Random Rants 0x52: [Obligatory rant about title]

[AdamCrock]

Oh. Now my closet is empty.

Oh no Aimee ! Im totally still there I am just hunting for supplies and Mary's dungeon is just on the way from the shop ....

 

[Birdjaguar]

I bought a webcam for my computer ... it works, but with Skype it only does audio for some reason, I can't do video calls at all (I can't even receive peoples' video)

Strange. My Skype works fine for video in the US and abroad. Try reinstalling and then check your settings again.

 

[Takhisis]

Auuurgh what have they done to the YouTube main page??? It hurts even more than Nicolas Cage's bees!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/18132714

I have a theory that since YouTube is such a serious money sink, they've deliberately been trying to put themselves out of business over the last few years by making it more and more annoying to use.

 

[Takhisis]

I seriously mistrust their attempts at artificial intelligence if they can be that idiotic.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Apparently they're going to be using machine-learning to detect if certain videos are intended for kids (because of the whole COPPA issue). That'll turn out well.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Apparently they're going to be using machine-learning to detect if certain videos are intended for kids (because of the whole COPPA issue). That'll turn out well.

Foamy the Squirrel. Ages 3+

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So today I managed to cut one thumb and black the nail on the other, and get residual fiberglass from bicep to wrist on both arms. Working sucks ass sometimes.

Today was my first day working since the Friday fiasco. The good news being that my blacked thumbnail hasn't turned out nearly as bad as I was expecting...but the bad news is that once again I managed a cut on the back of my thumb, this time the one with the lightly blackened nail, and another cut on my other hand, this time on the tip pad of my index finger. Two double nick workdays in a row. WTH?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

rant/rave : I feel like my peak efficiency is now , it's midnight here. I am a night owl. Sometimes I feel like I could achieve much more if I were at peak between 12 PM and 1 PM ...

Well, you could achieve lunch...

I've had to get very blunt with whatever doctors and nurses I deal with. Last January I just flat-out told them, "I'm a night owl, and don't even start to get sleepy until midnight or so (not true; I'm still good to go at midnight but didn't feel like arguing about 3-4 am). So do not give me speeches about how I'm "abnormal" and that you're going to "fix" me." I informed them that my dad was a night-owl, I am, and I've read articles that say this is normal for some people (I forget the percentage quoted for this).

A lot of times I get most of my writing done in the thirty minutes before midnight.

Same here, when it's a non-NaNo month. Otherwise I have to start earlier than 11:30. Although if necessary I can do my Camp NaNoWriMo words within 30 minutes since the word count goal is lower.

I usually do my best work before 10 am

I'm not usually awake at that hour. I was this morning, though, when Maddy tipped over the garbage and found the corn chips I'd thrown out (she was trying to get to the salmon can we finished off for lunch yesterday). I'm amazed that she hasn't gotten sick on the corn chips; I heard her crunching them as she ate.

Rant : We Night Owls had to stay up all night and watch the tribe while You Morning Birds slept snugly in Your tents ....

It's just cold and dark at night in November Am I getting sort of autumn depression ? :worried:

Depending on your latitude and region, it sounds like a normal November to me. But here it's no longer autumn. We're definitely in winter now (yes, I know about solstices and equinoxes; they can shut up).

 

[Takhisis]

On this end of the planet solstices and equinoxes are still far off but today was a 32º day. Scorching.

 

[AdamCrock]

Rant : I'm sitting here at work with nothing to do , I hate that :/ I'd rather have tons to do (times fly by faster) . My collegue creates a "blueprint" for making a backpack. She crafts so many things ! From bracelect to backpacks to hand made clothing - It is most excellent. That girls has a talent let me tell You...

 

[MaryKB]

I always hated being busy at work (and still do!) Now I'm working from home, slow days mean I can just lounge around, maybe read a book or go out and do something. Back when I had to actually work, I loved when it was slow because it'd give me an excellent opportunity to daydream.

Why would you want time to fly by faster? You only have so much of it, once it's gone it's gone.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I always hated being busy at work (and still do!) Now I'm working from home, slow days mean I can just lounge around, maybe read a book or go out and do something. Back when I had to actually work, I loved when it was slow because it'd give me an excellent opportunity to daydream.

Why would you want time to fly by faster? You only have so much of it, once it's gone it's gone.

For me, it's because I always have other things I could be doing. A slow day at work means I have to hang around and find "busy work", which just feels like an incredible waste of my time. It's the "once it's gone, it's gone" problem, but from the other direction. Slow days at the office are when I feel most like a wage-slave.

 

[MaryKB]

But if you can't change your situation, and you have to be at work, it's not like you can make up your time later, right? I don't know, I just get confused I guess ... even while doing something I don't enjoy that I need to do, I still might as well appreciate that time ... sorry, I'm just trying to understand, lol!

Like say I have to sit on a conference call for an hour, and it's boring. I'd rather spend an hour reading my book. Well, if that hour of my conference call goes by instantly, I don't get 2 hours for reading, right? I've just simply lost an hour of my life.

Oooooh I remember this Adam Sandler movie, where he gets the ability to fast-forward through unpleasant parts of his life. He does this so often, he loses control of how he can do it, and eventually skips over his entire life.

 

[The_J]

I recently suggested in our whatsapp group that we could go see an event next week Saturday. At that time, nobody replied to this (despite it being a nice event).
I just got told that 3 of the girls went last weekend instead, without telling me.
One of them told me (good friend of mine), and she said she wondered why the one who was organizing didn't ask anyone. She suspects that she wanted to spend time with only the close colleagues.

I'm pretty pissed right now, independent of the explanation.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I decided to get rid of some framed shuttle pictures I have and decided to offer them to my friends instead of pitching them. I live decently close to a post office but they are irregular sized and I'm going to have to cut up a couple of other boxes and tape them into custom boxes to ship them in. It might cost an arm and a leg to ship them as well. Kind of a pain and I wish I had tossed them but felt guilty about the waste.

 

[MaryKB]

I called an electrician to come by, because something's wrong with my kitchen and a few of my outlets aren't working. Mr KB says he thinks it could be an "inline fuse", whatever that means. Anyway, this guy was supposed to call me this morning to tell me roughly when he'll be by, and then also when he's on his way. I haven't heard anything from him, and I've been sitting around here all day next to my phone waiting.

I really need this fixed ASAP, one of the outlets not working is my island.

I've also been forgetting to do my font formatting, darn it!

 

[tjs282]

I called an electrician to come by, because something's wrong with my kitchen and a few of my outlets aren't working.
...
Anyway, this guy was supposed to call me this morning to tell me roughly when he'll be by, and then also when he's on his way. I haven't heard anything from him, and I've been sitting around here all day next to my phone waiting.

To which the only appropriate response is first

...and then listening to this:

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I've also been forgetting to do my font formatting, darn it!

Please start forgetting again...

 

[AdamCrock]

I always hated being busy at work (and still do!) Now I'm working from home, slow days mean I can just lounge around, maybe read a book or go out and do something. Back when I had to actually work, I loved when it was slow because it'd give me an excellent opportunity to daydream.

Why would you want time to fly by faster? You only have so much of it, once it's gone it's gone.

It frustrates me because I'd rather be doing something than just sitting the whole time doing nothing. I'd rather be playing a game at home !