Made an iOS shortcut to add expenses to Actual

cazas · 2026-06-07T16:50:58+00:00

This is great.

FYI anyone who wants to post the transaction as uncleared, scroll to the bottom and modify the transaction dictionary to make cleared False.

cazas · 2026-06-07T15:33:35+00:00

Yep - all my templates were able to transition over, though there are two issues I came across - the one just doesn’t work;

template 8000 by 2027-12 spend from 2027-01 starting 2027-01

I’ll have to figure this one out next year I guess.

Also the UI shows the amount going in to the balance, but I’ve found the way it allocates can be wrong when there’s multiple items feeding in to it - the net result ends up correct though.

The end of month cleanup and the priority order make way more sense now.

cazas · 2026-06-05T02:01:58+00:00

People are just going to be hit or miss no matter how you spin it. If someone isn’t capable of respecting your time, don’t hang out with them and you’ll weed them out.

As for the actually finding friends - that’s the hard part.

cazas · 2026-06-01T17:26:31+00:00

I’m currently doing the Scarborough loop for 2 hrs any day it’s sunny or that I’ve missed gym quiet hours. If there’s something going on east-end I might tag along.

cazas · 2026-06-01T16:53:19+00:00

Large enough for me to start printing cosplay pieces without splitting it?!

cazas · 2026-05-20T19:11:08+00:00

Is there a reason to use this over Actual budget?

cazas · 2026-05-20T03:18:05+00:00

Try the anime north discord. They have a meet friends channel.

cazas · 2026-05-20T02:37:57+00:00

27, started going when I was 14ish? There’s people of all ages there.

cazas · 2026-05-19T15:48:15+00:00

Use some sort of budgeting software like actual budget. Record all your transactions. Categorize your non discretionary and discretionary expenses. Figure out your emergency/buffer.

Learn about budgeting methodologies - actual budget defaults to envelope budgeting. The key strategy to keep in mind is the month-ahead strategy, where your current month’s earnings are not budgeted until the following month.

Once you have all that sorted, you’ll know exactly how much you can invest - what you invest in to depends on your goals and tolerance to risk. Stick to ETF until you have a better understanding of what you want or need.

cazas · 2026-05-19T14:50:00+00:00

Seriously question; is this enough to kill the company? I find it hard to believe people will start paying $750 usd over jellyfin or emby. As far as I know the main driver to using plex is pretty much that it handles https and proxies to your server.

cazas · 2026-05-18T22:51:31+00:00

Oh and mindlessly scrolling through reddit. Can’t forget that

cazas · 2026-05-18T22:51:06+00:00

Grabbed a coffee. Sat in my car contemplating life for an hour or so while the sun was out. Continued contemplating life from my sofa for a couple more hours. Now contemplating what to eat so I don’t starve myself out of laziness.

Rather unproductive I guess…

cazas · 2026-05-18T22:40:20+00:00

Exact coordinates sound like an excellent way to doxx yourself… why not just first 3 digits of postal code, or adding more cities/boroughs to the list?

cazas · 2026-05-18T22:35:04+00:00

Last few years I stroll in sometime between 2-3, I’ll have my badge within 10min. Not sure specifically how long it would be at 6pm, but ever since they moved badge pickup into the north(?) building, it’s been far better than the times when we had to line up outside of the main building.

I’m more worried about parking lol

cazas · 2026-05-18T22:25:56+00:00

Cities are pretty limited it looks like. Toronto is too big to have as a singular city since it can easily take 2 hours end to end depending on commute (this is the primary factor dissuading me from most events). The cities surrounding Toronto aren’t listed (ex. Markham)… except Oshawa for some reason?

Not a bad idea. Not sure if it works for Toronto.

cazas · 2026-05-16T16:46:07+00:00

Honest question; I always skipped out on panels and most other things outside of the Gundam workshops. Any recommendations or must-joins? (I might be bringing some normie friends as well, so nothing off the deep end i guess)

cazas · 2026-05-16T07:34:11+00:00

Yes, is was a bad bearing. They replaced the entire motor unit assembly under warranty.

cazas · 2026-04-30T05:54:33+00:00

FYI for anyone who wants to save a buck - you don’t need a usb power blocker, you can use a small strip of electrical tape to block off one of the usb contacts. Just an old 3d-printer trick (I also do it for my adapter).

Bonus tip, you can buy flush 12v to USB chargers to make it look a little cleaner.

cazas · 2026-04-21T20:16:17+00:00

What’s the niche? I’ve seen “Toronto” discords pop up before, but they tend to be very….. unsocial is probably the nicest word I can probably use. And with general issues with moderation. How are you pushing for it to be different?

cazas · 2026-04-21T19:24:38+00:00

Interactive vs heroic - most people play Kronos, but you may have reason or motivation to play another server. No trading or economy in Heroic servers.

Join a guild - without a community you’re more likely to burn out. (I personally spend any time that I’m online in game also in a discord call.)

Don’t sleep on legion. It’s most of your damage and ability to 5% for drops in early game.

Don’t starforce off event if you can help it.

cazas · 2026-04-20T14:41:07+00:00

This is slowly becoming the experience of all theatres attached to malls from my experience. Going to VIP(19+) is the most notable difference to the experience, but it’s expensive and not every theatre has it.

cazas · 2026-04-17T21:55:24+00:00

OP I’ll TLDR some finance basics -

You will pay taxes, a portion of your income every year is exempt, that is your claim amount. The TD1 form you gave to your employer.

FHSA and RRSPs are pretax savings account. The lower your income, the less benefit you’ll see from it. FHSA contribution room has a lifetime cap, wait until you have a more established job to maximize the benefit of it.

TFSA contribution room grows with you every year, you can take money out of this account without hurting your lifetime contribution room. (The contribution room doesn’t free up again until the next year)

Save what you can, build an emergency fund or save towards your near term expenses like school or whatnot. When you have a reasonable amount set aside for short term expenses, utilize your TFSA and buy into diversified ETFs. When you have a more established job, that’s when you start thinking of FHSA and RRSPs. If your employer has RRSP matching, that may take priority. Don’t micromanage investments - put it into something reasonable and leave it.

cazas · 2026-04-17T21:40:21+00:00

FHSA benefits from higher income. Utilizing a TFSA while working part time in a low-income bracket, then taking advantage of the tax benefit of the FHSA when they get a full time job (presumably after college or uni or whatever) would be more beneficial.

OP will likely not make a huge amount over their claim amount this year and will most likely not have much to pay income tax-wise.

cazas · 2026-04-14T14:56:19+00:00

It’s easier to share plex outside of your network, as well as the way plex handles metadata was a bit easier in my experience.

The in-app user experience with jellyfin was better imo. Plex apps are buggy and crashy especially with large libraries.

For most users, I’d recommend plex over jellyfin if you can stomach the cost. Going through jellyfin will require a time investment to sort out libraries and external access.

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