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    Yahoo to confirm data breach

    http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/technology/yahoo-data-breach/ Hundreds of millions of user data from 2012. Damn. Curious to find out exactly what data was acquired.
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    Infiniti Q50 and QX60 Hybrid

    Any opinions on Infiniti? Looking at the Q50 (2015) and QX60 hybrid (2014). Right now I have a 2012 Focus and 2011 Edge and am looking to trade both of them in. Don't need a small hatchback anymore, but do need an SUV. Would like to upgrade to be able to seat 7 (usually only 3 or 4 of us in...
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    Uppsala9496's home theater build

    Mentioned in another thread how I am finally getting my home theater. Moved into a new house in May. Mostly finished basement except for a drop ceiling. That will be finished tonight. Now it is time to set up my home theater. Went with the following (sadly had to buy everything): Elac...
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    Saltless water softener

    Any experiences with saltless water softeners? I don't like the slimy feeling that my water softener leaves on my skin after a shower. And this past summer the water killed my garden by introducing too much salt. So any options or am I stuck suffering? Can't seem to get a good feeling...
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    Shrinkable hoses are great... Sometimes

    Sitting on my basement bathroom floor holding a hose over my toilet draining my sump pump pit because my 75 feet of shrinkable house can't build up enough pressure from the portable sump pump to extend far enough. Wish i had a regular house right about now. Been sitting here for 20 minutes...
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    Hoping I get a severance package Monday

    For the past 2 months my work position has slowly been dwindling down to nothing. When I was hired it was to start a new program the company just signed a 12 month contract for. Idiots failed to properly plan for the program and the market was already flooded with competition under the same...
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    Closing on house tomorrow morning

    Walk through at 08:30 tomorrow morning and closing at 09:30. Closing costs are at $15,354 due to taxes, taxes and more taxes. Just insane, but I knew that going in. They want the escrow funded for the year. Title agency costs are not cheap in the Chicago area. Shopped around and the...
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    What ETF's to use for the next 5 years

    Since we don't have a finance forum to put this under, I'll ask here. Closing on a house shortly and am putting 40% down. Right now I am debt free. My rent plus what I was paying a month in car loans would mean an additional $500 to the mortgage principle. Doing that cuts the loan time...
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    What impacts FICO score and how full of it are the credit bureaus?

    Not a thinly veiled brag thread. Curious about the factors that adversely affected my credit score. So I inquired to 3 different mortgage companies about pre-approval for a mortgage. Only one of them sent me a pre-approval letter (other 2 were with my wife as a co-borrower since she had a...
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    Valentines Gift

    Thanks to this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2418951 I decided to print the prime number I discovered (35739241008285*2^666666-1) in all 200,701 digits and give it to my wife as a Valentines gift. She promptly put all 65 pages in the recycling bin. :(
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    Pizza ideas

    Wife wants pizza for dinner tomorrow. I'll be making 2 or 3 different dough styles so my wife and daughter can make their own pizzas and shape them into stupid hearts if they want. I'm a little bored with regular pizzas. What are some good toppings to make something different? BBQ chicken...
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    Offer in on foreclosed home

    It's been a week now since I put in a rather low offer on a foreclosed home and still not a word from the bank. It's listing at $355,000 and I put an offer in at $225,000 (original listing in November had it at $445,000). The place is a total gut job and will require every bit of $100,000 to...
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    Kid doesn't want to trick or treat

    because it is so cold and windy outside. Kid is 6 (in first grade). Wife is all pissed off because "all kids trick or treat." If the kid doesn't want to go, don't force her. Man it's annoying.
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    Buy house in cash, or mortgage?

    Hypothetical home buying question: If you had enough cash to buy a house for $260,000 would you outright buy it, or would you put a 50%+ down payment and mortgage the rest for 15 years? Taxes would be about $6,000 a year.
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    Ford joining the Recall craze (100,566 vehicles)

    http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ford-recalling-100566-vehicles-safety-issues-24467971 The company announced the six separate recalls Tuesday. The largest recall, of 92,022 vehicles, affects the 2013-2014 Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Police Interceptor sedans; 2013-2014 Ford Flex...
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    Subaru recalls 660,000 for brake line rust

    And the recalls continue this year: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/subaru-recalls-660k-vehicles-brake-line-rust-24409412 Subaru is recalling more than 660,000 cars and SUVs because the brake lines can rust and leak fluid, and that can mean it will take longer to stop the vehicles...
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    Fridge died....food wasted...me sad

    Arg, my refrigerator died. Took some veggies out of the freezer on Monday and there were ice crystals all over the package. Racked that one up to humidity (I had opened the freezer earlier looking to see what I wanted) and to maybe not closing the door well enough. Fridge was cold on...
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    Fastest road from SFO to Calistoga?

    What's the fastest way out of SFO to Calistoga? Renting a car at the airport. Sadly my flight gets in at rush hour (16:05). Driving on Thursday so I am sure I will be dealing with commuters going home. Is I80/29 faster than US101? Guessing I am looking at a good 2 hours plus in the...
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    Ridiculous phone usage (my wife likes to waste storage space)

    My wife just told me her phone (Nexus 4) said it was low on storage and things were randomly stopping. She likes to take pictures so I assumed it was loaded with a bajillion pictures that she will never look at again. Well, there are a bajillion, but the bulk of the matter is the 152...
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    Another Microcenter instore AMD sale (A10-7850K)

    A10-7850K for $129.99 + $40 off mobo + free copy of BF4. Asus A55BM-E FM2+ A55 mATX board is $50 with $10 MIR and then the $40 off. So free. Not bad for an HTPC or something similar. http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx
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    Cut the Cable Cord, need OTA recording for HTPC

    Ok, I need some help since I just cut the cable cord last night. Kept Comcast internet (25mbps package which was pulling 28 down yesterday) so it's all internet streaming and OTA for me (once the antenna I ordered gets delivered tomorrow). Right now I have an HTPC along with a PS3 hooked up...
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    It's Brew Day

    Wife is meeting a friend for lunch and then getting her hair done. Daughter is at my parents and playing with her cousin (poor parents, surprised my dad isn't down at my place to escape the madness). So what better use of a free afternoon than to brew some beer. Making a Sam Adams lager clone...
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    Sneaky Amazon

    Yesterday one of my friends overseas wired me some money to get the most obnoxious dollhouse I could find for my daughter for Christmas. Looked around and amazon was the cheapest. I have prime shipping and figured it would not be a problem ordering so close to Christmas. Still 5 business...
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    Sitting in a grocery store

    Grocery store by me is going out of business. Starting at 06:00 this morning all alcohol is half off. Problem is they can't sell until 07:00. So i filled my cart up with wine and lagunitas little sumpin ale and here i sit for another half hour. Pathetic i know but worth it. I hope.
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    Company acquired and losing PTO days

    Company I work for was acquired earlier this year by a larger entity. Transition has been somewhat painless, however we just received an email regarding the new PTO policy. I have 19 days for 2013 to use how I want (sick, vacation). For 2014 they are taking 20% away. Of course to make us...
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    Weekend Project - Build a keezer

    Weekend project for me is to build a keezer and get the pale ale and stout I have into kegs. Freezer and kegs were purchased last weekend. Temperature controller showed up yesterday and the c02 cylinder and keg lines/faucets should show up Saturday. Anyone ever build a fridge or freezer...
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    Homemade Sausage

    Anyone have good homemade sausage recopies? Going to make some next weekend since I have a meat grinder, casing stuffer and some casings. Have never made it before, so any suggestions from those that have are welcome.
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    Chicken nuggets to be processed in China

    Chicken nuggets are now going to be processed in China. American chickens will be sent to China to be processed and then sent back to the US for consumption and you will never know since there is no USDA requirement to state what happened...
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    Crying children on a plane

    Leaving for vacation on Wednesday (disney cruise) and my kid wakes me up at midnight screaming bloody murder because her ear hurts. Typical that we have a 2.5 hour flight in 5 days. Ear infections and plane flights do not make for a good time. I've suffered through them as a child. Not fun...
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    about to buy a hole in the water

    This morning I am driving to the marina to buy a hole in the water. 20 foot pontoon boat with a 60 hp engine. My wife thinks I am crazy and I sort of agree with her. It's been about 4 years without a boat and the itch is back. Foolish I know.
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    Chicago area flooding

    And I am stuck working from home today because I am flooded in. Both roads exiting my subdivision are flooded. One of them is a bridge too. Only downside is my wife and child are stuck at home too...the house is progressively getting smaller by the minute. I'll have to get outside to take...
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    Not fun BBQing when it is cold and windy

    Bought a "small" brisket yesterday and prepped it last night to be all set for the smoker this morning. Overslept by an hour because the Hawks game was a little too intense last night and it took me a while to calm down enough to sleep. Woke up to the sounds of sleet hitting the bedroom...
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    AT&T sent me a Uverse box for service I didn't order

    Last night upon arrival from home I saw a box dropped off from UPS that had my address but some other name on it. Of course I didn't notice this until I opened it because it was 11:45 at night and I was tired from a long day at work (started at 07:15 that morning). I was thinking Amazon did an...
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    google voice pushing mms to gmail

    So google voice is now supporting MMS via sending the message to gmail. Received an MMS through google voice today. The text states: MMS Received. Instantly get a gmail from that phone number with the picture attached. This a new feature from Google? Before I would never know if...
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    Quiet Hours on Stock GNex 4.2.2?

    My wife's phone is stock 4.2.2. I can not find any settings to set up quiet hours. Anyone? I have mine rooted running the slimbean rom and am able to set my quiet hours from the phone settings. I'm getting tired of the blinking notification light and the random vibrating in the middle of...
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    Why does Fage not want me to stir my yogurt

    Suggestion: Please Do Not Stir. It is printed on the cup right next to the statement to keep refrigerated. It's the Total 0% with the fruit in the side cup. I always scoop the fruit out and stir it in with the yogurt. I can't eat it any other way. Plain greek yogurt is pretty nasty.
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    Detroit/Windsor for a hockey game

    Anyone ever stay at Caesars in Windsor, Ontario? I'm going to catch a Dead Wings game in March and plan on staying at Caesars since it is a lot cheaper than Detroit. Guessing that the casino doesn't comp free drinks if gambling? Taking the train in from Chicago, so I will be relying on...
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    Neato XV-11 robot vacuum Walmart $239 FS

    Walmart has the neato xv-11 for $239 with free shipping. Cheapest I have seen online by at least $50. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Neato-XV-1...n-Box/22226126
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    Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Just put the turkey on the smoker and will be eating in 6 hours. Low and slow to begin and then a higher heat around 325° for the last hour and a half so it isn't dry. Am not using my good smoker since it is at the summer house and i was moving this fall and...
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    Finally selling condo

    On Tuesday the 18th I will finally be selling my condo and be debt free from the lenders. Going to rent for a year or two and start to pay down the small amount of debt that the wife and I have (credit card totals of ~$6,000 and car loans of $16,000). Daughter is going into preschool next week...