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Nyarl has it on the nose.
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Orthos, I wouldn't have expected such depravity from you. Are you ok?
;)
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Hopefully that is the only part that is naked.
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For the sports obsessed:
Get them a biography of Lou Gehrig with appurtenant discussion of ALS.
A copy of Michael Vick's dog fighting trial with full description of the conditions in which he kept the dogs.
A copy of the medical reports on the study of football players' brains and how concussions are the debul.
The book about the corrupt NBA referee who wagered on games/helped organized crime fix games.
These will still be on topic for them, but also satisfy your moral indignation.
Nylarthotep gets ALL the cookies today.
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I still haven't gotten around to the mountain of housework incurred by the weekend but I wiped out a bunch of ants that were trying to encroach on the dog dish so I'm feeling pretty good about myself.
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I almost made the classic mistake of putting my shoes on before my pants.
A week off work and I've almost reverted back to barbarism.
Not too shabby!
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So, why do I drive a piece-o-crap 2006 Prius that's so banged up that its nickname is "Deer Hunter"?
Because I just insured an 18-year-old white male driver in California for all of $600/year, that's why.
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Password1 is far too complicated for these people. Or they were looking to take a break from their job for a while, but their supervisor kept complaining to me that the person "just can't get in. Can you please look at this further?"
I've got things to do. All of them happen to be not looking into why someone is either unable or unwilling to type a temporary password correctly that's as absolutely simple and stupid as Password1.
I know this fact because I eventually relented, went to the person's computer, and typed their username and this super-secret temporary password myself, and it auto-magically just worked. "I don't know what you did, but that's the first time that's worked!"
An hour and forty-five minutes that person was not doing their job because of this. Bet your ass I made the supervisor watch me do this.
And the next time you come up to my office to complain about some crap like this, you'll find that I've tapped a hose into the sprinkler system.
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Password1 is far too complicated for these people. Or they were looking to take a break from their job for a while, but their supervisor kept complaining to me that the person "just can't get in. Can you please look at this further?"
I've got things to do. All of them happen to be not looking into why someone is either unable or unwilling to type a temporary password correctly that's as absolutely simple and stupid as Password1.
I know this fact because I eventually relented, went to the person's computer, and typed their username and this super-secret temporary password myself, and it auto-magically just worked. "I don't know what you did, but that's the first time that's worked!"
An hour and forty-five minutes that person was not doing their job because of this. Bet your ass I made the supervisor watch me do this.
And the next time you come up to my office to complain about some crap like this, you'll find that I've tapped a hose into the sprinkler system.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'YOU SHOULD NOT HOLD SHIFT WHILE TYPING!'?!
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Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.
Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
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Oh, and for non-U.S. residents, here's an idea of what our health care system is like.
I got two relatively ordinary pairs of glasses: One pair of polarized sunglasses, and one pair of clear glasses. My prescription is strong (10.75 diopters), but otherwise nothing special. No progressives. No astigmatism. Just... lenses.
The total uninsured price? $1733 for two pairs of glasses.
Er... yep.
Even with what the optometrist considers "some of the best coverage I've seen", I was still out-of-pocket over $400.
Because seeing isn't needed around here.
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Oh, and for non-U.S. residents, here's an idea of what our health care system is like.
I got two relatively ordinary pairs of glasses: One pair of polarized sunglasses, and one pair of clear glasses. My prescription is strong (10.75 diopters), but otherwise nothing special. No progressives. No astigmatism. Just... lenses.
The total uninsured price? $1733 for two pairs of glasses.
Er... yep.
Even with what the optometrist considers "some of the best coverage I've seen", I was still out-of-pocket over $400.
Because seeing isn't needed around here.
You do have good insurance...I'm usually out about $600 from my own pocket for a single pair of glasses. Progressive lenses don't help that cost at all.
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I don't think that I have ever got glasses covered by public health insurance (though if I was on public insurance I'd have the right to one pair every few years), always getting them privately... At least since I am adult, not sure if my parents paid full price for my glasses or not. And they never costed nearly anything close to that (I have something along 5-6 diopters, but I need cylindrical lenses, which was an issue in the previous millennium, but not anymore). It was something like $100 per pair of glasses (with 70-80 of that being lenses), though I avoid any fancy "designer" frames that look like crap while being extra expensive.
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NH, if you had visited Poland on your European trip, you could have a pair of glass of glasses within two or three days for $100!
I have contacts and glasses and those prices sound like madness.
Maybe it’s just been a while.
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Or even within hours for a bit larger fee.
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I have just looked on some glasses but the frame prices were ridiculous...
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Snow day today. I spent today alternating between packing, cleaning, and having a mental breakdown.
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For the sports obsessed:
Get them a biography of Lou Gehrig with appurtenant discussion of ALS.
A copy of Michael Vick's dog fighting trial with full description of the conditions in which he kept the dogs.
A copy of the medical reports on the study of football players' brains and how concussions are the debul.
The book about the corrupt NBA referee who wagered on games/helped organized crime fix games.
These will still be on topic for them, but also satisfy your moral indignation.
WiiSports. "I know it's a video game, but it's sports like you like!"
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The public insurance refund is crappy anyway. Apparently they only refund around $10-20, depending on severity of vision impairment.
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Snow day today. I spent today alternating between packing, cleaning, and having a mental breakdown.
I recommend chocolate.
Snow day today. I spent today alternating between packing, cleaning, and having a mental breakdown.I recommend chocolate.
I AM chocolate!!
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Zenni.com has the best prices I've found on glasses. Takes about three weeks to get them (they're made in China, probably in a sweatshop with horrific labor practices, hence the price), but I can get a pair of progressives, regular or sunglasses, for around eighty bucks.
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Hermione is sick. As in, too sick to read. Sore throat and cough and runny nose, but no fever, chills or body aches, so probably not the Flu B strain that's going around Dallas right now.
I stayed home with her today and was hoping to play card games and have mom-and-daughter time, but she felt so awful that all she could do was lie on the couch and look pathetic.
So I activated my dormant sourdough starter and made my grandmother's bread.
And we watched movies.
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Snow day today. I spent today alternating between packing, cleaning, and having a mental breakdown.I recommend chocolate.
I AM chocolate!!
** spoiler omitted **
** spoiler omitted **
The chocolate is a lie.
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I hope that Hermione feels better soon.
Hermione is sick. As in, too sick to read. Sore throat and cough and runny nose, but no fever, chills or body aches, so probably not the Flu B strain that's going around Dallas right now.
I stayed home with her today and was hoping to play card games and have mom-and-daughter time, but she felt so awful that all she could do was lie on the couch and look pathetic.
So I activated my dormant sourdough starter and made my grandmother's bread.
And we watched movies.
I'm so sorry she's not feeling well. Hope she feels better soon!
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Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Oh... my... goodness.
I've just verified this behavior, and Shiro confirmed.
With the latest Windows 10 Update, on booting your laptop won't recognize your docking station. So yeah. No mouse. No keyboard. No network. But the monitors *do* work so it LOOKS like things are working.
It's an impressive bit of work, Microsoft.
But both Shiro and I at two separate companies must now boot, then undock while the computer is live, then re-dock, to get our computers to function every morning.
Thank you, Microsoft!
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Winter item no house should go without (named by yours truly, just this evening): Sexheater (milkmaids wooed separately).
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Urgh.
Go away GoG 90% sale!
*click*
Thankfully my PayPal is almost empty... Now.
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Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.
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It's been a month since I posted anything here? Time does fly.
Hey, hope you've all been doing well. I've been a bit pre-occupied of late, having work nearly every day. That, and I'm doing some writing and thesis prep on the side. My tabletop group decided to try out 2nd edition D&D a few weeks ago, and I actually gained some appreciation for that edition in comparison to third edition and Pathfinder, despite the flaws it has.
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Urgh.
Go away GoG 90% sale!
*click*
Thankfully my PayPal is almost empty... Now.
~covers my ears~ Nope! I didn't hear anything about a sale! Not at all! ~hums horribly off tune~
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Welcome back, Icyshadow. Hopefully you have been doing well.
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I've been doing alright, all things considered. IT Help Desk job didn't go as I had hoped, but I met a former colleague at the warehouse I work in now. Kind of funny, since I did wonder if I'd be the only one leaving.
I've been doing alright, all things considered. IT Help Desk job didn't go as I had hoped, but I met a former colleague at the warehouse I work in now. Kind of funny, since I did wonder if I'd be the only one leaving.
Glad you're back, Icy!
My hand/wrist/arm recovering smoothly (relatively) it seems. No longer needed the elbow thing after one day, dropped the finger-specific thing today (though they're still a nit week, sensitive); now for my wrist and shoulder!
Urgh.
Go away GoG 90% sale!
*click*
Thankfully my PayPal is almost empty... Now.
*Laughs nervously*
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Winter item no house should go without (named by yours truly, just this evening): Sexheater (milkmaids wooed separately).
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
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Just finished binge-watching the Season 8 Game of Thrones DVD.
I like the HBO rendition generally, but after it diverges from the books it gets too Hollywood-y for me. I fell in love with the books because there's no telling who will get maimed or die next, so once the show writers defaulted to 'all important characters live no matter what,' I started itching for Martin's next book -- which he will hopefully continue in his own style.
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It's been a month since I posted anything here? Time does fly.
Hey, hope you've all been doing well. I've been a bit pre-occupied of late, having work nearly every day. That, and I'm doing some writing and thesis prep on the side. My tabletop group decided to try out 2nd edition D&D a few weeks ago, and I actually gained some appreciation for that edition in comparison to third edition and Pathfinder, despite the flaws it has.
What does your group appreciate about it? 2e was my first D&D, ttrpg, heck it was my first rpg, but I never actually got to play it a ton. I still think fondly of its experimental settings -- like what other game do you find an extraplanar-philosophy-cold-war-urban setting and an I-get-to-play-a-dragon!!! setting?
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
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I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Possibly, but with both Shiro's and my laptop exhibiting the exact same buggy behavior, you can either conclude that the IT departments from two $100B+ companies made the exact same bizarre error in pushing a Windows update, or that yet again Microsoft released a buggy update.
I know where I'd put my money.
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Yeah, good luck! If I were in your position, I'd ask friends and co-workers whether they know anyone who's had it done. When GothBard had her gall bladder removed, the doctors all assured her it was really minor and she wouldn't even notice. This was a complete lie, and she was unable to eat many foods for many months.
What *was* helpful was the large number of friends and acquaintances who popped out of the woodwork with, "Oh, yeah. I had that done. And it sucked for 3 years or so, but then your body finally adjusts and it gets better."
Yet another aspect of U.S. medical care: Doctors are unwilling to tell you anything for fear of being sued for telling you something that ends up being incorrect.
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Yes.
Yes it does. :(Goodluck on that decision!
May the LEAST sucky outcome be yours! :)
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I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Possibly, but with both Shiro's and my laptop exhibiting the exact same buggy behavior, you can either conclude that the IT departments from two $100B+ companies made the exact same bizarre error in pushing a Windows update, or that yet again Microsoft released a buggy update.
I know where I'd put my money.
Microsoft, for teh LOSE! ;P
(I hate Microsoft. Most days. On 'good' days I merely Detest them.) ;)
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Just finished binge-watching the Season 8 Game of Thrones DVD.I like the HBO rendition generally, but after it diverges from the books it gets too Hollywood-y for me. I fell in love with the books because there's no telling who will get maimed or die next, so once the show writers defaulted to 'all important characters live no matter what,' I started itching for Martin's next book -- which he will hopefully continue in his own style.
the only thing I liked about the HBO series was the fight with the mountain and the nudity. That's it. It became fanfiction nonsense from the first season for me.