Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[Buster Highmen]

Works fine for me

If you ping instagram.com (in a command window) what is the ipaddress that responds?

[teledad]

Resolves fine for me:

$ dig instagram.com

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> instagram.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49366
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;instagram.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
instagram.com. 297 IN A 157.240.22.174
$ ping instagram.com
PING instagram.com (157.240.22.174): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 157.240.22.174: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=20.324 ms
64 bytes from 157.240.22.174: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=27.435 ms

I'm guessing your ISP is redirecting to a DNS server that is blackholing instagram. Can you select a different name service (e.g. Google DNS @ 8.8.8.8)?

[bagtagley]

Anybody have a One Wheel? I imagine they have a stigma in some places. There aren’t enough of them here for that to be a thing and I don’t think I’d care. Got a mile and a half between parking and the office and I want an alternative to the bike. In other words, I’ve always wanted one and now finally have a really questionable excuse to get one for my bday.

[Buzzworthy]

Want one but don’t have one yet. Used a few in the past and man are they a blast. I’d say you are going to definitely need one.

[ötzi]

You have to park a mile and a half from your office?

[Cruiser]

He prefers the back of the parking lot in order to minimize door dings. Cost of doing business, ya know?

[Core Shot]

You have to park a mile and a half from your office?

Right?

One wheel is fun. But Spendy.
An e scooter would be cheaper.
Driving to park to ride a bike sounds like a pita.

[Supermoon]

I’m having an appraiser come to the house tomorrow to get the PMI dropped off our mortgage. Right now the house is “have dinner guests over” clean, should it be more like we are getting ready to sell it level of clean and decluttered?

[Meadow Skipper]

I was never motivated to look up the price of a one wheel but I just did.

My eyebrows went way up. Way up.

[Danno]

I’m having an appraiser come to the house tomorrow to get the PMI dropped off our mortgage. Right now the house is “have dinner guests over” clean, should it be more like we are getting ready to sell it level of clean and decluttered?

I am not an appraiser or in the real estate business, but I don't think the level of cleanliness and staging is going to have much/any effect on the appraisal. I have had appraisals done where they don't even come inside. If your home is absolutely pimping, then you want them to see it. But clean or staged? No effect.

[Supermoon]

I am not an appraiser or in the real estate business, but I don't think the level of cleanliness and staging is going to have much/any effect on the appraisal. I have had appraisals done where they don't even come inside. If your home is absolutely pimping, then you want them to see it. But clean or staged? No effect.

Yeah. That’s kinda what I was thinking, cleaned, but not staged. We’ve basically remodeled the whole house so I definitely want them to come in and see the upgrades.

[muted reborn]

Anybody have a One Wheel? I imagine they have a stigma in some places. There aren’t enough of them here for that to be a thing and I don’t think I’d care. Got a mile and a half between parking and the office and I want an alternative to the bike. In other words, I’ve always wanted one and now finally have a really questionable excuse to get one for my bday.

This is more your style, you could sell your MTB fleet and replace them with this

https://www.instagram.com/shibby_time/

[ötzi]

The appraisal's mostly just math, as long as things are in generally good condition you're good. Leave the dishes in the sink or even let your wife load the dishwasher, you're fine.

[Supermoon]

even let your wife load the dishwasher

Let's not go crazy here....

[Buster Highmen]

Resolves fine for me:

I'm guessing your ISP is redirecting to a DNS server that is blackholing instagram. Can you select a different name service (e.g. Google DNS @ 8.8.8.8)?

8.8.8.8 an 8.8.4.4 didn't work either.

Then after a few rounds of email to vero, it started connecting.

Thanks, gents.

[bagtagley]

You have to park a mile and a half from your office?

I was trying to sell it so you all would convince me. It’s just under a mile.

He prefers the back of the parking lot in order to minimize door dings. Cost of doing business, ya know?

It’s a crowded parking garage so no parking in the back to avoid door dings option.

muted, that probably makes more sense but it’s too late, I need a One Wheel.

[Supermoon]

I always see the one wheel guys in like full moto protective gear which always seems weird. Maybe it’s necessary, but man it’s dorky

[muted reborn]

muted, that probably makes more sense but it’s too late, I need a One Wheel.

but think how cool you'd look to all the ladies rolling to work with an electric unicycle

[Mazderati]

Parts and repair on the One Wheels are supposedly a PITA. Something like Apple where fixes are prohibitive relative to the cost of buying a new one. Looks like a lot of fun otherwise.

[Cruiser]

Is it poor form to leave your shopping cart someplace out of the way (like up against an endcap) at the grocery or costco or whatever while you grab things on the adjacent aisle?

[Mustonen]

Is it poor form to leave your shopping cart someplace out of the way (like up against an endcap) at the grocery or costco or whatever while you grab things on the adjacent aisle?

I do that all the time. It horrifies my fiancé. I don’t do it when I’m shopping with her for that reason, but not because I’m worried about others. I just don’t want her sweet self to get all a flutter over it.

[Danno]

Is it poor form to leave your shopping cart someplace out of the way (like up against an endcap) at the grocery or costco or whatever while you grab things on the adjacent aisle?

if that's poor form then I am one walking poor form when shopping.

[dunfree]

Is it poor form to leave your shopping cart someplace out of the way (like up against an endcap) at the grocery or costco or whatever while you grab things on the adjacent aisle?

Only if you think good form is putting the shopping cart on the right side of the aisle while you block the left side of the aisle to get the product you want, rendering the aisle impassable

[Cruiser]

^^^ I call that the instacart technique cuz that's how all the personal shoppers do it. Those folks could not give any less of a fuck about customers trying to shop the aisles.

[Boissal]

Leaving the cart out of the way and roaming around the next aisle saves serious time when grocery shopping. It's proper form (unless you block the aisle as stated above, then get fucked).
IMO the only thing that is poor form with a cart is leaving it to drift about the parking lot cause you're too much of a lazy shit to take it back to one of many collection spots. Fuck the people who do that with a barbed stick. May they get taken out by an errant cart while walking to their car, and if that fails may their car get dinged by and errant cart.