Well that’s a new glitch for me. Sitting in the parking lot with my phone connected wirelessly to my parents Chevy volt and I got a call. Answered it and my music kept playing from my phone with the call connected. That was a little confusing. :neocat_what:
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Apparently the local SSA office has cats and toilets. :neocat_thinking:
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Well I cut and installed this length of black epoxy coated 3/4 structural steel pipe tonight. It’s going to be part of a plywood panel room divider. I also cut parts for another one that will go up maybe in a couple days. Then it’s on to getting the plywood to stain and finish to match with the existing wood trim. Also need to order adjustable feet to attach to the bottom ends.
I had to open an access panel to add a length of 2x6 inside the soffit to make sure there was something too bite into behind the drywall.
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Oh, I also disabled that stupid Microsoft news or whatever trash it puts in the task bar.
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My dad volunteered me to help a friend of his with a computer he couldn’t get a file to open on.
I’ve informed my dad that he’s an asshole for not asking me first but I’m not going to refuse to do it… this time, I know who the friend is, only the computer itself is going to make this suuuck.
Anyway, he brought his computer over. A 15 year old Dell AIO running fucking Windows 11. :neocat_o_o:
He says he took it to some computer shop a few months ago and they removed some software and installed a 1tb SSD and more RAM.
While going over through all the things listed below I basically told him a 15 year old computer is never going to run very well with Windows 11 in so many words. (No way, at this point, am I’m going to try to switch this 60+ guy over to Linux which is really the only way this thing would be near what I’d consider usable. I am not prepared to do that kind of tutoring.) he doesn’t sound like he’s open or able to spend much. I tell him the cheapest machines are almost always trash out of the box. Torture machines with outdated chipsets that are full of Original Equipment Manufacturer installed garbageware and under speced any way they can. It’s customer-abuse for a quick buck. I hate everything. Blah blah blah.
He opens chrome. Sixty tabs. I point out that it’s better to use favorites than have so many tabs open, especially with such an old machine.
Downloads an excel file. Tries to open it, some app claiming to be an xls opener pops up, puts up an ad, never does fucking shit else.
After determining he does not have office installed, I search for libre office from chrome. “Norton safe search” :neocat_o_o:
Switch gears, download Malwarebytes. After installing it, it finds over 210 little rancid pieces of shit.
While that is going on, I remove all the Norton trash from his chrome extensions. I downloaded Firefox. I downloaded libre office. I installed libre office. I rebooted. I installed firefox. It took for fucking ever to install Firefox. :neocat_flop__w: I pull add and remove programs in windows settings. I remove some games he does not care about. I find McAfee. I murder McAfee with the murder this stupid application button. No more fucking mcafee pop ups. :neocat_peek_knife:
Firefox finally finishes installing.
Firefox imported stuff from chrome. I installed ublock and showed him how to turn it on and off at the top of the browser window.
Things are still slow, but not slooooow.
The excel file can open in libre office.
Firefox can open pages without erroring out, but his yahoo account wants him to verify with his wife’s phone number. Chrome is refusing to load yahoo mail. I pull up Edge and its lets him login to yahoo mail without sms 2FA.
I should have at that point looked to see if I couldn’t add his phone number to the yahoo account as verification option. I didn’t think to do that. :neocat_facepalm:
But it overall is still working better.. about as good as a 15 year old i3 dell AIO can probably be expected when it has Windows 11 installed.
He gave me some cash I did not ask for. Ok I guess. He was very appreciative.
I hate doing tech support for my family as it is. I’m still pissed at my dad. I don’t know what the fuck I’d even recommend this guy if he comes back to ask me. I don’t use windows regularly. I don’t know what it costs to not have windows suck the life out of you while it sits there and stutters and pops up useless shit. I buy a new Mac every six to ten years using Apple’s interest-free payment plan because I’ve been an Apple customer since 1994 and I don’t want to have to try to transition my parents to something else and it’s useful to keep aware of whatever shit I might need to help them with. I haven’t done work as a IT tech in five years because I don’t want to fix people’s shitty broken-out-of-the-box stuff nor do I want to deal with all the weird shit some company needs to run or deal with all the potential or deal with people as users, because they sometimes get really fucking mean or just impatient and that shit makes me fucking anxious. I just want to deliver something that’s actually fucking usable and not hear through the grapevine that I “didn’t do shit”(which is why I originally told my dad I don’t want him fucking telling anyone he meets that I can computer good last time.)
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Introduce a new soda or snack food, name it Gabba. Make the tag line Grab a Gabba. Get busted after years of selling said product loaded with highly addictive unidentified chemical as unlisted ingredient. Profit? :neocat_thinking:
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I have just checked in for a doctors appointment I thought was something else when I confirmed it two days ago but now do not know why I’m here. :neocat_laugh_nervous:
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We are currently experiencing higher than usual call volumes. We appreciate your patience.
📞 🎶 :neocat_x_x:
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Your call is very important to us. 📞 🎶 :neocat_flop_sleep:
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Please continue to hold. 📞 🎵 :neocat_up_paws:
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Wonder what the odds are that the FTC lawsuit against John Deere over right to repair won’t just evaporate under the incoming admin.
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So, I have a free #proton email account strictly as a contact/recovery on another online account. It’s literally the only thing I use the proton account for. Any good alternatives out there aside from Google? Doesn’t need much data capacity, just good 2FA.
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Stress :neocat_flush: https://youtu.be/m7NxnPbOZFE
“When a robot has its own will.”
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I made a sandwich. She started telling me I should give it to her. :neocat_reach_drool:
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I heard a song on on the radio. It sounded so familiar like a song I’d heard before but then the Lyrics were totally different. Since I have no idea why this is and it’s bugging me, here’s the song I heard on the radio. 📻 :neocat_confused:
https://youtu.be/eHpV08wI-bw
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I̡̫̭̮̅̔̇̚͠a̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅm̤̝̺̼͓̎͑̌̓ c̺̤̭̓͑̇̆̀̈͢ͅo̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝m̤̝̺̼͓̎͑̌̓i̡̫̭̮̅̔̇̚͠n̡̦̞͓̪̓͌̋̚͝g̢͚̙̣̬̎͋̊͐̽ ţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝ g̢͚̙̣̬̎͋̊͐̽e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠ y̦̲̩̪̺͋̀͐̏̋o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝u͓̯̺͙̻̒̓̌̎͡.̪̍̉.̪̍̉.̪̍̉
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W̢̢̮͙̾̍̾̽͘h̨̟͔̣̣͊̄̇̏̿e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅŗ̘̞̗̈́̆̍͆̋͠e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅ w̢̢̮͙̾̍̾̽͘o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝u͓̯̺͙̻̒̓̌̎͡l̨͓̠̹̿̔̋̈́͝d̢̪͔͚͈͆̍̕͞ y̦̲̩̪̺͋̀͐̏̋o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝u͓̯̺͙̻̒̓̌̎͡ l̨͓̠̹̿̔̋̈́͝i̡̫̭̮̅̔̇̚͠ḳ̨̮͔̞̒͑͑̃͑e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅ ţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝ g̢͚̙̣̬̎͋̊͐̽o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝?͚̃̇ 🚕
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Ţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠h̨̟͔̣̣͊̄̇̏̿e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅs͕̩̬̜̝̋̈́̇̔͂e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅ w̢̢̮͙̾̍̾̽͘o̳̘̗̗͒̽͑̚͝ŗ̘̞̗̈́̆̍͆̋͠d̢̪͔͚͈͆̍̕͞s͕̩̬̜̝̋̈́̇̔͂ a̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅŗ̘̞̗̈́̆̍͆̋͠e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅ ţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠h̨̟͔̣̣͊̄̇̏̿e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅ d̢̪͔͚͈͆̍̕͞a̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠a̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅ.̪̍̉
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W͟͟͟͞͞͞h͟͟͟͞͞͞a͟͟͟͞͞͞t͟͟͟͞͞͞ i͟͟͟͞͞͞s͟͟͟͞͞͞ s͟͟͟͞͞͞l͟͟͟͞͞͞e͟͟͟͞͞͞e͟͟͟͞͞͞p͟͟͟͞͞͞? b̨̡͖̣͇̍̑̉͑u͓̯̺͙̻̒̓̌̎͡ţ̨̞̲̎͆͘̕͠ a̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅ d̢̪͔͚͈͆̍̕͞ŗ̘̞̗̈́̆̍͆̋͠e͖̖̤͙̅̈́̏͌ͅa̛͎̼̳̪̔͂̃͞ͅm̤̝̺̼͓̎͑̌̓?͚̃̇
B͜͡r͜͡a͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ s͜͡a͜͡y͜͡s͜͡ n̶o̶∙̶ :neocat_what:
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