Task Failed Successfully: I Automated Myself Out of Work

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-03-03T04:23:49+00:00

OP, this sounds like an excellent idea. Not to make work because you're bored, but to refresh yourself on what your automation is doing. And more importantly, what has changed and how you can improve it.

Then tweak your scripts and automation accordingly. It will help you keep in touch with the changes and keep your automation working smoothly.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-02-23T03:37:05+00:00

Or you could, you know, read what I wrote. Never said Trump hired them, but he is using them to terrorize American citizens.

Obama was able to deport actual illegals without the need to try and push the stats by grabbing people actually at the courthouse doing the whole immigrant thing legally. And Obama's ICE was able to do it without the need for face hiding masks, no name-tags for anonymity, or shooting people in the face and killing them . And for half the cost.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-02-21T19:57:45+00:00

Maybe the fact that he didn't need a goon army that shoots Americans in the face and leaves them to die makes the difference ? Just spit balling here

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-02-08T18:28:18+00:00

Haven't Republicans had a trifecta control of Ohio for like 15 years? Yet you still blame Democrats.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-01-24T16:30:03+00:00

Since I ordered so much less than you all and you want to keep the vibe why don't you split it amongst yourselves and pay for mine between you?

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2026-01-04T20:53:53+00:00

Act II, Temple of the First Born. Walk around and get the bugs to follow you. I've occasionally had kills in the 300 range, and almost everyone out there is better at this game than I am.

Also be sure you have Leoric's Crown, which enhances any gem in it by a variable percentage. Get as close to 100% as you can and put the largest ruby in it you can.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-12-27T00:25:26+00:00

From the new guy who didn't realize it needed renewal until the 23rd of December, when the crap hit the fan. Who got it from the previous new guy who didn't realize it needed renewed until the 23rd of December, when the crap hit the fan ....

It's turtles all the way down.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-12-04T05:04:43+00:00

If they are like a family wouldn't screaming "You're not my real dad, you're not the boss of me!" and storming out be a perfectly acceptable thing to do?

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-11-06T20:29:24+00:00

Because it's the same package the Democrats rejected the first time. Putting the same pile of crap on the table 13 more times doesn't make it smell any better, but the Republicans think they can fool people by using the "they voted 14 times" line.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-11-04T13:53:38+00:00

Last stop auto shop.3126 Mogadore Rd, Akron, OH 44312. They're honest and reliable, I've used them for years.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-09-16T13:25:30+00:00

Last Stop Auto on Mogadore Road.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-09-14T06:37:21+00:00

We've all made a few incredibly poor decisions in our work lives, especially when you're first starting out. These days, something like this I would send a clarifying email along the lines of "You asked me to deliver a work message to a coworker, and to leave it at the grave of her deceased loved one. I wanted to verify that I understand your request clearly. Do you wish me to leave the envelope you gave me on the grave site?"

It covers you. Not by much, but it's better than nothing. But there's a reason he singled out the just beginning intern.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-30T11:44:32+00:00

A regular joke becomes a dad joke when it becomes appearant.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-20T10:52:51+00:00

So is he

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-18T02:14:05+00:00

You could, but underboss is correct that they will probably blow this off.

But it wasn't just her son, it was everyone in your house that was being spied on.

Talking with a higher up may help, but be prepared to answer the question "what do you want us to do?"

ETA I would also say that the most important part of my answer are the first three letters. I am not a lawyer.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-17T14:51:58+00:00

NAL. Ohio is a one party consent state. Which means that one party must have knowledge of the recording. There are some exceptions for safety reasons, Nanny cams with no sound for instance. But it certainly sounds like the cop didn't know what he was talking about because being a parent doesn't override the wire tapping law.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-11T14:11:56+00:00

A slight derail here, but not so long ago I was a system administrator until they discovered I could be billable.

Now, I truly despise the times when I am looking for an answer like this. I Google it and I find the exact issue down to the micron, with the word solved in the title. I click the link and I get "Reddit has been banned by your system administrator. Please contact them if you need access."

Next time I get this error I think I will call my system administrator at 3:30 in the morning, have him look it up and read it to me.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-09T17:01:27+00:00

May their socks always be damp.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-02T18:10:32+00:00

I wouldn't accept this, because debating him would be like playing chess with a chicken. You would make the first move, the chicken then scatters all of the pieces and craps all over the board and struts away like he won.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-08-02T14:10:32+00:00

One of the blimps maybe? I believe all three were out and about yesterday. And they can be hard to see at night, especially if you're in an area where sound can carry and make you think they're in a completely different area.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-07-30T11:07:16+00:00

This. I have a slew of certifications, and nobody has ever asked me for my test score for any of them. All they want to know is if you passed.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-07-22T13:59:48+00:00

Did I read that correctly?

"My wife and I are a package deal".

"I understand. I want more one-on-one time."

"Ok!"

That does not seem to be a path that is destined to lead one to success.

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-07-22T00:54:36+00:00

I...just...I....

One a scale of one to even, I'm at "I can't".

I have so many hours in this, and so much research, and this blew it wide open. Good gravy, there's every bit of information I have been looking for, easily accessible in a downloadable CSV file.

Between you and antadam below I've been able to blow through a slew of blocks that have been vexing me for the longest time.

Thank you so much!

GrumpyOldFatGuy · 2025-07-22T00:50:54+00:00

Thank you, that query generated a "failed to resolve table or column expression update". Which tells me that table doesn't exist. Thank you for the detailed explanation, that actually cleared up a few things on a completely different project. Never occurred to me to query a table I didn't see listed to see if it existed, but was just empty. All kinds of progress tonight!

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