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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

That's the funny thing about this particular Boxster (it's a GTS, by the way):It's not better than the 911, it's just different. I mean, there are Cameros with practically double the HP that cost half as much. It obviously isn't all about power/speed. But watch ANY review of the 981 Boxster...
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- Post #73
- Dec 22, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

Yup. South Redondo. :-D
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- Post #65
- Dec 19, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

It's south Redondo, so close! And yeah, it's a 2015 981 Boxster GTS. One of maybe around 1000 in the US. And if Porsche goes through with their Turbo 4s on the GTS for the mid-cycle 981 refresh (which it seems more and more likely that they'll do), it's literally an instant classic. :D
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- Post #62
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

The answer is never always Miata. The answer is probably never always anything. But this thing is the answer to a lot of questions, most notably: "What's the most fun sports car you can buy...period?" Thanks so much!
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- Post #60
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

So, as I mentioned, that satisfying conclusion: My smile? Ear to ear, baby.
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- Post #57
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

This thread gives me a headache. Me too. Cool story, bro. [See below]
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- Post #56
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

This thread is hilarious, on so many levels. I'll post the [very satisfying] conclusion tomorrow.
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- Post #54
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Vertical line down Samsung 64" F8500

I did. :-(
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- Post #12
- Oct 19, 2015
- Forum: TVs
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Vertical line down Samsung 64" F8500

Is that an LCD thing? This is a plasma....
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- Post #10
- Oct 16, 2015
- Forum: TVs
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Website that's pretty much a collection of links

Bookmarks! Why didn't someone just tell me to google "bookmarks"! There's literally dozens of thingees for this. For example: https://github.com/jacobzelek/phpmybookmarks
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- Post #9
- Sep 26, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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In 2015 what should I focus on to become a front end web developer?

Um, if you build this, lemme know: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2449139
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- Post #14
- Sep 25, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Website that's pretty much a collection of links

Moved to programming bump. Anyone?
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- Post #7
- Sep 25, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Website that's pretty much a collection of links

Yeah, I guess I'm looking into blog/CMS software that'll be easily morphed (or, better yet, has a section/plugin for this functionality, that can live somewhat separately from my website/blog/etc.) I can't imagine I'm the first person to want to create a link repository. People still do...
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- Post #6
- Sep 24, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Website that's pretty much a collection of links

Also, I have no idea why this is in operating systems. I think I want this in programming. Mods? :-D
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- Post #4
- Sep 24, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Website that's pretty much a collection of links

I'm looking to host a website that's a collection of links, so that other people in my field can find out what else is out there. I've just spent the last 20 minutes googling things like "Link manager Bootstrap" and "link repository website" and "link plugin wordpress" and the like with...
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- Sep 23, 2015
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Programming
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Vertical line down Samsung 64" F8500

I did! But I don't now that I used one that offers extended warranties. I'm not even sure I own one that does such things. Can that be added retroactively? I'm not sure what you're getting at...
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- Post #4
- Sep 17, 2015
- Forum: TVs
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Any thunderbolt docks that aren't > $200 ?

Donde?
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- Post #3
- Sep 16, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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Vertical line down Samsung 64" F8500

So, the light of my life, by beloved 64" Samsung F8500 plasma -- purchased in June/July of 2013 at Best Buy -- recently decided to grow a weird green/black glowing vertical line. I am in total denial about this, but it doesn't seem to want to go away. The TV is wall mounted, and I am 100% sure...
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- Sep 16, 2015
- Replies: 12
- Forum: TVs
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JavaScript (?) enforce number of option form selects?

Doesn't matter, I guess. What matters is when they hit submit, something checks the length of the "how many of these are set" array, and if it's > 4, either doesn't let you submit, or shows you the form again with an alert saying you screwed up. I didn't realize this question was ambiguous...
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- Post #5
- Sep 14, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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JavaScript (?) enforce number of option form selects?

1). Got a google form 2). Has a bunch of stuff, including a bunch (16-ish) select drop downs 3). Each select has 3 options "default" (nothing), option A and option B 4). You're only allowed to pick 4 of either option A or B. The rest have to be default 5). Simple way of enforcing this...
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- Sep 12, 2015
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Programming
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Question about Cali speeding tickets (move if inappropriate)

Called the superior court, and at least according to the person I spoke to, it's "infraction to infraction". So you could fight a ticket, make it take forever, and presumably that infraction would be in "limbo", and then by the time it was resolved, you'd have less time until you could do...
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- Post #3
- Feb 11, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Question about Cali speeding tickets (move if inappropriate)

I got a speeding ticket. Boo hoo. So my question is, if you "fight it", and lose, when is the date at which the clock starts ticking for when it gets "cleared" (for purposes of traffic school)? Here's what I mean: Assume you can do traffic school once every 18 months. [All dates...
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- Feb 10, 2015
- Replies: 8
- Forum: The Garage
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YAIRSWT: Yet Another iMessage Randomly Stopped Working Thread

1). I was using iMessage, minding my own business 2). Was texting someone, and noticed it stopped being in iMessage. (They have an iPhone). Asked "what's up with your phone?" She mentioned something'd been wonky and that she was "missing" texts. 3). Start getting iMessages from her...
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- Jan 21, 2015
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Apple
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

This is a good discussion, guys. Perhaps we've learned a lesson here: Just because you buy -- or think about buying -- a certain type of car, that doesn't mean you're that sort of person. I looked at/drove the BRZ because it looked cool and got good reviews, and because Toyota doesn't make a...
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- Post #37
- Jan 15, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

Now we're getting somewhere guys. Thanks. I should probably (and will) post this in a Porsche forum, but I'm still trying to decide what options I "need". For example, the Cayman I drove had the weird non-paddle shifters on the steering wheel. If memory serves, there's some magical...
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- Post #27
- Jan 15, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

I guess I didn't specify this -- although I did say the price is "about $55,000" -- but I'm looking at 2013 Boxsters, so, yes, we're talking used. And when you're paying cash, there is a huge different between $55,000 and $100,000. It's approximately $45,000. Could I make the Tesla...
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- Post #22
- Jan 14, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

Guys? Stay on topic here? (please?)
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- Post #17
- Jan 14, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

So anyone who spends money means they don't care about it? Do you know what money is used for? Goods and services. Some goods are handy, like food and whatnot. Some services are nice to have too, like, y'know, energy and running water. But once you've got that covered, then it just really...
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- Post #14
- Jan 14, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

RE: Options, I remember reading an article that sort of ran down which options they recommended and which were unnecessary. But I've read so many now (and on so many devices) I don't remember/can't find it. Any idea?
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- Post #5
- Jan 13, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone got a 981 Boxster (S)? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger (daily driver)

Short version = thread title. If you're interested in how we got here -- and how if you keep waiting to buy a car, you'll spend ever-increasing amounts of money! -- keep reading I've been ideating about buying a new car for the better part of two years. I currently have a 2001 Honda...
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- Jan 12, 2015
- Replies: 78
- Forum: The Garage
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Iterating through the results (list of tuples) from fetchall in python/sqlite?

It's fine. And myList[0] was stupid, I admit. I was just silly enough to think Python had some syntactic way of actually reducing the list of tuples [itself] in to something the built in functional could swallow. While the comprehension form obviously returns the same thing, there doesn't...
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- Post #9
- Jan 11, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Iterating through the results (list of tuples) from fetchall in python/sqlite?

Hah. If you knew my qualifications, you'd be...well, surprised. So, unnecessary snark aside, thank you for the input. I am new to Python and I am probably the least "pythonic" person you've ever seen. Having said that, it's not entirely unreasonable to think that a built-in function like...
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- Post #5
- Jan 10, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Iterating through the results (list of tuples) from fetchall in python/sqlite?

Huh. I guess I must have missed that. I'll check it out. Thanks! But what about sending the result set to a function? I.e. myList = fetchall(stuff) # returns a list of tuples myMin = min(myList) # won't work, since myList is a list of tuples Would something like min(myList[0]) work?
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- Post #3
- Jan 8, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Iterating through the results (list of tuples) from fetchall in python/sqlite?

So, I've pretty much got this issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2854011/get-a-simple-list-from-sqlite-in-python-not-a-list-of-tuples i.e. e.g cursor.fetchall() returns [(u'one',), (u'two',), (u'three',)] from this, how do i get the simple list [u'one', u'two', u'three']? Fetchall is...
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- Jan 6, 2015
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Programming
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Time Warner Cable in LA/antenna question?

Ack! DP.
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- Post #13
- Dec 29, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components
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Time Warner Cable in LA/antenna question?

I've done multiple scans. Air only, "both" (air/cable), used a splitter and had both the cable drop AND the antenna plugged in, etc. For the last scans with that super skinny antenna I used air only. I wonder if there's some deeper setting for air? I know there's some other...
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- Post #12
- Dec 29, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components
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Time Warner Cable in LA/antenna question?

First off thanks for the responses, guys. I really appreciate it. I'm wondering if something is wrong with my tuner, or if I really just am in a deadzone. My ex used to get five or six channels with this tiny antenna. My old place in Redondo (about a mile and a half south, although up a...
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- Post #10
- Dec 28, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components
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Probably gonna lease a 2014/15 Accord V6 EX-L Coupe...total cost of lease?

Thanks for all the great tips. I've posted/lurked a bit in the Edmonds forums, and luckily I have a friend with access to certain databases who can get me [supposedly] what the "lowest price" a dealer would sell one of these cars for (from the examples he gave me, they were around $4k less than...
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- Post #11
- Dec 23, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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Probably gonna lease a 2014/15 Accord V6 EX-L Coupe...total cost of lease?

...Just wondering if there's anything I should know about? I'm tempted to just buy one outright, but I'm not sure I'm going to have the car for very long, and if the total cost of ownership for the lease is within earshot of what it'd be to drive, depreciate, and then sell the car, it's...
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- Dec 23, 2014
- Replies: 11
- Forum: The Garage
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Time Warner Cable in LA/antenna question?

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys! For what it's worth, I live in Hermosa Beach (90254) right off the ocean. So maybe that is the sticks? I don't know. I don't really know how I'd run an external antenna, given that it's an apartment complex, but I'll see what I can do. It looks like I...
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- Post #5
- Dec 22, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components

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