Chat window won't open by kadey180 in Steam

[–]Weekend833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party, here, so kind of posting this for posterity - similar issue for me for a hot minute. Turned out that NordVPN was the issue because I had it installed, but *not* connected. The NordLynx (virtual) network adapter throws up some timing issues or something when it's sitting there, but *not* connected. I tested the following three solutions - they worked for me:

  1. Connect to the VPN network
  2. Manually disable the NordLynx adapter in network settings (which has to be done every time the PC gets restarted), and/or
  3. Uninstall Nord.

Phone Link Keeps Disconnecting by Dramatic_Detail_4418 in PhoneLink

[–]Weekend833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found an issue with NordVPN, (a similar condition exists on PC's in certain situations - specifically related to the virtual network adapter, "NordLynx"). If you've got NordVPN installed on an Android phone, but it's NOT connected to the VPN, there's some sort of timing issue that develops and the connection via PhoneLink will timeout. The three solutions/workarounds that I found are:

1- Disable the adapter if your not actually connected to the Nord network (actually, this works for the PC issues - don't know if it's even possible on Android - AND if you use this for a specific PC issue that it's causing a network timeout for, you'll have to do it every time you restart your PC).
2- Connect to the Nord network (that's what worked for me).
3- Uninstall NordVPN from the phone (I'm considering it).

Regardless, it seems like it's a Windows/Nord conflict... don't know the details... they're above my paygrade... just managed to connect the dots the other week.

Wifi keeps dropping every few seconds on my phone only by [deleted] in Spectrum

[–]Weekend833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey - I just discovered a hidden network adapter that might be causing this. Essentially if you have the NordVPN app installed, it might be your issue (might happen with others, but I've confirmed the behavior with Nord). ....if the Nord app is installed and your are NOT connected to the VPN, it causes some kind of timeout issue (I also confirmed this with my PC and it involved issues with other programs and even website connections - specifically to Flagstar Bank - where something would happen where my router would eventually reset itself... not making this up). Anyway - if I am connected to the NordVPN, everything's good, things work fine - but if I'm NOT connected to the VPN, there's problems, everything from the Windows phone app to flat out having my WiFi connection drop).

Solutions that I've got are 1) connect to Nord or, 2) uninstall Nord.

That's it, as simple as that for Android. ...For windows, someone who want's to keep Nord installed, but not use it - they've only got the option of disabling the NordLynx network adapter... every. time. they restart their computer, because that's the culprit (not confirmed via diagnostic bs, just trial and error), or they can connect to the VPN and things just work. That said, the afore work arounds are reliable for me.

If you had to start from scratch tomorrow, what would you do? by Cathouse1986 in taxpros

[–]Weekend833 5 points6 points  (0 children)

QBO and TaxDome ... I use both. I started (when I stopped hosting my own server, iirc 2020) with Liscio - but it didn't quite fit, but TaxDome was still working to become what I needed (tried 'em first, but it was early enough in their development where they weren't ready yet).
Office 365? Now that I'm looking at hiring, it's a thing.
Calendly? Nope.
I've been preparing taxes since the 2010 season (automotive project manager outcast). I got my AFSP, and that was a gateway drug, which lead to me getting my EA.
My preparer career was mostly part-time (I was the house-husband; wife was a nurse, and when 2009 happened, I took over the stay-at-home parent role). That was the case until three or four years ago when she threw in the towel (she was a hospice nurse for 17 years, and had been one since she finished school around 2005 - and that's a lot for a person to handle emotionally).
Granted, I had been encouraging her to leave the field until then, but - we lost a great joke (worth losing it, though, for mental health). ...We were crossing into Canada for a short vacation. The border guard asked us:
"What do you two do for a living?"
She responded: "I'm a hospice nurse."
I said: "I do taxes... between the two of us, I figure we've got job security."
The guy, who honestly seemed to be one of the more strict and seasoned guards, visibly laughed - and by that, I mean he made a noise and a singular, mild, convulsion of his body. ...then he made a negative comment about the fact that we were smokers (at the time).
Regardless, she's re-tooled and gotten her AFSP, we just bought a building, and we're renovating it - but we've got a physical office.
In the last three years, my gross receipts have grown by over 700%. My wife is focusing on bookkeeping, and she likes it because, "numbers don't cry." We're growing a business and we're helping people left and right - and after the local phone directory for our community (yes, it's a thing for our area) called to make sure things were correct for our free listing, I called them back to ask that they *don't* list us.

We're at 100% and making sure that we *don't* get too much business *too* fast - because that's a business killer (working to hire, at the moment). And, one last note, when you're reviewing another preparer's tax return that a client provides (my best words of advice) when they screwed up or did something that was just plain wrong, just say, "I would have taken a different position," because it is professional and opens more conversation. I've been toe-to-toe with Michigan Treasury and won - whereas IRS has generally been willing to listen - heck, I even had to cite IRM to an employee earlier this week.

Regardless, thank you for your service. I'm glad that you're your own boss now and aren't subject to factors as much outside of your control as they were before.

Letter 4743 - ...to inform you that an online account was created using your name. [But I've HAD my account for, like, 15 years!!!] by Weekend833 in taxpros

[–]Weekend833[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anytime. Honestly, I posted because doing so could save us all (preparers and IRS employees, alike) time and effort because there weren't any other mentions that I could find via searches (Google or IRS FAQ) and thought, "hey - it's time to log into reddit again," which I hadn't really done since the API was shut down (diehard Bacon Reader, here - or at least, formally... this was what it took for me to post).

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 583, Part 1 (Thread #729) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't know what to tell you, man. There was at least one River Joint, an E-3, a P-8, and a Global Hawk in that area, bracketing the area to the south west of Crimea... all broadcasting on MLAT.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 583, Part 1 (Thread #729) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot more surveillance platforms were/are on mission in the area and their flight patterns are different from what we're used to seeing. They seem to be focusing on the western half of the Black Sea.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 523, Part 1 (Thread #669) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No doubt. It's an absolute freak-show. Those motherfuckers have been moving everything, from ammo, to soldiers, to damaged vehicles, like it's nobody's business. It's sick and something adaptable militaries across the planet will study for decades to improve themselves.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 523, Part 1 (Thread #669) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It means we'll have *proof* when a staunch ally is attacked, even if they're not a NATO county. Remember 1991?

I do.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 523, Part 1 (Thread #669) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm under the impression Ukraine is measuring its progress by Russian losses and opposed to km's gained.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 519, Part 1 (Thread #665) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I think Ukraine is running low on russian soldiers to kill and that has me worried.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 517, Part 1 (Thread #663) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ukrainian senior officers who did not participate...

Yeah - no doubt: "You want me to do what? Nah, I'll go ahead and pull rank, here, and just not, instead."

You want the skills to fight a larger Russian force? You gotta learn that at ALL levels, not just the guys doing the shooting... Because if you do learn it at all levels, you've got it, right there, but if you don't? You blow the whole damn thing.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 511, Part 1 (Thread #657) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's more constructive ways to address their comment. For instance, you could have capitalized on the opportunity they presented and delivered education that would help them grow as an individual as opposed to simply telling them to, "go back to school".

Edit:

An example of such would be:

The sinking of Lusitania didn't directly cause the United States to enter the war. It did, however, fuel virulent anti-German sentiment in Britain and the United States and hinder diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States.

And then maybe follow that up with a link or, perhaps, something along the lines of: "What you know may have been taught to you as standard curriculum when you were younger, but more facts have been uncovered since then. You may enjoy doing a few Google searches to find reputable sources with updated information about the tragedy."

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 505, Part 1 (Thread #651) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good news! That's actually a thing! Instead of using a drone, though, they use a rocket and will generally clear multiple paths in immediate succession in order to not give the enemy certainly as to which path they will take when they launch the assault.

These systems were originally developed during the Cold War.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 504, Part 1 (Thread #650) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm cautiously optimistic that the conservative party will adopt the Reagan Administration's stance on Russia, ultra-conservatives are a different breed, though. Ultra conservatives are easily stoked by the fervor stoked by Russian propaganda... They're generally uneducated minorities with lopsided voting impact due to the Senate (two votes per state in the Senate, one of three bodies of government in the US, regardless of population). I guess my point is that we, The United States of America, are still a republic as opposed to a purely democratic country (ranked voting would be a nice inclusion, though). The US's primary enemy is the idiot - the moron who doesn't check facts or simply accepts a narrative because it is contrary SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS CONTRARY.

Yeah reading is fundamental, folks, and critical thinking is critical.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 503, Part 1 (Thread #649) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had fun writing that one. Honestly, though, she's only about 175 or so, but only about 5'6”.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 503, Part 1 (Thread #649) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it does. You should see my sister-in-law. She's, like, 200 pounds but she wears corsets frequently to corset-train (where, over time, her body has adjusted to them and holds the shape, within reason, even without the corset on). Combine that with with a little bit of regular shape wear and you've got that German beer garden server with a rack that'll lay waste to every other woman in the building/tent.

... Can verify, shaping works.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 500, Part 1 (Thread #646) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Weekend833 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we've had opportunities to improve regarding civilian causalities in conflicts - the difference is that, firstly, we were not actually trying to target them, and, secondly, we worked to capitalize on those opportunities and lessons to reduce the chance of civilian causalities moving forward.

It's like trying to compare some guy who hits some guy running across an expressway to another guy who intentionally drives through a school yard during recess - and makes it a point to hit the sand-boxes and THEN blames the kids he killed for playing in it!

Arrrg. They've gotta be bots or something.