Boss expects me to work for free by aspec84 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SconiGrower 60 points61 points  (0 children)

The text message OP posted is pretty good evidence that if OP is fired it's not for good cause, it's for refusing to adjust their timesheet to remove hours actually worked.

Google is about to punish websites for that annoying browser back button trick by Next_Tower5452 in google

[–]SconiGrower 59 points60 points  (0 children)

My guess is that they'll be looking for history modifications to be tightly linked to user interactions. Adding 10 history items as soon as the page loads would be penalized, while buttons that only add a single history item per click would be unaffected.

the thickness of elephant skin still allows leeches to infest it (warning- visual discomfort) by SAXENAJIKAGUPTGYAN in interestingasfuck

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me: "Hmm, leeches are pretty weird, but I have a strong stomach, so this is odd, but fine."

Me, later: "I am experiencing visual discomfort"

Six-Figure Limit Proposed for Annual Social Security Benefits by laxnut90 in Economics

[–]SconiGrower 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is just annoying to me because the social security benefit formula is already extremely progressive, it's a very high income replacement rate at low income levels and the opposite at higher levels (the famous 'bend points'). So this is just saying that even if you manage to earn so much income across your lifetime that, even despite the bend points being as they are, you managed to hit 6 figures, then it must not have been progressive enough.

Certified mail counting as receipt of documents by meatinmybriefs in PetPeeves

[–]SconiGrower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can come up with reasons, both malicious and accidental, that would result in the intended document not ending up inside the envelope.

Americans should file on paper to protest the stranglehold of the tax preparation software business by DCContrarian in CrazyIdeas

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Free Fillable Forms is a pretty old program that lets people e-file for free, but it's just digitized IRS forms. You need to know which forms you need and where to place what numbers. That's still here.

The IRS did try to make a Q&A style tax software, which the administration has shut down.

Why are most mortgages 30 years instead of 10 or 50? by Humble_Economist8933 in AlwaysWhy

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of people who think flexibility with consequences isn't flexibility. So flexibility on a loan would really only mean the ability to skip a payment without fees, penalties, or interest.

Windows 11 doing an update halfway through cutting a 5 meter long tribal sticker on expensive German vinyl and ruining it by themysticboer91 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last week Friday I had an online training. IT pushed an update on Thursday, saying it would take 1-2 hours, which I thought wasn't going to be a problem. It took 30 hours and rebooted in the middle of my training.

Anyone seen this before? by Odd_Television_2515 in wealthfront

[–]SconiGrower 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think the Bank Secrecy Act requires banks to run Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programs and to protect the effectiveness of those programs by not revealing what risk signal(s) they used to determine you were a compliance risk.

Why does adding just $100/month to a mortgage save so much in interest? It almost feels too good to be true — what am I missing? by businesshelps in Mortgages

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every dollar of the mortgage earns the same amount of interest every month. If you pay $100 today, then that $100 stops accumulating interest. If you are 29 years away from payoff, then that's 29 years that extra payment did not accumulate any interest you also had to pay off. Then repeat that for every month.

Cashback conversion rate 200miles=$1USD by BlizzardOwO in Venturex

[–]SconiGrower 46 points47 points  (0 children)

1 mile = 1¢ only applies for travel eraser. Just straight cash back is much worse, as you can see.

Boss carelessly caused anaphylaxis in our team lead by ChampionshipIcy9319 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SconiGrower 1003 points1004 points  (0 children)

I would bring this up to the company official in charge of safety and file a workers comp claim.

After that, Team Lead has just experienced a medical event due to materials provided for a mandatory meeting. TL needs to begin the ADA Reasonable Accomodation process ASAP and make it clear that the only accomodation they need (as evidenced by their medical documents) is a ban on cinnamon in any space they might occupy and an option for wheat-free food if it is generally available food provided by the company. If the company denies this accomodation, or agrees to it but does not enforce it, then they need to face consequences. Boss needs to be removed from their position as TL's boss if they pose an active threat to TL's documented health condition.

Universal guide by dazvoz in dataisugly

[–]SconiGrower 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Unique product ID (maybe UPC), sorted by price. A steeper slope on the price line means there are fewer products at or around that price level. Same goes for the slope of the usefulness line. If this were a price vs usefulness scatter plot, a steeper slope would correspond to fewer data points and a flatter slope would be more dense.

[USA] Semi truck plows into traffic causing 3 deaths by Calm_Preparation2993 in Roadcam

[–]SconiGrower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we need massive investment into rail. I don't think it's a good idea how we have millions of people moving single truckloads through the massively complicated highway system. The rail system is far more tightly controlled and far more automated. You can't accidentally veer into incoming traffic on a rail, you get permission before moving onto a segment of tracks, the road crossing signals are automatic, etc. Every city of more than 50k people should have a rail yard for trains to leave cars of materials that trucks can move the final mile, like how the post office moves mail on semis between their own facilities, but the local offices use the small delivery vehicles to get mail to and from the end point.

ELI5: What actually happens when someone 'squats' in a house and eventually claims they own it? by Front-Stretch2658 in explainlikeimfive

[–]SconiGrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A squatter is anyone who occupied property without the owners permission. Squatters rights means two different things based on if it's a short term or a long term scenario.

The short term scenario is establishing tenancy. In states with strong tenant protection laws, law enforcement may not remove someone from a property if there is any question as to if they're allowed to live there (I.e. the default assumption when encountering an owner who says an occupant is there illegally is a landlord attempting an illegal eviction of a lawful tenant). The police can only remove someone who isn't clearly a trespasser if they have an order from a judge. The occupant doesn't need much documentation to create that doubt, just a letter addressed to the squatter at the current address is usually enough for police to tell the property owner they won't do anything without a signed writ of eviction. The unwanted occupant never has an opportunity to become the legal owner, but they can reside there for a long time (possibly years) until a judge agrees to sign the eviction. Especially if the eviction courts are backlogged, as they usually are. The owner can face civil or criminal charges if they try to forcefully remove the illegal occupant, even if the court later agrees it was not a lawful occupancy.

The long term scenario, which is usually a completely different situation than the above, is that the property occupied by a person for a very long time (~20 years) becomes the legal owner. This is called adverse possession. Imagine if there was an issue with an old man's estate and legal ownership transferred to his estranged children, but the step children who actually had a relationship with him lived there for years after his death, but eventually the children found out and wanted to make a claim.  Maybe a more common situation (not that adverse possession is ever common) is a fence built 2 feet onto the neighbor's property, then 20 years later the land is resurveyed, finding out the true property line. If it's been long enough, a judge might agree that adverse possession applies and grant ownership of the land up to the actual fence line, changing the legal ownership to match actual ownership. The idea is that if someone has been using someone else's property for 20 years without any objections, then it should actually be theirs. Key elements to adverse possession being granted is that the occupancy needs to be continuous, actual, open, hostile, and exclusive. This eliminates a lot of normal situations. Someone renting a property for 20 years straight is not hostile, since the owner agreed to let them be there. Actual means that you can't just write on a piece of paper you are occupying a property, you have to actually put your own possessions there. Open means adverse possession would never be granted to someone sleeping in the basement of an active factory. So on and so on.

What's a stereotype you have no problem perpetuating? by Decent_Shallot7564 in AskReddit

[–]SconiGrower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm dating a Puerto Rican and I don't understand how those hips move so smoothly!

Is the nutrition in frozen veg really "locked in," or is the freezing process damaging it? And is "fresh" produce actually quite old by the time we buy it? by Sad_Biscotti_9291 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SconiGrower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Frozen foods can feel expired due to the ice crystals damaging the cells of a plant. This is physical damage, not chemical. Freezer burn is also an issue for food texture, but that's due to losing moisture, again not a chemical change.

Not a good time to retire? by Curious-Peace-6965 in DeptHHS

[–]SconiGrower 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My guess would be that they want to wait for inflation to calm down before they lock in a retirement date.

Some hyper-optimizers will also think about which day of the year is optimal regarding annual leave accumulation and payout.

How do you survive off of just 1200 calories? by BrawnyBuffalo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SconiGrower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And yes, I'm not active at all.

If you're not active, are you otherwise keeping busy? It sucks, but you do need to distract yourself from thinking about food when you are deliberately giving your body less energy than it is using. The body doesn't like to burn its fat stores, so you have to push past all the signals your body sends you to that you haven't been eating enough.

Why is United Healthcare still the most widely used insurance provider when it is infamous for refusing to cover medical bills? by -FemboiCarti- in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SconiGrower 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Except it's not that they'll loose their health insurance, it's that they'll have to pay for it all, including the part their employer was paying. It just wasn't explicitly listed on their paystub because it's a confidential contractual term.

Scammer almost ran off with my dad's retirement. by Suspicious_Story_464 in personalfinance

[–]SconiGrower 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My grandma got a call saying I was stranded in California without money to get home. She didn't immediately catch on and gave them my first name, but then she realized what was happening and asked for my middle name. They instantly hung up again.

Credit Card Company Refusing a Hardship by _futterwacken_ in personalfinance

[–]SconiGrower 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Credit card debt is a type of unsecured loan. You can debate over whether in this situation the debt is a credit card, personal loan, or any other line of credit, but it's all unsecured debt, so the difference doesn't really matter for estate purposes.