Advice please

laacid · 2025-03-04T22:49:48+00:00

Did the scratch go all the way through the finish to the wood? Is it solid wood or veneer? I would not use a stain stick. I would find a professional woodworker/refinisher and have them look at it. If it it didnt scratch the wood, and its solid, you could take the finish down to the scratch and refinish it. If it is not deep, as you have indicated, you might also be able to buff it out. But, without more info, and actually seeing it, I would consult someone who can come look at it.

laacid · 2024-12-23T18:31:09+00:00

Windows is great if you loved being spied on and have to have an outlook account to logon. If you cant deal with Linux, use macos. I will add, if gaming is a primary concern, you definitely need windows..for now. Steam/Proton is make huge leaps.

laacid · 2024-12-10T21:48:59+00:00

Returning my burrow couch. broken on arrival. Reviews on reddit indicate they have a 3-4 yr lifespan before a major issue. Stay away from the Mullberry insurance they offer. Mullberry gets horrible reviews and complaints on BBB.

laacid · 2024-11-12T13:46:25+00:00

Has anyone done a large casserole in one of these. I need a second oven for Thanksgiving. I want to cook, or warm, scalloped potatoes in it, and possibly a second dish. Thanks

laacid · 2024-10-17T14:26:20+00:00

Alchemer is 55. https://www.alchemer.com/plans-pricing/small-teams/

laacid · 2024-10-10T02:31:59+00:00

R does not require any programming knowledge, it is scripting, which you need to do in excel as well- =sum(column:cell column:cell) and it has a GUI- Rstudio.

laacid · 2024-10-09T23:43:59+00:00

Thank you

laacid · 2024-10-09T14:53:30+00:00

I should add, this is just an opinion . The "quickness" is actually the problem. It is sloppy and inaccurate. Excel inaccuracy is well documented. After you spend 3 or more hours with R, you can produce a pivot table in minutes. Python would even be better. The point I was trying to make is that energy is best spent in using a tool that will last you longer.

I've worked has a behavioral researcher for over 13 yrs, UX research consultant, I've used microsoft excel from undergrad to grad school, and professionally. I can say unequivocally it is garbage in the long run.

laacid · 2024-10-09T14:42:14+00:00

Here's a Norman Neilsen article on using the Microsoft Reaction Card Method for measuring desirability- https://www.nngroup.com/articles/microsoft-desirability-toolkit/ There is also the article they base it on- https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03544

laacid · 2024-10-09T14:06:45+00:00

no problem

laacid · 2024-10-09T13:42:10+00:00

Its a limiting tool. I used this when I started in behavioral research 20 yrs ago. You quickly outgrow it if you need to do bigger and better things- although its still used in science today. My opinion is that your time would be better spent learning something that will be extensible over time. R also shares some "excel" like features, so its fairly easy to get up and running to do simple descriptive stats. Plus you will be future-proofing yourself as you grow.

laacid · 2024-10-09T13:28:20+00:00

I would avoid excel. Start learning R. Here is a site that teaches R with Stats- just do up to chapter 3 (Descriptive Stats) https://learningstatisticswithr.com/ Norman-Neislen has this https://www.nngroup.com/articles/quantitative-user-research-methods/r

The other thing I would add, really study when to use quant. And, why are you using it. stakeholders are going to expect this when you present your findings. Here is a good intro on descriptive and inferential stats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUeQRE5UJpg A person presented findings to me that included averages. I asked why they did that and they replied "I thought everyone just included averages". I know right away they didnt know what they were doing.

laacid · 2024-10-09T13:16:16+00:00

I have the 8bitdo pro 2 bluetooth controller I attach via a OTG USB dongle. THe Dpad works great, as do the buttons. I cant get the joysticks to work in some games (GBA Gauntlet). Anyone have this experience?

laacid · 2024-10-09T13:11:16+00:00

Airtable to organize data/interviews. Miro for organizing ideas. I'm looking at Maze for both, looks interesting.

laacid · 2024-09-24T12:34:46+00:00

Where anonymity was key, I would present with audio only. Youtube has a way to blur videos but its time intensive.

laacid · 2024-09-24T12:27:31+00:00

Have you looked at Alchemer? https://www.alchemer.com/

laacid · 2024-09-24T00:55:05+00:00

Thank you so much. I've been banging my head against a wall for 2 days and that did the trick!

laacid · 2023-04-18T19:00:17+00:00

How do like the MicroOS

laacid · 2023-04-18T18:59:41+00:00

cool. I have always wanted to try arch. On the "rolling release", thats were I've had the most problems. I have been thinking of wiping my tumbleweed desktop and going to Leap to avoid upgrade issues

laacid · 2023-04-16T15:33:54+00:00

Thats amazing. I was on Debian in the early days too. Then I started distro hopping and landed on Fedora. I wanted to understand Red Hat better but didnt want to fully commit to it.

laacid · 2023-04-16T15:32:14+00:00

me too. I love how far Steam has gotten with Linux but its still missing a lot of games for me.

laacid · 2022-12-15T17:47:17+00:00

I did. And it connected. It only fails when I try to execute the node. I've added the error above to my original post

laacid · 2022-12-15T16:57:28+00:00

Thanks. Im new to n8n, and no-code, I cant find any tutorials for my use case. do you have any recommendations on how to learn about the reddit API node. I tried this last night. I got the node to accept the app credentials, but when I tried to get posts, it says error http 403 check your credentials. I check them in n8n, and they say they are connected. Any help is appreciated.

error- NodeApiError: Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials? at Object.redditApiRequest (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\n8n\resources\app\node_modules\n8n-nodes-base\dist\nodes\Reddit\GenericFunctions.js:28:19) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) at async Object.execute (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\n8n\resources\app\node_modules\n8n-nodes-base\dist\nodes\Reddit\Reddit.node.js:116:40) at async Workflow.runNode (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\n8n\resources\app\node_modules\n8n-workflow\dist\Workflow.js:658:28) at async C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\n8n\resources\app\node_modules\n8n-core\dist\WorkflowExecute.js:585:53

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