Super General Advice (the thread for advice without making a thread)

Discussion in 'General Advice' started by NevermorePoe, May 8, 2017.

  1. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Is there a name for this kind of art style?
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    Inked outlines with muted watercolours? It reminds me slightly of a simplified Art Nouveau but it very much isn't.
     
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  2. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    To me if looks reminiscent of the naïve style of L.S. Lowry.
     
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  3. vuatson

    vuatson [delurks]

    Question: can anyone tell me how to move both files and programs from one drive to another without screwing up things' ability to find each other? My laptop has a small hard drive with the OS and everything on it and a big one for storage, but right now everything other than my Steam and music library is on the small drive and it's almost full. I want to move over stuff like my documents and pictures folders, as many applications as I can, etc, but I don't know how to transfer things in such a way that all the paths that lead to them remain intact.
     
  4. Wingyl

    Wingyl Allegedly Magic

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  5. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Does anyone have coding for a Tumblr shipping wall page where the pixels stay on one line, like this? I may have asked before but I can't find the question now.

    ETA: Scratch that, I just changed the theme and it worked. Does anyone know how to HTML up a border that will surround multiple images?
     
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  6. vuatson

    vuatson [delurks]

    setting up new internet, which involves looking at my old internet setup in detail for the first time. as far as I can tell, I've somehow been connected to the internet using two routers and no modem for the past several years. that's not actually possible? I'm pretty sure?? but neither of the devices I have is a combination router+modem so I have no idea what's up there lol.

    I guess I have to buy a modem tomorrow
     
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  7. swirlingflight

    swirlingflight inane analysis and story spinning is my passion

    Congratulations your super power?
     
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  8. vuatson

    vuatson [delurks]

    just realized I posted this in advice instead of stream of consciousness, no idea how that happened o_o

    but thank you lol
     
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  9. PotteryWalrus

    PotteryWalrus halfway hideous and halfway sweet

    Any tips to stop scab-picking? I cut up my scalp a fair bit when I shaved my head, and the scabs aren't improving because I keep absently scratching/picking myself bloody.

    I wanna keep my hair close-cropped for a while yet but I probably shouldn't shave again until the raw bits have at least dried up :/
     
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  10. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Can you wear a headscarf or cap? That might make it easier to notice you're doing it?
     
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  11. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    A bandana can help keep your nails away from picking. For actual healing I like Lucas' Papaw Ointment.
     
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  12. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Do pet frogs need free-range time out of their tank?
     
  13. Aondeug

    Aondeug Cringe Annoying Ass Female Lobster

    Frogs have extremely sensitive skin. They are primarily display pets that you keep in carefully controlled environments. Different kinds of frogs have different needs in regards to humidity, temperature, water quality, etc. I would seek out experts in frogcare before even thinking about getting one.
     
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  14. TheOwlet

    TheOwlet A feathered pillow filled with salt and science

    Considering how sensitive frogs are, it's more likely 'frogs should NOT be outside of their tanks because many things outside of their tanks, from perfume fumes to the lack of humidity are actively harmful to frogs'
     
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  15. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Oh, I was definitely going to research more, I was just curious if that was a thing. I get nervous around fish tanks because I'm clumsy and fear spillage, but a frog tank might need less water and the frog would be likelier to survive if I did knock it over, so I was considering a frog tank as a display alternative, but since the pets I really really want are ferrets and a frog couldn't be out of the tank around them, I thought I should check, and I couldn't find anything definitive on Google.
     
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  16. Acey

    Acey hand extended, waiting for a shake

    I don’t know the answer to your specific question Chel, but if it helps, my understanding is that different types of frog require different degrees of care, with some being much better for beginner owners than others. So that’s definitely a factor to look into too!
     
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  17. Raire

    Raire Turquoise Helicoid

    Frogs are also very fragile, researchers are taught how to hold them specifically so as to not hurt them, so its preferred to not handle them when possible
     
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  18. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    Eh, I might be better off with just plants then. I wondered if they'd make a good alternative to a fish tank, but on further thought I'd probably get bored with animals I couldn't handle.
     
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  19. PotteryWalrus

    PotteryWalrus halfway hideous and halfway sweet

    Are there any queer Jewish people on here willing to talk to me? I'm about quarter Jewish by blood and I've been thinking about converting for a while, but I don't really know where to start with finding a rabbi who'd be okay with me being a transdude and queer and well, me.

    Either way someone to talk to about this would be nice? I didn't put it in the crisis thread because it's not, but I have a lot of thoughts and no-one IRL to help me.

    My mum has like one Jewish friend-of-her-father but Ruth is going through a hard time atm and besides I don't know her that well.
     
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  20. rats

    rats 21 Bright Forge Shatters The Void

    deffo feel free to DM me, either to talk on here or exchange discords! :)
     
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