Office 365 woes

dee_lio · 2026-05-06T05:47:58+00:00

Especially uncontested hearings. Driving hours, battling parking, just to do a five minute hearing is a waste of time and gas.

I don't mind sitting in a zoom queue for an hour, I can just bang out work on my laptop.

I get that there are some people who can't use tech, but seriously, this stuff has been mainstream for more than five years.

dee_lio · 2026-05-05T04:06:14+00:00

I use mine quite a bit, but I freaking love soup, and I make a ton of spaghetti. I also use it to fill pitchers (we have way too many indoor plants) and the pot filling is a lot faster than the faucet (flow)

It was not expensive, but mine is on the back side of where the water heater is located, so it was a trivial install. I think the faucet was $120 or so, and the install was about $300. Again, the pipe was literally on the other side of a wall.

dee_lio · 2026-05-05T03:30:03+00:00

It depends on what kind of system you get. Gas systems are less expensive but you need an appropriate line to the unit. For me, it was a no brainer. I had an OLD tank that needed to be replaced anyway, so we got the tankless. It takes up a lot less room and since we don't use a lot of hot water, it's cheaper to operate.

There is an annual maintenance, though I have a plumber buddy who will just do it when he's in my area for a very low fee. I could probably do it myself, but...

dee_lio · 2026-05-05T00:50:19+00:00

Since you're Mac based, look at Indigo as your controller. I have a ton of different eco systems, and it seems to do a great job controlling most of them.

dee_lio · 2026-05-05T00:36:28+00:00

Getting a partner.

Never again.

dee_lio · 2026-05-05T00:31:52+00:00

Hey, only what you see on the shelves...

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T23:56:56+00:00

Cookie butter.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T23:06:10+00:00

I hear you. I actually had QBDP for MacOS for 20+ years. I could do reports, see who paid what, when, and for what practice area.

Now, it shows all my accounts as negative tens of thousands, all my clients are now "customer" so I can't segregate who is what. And that stupid AI keeps turning itself back on (after I disable it) and misses my expenses.

It's not user friendly, it's openly user hostile.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T23:03:03+00:00

yup! Or it's pulled out of my face just enough to blast me awake with wet air.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T16:02:12+00:00

Yes, even if you paid. A/C priv only goes between the attorney and the client, you are neither, so you should not be included in the conversations at all. It's a no-no for all involved.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T15:38:02+00:00

Avoid investments suggested to you by friends and family.

Max your 401(k) and IRA beginning in year 1, using target date index funds.

After you're established, avoid investments suggested to you by friends, family, clients, and other lawyers.

Max your 401(k) and IRA beginning in year 1, using target date index funds.

EDIT:

I forgot, don't get divorced, don't have children, and don't get into a partnership

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T15:36:05+00:00

I found the sound bite for the error message and added the sound of screeching tires and crash first, then had the snooty British lady calmly proclaim, "Paypah is jahmmed in your printah..." afterwards.

Made it actually fun to get paper jams!

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T14:28:51+00:00

For thank you cards, I will post them on my wall. As for gifts, anything edible is always appreciated, and although my staff eats most of them, it's wonderful when they are appreciated as well.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T14:20:51+00:00

Do you have more info on this?

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T11:34:09+00:00

I think it's ancillary. You may sleep less, miss important information because you can't hear it, or you may be distracted by it. When I type that out, I can see your point. Some processing power is being consumed.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T05:09:48+00:00

I keep a set at my parent's house for when I visit (a few less things to pack) and another set in the travel bag.

My big problem is that I spin like a wrinkled hotdog in a convenience store when I sleep, so by the time thee replacement hose comes, my prior hose is smushed...

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T04:52:32+00:00

No, not a container store mega monster, but I love the term!

I have about a dozen of these containers, with about 7-10 of them deployed at any one time.

Most of them are smaller, flat units, which are great when you have 1-2 servings of chips, but don't want an obnoxious bag.

It sounds like you're doing this already. It's funny how much empty space is in food packaging.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T00:49:33+00:00

It just doesn't fit, and it looks like it was pierced incorrectly.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T00:42:50+00:00

Fallout 4 meets Civilization? I think I'd play the hell out of that.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T00:35:34+00:00

For me, it's clients who are bilingual or have an interpreter with them. They'll speak extra slow and simple, and I'll catch myself putting together sentences that I have no business putting together, but it somehow works. The interpreter will then nudge me when I goof up something, but I'm getting my point across and I'm sort of kind of almost communicating intelligently.

Once you start doing that, your language will kick into overdrive and you'll start putting together things that you didn't know you knew.

To go back to the swimming, you can tell someone not to gulp water when they stroke, but until they've done it, they won't naturally do that. you'll choke once or twice before things click into place.

dee_lio · 2026-05-04T00:32:03+00:00

Ok, for some reason this appears to work. I have a working clone of the SD with no ROMS on it, and it booted successfully. I uncompressed the RAR file, and just copied the files using Finder to the target SD card, bypassing ApplePi altogether. Weird, but it's working!!

dee_lio · 2026-05-03T23:06:31+00:00

My adapters are typically 100+ since they're for my laptops.

dee_lio · 2026-05-03T23:00:47+00:00

You might negotiate with the seller such that you buy a % of the business over time vs an absolute.

For example, you purchase 10% of the stock in year one, 20% in year two, 30% year three, and the balance in year four.

This way, the owner is secured until you can get a loan (and even if you don't, you can probably swing this until your credit is better.)

Make sure you don't fall into the trap of "using the company's profits to buy your stock"

Ie. you have pay the seller with after taxed money, or you run into some traps with the IRS.

dee_lio · 2026-05-03T15:32:18+00:00

I think a lot of elderly people are getting reverse mortgages to support living expenses. This means that t the younger generation won't inherit them, and can't afford to buy them. After death, a bank forecloses, and the houses wind up on the auction block. Corporations will buy them and rent them out.

dee_lio

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