What first world problem did you have today?

[Kaido]

A recent data recovery project sucked up all of the free space on my backup drive & now I have to figure out where to put the files.

I have an 8TB USB 3.0 drive I use as a restore target for data recovery projects. Friend dropped off his 250GB WD drive that he accidentally installed Windows over (it had multiple partitions for OS, data, etc.). It took 3 full days to recover & somehow pulled out 7 terabytes of data, which is insane. What gets weirder is that a lot of the recovered data is usable...the drive had been through multiple reformats (I believe the order was XP, Vista, 7, then acted as a Windows DVR, then back to being used as a desktop, before being completely overwritten). Just used a standard tool (EaseUS Data Recovery Wiz Pro) & pulled out a ridiculous amount of recovery data...photos, videos, DVR-MS recording files, Office docs, etc. How a 250GB drive pulled off 7,500GB of files, I have no idea. BRB applying for a position at CSI Cyber.

 

[John Connor]

Now that is nuts! Amazing how data works. I mean it's like invisible atoms or something when you think of it.

 

[Kaido]

Now that is nuts! Amazing how data works. I mean it's like invisible atoms or something when you think of it.

I've never seen anything like it before. I'm using some exporters to dump out the photos, documents, etc. all separately. There are times when I get barely anything off the various data recovery systems I use. This is the biggest recovery I've ever seen.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I got a piece of dental tape stuck between my teeth and it was a bear to clear out. I had to work at it for a while using a dental pick from the underside and then was finally able to use another piece of dental tape to work it out. Before that every time I tried to floss it out the tape would break and pack it in ever more firmly.

 

[clamum]

Basically any kind of software error that can happen, has happened at work today. I was woken up at 7:30 am this morning by a call about a problem with our system and I've been working non-stop on application errors since then (besides the shower/get ready/5 min drive to work, this morning, lol). And of course the two other guys that I normally work with are gone on vacation (one of those guys is like a super haxor and I need to ask him tons of questions cause the system here at work is so f'ing complex and complicated that it takes years and years to learn).

Then our network server or data storage or whatever goes down. Then we get it back up, but now there's some corruption. ROFL. But since my co-workers are on vacation, the on-call person that will be dealing with any errors this weekend will be calling me because he's fairly useless and besides doesn't even try to work things out for himself.

Fucking christ. FML FML FML

I just wanna get under the covers in my bed, have my kitty fire his mark ass up and snuggle next to me, grab my cellphone and e-cig, and vape and read from my Kindle app and then go to sleep. Oh man that sounds amazing right now.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I can't control prerelease versions of our product with released (old) versions of our admin tool.

 

[lxskllr]

I got my new to me lg g3. Everything seems to work great. Problem? Boss' daughter is going away for a week, and she's the only one that knows how to deal with the sprint account. Boss is as useful as tits on a boar. So... Another week on my ghetto phone. Oh well... I'm getting my money out of this thing. Glad I got it. Was considering not getting a phone thinking things would be quick and smooth, and I wouldn't be down long. I'm old enough to know better than that. Guess that's what tipped me towards buying the phone, but it was close :^D

 

[Charmonium]

I have to try to find someone to cut my lawn. I go through this every year it seems. I end up being dissatisfied with whoever I had the previous season. But it's really hard to find someone to do the work at a reasonable price.

 

[Svnla]

The rear tire is getting low and I think I have a nail in it but it is too dark to do anything now so I will have to wait until tomorrow morning. This is the third time within a year I have nail issue with one of the tires. Darn it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Found out that Credit Karma is in Canada now and checked my Credit. Last time I checked it was through one of those credit services you pay per month. Bank would not stop bothering me with it so I said yes, got a bunch of stuff including credit score and then I canceled the service. Was 820 something back then and now it's only 793. I feel like a peasant.

Also one of the addresses that shows up I never lived at. I find that kinda odd. I also found it amusing that the postal code it auto filled was the one I always enter on sites that I don't want to put my real one. Pretty much proof that they sell our info to other organizations.

 

[Zanovar]

My dads yam RX-V673 is bricked:S.on a cheerier note i can use his speakers for my atmos setup.i kid i kid.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Typo in batch files messed up a bunch of vid encodes.
REALLLY long encodes.
So every, single rig around here will be busy crunching for the weekend (4x X5690, 4770K, 2x 2500K, 3770K, X6 1045T, 8320)

I got my new to me lg g3. Everything seems to work great. Problem? Boss' daughter is going away for a week, and she's the only one that knows how to deal with the sprint account. Boss is as useful as tits on a boar. So... Another week on my ghetto phone. Oh well... I'm getting my money out of this thing. Glad I got it. Was considering not getting a phone thinking things would be quick and smooth, and I wouldn't be down long. I'm old enough to know better than that. Guess that's what tipped me towards buying the phone, but it was close :^D

Did you pickup a refurbed one on eBay for ~$90? Bought a few of those and they've been working out very well.

 

[lxskllr]

Did you pickup a refurbed one on eBay for ~$90? Bought a few of those and they've been working out very well.

The g3 I got from amazon for $116. It's just used, not factory refurbed, but it was looked over by their people. The first phone they sent had a blown speaker. It sounded, but it didn't sound good. I can see how that got through testing. If I leave a review I'll dock them a star, but no hard feelings.

My ghetto phone is a boost mobile kyocera. I love the phone. It's probably a case of me being easily amused, but it's some of the best tech money I spent in awhile. Back in the day, $40 got you a cassette player that lasted 3 hours on batteries that leaked all over the unit. To pay that for a computer that fits in your pocket, lasts many hours on a charge, and isn't frustrating to use is amazing. Highly recommended for people on a budget that don't need the best.

Way back when ebay got hacked, and everyone had to reset their accounts, my contact info was all obsolete. It would have been a minor pita to get it back, and I decided it was a good time to cut my ties to ebay. Same with paypal. That means no swappa since I don't have a verified paypal account, but that also means I don't have to deal with paypal. That's the better part of the deal imo.

 

[John Connor]

I'm kicking back at my parents house and my dad has the fireplace going and the heat is on. I'm so hot I have the fan blowing on me and it's 41 degrees out. Suppose to drop to 25F (-3C). By next weekend it will warm back up to the 70's (21C).

 

[Puffnstuff]

Speaking of heat we're supposed to top 91F today but at least the humidity hasn't soared up to summer levels yet.

 

[MrSquished]

my amazing cheesesteak delivery is 10 minutes late already

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Lug nuts on my LS are starting to rust. Cheap Dorman POS, should have bought the original Chrysler Sebring lugs (the only good thing on a Sebring).
Oh well, went with some Gorilla 72137s.

 

[Photography]

I had to wait an extra minute for my building's slow parking garage elevator.

 

[Sonikku]

There was an anime con in my tiny city today and I didn't know it.

 

[gorcorps]

All the radio shack stores are closing, at least, the last one in my city has. No more quick and easy capacitor purchases -- Must wait a week for a digikey or mouser order now and pay double the cost due to shipping fees.

UGH.

They've been gone by me for a while. I didn't go there often, but when I did they were the only game in town

 

[Red Squirrel]

I had a poutine and regret not getting a large, the medium was not quite enough.

 

[Svnla]

It was raining dog and cat earlier today and I did have to run some errands and of course, I did get some of those rain. Some of the traffic lights were out of order but nothing serious.

 

[John Connor]

Bought an i5 6600k on eBay for $195. I wanted to pay no more than $150.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have a dentist appointment today. I always dread dental checkups. Especially the part where they pick at your teeth. But what bothers me more is the suspense of knowing whether or not I have cavities, it's like reliving the whole thing in school where you are about to find out if you fail or not. Seems no matter how good I brush and floss etc I end up with cavities every couple years.

But the good news is that it will be over with. I knew it was coming for a while, then I actually missed the first one because I was on night shifts and totally forgot to change it. Managed to get in today. Normally I'd go to bed but decided to just stay up. Faster way of reverting back to day mode than trying to go to bed and getting up earlier.

Edit: YAY! No cavities. And yep, the picking is the longest part. It does not really hurt or anything it's mostly just annoying.

Teeth feel all clean though!

 

[lxskllr]

FUCK!!!

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FUCK!!!!!