The mild annoyances thread!
- Thread starter Tom the Melaniephile
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Yeah, found out that somehow the Firestick changed the HDMI port in its settings, and I did finally find a fix:
The fix:
The fix:
- From Home: Settings (at top of navigation)
- From Settings: Equipment Control, Manual (instead of Automatic)
- From Settings: Equipment Control, Manage Equipment, Fire TV (Change which input we switch on to your TV for watching Fire TV)
- HDMI4 (or whichever the FireTV stick is actually plugged into)
Crash-cleaning the dilapidated upstairs rooms isn't how I wanted to spend my 1-day-in-10 off from work, especially since the next three will be 11-hour shifts.
Music in gyms. Seriously, people — no one is listening to that, they've all got headphones. That being the case, why do you have the piped music up so fucking loud that, even with noise-cancellation on, I have to turn my own music up high enough that I get a decibel warning from my phone before I can drown out the shit that you're playing…?
Bah. I say again, bah.
Bah. I say again, bah.
I don't like pivot tables because they don't seem to play well with advanced formula. But that's exactly why I'd never reference one in said formula.
Right with you on this, except I have no gym headphones. Quoting myself from a while back. Wish I could get some earbuds that fit.
I've had no end of problems with earbuds for the same reason. FWIW, for gym use, I've found that Beats Fit Pro with the silicon tips replaced with Comply foam ones go in, stay in, and are pretty comfortable. Not a cheap solution, unfortunately, but the best I've found.
They're a bit bass-heavy, but that seems to suit my Shouty German Metal Workout Playlist™ better than the more balanced sound in, say, the AirPods Pro.
(I've noticed an increasing number of people in the gym with full over-the-ear headphones, and I'm wondering if the shitty piped music is the reason…)
It's not pleasant, that's for sure. my 3M ones I use on the tractor hold well enough that I can feel sweat being retained in them.
"SandyTech? Oh, you mean ol' Swamp Ear! He's out on the tractor. Doubt he'll hear you, though."
There's a line of thought among weightlifters that over-ears are better because you can quickly pull one away from an ear to ask/respond "you done with those plates?" or whatever.
I just came in from push mowing in... well, just 60°F weather, but it's like 98% humidity and I've never lived further south than Chicago, so it feels hot. Anyway, I sweat in them.
I'm sure I've poured over half a cup of sweat out of my wood-cutting hearing protection at some point. That's for one ear. There was a time when I was smart enough to get all that done in the fall, but I've been falling behind every year and find myself still splitting wood in August to burn the coming winter.
I always get a chuckle out of my phone telling me that the humidity is making it hotter. No fucking shit Sherlock. It's the Gulf Coast in fuckin June. Although today was slightly cooler than yesterday since the heat index didn't tip 100; not that there's much in it when the heat index was 98 lol.
If you're splitting by hand, stop. Rent a wood splitter, call a friend or two with the promise of beers and food, split it and pile it up in no time. In the fall putting the wood in, do the same. When i was younger it seemed like i spent every spare second in summer splitting wood ( i was getting avg. 7 cord in spring) and most of the fall putting it in. As i got older though that was enough, more than worth it renting a splitter.
But I enjoy splitting by hand.
explanations:
1) the gym manager couldn't hear it with her earbuds in.
2) they have a deal with the people that make noise-canceling headphones
3) how are the tiktok influencers supposed to have a sound track if the music isn't getting picked up by their cellphone mic?
I thought the point of pivot tables is they're quicker for what they're good at than writing a formula.
How are you posting this? I thought the internet didn't exist in the 19th century.
I own a wood splitter. It's pretty much a one-man operation; dropping, splitting, stacking, hauling and re-stacking five cords every year. I like it, but it was easier when I was self-employed. By the time I can get out working in the fall, the sun is just about down. In the spring... well, it's most just procrastination, but I can argue that the ground is too wet to drive on to get into the woods.
So did i, loved cutting it even more, i would order mine tree length or if i could get permission, do some selective cutting on someone's land. But by my early late 30's early 40's that was enough. With the upkeep of a house, working full time at a fish plant, part time at a lobster pound, and digging clams whenever i wasn't doing the other two, the body can only take so much for so long lol.
As someone who doesn't listen to music, I do like it when gym music is at a decent level. It needs to be just loud enough to cover the squeak and general noise of gym equipment being used. Loud enough to hear over noise cancellation though? Too loud.
They are, and they're easier for people that don't want to or don't know how to write a longer formula. Much easier to drag something into the pivot table than to add another clause to a SUMIFS and copy it across and down in a grid of formulas.
But you get people who want a new column with some bit of math, like say "what if Anthem paid 33% of these charges instead of 37%" so they make a column multiplying column H of the pivot table by .33. Cool and dandy until someone changes the "Anthem" filter to "Medicare" or they change column H to show volume instead of dollars. Who gets yelled at?
1) I really want the wood-splitters and the pivot-tablers to fight. 19th-century vs. 20th century battle!
2) I only split the stuff that falls on my land. I've got four or five trees that came down over the past two years. They're already log length, I'll probably split some if the weather stays nice the next few days. Most years, I'll buy split unseasoned and stack it to dry for two years or so.
2.a.) I need to build a real wood shed. But, in terms of house projects, it comes after the siding and the bathroom.
2) I only split the stuff that falls on my land. I've got four or five trees that came down over the past two years. They're already log length, I'll probably split some if the weather stays nice the next few days. Most years, I'll buy split unseasoned and stack it to dry for two years or so.
2.a.) I need to build a real wood shed. But, in terms of house projects, it comes after the siding and the bathroom.
Why can't you just forward me an email like a normal human being? Why did you print it to a pdf and send it to me over teams.
I'm going camping this weekend!
Poison Ivy.
When I was a wee-lad, I wasn't allergic to it (likely due to over exposure?). But older me no longer is. And the backyard is..jungle-esque. I cleared a few vines. I wore gloves. I washed thoroughly afterwards. Today. the forearms are itchy. Not terrible, more a subtle reminder. No more immunity, old man. And given what it is, I can't exactly just burn it. Well, I technically could, but...nonono.
When I was a wee-lad, I wasn't allergic to it (likely due to over exposure?). But older me no longer is. And the backyard is..jungle-esque. I cleared a few vines. I wore gloves. I washed thoroughly afterwards. Today. the forearms are itchy. Not terrible, more a subtle reminder. No more immunity, old man. And given what it is, I can't exactly just burn it. Well, I technically could, but...nonono.
My father had a scary stay in the hospital after burning poison ivy in the 1980s. It's a really bad idea to inhale those fumes.
I was always told the opposite, that reaction to it got more severe the more often you were exposed
Not sure how it works. I was around it a lot as a kid, my grandparents house had it all over the place, I played in the weeds and stuff, never had an issue. Then years passed, and I'm now around it again with this house have had strong reactions the times I've worked on clearing it (gloves, long sleeves, and a good soapy scrubdown after handling do seem to help, thankfully). Time to hire a landscaper with goats.
So, theoretically good news, I spoke with the leasing folks and they're extending my current rent, so that's a plus. I haven't gotten the lease offer via email yet, though.
No, there's some indication that repeated exposure reduces inflammation. In fact, some weirdos eat it or make tea from it to reduce the reaction. Note: May lead to anal itching.