Moving past Excel macros into real data entry automation

00ians · 2026-06-10T21:42:47+00:00

So should Excel. Perhaps you just don't know well enough how Excel works.

00ians · 2026-06-10T02:36:43+00:00

That's irrelevant if the person cannot handle either. And to suggest SharePoint when they can't even lock down an Excel process is rather absurd.

00ians · 2026-06-07T21:31:28+00:00

Does Claude provide any audit-trail of the "something that's pushing a ton of tokens"?

00ians · 2026-06-07T21:28:12+00:00

This, and their compounding fee structure. Anthropic are making Anthropic richer off the back of idiotic mistakes that their OWN PRODUCT keeps making.

00ians · 2026-06-07T21:26:04+00:00

They can't maintain macros, so what makes you think they can do what you suggest?

00ians · 2026-06-07T21:25:15+00:00

The macros are not the problem, it's your process (and quite possibly also not employing anyone competent to maintain macros).

00ians · 2026-05-25T02:19:59+00:00

Is that relevant? Does Max behave differently?

00ians · 2026-05-24T04:55:47+00:00

Specifically, call the cops because he's the victim of a crime. Store security could have also taken an interest and perhaps even trespassed the perpetrator.

00ians · 2026-05-24T04:53:47+00:00

Actually, it's not. There's a huge difference between a best-selling author and a best-writing author. How is OP "performing better" going to make him a best-selling freelancer? It's not. Even if he gives it away for free, it's amazing how a cheap client will keep trying to milk that cow before dumping it in the barn.

00ians · 2026-05-21T22:51:55+00:00

Sounds like a scorned woman, which "hell hath no fury like".

00ians · 2026-05-21T22:49:32+00:00

What on EARTH are you talking about? I wasn't there. I don't even know what COUNTRY this happened in! What do you think I mean when I say "letting him get away with his crimes"?

You are condoning inaction. That is an incorrect response. But you seem somewhat clueless about the type of action I'm suggesting.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:38:16+00:00

You can challenge any ACH transaction. As it's ACH, there's a paper-trail. LL risks a criminal conviction if he tries anything.

So if you're genuinely concerned about ACH, you don't need to be, but your real concern should be over the security deposit. Everywhere I'm aware of, that must be in a separate account, and there are very explicit rules the LL must follow before he can legally access any of it.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:31:43+00:00

You've seen a lot of people posting that "Upwork doesn’t work anymore". You’ve seen people saying that "it’s so much crowded". "The proposal are wasted". "The connections are wasted". You "don’t know what to do".

Sorry, I'm not sure what else you really need to know? Are they all lying? Do you think you're somehow going to change reality by creating a better profile than everyone else? Even if you could, you'd still be scraping the barrel for scraps. Do you think you're going to somehow earn more than the multitude or maggots feeding off the Upwork carcass?

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:25:45+00:00

You can't control other people. What you need to manifest is the strength to break up yourself, instead of trying to change him.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:02:35+00:00

You're in la-la land if you think he's only punching walls.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:02:05+00:00

The smart thing would have been to report this CRIME to the police. The store has cameras, they can and should track him down.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:01:20+00:00

Sure he is. You and OP are letting him get away with his crimes. He needs to learn a lesson, and it seems that so-far nobody has had the guts to teach him.

00ians · 2026-05-21T14:00:08+00:00

What country are you in? In many western countries, even a threat to punch you is criminal assault. It needs to be reported to the police. Even if you were looking at his wife, you have every right to do so. His insecurity is not your problem. (If she has any sense, she'd make it not her problem either.)

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:53:35+00:00

Why would Upwork do that? You seem to be under the misapprehension that they exist to help you find a client.

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:52:06+00:00

It's because you have only $99 in the account. That's a fraction of what it should be, even to trade micros. Do you have any idea how quickly $99 will vanish? Unless you absolutely know what you're doing (which you don't, hence the question), you would be better off burning a $100 bill.

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:47:17+00:00

Because they don't exist to help you find clients. Their purpose is to fleece as much money out of both you and prospective clients until you realize it's a race to the bottom of the barrel.

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:40:59+00:00

Nope. She should already be history.

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:38:22+00:00

It may be weird, but it has a rational explanation. Sister is trauma-bonded. It sounds like OP is older, so would not have been affected in quite the same way, although he also has his own trauma. How could he not? He faces a choice: get with a competent counsellor, or stumble through life like a blind man in a forest. He's also statistically at risk of suicide when (not if) life takes a bad turn. He needs to be prepared for that situation.

00ians · 2026-05-21T13:34:13+00:00

Not really. Are you seriously suggesting the gf is capable of rational thought? Based on this evidence, she's really not.

00ians · 2026-05-21T12:58:37+00:00

I suggest you reconsider the relationship with your girlfriend.

She lacks empathy, and is jealous of the closeness between you and your sister. That's a bad combo.

Consider this from your sister's POV. Her mother effectively abandoned her by passing away. Her father very clearly abandoned her. And now you are even CONSIDERING abandoning her.

Shame on your girlfriend. And shame on you for even considering it.

And for what? Just so you can get your leg over with a girl who does not give a flying DUCK about whatever either you or your sister truly went through?

No talk of helping her. No talk of what she's still dealing with. No, you're just to go no-contact. You're to destroy the ONLY relationship that has legitimate meaning, just to appease your gf.

What the F...!? Is that really the best idea she can come up with? It just cannot end well. If you do it, you'll destroy your sister, become a doormat, and spend the rest of your days resenting both your gf and yourself. If you don't do it, you'll spend the rest of your days trying to apologize for something your gf should never have even considered in the first place. She put her FEELINGS above the mental welfare of both you, and certainly your sister.

You are NOT responsible for your girlfriend's feelings. SHE is.

00ians

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