Author Topic: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)  (Read 4156513 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline Fire Brand

  • Keeper of Rainbows
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 2439
  • Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • BISCUITS!
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7900 on: Tue, 06 October 2015, 09:36:37 »
- I prefer to poke the glass than typing on the SSK in front of me!

Belfong I'm sorry but your banned from geekhack now :(
My Youtube Channel ~
More
Keyboards owned
More
Poker II - MX Black, Poker II ISO - MX Blue :c QFR ISO - MX Black, HHKB Pro 2 Black, VA68M - Gat Blacks w/68g Gold springs
My classified thread :3
More

Offline Computer-Lab in Basement

  • The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 3025
  • Location: NCC-1701, USS Enterprise
  • Live long and prosper
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7901 on: Tue, 06 October 2015, 09:57:43 »
Also bothered by the fact that I love listening to the sound made by the iOS Next keyboard - I prefer to poke the glass than typing on the SSK in front of me!

at least you know enough to be bothered by this... but still, i disappoint
tp thread is tp thread
Sometimes it's like he accidentally makes a thread instead of a google search.

IBM Model M SSK | IBM Model F XT | IBM Model F 122 | IBM Model M 122 | Ducky YOTD 2012 w/ blue switches | Poker II w/ Blue switches | Royal Kludge RK61 w/ Blue switches

Offline Belfong

  • Posts: 5217
  • Location: Malaysia
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7902 on: Tue, 06 October 2015, 11:16:35 »
You just gotta try that Next keyboard man! It's so mesmerizing........
 

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13551
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7903 on: Tue, 06 October 2015, 17:03:52 »
I'm bothered that baldgye has so much iTunes problem and I have none and can't help him.

Also bothered by the fact that I love listening to the sound made by the iOS Next keyboard - I prefer to poke the glass than typing on the SSK in front of me!

I think baldgye has itune problems because he actually uses itunes both "paid" and "unpaidly"


I think if you stick to pirated music,  or stick to 100% paid music,   it'd work better..



Offline Sifo

  • Alter
  • * Exquisite Elder
  • Posts: 7487
  • Location: #GOLDSPRINGS, #LEGITBALLIN
  • Illustrious
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7904 on: Tue, 06 October 2015, 23:25:51 »
I'm a "real" adult now :(
I love Elzy

Offline Sent

  • Simplistic Serenity
  • * Exquisite Elder
  • Posts: 2141
  • Location: :thinking:
  • ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7905 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 00:32:49 »

Offline Joey Quinn

  • Posts: 4543
  • Location: Houghton
  • "..."
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7906 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 00:40:53 »
I'm a "real" adult now :(

I'm sorry.

I hate having to act like an adult. Adulting is hard.  :blank:

Also **** this semester, 18 credits was not a good idea.
People in the 1980s, in general, were clearly just better than we are now in every measurable way.

The dumber the reason the more it must be done

Offline Snowdog993

  • Grace Under Pressure
  • Posts: 1587
  • Location: Over There! (Pointing)
  • Justifiably Clueless.
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7907 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 00:49:45 »
I'm bothered that baldgye has so much iTunes problem and I have none and can't help him.

Also bothered by the fact that I love listening to the sound made by the iOS Next keyboard - I prefer to poke the glass than typing on the SSK in front of me!

Really?  You can't be serious!  >>-->  *Sigh*  <--<< 
==========
[-o                ]
==========
    (______)
    /______\

PLOP!!!  FLUSH!!!

Offline nmur

  • ಠ_ಠ
  • Posts: 1539
  • Location: Sydney
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7908 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 01:02:58 »
had my hhkb for 4 months now, have been using it at work. I've gotten very used to the function layer, however because my job revolves around using Visual Studio so much, I find myself holding down the fn key almost all the time to access navigation keys and the function row...

I've gone back to a full size MX browns board for now, but I really want to get a RF 104U 55g now... and at the same time I don't want to sell away my hhkb to fund it..

Offline Sifo

  • Alter
  • * Exquisite Elder
  • Posts: 7487
  • Location: #GOLDSPRINGS, #LEGITBALLIN
  • Illustrious
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7909 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 01:08:46 »
can't sleep (as usual). gotta be up in 6 and half hours
I love Elzy

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13551
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7910 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 01:23:07 »
had my hhkb for 4 months now, have been using it at work. I've gotten very used to the function layer, however because my job revolves around using Visual Studio so much, I find myself holding down the fn key almost all the time to access navigation keys and the function row...

I've gone back to a full size MX browns board for now, but I really want to get a RF 104U 55g now... and at the same time I don't want to sell away my hhkb to fund it..

Well the geekhack solution is "get a new job" to suit your keyboard.   But if you must.    But you know,  the EGDX. Is only like $200. And you can put your common f keys on the first layer.

Offline nmur

  • ಠ_ಠ
  • Posts: 1539
  • Location: Sydney
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7911 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 01:28:56 »
had my hhkb for 4 months now, have been using it at work. I've gotten very used to the function layer, however because my job revolves around using Visual Studio so much, I find myself holding down the fn key almost all the time to access navigation keys and the function row...

I've gone back to a full size MX browns board for now, but I really want to get a RF 104U 55g now... and at the same time I don't want to sell away my hhkb to fund it..

Well the geekhack solution is "get a new job" to suit your keyboard.   But if you must.    But you know,  the EGDX. Is only like $200. And you can put your common f keys on the first layer.

as much as I love my hhkb, I love my job just a bit more

and ergodox would be very cool, I would like to make one one day.

however some people at my office are bamboozled by my blank caps/60% keyboard, so I imagine having a split keyboard like that might have people concerned for my mental health

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13551
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7912 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 01:32:02 »
had my hhkb for 4 months now, have been using it at work. I've gotten very used to the function layer, however because my job revolves around using Visual Studio so much, I find myself holding down the fn key almost all the time to access navigation keys and the function row...

I've gone back to a full size MX browns board for now, but I really want to get a RF 104U 55g now... and at the same time I don't want to sell away my hhkb to fund it..

Well the geekhack solution is "get a new job" to suit your keyboard.   But if you must.    But you know,  the EGDX. Is only like $200. And you can put your common f keys on the first layer.

as much as I love my hhkb, I love my job just a bit more

and ergodox would be very cool, I would like to make one one day.

however some people at my office are bamboozled by my blank caps/60% keyboard, so I imagine having a split keyboard like that might have people concerned for my mental health

Don't let the newbs interrupt your lifestyle of keyboard excellence

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7913 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 02:05:56 »
I've been setupping a new server using oldish hard drives (not that old, but didn't cost me anything).  I setup RAID 1.

But there were heaps of errors, all sorts of read and write errors appearing in the console.

So today, after a couple of hours mucking around, I eventually got an old PC booting FreeDOS and running MHDD so I could scan the hard drives.

All of them were nearly perfect for the first 1/3 or so, then a pattern of ,10ms sectors appeared.

The worst one (which was the cold spare) had 188 sectors with a read time < 50ms.

None of them had anything longer than that.  This lack of slower sectors usually indicates the drives have still got a fair bit of life in them.

This bothers me - the read/write errors have to be coming from somewhere else, so now I have to start deeper troubleshooting.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline swimmingbird

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2119
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • keyset hoarder
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7914 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 02:57:28 »
I have so many new keyboard packages waiting for me at home and I won't be back for another month  :'(

Offline Halverson

  • Traitor Supreme
  • Posts: 6806
  • GIRLSHARK WIZBRO
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7915 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 03:14:14 »
I have so many new keyboard packages waiting for me at home and I won't be back for another month  :'(

I hear ya! I haven't been home other than two days since June. So many packages arriving(mostly vinyl or art, and pbt spacebars) and my roomies never bother telling me they arrive, always gotta ask.

Offline baldgye

  • Will Smith Disciple
  • Posts: 4780
  • Location: UK
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7916 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 03:14:37 »
ugh hung over... Leffe is strong, I keep forgetting

Offline swimmingbird

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2119
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • keyset hoarder
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7917 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 03:23:15 »
I have so many new keyboard packages waiting for me at home and I won't be back for another month  :'(

I hear ya! I haven't been home other than two days since June. So many packages arriving(mostly vinyl or art, and pbt spacebars) and my roomies never bother telling me they arrive, always gotta ask.

Damn that's a long time away - making me feel better about how long I'm away for

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6462
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7918 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 07:29:10 »
This bothers me - the read/write errors have to be coming from somewhere else, so now I have to start deeper troubleshooting.

RAID is OK, but I get nervous as soon as a hard drive starts acting squirrely.

"usually indicates the drives have still got a fair bit of life in them" is not something that I would ever assume.

Old hard drives have great magnets in them - get a T9 and open them up.
"It turns out that for a decade, whenever Trump wanted to get a loan, or make a deal, he would inflate the value of his real estate. For instance, suggesting that his 11,000-square foot penthouse was a 30,000-square foot penthouse.
And the attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties.
It was all part of a very sophisticated real estate practice known as “lying.”
- Jon Stewart 2024-03-28

Offline ghostjuggernaut

  • * Curator
  • Posts: 3575
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7919 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 13:57:09 »
Parkway Drive has animorphed into Five Finger Death Punch.

Offline CPTBadAss

  • Woke up like this
  • Posts: 14363
    • Tactile Zine
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7920 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 13:58:59 »
Parkway Drive has animorphed into Five Finger Death Punch.

Maybe FFDP became Parkway Drive. Ever thought of that?

Offline ghostjuggernaut

  • * Curator
  • Posts: 3575
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7921 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 14:05:06 »
Parkway Drive has animorphed into Five Finger Death Punch.

Maybe FFDP became Parkway Drive. Ever thought of that?
Don't play with my mind.

Offline baldgye

  • Will Smith Disciple
  • Posts: 4780
  • Location: UK
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7922 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 15:50:39 »
About two years ago I stopped playing Sc2 in Italian and went back to English. New patch comes out and for some reason pics the Italian version lmao I now have to download the whole ****ing thing again to get English... like what the **** haha

Offline dante

  • Posts: 2553
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7923 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 19:30:38 »
Seafood is so expensive. :(

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6462
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7924 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 19:38:13 »
Seafood is so expensive.

I know!

Yet highly desirable tuna costs <$1 for a small can and highly desirable wild salmon costs <$3 for a large can (if you don't buy the fancy stuff).

Go figure!
"It turns out that for a decade, whenever Trump wanted to get a loan, or make a deal, he would inflate the value of his real estate. For instance, suggesting that his 11,000-square foot penthouse was a 30,000-square foot penthouse.
And the attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties.
It was all part of a very sophisticated real estate practice known as “lying.”
- Jon Stewart 2024-03-28

Offline dante

  • Posts: 2553
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7925 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 19:48:06 »
Seafood is so expensive.

I know!

Yet highly desirable tuna costs <$1 for a small can and highly desirable wild salmon costs <$3 for a large can (if you don't buy the fancy stuff).

Go figure!


I've been running experiments to see how different eating plans affect my body.  Next week I was planning on cutting out all chicken/pork/beef - and relying all on seafood.  King Salmon is around $20 per pound locally ...

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7926 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 20:59:01 »
This bothers me - the read/write errors have to be coming from somewhere else, so now I have to start deeper troubleshooting.

RAID is OK, but I get nervous as soon as a hard drive starts acting squirrely.

"usually indicates the drives have still got a fair bit of life in them" is not something that I would ever assume.

Old hard drives have great magnets in them - get a T9 and open them up.

I have a growing collection of magnets extracted from a number of old hard drives I've collected over the years.  Got another 40 or 50 HDD to pull apart yet.

I had two really old huge SCSI drives that had ginormous magnets in them.  Once those two suckers get together, it's extremely difficult to pull them apart.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6462
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7927 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 21:01:42 »
After quite a period of unrequited longing, I finally got an IBM Model F 107-key bank terminal (thanks, orihalcon!).

It was ugly and embarrassing, but I had said that if I ever got a metal keyboard, then I would finish it as metal!

So I stripped it and took it to the metal shop (auto renovation specialists) and asked them to shot blast it.

Assuming that it was aluminum, I was hoping for a nice gray textured finish, which I would anodize or otherwise preserve as true metal.

They worked on it for quite a while, but were never able to achieve a good result. Apparently, rather than good aluminum or alloy, the 4704 cases are made of what my father used to call "pot metal" - some bastard combination of aluminum, zinc, tin, and/or whatever else was handy, tossed into the smelting bucket.

So I got a blotchy, uneven surface with a nice texture but awful mottled color. Bitter disappointment.

So, I will use aluminum primer and paint it, the thing that I was hoping to avoid. The good news is that Rustoleum has a really nice line of "hammered metal" paints that will allow me to get a good color and texture, if "artificial" in that it is a paint.

At any rate, the keyboard is awesome and I will post a photo log when I finish.
 
"It turns out that for a decade, whenever Trump wanted to get a loan, or make a deal, he would inflate the value of his real estate. For instance, suggesting that his 11,000-square foot penthouse was a 30,000-square foot penthouse.
And the attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties.
It was all part of a very sophisticated real estate practice known as “lying.”
- Jon Stewart 2024-03-28

Offline HoffmanMyster

  • HOFF, smol MAN OF MYSTERY
  • * Senior Moderator
  • Posts: 11450
  • Location: WI
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7928 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 21:11:29 »
After quite a period of unrequited longing, I finally got an IBM Model F 107-key bank terminal (thanks, orihalcon!).

It was ugly and embarrassing, but I had said that if I ever got a metal keyboard, then I would finish it as metal!

So I stripped it and took it to the metal shop (auto renovation specialists) and asked them to shot blast it.

Assuming that it was aluminum, I was hoping for a nice gray textured finish, which I would anodize or otherwise preserve as true metal.

They worked on it for quite a while, but were never able to achieve a good result. Apparently, rather than good aluminum or alloy, the 4704 cases are made of what my father used to call "pot metal" - some bastard combination of aluminum, zinc, tin, and/or whatever else was handy, tossed into the smelting bucket.

So I got a blotchy, uneven surface with a nice texture but awful mottled color. Bitter disappointment.

So, I will use aluminum primer and paint it, the thing that I was hoping to avoid. The good news is that Rustoleum has a really nice line of "hammered metal" paints that will allow me to get a good color and texture, if "artificial" in that it is a paint.

At any rate, the keyboard is awesome and I will post a photo log when I finish.

Oh, wow.  Interesting tidbit of information on the metal composition, though.  Is that a "guess", or were they able to confirm that somehow?  I'm not familiar enough with metallurgy to know if that's something you can *confirm* 100% or it's more of an "I've been in the industry awhile and that's almost certainly what it is" kind of thing.

Sorry you had to go through that disappointment though.  :-/  Hopefully you can find a nice paint that will serve you well. 

Offline Sent

  • Simplistic Serenity
  • * Exquisite Elder
  • Posts: 2141
  • Location: :thinking:
  • ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7929 on: Wed, 07 October 2015, 21:23:36 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

Offline swimmingbird

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2119
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • keyset hoarder
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7930 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 05:03:09 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

Offline baldgye

  • Will Smith Disciple
  • Posts: 4780
  • Location: UK
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7931 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 05:08:32 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

I have three that I'm pretty sure will do just that ^-^

Offline swimmingbird

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2119
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • keyset hoarder
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7932 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 05:10:45 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

I have three that I'm pretty sure will do just that ^-^

It's scary how much this story inspires me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693

Offline baldgye

  • Will Smith Disciple
  • Posts: 4780
  • Location: UK
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7933 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 05:22:29 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

I have three that I'm pretty sure will do just that ^-^

It's scary how much this story inspires me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693

He's a modern hero

Offline swimmingbird

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2119
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • keyset hoarder
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7934 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 05:23:43 »
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

I have three that I'm pretty sure will do just that ^-^

It's scary how much this story inspires me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693

He's a modern hero

IKR - girlfriend thinks it's "unethical" though  :p

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6462
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7935 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 07:04:10 »
Interesting tidbit of information on the metal composition, though. 

Is that a "guess", or were they able to confirm that somehow? 

I'm not familiar enough with metallurgy to know if that's something you can *confirm* 100% or it's more of an "I've been in the industry awhile and that's almost certainly what it is" kind of thing.


These guys work with metal all the time and the primary business is fabricating parts for vintage cars.

The tech who was doing the blasting said that it was not decent aluminum and that it was "so soft" that he could not achieve a decent surface finish. Granted, they work on steel most of the time, but they are quite familiar with aluminum and other metals, too.
"It turns out that for a decade, whenever Trump wanted to get a loan, or make a deal, he would inflate the value of his real estate. For instance, suggesting that his 11,000-square foot penthouse was a 30,000-square foot penthouse.
And the attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties.
It was all part of a very sophisticated real estate practice known as “lying.”
- Jon Stewart 2024-03-28

Offline nubbinator

  • Dabbler Supreme
  • * Maker
  • Posts: 8658
  • Location: Orange County, CA
  • Model M "connoisseur"
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7936 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 09:57:39 »
More
This pile of work sitting in front of me that I have absolutely zero motivation to finish.  It's bothering me.  I'm sort of hoping it magically disappears and reappears on someone else's desk.

I have this spreadsheet that's open that I am really hoping will work on itself

I have three that I'm pretty sure will do just that ^-^

It's scary how much this story inspires me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693

He's a modern hero
IKR - girlfriend thinks it's "unethical" though  :p

Remember, it's only unethical to outsource to another country if you're an employee.  If you're the CEO, you're "creating jobs" abd "helping your employees".

Offline njbair

  • Posts: 2825
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  • I love the Powerglove. It's so bad.
    • nickbair.net
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7937 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 10:43:02 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:



Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?

Alpine Winter GB | My Personal TMK Firmware Repo
IBM Rubber Band "Floss" Mod | Click Modding Alps 101 | Flame-Polishing Cherry MX Stems
Review: hasu's USB to USB converter
My boards:
More
AEKII 60% | Alps64 HHKB | Ducky Shine 3, MX Blues | IBM Model M #1391401, Nov. 1990 | IBM SSK #1391472, Nov. 1987, screw modded, rubber-band modded | Noppoo EC108-Pro, 45g | Infinity 60% v2 Hacker, Matias Quiet Pros | Infinity 60% v2 Standard, MX Browns | Cherry G80-1800LPCEU-2, MX Blacks | Cherry G80-1813 (Dolch), MX Blues | Unicomp M-122, ANSI-modded | Unicomp M-122 (Unsaver mod in progress) | 2x Unitek K-258, White Alps | Apple boards (IIGS, AEKII) | Varmilo VA87MR, Gateron Blacks | Filco Zero TKL, Fukka White Alps | Planck, Gateron Browns | Monarch, click-modded Cream Alps

Offline SpAmRaY

  • NOT a Moderator
  • * Certified Spammer
  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 14667
  • Location: ¯\(°_o)/¯
  • because reasons.......
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7938 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 10:46:00 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:



Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?

At least you know you got a good deal if customs thinks you didn't pay enough. :p

Offline Fire Brand

  • Keeper of Rainbows
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 2439
  • Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • BISCUITS!
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7939 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 10:49:03 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?
My Youtube Channel ~
More
Keyboards owned
More
Poker II - MX Black, Poker II ISO - MX Blue :c QFR ISO - MX Black, HHKB Pro 2 Black, VA68M - Gat Blacks w/68g Gold springs
My classified thread :3
More

Offline HoffmanMyster

  • HOFF, smol MAN OF MYSTERY
  • * Senior Moderator
  • Posts: 11450
  • Location: WI
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7940 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 12:56:11 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.

Offline Fire Brand

  • Keeper of Rainbows
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 2439
  • Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • BISCUITS!
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7941 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 13:05:56 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>
My Youtube Channel ~
More
Keyboards owned
More
Poker II - MX Black, Poker II ISO - MX Blue :c QFR ISO - MX Black, HHKB Pro 2 Black, VA68M - Gat Blacks w/68g Gold springs
My classified thread :3
More

Offline HoffmanMyster

  • HOFF, smol MAN OF MYSTERY
  • * Senior Moderator
  • Posts: 11450
  • Location: WI
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7942 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 13:07:10 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)

Offline njbair

  • Posts: 2825
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  • I love the Powerglove. It's so bad.
    • nickbair.net
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7943 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 13:08:17 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)
AFAIK I'm not responsible for any fees here, just a delay.

Alpine Winter GB | My Personal TMK Firmware Repo
IBM Rubber Band "Floss" Mod | Click Modding Alps 101 | Flame-Polishing Cherry MX Stems
Review: hasu's USB to USB converter
My boards:
More
AEKII 60% | Alps64 HHKB | Ducky Shine 3, MX Blues | IBM Model M #1391401, Nov. 1990 | IBM SSK #1391472, Nov. 1987, screw modded, rubber-band modded | Noppoo EC108-Pro, 45g | Infinity 60% v2 Hacker, Matias Quiet Pros | Infinity 60% v2 Standard, MX Browns | Cherry G80-1800LPCEU-2, MX Blacks | Cherry G80-1813 (Dolch), MX Blues | Unicomp M-122, ANSI-modded | Unicomp M-122 (Unsaver mod in progress) | 2x Unitek K-258, White Alps | Apple boards (IIGS, AEKII) | Varmilo VA87MR, Gateron Blacks | Filco Zero TKL, Fukka White Alps | Planck, Gateron Browns | Monarch, click-modded Cream Alps

Offline Fire Brand

  • Keeper of Rainbows
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 2439
  • Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • BISCUITS!
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7944 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 13:22:59 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)
But think of all the money your government is losing out on ;)

My Youtube Channel ~
More
Keyboards owned
More
Poker II - MX Black, Poker II ISO - MX Blue :c QFR ISO - MX Black, HHKB Pro 2 Black, VA68M - Gat Blacks w/68g Gold springs
My classified thread :3
More

Offline iri

  • Posts: 997
  • Location: England
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7945 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 20:02:37 »
It's 4am and i can't sleep. And I have to get up at 7. Jet lag lol
(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.

-Ray Bradbury

Offline njbair

  • Posts: 2825
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  • I love the Powerglove. It's so bad.
    • nickbair.net
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7946 on: Thu, 08 October 2015, 20:03:10 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)
But think of all the money your government is losing out on ;)

Hey Fire Brand, check it out:



Yeah, it's already back on track and it didn't cost me a red cent.

'MURICA


Alpine Winter GB | My Personal TMK Firmware Repo
IBM Rubber Band "Floss" Mod | Click Modding Alps 101 | Flame-Polishing Cherry MX Stems
Review: hasu's USB to USB converter
My boards:
More
AEKII 60% | Alps64 HHKB | Ducky Shine 3, MX Blues | IBM Model M #1391401, Nov. 1990 | IBM SSK #1391472, Nov. 1987, screw modded, rubber-band modded | Noppoo EC108-Pro, 45g | Infinity 60% v2 Hacker, Matias Quiet Pros | Infinity 60% v2 Standard, MX Browns | Cherry G80-1800LPCEU-2, MX Blacks | Cherry G80-1813 (Dolch), MX Blues | Unicomp M-122, ANSI-modded | Unicomp M-122 (Unsaver mod in progress) | 2x Unitek K-258, White Alps | Apple boards (IIGS, AEKII) | Varmilo VA87MR, Gateron Blacks | Filco Zero TKL, Fukka White Alps | Planck, Gateron Browns | Monarch, click-modded Cream Alps

Offline paicrai

  • Actually a Jane Austen novel
  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 470
  • Location: sun stuff
  • mindblank
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7947 on: Fri, 09 October 2015, 05:44:14 »
east germany was ****ing weird and im glad im out of there like ****
its still the 70's over there or some ****
THE FEMINIST ILLUMINATI

I will literally **** you raw paicrai, I hope you're legal by the time I meet you.
👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good **** go౦ԁ ****👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌**** right👌👌th 👌 ere👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self 💯  i say so 💯  thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good ****

Offline Fire Brand

  • Keeper of Rainbows
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 2439
  • Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • BISCUITS!
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7948 on: Fri, 09 October 2015, 05:55:01 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)
But think of all the money your government is losing out on ;)

Hey Fire Brand, check it out:

Show Image


Yeah, it's already back on track and it didn't cost me a red cent.

'MURICA

Show Image

:') glad it's getting to you though now ANYWAY I just got a parcel that should of gotten customs but didn't WOoooooooo yeaaaaah
My Youtube Channel ~
More
Keyboards owned
More
Poker II - MX Black, Poker II ISO - MX Blue :c QFR ISO - MX Black, HHKB Pro 2 Black, VA68M - Gat Blacks w/68g Gold springs
My classified thread :3
More

Offline njbair

  • Posts: 2825
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  • I love the Powerglove. It's so bad.
    • nickbair.net
Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Reply #7949 on: Fri, 09 October 2015, 10:14:40 »
This bothers me. I ordered a Moto X and I was hoping to have it by the end of this week:

Show Image


Is Motorola trying to scam US customs? Or are they just not used to a smartphone with a value under $400?
This makes me somewhat happy :X as a person that gets custom fees on everything

Does this make me a terrible person?

I don't typically wish my own suffering upon others.
;-; I'm sorry


But everyone should suffer customs fee at some point :>

How about "No one should suffer customs fees ever"?  ;)
But think of all the money your government is losing out on ;)

Hey Fire Brand, check it out:

Show Image


Yeah, it's already back on track and it didn't cost me a red cent.

'MURICA

Show Image

:') glad it's getting to you though now ANYWAY I just got a parcel that should of gotten customs but didn't WOoooooooo yeaaaaah

Not only did it get through, but it arrived at my house this morning. I swear, I have the world's best shipping luck. Glad to hear the Customs fairies interceded on your behalf as well!

Alpine Winter GB | My Personal TMK Firmware Repo
IBM Rubber Band "Floss" Mod | Click Modding Alps 101 | Flame-Polishing Cherry MX Stems
Review: hasu's USB to USB converter
My boards:
More
AEKII 60% | Alps64 HHKB | Ducky Shine 3, MX Blues | IBM Model M #1391401, Nov. 1990 | IBM SSK #1391472, Nov. 1987, screw modded, rubber-band modded | Noppoo EC108-Pro, 45g | Infinity 60% v2 Hacker, Matias Quiet Pros | Infinity 60% v2 Standard, MX Browns | Cherry G80-1800LPCEU-2, MX Blacks | Cherry G80-1813 (Dolch), MX Blues | Unicomp M-122, ANSI-modded | Unicomp M-122 (Unsaver mod in progress) | 2x Unitek K-258, White Alps | Apple boards (IIGS, AEKII) | Varmilo VA87MR, Gateron Blacks | Filco Zero TKL, Fukka White Alps | Planck, Gateron Browns | Monarch, click-modded Cream Alps