r/LosAngeles • u/AutoModerator • 21h ago
Discussion Los Angeles Daily Discussion - Friday, Dec 27
Rules are simple:
* Talk about whatever's on your mind.
* Be excellent to each other.
* Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. -The Dalai Lama
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u/badhatharry The Westside 16h ago
Me opening up my 2023 year end playlist on Apple Music
"Damn, this is a good playlist."
Me opening up my 2024 year end playlist on Apple Music
"This is exactly the same as my 2023 playlist."
Presses play.
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u/FadedAndJaded Hollywood 16h ago
I wish Apple muaic worked with third party software better. I want to scrobble and be able to do the iceberg thing.
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u/FadedAndJaded Hollywood 16h ago
Doing a few short work days since I wasnāt out the previous week. Cliche to say, but man I wish traffic was like this all the time. Still some on the 101 but not 15-20 minutes worth.
Pup adjusting well. But wife made chicken as a āspecial treatā for training and I think overdid it on his walk on Christmas giving him treats and heās had an upset tummy for the last day/this morning. Not pooping inside but just not the greatest when he goes. Getting him on giradia treatment too just in case.
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u/raptorclvb 14h ago
Itās alarming how many people I see driving around here without their headlights on at night. And flashing my lights at them doesnāt even trigger them to turn it on. Thatās so dangerous!! Turn your lights on!!
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u/BlasphemousHumors 14h ago
Why do all cars not have automatic headlights in this day and age? An optic sensor is like 50 cents.
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u/Lowfuji 14h ago
I have auto headlights but I don't use em bc of irrational fear it'll eat thru the battery.
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
Google summarizes this far better than I can word it, but "a car battery is charged by the alternator, which is a magnetic coil that generates electricity while the car is running." So you're charging it while driving, which is the only time those auto headlights will be on.
Unless your battery is old and on it's last leg, but it would die regardless of you having the auto headlights on.
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u/BouyantCorgiButt Angeles Forest 19h ago edited 18h ago
It is Friday my dudes šø
Itās insane how my commute is 30 minutes shorter this week since thereās no traffic. I wish it was like this every day.
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u/Ginger_snap456789 12h ago
Youāre welcome. I took the week off ;) lol. Seriously though, love the holiday ātrafficā, itās sooo nice.
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u/WailordusesBodySlam Reseda 14h ago
Spent roughly 4 hours at my local diner. Only paid for a coffee. Someone dropped their iPhone in the restroom. I only do Finders Keepers on loose money. So I gave it to the waitress. Apparently, the person who lost the phone called the diner. Didn't see the person while there. Atleast they know their phone is secured. They need to wipe it down since it was on the restroom floor. Went home haven't slept. Going to run errands going to five different places. Luckily, I'm not driving. Drowsy driving is bad. I'm fueled on coffee.
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u/Ehloanna 10h ago edited 8h ago
Anyone know of any job openings in the valley or nearby? I have a friend at risk of losing her apartment after 2 layoffs in a year. She's tried applying for everything from gig work (a lot are on hiring freezes) to seasonal work (no bites) to all sorts of jobs she'd qualify for. She's had her resume reviewed by myself and several others. She has a lot of customer support/customer success experience and is very much a "go above and beyond her paygrade" kinda person.
She's been doing 2-3 part time jobs but it's just not enough to keep her afloat. If anyone has any leads that would be awesome.
If I wasn't already helping my boyfriend (who is also looking for work and had 4 interviews right before Christmas, fingers crossed!) I would be helping her out financially, but I can't support 3 people.
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u/Blackmamba42O 8h ago
Tell her to call a temp agency
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u/Ehloanna 8h ago
They've sadly been useless in my experience though. When I was laid off I contacted a bunch of them and was never contacted back, let alone placed, with 10yrs of job experience. My boyfriend has also tried them and they've basically been the most incompetent people I've ever heard him deal with.
Regardless, I'll double check and see if she's contacted the different agencies around the area.
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u/Blackmamba42O 8h ago
I agree but in my experience they can get you bottom of the barrel jobs. Just get some type of $$ my experience with them has been in person.
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u/Ehloanna 8h ago
She's honestly open to quite literally any job as long as it covers her basic bills. She's been applying to anything and everything she's even remotely qualified for, or extremely overqualified for.
I shot her a message to double check if she's looked into them at all recently.
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u/jahssicascactus POO 8h ago
Does she have any experience with kids? Places are always hiring for behavior technicians to work with kids with autism or other developmental delays. But, there may be bites!
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u/Ehloanna 8h ago
Hm, I don't think she does unfortunately. Do you know what kind of companies specialize in stuff like this though? I can always throw it her way and see if she'd be comfortable doing it.
Would something like this require certifications? I feel like it would.
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u/jahssicascactus POO 8h ago
If you type in ābehavior technicianā on indeed, they all come up. There is a certification but places will train and pay for it! It can be more about personalities matching than actual experience so she has a good shot.
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u/Ehloanna 8h ago
Got it! I'll mention it to her as an option to look into. Never hurts especially since so many Indeed jobs are the "easy apply" type.
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u/PM_ME_KITTEN_TOESIES Kindness is king, and love leads the way 7h ago
May hurt if bitten.
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u/raptorclvb 7h ago
True. I had a friend who did this and had a kid scratch and bite her all the time
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u/Ehloanna 7h ago
She's a LARPer, I'll tell her to buy some armor with her paycheck. ;p
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u/PM_ME_KITTEN_TOESIES Kindness is king, and love leads the way 7h ago
Itās fucking frustrating and honestly shameful to me that a qualified person eager to work should have to consider whether compromising their physical safety is worth poverty wages
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u/Ehloanna 6h ago
Yeah it really is. I don't look down on any jobs but to have like 10yrs of various work experience (both retail and corporate) and being told that isn't enough is actually insane to me.
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u/soulfuljuice 18h ago
Iām amused that my mom has currently gotten into Chinese dramas and K dramas. She and my dad have an anniversary coming up and she wants dad to buy her a jade bracelet. So Iāve agreed to go find one.Ā
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u/einsteinGO 15h ago
What are your New Yearās Eve plans, folks?
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
Hanging out at home. My boyfriend can't be around fireworks, so we'll likely drink a little and have a nice dinner and watch a movie. Wouldn't have it any other way.
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u/mylefthandkilledme 14h ago
Lotr marathon with either burgers or pizza
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u/labbitlove Santa Monica 9h ago
I just rewatched all three extended editions this week and it was glorious. They are such amazing movies
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u/TheWayDenzelSaysIt North Hollywood 13h ago
I might take an edible and melt into some music and movies.
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u/Same_Village9121 14h ago
TGIF everyone. Working from home (hardly) and itās day 2 of my goof off day. It rained Light in the Valley and it feels nice And fresh.
Howās everyone doing?
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u/lucyssweatersleeves 14h ago
Getting out to my family in Boston, especially only a day after coming back from my in-lawsā in NorCal, is always stressful and exhausting. However my family does correctly still recognize that I, a married woman in her mid thirties, am still the baby of the family and they treat me accordingly when I get here, and I think thatās just nice.
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u/ItsYourMotherDear Flairy godmother 8h ago
I love this! Travel sucks so much but it's worth it when youre the most famous in the family!
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u/JamUpGuy1989 Jefferson Park 19h ago
Man, I am so sick of my fucking body.
Why is my THIRD tooth or section of my gums hurting for no reason? I got no god damn cavities, cracks, etc to show for this pain. I am NOT getting a third root canal in one month over this bullshit.
Just feels like my body is breaking down and I canāt do anything about.
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u/Elysiaa Lawndale 16h ago
It could be from grinding your teeth or clenching while you sleep.
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u/JamUpGuy1989 Jefferson Park 15h ago
I wear a nightguard but maybe it isnāt good enough.
I donāt know.
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u/Dontbedumby Ladera Heights 18h ago
I have limited info on the topic, but I heard something about oil pulling that might be good for failing teeth? Iām sure someone will correct my limited knowledge here (hoping on it actually) cause that sounds crappy.
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u/ForgottenDreamDeath 17h ago
What kinds of shoes work in the rain?
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
Get shoes with good tread. If they don't, you can scratch up the sole with sandpaper (or your concrete sidewalk) to get a little more friction.
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u/mmh-hmm 16h ago
I am forever scarred by dropped my latte on my walk home from the coffee shop. Only bringing travel mugs with handles from now on. Happy Friday!
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
omg dropping a drink is the worst, especially with how expensive lattes are anymore.
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u/labbitlove Santa Monica 9h ago
Hard agree. I basically stopped going out to coffee because likeā¦ EIGHT dollars?!
I ended up getting a semi automatic espresso machine for home and learned how to steam milk, so now I can make myself latte art and it feels like coffeeshop vibes :D
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
Yeah I also make my coffee/matcha at home. I used to go out for it several times a week, but now I go out and buy it once a week at most. Way too expensive.
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u/labbitlove Santa Monica 8h ago
Same! I used to get one almost every morning with my ex.
I think the last time I bought one was at the farmerās market as a treat.
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u/illaparatzo š 8h ago
I am not above going back and asking for a freebie if I drop it close to where I got it
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u/Ehloanna 8h ago
Oh I absolutely have before. I did it twice when I used to hit up Starbucks and they always replaced it. I was a regular which may have helped. Only done it once at a smaller shop but they replaced it immediately since I dropped it due to a lid that broke when holding it.
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u/zettasyntax 12h ago
Eep, just got fired from xAI š¤ They found my X posts showing how I kept talking badly about the company and how Trump/MAGA everything is. I even mentioned a training document that had an example with "Trump landslide" (HR said this was the final straw). I guess trying to emulate Elon and freely speak my mind was a bad idea. I wasn't happy there, but this surely isn't how I wanted to go out.
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u/mylefthandkilledme 11h ago
Well AI is awful, sorry bout losing your job though
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u/zettasyntax 10h ago
Thank you. Yeah, I wasn't really an Elon fan, so I should have known better that it wasn't a good idea to try and reveal how the culture is š I did have a part-time contract gig with OpenAI that I'm hoping I can go back to (xAI made me quit just so I could work with them).
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u/bandsam 7h ago
just got fired from xAI š¤ They found my X posts
Bruh what the fuck š lmao
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u/PM_ME_KITTEN_TOESIES Kindness is king, and love leads the way 7h ago
homeboyās comment history is WILD
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u/illaparatzo š 8h ago
My sister badmouthed muck in the starlink work slack and eeeeveryone descended upon her to delete it before bad things happened. She ended up quitting after the second all hands 10:30 pm meeting where everyone just sat there and watched him shit all over the engineering team
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u/zettasyntax 8h ago
Other people on the Slack make fun of Newsom, openly call Business Insider and other news outlets "fake news". I didn't really vibe with them at all. I'm hoping I find something else soon and I'll just lay low if it happens to be as political as xAI š¤
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u/jahssicascactus POO 8h ago
Are you planning on switching careers now? This doesnāt sound like it ends well. Take it from me, someone that left homeless services after making their boss cry.
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u/usernombre_ wack ass Downey 13h ago
I have been eating posole since Xmas eve. So fucking good I am gonna slap my mama.
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u/sumdum1234 21h ago
Nosferatu was solid. It wasn't as good as the Gary Oldham movie, but it was well shot.
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u/Ginger_snap456789 14h ago
Who said brown hair and eyes are boring? I think theyāre beautiful and if you go outside the country you will find out that thereās places where itās rare and exotic to have dark hair. When I went to Belgium almost every single person had blonde hair, blue eyes so everyone was fascinated with this little Latina. lol
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u/peascreateveganfood South Bay 20h ago
My crush is deepening, lol. Not sure how he feels yet. Laundry day today.
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u/jetlife87 17h ago
Walking around the corner in Tokyo town saw a woman spazz out on two people (I had my headphones in was across the street. Reminds me that the world is 24/7 nonstop
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u/LightAnubis Inglewood 15h ago
Rehoming a dog. Situation suck yo. Iām trying to provided solutions to make everyone live easier but no one want to take them. Iām just going to admit that we are shitty dog owners.
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
Look into different rescues and start looking out of state. Post on Facebook, craigslist, and /r/lalist.
I had to rehome a dog many years ago due to homelessness and I found a rescue for the dog's breed that connected me with people to adopt him - it was just a very long drive to give him over to them that the rescue coordinated for us.
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u/FadedAndJaded Hollywood 14h ago
What kind of dog? Contact a rescue.
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u/LightAnubis Inglewood 14h ago
She a chiweenie.
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u/FadedAndJaded Hollywood 14h ago
If you a find a rescue to take her I bet sheād be adopted quick.
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u/Beachboy93 12h ago
Just saw a motorcade on the 405 north and the freeway was completely stopped. Does anyone know who it was?
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u/raptorclvb 7h ago
Saw ANOTHER car without their headlights on. Flashed my lights again. Nothing. I think this is like the 5th time this month Iāve seen someone doing this.
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u/Blowme69420Retard 6h ago
The Third St Tunnel has had horrific graffiti in it since 2020 and near the bridge on 4th and Hope there is an art piece that has been defaced for 3 years at least, and the guardrail has been smashed for a long time now too. I've contacted 311 and no response. Why does this city not do any maintenance anymore?
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u/WailordusesBodySlam Reseda 9h ago
I only completed 4 out of 5 of today's objectives. The one I missed has limit of time. I could complete that later. Not in a rush. I believe I reached my operational limit given I have not slept last night, and have been running on coffee. Better safe than sorry. Left stuff outside this morning I'm glad they weren't stored in non waterproof storage material like cardboard. The picnic blankets I used as tarps protected them very well.
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u/SeffyBaby 18h ago
My coworker rescued a momma and her kittens. Is there somewhere we can surrender them where they wont be euthanized? They are currently in our warehouse which is empty for the weekends so we need to figure out something fast.
if yall are looking to adopt, plz let me know! only one kitten is spicy, but the other 2 are extremely sweet and so is the momma whos a green eyed void :)
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u/99tapeworms Echo Park 17h ago
Do you have pictures of them? That would probably help get them adopted faster.
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u/TheWayDenzelSaysIt North Hollywood 15h ago
Happy final Friday of the year everyone. What is on the menu for breakfast/lunch today? My mom and aunt made tamales during the week so Iāve been saving the ones they gave me for today.
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u/lucyssweatersleeves 14h ago
Yesssss I finally got my family to save what used to be our Christmas Eve tamale dinner until the 26th when I get to town, so I got to have my dadās signature leftover tamales with chili and eggs for breakfast.
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u/TheWayDenzelSaysIt North Hollywood 13h ago
Tamales with a fried eggs on top is majorly slept on. Itās an all star combo.
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u/BouyantCorgiButt Angeles Forest 13h ago
Spinach and cranberry salad and a sprite. My pho from yesterday was not good so I decided to go with something easy and cheap.
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u/labbitlove Santa Monica 9h ago
Hello hello! Breakfast was coffee Lunch was pho dac biet after a rainy redwoods hike ā¤ļø
Envious of your tamales!
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u/ItsYourMotherDear Flairy godmother 8h ago
YUM! I really need to eat some tamales soon. I keep forgetting! Today I made salmon and mashed potatoes for dinner and didn't even realize it's Friday!
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u/wasneveralawyer 13h ago
Best place to get a little mani pedi? Told my girl I would do a joint mani pedi and plan it. Dont agree to things three glasses of wine in.
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u/99tapeworms Echo Park 12h ago
What part of town?
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u/wasneveralawyer 12h ago
Willing to travel. Since we arenāt heading back to our respective offices for a bit
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u/cashmerechaos 10h ago
The best place is a spa by far. Like Burke Williams in SaMo. Luxuriate all day.
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u/mylefthandkilledme 12h ago
Looks like a polar vortex is coming for the states east of the Mississippi around Jan 4. And they say So Cal will flirt with temps in the 80s again. Sometimes winter here sucks ass.
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u/Brumbies5 10h ago
I am visiting LA at the beginning of next April and was wanting to do a SoFi stadium tour. I was looking forward to doing the All access tour which includes going on the field etc. Unfortunately, whilst I am in LA they are only offering the standard tour. For anyone that has done the standard tour, is it worth it? The USA womens soccer team is playing a game there on the 5th, would i be better off going to see that instead?. I just want to see and get a glimpse of the stadium
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u/ItsYourMotherDear Flairy godmother 8h ago edited 8h ago
I think it depends on your interest? Going to the soccer game would be more fun, you can sample the foods/drinks and FEEL the energy. But if youre more of a quiet introvert person the tour probably would be good. If it were me I'd be going to the game!!
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u/NoWayHorseFace 19h ago
in the true spirit of waiting till the absolute last second to do anything i need a treasure chest about to size of a shoebox by tomorrow morning. ideally with a lock and key.
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u/EmptyFoldingChair 18h ago
I've seen unvarnished ones in the arts and crafts section of stores. You'd have to stain it and install a lock. Maybe Ross would have one?
So where are you burying your treasure?
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u/NoWayHorseFace 18h ago
yeah michaels will be my last resort if i can't find one on offerup/craigslist/marketplace by end of work.
just a gift for my players which i could just hand to them but i need to be extra
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u/99tapeworms Echo Park 17h ago
Not with lock and key, but i usually see wooden and leather, sometimes metal boxes that would fit the description at places like TJMaxx, HomeGoods, etc.
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u/NoWayHorseFace 17h ago
i've always felt like these are all the exact same store with different names to make some sense of superiority over the other. like the same dude setting up taco stands a few miles apart
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u/99tapeworms Echo Park 16h ago
I'm pretty sure they're under the same parent company, as well as Marshalls. (oh also I see them at Ross lol)
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u/Dontbedumby Ladera Heights 18h ago
ChatGPT is definitely a good too to use for a bunch of stuff. Is privacy a problem with it? Like people are using this thing as a personal therapist in some casesā¦ But I could see that data not being a great thing in the wrong hands..
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u/Elysiaa Lawndale 16h ago
Not ChatGPT, but chatbots have the potential to be very dangerous when people are using them as friends and therapists. I have a side gig working with/training/reviewing AI chatbots and I was shocked to hear this story. I have yet to encounter such a response, but all of the projects have strict guidelines about what constitutes an unsafe response from the chatbot: giving medical advise, encouraging illegal activity, hate speech, personally identifiable information, and more.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5222574/kids-character-ai-lawsuit
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u/Blinkinlincoln 15h ago
...yo hook us up with that side gig???
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u/BlasphemousHumors 14h ago
what constitutes an unsafe response from the chatbot: giving medical advise, encouraging illegal activity, hate speech, personally identifiable information, and more.
But it's inherent to the nature of LLMs that before it can censor itself from giving an unacceptable response, it has to generate that response and then process it to recognize whether it fits any of the unacceptable criteria. So it's a constant race in advances between the correct-response-generating algorithm (which may generate a response that is correct but unacceptable), and the recognize-and-censor algorithm.
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u/forjeeves 13h ago
Why would I want a censored algo if I took this risk to use it
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u/BlasphemousHumors 13h ago
If it's just you using it on your personal machine you don't. If it's learning off a bunch of randoms' data and then responding to a bunch of randoms, including possibly children, criminals, or the mentally ill, you probably want some safeguards.
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u/NeedMoreBlocks 15h ago
If you feed it confidential data for your own purposes, it will eventually use that data for somebody else's purposes
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u/thanksforthegift 17h ago
Nothing on the internet is completely free of privacy concerns. I suspect ChatGPT has extra concerns because it will be trained on its own product and thus its inputs will eventually be repackaged as outputs.
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u/Blinkinlincoln 15h ago
I wouldn't worry. Nobody cares what you write in there. Yes there are concerns, but nothing of real practical value. Dont type your social security number in, but even if you do, probably nothing will matter because its already online if anyone wants it from all the years of hacks.
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u/femme-alt 18h ago
can someone give me something to do while class is on break
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u/LAguy2018 North Hollywood 18h ago
Play factorio
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u/Dogsbottombottom 14h ago
I just started a new save for space age. Trying to lay things out properly from the beginning this time, not just spaghetti.
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u/LAguy2018 North Hollywood 14h ago
I tried a different approach this time too.
When I first played years ago I did a kick starter base then spaghetti then main belt and finally rail-based sub factories to hit 5K spm.
With Space Age, Iām headed to mini mainbelt immediately but use a bot mall for personal items and building. The parametrized blueprints really make it simple!
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u/EatingAllTheLatex4U 19h ago
Vegas baby! I always go to Vegas for my birthday (next couple days) because people can afford jack shit and have no time to Party a few days after Christmas so I go to where the party is for my Bday.Ā
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u/Dontbedumby Ladera Heights 18h ago
ayyy my birthday is on Monday! big 40. Iām due for a mid life crisis soonā¦ I should get on thatā¦
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u/UnluckyCardiologist9 19h ago
Have fun and happy early birthday! This will be me on Sunday for my birthday on NYE.
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u/BeerNTacos 55% Beer, 45% Tacos 20h ago
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u/of-the-ash š 19h ago
Been on the hunt for a candy bar similar to a Cadbury Caramello, just not from Cadbury. It seemed like a simple request but jfc..
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u/EmptyFoldingChair 18h ago
If you see kids selling World's Finest Chocolate Bars the caramel one seems pretty close. It's a different shape but the caramel filled Ghirardelli squares have that runny sort of caramel.
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u/of-the-ash š 18h ago
This is literally what he asked for, but Iāve only found them by the case. I think thatās my only option at this point.
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u/EmptyFoldingChair 18h ago
Do you have an Aldi's near you? They might have a caramel filled bar that meets your needs.Ā
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u/NoWayHorseFace 18h ago
rollos will probably scratch the itch
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u/of-the-ash š 18h ago
Thank you! Individual caramels wonāt workā¦for context my best friend and I do a gift exchange but the idea is it has to be specific but not impossible. Just enough to frustrate the other person. He literally asked for the chocolate caramel bars that are sold for fundraisers but Iāve only found them by the case. He might be getting a whole case at this point..
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u/Dontbedumby Ladera Heights 18h ago
oh I LOVE this gift exchange idea!!! is this new or have you done it in the past? if past do you mind sharing previous gifts that have been given??
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u/of-the-ash š 17h ago
Done it for over a decade at this point. - super Mario rpg for SNES - crystal pepsi - a tiger blanket - a US flag with more than 13 but less than 50 stars
No online purchases allowed until after Christmas. Itās so annoying but so much fun.
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u/NoWayHorseFace 18h ago
oh i remember those. i don't think the kids are selling them at the moment though. might as well send him the box. folding chair has the right idea
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u/bobabae44 19h ago
I saw laptop on eBay yesterday refurnished it was like 250 bucks which is pretty good for a laptop
I'm not going to get it obviously but like. The fantasy of having a laptop is so nice
On other news I watched nesferatu yesterday
It was fine I gave it like a six out of 10
I don't know it just had like weirdly sexual undertones for everything. I mean pretty good acting
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u/Frinpollog Glendale 17h ago
If you are serious about getting a laptop, Iāve been wanting to sell my old 2017 MacBook Air for a while now. Lmk if youāre interested. Note that Iām in the Glendale area.
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u/bobabae44 16h ago
Nah it's ok. I appreciate the offer but I don't like need it ya know, besides I don't even know what I would use a laptop for
Probably just to watch YouTube videos
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u/Ehloanna 9h ago
You can get a basic Chromebook for like $100-$150 if you just need a YouTube machine. My boyfriend got one for like $75 on Amazon and just uses it for D&D and when he needs it on the fly. Works great for super basic tasks.
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u/MuchCalligrapher 12h ago
Maybe you can just sign up for a new e card and use Libby anyway
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u/JustaTinyDude Topanga Kid 12h ago
Unfortunately you have to go into the library in person to get a new card.
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u/gusborn 16h ago
Who got percs?
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u/MannyAPH Gangdale pewpew 18h ago
Yesterday I lent my friend a jacket and he gave it back to me with three joint ends and a cookie in the pocket
Some people man