Xanis

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[–] Xanis 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

@[email protected] got it mostly right from my research, though their backgrounds will still have that bar. If you use a black, or near black, background, especially one not at your native resolution, that gradient will be most noticeable. Using other backgrounds that do not have a black strip along the top you might still be able to see it if you squint.

For those of you curious: Change your background to a solid black from the background menu in settings, or grab something similar elsewhere. Then crank your brightness up. Chances are it'll be there for you too if you're not running a third party launcher.

I haven't found a way to turn it off in native yet.

[–] Xanis 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Alright... you'd be surprised how often a power button isn't pressed, or tower/monitor is not plugged in. Sometimes the fix is the simplest possible solution.

[–] Xanis 11 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Having worked in tech, though not as familiar with phones, I want to ask a question no one else has, which may be silly of me:

It's not a background, is it?

[–] Xanis 2 points 6 hours ago

In your opinion: What should be done?

[–] Xanis 0 points 9 hours ago

I did say "some serious and not serious suggestions". :P

[–] Xanis 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

There are lots of great answers here so I want to post something entirely silly and much much more recent:

About 8-9 years ago someone on Reddit transcribed and revised the entirety of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven to instead be about an Emu.

For the life of me I have never been able to find it again.

[–] Xanis 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Statistically I shouldn't fail a 99% roll 7 times during a single mission in XCOM and yet here we are.

[–] Xanis -1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Dude, stop getting defensive. Most people aren't trying to directly belittle you, they're offering suggestions. It's okay to take them at pace, my dude. You are allowed to say "I wasn't able to pick it up due to some long term complications. Man though, dat price. Woo."

Some serious and not serious suggestions: You could call to order and pay over the phone and then request someone bring it out and place it in the trunk. You could put a couple masks on which will filter a decent portion of the smell. Walk backwards into the wind while carrying it. If your daughter is old enough and you trust her, perhaps she could have gotten it.

There are options. You posted this to point out and complain about the pricing, then get defensive when others point out how to make it cheaper. Most of us are reasonably sure you didn't apply a coupon, for instance. Did you consider calling and asking if they could wrap the box in plastic wrap to mostly eliminate the smell, and apologize while explaining why? All we got is "Pizza smell too strong. Daughter picky. So pricy." We get you have an issue and that is shitty though like of course people will offer ways to deal.

That said, I am sorry you're going through a difficult time. It's clear we aren't aware of everything you've had to give up. I hope it gets better.

[–] Xanis 1 points 10 hours ago

Yessum. I knew someone who put 20k down on a house after saving for awhile, this was back in late 2010s. Locked in $385/mo. Still had the yearly taxes, which weren't the worst.

[–] Xanis 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] Xanis 5 points 19 hours ago

My favorite random downvotes on Reddit were the threads where for some damned reason a single reply that often said the same thing as the others, or continued some chain, would get absolutely obliterated.

[–] Xanis 6 points 1 day ago

Twisting words so hard I think the man is trying to verbally make a twizzler appear in thin air.

Long as it isn't a bowl of penunias, I suppose. Though I'm not against a whale appearing above his head.

POINT IS, the GOP is trying to say that Biden using his authority as President, and loopholes almost certainly carved by past Republicans, to bypass evil restrictions (See: Senate v. Student Loan Debt), to help others is actually the same as Trump. He's flipping the narrative and normalizing Executive power.

What a little shit.

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