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[TD1]

Nope.

[bloop_bleep]

Did you get a pcr?

Are you asking if they got their DNA harvested

[hector13]

Presumably a PCR test, which is meant to tell you if you have a active covid infection going on.

It’s the one in which they try to extract your brain through your nostril with a cotton bud.

[bloop_bleep]

Oh I connected what they said to doing the polymerase chain reaction on Dwarfy's DNA...

[King Zultan]

Get a cheap dvd drive? I've got about half a dozen lying around just from dismantling ye olde pcs so they can't be that expensive. For 10yrs or so every basic pc came with one. Check the attics of relatives.

If you can't find a 2nd hand one it might be cheaper just to buy it again on GOG though.

I have a laptop that needs a specific kind and I know where to get one but with this stupid COVID shit I can't go to the thrift store that has loads of computer stuff, I was manly hoping to get something working with what I have because I didn't want to have to buy it again.

[wierd]

I actually have a few old SATA style laptop DVD drives rotting in drawers...  What kind do you need exactly?

As for the "needs a drive to make the image" problem, if you have more than one computer, and shared wifi, you can use a different computer to make thr ISO file, then use windows file sharing to get the file to the laptop. (Or just use a usb stick)

I have a NAS i keep disc images on, and just mount them straight from there with the dvd emulator. Works fine for me.

[King Zultan]

I actually have a few old SATA style laptop DVD drives rotting in drawers...  What kind do you need exactly?

What kind of Info do you need.

Also I had an idea I might be able to pull the CD drive from the external disc drive and swap it out with a DVD drive I have, if that works out than I guess getting a new one for the laptop itself isn't that big a deal any more.

[TD1]

Oh I connected what they said to doing the polymerase chain reaction on Dwarfy's DNA...

I would definitely be up for this. Polymerase chain reactions are very cool.

Of course not ALL my DNA. Just some. 

Imagine if the process never stopped. DwarfNA takes over the world. I am the only survivor (possibly also very close family), saved by my genetic compatability with the....

Wait sorry what were we talking about again?

[hops]

hmmmmmm

So I'm looking for people's opinions of the best way to try to 'mock' invest in the stock market.  I don't have a particular market in mind, just 'the market'.  Something I can dip my toe into, or just track a few stocks to build up some confidence in my choices when I do invest.

Any ideas?  The internet seems to not be of too much use - just provides me with information over-saturation.

Investopedia has a stock simulator that is only 15 minutes slower than the real thing.

My mom would recommend just doing actual trading but with a tiny portfolio, just like, oh, I don't know, 10 or 20 bucks or something? Since individual stock prices tend to be cheap you're basically just doing the same stock thing, just with smaller stakes.

[King Zultan]

I have found a DVD drive that works in my laptop, borrowed it from one that needs to be fixed.

[Loud Whispers]

I am reminded everyday the capacity of my close family to heap humiliation and abuse on those around them for no profit or motive

[methylatedspirit]

I dunno why, but there's something inherently disgusting about these pill multivitamins that have a flavor that isn't just bitter or none. Just... why? I want nothing more than to just swallow the closest equivalent to food pills without tasting anything. I just want a nice capsule that insulates me from whatever the fuck they put in these vitamins that make them taste like milk or something.

Just... ugh. I hate the taste. I can't believe my parents take this crap daily. I'd throw them out, but they're still perfectly good vitamins that just taste like the Uncanny Valley of food. Plus, my parents gave them to me, so I'm not about to look ungrateful by doing that.

[Caz]

Hide them in a lump of cheese, this always fools my cat.

[martinuzz]

The taste is probably from the beer yeast that's in a lot of multivitamins (beer yeast contains B vitamins and zinc).
It tastes somewhat uncanny, even for someone who enjoys tasting all the various special beers like me.

[dragdeler]

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