Curious_Canid

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[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 days ago (5 children)

If you can get relatives to help, do that. If not, contact a local women's shelter or other abuse-related non-profit. They may or may not be able to help directly, but they will most likely know what other resources are available.

I wish you the best.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

That depends a great deal on what the local police are like. They may help. They may just let the family know about the complaint. Generations of abused women provide an unfortunate history of these issues.

And even if the police do help, they will not be able to provide protection. Their job is to arrest and prosecute the brother after he commits the murder. It's sad and wrong, but that is the way the system works.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Possibly, but life is full of risks.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What you really need is a carbon fiber shoehorn. If you do manage to deform it the thing will go right back to its original shape.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

I understand the desire to get even, but it isn't likely to happen and it isn't likely to be satisfying, even if you succeed. You should focus on things that will make your life better and not things that will make someone else's life worse, even if they richly deserve it.

You are going to have to make some compromises. You are currently putting up with a situation you don't like, in exchange for the salary, side benefits, and location. That's isn't necessarily a bad tradeoff, but it is not likely to be a good long-term situation. Once management decides they have a problem with you, things are going to get worse sooner or later. It will be better for you if you leave rather than being forced out.

You need to make some decisions about which of the things you like about your situation you would be willing to give up for a better job. That will tell you what to do next. Maybe the answer is to hold out for a better position within your current organization, although the chances don't sound good. You may need to take a salary cut to find a local position that's better for you. You may need to move. You may even need to change careers entirely.

The key is to make your own decisions and not allow others to force them on you. There are a lot of factors you can't control. Focus on the ones you can. And don't stay in a bad situation with the hope that everything will work out the way you want it to.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

That is a life well spent.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

G.

That is a cute puppy!

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

I gather that to get a London cab license you have to pass a test that requires you to know pretty much every street, alley, and major building in the city. I can't imagine how long it would take to get all of that into your head.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Overall this hurts Trump more than his opponent. It's almost liking winning the vote is not how he expects to become president.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 118 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

GPS was life-changing. (Yes, I am that old.) It used to be necessary to find printed maps of wherever you were going, which wasn't always easy. Then you had to figure out a route. The hardest part was often the last bit of the trip, since you weren't likely to have a detailed map of your destination city. An if you got lost, figuring out where you were was sometimes quite difficult.

People tend to think of it as mostly affecting longer trips, but finding new addresses in a city was at least as much of an issue. When I lived in the bay area I had a Thomas guide that was 3/4" of an inch thick, just for finding my way around town.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

We can only be grateful that cats also have a great sense of humor. It's why they put up with us.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in favor of using whatever you already have on hand.

 

A trebuchet builds trust.

"I wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw him."

"That will no longer be a problem."

 

I am experiencing a technical issue that I can't even explain, let alone fix.

Short Version: My laptop's video link to our television regularly drops out for 10-15 seconds when anyone steps too heavily on a particular area of the floor.

Long Version (because I don't know which details might matter):

My wife and I regularly participate in video meetings with friends, so we have a setup for it in our living room. My laptop serves as the computer. It is connected to a Thunderbolt 4 hub on a side table to the left of my easy chair.

There is a video adapter connected to the hub. 20' HDMI and USB cables run along a wall to the left of the table to connect the hub to the television and the camera that's mounted on it (Logitech Brio 4K). Another 20' USB cable runs behind the chair and forward along the right side where it connects to a microphone (Logitech Yeti X). The microphone is on another small table that extends out into the room just in front of the chair arm.

My wife uses an easy chair immediately to the right of mine. The microphone wire runs between the chairs, but does not touch either. None of the cabling or devices are in front of, behind, or to the right of that chair.

The problem is that when my wife gets up, the tv picture often goes black for 10-15 seconds. The television indicates that it no longer has a signal during that time. Then the picture comes back and things return to normal. During that time, the camera and microphone both continue to work normally.

The drop-out happens when she puts weight on the floor immediately in front of the chair, not when she puts pressure on the chair to get up.

Occasionally the drop-out will happen when one of our dogs (50-75 pounds) jumps down from the chair onto the same area or when someone walks across the area. The section of floor where this happens is no more than a couple of feet square, starting at the front of the chair and extending out in to the room. There are no cables or wires in the immediate vicinity on the floor and there is no electrical wiring under that section of floor.

We have speculated about static electricity, but there is no obvious way it would get into the microphone wiring across at least an 18" gap. I also replaced the microphone's USB cable with one that is better shielded, which made no difference.

So what could cause the video signal to drop-out when someone puts weight on a section of the floor with no apparent connection to any part of the system?

Any theories or suggestions would be welcome. We are genuinely mystified.

 

Is there any way to disable auto-play in Voyager? Video plays automatically even in the feed. I would rather nothing played without me telling it to. I feel like there must be a setting, but I can't find it.

 

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but I've been struggling with this for a while and would love any suggestions or info.

I live in the US, but I've had an account with Amazon Japan for years. The last few times I've tried to use it I have been unable to login.

I follow the same sequence every time. The site recognizes my login, but tells me I need to change my password and send me one-time code by email. When I enter that it tells me there is a problem with my account and I need to solve a puzzle. When I enter my solution to the puzzle I get a message that there was a problem connecting to the verification server.

I have been through this at least a dozen times over three sessions and a period of several months. The sequence is the same every time.

I have also tried to create a new account, but that also asks me to solve the puzzle and I run into the same error.

I would like to contact Amazon Japan about this, but you have to log in to contact their support.

Has anyone been able to use Amazon Japan from the US recently? Does anyone have suggestions for how to fix this or what might be causing it? Are the any other ways to contact Amazon Japan?

I would be grateful for any help.

 

I keep getting popups saying that I need to be logged in to do various things. I have never logged out and I don't see an obvious way to log back in. Is there one?

I have found that switching to another instance and switching back seems to work, but there must be a better method.

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