the router admin page was left on default login credentials
i used it to throttle everyone else's internet when I had large downloads or video calls. I was the horror story
(this is not good neighborly behavior and years later in retrospect i regret it)
What do hardworking lab technicians deserve but rarely get?
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original: What is the euphemistic term for culling of research animals?
happy hangin-stuff-on-vertical-surfaces ๐
What I've been doing is shuffling the debt between new 0% APR intro-period cards every time the 0% of the previous card is going to expire, and just eating the cost of the balance transfer (usually 3โ5%) which is still significantly lower than if the balance were to start getting hit by typical card APR (~25%)
I have considered doing bankruptcy but yeah I'm worried about wage garnishment. Also I had wanted to maybe buy a houseboat within the next 7 years but at this point that's almost certainly off the table so it may actually be worth just looking into bankruptcy at this point.
Right now I'm more focused on getting a full time job since my freelance stuff has been too slow to pay all the bills...
Being a grownup is so boring I hate this
in that case I highly recommend also getting the little rubber charging cord holders to grip the bottom of each utensil so when you inevitably fling the cupboard door open in a rush because you forgot the damn bay leaf again, the utensils don't go swinging about making a ruckus lol
for larger things I use a second sideways hook or cord keeper clip at the side/bottom. these ones:
mitigating small apartment problems one adhesive hook at a time
congrats on the car fix!
About 2 years' worth of rent (I live in NYC, to give an idea) in credit cards and a similarly large chunk in student loans
I was someone who paid off my balance in full at the end of every month for about 10 years, then bam, COVID, more fuck shit, rent needing to be paid via credit card several months (even more expensive as they take a usually 5% or more fee), and here we are
Spending money. Thorough a combination of a lot of bad luck and a few bad choices, I'm stuck playing credit card musical chairs to keep enough cash for rent and bills. "Ability to buy groceries/toiletries/medical copays/etc." is functionally a subscription for me. Few years of rice and beans in my future until I can dig myself out... good thing I like beans I guess
The worst I can imagine (aside from housing...) would be the others in Maslow's pyramid base: air, water, food, clothing.
you can be the mouse fixer of the friend group. trade fixed mice for casseroles and rides to the airport
ah the undies walk of shame. I started keeping extra large lab coats in the controlled area after that to use as emergency bathrobes but fortunately never needed one after that
the story about the 3 guys is fucking heartbreaking. I hope to hell I can get into a union at my next position. Not that it would have reversed the death sentence, but fuck's sake a little dignity would have been in order
I mean, I did sorta try not to be a nuisance with it. At least for large downloads I tried to do those late at night and then unthrottle once they finished
but one night I fell asleep with the throttling left on and then the next morning my landlady knocks on my door with one of my neighbors who's rather distraught looking, and says "I know this is weird to ask but you're my granddaughter's age and she's good with tech... [neighbor] works from home and can't get her video calls to connect, can you reset the router for us?"
10 minutes later I'm a "hero" and got to experience a truly deserved level of guilt ๐ซ