STL_Tim

I created a google voice account and number yesterday. It only took a few hours to verify my ID, and it was working. I sent 5 or 6 SMS messages to two separate numbers: my own phone, and my business partner's phone.

It so happens that I get a lot of real estate related spam messages on my actual phone. But I was surprised when I got a real estate type message (come to our Open House) on my new google number. I did not use this number in any other context than to send a handful of test messages to two well known numbers.

I am grasping for ways that this might happen. Is there some service being used to spam potential numbers, and one just happened to be assigned to me yesterday? Could thi

Inspired by a separate, recent post

Having previously read Three Body Problem, I kept having this thought while reading PHM. I thought Grace was incredibly naive and over-trusting of Rocky by giving him so much info on Earth. We don't really know what the rest of the Eridians are like. There could be some really nasty ones in charge, for all we know. So this, and the recent post, made me wonder: what would have happened if Gracy had encountered a ship full of Trisolarans, instead of Eridian Rocky.

Assume the tech levels are not too wildly mismatched, and the Trisolarans needed, a

Hello, I am looking for places to post a flyer for an upcoming event (STL VegFest in Forest Park this October). I know I will go to some libraries. Just wondering if anyone has tips on other places (coffee shops, college campuses, etc.) that I can also post at. City or County. Thanks!

I saved this clip from a few years ago, the link goes to the time stamp just a couple of seconds before the lady says something that I cannot make sense of. Is this just hitting my ear wrong? Is it a YouTube glitch?

It is a little tricky to figure out exactly what level of calorie deficit to aim for. From looking at the book, an online article, and a paper where Dr. Longo was an author, I have three different answers, and some observations.

1) Book "The Longevity Diet"

I did not read every word cover to cover, but I scanned it pretty well. Absolute numbers or percentages seemed elusive. The only hard recommendation I could find was pg. 106 which said people in their 50's and 60's should not go for more than a 20 to 30 percent reduction in calories.

2) Online article

This article mentions a strategy of 5 days: first day 1100 plant-based kcal, subsequent days 800 kcal.

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I have been following Backrooms content for years. I am a big fan of liminal horror, and images of liminal spaces. I am so looking forward to this movie!

That said: I wonder if even a really good BR movie might not live up to my own expectations. Sometimes my best movie experiences are when I walk into it not knowing anything, and with very few expectations.

The way it stands, I'm thinking this movie really needs to knock it out of the park in order for fans to be satisfied. Fingers crossed.

I am new to ACA marketplace. There are a very few health plans that include some dental coverage. One I was looking at has no out-of-network benefits, also my dentist is out-of-network for everything. Dentist told me to look for plans that do UCR fees Usual Customary Rates. Anyway, I could also get a Dental plan which will work with my dentist. BUT, if I do that, and also have the Health plan that has dental coverage (which I cannot actually use), will the Dental plan refuse to cover me because I have the Health plan with limited dental coverage?

Sorry if I didn't explain that well. This whole system is over-complicated, I barely understand it, and get the impression if I don't read all t

I am considering a weekend trip (flying in) to ROC at the end of next week. I realize that is too far out for a reliable forecast. But based on your experience and the winter so far, what is your general feeling for my odds of getting in a weather related bind. E.g. I land at the airport, but the roads are crappy and I have trouble getting a rideshare out of the airport (or a few days later, back to the airport). For more context, I will be visiting some friends who are about 10 or 15 miles east of ROC, so it's not just city roads I'm thinking about. I asked my friends and they said it was a valid concern but they also think the roads are pretty well maintained. But, as a super cautious pers

I have been seeing a lot of discussion about alt-right vegans. What has been truly disheartening is seeing one of my favorite content makers on YouTube, who makes pro-democracy content (parkrose permaculture), whose content I otherwise absolutely LOVE, make a few videos complaining about a vegan to alt-right pipeline. This is, as far as I can tell, based on some trolls in her comments. I know out of every group, there are some folks with far right and far left views, there are folks who are nominally part of that group who may also have objectionable (e.g. rascist) views. Pick a group (Christians, bicyclists, golfing enthusiasts) and you can find some folks on far ends of the political spect

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Fun story with a bit of a CoT connection.

I have multiple PC's on my home network. This started happening on one of them:

• I go to access a banking or credit card site (I have tried a few of these, even for sites that I normally do not use, and all acting up the same way).
• The site is VERY slow to load (20 or 30 seconds). Some times it will not even load.
• IF I activate my VPN (and this can be set to my city, or other cities), then accessing these sites becomes like normal. Turn off the VPN, it goes back to slow/unable to load.

I have tried rebooting. I have tried restarting my router. I have tried running commands to reset my DNS (ipconfig flushdns, etc.). I have tried different browsers (Chrome, Opera, Brave). It happens