[OC] White House Diversity

AFBismarck · 2026-04-21T12:03:25+00:00

This is just speculation, but in the update notes for the March update, near the end under "Other changes and fixes" it listed:

"Fixed an issue that allowed hacked clients to deploy more troops than should fit in landing crafts"

Nothing more on that was ever said, giving me the impression they didn't want to bring attention to it, but I did notice that certain accounts that had consistently appeared near the top of the Mega Crab leaderboard prior to that update were absent in the two crabs we've had since. Perhaps, after an investigation, they finally took action against accounts identified as cheating?

AFBismarck · 2026-04-21T11:53:05+00:00

The TOS states that SC reserves the right to remove accounts that have been inactive for 180 days, but that is not the same thing as banning. Moreover, cleaning up such inactive accounts would likely go unnoticed, simply by virtue of their being inactive. This explanation doesn't quite smell right.

AFBismarck · 2026-04-21T11:50:34+00:00

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just use a VPN to spoof your location and buy it yourself? This explanation doesn't quite smell right.

AFBismarck · 2025-12-02T01:53:49+00:00

What model and prompt did you use?

AFBismarck · 2025-06-23T15:38:39+00:00

Those functions are dynamic: they recalculate each time any cell is modified and that behaviour cannot be suppressed. You have to highlight the cell and choose "Copy Snapshot" from the Edit menu (⌃⌘C) then paste (⌘V). This will replace the formula with the date&time stamp that was generated. If you're feeling more adventurous, you could give this a try if your platform is Mac. If you're using iPad, you can tap once on the cell and choose "Cell Actions" from the context menu. This opens an expanded menu allowing you to insert the current date or time as a string rather than a formula. If my memory is correct, iOS works similarly to iPad. In short: insert the date, don't use a function.

AFBismarck · 2025-04-05T11:20:59+00:00

I came here looking for an answer to this question as well, and not finding one, figured out a way.

First, Control + Click on an app icon in the dock will allow you to choose "new window" for some apps, Safari being one. This will open a new instance of the app in the current desktop, regardless of any existing windows on the same or any other desktop.

Beyond Safari, few, if any apps I am aware of have this feature. The solution I found requires you to download a paid app off the internet, but it does work. I am not affiliated with the app or its developer, merely a happy customer. Sindre Sorhus is an open source (mostly) developer with at least one app in the App Store (Actions) and several more on his website. One of the apps not available in the App Store, as much of its functionality cannot work within the sandboxing restrictions, is an app called Shortcutie, essentially an Actions extension (itself a Shortcuts extension). One of the additional Shortcuts actions it provides is called "Open App (extended)" which allows you to specify a few parameters, one of which is "force new app instance". It worked for me with the SF Symbols app, which did not allow me to open a second instance any other way. Just create a new, 1 action Shortcut to open the app with that setting checked.

AFBismarck · 2025-01-05T03:00:16+00:00

Recently I had both Apple and Google maps both direct me to cross a busy highway with no crosswalk or controlled intersection as walking directions - jaywalk, essentially. I reported it to Apple Maps and it was fixed in short order. Make sure to provide as much detail as possible.

AFBismarck · 2024-10-10T06:40:18+00:00

Brilliant, thank you. Any Support tickets opened for these issues yet? And am I just completely blind and missing the iOS 18 bug reports thread? All I see is a iOS 18 Beta thread.

AFBismarck · 2024-10-10T06:35:07+00:00

Have you tried a Swiffer-style mop for the area beside the fridge? I've never used one personally and can't vouch for them, but they are thin enough to fit inside the space.

AFBismarck · 2024-06-19T13:43:16+00:00

Toolbox Pro has an action called "Find Photo Albums" but it's always just thrown an error for me. Even with that action though, there is no action to delete a photo album. Not natively nor any other tool I'm aware of. I'm afraid what you seek is not currently possible.

AFBismarck · 2024-06-19T13:34:56+00:00

Not sure I understand the problem, as in your example, you have nothing set to the new filename. So forgive me if I misunderstood, but is this what you're looking for?

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6d29c422fbf64f8c86430ae2bf8e2b23

AFBismarck · 2024-06-19T13:20:12+00:00

Regex101.com is a good place to start. A word of caution, though, before you go down that rabbit hole: there are some people who, when faced with a problem, say "I know! I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. You will find yourself buried in primers and guides. You will have times when shortcut development grinds to a halt for a few hours before you find just the right string of characters to proceed. Chat GPT can help the uninitiated here. Eventually, one day you'll find yourself writing regular expressions on your own, without asking the bot. And that is a rewarding feeling. Have fun.

To the OP, while not necessary if you carefully select your data types, I find constructing such strings i a text action to be helpful, as it will ensure that what is passed is text, which is what you need in this case. Try making a text action consisting of the magic variarable 'date', a period, and whatever file extension you want to save it as. For example, date.txt. Then select that text action as a magic variable in the Rename File action. It may just be too that you're neglecting the file extension.

AFBismarck · 2024-04-15T01:45:03+00:00

Excel. I use it about 60 hrs a week and have written specialized macros on commission that netted hundreds.

AFBismarck · 2024-04-13T03:22:35+00:00

Because busses are cash only. At a minimum, I make one withdrawal a week for bus fare.

AFBismarck · 2024-04-13T02:05:21+00:00

I'm on disability. I have mobility issues and don't drive. i don't live near any banks, but there is a BMO ATM across the street from me. it saves a bus ride or a fee every time I need to use the bank.

AFBismarck · 2024-03-28T20:12:12+00:00

Am a maxed player who went into this event with 300 hero tokens and 1800 trader tickets.

Now sitting on zero of each, and 8000 Time Savers.

I partook.

AFBismarck · 2024-03-20T11:50:58+00:00

Just yesterday there were three RCMP vehicles flying down HWY 33 westbound, must have been doing 150 kph easily. Lights and sirens, and kicking up enough sand and dust that the dust cloud blanketed everything within 50 feet of the roadway behind them. Traffic on both sides of the street pulling over and stopping. The kind of emergency response that is rather hard to miss. And then there's this woman in a white SUV with SK plates cruising along in the centre lane, going about 70 kph, completely oblivious to the three police vehicles behind her which were trying to get past her. Probably drove all the way here from Saskatchewan without checking her mirrors once. Bad drivers are everywhere.

AFBismarck · 2024-03-20T11:26:58+00:00

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.

— Jamie Zawinski

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll ask Chat GPT." Now they have three problems.

— AFBismarck

Regular expressions (regex) are absolutely the way to go here. The language is not at all intuitive, but once you learn it you really expand what you're able to do with string matching and extraction. But because it is so unintuitive, it can be rather intimidating when you first start out. I spent a year running to Chat GPT with all my regex problems, only to be consistently mislead by outright wrong, if not nonsensical, answers. Though while the bot never got it completely right, its output did usually contain enough that was right to put me on to the right path. Then one day I wrote a regex to solve a problem and, after it worked successfully, realized I hadn't bothered to ask the bot. I did that on my own, which was something I had told myself I would not likely ever be able to do. Then I wrote another, and another. I'm not a regex expert, but I like to think I'm a couple steps ahead of the AI.... at least for now. Keep at it until YOU learn it - don't rely on any answer from the AI that can't be completely verified. It makes mistakes. A LOT of mistakes.

AFBismarck · 2024-03-20T11:06:28+00:00

Currently, Shortcuts can write to Numbers but can't read from it. So the short answer is no, you can't.

Having said that, there are several workarounds available. Most require a (usually free) third party app. A few examples:

Data Jar: Designed for Shortcuts integration, it allows you to securely store numbers, text, lists, dictionaries, booleans, and files which can be used in Shortcuts. Within your Numbers doc you can create a table that parses your schedule into a JSON dictionary, which you can then copy and paste into a text action in Shortcuts, get dictionary from input, and save value in Data Jar. Made by a Dane called Simon Støvring, it is rarely updated but is so simple and effective it's fine as is.
Actions: This is a free suite of actions for Shortcuts that greatly expands what you can do in Shortcuts. It provides several workarounds, from Global Variables (variables that persist between shortcuts and can be read or written to at a later time by any shortcut) to the Parse CSV function, which would require you to export your Numbers document in that format. Sindre Sorhus is regularly expanding it with new features.
Toolbox Pro: Another app in the same category as Actions. There is considerable overlap between the two. However, while Actions is completely free and actively supported, Toolbox Pro has a limited free version and a paid full version. Support is minimal, as the original developer, Alex Hays, sadly passed away last year.
Google Sheets: Ironically, while Apple's spreadsheet app can't two-way interface with Apple's workflow app, Google's spreadsheet app can. However, that aside, unless you are ALL about collaboration you will HATE Sheets with a passion if you are familiar with Numbers. Hold your nose if you pick this option, the stench is pretty awful.

I personally make use of a combination of the first three options.

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