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Old 04-03-2024, 07:00 PM   #45176
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Old 04-03-2024, 07:51 PM   #45177
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Old 04-03-2024, 08:40 PM   #45178
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Google Weather is still looking up weather in another city with the same name as where I am. Didn't have this issue for years but IIRC last year it started. Maybe the way my traffic is routed its popping up somewhere closer to that city. Nope. Google appears to be fully aware of where I am and likely what room I'm in ( google router )(( not that they couldn't do it without their router, sure it's just saving google from a few extra steps while bundling info to sell)). GFDIT.

Correct the state, check weather. "Not raining". Walk dog, "Aye ****-face, it's ****ing raining " -dog. Not only raining, so much raining everything is waterlogged. We may as well go back to using rocks to check weather conditions.
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Old 04-03-2024, 11:39 PM   #45179
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Contemporary headlight tech in the US is terrible due to regulations but likely not as bad as it could be for some cars/manufactures thanks to regulations.

Quick related thought: Moving to MD dealing with bright lights felt more of a constant problem versus NC plains. Everywhere around "here" is a hill if you're not on a major interstate = yore almost always below the low-beam cutoff = always fukked with halogen, xenon, LED but maybe once/if we get "laser" headlights they wont be a problem but the 99% of other cars are still going to eye fukk you.

Not being a moron* I can't get upset that someone chose to buy a car/suv that has terrible headlight design or perfectly designed if everyone drove on flat and level roads but we all don't live in Florida**.

But if you mounted a 32,000 - 100,000 lux floodlight bar on your vehicle that is on all of the time driving through roughly anywhere you may encounter other people that could be negatively impacted by going temporally blind I'm not saying you should be shot in the face but I would understand someone's claim there was a heat of the moment temp loss of faculties situation leading to you getting shot in the face.***

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***sorry, every English teacher I've had

****not generally about aux lights. specifically about jackasses adding always on stadium lights to their vehicle.

*****inb4 I can't see without HID lights always checking if the lights are even on if the car has halogen lights.
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Old 04-04-2024, 12:23 AM   #45180
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Welcome back Charlie, Glad to see the last log time has moved past the pandemic.

*and there was much rejoicing in the tech forums.
Thanks.

Teaching your kids basic car stuff, did that with both my kids. They both started "helping" around 6 or so. Son has gotten to machining, engine and trans swaps, brakes, many things.
Daughter, she was around it, has seen brake jobs, oil changes, other stuff. She can handle fluid check/fill, change a tire, knows basics of car workings. Knows enough that if she goes to a shop and they say, "Bad muffler bearing, $2200.00" she can come back with, "That is not the issue, it's more likely a worn hammershaft for $600".
With her Leatherman and a stop at a hardware store, she did a temp exhaust fix and then finished her 800 mile trip.
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Old 04-04-2024, 12:53 PM   #45181
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When you've been given an answer so many times, that before you even ask the question you know what the answer is, and even though it isn't the answer you want, you don't feel any disappointment because you already knew.
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Old 04-04-2024, 01:16 PM   #45182
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I work in IT. Not sure what my problem is, old age, ADHD, both, whatever, but I have an increasingly hard time remembering what acronyms represent, and everything in IT is referred to by an acronym. I have a very hard time following some meetings, taking training, etc when its just acronym after acronym.

But the worst thing is that I know my skills have plateaued and I'm feeling noticeably less 'necessary' around here.
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Old 04-04-2024, 02:02 PM   #45183
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I work in IT. Not sure what my problem is, old age, ADHD, both, whatever, but I have an increasingly hard time remembering what acronyms represent, and everything in IT is referred to by an acronym. I have a very hard time following some meetings, taking training, etc when its just acronym after acronym.

But the worst thing is that I know my skills have plateaued and I'm feeling noticeably less 'necessary' around here.
I'm in a much older industry and yeah pretty much the same.
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Old 04-04-2024, 02:53 PM   #45184
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I'm in a much older industry and yeah pretty much the same.
Same. We laugh because we have the same acronyms used for different things. It depends on which group I'm talking with. I need additional context to see which decoder wheel to use.

Examples:
TRU - Transformer Rectifier Unit
TRU - Thrust Reverser Unit
TRU - Tactical Radio Unit

VMU - Velocity for Min Unstick
VMU - Video Mixing Unit
VMU - Virtual Manifest Upload

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Old 04-04-2024, 03:14 PM   #45185
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2 weeks ago I noticed the screen on one of my outdoor bathroom exhaust vents was gone and made mental note to replace it... which I promptly forgot. Today I am in my office for the first time in a week and hear creatures rustling around in the ceiling above me. Yep, exactly where the exhaust pipe runs. I go outside and wait a few minutes watching the outlet and out pop two starlings and a few minutes later they come back with more nest materials. ****. I'll be headed to the hardware store tonight to get a cover and hope for better weather tomorrow to install it.
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Old 04-04-2024, 06:22 PM   #45186
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At least it's not wasps like I had a few years ago. I couldn't figure out how the bastards kept getting in the house and stinging me. One day I was cutting back some growth on the back of the house and saw one little branch had wormed its way under the flap and into the fart fan exhaust for the downstairs bathroom, where those ******** made a nest and would randomly crawl out of the bathroom fan.
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Old 04-04-2024, 06:49 PM   #45187
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At least it's not wasps like I had a few years ago. I couldn't figure out how the bastards kept getting in the house and stinging me. One day I was cutting back some growth on the back of the house and saw one little branch had wormed its way under the flap and into the fart fan exhaust for the downstairs bathroom, where those ******** made a nest and would randomly crawl out of the bathroom fan.
I hope you were able to rebuild on that scorched plot of land.
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Old 04-04-2024, 07:28 PM   #45188
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I had to vacuum a whole nest of either bees or wasps from the dryer exhaust hole. Previous owners didn’t seal it right and it allowed the insects to bike a pretty large nest in the cavity.


Yesterday I kept hearing noises coming from that area. Damnit. What do I have in there now. Sleet was hitting the cover and siding, making it sound like I had something in the hole again.
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Old 04-04-2024, 08:23 PM   #45189
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MrsF4 has a cousin thats the same age. They were the only two in the family that were close in age, and thus spent a lot of time together as kids. Other than my MIL, her cousin is the only other family member she is close with.

Cousin just informed MrsF4 she has Stg IV cancer, metastasized in lungs, bones, stomach, liver, and brain.

Her mother died of brain cancer about 5yrs ago. Cousin said she isn't going thru that and has elected not to seek treatment.
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Old 04-04-2024, 09:01 PM   #45190
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At least it's not wasps like I had a few years ago. I couldn't figure out how the bastards kept getting in the house and stinging me. One day I was cutting back some growth on the back of the house and saw one little branch had wormed its way under the flap and into the fart fan exhaust for the downstairs bathroom, where those ******** made a nest and would randomly crawl out of the bathroom fan.
I got up the ladder tonight to check out what I needed to do to fix it and found an old small wasps nest too. The trick is going to be making sure the birds are out of there when I put a new screen on.

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MrsF4 has a cousin thats the same age. They were the only two in the family that were close in age, and thus spent a lot of time together as kids. Other than my MIL, her cousin is the only other family member she is close with.

Cousin just informed MrsF4 she has Stg IV cancer, metastasized in lungs, bones, stomach, liver, and brain.

Her mother died of brain cancer about 5yrs ago. Cousin said she isn't going thru that and has elected not to seek treatment.
So sorry. I've thought about a lot of stuff the last year with my cancer and I can't even imagine making this decision. So sad.
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Old 04-04-2024, 11:26 PM   #45191
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Work pretty closely with a guy most days. And have worked with him for 9 years now.

A couple of years ago he got promoted into a role with a very specific area of responsibility. He totally deserved the position and has really embraced the role.

As part of this role, he's been co-author on 4 recent conference papers and has presented a couple of live sessions on the topic.

Several times a week, we present the topic to other companies (we are not selling this, but others are interested in what we've done). Since the topic is very specific to his role, I usually get him to give his standard, canned presentation.

I've noticed in the last 6 months that the intro to his presentation has slowly evolved to become more and more self-aggrandizing.

He now has a bio slide where he spends 5min listing his background, experience, and accolades.

And as part of self-credentialing, I've also noticed that his language has evolved a bit as well. Instead of "we did..." or "the team...", he's started using a lot of "I did...". This week, it became "I'm (coworker), the inventor and founder of (process)."

Yes. He definitely has led that effort. But he didn't do so alone. I was there working thru issues and finding solutions right alongside him at the whiteboard. I contributed significantly to all those papers. So did several others. We're all listed as authors.

I don't need or desire the recognition. But it irks me he's no longer recognizing the continuing contributions of others.
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I was in bed for nearly 90 minutes just now and I couldn't fall asleep. I was just lying there feeling my heart beating in my chest and I couldn't turn my brain off. I usually fall asleep within five minutes of my head hitting the pillow but this has been happening nearly every night for a week. Usually it's only about 30 minutes but tonight it's especially bad. Not sure what my problem is.
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Old 04-05-2024, 01:03 AM   #45193
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I was in bed for nearly 90 minutes just now and I couldn't fall asleep. I was just lying there feeling my heart beating in my chest and I couldn't turn my brain off. I usually fall asleep within five minutes of my head hitting the pillow but this has been happening nearly every night for a week. Usually it's only about 30 minutes but tonight it's especially bad. Not sure what my problem is.
You need a challenge. You should do something like see how long it takes you to jerk off 30 times. You'll either win the challenge or go to bed with some supreme post nut clarity.
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Well, that didn't work.
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Old 04-05-2024, 08:34 AM   #45196
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Work pretty closely with a guy most days. And have worked with him for 9 years now.

A couple of years ago he got promoted into a role with a very specific area of responsibility. He totally deserved the position and has really embraced the role.

As part of this role, he's been co-author on 4 recent conference papers and has presented a couple of live sessions on the topic.

Several times a week, we present the topic to other companies (we are not selling this, but others are interested in what we've done). Since the topic is very specific to his role, I usually get him to give his standard, canned presentation.

I've noticed in the last 6 months that the intro to his presentation has slowly evolved to become more and more self-aggrandizing.

He now has a bio slide where he spends 5min listing his background, experience, and accolades.

And as part of self-credentialing, I've also noticed that his language has evolved a bit as well. Instead of "we did..." or "the team...", he's started using a lot of "I did...". This week, it became "I'm (coworker), the inventor and founder of (process)."

Yes. He definitely has led that effort. But he didn't do so alone. I was there working thru issues and finding solutions right alongside him at the whiteboard. I contributed significantly to all those papers. So did several others. We're all listed as authors.

I don't need or desire the recognition. But it irks me he's no longer recognizing the continuing contributions of others.

I am sure he is seeking a new job somewhere else
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An hour of being on the phone with a Verizon customer service rep to activate a phone for work was nothing but going in circles. I restarted the device and it gave a completely different number to contact.... after another 30 minutes with them I finally have a device that is activated.
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2 weeks ago I noticed the screen on one of my outdoor bathroom exhaust vents was gone and made mental note to replace it... which I promptly forgot. Today I am in my office for the first time in a week and hear creatures rustling around in the ceiling above me. Yep, exactly where the exhaust pipe runs. I go outside and wait a few minutes watching the outlet and out pop two starlings and a few minutes later they come back with more nest materials. ****. I'll be headed to the hardware store tonight to get a cover and hope for better weather tomorrow to install it.
Finches did this at a 2-story house I was renting. The bathroom vent, laundry room vent, and dryer vent exited a 3-hole flap on the side of the house.

Give you one guess which one cooked their eggs up nice and toasty

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Work pretty closely with a guy most days. And have worked with him for 9 years now.

A couple of years ago he got promoted into a role with a very specific area of responsibility. He totally deserved the position and has really embraced the role.

As part of this role, he's been co-author on 4 recent conference papers and has presented a couple of live sessions on the topic.

Several times a week, we present the topic to other companies (we are not selling this, but others are interested in what we've done). Since the topic is very specific to his role, I usually get him to give his standard, canned presentation.

I've noticed in the last 6 months that the intro to his presentation has slowly evolved to become more and more self-aggrandizing.

He now has a bio slide where he spends 5min listing his background, experience, and accolades.

And as part of self-credentialing, I've also noticed that his language has evolved a bit as well. Instead of "we did..." or "the team...", he's started using a lot of "I did...". This week, it became "I'm (coworker), the inventor and founder of (process)."

Yes. He definitely has led that effort. But he didn't do so alone. I was there working thru issues and finding solutions right alongside him at the whiteboard. I contributed significantly to all those papers. So did several others. We're all listed as authors.

I don't need or desire the recognition. But it irks me he's no longer recognizing the continuing contributions of others.
The word salad you ordered, sir


My team lead just left, very much a "we did this" person. I let him know I appreciated that while being fully aware and acknowledge I have at best a basic understand of what was done.

But he left. And in a sense were all ****ed. It doesn't seem to make anyone feel better when they say this was sudden and unexpected I mention it's taken more than a year from when planned to leave assuming I would take his job. I trained him ~5+ years ago, he actually had a 5 year plan and was nearly on target for everything, he was never cryptic about it, if you payed attention, maybe take notes you could have made a pretty accurate calendar. My, "nah" pushed him to stay which sucked for him. He didn't abandon us, the entire last year could/should be seen as doing his best for us to be in basically cruise control. And still in a sense were' ****ed. In a sense because we all can leave too.

I'm very much a "we did this" person for wholly selfish reasons. Just a nice hint to customers that there are other people they can bother with their problems.

It also doesn't help that trying to be positive about things I also acknowledge how incredibly ****ed we are. I have not actually seen any situation where one person leaving was a very real "whelp, we all should just pack it up too" event outside of the lead that just left having exactly the same thing happen to him... but we survived that since he knew why/where/how of things if not also knowing the technical bits. I kept the oily bits oiled. Killed anything that didn't need to exist. Merged whatever was possible trying to shrink our footprint. Also looks nice to management you're saving money. Made friends of folks that shop had done favors for in the past asked for more favors I suggested we don't have the capacity to do favors and there's no reason they couldn't do it themselves considering I have no idea who they are, what they do, why they were helped having no connection to "us" you are literally years ahead of me in whatever it is your doing.

The only thing I've seen personally that comes close to how incredibly ****ed we are in a sense was being on a team that worked mostly in a different building than management. Management wanted us to be there with them despite the machines we supported were literally down the hall from where we normally sat. We will stay perfectly happy and content, except from one that flipped his **** in a very small training room feeling very close to "so this is how I die". But if you make us move for no reason other than you want us to we will find something else to do. In a shocking turn of events management made us move. More clearly they said we had to move, we said we will find something else to do. They had one new admin that seemed very competent as a Windows admin. Exactly nothing we were admins for was windows. But you should be perfectly fine finding a *nix admin pointing them to a password list and keep on keeping on. Nothing special. Good documentation could easily replace and admin there. No one documents anything so I'm still employable until someone points AI at a standard cluster **** that could be easily fixed with google, stack exchange a cup of coffee and two hours.

Outside of the oily bits nearly everything is "bespoke" if you're talking in mixed company. Otherwise is a Rube Goldberg machine in a Rube Goldberg machine sitting on a house of cards at the end of an undeniably impressive display of far too many dominoes in a Tokyo apartment of a cat lady. It's 100% when not if situation.

And I still "had" to fix this other persons ****. "You understand this makes no sense... none... oh. it's the last time. right" But I documented everything so anyone including the people that run the GD system should be able to fix it the next time everyone that remembers who they are have been gone for two years and they can't fix their own ****.


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Give you one guess which one cooked their eggs up nice and toasty
I am hoping I got them out and closed up before she laid her eggs. This afternoon I cut a screen and wedged it in there good, so I think that'll do it. I waited until I didn't hear them from inside the house for a while and I didn't see them sneak back in, so I am pretty sure neither are stuck inside.
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