Vlad_the_Homeowner
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_jbb1vi0 wrote
Reply to comment by lart2150 in Alternatives to nails and hammers by Significant_Count809
But that's kind of my point, so what? You're allowed to hang photos in an apartment. If you're there for any appreciable time they're going to repaint anyway. And if the walls are the typical shade of white or beige you don't even necessarily need to use touchup.
If your landlord has an issue with nail holes that small then you're in for a painful tenancy.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_jbaw762 wrote
For discussion sake, why do picture nail holes bother you? I ask because I just went through this with my mom, who didn't want to put nail holes in her newly remodeled place. It took some convincing that you can just dab some spackle in most holes and not even need touch-up paint. Large picture frames need bigger nails, but even then, dab some spackle and a little touch-up paint.
Command strips are nice and all, but I wouldn't trust them for a heavy frame, and they don't come off so neat and clean after several years.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j8nin50 wrote
Reply to comment by jackanape7 in Arizona man from Nigeria romance scammed $3M from 'preyed upon' women, feds say by Breab1
Yes, Nigeria ranks second in the world for the most reported scams, behind the Philippines. But third? Canada, with 7% fewer than Nigeria.
And that's just by the reported claims, not the amount. The country that has stolen the most money out of the rest of the world with Romance scams? United Kingdom.
Thinking that this is an issue that is predominately based in developing countries is short sighted.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j8n19d1 wrote
Reply to comment by jackanape7 in Arizona man from Nigeria romance scammed $3M from 'preyed upon' women, feds say by Breab1
This happened in Arizona.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j3zyc21 wrote
Reply to comment by 420ipblood in Woman charged after 'unidentifiable' human remains found in north Columbia by MacDougalTheLazy
Nit picky? It's terrible writing to the point where the meaning is unclear. The police have a pretty good idea whose body it is? I can think of a dozen ways to phrase that better.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j3yznf2 wrote
Reply to comment by MacDougalTheLazy in Woman charged after 'unidentifiable' human remains found in north Columbia by MacDougalTheLazy
No (not OP, but I had the same question when reading the article). The article starts off talking about a search for a missing person, who you'd expect the police know who they're searching for as they talked to his mother. Then takes a weird pivot towards the end after finding a burning body at the Uber drivers home (and a cell phone matching to the victim). While they can't ID the body yet, it's assumed it's the boy they talk about at the start. They should have just left it as "the remains have not yet been confirmed to be the missing student".
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j3ya507 wrote
Reply to comment by TheCryptocrat in Northern California sees more rain while the south dries out by bluelotus214
The rain just stopped yesterday evening after about a week nonstop. We get two days and it picks up again through next Tuesday.
That said, it's nowhere near as bad where I am compared to some of the photos I've seen up north.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_izmqc3c wrote
Reply to comment by SlashLDash7 in TIL that the theme song from Mission Impossible get is it's iconic beat of "long long short short" from the Morse code of "M" and "I", which is long long short short. by pango3001
I'm more of a YKK kinda guy
zips up hoodie
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_ixf0sh1 wrote
“I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never ever change. However, it feels like the right time for me to seek a new challenge"
Finding a job?
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_ixezzxs wrote
Reply to comment by McRedditz in Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United with immediate effect by judgyjudgersen
Wrexham will take him!
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_ixezpkn wrote
Reply to comment by Ashamed_Expression_6 in Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United with immediate effect by judgyjudgersen
Lets start randomly picking people until we get the right one. I'm going to pick the guy on the Australian national team with the man-bun and mustache. Had to be him.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_iv1mb2s wrote
Reply to comment by Override9636 in Toxic smog turns India's capital "into a gas chamber" by cyberpunk6066
Ah screw it. I'll just toss this ACME portable hole on the wall and put all the smog in there.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_iv1ly3e wrote
Reply to comment by Override9636 in Toxic smog turns India's capital "into a gas chamber" by cyberpunk6066
If looney tunes has taught me anything, it's that you can stack these conflicting descriptions endlessly. So I see your pro smog gun, and raise you a PRO ANTI-SMOG GUN.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_isq3ira wrote
Reply to comment by darthshaver in TIL 5,200 tons of space dust falls on Earth every year by StoryAndAHalf
>A total of 1280 unmelted micrometeorites (uMMs) and 808 cosmic spherules (CSs) with diameters ranging from 30 to 350 μm were identified. Within that size range, we measured mass fluxes of 3.0 μg.m−2.yr−1 for uMMs and 5.6 μg.m−2.yr−1 for CSs. Extrapolated to the global flux of particles in the 12-700 μm diameter range, the mass flux of dust at Earth's surface is 5200 tons.yr−1 ( 1600 and 3600 tons.yr−1 of uMMs and CSs, respectively).
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_isot4vt wrote
Reply to comment by -HardGay- in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
IABP use helium because theoretically the less-dense gas results in quicker inflation/deflation, but I don't know that it's ever been demonstrated to be more clinically effective. They can also use C02, which is just as readily absorbed.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_isorude wrote
Reply to comment by mechwatchnerd in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
I know the article touches on the topic of depleting the worlds helium supplies, but Reddit tends to skip anything not in the headline. NPR did a pretty good piece awhile back about how helium is the most non-renewable substance on the planet and how widely we rely on it from medical imaging, to quantum computing, to space exploration.
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_irfm5aq wrote
Reply to comment by rapiertwit in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77
“Severed heads never go out of fashion. Used sparingly and with artistic sensibility, they can make a point a great deal more eloquently then those still attached.”
- Nicomo Cosca
Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_jcfycka wrote
Reply to comment by A40 in Second pigeon wearing homemade smuggling backpack found inside B.C. prison by heathtree
Bespoke backpacks; Prison Pigeon edition.