What first world problem did you have today?

[Red Squirrel]

You have the covid

Actually I just realized the muscle relaxants I'm on have "loss of taste" as a symptom. I don't feel I have that symptom though with anything I've been eating.

I could definitely taste the expired yogurt I attempted to eat today. BLUARG that was nasty. 1 month expired. I never think of checking expiry on stuff I buy, I need to make that a bigger habit.

 

[Geekbabe]

I woke up this morning went to chemo & was treated like a rock star, stage IV cancer, stable almost 6 years on immunotherapy. Glad to still be here

 

[BoomerD]

I woke up this morning went to chemo & was treated like a rock star, stage IV cancer, stable almost 6 years on immunotherapy. Glad to still be here

 

[sdifox]

I woke up this morning went to chemo & was treated like a rock star, stage IV cancer, stable almost 6 years on immunotherapy. Glad to still be here

So where is the FWP ?

 

[BoomerD]

So where is the FWP ?

After 6 years of immunotherapy, she STILL has stage IV cancer.

 

[nerp]

Couple things:

1. I had to peel the factory logo graphics/stickers off the sides my spare EVGA supernova powersupply to get it to slide cleanly into a case without getting caught up. Apparently that tiny bit of height from the stickers was too much for the tight tolerances of this case. Spent a good 30 minutes carefully peeling this insidious industrial goo off then wiped it with alcohol and microfiber cloth until the residue was gone. The worst part of it is my thumbnail now has signs of wear and tear and i can feel some of the gunk packed in there. I'm going to have to focus on cleaning my thumb thoroughly in the shower.

2. Realized I forgot to order new noctua fans for this SFF build with mobo and RAM already on the way. Now I won't be done with it for another couple of days.

3. I really want to take my car through the touchless wash for the undercarriage blast but I don't want to sit in line on a beautiful day on over the weekend or be around maskless people even if I'm sitting in my car.

4. It's almost 4 a.m., my wife has the kids at the in-laws for a long weekend (woohoo) and I'm wasting my daylight time on a nice day effing off on the internet. Not even playing games. I am not fully taking advantage of my temporary bachelor pad status,

5. I want either another Topre Realforce 87u 55g or a new bluetooth HHKB just because my Topre Type Heaven is too chunky for my desk setup. I just know that my wife will be furious if I blow another $300 on yet another keyboard just to save some desk space.

6. We've been buying bulk cases of Coca Cola and I leave it in the garage and just bring up a few cans every couple of days to put in the fridge. Well, I forgot to do that and had my last cold can last night. I have no cold soda.

 

[Ajay]

1/2 the neighborhood has been running leaf blowers the past few days. I'm starting to hear them in my sleep. I don't have any trees on my postage stamp sized yard (just outside of the city center) - so I deem this completely unfair. Of course, I do have an ANC Bluetooth headset (Sony XM3).

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is a first world problem that happens to me often.

I have to be at work today.

 

[Geekbabe]

After 6 years of immunotherapy, she STILL has stage IV cancer.

That’s because it got pretty heavily into my lymphatic system, my impacted nodes are all subcentimeter in size, a good thing

 

[BoomerD]

That’s because it got pretty heavily into my lymphatic system, my impacted nodes are all subcentimeter in size, a good thing

I get that you're doing pretty damned well...all things considered...but he asked how your post was a FWP...and, you STILL have the fckng cancer after 6 years of treatment.

(you just keep kicking cancer's ass....we're all rooting for you!)

 

[Muse]

Ordered burger and fries for pickup at a local joint. They said 5 minutes.

5 minuted later I walk in and my shit ain't ready. Had to wait another entire minute.

Paid with my credit card and left

In my experience, the great majority of people can't be held to those 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 minutes things. I will say those things and they don't honor them. Now, in a commercial setting like takeout, I'd think you can usually depend on it, but I usually give them leeway... not intentionally, I just do. Not that I am not punctual, I generally am. Still, you were optimistic when you got there in 5 minutes and expected it to be ready.

 

[BoomerD]

In my experience, the great majority of people can't be held to those 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 minutes things. I will say those things and they don't honor them. Now, in a commercial setting like takeout, I'd think you can usually depend on it, but I usually give them leeway... not intentionally, I just do. Not that I am not punctual, I generally am. Still, you were optimistic when you got there in 5 minutes and expected it to be ready.

it's gotten so that anytime my wife asks how long until we get to X, I just tell her "18 minutes or so." She knows I'm PROBABLY lying...but she's ok with it.
(obviously, if we're 2-3 hours out, I'm more accurate in my time frame)

 

[pmv]

In my experience, the great majority of people can't be held to those 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 minutes things. I will say those things and they don't honor them. Now, in a commercial setting like takeout, I'd think you can usually depend on it, but I usually give them leeway... not intentionally, I just do. Not that I am not punctual, I generally am. Still, you were optimistic when you got there in 5 minutes and expected it to be ready.

Discussion reminds me of this. The amount of my life I've spent watching such progress meters (usually weirdly mesmerised by them)

Estimation

xkcd.com

 

[Muse]

it's gotten so that anytime my wife asks how long until we get to X, I just tell her "18 minutes or so." She knows I'm PROBABLY lying...but she's ok with it.
(obviously, if we're 2-3 hours out, I'm more accurate in my time frame)

When it comes to stuff like this, if not up front, at least in the back of my mind is a quotation from my favorite quotable, William Blake:

"The hours of folly are measured by the clock, the hours of wisdom, no clock can measure."

 

[shortylickens]

I can't seem to get a consistent cup of coffee at home anymore and I really don't know why. I even tried replacing the coffee machine. I'd say 1 of 5 cups actually taste good, the rest just taste stale, almost like drinking just hot water, there's just no taste, and sometimes a weird after taste. I'm using beans that I grind and use right away, and using filtered water. This used to make really good coffee and it just kind of stopped. Just don't get it! I find myself just going to Tim Hortons more now.

Been trying to cut back on coffee though, so maybe this is a cue to do it... lol.

Once long ago I asked how a coffee maker can make BAD coffee.
Apparently if the heating element doesnt work correctly it can over or underheat during the percolate process and that messes up the flavor. This is a problem with cheap coffee makers and old worn out good coffee makers.

 

[Muse]

Discussion reminds me of this. The amount of my life I've spent watching such progress meters (usually weirdly mesmerised by them)

Oh, I like to call them therm bars, I don't know if that's accurate. They presumably show you the extent you're done with a task. I am a database programmer, not professionally anymore but I do database stuff for myself, keep my own data of various sorts, for fun and for often very practical purposes, all kinds of purposes. One of those involves a table with close to 30,000 records and some fields in that table are calculated from other data in the system, they are sort of an instant report. IOW, the results visible in those fields can be calculated from other data in the system. Certain anomalies can cause the contents of those fields (some of them) to be "out of synch," that is to say, inaccurate. I have a function that recalculates them. When I run it, the results in those fields (there are two result fields) becomes correct again. It takes maybe 5 minutes to run. On the screen is displayed the percent done, constantly being calculated... accurately.

I hate those therm bars that creep up, stick at, say 36%, then jump to 85%, hang at 99% for 30 seconds, then 100% for several seconds and then disappear... those seem to be industry standard. I think they are actually called "progress bars."

 

[pmv]

Oh, I like to call them therm bars, I don't know if that's accurate. They presumably show you the extent you're done with a task. I am a database programmer, not professionally anymore but I do database stuff for myself, keep my own data of various sorts, for fun and for often very practical purposes, all kinds of purposes.

Brings to mind yet another xkcd that I can identify with

 

[Muse]

True story: Yesterday I did my daily 6 mile skate (wearing heart rate monitor). 2 doors from my house I spot a receiver on the corner and make a mental note to check it on the way back (i.e. after 6 balls out miles). It's there when I get home. I go inside, change to shoes and go out and snag it. It looks really nice and clean, has a couple of thrift store tags on it that say $34.99. It's a Kenwood KR-920B. I have a much fancier Kenwood receiver in my media room, supports THX, has many inputs, has digital tuning, has many output modes (sound tweak settings) but no treble/bass controls whatsoever, nothing like EQ. This thing has an analog tuning system, minimal (2) auxiliary inputs (but like my other does have a phono input) but does have a treble and a bass knob. I don't know if I will use it, it's a question of where. I am almost positive this doesn't support a remote... it's from about 1983-4. I look up the manual, can't find one but did find a service manual and I downloaded the PDF and sent it to my printer. Then I have a look at it in Foxit Reader. Doesn't even have a spec. It's basically all schematics, all 18 pages or so. I'm NOT good with electronics schematic diagrams. I did guess right though, 50 watts/channel.

 

[shortylickens]

Went to Target looking for a Bike.
They had two bikes.
They were both scuffed.
They were both overpriced.

 

[Muse]

Went to Target looking for a Bike.
They had two bikes.
They were both scuffed.
They were both overpriced.

I have never bought a new bike in my life. I think 3 used ones.

I actually opened a Target Red Card account when they had a deep dive discount on a classic 6qt Instant Pot. This around BF, 2019. So, I get the IP, (delivered) but it appeared to have an issue. At certain times it's supposed to beep and I couldn't hear those beeps. Some beeps at certain times, but at some other times I could not hear a beep. I deduced that the one I got was a lemon and initiated an exchange. Just today I threw out the box that "new" one came it, had a note on it about customer exchange (I went to a local Target to pick it up, drop off my lemon). The "new" one, I can hear the beeps. The other may have worked fine, but I didn't want to chance it. I really love that IP. For one thing it keeps the humidity down in the house during the cooler months. I used to make stuff on the stove that just oozed moisture that I make now in the IP, automatically, don't have to monitor it, remember to turn it off, and it keeps all the moisture inside (damn close).

 

[IronWing]

My boss sent me three different meeting invitations to the same meeting with three different Teams meeting links. Now I have to play roulette to find the meeting.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I upgraded my computer chair to a mesh one, and because there's nothing to filter out or contain farts I get the full brunt of them every time I fart.

 

[highland145]

My library card expired. Had to call to get access to the online books.

 

[Svnla]

TIL that you can combine all coupons at once when you shop at CVS as long as the item is not on clearance or on sale/discounted.

So I was able to combine both 40% and 35% off coupons earlier today. Only if I knew then.

 

[Ajay]

Went to Target looking for a Bike.
They had two bikes.
They were both scuffed.
They were both overpriced.

Yeah, I wouldn't buy a bike from target. Go with a used one instead. Getting one from a reputable bike shop should save you any headaches, though you'll pay a bit more money.