What first world problem did you have today?

[lxskllr]

Isn't VD the 14th? The SB is Sunday (the 8th)

That's an unfortunate abbreviation.

 

[sdifox]

Isn't VD the 14th? The SB is Sunday (the 8th)

Just referencing someone saying they booked Valentine's dinner on SuperBowl day. Same guy lol.

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/what-first-world-problem-did-you-have-today.2374963/post-41563780

 

[Chaotic42]

I think VD takes a few days to really settle in, so it's more like February 17th before you'll shoot positive.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

That's an unfortunate abbreviation.

Missing the 'o', no? S (o) B?

 

[balloonshark]

Background: I have never used windows file sharing. I use local accounts without a password.

Last night I was trying to move files from my spare PC to my Steam Deck. I set up a file to share and could see it on my Steam Deck but it wouldn't accept a black password. Creating a password fixed this issue but it took me about 90 minutes to find the fix. In advanced network settings - advanced sharing settings - All Networks I see an option for password protected sharing that is on. I figure that setting was the culprit wasting my time.

 

[BoomerD]

Oh my Gawd...it was horrible! We got some mediocre rain this morning...not uncommon for here. I had to go into the laundry room...just in time to see the rain gutter overflowing! I cleaned the damned things in October. No reason they should have been clogged.
Dragged out the ladder and cleaning tools...only to find a clog of pine needles. I don't have any pine trees. I DO have a spruce tree behind my house...but totally different needles. As far as I can tell, these blew in from a couple of houses away. While I was at it, I noticed the second story downspout seemed...wonky, so I climbed up onto the first story roof where I could see into that gutter. Sure enough, another damned pine needle dam. I can't get to the downspout for that gutter. (roof pitches and distance) so I duct-taped my "webster" spider web cleaner onto a couple of pieces of PVC and cleaned it with that. Not perfect, but it's draining fine for now.
I hate working outside in the rain...especially on a ladder and roof. :shudder:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Background: I have never used windows file sharing. I use local accounts without a password.

Last night I was trying to move files from my spare PC to my Steam Deck. I set up a file to share and could see it on my Steam Deck but it wouldn't accept a black password. Creating a password fixed this issue but it took me about 90 minutes to find the fix. In advanced network settings - advanced sharing settings - All Networks I see an option for password protected sharing that is on. I figure that setting was the culprit wasting my time.

Sometimes I miss the simpler days of WIndows 98, stuff like this was so much easier. It was also less secure though.

 

[MrSquished]

My ASUS Rog Azoth keyboard started double typing on some keys. After a lot of research I found out it is a hardware issue and you can take the keyboard apart and fix it. But fuck that, I just got it last October so I chatted up Asus support. So they will send me a replacement, and put a hold of $250 on my account, which they will then release if they don't get my defective keyboard back within two weeks. But I have to wait two days for the higher level support to email me and set that up. Fucking annoying.

I'm going to have to pop out all the keys from the one I have and put them on the new one, and then switch; I put on a HyperX pudding cap set, plus numerous other special keycaps for certain keys, custom from Etsy (space bar, enter, shift, and ESC keys) plus also textured WASD of course. What a pain in my arse. But goddamn does this keyboard feel so good and the extra features are great and programmable, like multimedia controls.

It took me 45 minutes today to change a ceiling light, because I am my own worst problem. I had my guy come the other week and switch three of my four single ceiling lights to a Govee Smart Light since I needed him here for a plumbing issue. He was nearby so it was super easy that day. But I only had three new ceiling lights in my possession.

I got a fourth one to replace the final one and figured I'd just do it myself and save the money. I kinda know the gist of it and after watching him do them, I figured easy peasy. Well, I watched him from afar and what got me was the stuff I needed to see up close. The wire coming from the Govee lights was very flimsy so was a bitch to keep on the stiff wires coming out of the ceiling - and I didn't screw in the caps hard enough. And of course, once I figured it out well, I had put in the plastic mount piece upside down, because I am an absentminded nerd idiot sometims.

But anyway, I finished it, and no sparks flew, so I am now chilling in all rooms with lovely 3K kelvin temp light. Gonna pick up some Govee smart cans to do the five cans I have in this place and then I'll be done.

 

[Chaotic42]

I bought a bending brake and it says the plate has to be clamped down. It isn't kidding. Four clamps and it still slid a little on the bend. I need to get some super strong ones, I guess.

 

[lxskllr]

Last time I used a brake was highschool. I don't remember how it worked, but I didn't have slippage problems.

 

[Chaotic42]

Last time I used a brake was highschool. I don't remember how it worked, but I didn't have slippage problems.

Listen, it happens to a lot of guys. It doesn't make me less of a man...

 

[IronWing]

Women changing their names when they get married makes cyber-stalking so difficult. I'm trying to track down a locally famous musician from the early 1900s and she simply vanishes from all records in 1931. No death notice, no marriage announcement, just gone. I'm trying to see if she ever recorded.

 

[Stiff Clamp]

My car quit on me. I had to pull off to the side of the road and leave it behind.

 

[IronWing]

Have you tried cussing?

 

[Stiff Clamp]

Have you tried cussing?

Good idea!

 

[Red Squirrel]

One of my Proxmox nodes died and I'm stuck at work so I can't go see why. No IPMI on those boxes as they are just desktops. The good news is since it's a cluster nothing is down, at least. Just hope it's not a hardware failure, but it is kinda weird regardless that it just flat out failed.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Welp should have left things alone. Just remembered that I had changed the IP to the management interface of the only node that does have IPMI. I had turned it off on purpose to save power, and decided to remotely power it on just so that I can regain redundancy. I think I may have tripped the inverter since I now lost access to the whole network. I really hope that's not the case though, maybe Proxmox is just having a fit, I have seen a few instances where it does that and everything crashes then it eventually recovers on it's own. Not really ideal that it does that though... Kinda defeats the purpose of HA.

I do have a bigger inverter that I need to install, just need to take the time to do it... should really get on that.

Edit: Must have been Proxmox messing up, NAS never went down and things recovered now, but now another node is down. Something weird is going on either way that's causing nodes to drop. Going to leave it alone until I'm done work.