Honestly, this is why I stand by purchasing an MSI laptop even though I had no gaming needs. Like, hell yes I want to be able to control performance down to the point of fast my computers’ fans run.
Plus I like all the pretty colors and sound controls. Who doesn’t want uniform color schemes on their setup??
Oh, believe me, I’ve a pretty good temper when I’m I dealing with work issues. I only really lose it when i speak with government hotlines, but even then if it’s about something work related, I still keep my cool.
There’s ONE site that has tech support all over the world for all the different timezones. Even though it was work related, I fucking lost it and started with immense sarcasm which escalated into profanities and insults before the fucker put the phone down.
The company I use is called Falcon Northwest, pretty sure they only sell direct.
I still get the cold sweats every time I think about the jokers that answered the Dell computer “help” lines.
totally off topic: this just popped up -You’ve replied to @dt79 3 times, did you know you could send them a personal message instead?
@Chris_Colucci @Mod_Starr Is personal messaging a feature of the forums (again)?
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it isn’t. It’s just an automated response - @Voxel and I discovered this a couple months back.
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I had a Dell laptop and the CD drive died. Called tech support since I have the warranty and I had to go through the whole list of crap I already tried: reboot, reinstall drivers, etc before they would just send me a new damn drive. I hate those guys.
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I figured it was because that’s what i actually look like.
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I confess that I’ve been noticing that I’m more squishy than usual.
Even though I’m pretty sure most of it is water retention, It’s been messing with my head.
I confess that instead of actually taking steps to make myself feel better (reduce sodium, cut offending foods), yesterday I did a really hard workout, ate a very salty “cheat meal” (500kcal surplus) and had 3containers of yoghurt this morning bc I felt like it…
So here’s to another couple days of feeling shit
Another confession: I’m not feeling too crap, but I really want to take today off, from everything…
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I confess that the nutriton and resting strategy you are proposing is one of the most effective ideas you have proposed for reaching your goals
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I will continue then
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I confess that when i find my drive dropping, it sends big red flags for me that i need to do something. A desire for something, even if it’s not the thing i’m currently doing is good. A desire for nothing is a big, big red flag.
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okay, that’s an exaggeration: I want to go back to sleep and binge watch cooking shows
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Words to live by
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Thats what Sundays are for!
Unless you have a sled or something. Then they’re for sled riding.
And cooking stuff in a crock pot.
So that its done when you get back in from the sled riding.
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To me, those would be big red flags that i would look to address. Your mileage may vary.
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In College my friends and I made copious use of metal garbage can lids.
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I started using barrow part of a True Value plastic wheel barrow about 7 years ago, so I could hold baby kiddo on my lap.
It actually works quite nicely! I still use it!
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I confess that I napped today – twice – for the first time probably in over a decade. I am so confused right now.
Edit: I confess that I just bought orange juice and spent the whole walk home wondering why I bought orange juice.
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I will print out a frame your post in the hallway so that when my dumb sister-in-law visits, she doesn’t have to marvel why I, who supposedly work in construction, sit behind a computer with weird math squiggles on the screen.
That’s how I make a living in my super specialized niche. Usually, the worst combination is a vanity architectural project in one of the Persian Gulf theocracies exposed to a hostile environment (think frequent sandstorms, overnight temperature changes and the grating effect of sand that’s everywhere) while a prominent architectural (I’m sorry , design studio) pocketed an eight figure sum for designing a project overflowing with suspended courtyard roofs or whatnot to “follow the contour of dunes” or “give an impression of a giant bedouin tent”.
Then I have to be bearer of bad news and explain that in five years’ time an element of this architectural marvel (usually something suspended from cables for no reason whatsoever) will in all likelihood collapse from cumulative elements’ damage and murder anyone unfortunate enough to end up directly underneath.
And in many cases they simply shrug it off and go on with the project.
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Murder? A peasant like me couldn’t be so fortunate, to meet his end surrounded by such beauty!
Do you even billionaire bro?
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Government started some kind of upskilling program which lets you join courses for free or up to 80% subsidies. I’m over 40 so I immediately qualify but I didn’t want to because I have no time. Friend of mine went for his MBA at an 80% subsidy lol.
Unfortunately, the wife sees this as a net loss since I’m paying taxes so she insisted on my at least trying to qualify for a course that requires tertiary education in STEM. I don’t have any. And I picked a course that I was very sure most people who NEED to upskill wouldn’t apply for because of the complexity and criteria. And it only involves online lecture for 3 hours and 3 hours to do course work a day, which starts 1 hour before my own work starts so I’m only losing 2 hrs and I can still muli-task while doing the course. Since it’s 6 hours of learning, it’s considered a fulltime course.
I was right. 80% of the class full. BUT I GOT ACCEPTED.
And I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. It’s lots of computer shit that I normally PAY PEOPLE TO DO because I never wanted to learn that shit myself. The dude whom I put on retainer to help manage contract staff for this has a FUCKING PHD in computer stuff. Which means he tells them what to do, troubleshoots stuff and tells me what to tell clients in plain English. Which means I know BALLS about this shit.
And if I fail the exams, I’ll have to return the fucking actual price of the course or something like that without the subsidy. I’m not sure whether it applies to this program but that would cost me fucking 20K in USD LOLOLOL.
I’M FUCKED!!! FUUUUUCKED!!!
That’s why the fuckers included 3 fucking hours dedicated to doing projects every day.
FUUUUUC!!!
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