What Grinds Your Gears? :) - Page 475

NeonTurtledude · 08-14-2022, 04:23 PM

Thank you,

I'll try to work on taking my breaks in between, but I'll look into that if I can, I use my laptop for most of this particular project

*Papenbrook* · 08-14-2022, 05:45 PM

I guess Zoomers will be able to experience a 2000's-like recession.

Just ... ugh. I have to live through it, twice.

*IndigoErth* · 08-14-2022, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Since I work with computers there are times when all the mouse-clicking hurts my wrist, so I put that brace for a week or so til it calms down and eventually the pain goes away.

Do you use a full size mouse or one of those little ones? What kind of mouse pad?

I used to get a lot of that pain, but found that an ergonomic mouse pad with the silicone rest for the base of the palm/wrist and switching back to a larger mouse (Cobra in this case) made a rather big difference.

edit: I think Cobra is mostly intended for gaming(?), but just bought a basic one that men were liking for their own grip size so I could be sure I was getting away from those little mice that were just making things hurt more. On my second of the same model.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-14-2022, 07:10 PM

Spent the better part of 6 hours last night and this morning working on a Chapter. Went back to finish it up, and it's blank, despite the file size being 35kb and if you try and highlight sections it "pretends" there are words there. But if you Copy and Paste it into another file, it is blank.

Googled it, tried multiple possible fixes, no luck. The best I can figure based on everything I read is that some malware corrupted the Saved file and now it's junk. All that time wasted. Horrible. It happened once before, too, but I was hoping that was just an isolated incident.

I'm thisclose to going back to pen and paper. I've had WAY too many incidents with word processors since the beginning. I don't f*cking trust them.

This is some very discouraging bullsh*t. I was in the mood to write and instead I spent an hour trying to fix this sh*t, unsuccessfully, and now I'm not in the mood to do anything, and I'm afraid that if I do it's just going to get screwed up again anyway.

NeonTurtledude · 08-14-2022, 07:11 PM

I've just remembered I have a USB-connected mouse, I use my laptop for my project and I used to use the USB mouse for a 3D modelling module, if I changed my work set up from sofa to working at my desk with the USB mouse instead of the mousepad, would that (and taking consistent breaks) fix the wrist strain problem?

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 08-14-2022, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656

Spent the better part of 6 hours last night and this morning working on a Chapter. Went back to finish it up, and it's blank, despite the file size being 35kb and if you try and highlight sections it "pretends" there are words there. But if you Copy and Paste it into another file, it is blank.

Googled it, tried multiple possible fixes, no luck. The best I can figure based on everything I read is that some malware corrupted the Saved file and now it's junk. All that time wasted. Horrible. It happened once before, too, but I was hoping that was just an isolated incident.

I'm thisclose to going back to pen and paper. I've had WAY too many incidents with word processors since the beginning. I don't f*cking trust them.

This is some very discouraging bullsh*t. I was in the mood to write and instead I spent an hour trying to fix this sh*t, unsuccessfully, and now I'm not in the mood to do anything, and I'm afraid that if I do it's just going to get screwed up again anyway.

How many words do you reckon you wrote? What I generally do is use Both Word and Google Docs, Copying and Pasting them into each other so that if one disappears, the other one is likely still there.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-14-2022, 08:10 PM

I don't even know. Like I said it was between 5 and 6 hours of work; my "chapters" are typically longer than most peoples' short stories and my "stories" are actually novels with a page count that's comparable to the King James Bible. So when I lose a Chapter it's a huge f*cking setback. It's legit gonna take me another hour of cursing about it before I'm even in the headspace to start over, if I'm even in the mood to by then. This is the kind of thing that generally makes me not even attempt to write again for several weeks.

I have a slight idea as to what may have caused it, but I can't be sure. I *think* it's because the file was still open when I shut down the laptop. I'd just saved it a bunch of times, and 99.9% of the time if a file is open when the laptop shuts down this does not happen, but as I recall it was the same situation the last time this happened. So I'm guessing it's a thing like, as the computer is shutting down the file is both trying to close itself AND save itself at the same time and as a result it becomes corrupted. I know dick about computers but something like that kind of makes sense to me.

Going forward I plan to make sure everything is closed before I shut down, and I guess I'll go back to backing everything up on a USB, even though that's an annoying pain in the ass.

*Coola Yagami* · 08-14-2022, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Do you use a full size mouse or one of those little ones? What kind of mouse pad?

I used to get a lot of that pain, but found that an ergonomic mouse pad with the silicone rest for the base of the palm/wrist and switching back to a larger mouse (Cobra in this case) made a rather big difference.

edit: I think Cobra is mostly intended for gaming(?), but just bought a basic one that men were liking for their own grip size so I could be sure I was getting away from those little mice that were just making things hurt more. On my second of the same model.

Hmmm that is interesting.... Yeah I did work with a regular full-sized mouse, work standard issue, before it started crapping out and whatnot. So I bought a five dollar USB mouse, which is a bit smaller than the work issue, and I haven't noticed any wrist pains since. But again, they happen so few and far between, sometimes entire years, it's really hard to tell.

*IndigoErth* · 08-15-2022, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonTurtledude

I've just remembered I have a USB-connected mouse, I use my laptop for my project and I used to use the USB mouse for a 3D modelling module, if I changed my work set up from sofa to working at my desk with the USB mouse instead of the mousepad, would that (and taking consistent breaks) fix the wrist strain problem?

Worth trying? Even if it's just strain related to repetitive motion/position, changing things up could potentially help at least for a bit?

*Coola Yagami* · 08-15-2022, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Worth trying? Even if it's just strain related to repetitive motion/position, changing things up could potentially help at least for a bit?

I'd say so. Give it a shot.

NeonTurtledude · 08-15-2022, 03:27 PM

I tried the usb mouse earlier today, and it worked, thanks for the advice

*Coola Yagami* · 08-15-2022, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonTurtledude

I tried the usb mouse earlier today, and it worked, thanks for the advice

Awesome, still make sure to give your wrist as much of a break as you can (given your schedule) to make sure the pain goes away and stays away.

*CyberCubed* · 08-29-2022, 06:30 AM

I walked into a Best Buy today for the first time in 10-15 years. Man what the hell happened. In the early 2000's the aisles were filled to the brim with racks of videogames, DVDs, and physical items to pick up. I looked today at the blu-ray/DVD and videogame section, the shelves were practically bare and only a handful of discs were being sold. Most stuff was online vouchers/codes.

Man...they really are pushing everyone to digital. Gone are the days of DVD boxsets of shows or movies, even videogames are barely sold anymore. I wonder what things will be like 10 years from now.

*IndigoErth* · 08-30-2022, 06:05 PM

Gross. There isn't much I buy, but on the rare occasion that I do I prefer to own physical copies. I've always felt like digital is bound to be too easy to lose access to sooner or later and make it a waste of money, AND too easy of a cash grab since it costs companies nothing to sell infinite copies with zero of the physical production cost of producing the discs and packaging, and not like they hardly pass that savings onto the consumer.

Anyway... Is it weird I almost sort of miss hurricanes? Not their destruction of course, but they always add a little excitement to summer, what with the whole east and/or gulf coasts having to keep an eye on where one is headed. And this year... wow, it's actually been boring... In a good way, since everyone's towns remain intact, but still boring. Admit I always sort of enjoyed watching weather people out trying to cover a strong hurricane.

Only bad part is that part of the summer rain for the northeast comes from those tropical systems or the remnants of them and chunks of the region are in a drought because it just hasn't been happening and regular rain storms fizzle out too much.

edit: Eesh, had some rain coming this evening, heard some distant thunder that was north of us and then...nothing. Barely a sprinkle at best. It looked like it was there on the radar, but maybe its so warm it dried up before it hit the ground.

*Papenbrook* · 08-30-2022, 07:43 PM

Leonardo DiCaprio is so disgusting.

I can't imagine anyone who's doing what he does.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-30-2022, 08:00 PM

What, get a bit pudgy in middle age? Happens to the best of us. He's not immune, why's that so bad?

*Papenbrook* · 08-30-2022, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656

What, get a bit pudgy in middle age? Happens to the best of us. He's not immune, why's that so bad?

He's dating younger and younger women ...

~~Leo656~~ · 08-30-2022, 08:39 PM

That's called "winning at life", kiddo. He's rich and still reasonably handsome, so he can do that.

Are people in their late-40s only "allowed" to look at or date chicks their own age? That would be sh*tty.

*Papenbrook* · 08-30-2022, 08:53 PM

He dates them until they turn twenty-five. Then, he dates women who're younger and younger.

Imagine if he dates a twenty year-old right now ...

Disgusting.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-30-2022, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papenbrook

He dates them until they turn twenty-five. Then, he dates women who're younger and younger.

Imagine if he dates a twenty year-old right now ...

Disgusting.

20 is of legal age everywhere in the world, so unless he's asking her to buy his booze or lottery tickets I don't see a significant problem.

He'd rather have sex with someone hot, young and tight rather than some older broad with "scrambled eggs between the legs" and tits like half-filled water balloons. If the women are consenting then it's not a problem and nobody's business but theirs.

You're saying you wouldn't jump at the chance if an attractive, incredibly rich, 40-something guy wanted you to join his little "club"? Puh-lease, you and every other supposed "woman of virtue" would be in his lap before he even finished the question. "I think you're a little bit old for me, Sir" wouldn't even cross your mind in that scenario, so don't even front.

08-30-2022, 06:05 PM	#9494
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Gross. There isn't much I buy, but on the rare occasion that I do I prefer to own physical copies. I've always felt like digital is bound to be too easy to lose access to sooner or later and make it a waste of money, AND too easy of a cash grab since it costs companies nothing to sell infinite copies with zero of the physical production cost of producing the discs and packaging, and not like they hardly pass that savings onto the consumer. Anyway... Is it weird I almost sort of miss hurricanes? Not their destruction of course, but they always add a little excitement to summer, what with the whole east and/or gulf coasts having to keep an eye on where one is headed. And this year... wow, it's actually been boring... In a good way, since everyone's towns remain intact, but still boring. Admit I always sort of enjoyed watching weather people out trying to cover a strong hurricane. Only bad part is that part of the summer rain for the northeast comes from those tropical systems or the remnants of them and chunks of the region are in a drought because it just hasn't been happening and regular rain storms fizzle out too much. edit: Eesh, had some rain coming this evening, heard some distant thunder that was north of us and then...nothing. Barely a sprinkle at best. It looked like it was there on the radar, but maybe its so warm it dried up before it hit the ground. Last edited by IndigoErth; 08-30-2022 at 08:13 PM.

08-30-2022, 07:43 PM	#9495
Papenbrook I'm leaving. Goodbye. :) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,754	Leonardo DiCaprio is so disgusting. I can't imagine anyone who's doing what he does. Last edited by Papenbrook; 02-04-2023 at 08:47 PM.

08-14-2022, 04:23 PM	#9481
NeonTurtledude Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 383	Thank you, I'll try to work on taking my breaks in between, but I'll look into that if I can, I use my laptop for most of this particular project

08-14-2022, 05:45 PM	#9482
Papenbrook I'm leaving. Goodbye. :) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,754	I guess Zoomers will be able to experience a 2000's-like recession. Just ... ugh. I have to live through it, *twice.*

08-14-2022, 07:10 PM	#9484
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Spent the better part of 6 hours last night and this morning working on a Chapter. Went back to finish it up, and it's blank, despite the file size being 35kb and if you try and highlight sections it "pretends" there are words there. But if you Copy and Paste it into another file, it is blank. Googled it, tried multiple possible fixes, no luck. The best I can figure based on everything I read is that some malware corrupted the Saved file and now it's junk. All that time wasted. Horrible. It happened once before, too, but I was hoping that was just an isolated incident. I'm thisclose to going back to pen and paper. I've had WAY too many incidents with word processors since the beginning. I don't fcking trust them. This is some very discouraging bullsht. I was in the mood to write and instead I spent an hour trying to fix this sh*t, unsuccessfully, and now I'm not in the mood to do anything, and I'm afraid that if I do it's just going to get screwed up again anyway.

08-14-2022, 07:11 PM	#9485
NeonTurtledude Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 383	I've just remembered I have a USB-connected mouse, I use my laptop for my project and I used to use the USB mouse for a 3D modelling module, if I changed my work set up from sofa to working at my desk with the USB mouse instead of the mousepad, would that (and taking consistent breaks) fix the wrist strain problem?

08-14-2022, 08:10 PM	#9487
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I don't even know. Like I said it was between 5 and 6 hours of work; my "chapters" are typically longer than most peoples' short stories and my "stories" are actually novels with a page count that's comparable to the King James Bible. So when I lose a Chapter it's a huge fcking setback. It's legit gonna take me another hour of cursing about it before I'm even in the headspace to start over, if I'm even in the mood to by then. This is the kind of thing that generally makes me not even attempt to write again for several weeks. I have a slight idea as to what may have caused it, but I can't be sure. I think* it's because the file was still open when I shut down the laptop. I'd just saved it a bunch of times, and 99.9% of the time if a file is open when the laptop shuts down this does not happen, but as I recall it was the same situation the last time this happened. So I'm guessing it's a thing like, as the computer is shutting down the file is both trying to close itself AND save itself at the same time and as a result it becomes corrupted. I know dick about computers but something like that kind of makes sense to me. Going forward I plan to make sure everything is closed before I shut down, and I guess I'll go back to backing everything up on a USB, even though that's an annoying pain in the ass.

08-15-2022, 03:27 PM	#9491
NeonTurtledude Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 383	I tried the usb mouse earlier today, and it worked, thanks for the advice

08-29-2022, 06:30 AM	#9493
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	I walked into a Best Buy today for the first time in 10-15 years. Man what the hell happened. In the early 2000's the aisles were filled to the brim with racks of videogames, DVDs, and physical items to pick up. I looked today at the blu-ray/DVD and videogame section, the shelves were practically bare and only a handful of discs were being sold. Most stuff was online vouchers/codes. Man...they really are pushing everyone to digital. Gone are the days of DVD boxsets of shows or movies, even videogames are barely sold anymore. I wonder what things will be like 10 years from now.

08-30-2022, 08:00 PM	#9496
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	What, get a bit pudgy in middle age? Happens to the best of us. He's not immune, why's that so bad?

08-30-2022, 08:39 PM	#9498
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	That's called "winning at life", kiddo. He's rich and still reasonably handsome, so he can do that. Are people in their late-40s only "allowed" to look at or date chicks their own age? That would be sh*tty.

08-30-2022, 08:53 PM	#9499
Papenbrook I'm leaving. Goodbye. :) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,754	He dates them until they turn twenty-five. Then, he dates women who're younger and younger. Imagine if he dates a twenty year-old right now ... Disgusting.