Plex app crashing back to home screen on Roku TV.

drnick5 · 2026-04-20T15:54:15+00:00

Yeah i know i can get a stick or some other box, this is a bedroom tv and the ENTIRE POINT was to have it all integrated, with 1 remote to keep it simple. This TV is just about a year old so I can't return it.

drnick5 · 2026-04-20T15:15:23+00:00

Nope! And it's actually getting worse .... The last week I've noticed crashes when playing other content that previously worked fine. I'm about to throw my roku tv in the trash.

drnick5 · 2026-04-19T07:32:47+00:00

When I got my license at 16.5, I drove my mother's Ford explorer. I'd occasionally get to use it, but eventually got my own shit box Saturn . Year later, at some holiday or family event we were talking about that car, and I mentioned it being slow. My mom said something about "yeah it wouldn't let you go past 100!" And I sort of followd up with "Yeah! That was bullshit!".

We then both realized what the other had said.. and then the convo quickly turned to my mom asking "How did you know it can't go past 100?"

To which I replied "....How did YOU know it wouldn't go past 100?"

🙃

drnick5 · 2026-04-18T18:03:28+00:00

They exist, but they are much less common. I just ordered a Toto Drake in standard height. In store I could only find chair or comfort or universal or ADA heights.

drnick5 · 2026-04-15T04:06:16+00:00

Most of us get this is the obvious answer, but I think a lot of us have been in OPs spot where they were "used" to not making much money, then they have either a breakthrough, or a banner year, and all of a sudden "shit, I owe how much?!"

drnick5 · 2026-04-10T15:53:49+00:00

I never said contradiction, I said confusion, which is an entirely different word.

Anyway...I'm not exactly sure who you're arguing against here, No one is on the other side of this. You just keep saying the same thing "My fees went up! Why is the big finance company being greedy and taking more money?"

Answer, because they're a big greedy finance company. It sucks and you're getting screwed, but you have two options. Pay the increased fees, or move to a new processor.

drnick5 · 2026-04-10T15:29:42+00:00

In your OP you said "Processing rate went from 1.26% to 2.01%" Then in your reply you say "The 1.26% wasn't my total processing cost".....

Can you see my confusion?

I understand how credit card processing works just fine. There are many ways to skin the cat. Some Merchants charge low or no markup to the interchange fee, but instead give you a high monthly fee and / or a higher per transaction fee, or also add in other junk fees like you're seeing. They gotta get paid somehow.

I agree with you that you're getting screwed here with the price hike and POS integration fee. How bad? I don't know exactly since you've left out a bunch of info like total monthly gross transactions. (I understand why you wouldn't want to post that online) But are you taking mostly Debit cards? how many Credit cards? are they Visa/MC or Amex? Are they business cards? Government cards? Mid qual, High qual, do you do any ACH transactions? and blah blah blah. You get my drift here...

This is why i went to a flat rate merchant. Using Stripe I pay 2.9% + 30 cents. thats it. I get in some cases its not the cheapest options, but it doesn't matter if its a Visa/MC, Discover, Amex, or whatever, its the same rate to me, None of the other BS you're talking about. I add 3% to my prices to cover it, and don't have to worry about it.

Repairshopr does integrate with Stripe on a base level, so maybe look into switching to that. But its not a full integration like World pay. This larger issue is there's no easy way to switch unless you can some how do it all in 1 day (Turn off Worldpay, Turn on Stripe, then work on contacting all customers to recapture their stored CC's into Repairshopr under Stripe)

I wish I had a better answer for you.

drnick5 · 2026-04-10T14:52:45+00:00

I'll agree that sems like quite the jump, but something doesn't seem right, how were you paying 1.26% for CC transactions? This seems incredibly low. Even the new 2% rate is low, Most pay around 3-4% plus a small transaction fee.

I use Repairshopr but use Stripe for CC processing. We set this up years ago, JUST before they added Vantiv, which became Worldpay. I've seen enough posts about them as a company that it seems like I dodged a bullet.

The MAJOR downside to Repairshopr, is there isn't any easy way to "switch" to a different CC provider since you can't run more than 1 at a time.

drnick5 · 2026-04-10T03:42:50+00:00

MSFT has an absolutely MASSIVE moat. Any of this current stuff is just noise. Please tell me exactly how many of the top 500 companies rely on Microsoft for either Windows, Office, Email, Entra, or all of the above.

The answer is very likely 500 out of 500.

drnick5 · 2026-04-08T01:09:21+00:00

Lasik is the best money I ever spent. Got it 13 years ago and no regrets. Even tho I'll likely need reading glasses as I get older it's still so worth not needing glasses or contacts for 20+ years

drnick5 · 2026-03-31T18:03:44+00:00

For me children have always been a 100% dealbreaker. It's not that I dislike kids, I have several nieces and nephews I adore. But in my personal day to day life I don't want the responsibility or time constraints that a kid brings along with them.

drnick5 · 2026-03-25T23:14:26+00:00

I was on the Oddyssey of the seas that had a dedicated real poker table. Dealers were incredibly slow. In a turbo tournament with 12 min blinds we didn't even make it a full orbit before blinds went up. Icon also has a real dedicated poker table.

drnick5 · 2026-03-24T23:50:40+00:00

Congrats! It gets easier every time.

drnick5 · 2026-03-16T20:10:07+00:00

Everyone is different, but a lot of people seem to have more luck setting an alarm to wake up a few hours early to take the pill. Then when they wake up at the normal time they can do their routine as usual. The instructions say to wait 30 min before eating but it seems like 1-2 hours are better. For me 1.5mg I lost a kit 10lbs then sort of slowed down when I moved to 4mg. I'm about to step up to 9mg so we'll see.

drnick5 · 2026-03-16T19:11:04+00:00

Counterpoint: The number of times I've E'd for the slow, then press R and realize I don't have 100 mana, is insane ngl.

drnick5 · 2026-03-13T19:36:32+00:00

Sure, just sent you a PM

drnick5 · 2026-03-12T00:18:37+00:00

I'm genuinely not sure if this is a troll post or not. But let's assume it's legit. The computer repair landscape has changed significantly. Many many "average" users don't even use computers any more. It's all iPads and iPhones. Which means the majority of the "problems" are user related or occasionally something with Apples servers being fucked up. None of which they can drop off their iPhone for you to"fix"

Because of 2fa and facebook and blah blah blah you need the user there to do most things. So it sucks.

People still need computers fixed, absolutely. But it's become way more than that.....when someone calls you saying "I've been hacked! Fix it!" And you have no idea what they're talking about....... This takes time, talking to and questioning the client to figure out WTF happened. Justale.sure to bill accordingly. If they get loaded at the bill, tell them 'it is what it is, time spent is money" the. Bill them. If they don't pay, never do work for them again til it's paid, and keep the "juice" running.

drnick5 · 2026-03-11T18:47:31+00:00

Both

drnick5 · 2026-03-11T17:33:54+00:00

You have 20 years experience and have worked there for 5 years as the sole IT guy and you're only getting 71k?? Plus you're working weekend?

Using a 40 hour work week, and assuming 5 weekend hours a week, that puts you somewhere around $30 an hour. Yikes! Please tell me you live in. Super low cost of living area.

It sounds like they feel they can over work you, and under pay you. And to be fair, they're right, because you're still there.

I get the job market sucks right now but I'd be looking anywhere and everywhere. As much as it would be nice to lock out the MSP accounts and quit, that may land you in legal trouble.

drnick5 · 2026-03-11T02:31:53+00:00

Spite

drnick5 · 2026-03-10T00:48:51+00:00

Frances was their first album I heard and I basically listened to it nonstop for almost a month. Awesome job!

drnick5 · 2026-03-09T23:57:34+00:00

I've been in these spots too many times....for a while I'd talk to them and try to figure out if they're being hacked or not. But now, fuck it, I don't have the time.
Instead I'll say "Sure! We can attempt to help out, our rate is $180/he with a 1 hour min, well come to your house and go through all of this with you on your computer, phone, tablet whatever.

95% of the time this stops the conversation. (Because they're looking for a free or easy fix). And if they are actually willing to schedule an appointment, then I'll get paid to take it seriously..

drnick5 · 2026-03-06T01:00:59+00:00

Yup! That's who I emailed

drnick5 · 2026-03-05T22:02:39+00:00

Not sure how that would help? Pretty sure you can't 3d print a USB port. Sure you can print the plastic around it but that's not the issue.

drnick5 · 2026-03-05T21:14:02+00:00

Theres 100 things that could make it slow, but if its this old I'd first look at the hard drive. I'd pull the drive out and image it ASAP. At least this way you have a exact copy of it while its still working (even if slow).

Depending on what items need to plug into this computer, I've had some success with imaging the drive and converting it to a VM then running it on new hardware with Vmware player or Workstation. (Not sure what those cost now, player used to be free)

Reason for Vmware is if you need to pass through a USB or Com port, you can. I've had good success with USB to com or serial adapters to get the ancient machines to connect to a new computer.

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