on a level much deeper than I do). I saw plenty of messages on…

255 And wasn’t even going to play tonight but it was better then working on real work.