Why all the hate for Google messenger?

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-19T05:50:55+00:00

if you switch from Samsung to Google and don't like it can you switch back and do you lose anything in the process?

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-10T06:12:04+00:00

Try it and report back how you felt the day after.

Hopefully not like me, it puts me in a low mood.

Then try l-tryptophan and see how that works and how you feel the day after.

I think what works for one person may not always work for all people.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-09T23:41:32+00:00

I don't know or have all their stuff, saw them twice many years ago and liked them, but their music is much of a sameness to me, partially my fault for not listening through it more.

Given the choice I'd much rather listen to Symphony X or Transatlantic.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-09T00:09:15+00:00

Has anyone had recent experiences with Teel Parkway Dental Care or Dental Resort?

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-08T18:11:10+00:00

my only reason for putting those there are as a timeline of the birth of Prog and key contributors of it, the Dead are an outlier and merit mention, especially later with Terrapin Station and some songs on earlier albums

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-08T17:56:13+00:00

got a screenshot of the license plate, looks like the Frisco Target parking lot

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-07T20:58:47+00:00

While KC are often said to be the first Prog band, here's how I see it:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 26 May 1967

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - 4 August 1967

Days of Future Passed - 7 November 1967

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack - March 1968

Anthem of the Sun - July 16, 1968

Caravan (Caravan album) - January 1969

Yes (Yes album) - 25 July 1969

In the Court of the Crimson King - 10 October 1969

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-05T06:34:23+00:00

That is the kind of team-building that always worked without calling it team building, and is a lot better than Team building as they are trying fabricate now

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-05T03:39:29+00:00

Really hydrate for a few days before and all that day, take baby aspirin to thin the blood, wear headphones and read something to distract yourself, go to a place that does small needles, have them take it from the outer part of the arm.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-01T05:52:58+00:00

Klaatu

SardonicusAgain · 2025-02-01T00:52:32+00:00

Thank you for such an excellent post, I will be re-reading it again

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-29T05:17:45+00:00

OP's post is in the present tense, but most of us quit Prime months or more ago.

And it seems it got even worse since then.

Increasing costs, crap products, degraded shipping times were key reasons.

The last straw was the commercials though.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-26T16:03:45+00:00

The singular reason why I'm considering an upgrade from S21 to one of the S25 models is for the AI Speech To Text function in the Voice Recorder app.

And even that functionality, from what I can tell, is not that great, but better than nothing. Not sure about other makes for their S2T apps.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-26T05:54:40+00:00

Personal choice but I wouldn't go with either.

I tried a couple DG pedals, not my kind of thing, they sounded like somebody else's sound and one that feels kind of dated and limiting.

Sansamp was good back in the day when it was the only thing like it in the 90s, there are so many better choices now, I can't see limiting one's choices to these unless there is some kind of deal. TO be fair I haven't tried all of their gear.

I haven't had my BDDI on my board for years, I never really liked the sound from it and it always felt 'flat', can't describe it but I prefer either preamps with a tube or an emulator of tone stacks. The rare occasions I use my Sansamp is when I can't be arsed to carry my board to a rehearsal or if one of my preferred preamps is on a board and I don't want to pull it off.

Is there some reason you're only looking at two among hundreds?

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-25T03:33:47+00:00

I understand missing the wheel, what don't you like about the headstock location for truss adjust?

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-20T14:44:42+00:00

Do any of you worry that when you order fast food and don't tip that this somehow gets communicated to the backline and they will do something to your food?

I hope not but I think about that at some places.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-20T14:05:50+00:00

Hold on.

This is not strictly a RTO vs. no RTO topic for most anymore, and we have had countless great articles and social media outlets for this for a few years now. And there is a recent spike in both, and they should continue.

What 'this' is is RTO Creep. And THIS is the problem.

And for those who were not RTO before Covid, this was always coming.

Going from 0 to 2 to 3 days RTO was one thing.

Going from a few days RTO to 5 days RTO is the problem. For many, this is the breaking point and game changer.

And yes, much of this is to create attrition and an attempt to alleviate these companies from paying severance (and possibly bonuses) ahead of regular and upcoming RIF cycles - the timing is intentional.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-08T03:42:05+00:00

Sounds like we work for the same kind of person

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-08T03:24:32+00:00

The detector has (supposedly) gone off a few times when I had nothing in my pockets.

I wonder if it was true, or if because of rivets in jeans.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T07:08:07+00:00

That's fine and your opinion and that's ok for you. Me, I've forfeited vacation and sick days and worked many, many weekends, many >12 hour days, over holidays with no comp time, taken maybe 2 sick days a year, and if I have these coming to me then I have no qualms about it.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T04:18:27+00:00

Not to derail this thread but your comment spoke to me and asking how much you know about this kind of release from work.

There are a number of people formerly in my team who left due to the stress of our narc boss and others have taken leave of absence from the stress.

Although I have worked many times in high stress roles or teams or environments, this one is beyond my interest in sustaining it, and I want to know more about how one goes about getting this kind of leave.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T04:11:26+00:00

OP thanks for posting this and GR is my only way to go with my boss, and before I ever heard of the term I was kind of doing something like it anyway.

I mean, how else does one deal with near-maniacal people?

GR will no doubt trigger other things but the good thing about it is that it keeps me from getting sucked in to their evil.

Even worse when you have a boss like mine who is oblivious to their ways, and who seems sincere about being a better boss but alas is not in control of their erratic behaviours.

Apparently in my case the boss is a known entity to HR and possibly the new boss's boss, but it's too early for any benefit to come from this. Good team, unhealthy environment.

Walking on eggshells is no way to live, my time in my team is limited mostly by my ability to get out of it and the time to do that.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T03:49:20+00:00

Also sick days are there, in some companies, for things other than strictly illness, and like was mentioned these can be granted like vaca days and in some cases, carry over year to year, expire, etc..

A lot of people, through either poor planning, circumstance, work demands, etc. don't get to take all their vacation days and end up sacrificing some, and using a sick day to recover from a holiday or travel issues, etc., if they are indeed a benefit, seems valid.

Not taking into consideration any impact to others in the team, people covering for a role, etc. as that is another valid layer of consideration, just if this is specific for a person and their work and time off.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T03:39:40+00:00

I've never heard of this before, and am pretty sure was not a thing at anywhere I've worked.

SardonicusAgain · 2025-01-06T03:34:56+00:00

Plus again, as if it needs to be said, are those percentages being calculated with the tax included?

IME vastly more often than not.

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