paranoid linux sadgirl with imposter syndrome
the router admin page was left on default login credentials
i used it to throttle everyone else’s internet when I had large downloads or video calls. I was the horror story
(this is not good neighborly behavior and years later in retrospect i regret it)
What do hardworking lab technicians deserve but rarely get?
original: What is the euphemistic term for culling of research animals?
happy hangin-stuff-on-vertical-surfaces 😁
What I’ve been doing is shuffling the debt between new 0% APR intro-period cards every time the 0% of the previous card is going to expire, and just eating the cost of the balance transfer (usually 3–5%) which is still significantly lower than if the balance were to start getting hit by typical card APR (~25%)
I have considered doing bankruptcy but yeah I’m worried about wage garnishment. Also I had wanted to maybe buy a houseboat within the next 7 years but at this point that’s almost certainly off the table so it may actually be worth just looking into bankruptcy at this point.
Right now I’m more focused on getting a full time job since my freelance stuff has been too slow to pay all the bills…
Being a grownup is so boring I hate this
in that case I highly recommend also getting the little rubber charging cord holders to grip the bottom of each utensil so when you inevitably fling the cupboard door open in a rush because you forgot the damn bay leaf again, the utensils don’t go swinging about making a ruckus lol
for larger things I use a second sideways hook or cord keeper clip at the side/bottom. these ones:
mitigating small apartment problems one adhesive hook at a time
congrats on the car fix!
About 2 years’ worth of rent (I live in NYC, to give an idea) in credit cards and a similarly large chunk in student loans
I was someone who paid off my balance in full at the end of every month for about 10 years, then bam, COVID, more fuck shit, rent needing to be paid via credit card several months (even more expensive as they take a usually 5% or more fee), and here we are
Spending money. Thorough a combination of a lot of bad luck and a few bad choices, I’m stuck playing credit card musical chairs to keep enough cash for rent and bills. “Ability to buy groceries/toiletries/medical copays/etc.” is functionally a subscription for me. Few years of rice and beans in my future until I can dig myself out… good thing I like beans I guess
The worst I can imagine (aside from housing…) would be the others in Maslow’s pyramid base: air, water, food, clothing.
you can be the mouse fixer of the friend group. trade fixed mice for casseroles and rides to the airport
Hard to say. Please transport me to the no internet dimension so I can find out
oh man anyone that concerned with not being filmed or recorded probably fled years ago. the amount of public and private security cameras and prevalence of people filming here gives the UK a run for its money
Midtown Manhattan absolutely still gets this crowded, especially near Times Square and K-Town. Like other commentors are saying, it really depends on the location in NYC, time of year, and time of day.
Also, if a shot in a film doesn’t feature an actor interacting with the set significantly (having conversation, looking in store window, etc.) there’s a decent chance it’s stock footage of the actual street conditions.
There’s a reason New Yorkers hate going to Times Square :]
I genuinely think you should be able to get a job interview by walking into a business and introducing yourself with a firm handshake
writing a billion versions of my resume with matching cover letters and manually inputting all the information already on my resume into individual application forms and then getting rejected by AI screening scripts is making me wish i was dead
Not a perfect solution but when I needed specific obscure and/or new editions for coursework, I’d go check out my university library’s copy and photograph all the pages I needed
it’s common for universities to keep a reserve copy (or a few) of any books required by courses. access may be limited (e.g. at my school you could check them out only 2 hours at a time). If your library has a book scanning station your life will be easier so ask if they have one.
One time after class I ran into a classmate trying to do the exact same thing, so we ended up taking turns sharing scan photos to save ourselves time the rest of the semester. Be sure to share the love with any fellow ultra-broke classmates
happy sailing 🏴☠️
Goodwill is known to heavily take advantage of the US law allowing sub minimum wage pay to disabled workers
this is somehow worse than Black Mirror: Be Right Back
GS execs really did a fat line and said “lol what if we subject our wagies to crackhead craigslist”
looks nice!
I mean, I did sorta try not to be a nuisance with it. At least for large downloads I tried to do those late at night and then unthrottle once they finished
but one night I fell asleep with the throttling left on and then the next morning my landlady knocks on my door with one of my neighbors who’s rather distraught looking, and says “I know this is weird to ask but you’re my granddaughter’s age and she’s good with tech… [neighbor] works from home and can’t get her video calls to connect, can you reset the router for us?”
10 minutes later I’m a “hero” and got to experience a truly deserved level of guilt 🫠