Went to go replace my blinds. Man these are expensive. Am I measuring these right? I don't think I'm measuring this right. The website seems to think I didn't measure these right. What the hell am I even doing, I'm going to screw this up and these are expensive. This is why I need a handyman.

It's really frustrating as someone who has always defended immigrants in European countries to become a victim of immigrant violence in one of those countries. Just got my stitches out today. I don't know why these kids are so angry, they absolutely have it better than their parents did.

Bought six months of Japanese Snacks for my brother in law. Bastards snuck in a recurring monthly snack box as well... so I have been paying $50 a month for a second set of snacks... Munch Addict has shady business practices.

Soda Options: Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Root Beer I chose Root Beer. Driver: They only have Ginger Ale or Grape. Me: Grape is fine.

Why are the vast majority of hotel showers in the Netherlands designed to kill people? Showers get wet and floors that are slick don't do well with each other. Then the introduction of soap makes things impossible to survive. Often there's a high jump and dismount portion where stakes are high.

If you are on a group travel tour, allow time for your host to get settled at a new hotel before you start pinging the group chat. Or learn to become more independent.

I'm already at 46 videos uploaded. That's almost as many views as I've had! I started integrating my webcam yesterday - and only one child died as a result. Playing Sniper Dan.

Anyone remember this song by TACO? No reason to share this other than his name is TACO. youtu.be/YsGjFh1ke44

Me Last Week: I should fire up No Man's Sky again soon. Me Today:

Heard that they woke up the astronauts with 'Pink Pony Club' the other day. Pick any song. Then put it in the context of people who are far away from the planet and the song is a representation of all the things they've left behind, to remind them of home. That song immediately becomes beautiful.

Got a Froot Loop shake at Wienerschnitzel and expected cereal in a shake. Not sure what this is but it's like a fruit loop flavored white chocolate. The texture is very confusing. This is how you ruin ice cream.

Went to a meeting today. Just me and one other. She's like well I guess it's just us and started in... I stopped her and was like it's my last week, you don't need to update me... we can just both take off. Got a laugh out of it and we went on our way.

Am I the only one who tests if my new cell service works by using They Might Be Giants Dial A Song?

Tech Support keeps asking me to confirm the date of when I'll turn in my work devices. I keep telling them it will be my last day on the date of the 10th. It hasn't changed. If I leave it on my desk on the 9th, it will still be there on the 10th. Ugh.

Hardware Error: X isn't reporting. Tech: Must be a software issue. Me: If it were a software issue the hardware wouldn't be reporting it. So glad this will be my last week doing this.

Went to Outback yesterday. It was surprisingly great. But I did watch the staff have a huge problem figuring out how to seat a large party that involved a lot of discussion and planning Shouldn't this be normal or have standard procedures instead of being high functioning problem solving?

Me: Can you verify the serial number on the device? Tech: We already provided it in the last update, it's <mac_address>, why are you wasting our time?!? Me: Yes, that's the MAC address, can you verify the serial number on the device now?

Tech: Hey can you stop working on this whole down network thing so I can do an optic swap? Network Engineers:

Creating a new problem code that effectively translates to "working as intended" and expecting to never see it again and then having to use it four more times in a week makes me a bit concerned about the younger generation. Eh, the kids are alright, it will be fine.

I'm happy to give the local teacher some money to get kleenex and pencils. But part of me wishes there were some sort of system to where everyone chipped in for this so none of us would have to do it. A system that would take a very small amount from everyone and fully fund schools. Oh well.

Tech: Those link Lights don't look like I expect them to look, better file a software bug. Everyone:

I'm just to the point to where if you reject AI just because it's AI, I'm chalking you up to being a Luddite. If my carpenter uses a drill instead of a manual screwdriver, my carpenter is smart. Even if you argue that he's stealing jobs from other carpenters. You're just being obtuse.

Doordashers: We appreciate you. Just as a heads up, we don't need to know that you're waiting for the order. If we hear nothing, we assume that's the case. Thanks!

I was having a conversation about salad dressing and someone brought up Ranch and I had a mental glitch for a second because I had no idea why someone was bringing up condiments. Midwest Problems.

People have started to understand how to leverage AI, but many people are struggling with token usage. These companies are paying a lot of money to use AI and are being bottlenecked. Those who understand how to optimize for this are going to do very well for themselves.

Work Project: Bot that pings a person up to three times a day for updates against high priority issues. Me: So we should call it KarenBot? Team: NO.

Modern Rule: Treat the output of AI like the output of a slightly incompetent coworker who will blame you for any problems with their work.

I'm declaring it. 68 is the new, cool number. This compromise between generations will ensure further cooperation in the future.

Tech in large group chat: lol this thing exploded when I was touching it. Me: Did you file the safety report? Tech: Are you trying to give me more work? Me: No. You did that by making a written record of the incident occurring now that hundreds of people have seen. Make better choices.

Watch me play video games. This one is Chapter 1 of Rewind 99, a game about running a video store in a cartoon world in the 90's. I should have given the cat a spiked bat to stay on theme. Oh well.

The new generation thinks they're all cool and original, but they're just culturally appropriating Germany. Or should I say they're engaging in Kulturgutraub of German Heritage.

"Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature." - Hank Green There is a workflow suite at my job that I see maybe one to two bugs against a year, and I see thousands of bugs. Due to this, nobody knows or appreciates the developer. Dude should be well known, but he's not.

Fast Food Workers You are appreciated. Your job is very hard. Years from now you may look back and think about it's the hardest job you've ever done. This is real. You are working very hard mainly due to people who do not work as hard as you do. You are appreciated.

The local brewery has a Mexican Lager named Ariba McEntire and I am absolutely dead.

My advice to anyone working in a support role. Never believe what is reported to you without verifying it if you can avoid it. The amount of times that reported facts are completely wrong or misunderstood is high. Some very easy to fix issues can live a very long time based on false info.

I saw a Cybertruck wrapped in gloss black yesterday. It was the first time I saw one and thought "Wow that looks really cool." Almost like they should have come that way in the first place.

I really never understood the idea that electric vehicles are some how 'woke' or something rejected by the Right... what exactly are they Conserving to make them Conservatives?

When trying to eat things to make sure they don't spoil and need to be thrown out you eat some strange things. Today's lunch is a burger topped with three breakfast sausage links with two kinds of cheese on a bagel. I bet it's going to be pretty good.

Tech: Getting this error message "Do X to retry." Me: Did you do X to retry? Tech: No, should I? Me (in my head): I already did this time, but in the future it's best to read and comprehend things. Me (actually): I already did ten minutes ago and it looks like it works now.

I am only going to help you by telling you what's going on and not escalating to the SWE once. If you complain that you don't like that answer, I will escalate and let them yell at you about it. I really should have taken this stance a long time ago. It's probably more effective.

SWE: What is this bug about? Me: *pastes information from the initial bug* SWE: Oh. So why did you send it to me? Me: *pastes information from the intial bug* SWE: Oh. So what should I do about it? Me: *pastes information from the initial bug* SWE: Thank you, this has been very helpful.

Mental Health Reminder: If you haven't danced in your kitchen in a while, change is needed.

No idea why but my Facebook feed has become a nonstop Milana Vayntrub feed. I'm not mad about it at all. Actually I'm kind of bragging about it.

Tech: We've tried everything and can't fix this machine. Please assist. Me: Well I guess chuck it in the trash if you tried everything. By saying "everything" you've literally told me nothing.

People often ask why I yell at people in bugs - through text based communication. It would be yelling if I didn't tell them exactly how to do it themselves in the future. I'm just trying to teach folks how to fish while I hand them one as fishing for them doesn't scale. Unintentional pun.

Suits: We should outsource this. We have problems when we do it internally. Techs: I advise against that. Suits: We're doing it anyway. Suits: Why did we have this problem with outsourcing? Techs: New provider making the same mistakes we fixed a decade ago.

Started playing Spirittea last night. This is going to be one of those games that takes a very very long time to play and is slow and supposed to be 'chill'. This increases my anxiety as I just want to explore the world and get my story and move on. Why did I do this?

Hey All, doing the self promotion thing. I currently have zero YouTube subscribers and I'm trying to prime the pump a little bit. I mainly post streams of indie games that I'm playing. Eventually something not indie will be posted as well. www.youtube.com/@theoretical... linktr.ee/brady.cox

Me: So what's on my side of the demarc? Tech: What's that? Me: The demarcation point. Tech: I'm not sure what that is. If your installers do not know basic terminology about their installs it does not instill confidence. The demarc is where utility/customer responsibility hands off. Common term.