10/30 - Timbre Tuesday!

[Jerami]

I built a gaming rig some years ago and even two great monitors for it, but I went cheap, got unlucky, and basically every single piece of original hardware I had in it has broken down despite very little use, so it's been in disrepair for most of the years since I built it. I think actually every single thing apart from the CPU and PSU. This time it's the motherboard on that one too, so I'm planning to get one on Black Friday and maybe a new, larger case (my hands are too big for mATX to be convenient, I found out). So I'll be in amazing shape to turk some more if I can just...turk enough to compensate for my underemployment and buy the board without failing to make rent.


Thanks! Right now I've been using a portable Firefox install for stability, but I might move over to Chrome for that.

I bet there's an ff equivalent. Sorry. don't use it myself. I've found more HITs prefer Chrome and so, I go where the money is. Rarely will I fire up the fox for a HIT.

 

[lolkatB]

@unique_id if you do decide to replace it, there's a cult following for the old thinkpads. Like the T400 series. I'd recommend checking that out instead of trashing it or whatever.

I second this. The Ex used to do IT for his church and handed out IBM Thinkpads to the chaplains, who promptly lost them, had them stolen, eaten by the dog or so virus-ridden they were unusable within days. (As an aside, is it something about clergy that makes them so rubbish at looking after technology?). We ended up with a heap of them in our garage. I was a little confused when I found them in my garage here in South Carolina. But I managed to find grateful homes for them all even with needing a US powercord. I was even a good, honest girl and split the $$ with the ex. (I did enjoy him having to deal with a cheque in USD haha.)

 

[Despairagus]

I was so busy all morning and now I've got nothing but crickets in my queue :C

 

[SherryNotShirley]

remember when the term panda used to make sense?

ah the days where i'd type "preview and accept" into the address bar and hit refresh several times when i wanted to snatch up a batch instantly

Ahh, tell us about the old days Grandpa!

 

[Despairagus]

Title: Psychology study - read scenario, short questions (US based, born & raise, native English only)(~ 4 minutes) | Accept Requester: Gilad Feldman [AIJ6CWLNZDT3V] Contact TV: [Hrly=$7.30] [Pay=3.00] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=2.88] [Fast=4.81] [Comm=4.33] [Fair=4.63] [Reviews=58] [ToS=0] TO2: [Hrly=6.03] [Pen=0.22 days] [Res=null] [Rec=83%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 0.80 Duration: 1800 Available: 55 Description: Psychology study - read scenario, answer short questions (US based, born and raise, native English only) Qualifications: Exc: [758109156-112988] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs LessThanOrEqualTo 500000; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1000; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.0​

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[unique_id]

I don't know if it's old or scarce enough to be a collectible model (it's an E545 if I remember right), and it's sort of fallen apart. One of the hinges and the casing around it is gone. I got it refurbished to begin with, and for cheaper than you'd think. The initial hardware wasn't bad at all, but the power/board/heating issues and it being broken open haven't done wonders for the stability.

 

[Jerami]

Ahh, tell us about the old days Grandpa!

We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

 

[turkinlight]

Grabbed a hit that paid $1.00 for 6-8 minutes. Clicked the wrong box on the consent form. Now I need to contact the researcher for a parental form. Sweet.

 

[Despairagus]

Title: Psychology Study(~ 15 minutes) | Accept Requester: Justin Sevier [A3FIEKM8QQ0DMB] Contact TV: [Hrly=$7.07] [Pay=2.25] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.84] [Fast=4.86] [Comm=3.67] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=25] [ToS=0] TO2: [Hrly=9.60] [Pen=1.00 days] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 1.00 Duration: 2700 Available: 7 Description: We would like to hear your views on the legal system. Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; Exc: [3518001-112899] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.0​

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[Knight]

never take presents... from straaaangeeerrrs... OOOOR EEEEEEEENEEEEMIIIIIES

 

[Despairagus]

never take presents... from straaaangeeerrrs... OOOOR EEEEEEEENEEEEMIIIIIES

I forgot that was from the PandaCrazy thing and was like "what is that from? How do I know that? I can... hear it in my mind..."

 

[Captain Catbeard]

Title: Wellness Practices | Accept Requester: Michael Morrison [A2V72GP4STPY9M] Contact TV: [Hrly=$2.46] [Pay=1.00] [Fast=4.00] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=1.64] [Fast=3.67] [Comm=1.00] [Fair=3.67] [Reviews=14] [ToS=0] TO2: [Hrly=1.80] [Pen=null] [Res=null] [Rec=0%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=1] Reward: 0.50 Duration: 1500 Available: 1 Description: This is a one-time survey assessing your ratings of yourself and your experiences. The complete study should take no more than 25 minutes to complete. You will receive $0.50 for completing the survey. Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 500; Location In CA, US; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 99 [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.3.7​

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[Captain Catbeard]

Title: Qualifier Survey - 5 minutes | Accept Requester: Gillian Dale [AN3VGN6IB681] Contact TV: [Hrly=$16.52] [Pay=5.00] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=5.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=5.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=5] [ToS=0] TO2: [Hrly=15.37] [Pen=1.00 days] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 0.30 Duration: 7200 Available: 1 Description: Looking for people age 18 and over, fluent in English, and who currently live in the United States. Participants will be asked to answer a series of questions. Qualifying participants receive invite to 45 minute survey. Qualifications: Completed Survey DoesNotExist ; Location EqualTo US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.3.7​

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[thedorchannel]

Ahh, tell us about the old days Grandpa!

I'm tellin ya! throttling used to never exist! we used to talk about huge batches right here on the forum for hours! We all worked on them at the same time and grabbed as many hits as we wanted at once!

and Google! oh the Google hits! many great requesters now gone!

Viral Mturk used to pay us to watch ads on mondays! then they switch to tuesdays! tons of money!

and Mountains! the mountain hits were amazing! 70 cents each they were!

Burke Bro!

crowd task was awesome until they mass rejected!!!


hit poster of the month! CJ and Kadauchi would win every time!

john brelig was the most hated man on mturk!!!

i'm not crazy i tells ya!

 

[cb456]

Grabbed a hit that paid $1.00 for 6-8 minutes. Clicked the wrong box on the consent form. Now I need to contact the researcher for a parental form. Sweet.

 

[LisaPisa]

Title: Demographics | Accept Requester: Lisa Finkelstein [A3LJ4SF9EP4UYG] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: [Pay=2.28] [Fast=4.43] [Comm=4.00] [Fair=4.25] [Reviews=19] [ToS=2] TO2: [Hrly=5.77] [Pen=5.02 days] [Res=null] [Rec=0%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=1] Reward: 0.05 Duration: 7200 Available: 1 Description: Answer some demographics Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; Total approved HITs GreaterThan 5000; Location EqualTo US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.0​

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[Metallica]

john brelig was the most hated man on mturk!!!

It seems like a lot of people have forgotten that he is still on turk...

 

[Rogue and Ready]

Title: Looking for FANTASY FOOTBALL players. | Accept Requester: Brendan P. Dwyer [A3298DOQ456MV6] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.50 Duration: 1200 Available: 1 Description: Give us your thoughts on playing fantasy football. Qualifications: Location EqualTo US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.0​

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[Rogue and Ready]

Title: Answer a survey about your opinions on a firm | Accept Requester: Maria [A47HFGVUPVQA2] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 3600 Available: 1 Description: Answer a short questionnaire (10 min) about a a firm. Qualifications: Work rejected in previous project DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThan 1000; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 98 [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.0​

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[Knight]

I forgot that was from the PandaCrazy thing and was like "what is that from? How do I know that? I can... hear it in my mind..."

TOMORROW the song will be at its most powerful