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A good 'ol-fashioned driver hunt

Here's a long shot: I'm looking for drivers for a super obscure piece of hardware from early in the decade. Specifically, a PCI souncard made by SeaSound called the SeaSound Solo EX. More specifically,...

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Grad school backdoor?

Say parents regularly donate to a university. Does this have an effect on their kid getting into its Grad School? It seems to be a given that parents donating to a school results in the kid getting in...

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Subaru motor of death?

Girlfriend fell in love with a 1996 Legacy Outback. It has the 2.5 liter motor that everyone and their mother says died a horrible headgasket death.. The interwebs would have me believe that the 2.5...

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Can you help me index and annotate my brain for my daughter.

I have a health condition that may end my life prematurely. I am an "older" parent of an only child who is currently 8 years old. It's important to me that I leave a record of who I was. Can you help...

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The Mystery of the Always-Backward-Funky-Forward Subaru

Our wagon has a quirky automatic transmission—the same problem with little change for six years: Sometimes it won’t shift into drive, but it will always always engage in reverse. The go-to fix? Drive...

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Should I be donating to Yale to increase child's odds of getting in?

I graduated from Yale College two decades ago and have only been making occasional donations to the alumni fund since then, in years when I could afford it. Now I have a toddler. I know it is a little...

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Is there an Apple of carmakers?

Which carmakers these days (that sell in the US) have really good build quality? I'm thinking high quality interior materials, excellent fit and finish, as well as well thought out interior components...

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Just replace the O2 sensor?

Have an 05 Subaru Legacy. ~70k miles. The check engine light comes on reliably with wide open throttle (and considering I'm in Pittsburgh, the land of bridges and merge points...). The diagnostic code...

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Cameras that can now be found in thrift stores which can do time lapse

Hit a couple of thrift stores today, noticed that they all had earlier model dSLRs for relatively little. I'm curious about doing time lapse photo sets of the visible night sky in a light pollution-ary...

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Off the shelf computer with a legacy PCI 2.0 slot?

My lab is trying to replace a computer (Pentium 4, Windows 2000) that controls, and gets data from, a large mechanical testing machine. The problem is, the software needs this PCI 2.0 (possibly 2.1 or...

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Why is the one title by an out-of-print writer so much more expensive?

I grew up in a home where post-colonial literature got a lot of discussion and now I want to read one of the books I remember my sisters talking about. The book is My Bones and My Flute by Edgar...

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Copywriter brainstorm: victory & legacy, but in mythology/cosmos/nature?

I'm trying to find one or two words to name a product collection that has been created to tell a story. The story is about moments that have changed women and sport, forever. Lots of different sports....

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"We've thrown a rod", "Is that serious?", "Yep."

I have a 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback. I have what I suspect is a significant engine problem. I have data. I have a parts car. I could use some advice. I have a long-lived 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback. It...

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Please share your favourite web-based organisational histories!

Inspired by the recent unveiling of the new MOMA exhibition archive, I was hoping you could share with us some brilliant examples of institutions showing off their history and heritage in new and...

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What is something fun to do with 50 lbs of rock salt?

I have a 50 lb bag of rock salt in my basement that has been there for at least 10 years. It is possible that it was there when I bought the house more than 15 years ago (don't judge me.) I have tried...

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Legacy G Suite with a domain alias = emails considered spam!

A legacy G Suite associated to a dead domain has had a new working domain added as an alias. Although Google sets the "From" as the new domain, how can I stop Google setting the "Envelope-from" as the...

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Tell me the story of finding your legacy

I want to leave a legacy. So first, I need to find out what my legacy will be, and then go about making it happen. Tell me the story of how you explored/decided/began making a legacy! I'm north of 50...

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A different L word...

If I die tomorrow, I want all of my asset to be the posthumous wind under the wings of other young queer Asian women. How do I set this up? I am in excellent physical and psychological health and hope...

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Need assistance/advice regarding 2013 Subaru Legacy 2.5i

I bought this vehicle 2 weeks ago. It's got 148,000 miles, Carfax report showe regular maintenance, and it was in very good condition. I took it to my local mechanic, (not a Subaru expert, but an...

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What is a legacy term? (In the presidential sense.)

Hello, native speakers! I can find the concept online, but never in a context that gives me a definite sense of its meaning. Is it the second term of a president, or the term in which they can do the...

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What should I do with my mostly defunct 2010 Subaru Legacy?

My Subaru Legacy has slowly but surely been deteriorating, and I think it has finally kicked the bucket. I have been repairing it myself, as well as passing the difficult problems to my mechanics, but...

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Help me decide on a charity to put in my will

I've decided to leave half my money to charity. This will be in the form of real estate. How do I choose? Which criteria matter? These are my thoughts: - should probably be local (I live in Luxembourg)...

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How to view CD designed for IE 5.0

This thing was created 20 years ago & I'd like to be able to view/use it. I came across a CD published in 2001 that allows the user to view and compare 11 editions of a book published in the late...

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UK: Rewilding charities, long hauls, wills

I'm at that age where I am not yet decrepit enough to be unable to plan through personal wills and inheritances. Hoping to have some positive utility to any legacy I leave, I cannot think of any more...

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Poop papers

Among the projects I'm planning is telling my parent's story. A long one there, but suffice it to say I think, after arranging and overseeing their funeral, there's much more to their lives that needs...

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