Top notch journalism. Even today, the "legit" sites either have an "I am over 18" button at best, and in general they just block users from states with more stringent requirements. Are we really supposed to hate seeders, just because arstechnica says so?
Rather find out I'm a moron than be stuck all day, or have to call for parts or schedule a "once we've figured it out" return visit. Doesn't happen nearly often enough for me to be upset or insulted by it.
As "The IT Guy", having to call another with this shit is the stuff of nightmares. Like, are you suuure you can't just make me look like a fool and get this over with so we can both move on with our days?
If battery acid tasted bad, old corroded batteries would be a lot less dangerous in general.
Your subconscious was farming those up-doots.
Were you meaning "pertinent" or "appropriate"? Incentive has always been a noun in my experience.
Being generous to him, few places have such a stereotype of people being willing to take his advice as Japan. By which I mean, for 90% of the world, stating his opinion is even more pointless.
On The Other Hand, maybe he just wanted to try to get people to do it for his own gratification, and picked the most vulnerable targets he could think of.
I would have line-bored it, but I won't pretend I have even an average machinist's experience with making my own setups, nevermind that the size you were going for was way larger than I anticipated from the pilot drill used.
Hopefully, the bounty gets claimed, AND EU law burries this shitheel company for such an absurd rug-pull. The devices demonstrably require nothing that would require on-going expense on their part, and without that, there is no excuse for them to charge any subscription fees.
When buying isn't owning, piracy and hacking are not theft. In this case, the company should be liable for effectively stealing existing owners' devices, and owe them all full refunds + damages.
Define stupid and annoying? Does he live with these animals or is he going out of his way to tell your friend this for no reason? If both animals are drinking from water bottles, that sound can be extremely annoying when trying to sleep.
Also, there's a big difference between "They're so loud, I could kill them!" and going into detail about various methods for doing so. Rabbit stew has been pretty common in the past as well.
So OP isn't even allowed to ask why she must keep them on so much longer than normal braces(generally, 18 months to two years)? My wife had braces for the first three years we were together, five years in total. She literally begged the orthodontist to switch out the mounts to clear ones and remove the metal bands for our wedding day.
Basically, it seemed that he never intended to remove them so long as he could keep getting papers published about her mouth. I won't claim her case wasn't exceptional, but I'm not exaggerating about the papers and how things ended up, and when he finally removed the braces under threat of lawsuit, her teeth stayed perfectly straight to this day, ~ 20 years later, and she never wore her retainer.
All that said, there are perfectly legitimate reasons OP's wife might still need the braces, but for the comments here to weigh 100% on the idea that OP should not even consider talking to his wife about whether hers are a need or a deranged fashion statement is just ridiculous.
Couples, particularly older couples no matter how long they've been together, nevermind married, should be capable of discussing anything, and Aesthetics vs medical needs are a perfectly reasonable topic.