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Crow Jane posted:I just got some really scary, upsetting news. That's obviously not strictly a first world problem, but the fact that I really want a drink now and can't have one because I'm on cold medicine probably is. My thoughts are with you.  Also, I'm getting paid good money to essentially sit around and wait for people (college tutoring) but it's really boring (nobody shows up) and I can't relax because social anxiety. It's really good money, though. 
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nexus6 posted:Goons aren't posting fast enough in the threads I've bookmarked. Goons are posting too fast in some of the threads I bookmark. Looking at you, Star Citizen thread  400 pages in a week!
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The modem/router at my new house is utter garbage, which I didn't realize at first. So now I am stuck paying for internet I cannot use for a few days until the new modem arrives! gently caress! I wanted to look at cat videos and play games NOW DAMMIT
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Oct 15, 2015 18:54
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I really wanted to go running today but it's raining out and I have a slight cold, so if I'd gone running I would have caught something worse thus ruining my weekend plans. B-b-but running! 
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Oct 15, 2015 19:21
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nexus6 posted:Goons aren't posting fast enough in the threads I've bookmarked. My life some days while at work not wanting to do my work. Computer was acting up (gmail not allowing me to attach a file for an email, website not letting me download files). Restart computer and now Bluetooth doesn't work right. The Bluetooth on this computer has always been finicky but this is worse than usual, so I might need to restart again.
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Saturday last week my nice(for me) headphones started glitching, sporadically losing sound on one ear. I shoot an email to customer support of the store I bought them from. On their website they state they answer emails within 48 hours. Of course those people only work Monday-Friday. Yesterday, Thursday, I get the reply, but I only see it when I wake up today, Friday. The support dude tells me that my warranty is still in place despite me thinking otherwise, and tells me to come in to one of their stores to get a replacement. (In this country you get to replace broken poo poo for 3 years from purchase, regardless of how long the actual warranty is, provided you didn't break it yourself. Burden of proof is different though.) I check their stock and the only convenient branch of theirs that got the headphones in stock is a 30 minute commute by train away. I get on the train and it stops between the station I got on and the next one. It sits there for probably 20 minutes before they decide it will turn back and continue on the line, going in the opposite direction. I do not know the extent of train fuckery I get on the bus to the local store branch <5 minutes away. There I spend many minutes trying to prove that the headphones are busted, but of course they work perfectly now. I finally wiggle the cord in just the right position to have the sound cut out. They don't have the headphones in stock but they put in an order for some. The store is open over the weekend but they will only get the delivery from their central warehouse on Monday. tl;dr I wont have any sound outputting devices for my video gaming computer until Monday. Silver lining: the headphones are  more expensive now than when I got them 20 months ago, and I'll be getting brand new ones.
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Wooper posted:
My first world problem is people saying "in my country" or "here" where are you that has such a fabulous return policy and plethora of trains?
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ladron posted:My first world problem is people saying "in my country" or "here" Sounds like anywhere in Western Europe, although I don't know how returns work there.
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 AKG apparently has a 2 year warranty so I'm not even using the right to replace broken poo poo. The law state that you can return things for up to 3 years if they have an original fault("from the factory") when you bought it, not including problems you've caused or wear and tear and such. I found this page explaining things in English. Also contain other consumer rights porn. Wooper has a new favorite as of 06:02 on Oct 17, 2015 |
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Oct 17, 2015 05:53
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Oct 19, 2015 06:42
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I want to leave work early to vote, but the code is taking forever to build.
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Oct 19, 2015 21:46
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Oct 19, 2015 22:30
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The class I taught today ran long because someone wasn't paying attention and asked a ton of lovely questions. Made me miss dinner but then I ate more than normal out of frustration. Now my tum-tum hurts.
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Oct 20, 2015 01:41
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The oven in my new flat is too small to fit my good stainless steel baking dish, and the grill tray (which I use most days) squeals in a very unpleasant manner when you move it. I play Scrabble on Facebook and Draw Something on my tablet. Lately, both games seem to have just stopped notifying me when it's my turn.
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Oct 20, 2015 06:55
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I wanted to make sunny side up eggs but I only had two eggs and one of them had a broken yolk ughhh worse day ever
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Everyone I know is raving about the new Star Wars trailer and how they just bought their tickets and plan to camp out and I....don't care. I mean the movie looks okay and I am a StarWars fan but I am nowhere near hyped about the movie. My mom has surgery coming up soon, but I bought the wrong things for her recovery and now have to return a goddamn elevated toilet seat.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Everyone I know is raving about the new Star Wars trailer and how they just bought their tickets and plan to camp out and I....don't care. I mean the movie looks okay and I am a StarWars fan but I am nowhere near hyped about the movie. In contrast. I purchased my tickets this morning, but not for the theater I wanted to because the max tickets I could purchase at one time was 0. How does that make sense. Theater I wanted has an IMAX 3D 4K screen, so would have been awesome. But I settled for awesome recliner seat theater that is assigned seating. So I don't need to worry about camping out. Just show up half an hour or so before the movie and wander on in.
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I want to be excited about the new Star Wars but I got burned as a teen by the prequel trilogy Maybe this one will be okay since Lucas can't cock it up, though. actual first world problem of mine: I finally have enough saved up to get started buying parts of my new PC that I've been planning for a year now, and I find myself antsy. What if the parts get lost, what if they don't work after arriving, what if, what if, what if 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:
Order from a reputable online store (newegg) and if any of your worries happen, they are really good about getting it fixed fast.
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drgnwr1 posted:Order from a reputable online store (newegg) and if any of your worries happen, they are really good about getting it fixed fast. Yeah, then all you have to worry about it loving up putting it together  My FWP is getting cheques because it's the only reason I still have to physically go to a bank and none of the branches of my bank are conveniently close to me. Last time I went out of my way it was closed for 'staff training'.
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Oct 20, 2015 16:52
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My guinea pig is sick. We lost one not too long ago. They are suck fragile little puffballs.
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nexus6 posted:Yeah, then all you have to worry about it loving up putting it together Your bank doesn't have an app that allows mobile deposit? Or at least use an ATM to deposit it, so it wouldn't matter if it's closed. FWP: The grocery store within walking distance of work has a good salad bar. I can get a huge salad with lots of veggies for like $2 (protip: don't use their dressings. They are quote heavy and make that per pound cost skyrocket. Always cheaper to just have a bottle in the breakroom fridge, or make your own or whatever.) Except that like 75% of the time, whoever's job it is to cut the cucumbers makes them WAY too thick. I don't want half-inch thick "slices" in my salad!
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I need to go to IKEA again because I forgot to get some items last time I went, but it's far away and I hate driving. I would go on a weekday so there won't be traffic, but it's still like an hour away. Plus I don't have anything to listen to during the ride: the radio sucks, all stations have ads at the same time, and I'm sick of all the music that I have. Someone suggested Pandora or Spotify but I don't feel like putting in the effort to research it. I want a new coat and shoes but mine are in good condition so I would feel guilty and stupid getting new ones, but I don't like this coat or these shoes anymore. E: remembered Blue Story and realized I should not buy unneeded items. Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 18:43 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 18:40
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DrBouvenstein posted:Your bank doesn't have an app that allows mobile deposit? This reminds me of another first world problem -- Bank of America no longer has a supported Windows Phone app. 
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One time when I moved to a new city I got mugged for my iphone 4, so I had to go home and dig my slightly older iphone 3g out of a drawer It was really late so i had to wait like ~6 hours before I could go to the store and buy a new iphone 5. Probably the worst experience of my life, waiting those 6 hours. The mugging itself wasn't really that bad.
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drgnwr1 posted:Order from a reputable online store (newegg) and if any of your worries happen, they are really good about getting it fixed fast. nexus6 posted:Yeah, then all you have to worry about it loving up putting it together It's the first computer I've ever built all on my own, paid for with all my own money. FWP: The thermos I got is too good. It's been four hours and my coffee is still too hot to drink 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I am, my dad has worked in IT as long as I can remember so I know all about making sure I get my parts from reputable places. Just watch plenty of youtube tutorials for any step you're worried about. Hell, the last computer I built the loving heatsink had QR codes that linked to videos that showed how to do each individual step. Also i don't know if you've posted your build in the PC Part Picking thread in SH/SC but doing so might help ease your mind. My FWP is I bought a mechanical keyboard for myself a few months ago and now my keyboard at work feels like rear end, but hooray I got surprise money, but boo all the parts I want to buy to build the best board are out of stock or, in the case of some key sets, absurdly expensive. Stupid mushy feeling work keys, I'll have to endure you for another 2 weeks at least.
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Thin Privilege posted:I need to go to IKEA again because I forgot to get some items last time I went, but it's far away and I hate driving. I would go on a weekday so there won't be traffic, but it's still like an hour away. Plus I don't have anything to listen to during the ride: the radio sucks, all stations have ads at the same time, and I'm sick of all the music that I have. Someone suggested Pandora or Spotify but I don't feel like putting in the effort to research it. Malachite_Dragon posted:It's the first computer I've ever built all on my own
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Thin Privilege posted:I need to go to IKEA again because I forgot to get some items last time I went, but it's far away and I hate driving. I would go on a weekday so there won't be traffic, but it's still like an hour away. Plus I don't have anything to listen to during the ride: the radio sucks, all stations have ads at the same time, and I'm sick of all the music that I have. Someone suggested Pandora or Spotify but I don't feel like putting in the effort to research it. Join the 21st century and fill up your phone with podcasts. Rapidly Going Deaf has a great suggestion list. My Brother, My Brother and Me is a personal favorite.
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I really want a nap, but I've wasted so much of my day doing nothing already that I'd feel bad.
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I was playing a game earlier, and when I stopped I noticed that Steam wanted to update, so I let it do that, and now in-home streaming seems to be broken. I'm just getting audio on a black screen. :-(
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Motherfuckers from Payroll tried to pull a fast one on me, making me think they paid the 16 hours I was owed. Instead, they pulled 16 from my next paycheck that I was supposed to get today  So I got half a paycheck today. This has put my plans for the PC on hold until the end of November if it isn't resolved by then.Someone is getting severely spanked over this, and it sure as gently caress ain't me. Malachite_Dragon has a new favorite as of 12:41 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Tiggum posted:You'll be surprised how easy it actually is. Seriously. The hardest thing might be inserting the CPU into the motherboard+thermal paste, but there are plenty of videos explaining how to do it properly. Everything else is about as hard as plugging an HDMI cable into a TV and maybe cable management.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Your bank doesn't have an app that allows mobile deposit? I'm not in the US. You can pay cheques by feeding them into an ATM? Unless I've not been paying attention I don't think that's an option in the UK. Brightman posted:Just watch plenty of youtube tutorials for any step you're worried about. Hell, the last computer I built the loving heatsink had QR codes that linked to videos that showed how to do each individual step. Also i don't know if you've posted your build in the PC Part Picking thread in SH/SC but doing so might help ease your mind. Seconding this. I build my first PC about a year ago and the documentation that came with the parts was useless, some diagrams were smaller than a postage stamp for detailing how to connect things to the motherboard. Thankfully most things are pretty standardized nowadays and there's no shortage of YT videos showing how it all fits together.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Someone is getting severely spanked over this, and it sure as gently caress ain't me. Sure seems like it's been you.
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nexus6 posted:I'm not in the US. You can pay cheques by feeding them into an ATM? Unless I've not been paying attention I don't think that's an option in the UK. They're not on the street available ones but inside the branches they have machines which will also accept cheques. Not that that helps you.
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Inzombiac posted:Join the 21st century and fill up your phone with podcasts. Rapidly Going Deaf has a great suggestion list. I don't like listening to people talk I'll probably look more into the music stuff but apparently there are many ads there too unless you pay, ugh.
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Aphrodite posted:Sure seems like it's been you. Just to compound it, the new operations manager I'm supposed to talk to about it is on vacation this week so he's unavailable.  E: at least he's coming back on Monday and only left day before yesterday, so it's not like he hopped on a plane as soon as I found out I'd been gypped. Malachite_Dragon has a new favorite as of 06:12 on Oct 22, 2015 |
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nexus6 posted:I'm not in the US. You can pay cheques by feeding them into an ATM? Unless I've not been paying attention I don't think that's an option in the UK. I think the last 3 motherboards I've bought came with adequate instructions for all the basic stuff. The typical hangups are installing the CPU which should be outlined in those instructions, installing an after-market cooler, the RAM if you've never done that, and probably the video card since there's always a weird locking mechanism and multiple power cords to plug in and such. For like 95% of PC building if you know how to use a screwdriver and plug the correct plug into the right hole, you're set. Hardest parts to me now are probably part picking and cable management and if you get the right case even that'll be a snap. Malachite_Dragon posted:Motherfuckers from Payroll tried to pull a fast one on me, making me think they paid the 16 hours I was owed. Instead, they pulled 16 from my next paycheck that I was supposed to get today Sever. Find a new job, quit, and then sue. I know that's not realistic but this is getting nutty, maybe escalate the issue more. FWP: I still haven't unpacked everything since I moved. I own too many books and other things. Baseball isn't helping get things done.
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