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People who lived in an HOA, what was your biggest nightmare with them?
  • Had an tenant whose son was reportedly causing havoc around the complex. It was a case of my tenant (and me, as her landlord) vs the HOA and some statements that others had provided. My tenant denied the claims when I spoke to her about them. No evidence was given. I got pulled into a sham of a disciplinary meeting (which my tenant was not allowed to attend) and fined for not doing enough to control my tenant.

    This wonderful service for $370/ month (and increasing each year).

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    What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?
  • For water stuck in your ear after shower or swimming, what works for me is tilting your head to the side that is plugged and bending/unbending your knees (making your body bounce) until the water comes out.

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    What's the most expensive thing you've come to own that you've never gotten to fully use?
  • An ecoflow battery generator. Granted, it's a small-ish one but I got this itch to purchase one after seeing one in action while car camping ("I can use my hot water kettle while camping, how cool!") and when our city was warning us about widespread power outages from an upcoming winter storm ("to keep our devices powered up").

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    Portable monitor recommendations?
  • Thanks so much everyone for your input. I ended up with a KYY K3. There was a lightning deal for it on Amazon for ~$90. It showed up yesterday evening and so far, it works just fine for what I need it to do. I'm certain it will help my productivity while working away from the office or my home set up.

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    Portable monitor recommendations?
  • That's a great idea. Unfortunately my work laptop is locked down and I'm not able to install any of my own software to it

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  • Anyone have recommendations for a <=$120 portable monitor? Reviews either read like press releases or seem to stuffed full of fake reviews (like Amazon). Using it for working on the go as a secondary to my windows laptop. Please let me know. Thank you.

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    Simple Steps for Privacy on Android
  • Thank you for the idea. However, it looks like my device isn't supported. Also, not really looking to go that far. Would doing things like disabling search and location history be effective at all? Other simple steps?

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  • What are some simple things i can do while using an android phone to maintain some privacy? Been thinking about this since seeing a thread on favorite foss apps. I currently use duckduckgo browser with their tracking deterrent vpn and simple keyboard. Thanks in advance

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    What are your"too lazy to cook" recipe ?
  • Cook white rice in a rice cooker but instead of water, use a canned soup. Flavor of the soup gets into the rice. A few minutes of prep and walk away.

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    Chain only runs cleanly when I keep the shifter pressed
  • If you can make it go away with the shifter, I would guess it is not the limit screw but that cable tension (I don't think the shifter would help alleviate the problem if the limit screw is set too far in). You could start with using 1/4 turn increments of the barrel adjuster at the shifter. Go slow. Do one 1/4, shift around and stop back on large cog and see how it sounds and looks.

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