My phone will not charge complaint thread

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    hmm 2- percents coupie,  mixed complaints, cuz is gonna make me spend money

    need to save for ssd drives

  • kyoto kid said:

    ...OK think I found what needed to be changing however, not only is the ready to download tab empty (which I expected), but the items I downloaded do not show up back in the Ready to Download tab. Furthermore, the sort order selection no longer works in the Installed tab as no matter what option I select, everything remains in the "A - Z" order. 

    So I now have about ten products in limbo which show up in the folder in D yet which I am unable to install.  Restarting the DIM does not fix this either. Not about to install these by hand as some are older content and not sure if it has to go into the main Daz library por the Poser runtime considering all the file updates that have been done over the years.

    ETA

    Well got the installed tab order selection fixed and found some of the missing downloads there (though not actually installed when I checked the Daz programme) however it doesn't show any data for anything that already has been previously installed at all so determining which files need to be installed and which ones are have already installed is still a bit of a pain.  Not going to uninstall and reinstall over 3,500 files just to figure this out.  This is so bloody broken.

    ETA2 

    About to tear what is left of my hair out after all this still getting multiple "download failed" errors. What is worse is the process monitor keeps running ad nauseum, indicating the DIM is "currently busy" even though I haven't instructed it to do anything.

    Ever since I had that bout of weirdness where it wouldn't let me sign in because an update put the .ini file in the wrong location I've been dealing with this kind of rubbish.

    ETA 3

    Well after about three and a half hours wrestling with this rubbish I finally think I got things to work properly.  Again a part of this has to do with changes to the Install settings interface which was changed with the previous update.  Seems what is called manifest backup is not where the actual files go but just data for the programme. Instead I had to go to the install tab to find where to route downloads to.  Very confusing and all of this frustration would never have occurred had the sign on routine not been broken after an update placed .the account ini and manifest JSON files in the wrong locations which caused subsequent updates that occurred afterwards to delete my preferences and settings each time.

    Crikey I gave up debugging software decades ago.

    Hoping there isn't another DIM update for a while.

    The manifests folder is for the manifests - the files that list where DIM has placed files. That has always been the case, the previous DIM update just gave us a way to chnage its location through the UI (rather than editing the .ini file). As I recall you had issues with your .ini file, that may well be the root of most of your issues.

  • Business Day 5 of a ticket I opened about my PC+ membership. I have gotten no response beyond the intial "Thank you for Contacting Daz3D" email. I thought there was a way to add information/queries to the ticket, but if there is, I can't find the option when I'm looking at the still open ticket.

    So that means I don't get PC+ discounts, which means I won't bother using the 20% off coupon code that expires at Daz midnight tonight, and--if CS isn't able to fix it by Friday--I lose out on my October "Save $6 on $18+" coupon. 

    Grumble, grumble...Goes off to work on Halloween/Renfaire costume.

     

  • Mystarra said:

    is this for real?

    Hubble Space Telescope snaps smiley-shaped cluster of galaxies

     

    is so creepy lookin

     

    Compared to the "Eye Of Sauron"?  

    Hubble image of area around star named Fomalhaut: "Eye Of Sauron": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomalhaut

    EyeOfSauron.jpg
    1684 x 800 - 193K
  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,441
    edited October 2019

    Non-complaint:  Wheee.  New SSD for my 2nd old desktop, has arrived.  Still waiting for the adapter to permit mounting it into a 3.5 inch hard drive slot.  Should arrive tomorrow.  It is an 8 or 9 year old system but was upgraded with a 500GB hard drive about 5 years ago and upgraded to Win10 about a year ago.   I'm hoping the 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD replacing the old 500GB hard drive will perform the same magic for this desktop as it did for my laptop. smiley  It it works, and if the fans hold out and the motherboard doesn't die, this computer could provide another 4 or 5 years of useful service at reasonable speed for basic stuff.

    'Nother non-complaint:  Wheee. I found someone to drive me to the laundromat.  My clothes are clean again.  Yay! smiley

    Still yet another non-complaint:  On the way back from the laundromat, we stopped at the local fruit market and I picked up my Halloween pumpkin and I talked them down 40%. devil

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 1,904

    He's watching as all...

  • it is still tuesday...

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,173
    Mystarra said:

    is this for real?

    Hubble Space Telescope snaps smiley-shaped cluster of galaxies

     

    is so creepy lookin

     

    The effects of a gravity lens.  Most likely, the two "eyes" cause the gravity lens.  The "curved" galaxy is behind the lens, so it's appearance is distorted.  This isn't the first time, nor will it be the last, such distortions are seen.  I saw one image a few years ago, where the galaxy being lensed was mutliplied by four...it showed a partial arc, four times, like a design that repeats around the lens, one in each "corner", so to speak.  This is very interesting stuff!

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    TigerAnne said:

    He's watching as all...

  • i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,441
    edited October 2019

    I've grown more sensitive to salt as I get older.  I rarely put salt on anything.  Lots of pepper, but rarely salt.

    HOWEVER, that being said.  I get a large enough ration of salt from canned vegetables and frozen dinners.indecision

    But to "ice the cake"... I had a mini-adventure today and was taken to the laundromat.  Between washing & drying I walked over to Burger King (only place open for breakfast within walking distance of the laundromat) and had breakfast and my month's ration of salt.surprise  OMG, how can those egg/biscuit things be so salty?  And those little potato fritter thingies (look like fried, double-thick nickels) actually "smell" like salt, (if that's even possible) you can taste the salt before the thing even gets into your mouth.surprise  Ugh, never again breakfast at Burger King!no  I'd much rather have a McDonald's Egg McMuffin and a glass of orange juice, which are about the only edible thing there that won't kill me.  And even that is risky.

    It is, I think, worthwhile to note that this area of the country (western NY State and North western PA loves it's salt.  All restaurant dishes are loaded with sugar and salt.  It's a "thing" around here.  Also, it should be noted that the average shape of people around here is something between a barrel and a basketball, and diabetes is rampant.  Go figure!indecision  I've seen simple colored maps of health issues in the US and this area seems to get the darkest colors.  Green acres, country air and farm livin'.frown

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675
    edited October 2019
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...

    Post edited by chaynawolfsmoon on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...

    thank you

    was having a panic attack, worried you'd keel over with a heart attack

    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932
    Mystarra said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...OK think I found what needed to be changing however, not only is the ready to download tab empty (which I expected), but the items I downloaded do not show up back in the Ready to Download tab. Furthermore, the sort order selection no longer works in the Installed tab as no matter what option I select, everything remains in the "A - Z" order. 

    So I now have about ten products in limbo which show up in the folder in D yet which I am unable to install.  Restarting the DIM does not fix this either. Not about to install these by hand as some are older content and not sure if it has to go into the main Daz library por the Poser runtime considering all the file updates that have been done over the years.

    ETA

    Well got the installed tab order selection fixed and found some of the missing downloads there (though not actually installed when I checked the Daz programme) however it doesn't show any data for anything that already has been previously installed at all so determining which files need to be installed and which ones are have already installed is still a bit of a pain.  Not going to uninstall and reinstall over 3,500 files just to figure this out.  This is so bloody broken.

    ETA2 

    About to tear what is left of my hair out after all this still getting multiple "download failed" errors. What is worse is the process monitor keeps running ad nauseum, indicating the DIM is "currently busy" even though I haven't instructed it to do anything.

    Ever since I had that bout of weirdness where it wouldn't let me sign in because an update put the .ini file in the wrong location I've been dealing with this kind of rubbish.

    ETA 3

    Well after about three and a half hours wrestling with this rubbish I finally think I got things to work properly.  Again a part of this has to do with changes to the Install settings interface which was changed with the previous update.  Seems what is called manifest backup is not where the actual files go but just data for the programme. Instead I had to go to the install tab to find where to route downloads to.  Very confusing and all of this frustration would never have occurred had the sign on routine not been broken after an update placed .the account ini and manifest JSON files in the wrong locations which caused subsequent updates that occurred afterwards to delete my preferences and settings each time.

    Crikey I gave up debugging software decades ago.

    Hoping there isn't another DIM update for a while.

    DIM

    dimension of sight and sound and mind, a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity.

    ...sort of felt like I was in the Twilight Zone last night.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    I've grown more sensitive to salt as I get older.  I rarely put salt on anything.  Lots of pepper, but rarely salt.

    HOWEVER, that being said.  I get a large enough ration of salt from canned vegetables and frozen dinners.indecision

    But to "ice the cake"... I had a mini-adventure today and was taken to the laundromat.  Between washing & drying I walked over to Burger King (only place open for breakfast within walking distance of the laundromat) and had breakfast and my month's ration of salt.surprise  OMG, how can those egg/biscuit things be so salty?  And those little potato fritter thingies (look like fried, double-thick nickels) actually "smell" like salt, (if that's even possible) you can taste the salt before the thing even gets into your mouth.surprise  Ugh, never again breakfast at Burger King!no  I'd much rather have a McDonald's Egg McMuffin and a glass of orange juice, which are about the only edible thing there that won't kill me.  And even that is risky.

    It is, I think, worthwhile to note that this area of the country (western NY State and North western PA loves it's salt.  All restaurant dishes are loaded with sugar and salt.  It's a "thing" around here.  Also, it should be noted that the average shape of people around here is something between a barrel and a basketball, and diabetes is rampant.  Go figure!indecision  I've seen simple colored maps of health issues in the US and this area seems to get the darkest colors.  Green acres, country air and farm livin'.frown

    and that intense salt taste in mouth stays a long time.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932
    edited October 2019
    kyoto kid said:

    ...OK think I found what needed to be changing however, not only is the ready to download tab empty (which I expected), but the items I downloaded do not show up back in the Ready to Download tab. Furthermore, the sort order selection no longer works in the Installed tab as no matter what option I select, everything remains in the "A - Z" order. 

    So I now have about ten products in limbo which show up in the folder in D yet which I am unable to install.  Restarting the DIM does not fix this either. Not about to install these by hand as some are older content and not sure if it has to go into the main Daz library por the Poser runtime considering all the file updates that have been done over the years.

    ETA

    Well got the installed tab order selection fixed and found some of the missing downloads there (though not actually installed when I checked the Daz programme) however it doesn't show any data for anything that already has been previously installed at all so determining which files need to be installed and which ones are have already installed is still a bit of a pain.  Not going to uninstall and reinstall over 3,500 files just to figure this out.  This is so bloody broken.

    ETA2 

    About to tear what is left of my hair out after all this still getting multiple "download failed" errors. What is worse is the process monitor keeps running ad nauseum, indicating the DIM is "currently busy" even though I haven't instructed it to do anything.

    Ever since I had that bout of weirdness where it wouldn't let me sign in because an update put the .ini file in the wrong location I've been dealing with this kind of rubbish.

    ETA 3

    Well after about three and a half hours wrestling with this rubbish I finally think I got things to work properly.  Again a part of this has to do with changes to the Install settings interface which was changed with the previous update.  Seems what is called manifest backup is not where the actual files go but just data for the programme. Instead I had to go to the install tab to find where to route downloads to.  Very confusing and all of this frustration would never have occurred had the sign on routine not been broken after an update placed .the account ini and manifest JSON files in the wrong locations which caused subsequent updates that occurred afterwards to delete my preferences and settings each time.

    Crikey I gave up debugging software decades ago.

    Hoping there isn't another DIM update for a while.

    The manifests folder is for the manifests - the files that list where DIM has placed files. That has always been the case, the previous DIM update just gave us a way to chnage its location through the UI (rather than editing the .ini file). As I recall you had issues with your .ini file, that may well be the root of most of your issues.

    ...yeah I finally discovered that   There really should have been a "readme" that covered the UI changes.

    As to the issue with .ini, I keep fixing it but each subsequent update breaks it again as well as pugging the manifest JSON file on my desktop instead of where it needs to go.  Not sure why this keeps happening. The last two updates were more like new installs as all the settings were back to the basic defaults.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...

    thank you

    was having a panic attack, worried you'd keel over with a heart attack

    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

    well if i suddenly disappear... it's probably because i got distracted by something new and shiny!

  • kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...OK think I found what needed to be changing however, not only is the ready to download tab empty (which I expected), but the items I downloaded do not show up back in the Ready to Download tab. Furthermore, the sort order selection no longer works in the Installed tab as no matter what option I select, everything remains in the "A - Z" order. 

    So I now have about ten products in limbo which show up in the folder in D yet which I am unable to install.  Restarting the DIM does not fix this either. Not about to install these by hand as some are older content and not sure if it has to go into the main Daz library por the Poser runtime considering all the file updates that have been done over the years.

    ETA

    Well got the installed tab order selection fixed and found some of the missing downloads there (though not actually installed when I checked the Daz programme) however it doesn't show any data for anything that already has been previously installed at all so determining which files need to be installed and which ones are have already installed is still a bit of a pain.  Not going to uninstall and reinstall over 3,500 files just to figure this out.  This is so bloody broken.

    ETA2 

    About to tear what is left of my hair out after all this still getting multiple "download failed" errors. What is worse is the process monitor keeps running ad nauseum, indicating the DIM is "currently busy" even though I haven't instructed it to do anything.

    Ever since I had that bout of weirdness where it wouldn't let me sign in because an update put the .ini file in the wrong location I've been dealing with this kind of rubbish.

    ETA 3

    Well after about three and a half hours wrestling with this rubbish I finally think I got things to work properly.  Again a part of this has to do with changes to the Install settings interface which was changed with the previous update.  Seems what is called manifest backup is not where the actual files go but just data for the programme. Instead I had to go to the install tab to find where to route downloads to.  Very confusing and all of this frustration would never have occurred had the sign on routine not been broken after an update placed .the account ini and manifest JSON files in the wrong locations which caused subsequent updates that occurred afterwards to delete my preferences and settings each time.

    Crikey I gave up debugging software decades ago.

    Hoping there isn't another DIM update for a while.

    The manifests folder is for the manifests - the files that list where DIM has placed files. That has always been the case, the previous DIM update just gave us a way to chnage its location through the UI (rather than editing the .ini file). As I recall you had issues with your .ini file, that may well be the root of most of your issues.

    ...yeah I finally discovered that   There really should have been a "readme" that covered the UI changes.

    As to the issue with .ini, I keep fixing it but each subsequent update breaks it again as well as pugging the manifest JSON file on my desktop instead of where it needs to go.  Not sure why this keeps happening. The last two updates were more like new installs as all the settings were back to the basic defaults.

    That isn't something the updates do, it suggests an issue on your system somewhere (losing the ini file will, temporarily, lose the manifests and downloads if theya re not in the default location).

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932

    I've grown more sensitive to salt as I get older.  I rarely put salt on anything.  Lots of pepper, but rarely salt.

    HOWEVER, that being said.  I get a large enough ration of salt from canned vegetables and frozen dinners.indecision

    But to "ice the cake"... I had a mini-adventure today and was taken to the laundromat.  Between washing & drying I walked over to Burger King (only place open for breakfast within walking distance of the laundromat) and had breakfast and my month's ration of salt.surprise  OMG, how can those egg/biscuit things be so salty?  And those little potato fritter thingies (look like fried, double-thick nickels) actually "smell" like salt, (if that's even possible) you can taste the salt before the thing even gets into your mouth.surprise  Ugh, never again breakfast at Burger King!no  I'd much rather have a McDonald's Egg McMuffin and a glass of orange juice, which are about the only edible thing there that won't kill me.  And even that is risky.

    It is, I think, worthwhile to note that this area of the country (western NY State and North western PA loves it's salt.  All restaurant dishes are loaded with sugar and salt.  It's a "thing" around here.  Also, it should be noted that the average shape of people around here is something between a barrel and a basketball, and diabetes is rampant.  Go figure!indecision  I've seen simple colored maps of health issues in the US and this area seems to get the darkest colors.  Green acres, country air and farm livin'.frown

    ...same here. I do my best to get low or no sodium products which tend to be more expensive as they usually are found in the Organic/Natural food section of the market. Interesting, paying more for less:  No salt, no chemical preservatives, no antibiotics, no GMOs, no growth hormones, it sounds oddly Orwellian.

    I do my best to shun fast food places these days, partly because of all the added salt in everything (surprised it isn't in the drinks). I know they would hate it it when I would order fries without salt, because they have had to make up a fresh batch, but that's the breaks.

    I'll never go back to BK either.  The last time I did was one of my recent Tuesday game nights at the game shop.  I specifically requested no mayo, mentioning that I have an allergy to egg yolks.  When I got back to the game store, and unwrapped the burger, I discovered they put mayo on it anyway so I had to walk all the way back to get them to make a new one (which I checked while I was still at the counter).  I also mentioned to both the person at the counter and the manager that while my allergy is mild (though still not very pleasant), some people have more serious reactions to such ingredients, so when they say "no" it means "no."

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932
    Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...

    thank you

    was having a panic attack, worried you'd keel over with a heart attack

    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

    ...it's also the nitrate based preservatives as well. When I do buy something like bacon or sausage I always get the "uncured" variety (again more expensive for the same reason I mentioned above) as it is in the commercial curing process where the extra salt and nitrate preservatives are added.  Because of this it doesn't have as long a "shelf life" so when I buy it, I generally use it within the next few days, and/or freeze any remainder.  The other benefit, no growth hormones or antibiotics which are also not good for us.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,047
    Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...


    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

    Another far less recognized silent killer is Ninja Hamster Assassins... very quiet and eventually very deadly... if there are enough of them and you are a very heavy sleeper you could be dead within a week or so... if they really work at it.  
    In 2018 the US Department of Health and Humanoid Services rated death by Ninja Hamster Assassins as the 398,756th most silliest manner of death experienced by as many as five Americans since 1956... in fact it beat out death by sharp carrots and dachshund attacks for the first time since 1972.

    You can prevent this silent killer by avoiding falling asleep on the floor or on piles of alfalfa pellets.

    The more you know...

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    McGyver said:
    Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...


    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

    Another far less recognized silent killer is Ninja Hamster Assassins... very quiet and eventually very deadly... if there are enough of them and you are a very heavy sleeper you could be dead within a week or so... if they really work at it.  
    In 2018 the US Department of Health and Humanoid Services rated death by Ninja Hamster Assassins as the 398,756th most silliest manner of death experienced by as many as five Americans since 1956... in fact it beat out death by sharp carrots and dachshund attacks for the first time since 1972.

    You can prevent this silent killer by avoiding falling asleep on the floor or on piles of alfalfa pellets.

    The more you know...

    silent

    til you hear the squeak of their exercise wheel smiley

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    it very amazing how hamsters know what the wheel is for and how to use it
    without an instruction manual

    is like duck ponds
    ducks know how to read the signs and know the pond is for them?

    swans crash the duck party at babylon duck pond

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,441
    edited October 2019
    Mystarra said:

    it very amazing how hamsters know what the wheel is for and how to use it
    without an instruction manual

    is like duck ponds
    ducks know how to read the signs and know the pond is for them?

    swans crash the duck party at babylon duck pond

    Popular opinion is that swans are high class.  i.e. the "Beautiful People" of bird society.  Really they're just geese with good bone structure and complexion.  Kinda like the "Best Looking Couple" in your highschool yearbook.  Piss them off and they're just as mean & nasty as all the rest of the geese in the class.indecision  

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  • Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:
    i never owned an iron or been to a dry cleaners. . think the flat side goes down

    Unless you're using it for self defense, in which case the edges have some decent stopping power.

    Chohole said:
    scorpio said:
    Gogger said:
    Chohole said:
    Mystarra said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...it's too bad the dress isn't available here.  It is over at Rendo, but it's for V4.

    you know the name?  i been searching for it

    thanks.

     

    i never owned an iron or been to a dry cleaners. . think the flat side goes down

    Curiosity:  How do you pronounce "iron"?   i-earn or i-rahn or i-run ?

    Also Curiosity: How do you pronounce "bury"? boory or berry or barry?

    And for god's sake why do the British pronounce "clerk" as clahrk?  Just STOP IT!devil  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BjKS1-vjPs

    English is one of our native languages,  we will pronounce it as we want to  

     

    So, when you say English are you pronouncing it "Ehn-glish", "EEN-glish", "Anglish", or...?    ;)
    The British saying Pizza as "Peazer" just KILLS me! HA HA HA HA!

    Full disclosure, I lived in England for four years. I've seen, and heard, a thing or two.  :)

    Really depends on which part of England you are from, I would pronounce all of those very differently to someone from Chohole's area.

    Aye,  and even different again from where I used to live before retiring up here.   I actually have what a canadian (quebecois) friend says is a generic English accent.  Locals from this area would at first just say, with a puzzled look  "that's not a Welsh accent"    but wouldn't try to guess where we did come from.  

    That seems odd.  Did they expect that the only people there today would be those who were born there?

    Complaint:  On my old computer I've been running DAZ Studio 4.9 for a looong time, but  I just downloaded and installed DAZ Studio4.12 on my new machine.sad

      Sub-complaint #1: During the process of downloading and installing, the splash screens declared in big bold numbers that it was DAZ Studio 4.11 but when Studio actually starts running is says "Hi!  I'm Studio 4.12surprisefrown  Lame and unprofessional.cheeky

      Sub-complaint #2: Am I the only person who keeps two login accounts on their computer, a "Privileged account ("Admin") and a standard user account ("User")? 

    No of course not.  Those who do what you're doing will avoid 99% of all Ransomware.

    DanaTA said:
    Mystarra said:

    so far castor oil not helping with the floater at all
    but the skin around my eyes feels better, not feeling dry tightness

    Floaters are inside your eye.  How can putting oil on the outside of your eye make  difference at all?  You shouldn't believe everything you see on the web.  In fact, probably a good portion of it is not trustworthy.

    Dana

    Amen to what he said.  Floaters are INSIDE your eye.  See your eye doctor.  Most floaters are normal, but if you're not seeing well, then SEE YOUR EYE DOCTOR.

    I'll ask it another way.  Is it getting better without seeing your eye doctor?

    Am I the only person that isn't interested in halloween stuff? I not a fan of being scared or creeped out at all. Maybe I'm weird. Well I know I'm weird but in a quirky and delightful way that makes people go "awww she's cute".

    Love Halloween here.  Some of the kids in my neighborhood are looking to be scared.  Once I had my pet werewolf sitting next to me on the porch.  She sat very very still until a kid got close, then she would stand up and take a step toward them.  Hilarity would ensue, of course.  Except once when an eight year old boy peeked around the corner, walked right up to her, held out his hand and said "Hi!"

    Playing her part to a tee, my werewolf friend dropped her head and shoulders and gave out a perfectly dejected dog wimper.  Werewolves get sad when the scare fails!

    Another one a little while later, this time a little girl, looked like she was going to be really scared by my fierce werewolf, dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt, with a really viscious and hairy face.  My friend (a dog lover when she's not playing werewolf) read the situation perfectly and scratched herself behind the ear just like dogs do.  The little girl started laughing, candy got passed around, and a minor tragedy was avoided.

    I love Halloween, in some ways better than Christmas.  Plus, it's a one-day holiday, with no aires to put on.

      too soon for thriller yet

     

    been to eye dr, she can treat the edema, inj shrinks the blood vessels.
    but nothing for floaters or retina tissue.  on my own with those.

    Well at least you're doing something about it now.  Anything is probably better than "same", right?

    Mystarra said:

    does tuna count as a meat?

    cuz if it does i'se not vegetarian

    Fish eat bugs and smaller fish.  So all fish counts as meat.

    Now cows, on the other hand, eat grass and straw.  So cows are vegetarians.  Therefore, I submit to you that eating a nicely textured porterhouse is probably a lot closer to being vegetarian than eating tuna.  Am I right?

    Mystarra said:

    i cant find a whats this hair thread

    The lighting makes part of her chest look caved in.

    Mystarra said:

    lol  misread Stellan Lounge  as  Stallion Lounge 
    was woohooing and wooting before i realized my error
    sometimes i think i'se a gay man trapped in the body of a woman. 
    gettin all worked up to woohooing and wooting for silliness daz contents

    sometimes i think i'm a straight woman trapped in the body of a gay woman considering my obsession of finding the perfect male daz model.

    what is awkward is how much my gf gets into helping me find him. as she put it: we are in a search for mr right-now.

    that sent us laughing for a quite a while.

    The questions you both need to ask:

    Can he cook?

    Can he clean?

    Can he clean the fish before he cooks it?

    Can he shoot a buck for when the fishing is bad?

    Can he grow the vegetables to serve with the fish?

    Can he figure out how soap and water work?  (bonus points if he can actually make the soap)

    Can he dress himself without looking like a clown or a pauper?

    Can he fix the car?  (bonus points if he has figured out how to get somebody ELSE to fix the car)

    Can he pay for the car?  And insurance?

    Can he take his lady out dancing?

    And the most important question:

    Can he be taught to put the seat down when he's done?

    (questions as submitted by one of my former girlfriends)

    Mystarra said:

    non complaint

    gosh she's pretty   https://www.daz3d.com/layla-for-genesis-3-8-female

    ...and this looks like the girlfriend who submitted those questions!

    And yes, I can do all that stuff.  Although it's been a long time since I've had need to clean a fish or shoot a buck.  wink

    Chohole said:
    Mystarra said:

    sometimes i feel lonely supporting 'where possible' supporting g8 in carrara.

    as long as it doesn't have rigid bits,
    is pretty easy to make a blended weight version of an outfit.
    or save a daz default shader for anything.

    i'm at my day job, cant install ds to whip out a blended weight version.

    can't play with the outfit til i get home.  what fun is that?   not supposed to has fun at work?

      at work one is supposed to be working.  

    Yes, I caution everybody about this.  Your work might have rules that can get you fired if you're caught doing work that's not associated with the business.  Don't lose your job over this hobby!

    the eyes of my model in my latest render seem to be falling out of, or into, her head. i'm sure no one will notice...

    Dark sunglasses.

    kyoto kid said:

    ...follow up 'plaint.  The bureaucratic nightmare seems to have passed into the realm of the absurd. seems every time I talk to one or the other I learn new information that should have been given to me up front months ago until after the fact.  None of agencies I've been dealing with say they can do anything but keeps passing the buck and claiming the other can.  I even learned one department sent me erroneous information and that there is nothing they can, or will do about it.  

    So, I decided to step on the buck and do something.  I called my Senator's office, leaving a voicemail as the person I need to speak to who handles cases like this is currently in a meeting.

    I'm almost at the state that I want to punch a wall or something but I know that would not be very healthy for the wall or particularly, my hand.

    ETA.

    What is really irritating is that between yesterday and today this runaround has used up 242 minutes of my 250 minute limit on my calling plan.  

    Need to go get some strong coffee. maybe a quad americano.

    We all have to deal with administrative and fussy things.  This is especially necessary when trying to get money that is not yours.  If you were coming to me for money that was not yours, I sure would make it difficult too.  It's not personal, of course; it's just business. 

    But for you, I suggest being ready to go into battle at any time.  Luckily for you, your weapons are mostly the phone, online forms, and letters.  No ordinance or ammunition needed!  So start by making sure that the cell phone plan will allow the proper prosecution of any skirmishes you might find yourself in.

    Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    the eyes of my model in my latest render seem to be falling out of, or into, her head. i'm sure no one will notice...

    yeah but now that yoyu mentioned it.  it gonna be the first thing i look at   lol

    do you include a comic relief character in your stories?

    I'm trying to retool my character. I can't seem to grasp how to make Look At Me eyes work. So I may have to go a more traditional route.

    Some stories I have characters for comic relief. Usually, its a guy with a duck.

     

    Add-On Complaint: I had to pull some poison Ivy off my deck. Even if none of it touched me I'll probably end up with psychosomatic poison ivy rash.

    cabbages?

    thinking of the cabbage cart guy in last air bender

    "My cabbages!"

    "My cabbage corporation!"

    DanaTA said:
    McGyver said:

    My local supermarket is so bad at being a supermarket... There used to be a terrible supermarket nearby that went out of business recently, and once they did, the supermarket that I shop at, which wasn't so bad at the time, decided to take up the mantle of terriblest supermarket... they are constantly out of stuff (it's like a friggin' Glasnost Soviet grocery store half the time), they stopped carrying half the good stuff they used to and their fruits and vegetables are like the suckiest... and then there is stuff like this...

    I'll let you figure out what's wrong there...

     

    Looks like that freezer has gone through at least one or more thaw-freeze cycles...hopefully that is new stock!

    How do the dogs get the stuff out of that cup?  And...just what is that original flavor?   

    Dana

    They get it out the same way you would if you had a snout.  Stick the snout in and lick away!

    McGyver said:
    DanaTA said:
    McGyver said:

    My local supermarket is so bad at being a supermarket... There used to be a terrible supermarket nearby that went out of business recently, and once they did, the supermarket that I shop at, which wasn't so bad at the time, decided to take up the mantle of terriblest supermarket... they are constantly out of stuff (it's like a friggin' Glasnost Soviet grocery store half the time), they stopped carrying half the good stuff they used to and their fruits and vegetables are like the suckiest... and then there is stuff like this...

    I'll let you figure out what's wrong there...

     

    Looks like that freezer has gone through at least one or more thaw-freeze cycles...hopefully that is new stock!

    How do the dogs get the stuff out of that cup?  And...just what is that original flavor?   

    Dana

    At this place customers tend to stand in front of the freezers with the doors open thinking about what they want to purchase... the glass is clear type... not stained glass telling the tale of the great grocery crusades, or that opaque black obsidian glass that's been very popular lately... no... regular clear glass... I watch people open the glass door to do their thinking... so it frosts up, but since these freezers are new, they cool quickly too... doing that 9,000 times a day makes the popular freezers a frickin' mess.

    I doubt it.  Modern freezer cases have ongoing defrost features.  Without letting the food thaw.

    McGyver said:

    I'm assuming the dogs get the frosty paws out by eating the container and pooping out the cardboard... just a guess though... also I'm assuming that "original flavor" is something like Primordial Soup... that's a really original flavor, some say it's the originalest flavor... yeech... the way I just said that... I sounded like... never mind.

    Um, no.

    Complaintous Non-complaint:  Wheee... I've finally designed and scheduled my new backup plan for important stuff onto my new 4TB hard drive on my OLD computer.  It started last night at 6:00 PM and finished just now at 8:00 PM.  26 hours!  But now that a complete "full" file set has been written, the subsequent "partials" shouldn't take nearly as long.  The new hard drive is USB3.1 with a proper cable and serviced by a new USB3.1 interface card in my desktop.  My computer's memory is DDR3 the CPU is 3.1GHz, the internal system hard drive and the internal DAZ files drive are connected via SATA Why, does it take so long?  Is it compressing data?  Is it the overhead of dealing with gazillions of tiny DAZ files?   Is there a better backup application other than standard Win7 backup?

    OMG, seriously?  Yes.  All of them!

    During the backup process I used the computer for nothing else.   I just let it work on backup.  But I watched it and observed that it seemed to gather a buffer full of file data then write the buffer to the target drive, then fill the buffer again and write again.  It didn't look like it was doing much overlapping at all.

    I was surprised by this inefficiency because normally for the last several years, when I backed up my DAZ drive I would simply copy the hard drive, files from one disk to another with a standard copy/paste operation.  It didn't take nearly that long.  In fact I copied nearly the entire DAZ disk across my LAN to my new computer in only a few hours.  Is the Microsoft normal Windows backup utility really that bad?

    Yes it is.

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

    Well, let's see what your score is.  A score of zero is "average"...

    Starting score:  0

    • Nacho Doritos are delicious, but give you bad breath and will make your skin stink if you eat them all the time.  -1
    • Cheez-its.  Same thing.  -1
    • Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Nothing wrong here; nothing at all:  +5
    • Fake beef.  Are you a vegarian?  If so, that's responsible, so 0.  If not, -10.
    • Dry roasted peanuts.  This is being responsible; plus you're eating something that came out of the ground:  +2
    • Package of frozen pizza.  Not enough information given.  For example, was it a "deluxe" with all sorts of meat and veggies?  If so, +100.  Or was it cheese only?  If so, -5.  Extra pepperoni?  If so, +1,000 and you've got enough points to carry you through YEARS of Doritos!
    kyoto kid said:

    I've grown more sensitive to salt as I get older.  I rarely put salt on anything.  Lots of pepper, but rarely salt.

    HOWEVER, that being said.  I get a large enough ration of salt from canned vegetables and frozen dinners.indecision

    But to "ice the cake"... I had a mini-adventure today and was taken to the laundromat.  Between washing & drying I walked over to Burger King (only place open for breakfast within walking distance of the laundromat) and had breakfast and my month's ration of salt.surprise  OMG, how can those egg/biscuit things be so salty?  And those little potato fritter thingies (look like fried, double-thick nickels) actually "smell" like salt, (if that's even possible) you can taste the salt before the thing even gets into your mouth.surprise  Ugh, never again breakfast at Burger King!no  I'd much rather have a McDonald's Egg McMuffin and a glass of orange juice, which are about the only edible thing there that won't kill me.  And even that is risky.

    It is, I think, worthwhile to note that this area of the country (western NY State and North western PA loves it's salt.  All restaurant dishes are loaded with sugar and salt.  It's a "thing" around here.  Also, it should be noted that the average shape of people around here is something between a barrel and a basketball, and diabetes is rampant.  Go figure!indecision  I've seen simple colored maps of health issues in the US and this area seems to get the darkest colors.  Green acres, country air and farm livin'.frown

    ...same here. I do my best to get low or no sodium products which tend to be more expensive as they usually are found in the Organic/Natural food section of the market. Interesting, paying more for less:  No salt, no chemical preservatives, no antibiotics, no GMOs, no growth hormones, it sounds oddly Orwellian.

    I do my best to shun fast food places these days, partly because of all the added salt in everything (surprised it isn't in the drinks). I know they would hate it it when I would order fries without salt, because they have had to make up a fresh batch, but that's the breaks.

    I'll never go back to BK either.  The last time I did was one of my recent Tuesday game nights at the game shop.  I specifically requested no mayo, mentioning that I have an allergy to egg yolks.  When I got back to the game store, and unwrapped the burger, I discovered they put mayo on it anyway so I had to walk all the way back to get them to make a new one (which I checked while I was still at the counter).  I also mentioned to both the person at the counter and the manager that while my allergy is mild (though still not very pleasant), some people have more serious reactions to such ingredients, so when they say "no" it means "no."

    Some salt is actually good and needed.  And a pinch on chicken, beef, or fish is absolutely delish!  But that's only if you're not eating those Doritos every day...frown

    McGyver said:
    Mystarra said:
    Mystarra said:

    i went to the store to get food. i bought a bag of nacho doritos, a box of cheez-its, a pack of chocolate chip cookies, some fake beef, some dry roasted peanuts, and a package of frozen pizza.

    i'm fairly certain i fail at adulting...

     

    if yoy onlu knew what that sodium was doing to your kidneys.  

    i'm in my upper 50s and my kidneys cant process salt 
    doesnt just make your limbs retain water,
    also damages maculars in your eyes. and go blind.  macular edema 

    everyone tells you the danger of sugar.  the danger of sodium is like silence killer
    they sent me to specialists to tests my swollen legs, looking for blood clots, paying
    specialists fees and tests fees. 
     dr didn't mention  don't eat salt, until after all that money went flush

    well... i'm just going to drink water. and nothing else...


    another silent killer is deli meets.  bores head, all processed with as much fats and sodium and still call iy turkey.,  turkey deli meat is not much better than baloney 

    Another far less recognized silent killer is Ninja Hamster Assassins... very quiet and eventually very deadly... if there are enough of them and you are a very heavy sleeper you could be dead within a week or so... if they really work at it.  
    In 2018 the US Department of Health and Humanoid Services rated death by Ninja Hamster Assassins as the 398,756th most silliest manner of death experienced by as many as five Americans since 1956... in fact it beat out death by sharp carrots and dachshund attacks for the first time since 1972.

    You can prevent this silent killer by avoiding falling asleep on the floor or on piles of alfalfa pellets.

    The more you know...

    Hamsters are not effective assassins.  Their legs are too short and their big cheeks keep getting in the way!

    No no, the ones you have to be wary of are the spitting Llamas!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932
    edited October 2019

    ..yeah I can still do a number of those things on the list. save for:

    Fixing the carr as cars today are so computerised these days you need specialised (and expensive) equipment that only certified mechanics are allowed to have.  No more Saturday afternoon "driveway maintenance" sessions 

    Hunting & fishing, well as I no longer drive, those have become something of he past (and I used to bow hunt as well as enjoyed fly fishing).

    Dancing is pretty much off the list as well because of my arthritis, though I used to be pretty good in my day.

    I even used to be able to sew both machine and by hand (worked in a theatrical costume shop) however arthritis has made it extremely difficult these days. Can't even sew a button back on anymore.

    As to the last item, I even do so in public loos (provided it isn't extremely grody) and there is an ample supply of soap and towels.

    __________

    As to the bureaucratic battles, Yeah had an ace in y hand which I pulled and laid on the table (which I mentioned in one of my posts on the topic) and I moved up to the next tier on my phone plan that give me unlimited calling and 5 GB of data (only a 5$ difference).Wish I could trade off the texting for a discount because with my stiff painful fingers, I can create new codes the NSA probably can't break.  Oh, and a congressional ruling that was handed down changed it from being "money that isn't yours".

    __________

    ...Doritos, ugh, never touch rubbish like that anymore, haven't for a while.  Even the store brand crisps are too salty for my taste, though I do like Kettle Chips' "no salt" crisps and Ritz low salt crackers.

    When cooking I do use a pinch or so of salt, however today it seems many restaurants (particularly fast food chains) and mainstream food processing companies use a soup ladle as their basic unit of measure. 

     

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  • complaint: daz studio database. i hate you. i refused to fiddle with you anymore.

    someone create a better database that i can find what i need.

    i may have to take drastic measures and separate content into new folders so i don't spend all day looking for what i want. grumble grumble fume.

    in other news... it feels like fall... i feel the need to hypernate.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 40,932

    ...split yourself across two lines?  Wouldn't that be painful?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited October 2019
    kyoto kid said:

    ..yeah I can still do a number of those things on the list. save for:

    Fixing the carr as cars today are so computerised these days you need specialised (and expensive) equipment that only certified mechanics are allowed to have.  No more Saturday afternoon "driveway maintenance" sessions 

    Hunting & fishing, well as I no longer drive, those have become something of he past (and I used to bow hunt as well as enjoyed fly fishing).

    Dancing is pretty much off the list as well because of my arthritis, though I used to be pretty good in my day.

    I even used to be able to sew both machine and by hand (worked in a theatrical costume shop) however arthritis has made it extremely difficult these days. Can't even sew a button back on anymore.

    As to the last item, I even do so in public loos (provided it isn't extremely grody) and there is an ample supply of soap and towels.

    __________

    As to the bureaucratic battles, Yeah had an ace in y hand which I pulled and laid on the table (which I mentioned in one of my posts on the topic) and I moved up to the next tier on my phone plan that give me unlimited calling and 5 GB of data (only a 5$ difference).Wish I could trade off the texting for a discount because with my stiff painful fingers, I can create new codes the NSA probably can't break.  Oh, and a congressional ruling that was handed down changed it from being "money that isn't yours".

    __________

    ...Doritos, ugh, never touch rubbish like that anymore, haven't for a while.  Even the store brand crisps are too salty for my taste, though I do like Kettle Chips' "no salt" crisps and Ritz low salt crackers.

    When cooking I do use a pinch or so of salt, however today it seems many restaurants (particularly fast food chains) and mainstream food processing companies use a soup ladle as their basic unit of measure. 

     

    ninchuck hamster  lol 

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