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Celery Man

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  1. Awesome, thanks y'all. I'm mad that I didn't refresh my ancient iphone before they laid me off (and explicitly allowed me to keep the phone), I had just refreshed my laptop this year and would be pissed if I had a bricked $1500 laptop just sitting under my desk.
  2. Boom. Battery out, powers on. This hopefully indicates that a replacement battery would fix the problem, or do you think potentially there’s some kind of problem with the connection to the battery and it’s more complicated than just that?
  3. Yeah taking the battery out and trying to power it on was a step I was going to try. From the googling I’ve done I think it’s powering on and then shutting off maybe as a safeguard from some power problem? Or at least that was my running theory - I will try this, thank you for the help.
  4. That’s certainly something I’ve wondered - if there’s some corporate thing that bricked it. I really don’t think so for a couple different reasons, but I suppose it’s possible. Not a huge company, their IT was not competent, the computer remained completely accessible with all of the company data on it for months after I was let go even when it was connected to the internet, hell it didn’t complain when I connected a thumb drive to get some personal files off of it. But yeah one of my first thoughts woke be “remotely nuked” if I read this. I did the most complete nuke everything and reinstall windows possible. It did come back online; I went through the new windows set up and created a user and was using it for an evening.
  5. Is that headstock from your guitar? Super cool very flat nocaster/nograin. 5 screws
  6. This is a not very old thinkpad x13 Gen2. This was a work computer - I was laid off, they shut off my access, I tried through multiple channels several times to return this computer, they don't care and it's been 4 months, so it's a grayish area where i feel justified having this nice PC laptop but I'm also not sure if I'll get help from Lenovo if I turn to them for support. I did a full windows reinstall a month or so back to wipe it clear and start new, everything came back OK. But, very shortly after that (while i was connecting my logi mx master/mxkeys peripherals) it shut off suddenly (there were beeps, I can't remember what the pattern of beeps were) and hasn't turned on since. What it will do is light up the little red light on the outside, light up the status light next to the power button inside, it will turn on the backlight under the keys, and the fan will blow briefly. You can see all of that here - If I leave it plugged in, it will spend a while doing that cycle (light blinks, backlight turns on, fan blows, it turns off, it waits for a while, does it again) before it stops doing anything. Things I have tried are - using the little pinhole reset thing on the bottom, letting the battery drain down completely over a period of weeks and trying again, I've removed the back and taken out the battery and waited and then put the battery back and tried again. Nothing doing, and I think it is beyond my ability to troubleshoot from here. I would love to get this laptop working - any tips on next steps? Would be much appreciated.
  7. Ooooh, este? Vintera nocaster
  8. Preemptively swiping left on hot girls, thereby “winning” at dating.
  9. tesla demoed a solution for this just last night
  10. As a business user I would pull up my computer or sit across the table from my colleagues and continue with my slate of meetings as this amazing technolgoy ushers me off to the airport or to my hotel. Maybe my iphone could connect to "self-driving carplay" and I could leave the laptop in the bag, continuing with my meetings with a large display opposite from my seat in the taxi. Maybe I could use that to video call my wife and see her bounce the baby in incredibly high definition and lifelike size using some sort of crazy high speed network connection incorporated into the vehicle. Or maybe I'd want to dim the lights and lay down to rest, or have a quick meal, relax my mind with some video content or games. I definitely want to be able to store my bags, and I may be travelling with several colleagues. Maybe I'm taking this in to work in the morning and I'd like to eat a bagel and drink some coffee and get started sifting through my inbox. Can my children come along so we can drop them off at school or daycare? Or maybe instead I'm out with friends and we want to keep the party going with a cocktail or some entertainment as our whole group travels together. oh, I guess I'll sit facing forward with my hands in my lap and wait to arrive.
  11. Ah fuck, Chase Brown is questionable now, who moved from my bench to my roster with Kyren Williams on bye. Might need to grab RoJo
  12. Roadster is such a stupid format for a self driving car.
  13. Minnesota has scored 12.5 points more than the next highest scoring defense in my league. Lowest scoring game is 10 points, I’m not dropping them to hold on the scrubbiest player in my roster.
  14. Iirc you’re in Virginia Beach or Nahfuck or something like that - are you surrounded by military? Although based on the value of your most expensive guitar I’d also assume you’re not in a neighborhood with a camaro in every driveway.
  15. Saw one of these today in North Raleigh, lol it is remarkable how much more Harris/walz stuff there is. Raleigh is blue but it’s a coalition of just enough black people and j crew whites to outbalance the southern heritage whites. And as far as signs, I see more of the moms for liberty school board wackjobs than Trump.
  16. I’m 5-0 to start. Drafting Minnesota’s D in the 12th round has helped a lot with that, but they’re on bye this week. Rolling the dice with the Colts D - they kinda suck but have 8 takeaways and are playing the Titans with a league leading 9 giveaways. Calling my shot that they will perform reasonably well from a fantasy perspective which means they will have negative points this week.
  17. I kept reading this as “cut the cunt” and trying to wrap my head around that choice. But no, she’s using grawlix for “crap” which is not a real swear word. Also, every single person who angrily refers to “crap” on Facebook has a 9/11 banner photo and a racist post history.
  18. Cover letter probably not necessary if hiring manager knows you are applying and is expecting to talk to you but I’d probably send one anyways on the basis that it is unlikely to hurt. my general cover letter format is something like - Hello <company name> hiring team, I am writing to you today to express my sincere interest in the <position>. <one to two sentences of career summary with an emphasis on relevant accomplishments>. <sentence where i convey my philosophy and explain that i am uniquely qualified to help their team [insert company mission statement]>. I am currently searching for my next opportunity to <something that aligns with my experience/trajectory and also with what the position is>. <sentence that relates to the above about what is interesting to me about this position/team/product/company.> I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to meet with you and discuss the position further. Please let me know if you have any questions or if there is any additional information I can provide. Thank you for your time and consideration. 🍆😉
  19. The people with new gods are Christians, who have forsaken Jesus for the least Christ-like political personality in American history.
  20. So it’s a weird backdoor recruiting thing but if you just submit a cover letter with an eggplant and a winking emoji they’ll move you right through to manager interviews.
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