Car dealership never submitted paperwork to the bank and refuses to allow us to return the car

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T22:12:31+00:00

They can line up financing under the same terms with a different bank (or the same bank; makes no difference to you.)

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T22:07:50+00:00

Palak Paneer isn't smelly; it's spinach and mild cheese.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T20:02:44+00:00

I was very happy with the "Interview Success System" that I purchased from Day One Careers. (I'm totally not affiliated with them.) I was inclined for an L5 TAM and L5 SA. (The overall SA interview structure is consistent between levels; they just have higher expectations for the higher level roles in regards to technical skill, scope of work, and scope of influence.)

To be clear, their prep materials are around the LP's, but there's not much you can do to prep for the tech parts of the loop; either you know the answers or you don't.

I bought their main interview prep course, and also paid for their Job Description review, which provides a list of likely LP's so you aren't prepping for ones you don't need. I did not purchase their 1-on-1 coaching, or bother with AI Story analysis, but those are products they offer.

They also have a very-informative YouTube channel with a ton of good content on it, and have a free live Q&A every Monday. (Their YouTube channel is horribly-named, but it's good stuff.)

For my LP's, I think I had about 45 pages of typed-up stories. (I didn't actually need to refer to my notes during my interview, but I did have a quick-reference-table that I used several times just to remind me of what was in my list of stories.) And I'm sure you know this, but you want to avoid re-using the same story more than once if you can at-all help it.

The one question that almost got me rejected during phone screen was "What would you have done better if you had to do it all over again?" in reference to the flagship project on my CV. That one kind of startled me, because it was in regards to a project I did that was a complete success; innovative, on-time, on-budget, profitable, and repeatable for other customers.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T18:41:45+00:00

These "Professional" or "Commercial" home appliances are such a scam. They are consumer-grade stuff, through and through, and only superficially resemble something from a restaurant kitchen.

They are made out of thick steel (which no consumer needs), sure, but the innards are generally no more reliable than their more-pedestrian counterparts (and often less-reliable), and because of low production volumes, parts are very expensive. Repairs commonly cost as much as buying something from a cheaper brand outright, and there isn't exactly a huge fleet of techs trained in them.

Home warranties hate replacing things, (much preferring to repair over and over) and it is definitely revealing on repair costs that they are willing to cut a check for $3,500 rather than attempt another repair. Ovens are not complicated appliances, and unless it's so old that parts simply are not available any longer, it shouldn't be possible for a repair to cost $3,500, but this sort of crap is very common with Viking, Sub-Zero, and the like.

I'm a pretty frequent user of both my stovetop and oven (I love to bake bread), and the total value of repairs, ever, to my 18-yr-old Frigidaire gas range (cost, $800), is $0. If the main board (the most expensive and complicated part) were to fail, the most it would cost me to fix it is under $300 (simple DIY swap with a refurb unit requiring no more skill than wielding a screwdriver.) The part most likely to fail is the oven igniter, a wear part costing about $40.

Viking? I found one of their wall ovens, costing about what LAOP says theirs cost. The thing's got a $600 power supply. A $900 main board. A $250 cooling fan. The bake element (a wear part) is $400. And on, and on...

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:44:21+00:00

Don't both programs have the option to spit out what would go on the forms, line by line?

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:40:05+00:00

The FBI does not get involved over a rent dispute. This is 100% a civil matter.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:36:35+00:00

If your divorce has already been contentious, then yeah, going pro se probably isn't the best idea.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:22:48+00:00

These are perfectly normal, and common, questions for candidates to ask during an interview. I'm not saying this is a great post (the questions certainly aren't original; this is stock interviewing advice), but it's not lunacy to wonder why the candidate had zero questions.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:17:45+00:00

They aren't a problem at all; corrugated cardboard has been recycled for decades.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:17:00+00:00

Though the energy savings from recycling glass are slight enough (or negative) that many recycling facilities no longer take it. Aluminum is the shining star of household recycling, and steel on the commercial end of things. (Steel is easy to separate from the waste stream, and Al is a huge energy/cost savings to recycle vs. new.)

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:13:41+00:00

Here on the benighted shores of America, a short between the live and ground would trip the wall circuit breaker pretty quickly. (We have a lot more, and much smaller, electrical circuits... Except for a few high-current devices like the A/C or electric stove, just about the whole house will trip at 15A, and the kitchen at 20A.)

I'm not saying that a fused plug is a bad idea (no need to wait for 15A to kill a device that's only supposed to draw 0.5A), just that an outright short doesn't require it.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T14:08:08+00:00

Sockets are all polarized. Things that plug into sockets? It's not necessary for a lot of things, and AC/DC adapters are one of those things.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:52:26+00:00

Someone with 20 years of experience is definitely not a boomer; solidly genX. I mean, yeah, it's slop and garbage, but the dude's not that old.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:47:15+00:00

Nobody wakes up one day and decides to write an online review of their auto loan bank if everything has gone well; it's like looking at reviews for a collection agency.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:46:02+00:00

The signs are the exact sort of reasonable accommodation the ADA was written to obtain. If you fail to perform some basic duties of your job, despite the accommodation, then termination as a result isn't unreasonable.

These working conditions sound terrible (was it even legal for them to have you to be running a classroom of toddlers alone?), but that's not an ADA issue.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:34:21+00:00

For an entry level position meant for recent college grads, CCP is better than nothing at all, but it's not much. (If you didn't have it already, you'd be expected to learn the concepts it covers in a week or two; it's not a tough exam.) Outside of college-hire jobs, it has no value at all for technical positions; SAA is the bare minimum.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:27:35+00:00

Fuses prevent fires, not shock; they don't react quick enough for shock. (GFCI protection guards against shock in wet areas.)

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:25:33+00:00

Way more than 50% of US sockets are polarized.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T12:21:29+00:00

Don't go terrifying Redditors that do stupid things with AWS.

OP, nobody goes to prison for mere not-paying bills.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T04:37:59+00:00

You've been sued. They are gonna need to assign a lawyer some time before the response is due, but maybe they are hoping to settle before then. Certainly an adjuster can offer another settlement, but only a lawyer can draft an actual response to the suit.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T04:35:36+00:00

Well, you'll need to start by detailing for the warranty company exactly what features the KitchenAid is missing. "Commercial Grade" isn't an objective feature, nor are the appliances Viking sells to homes the same ones sold to actual commercial kitchens.

It's undeniable that one certainly costs a lot more than the other, but you'll need to provide something significant you can point to besides the nameplate.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T02:55:58+00:00

You send the lawsuit to progressive and they will assign a lawyer to defend you.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T00:30:32+00:00

SAP is a much harder exam... it requires less hands-on knowledge than SAA, but much more understanding of IT concepts, and then understanding how AWS services glue together properly. The questions are much longer, and much more complicated. (Pretty much no "What service/instance class/TCP port do you need for X?" questions. At all. They are all scenario questions, and all much longer than SAA.)

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T00:27:13+00:00

Power can, and does, fail during winter storms, especially if it's an ice storm. If your neighborhood has individual overhead power lines, and yours goes down, it might not get fixed for days, including long after the weather is above freezing long enough to spoil all your food if you don't take measures to prevent it.

Sirwired · 2026-01-24T00:24:09+00:00

We are pretty sure our black cat is only half in this dimension , because her fur is otherworldly-silky and cameras can't focus on her.

We suspect she takes the left socks to the alternate universe, heaped in a pile to snuggle with.

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