DaGeek247

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[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 60 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

JavaScript Date objects are cursed

JavaScript date objects are 1 indexed for years and days, but 0 indexed for months.

Oh that's not nearly the only thing javascript fucks up about their Date() implementation. https://jsdate.wtf/

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Health records for veterans don't require a security clearance to be managed. (Personnel records for active military only require a Secret level clearance) You'll wanna take it up with whoever manages security for the VA about the 'massive liability' involved.

https://www.va.gov/securityinvestigationscenter/frequently_asked_questions.asp#q006

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io -1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Yeah. My agency doesn't use clearance level to determine security requirements. It's likely your password manager policy is agency-specific.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io -1 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Not gonna get specific, but, I have access to a shitload of sensitive personal data. It's more likely you ran into an agency policy rather than a federal policy.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 21 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

My federal job came with one pre-installed.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The fact that this didn't come up on his yearly checkup means he either has a shit doctor, or he doesn't regularly go to a doctor. Either way, it's a good sign for his continuing health.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

As a fellow bureaucrat, I absolutely understood his frustration. Why go through the entire process of switching insurance, risking missed coverage days, and other bs, when you could just call and have a person look at the generated evaluation numbers to fix things? He wasn't mad at me; just had his professional bride bruised when he found out that I was getting the same effect as the official process by doing (in his eyes) even more work than a simple call would be.

I actually love finding these things in my job. Whenever someone does something that looks really silly on the surface, but as soon as you look into it from a user persective you find out it's just as good (or better) than the official process you originally expected. It's always trippy finding them because you have to turn your brain around to understand why they did it. And you always wanna keep it in your back pocket if you ever end up in a similar situation.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Live every day like it's your last

Dude mixed up living with dying. Rookie mistake.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 52 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I've found that this is usually a "staying with a single insurance provider" problem. I usually end up switching every two years or so, but I check everytime my six month renewal comes up. I've found that my premiums pretty consistently go down so long as I keep looking around. The last few times I switched from geico to progressive then back to geico, and the cost went down each time I switched.

Fun fact. At the last call to make sure my insurance was switched over properly, I had the csr angrily explain that in order to get the same affect, all I had to do was ask for a reevaluation of my policy. It turns out that the automated systems that send out your new price every renewal don't do a good job of adjusting the premiums down and you're supposed to ask a person at the company to review things if you don't like the automatic price.

I plan on continuing my personal policy of switching providers every few years anyways. I'd rather have the new customer prices than deal with a person on the phone going through every option to see if the new price is actually better or worse than the competitors offers.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 15 points 2 weeks ago

Not for me. I have no idea when I last shut off an xp machine. My first free computer came with 98se, and my first purchased PC had windows 7 installed. At some point, I shut off an xp machine, either for school or at the library or whatever, and I have no idea when that was.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

You could also modify the frame to have that pole blocking things be removable; cut it off and weld on a pair of bolts to put it back when you're done.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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