"What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 40% more bother!

[Sandy Bridge]

On 5/2/2024 at 4:54 AM, kojack said:

That's how it usually goes. Larger companies lay off entire teams responsible for the inner workings in the name of greedy stakeholders.  Something screws up and said team no longer fixes said problem.  Said team goes and gets hired by a better company who actually cares about their employees.  Said team has a much better life as a result.  

 

I keep telling MrsKojack this. She works for the government and every few years there's rumblings about layoffs.  I tell her it's the best thing that will ever happen to you.  

 

Sandy....did you find a better employer after?

Well, in my case it wasn't due to the greedy stakeholders - it was a non-profit.  Acted like the most short-term-focused publicly-traded company though.

 

It took a while, in part because I wasn't willing to go work for the companies known for having the worst work-life balance in the area, but I did recently find a new job.  It's in a new area, and I'm in the process of relocating currently, but am optimistic about it.  It's in a very stable industry, has been around and in the same location for more than 150 years, and so far everyone has had good things to say about the company.  I'm also kind of looking forward to being in a new city, I'd been in the same metro area for most of my adult life and having somewhere new to explore might be just the spice that I need to make the non-vacation parts of my life more interesting again.

[kojack]

On 5/9/2024 at 2:36 AM, Sandy Bridge said:

Well, in my case it wasn't due to the greedy stakeholders - it was a non-profit.  Acted like the most short-term-focused publicly-traded company though.

 

It took a while, in part because I wasn't willing to go work for the companies known for having the worst work-life balance in the area, but I did recently find a new job.  It's in a new area, and I'm in the process of relocating currently, but am optimistic about it.  It's in a very stable industry, has been around and in the same location for more than 150 years, and so far everyone has had good things to say about the company.  I'm also kind of looking forward to being in a new city, I'd been in the same metro area for most of my adult life and having somewhere new to explore might be just the spice that I need to make the non-vacation parts of my life more interesting again.

That's great.  Enjoy the new chapter in your life.  We are working hard on getting our own stuff up and running, plus home renovations so hopefully by next year this time we can just say EFF it to being employed by others and move to completely home/remote based self employment.  We can travel then when we want, how we want and not be on an employer schedule telling us when we can or cant go somewhere. 

[raptorddd]

been feeling very worrysome distressed lately. my dad got dehydrated started sunday. hes getting better. hes turning 90 in 2 months. its been hot this days. the car engine is dispalced.? not sure if thats the term. dont even know the spanish word for it. to fix it will be around 1500 us dolar. and ever since my mother hasnt work.. she sells clothing at a sidewalk under a tent. 2 aunts also been in hospital.. hot days and on top of all of this and my panic attacks. not been good this days but is getting better,,

[Mr. Fox]

This... 

 

[Mr. Fox]

Looks like the Orwellian nighmare our brothers are dealing with in UK's government is angling toward overstepping jurisdictional authority and looking to work its wicked ways into American life. These creepy clowns are insane. I hope the people of UK can remove their facist government before it is too late.

 

 

[saturnotaku]

Despite a dedicated benchmark having been available for a week and the game releasing today as the biggest single-player title in Steam's history, AMD still has not released an optimized driver for Black Myth Wukong.

[ryan]

My omen 16 has been upgraded to the max

 

wifi 7

64gb ram

8tb ssd

 

and the fans went, need to get replacements but cannot find them for the life of me.

[raptorddd]

3 hours ago, ryan said:

My omen 16 has been upgraded to the max

 

wifi 7

64gb ram

8tb ssd

 

and the fans went, need to get replacements but cannot find them for the life of me.

have you tried ali express.?

[ryan]

Yes...I tried a cpu fan but the connector was wrong, everything else was identical..

[Jarhead]

Finished my last home project (repainting the porch) and now having to think about replacing my car's cabin air filter. What a massive PITA:

 

https://youtu.be/eNyvQYGgb6I?si=inavqfMoRGUypRcc

[raptorddd]

12 hours ago, ryan said:

Yes...I tried a cpu fan but the connector was wrong, everything else was identical..

only thing that comes tomind is have someone good with soldering to replace the connectors.

 

6 hours ago, Jarhead said:

Finished my last home project (repainting the porch) and now having to think about replacing my car's cabin air filter. What a massive PITA:

 

https://youtu.be/eNyvQYGgb6I?si=inavqfMoRGUypRcc

all those parts just for the cabin filter. thats alot of parts that needs to be removed.

[Mr. Fox]

Leadership failures that are glossed over by the media and wrongly blamed on a prior administration that wasn't a failure.

[Linux]

Idiots will always be idiots and believe anything.

[saturnotaku]

On 8/21/2024 at 7:17 PM, Jarhead said:

Finished my last home project (repainting the porch) and now having to think about replacing my car's cabin air filter. What a massive PITA:

 

https://youtu.be/eNyvQYGgb6I?si=inavqfMoRGUypRcc

 

WTF? To do the same on our two Hondas, all you have to do is pull the glovebox past its normal stopping point, which is easily done by pinching the sides to release the tabs; unclip the air filter retention plate, again easy as it's just two pinch clips; remove and replace the filter; reverse the previous steps and Bob's your uncle.

 

When I had my 2020 GMC Terrain, replacing the engine and cabin air filters was also a pain. The conspiracy theorist in me says this is being done intentionally by General Motors because they want you to pay inflated dealer prices for routine maintenance items.

[KING19]

On 9/4/2024 at 10:22 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Leadership failures that are glossed over by the media and wrongly blamed on a prior administration that wasn't a failure.

 

If people wants more suffering then they'll get what they voted for again, Unfortunately we'll suffer too once again.

 

Speaking of that finances is causing problems in my relationship, We're forced to make serious cutbacks because the cost of living/economy sucks right now. Had to put most of our plans on hold and dont want to run our credit cards to the Max to buy things to get by. Been working OT even though my current job is trying their hardest to cut it among other problems. My current side hustle has slowed down lately that its not as profitable anymore, Its been pretty stressful but other people are going through worse things

[saturnotaku]

About six months ago, Comcast came out and replaced some of the old wiring that was running from the outside box to our house. Unfortunately, they didn't bury the cable underground far enough so the crew who was aerating our lawn yesterday sliced the main cable. As such, we're without TV or Internet access so I'll be spending until at least tomorrow afternoon hot-spotting through my phone. 

[Mr. Fox]

On 9/5/2024 at 12:16 PM, KING19 said:

 

If people wants more suffering then they'll get what they voted for again, Unfortunately we'll suffer too once again.

Hopefully stupid won't win again, but I won't hold my breath. If it does, the social media censors will silence those that are not drinking the Kool-Aid and believing all of the mainstream media lies.

 

[ryan]

i don't live in the states but if i did i would lean pro trump..guys sane. putin and trump=win kamala and putin= WW3

[KING19]

On 9/9/2024 at 7:03 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Hopefully stupid won't win again, but I won't hold my breath. If it does, the social media censors will silence those that are not drinking the Kool-Aid and believing all of the mainstream media lies.

 

Yeah me neither and i hope for the best, The censorship will go into overdrive afterwards thanks to Google and social media.  I dont even like Trump nor the GOP for many reasons but these last 4 years has been hell and im sick of the gaslighting from the MSM and social media and the political ads. Wish i didnt live in a battleground state though.

[Mr. Fox]

5 hours ago, KING19 said:

Yeah me neither and i hope for the best, The censorship will go into overdrive afterwards thanks to Google and social media.  I dont even like Trump nor the GOP for many reasons but these last 4 years has been hell and im sick of the gaslighting from the MSM and social media and the political ads. Wish i didnt live in a battleground state though.

I find it difficult to identify any politician or media  source that I like, or consider good or honest. I think that most are unworthy of trust, motivated by an agenda, panderers to special interests, rather than motivated to do the right thing for their constituents. I consider myself to be a conservative American with traditional family values, not a Republican or Demoncrat. When it comes to choosing how to vote it is generally reduced to identifying the lesser evil and choosing the option that is least likely to screw things up worse than they already are. It never has anything to do with the person I am voting for or whether I like them. Chances are pretty slim that I do. That's unfortunate, but it is the reality we are faced with. It's getting easier to choose only because the options are polarized and diametrically opposed extremes... one extremely corrupt and the other less screwed up, but neither one a great option. There is no longer such a thing as middle-ground or moderate. Principles don't matter enough. So, voting is basically an essential and critically important form of damage control. 

[ryan]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

lesser evil

this, same thing in canada..pick the least evil to rule. very sad. 

[nforce4max]

Took two weeks off for vacation more or less for rest as I was having all kinds of problems from physical to mental and already dreading going back with the usual depression, anxiety, with a bit of anger to top it all off. Tired of the office politics while having to do the work or two or three people never mind everything else. As for management they're nothing more than just blow up dolls for corporate that for what little they do are overcompensated never mind the bonuses.

[nforce4max]

This has been my life for the past two years and change, before that it was temp jobs and covid unemployment.

 

[Mr. Fox]

It bothers me that only one party to the debate was "fact-checked" in the 3-against-1 rigged journalistic assassination attempt.

 

25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump

 

Megyn wasn't the only one disgusted...

 

 

[saturnotaku]

23 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

It bothers me that only one party to the debate was "fact-checked" in the 3-against-1 rigged journalistic assassination attempt.

 

25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump

 

Megyn wasn't the only one disgusted...