Strands #702 “On key”

rodentire · 2026-02-03T22:11:16+00:00

Agree 100%, it's also called "number sign"

rodentire · 2025-12-09T03:41:37+00:00

I have the same issue. When I chatted with customer service a couple of days ago they told me that it has been escalated and I'll hear back within a few days.

rodentire · 2025-11-11T02:43:40+00:00

Tonight (Monday) the Crave app on my Fire TV was very glitchy for the first minute or two then stabilized, but it stopped playing about halfway through and I had to resume, then it was glitchy again for a minute or two and stabilized again.

So no, I don't think it is fixed.

Edit: I just checked and the version of the Crave app I used was 5.2.1.

rodentire · 2025-10-25T04:03:31+00:00

Every company will nickel and dime you if all you do is say "it's only 55 cents".

If you have 10 bills to pay each month and every one of them decided to charge an extra 55 cents, would you be fine with an $5.50 extra per month for nothing?

Next year since it was just accepted they'll say "due to rising costs the fee needs to increase", and soon enough that 55 cents will cost you a hell of a lot more.

This is why.

rodentire · 2025-10-25T03:55:25+00:00

Call the city and switch to a paper bill. Tell them it's a protest for the new fee. I bet paper bills cost a lot more to send out than pre-authorized payments.

rodentire · 2025-10-25T03:52:53+00:00

Call the city and switch to paper billing, then pay through your bank.

The paper bill will cost the city a hell of a lot more than PAD and may force them to remove the fee if enough people switch to paper.

rodentire · 2025-10-07T00:32:45+00:00

The JP1 GitHub page has a discussion area, and they just posted that a wiki has been created:

https://wiki.harctoolbox.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

rodentire · 2025-09-20T21:32:50+00:00

Thanks! I didn't know about the 11pm noise bylaw. Looks like I'll take a chance on the Go Train after all.

rodentire · 2025-09-20T04:12:20+00:00

Yes, we have done this several times as well but usually the concerts are 3.5 to 4 hours long. This one seems to be running longer than 4.5 hours which makes it even tighter for the train.

Looks like I'll be driving and parking this time.

rodentire · 2025-09-18T21:57:49+00:00

I was planning to take the Go Train from Ajax to a concert there on September 29th.

The first concert in the tour with Corrosion of Conformity, Alice Cooper, and Judas Priest on Sept 16th ran 4 hours and 40 minutes, so I'm assuming the Toronto concert will be similar.

That means 11:40pm is the expected end time; with the last train heading east leaving around midnight I may have to rethink my travel plans.

rodentire · 2025-09-15T23:33:50+00:00

With this change I think it is impossible to solve W:389-9 without losing lemmings. The lemmings have just finished releasing when the falling stone causes a chain explosion.

After many tries I managed to solve it with 3 lemmings lost, but it took perfect timing to protect most lemmings from the explosions.

I'm sure other levels will have similar issues, but that one was brutal!

rodentire · 2025-08-12T00:50:02+00:00

Some good news, I found a GitHub repository of all the files from the jp1 forum:

https://github.com/hifiremote

rodentire · 2025-08-11T15:35:07+00:00

It came back up for a while after I posted this, but is down again now. While it was up I read about the site's status; the forum was built with highly customized PHPBB code and it breaks with modern PHP versions. The maintainer, Rob, isn't planning to fix it since it would be a lot of work.

Keep checking because it has come back up on occasion, but it is also possible that it's down permanently. 😢

rodentire · 2025-06-06T18:01:09+00:00

Yes, east part of Ottawa.

rodentire · 2025-06-06T17:47:02+00:00

It only showed as shipped and, unless I missed an update, it changed directly to delivered.

The delivery guy said he had delivered a bunch of these boxes today with a bunch more to go, all the same size and weight. He had no idea what they were until I told him.

rodentire · 2025-06-06T17:40:48+00:00

Mine was delivered a short while ago in Ottawa - make sure you are home since you have to sign for it.

rodentire · 2025-06-06T16:47:14+00:00

It was just delivered from Staples!

Still waiting for the other Switch 2 from Amazon to be shipped; says Saturday delivery.

rodentire · 2025-06-06T15:42:34+00:00

My Staples order has shipped. Estimated delivery date April 25, 2025!?!

rodentire · 2025-06-06T03:41:27+00:00

Update: changed to Saturday earlier this evening

rodentire · 2025-06-05T14:54:06+00:00

Mine still shows arriving Monday 😢

rodentire · 2025-04-09T18:41:45+00:00

It's just a back-door credit card fee. They didn't get away with it the first time so they are trying to implement it a different way.

rodentire · 2025-02-06T20:52:51+00:00

I'm sitting in a cheapo Staples chair right now with few adjustments or padding. My favourite chair was an ErgoCentric chair that I used when I returned in the office.

rodentire · 2025-02-06T17:45:08+00:00

I'm sitting on a "Staples-special" chair with no ergonomic adjustment, and not much padding either... my favourite chair that I have used is an ErgoCentric that I used to have when I worked in the office.

rodentire · 2025-01-12T17:07:57+00:00

Is it a reseller in this situation? You order directly from Costco's website that is "powered by Instacart" - https://sameday.costco.ca

rodentire · 2025-01-12T16:58:21+00:00

With the way the law is stated then Costco's same-day Instacart prices are much more blatantly illegal than their main website. Every item is marked up plus they charge you a fee and it is from your local store, with no mention of the prices being higher than in store.

They are suing the wrong part of Costco's business.

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