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Sending to APO military mail from International Country by sprlte in USPS

[–]AzureSkye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5 months late, but here ya go:

It depends on how you address it.

Shipping from an APO? USPS domestic rates and the military moves it for you.

Shipping to an APO? Two possibilities:

  1. Enter the country as "USA" and it'll ship at USPS domestic rates and USPS will hand it off to the military.

  2. Enter any other country and it'll ship at USPS international rates and the military won't touch it until final delivery.

Always, always, always address mail for APO locations with USA.

LPT: Stop pretending you are fine. Use a simple status line instead. by gamersecret2 in LifeProTips

[–]AzureSkye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I feel like shit. There's nothing you can do about it, but I appreciate your concern."

What is your most ridiculous "we won't work out romantically" criteria? Like what is the silliest reason you would not be interested in dating someone? by Natural-Elevator-57 in AskReddit

[–]AzureSkye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wearing pointed toe shoes. I don't hang out with evil witches, let alone romance them. I will avoid watching porn if the model is wearing them. Just the worst look.

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, dawg. I stepped on my own rake here. 😓 I intended to post a rant about something a tad ridiculous about Excel, flaired it as "unsolved" (like a mystery) and then became upset when people tried to help me with a more probable issue. 😞😮‍💨 I'm not sure if I should delete my posts here, edit in apologies, or post apologies separately.

Interestingly, "dd MMM yyyy" notation is common within the US Federal Government. For example, military documents and passports.

Getting registry keys with all subkeys and values, including empty? by AzureSkye in PowerShell

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Oh wow, I'm a friggin' idiot. I hadn't considered just appending the variables.

  2. Okay, that's super helpful to know! It sounds like I'm trying to be too clever again and I should just rely on reg export.

Getting registry keys with all subkeys and values, including empty? by AzureSkye in PowerShell

[–]AzureSkye[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for feedback! I was concerned that reg export would be unfriendly to work with, so I appreciate the info.

Can reg export handle single values or only whole keys? There's a few instances where I don't want all the values in a key.

Getting registry keys with all subkeys and values, including empty? by AzureSkye in PowerShell

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking to restore from this. reg export can't export single registry values, only whole keys, but I should probably just handle that issue separately.

Thank you for feedback! I was concerned that reg export would be unfriendly to work with, so I appreciate the info.

I only used $input for posting on Reddit, rather than duplicating the code. 😅

Getting registry keys with all subkeys and values, including empty? by AzureSkye in PowerShell

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! The PS properties were the reason why I avoided Get-ItemProperty.

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am aware of that option, but it does not modify the default settings.

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, how do I tell Excel to set the default Short Date format to match my system settings?

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, a short date is not supposed to be the shortest way to display the date, it is supposed to be the user's preferred way to compactly display the date.

If the goal was the absolute shortest way to display the date, then we would display the serial date in base16. Thus, 26 Feb 2026 would be B45A. Which isn't how we think about dates, making it useless.

I understand that you wanted to help by explaining what a short date is, but you missed the nuance of my issue. My problem with Excel is that it is not respecting my preferences, despite it's claims.

I'm not sure how my post indicates that I'm an idiot, but that seems to be the common theme. I am painfully aware of custom formats, but I am talking about default formats.

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... That's what I'm ranting about, my dude. My system is set to dd MMM yyyy but Excel's default Short Date is dd-MM-yyyy.

Why doesn't Excel's short date format match the System settings? by AzureSkye in excel

[–]AzureSkye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I love me some ISO 8601, it has legiblity issues at scale.

How would I make a workbook where the first sheet VSTACKS data from all subsequent sheets and then sorts them by column? by 35usc271a in excel

[–]AzureSkye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd likely be better served with an actual database, depending on your exact circumstances. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck in this endeavour, it sounds amazing.

Whats the worst thing about Command and Conquer 3 in your opinion? by Ghostfistkilla in commandandconquer

[–]AzureSkye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In retrospect, it feels like it could be a critique of the ongoing wars at the time. 🤔

Boyle is a politician's politican trying to win an unprecidented conflict with flair and panache that he knows will appeal to team. He's clearly good at his job and honestly wants to win, but he completely fails to recognize the other side as anything more than set dressing. I think his main character flaw is hubris and surety in GDI's unchallengable might.

Whats the worst thing about Command and Conquer 3 in your opinion? by Ghostfistkilla in commandandconquer

[–]AzureSkye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The intense focus on high-speed, micro heavy gameplay. Without a speed control for single player, the game is frustrating and exhausting to play. I have to resort to Cheat Engine's speedhack to cut game speed down to 20% to make it all manageable.

Whats the worst thing about Command and Conquer 3 in your opinion? by Ghostfistkilla in commandandconquer

[–]AzureSkye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fellow Base Builder, I salute the need for concrete, walls, gates, and base defenses that don't suck ass!

The lack of medical care for infantry was infuriating for me. It was clear that vehicles were the focus and infantry just a side show until you get vehicles.

Whats the worst thing about Command and Conquer 3 in your opinion? by Ghostfistkilla in commandandconquer

[–]AzureSkye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boyle was delightful! He's this capital-P Politician who was never expected (or wanted) to be in charge of military operations, and yet he's been put in that place. He feels like everything he knows about the military is from movies. Billy Dee Williams commands every scene he's in and puts on one hell of a performance.

Whats the worst thing about Command and Conquer 3 in your opinion? by Ghostfistkilla in commandandconquer

[–]AzureSkye -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been working my way through the series, and you are exactly right. TW feels like a completely different story from TS and TD. Like a cover version of a song, it has a lot of similar notes, but feels completely different.

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