What first world problem did you have today?

[manimal]

been the worst damn month. Just hired a full time maid. Now I gotta deal with that shit around the house.


If a man cant walk around in underwear every minute of the day not working life isnt worth living.

 

[ponyo]

Ordered Toshiba Chromebook 2 from Amazon last night with same day shipping. It's supposed to be delivered today but Amazon still haven't shipped it.

So tomorrow I have to drive to Best Buy to buy it and return the one from Amazon once it arrives.

 

[Ichinisan]

anyone notice clicking links on AT now try to act like pop-ups? such that when you (middle?) click on a link to a subforum / thread / post, it'll be blocked if you have a pop-up blocker?

i see they're now automatically converting links within posts to viglink URLs but this shouldn't have an effect on the forum navigation. however, looks like it does.

and i really really hope these viglinks don't lead to autolinking text within posts. really hope not.

Whatever changed around that time has made browsing on iOS devices absolutely horrible.

Constantly causing the crash message. Pages are glitchy and unresponsive. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

 

[SaltBoy]

Just found out that I couldn't play a Phineas and Ferb mkv for my kids via Universal Media Server

 

[manimal]

Just found out that I couldn't play a Phineas and Ferb mkv for my kids via Universal Media Server

curse you perry the platipus!



I know what were gonna do today!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Got my T4 paper, I made a bit over 80k, less than $100 over a provincial tax bracket.

I literally made too much money. I'm gona get raped.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Got my T4 paper, I made a bit over 80k, less than $100 over a provincial tax bracket.

I literally made too much money. I'm gona get raped.

Donate some.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Donate some.

Sponsored a kid through World Vision, hopefully that helps for next year. :biggrin:

I had donated to the church but think I was too late and it will only count for next year.

 

[Aikouka]

I spent about two hours trying to fix Windows Media Center. I swear I have to mess with it far more often than I should have to... I bet it's Comcast. Those bastards are mad that I won't pay their exorbitant DVR fees! Anyway, it did actually mess up because Comcast apparently changed the Head End ID, which caused my EPG (electronic programming guide) to be unable to update. The only way to fix it is to redo the entire tuner setup, which then caused PlayReady to fail to update. That not working means you can't watch a damn thing! Yay! I tried about every goddamn trick in the book, and the only thing that seemed to work was... waiting. I still had to then restart the tuner service when it was all done. :\

Then I went to fix it in the next machine (every machine that was setup with the tuner needs to be redone now... yay), and I found that it has an issue where it attempts to switch to the wrong resolution while playing a video. I'm thinking it has to do with how I set that machine up on a 1920x1200 monitor (albeit, I told WMC to render at 1080p) and then moved it to a 1080p TV. Amusingly enough, my wimpy HTPC upstairs still required the redo, but it didn't have any other problems.

Of course, this is combined with how last week I went to watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which I recorded on my desktop. However, whenever I went to open it in WMC (you have to play it in WMC because of the Copy Once flag), WMC would crash. In fact, it crashed even when trying to play live TV. Can someone remind me why I haven't just bought a mac or something? Oh yeah... no games.

EDIT:

Figured out the weird black screen issue on the one HTPC. I would've fixed it a lot faster if I had remembered that I ran into the problem awhile back with a 660 Ti-equipped HTPC. Essentially, it's a long-standing issue with NVIDIA's drivers. There's an option where you set the video mode (full-screen gaming, video playback), or it can do it automatically. Well... the automatic setting is complete garbage as it just doesn't work properly for live TV. If you set it to video, everything is fine.

 

[highland145]

Bathroom fan quit. New one didn't fit. Replacement motor costs more than replacement fan assembly (that doesn't fit).

Back to Lowe's!!!

Ours died. The unit is between 2 floors and there was no way that I could put a new one in and hook up the duct. Bought the same brand, Broan, the motor mounted upside down compared to the old one. Took the motor out of the new one, drilled 2 new holes in the old mounting bracket...fixed...untuil the next time.

 

[Imp]

I found out recently that English has a subjunctive mood and that I've been using it mostly right, occasionally wrong with "were" and "was." French and Spanish kick my ass when it comes to learning the subjunctive mood.

 

[shortylickens]

I submitted a very high value check and now I have to wait 2 whole days before it clears.

 

[Imp]

Coffee + Daylight Savings = batshit crazy feeling right now. More so than usual.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

^ http://www.cracked.com/article_18648_the-9-most-statistically-terrifying-days-calendar.html

 

[Imp]

Got my T4 paper, I made a bit over 80k, less than $100 over a provincial tax bracket.

I literally made too much money. I'm gona get raped.

Apparently, you only get taxed at a higher rate on the $100 over the tax bracket.

Having just done by taxes, that makes no sense with how the calculation of provincial/federal tax looks, but I'm not an accountant.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Apparently, you only get taxed at a higher rate on the $100 over the tax bracket.

Having just done by taxes, that makes no sense with how the calculation of provincial/federal tax looks, but I'm not an accountant.

There are other penalties that can kick in; such as dis-allowals of this or that exemption or retirement account... at least in the US. Canadians their own little world.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Apparently, you only get taxed at a higher rate on the $100 over the tax bracket.

Having just done by taxes, that makes no sense with how the calculation of provincial/federal tax looks, but I'm not an accountant.

Yeah someone was saying that in the tax thread, I'm hoping that's how it works. I always figured it changed the overall percentage though.

Just got my reciept for church donations, I did not realize I donated that much. $1000 for 2014. That should help on my return as well. I should be able to drop my stuff off at my tax person's place in a couple days. I'm hoping I get a decent return. I could use the money.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Daylight savings time has my sleep pattern all jacked up.

 

[IronWing]

It's day five of Amazon insisting that my order is "shipping today". What chaps my butt is that I happened to be at a store selling the same item for the same price on the first day Amazon pretended to be shipping my item. I didn't buy it in the store because I figured it was on its way from Amazon.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Went for a haircut yesterday at 3:30. Walked up to the door to find out they close at 3 on Sundays. Should have checked their business card before leaving....

 

[nageov3t]

Waiting +20 minutes past my appointment time for a medical test that's going to take 5 minutes :\

 

[IronWing]

Waiting +20 minutes past my appointment time for a medical test that's going to take 5 minutes :\

Welcome to the non-existence of time.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Welcome to every medical building, office, establishment ever.

Fixed

 

[unixwizzard]

I am having a tough time deciding which toilet paper to buy.. should I get the standby Scott brand that lasts forever, or should I get the soft and pillowy Charmin that will pamper my butthole and leave it smelling powdery fresh..

 

[IronWing]

In my experience, Scot clogs the pipes more.