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RE: Universal Chat Thread - ShiraNoMai - Jun 21st, 2020
I recommend you downloading this extension called LastPass, named so you'll only have to remember one password to protect a vault of them for all the websites you frequent. It's a pretty handy program, and can help customize auto generating passwords of any length/type. I use it for work, but I also have my own personal usages for it. Much more reliable than Google's own one, I find.
Can't believe it's already the halfway point to 2020. I really don't know what to expect for the rest of the year but I can say I'm really not looking forward to it...
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Dragon Lord - Jun 24th, 2020
Damn I love Best Buy. I bought a new Laptop from their website this morning and three hours later they already shipped it. Scheduled to arrive Friday.
Hopefully this turns out to be a good laptop. With my current on starting to crap out on me (well, it has been for a few months now), I decided to invest a little more into this one. It's a $1,000 laptop (BB had it on sale for $850), so I'm expecting it to be able to last quite a while. It's also one of those 2-in-1 laptop/tablet combos, so that's kind of neat. I was thinking about getting a tablet, but also needed a new laptop. Two birds with one stone.
For anyone curious, the laptop is this: HP - ENVY x360 2-in-1 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - 512GB SSD + 32GB Optane
Come Friday I either discover that I spent my money well or if I'll be getting a refund, lol.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Moonface - Jun 24th, 2020
I hope it turns out good for you @Dragon Lord but it being HP brand makes me nervous because I've never had one that wasn't shit.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Dragon Lord - Jun 24th, 2020
I've never had any bad experiences with HP computers personally. My current laptop is an HP and it was great until it just started getting worn down from constant usage. It was a low-end cheap laptop, so I didn't expect it to last all that long. It still works okay and I'm going to keep it as a secondary computer for reasons, but every now and then it completely freezes on me and I have to do a hard reboot.
But like I said, you buy cheap, you get cheap. Which is why I decided to go ahead and go spend a bit more on a higher end laptop. Worst case scenario I just gotta return it and look for a different one.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Karo - Jun 26th, 2020
I hope it'll be a nice reliable one for you Night Lord.
I spent a 1000 on an open boxed HP desktop and its working really well for me and I got it last year and since yours is new I hope it'll be well worth your money!
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Dragon Lord - Jun 26th, 2020
It arrived today and I'm on it now. So far it's amazing, but of course it's early. It started up super fast, go through the set-up super fast and everything is opening and responding extremely fast on it. I haven't downloaded everything yet, so we'll see how it goes with other stuff.
I really like the backlit keyboard. Nothing important, but it's just a nice visual touch to the laptop.
Gotta download Steam and see how this laptop runs some of the games. None of the games I would play on Steam are graphic intensive, so I'm hoping this laptop can run them well despite not being a gaming laptop.
Also hope it runs an Android emulator well. Would love to have a smoother experience playing Azur Lane/Arknights on emu.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Mr EliteL - Jun 27th, 2020
Glad your new laptop is doing fine for now, DL. Sounds good, but as you say it's early.
I need to do laptop shopping again, last time I was about to get one but was annoyed there didn't seem to be any with a disc drive, but that's probably just me needing to catch up with current standards, and ways to get around the things I need one for.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Moonface - Jun 29th, 2020
Only thing my laptop needs is for me to install the SSD I got ages ago but I can never be bothered to do it and I don't know how to move all my HDD content over to it.
Yet another week where I get barely any shifts at work because normally summer is slow but my job doesn't want to take into account that this year can't be judged against previous ones.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Mr EliteL - Jul 2nd, 2020
Sounds similar to what my place is doing (it's either the store or store manager I'm not sure exactly whose idea it is out of them, but I'm thinking the latter), or at least getting my department to do is getting our warehouse stock on the system before 8AM, before we've racked everything away like how we were able to before the pandemic changed everything. Yet home shopping hasn't changed back so they're still turning the shopfloor to a shit-show with the customers who come in at 7 or 8AM, when we're out the back, nor has the amount of delivery stock reduced to a manageable rate. 3 out 4 days we told to do that, luckily no one was in today to order us to because didn't, as we had to help delivery on another department, leaving ours to go even worse than usual. Had 3 people on our department start at 6AM too, when past three days we had 2 so I thought we would be done quick until that and other crap. I would've gone insane if someone told us to bin in for 8.
I also almost wasn't going to show up for my overtime today as I had an insufferable stomach pain last night until 2AM when it finally slowly came down. Ended up having 2 hours sleep, night before I had about 4 when I should have totalled roughly 12 between them both. Yet I'm not tired right now and the majority of the pain has stopped. I did take two different treatments which was last night but neither had effect. Don't know how I'm better now but I am. Have another 10-hour shift tomorrow, go me.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Moonface - Jul 2nd, 2020
My shift tomorrow is just 9 hours (8 if you count an hour break) but it's the day before July 4th and it's just me and a manager in for the entire grocery department. I have no clue how it could turn out because I haven't been in all week to get a feel for whether we're getting busier in the build up to the day or not.
Mind you, I can't exactly do much since I'm still limited to lifting 10lbs or less due to my chest problems. I had another doctors appointment today and he wants me on some steroid medication, but if I'm not better by Tuesday my ass gets carted to an echocardiogram to find out when my heart wants to explode in a blaze of glory.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Mr EliteL - Jul 4th, 2020
Yikes, that's still going.
Has that medication been any help? Really hoping it's not anything major, but anything to do with the heart pretty much is. Damn, just want you to be feeling better and not have to deal with health problems. 
Today my Grandfather from my Dad's side was born 100 years ago. Makes me wonder how things were, and this here and now is how life has...changed since then. What it will be like 100 years from my birth or rather 2100? OK it doesn't really, I won't be there to see it but kinda hits home a bit remembering him. I didn't interact with him much, was too young really. Well in meaningful ways that isn't childish or whatever I did if anything.
Feel like I'll get a really good night sleep tonight after my five shifts, then I have two next week maybe, as I did book two off (not in a row, close together in this month) but asked to have one week be accepted as I didn't fully know at the time which one would be better. If not my other week off will be in 15 days.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Moonface - Jul 6th, 2020
(Jul 4th, 2020, 08:00 PM)Mr EliteL Wrote:Well for now they think it might be my ribs and not my heart, but that's only the case if this medication works. I'm only on day three of six so far so it's still too early to say if it's helping. If I'm not better by tomorrow night then I have to get an echocardiogram done.Yikes, that's still going.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Mr EliteL - Jul 6th, 2020
Oof, ribs maybe instead. I suppose...it's kinda, nah whatever it is, can't say it's better. Hm, an echocardiogram. Didn't know what that was but found it's just a test to see what's going on. Phew not scary.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Moonface - Jul 6th, 2020
I don't care what I have so long as it isn't a serious health issue. That's my only concern about it.
In other news, bought some new furniture yesterday for our living room. Got an extension for our sofa, a rug, a new coffee table and a console table to go behind the sofa. Now we just need to paint the room and get some shelving and it'll probably be complete as far as furnishing goes.
RE: Universal Chat Thread - Maniakkid25 - Jul 15th, 2020
My name is Maniakkid25. I am 27 years old, and I am reading Sailor Nothing.
Oh my, this is an interesting thing from the days of internets past. Imagine if Madoka Magica came out 10 years before ot did, and you have a pretty good mental image of the type of take on the Mahou Shoujo this is. That said, the plot isn't actually the same. Either way, I've heard it's a very good read, so I'mma see how much I can stick with it.
...I'm probably making a mistake.