What first world problem did you have today?

[Red Squirrel]

So when covid started and they started to reopen certain things like churches, I was naive to think that things were heading back to normal and that this would not be permanent. I was asked to setup a registration page where people can register to go to the sunday service, this would limit how many people are in the building. There would be 2 services so if you can't go to 1st you go to 2nd.

So I coded this thinking it would be a temporary thing and my code was kind of sloppy and thrown together. It was basically hard coded so it only works for having 2 identical Sunday services. It would automatically change the date and present the same form, and generate a table to create a registration entry with the date. The recordkeeping would basically just list all the registrations that happened on the same day and either service 1 or 2 so they can be split.

Then came Good Friday. I had to do a few changes to how it worked, but basically added the ability to insert a separate service that is not a regular Sunday service.

Now there's a few events to add on there and I realized my code is just not working out anymore as I can't easily display more than one event that is on a different day, because of how I coded it.

I should have known better when I coded it and made it more modular but I got lazy, and now I'm paying for it by practically rewriting the whole thing. Doh!

 

[Red Squirrel]

And several hours later, I rewrote it better! lol. Now I can add in the funeral that's on Friday, and still keep the entries for Sunday service and the BBQ.

 

[sdifox]

So when covid started and they started to reopen certain things like churches, I was naive to think that things were heading back to normal and that this would not be permanent. I was asked to setup a registration page where people can register to go to the sunday service, this would limit how many people are in the building. There would be 2 services so if you can't go to 1st you go to 2nd.

So I coded this thinking it would be a temporary thing and my code was kind of sloppy and thrown together. It was basically hard coded so it only works for having 2 identical Sunday services. It would automatically change the date and present the same form, and generate a table to create a registration entry with the date. The recordkeeping would basically just list all the registrations that happened on the same day and either service 1 or 2 so they can be split.

Then came Good Friday. I had to do a few changes to how it worked, but basically added the ability to insert a separate service that is not a regular Sunday service.

Now there's a few events to add on there and I realized my code is just not working out anymore as I can't easily display more than one event that is on a different day, because of how I coded it.

I should have known better when I coded it and made it more modular but I got lazy, and now I'm paying for it by practically rewriting the whole thing. Doh!

is it www.meetthygodfaster.org?

 

[pete6032]

Someone I know was posting anti vaccine memes on Facebook so I had to un-friend her.

 

[sdifox]

Someone I know was posting anti vaccine memes on Facebook so I had to un-friend her.

How is that even a problem?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bought some coffee online the other day and it came in today but I only realized AFTER I made my Maxwell House coffee.

Got it from here: https://www.resistancecoffee.com/

 

[VashHT]

Some jackass in my neighborhood keeps throwing their dog poop in my recycling bin when I leave it out on trash day. Even if they threw it in the garbage can (which is right next to the recycling) it'd still piss me off, if I ever see the person do it I'd prolly go out and chuck the bag at them.

 

[pete6032]

Some jackass in my neighborhood keeps throwing their dog poop in my recycling bin when I leave it out on trash day. Even if they threw it in the garbage can (which is right next to the recycling) it'd still piss me off, if I ever see the person do it I'd prolly go out and chuck the bag at them.

I have that all the time. Living on a street corner where people pass by constantly, our recycling bin and trash dumpster is full of random stuff from that people just leave behind.

 

[Captante]

I have that all the time. Living on a street corner where people pass by constantly, our recycling bin and trash dumpster is full of random stuff from that people just leave behind.

Frankly I prefer that folks throw garbage IN the garbage as opposed to on the street or the sidewalk even if the garbage can in question happens to belong to me. (within reason of course)

Dog-poop in the recycle container however is freaking disgusting!

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't mind if people put garbage in my bin as long as it's not something that will dirty the inside of it. Poop directly in, not in a bag, is gross! And at least put it in the garbage can and not recycling! I admit I've done it myself where I put a wrapper or something in someone's garbage but I make sure it has not been picked up yet as well.

My city has a bunch of weird garbage related bylaws on that actually. One of them is you're not allowed to put anything in a bin if it's out at the street - even if it's your own! There's a list of other bizzare rules they came up with last year, most of which don't make any sense. Thankfully they don't really get enforced. The one that makes me laugh is the limit of how much poop you can put. I think it's like 5lbs. Clearly the person who made that rule does not have any pets.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My company's stock is doing really well so I want to cash some in, but the site is retarded slow and keeps timing out, and I might miss out because of it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Managed to get through. Going to see around 25k in my bank in the next few weeks. That's not even all of the shares, only about half. I've never let it get this high before, pretty crazy to see that high balance. Going to pay off half my credit line. Hopefully I don't get hit too hard with capital gains taxes. Going to donate a couple grand to some charities so hopefully that should help.

 

[Ajay]

My company's stock is doing really well so I want to cash some in, but the site is retarded slow and keeps timing out, and I might miss out because of it.

I had 7K in options from a company years ago that was doing well. I figured I'd wait another year till they were fully vested before cashing some in. Then, a few months later, we learn that the CEO and CFO had been cooking the books . Wiped $120k off my potential windfall. Morons. They went to 'white collar' prison for a couple of years - la de da.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I had 7K in options from a company years ago that was doing well. I figured I'd wait another year till they were fully vested before cashing some in. Then, a few months later, we learn that the CEO and CFO had been cooking the books . Wiped $120k off my potential windfall. Morons. They went to 'white collar' prison for a couple of years - la de da.

Ouch.

My company's ESPP used to be in Nortel shares. Can guess how that went for a lot of people!

Another 1st world problem, tried to donate $500 to the humane society and their site form keeps failing and I had to reenter all the information. After 3rd try I gave up and ended up resorting to writing a cheque. So now I need to go physically put it in a mailbox! The humanity.

Gave $500 to my church then waiting on message on FB to see how I can donate to food bank.

I should maybe donate to an open source project or something too. I always tell myself I should and never end up doing it.

 

[BoomerD]

We're going to have a planned power outage to orrow. Ecpected down time, 2-4 hours.
Doesn't get more FWP than your power company telling you to be ready for an outage...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Worse is when you prepare for it and it never happens! Then it gets moved to the next day when you're not ready for it.

I remember something like that happened and this restaurant made a huge fuss about it. They planned to just close that day but the outage never happened and they were annoyed that they closed for nothing and lost a bunch of money. Way I see it, if your business relies on power to function, get a backup generator. will pay for itself the first time it needs to be used.

 

[sactoking]

Not sure if FWP, just tested positive for COVID. Was super careful, wore my mask all the time, fully vaccinated. Have underlying health condition, so a bit stressed about that. Now my family has to quarantine pending their tests which means kids miss school and whatnot.

One of the kid's school shut down today because of a positive result on Friday. Damn anti-vaxx adults infecting their kids and sending them to school.

Follow-up to this:

My daughter, my youngest, brought it home. She was an asymptomatic carrier and infected my younger son and myself. My older son and my wife were spared. I got hit HARD. I wasn't hospitalized but I was close. I'm still weak and lethargic. As of Sunday all five of us tested negative. My eldest some came home from school yesterday not feeling well. We kept him home today and the rest of the week pending testing on Friday.

My daughter's school reopened on Tuesday. Today (Wednesday) we get notice that they have to close AGAIN because a parent sent their kid to school yesterday who was showing symptoms and tested on Friday; they got the result today and it was positive.

Seriously, why the fuck are people this stupid?!? IF YOU THINK YOUR KID IS SICK, ESPECIALLY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED COVID TESTING, KEEP THEM HOME UNTIL YOU HAVE THE TEST RESULTS!

Not only is this a huge public health risk but we've got to keep paying the weekly school costs even when they're closed. This will be 20 days closed this month due to this effing idiocy.

 

[Torn Mind]

Follow-up to this:

My daughter, my youngest, brought it home. She was an asymptomatic carrier and infected my younger son and myself. My older son and my wife were spared. I got hit HARD. I wasn't hospitalized but I was close. I'm still weak and lethargic. As of Sunday all five of us tested negative. My eldest some came home from school yesterday not feeling well. We kept him home today and the rest of the week pending testing on Friday.

My daughter's school reopened on Tuesday. Today (Wednesday) we get notice that they have to close AGAIN because a parent sent their kid to school yesterday who was showing symptoms and tested on Friday; they got the result today and it was positive.

Seriously, why the fuck are people this stupid?!? IF YOU THINK YOUR KID IS SICK, ESPECIALLY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED COVID TESTING, KEEP THEM HOME UNTIL YOU HAVE THE TEST RESULTS!

Not only is this a huge public health risk but we've got to keep paying the weekly school costs even when they're closed. This will be 20 days closed this month due to this effing idiocy.

Your lethargy might take a few months to clear up.

That was my experience.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Here's a fun FWP, my solar panels are producing too much power since I switched my system to 24v.

There's something weird with the charge controller and it's pushing too much power to the battery bank instead of limiting it. Had to turn off solar panel breaker so I don't fry my batteries.

 

[highland145]

The kid, 20, has started drinking coffee. I used to be the only one, 1/4 cup of ground per my cup. Not only is he going through my coffee, he thinks the canister is self filling. Kind of like his laundry and other shit that happens around here.

Going to hide the coffee and leave a 2 sheet roll in the bathroom.

Yes, my wife should have raised him better.

 

[sdifox]

The kid, 20, has started drinking coffee. I used to be the only one, 1/4 cup of ground per my cup. Not only is he going through my coffee, he thinks the canister is self filling. Kind of like his laundry and other shit that happens around here.

Going to hide the coffee and leave a 2 sheet roll in the bathroom.

Yes, my wife should have raised him better.

Or buy shitton of it.

 

[highland145]

shitton? Is that like folgers?

 

[sdifox]

shitton? Is that like folgers?

As in lots of it. I have a dozen two pound cans of coffee at home.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Buy Folgers, and then whatever coffee you drink, swap the containers so yours is in a Folgers can and he'll be actually using the Folgers not knowing because it's going to be in the good can.

 

[highland145]

As in lots of it. I have a dozen two pound cans of coffee at home.

When all of this covid ends...coming to your house.

Hi. 😀