dxcz

joined 1 year ago
 

Hi all,

So I started YNAB a few years ago, and found myself enjoying the accounting aspects more than the budgeting aspects. When the price kicked up, I thought I'd explore the personal accounting space some more.

So I started using GNUCash and learned about double entry accounting. Which was fun sometimes, less fun other times. I liked that I could use Git with the save file, didn't like entering every. single. transaction. manually. I could never figure out the bank sync.

Eventually, I switched to Quicken, and have been mostly OK with it so far (on Mac). Though I'm still not used to using Reports and the like for personal analytics, the mobile app is clunky, and I occasionally run into wonky bugs with sync or with the general app.

How do you all go about tracking funds in accounts, if at all?

Thanks!

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Please forgive the multiple posts. My UI is glitchy af and reports errors when there were none.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm that bootleg printer ink is a thing. It used to be all I used. While sites dedicated to it off Amazon doesn’t cut it.

But as someone else pointed out, manufacturers have been adding “DRM” to cartridges in more recent years. Even in older printers, I will get complaints doubting the authenticity of the cartridges I was putting in.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’d be kinda down for this

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve thought about this but always get turned off at the thought of strangers in my little messy 1 bedroom apartment.

Any tips for finding a good one or additional points to help me make the plunge?

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hm. I’ve got a basic 5.1 setup via sound bar and have dialed center up to max. It sorta works, but it makes the “surround” a lot less impactful because of the disproportionate levels (eg explosions straight ahead still boom).

I always though this was a deliberate mixing decision for “immersion”

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This. It’s also mixing that’s intended to be “immersive”; explosions are meant to make you shit your pants while conversations are meant to be at the same level as someone in the room with you.

Not ideal for apartment dwellers with no insulation in their walls or floors, like myself.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting — coming from the Linux world where docker is an 'apt install' away, I struggled with docker installation on Mac and settled on their client because of various “gotchas” I saw online. And even then got pissed because the client overwrote my local 'kubectl' bin.

Guess I’ll have to reevaluate.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’ve always thought it could be a good retort when someone is dissatisfied with the amount of resources you’ve already put towards some thing.

“Wow, thanks for getting me only 20 bucks in my birthday card”

“you’re only volunteering for a day? They are volunteering for at least three”

“Gross, you’re got me a used laptop?”

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Got my immediate family on it. Miss some features when forced elsewhere.

 

ADHD person here. And I’m just so drained from spending hours meticulously looking for (essentially) $20.

It’s not about money — I’ll live without the $20. I’ve just lost so many important things in my life so many times that it drives me absolutely fucking insane. Seething, heart thumping, muscle flexing rage.

And what makes things worse is that I take measures to prevent this from happening. So when I still lose things, the failure just cuts twice as deep.

Not looking for any solutions atm. Just venting to folks who might get it while I physically recover and let the loss go. Thanks all.

 

Hi all,

Does anyone know of any apps that track your location over time and map it so that you can see where you were at a given time? Preferably one that doesn't upload any of this information to a/the cloud?

I'm a forgetful person and often wonder "what was I don't last Tuessday?" or "When did I get home?" or "How long was I at X?". Sometimes I also just want to contribute to things like OpenStreetMaps for less mapped areas (though I know this requires very frequent pings).

I used to use this feature using Google Location History but stopped because I decided I didn't want to give them any more of my data than necessary.

If anyone plays Legend of Zelda BOTW or TOTK, I'm thinking of it as a sort of personal "Hero's Path Mode".

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I hadn’t considered this, but this would be awesome.

Having it go 2 ways and draft new articles (thinking TODO pages) based on Slack mentions would be interesting too, I think?

 

I know this isn't part of the federated toolset that most in these parts prefer, but I have to use Slack for work. Thought this was interesting.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

IMO, these are the kinds of moves that’ll catalyze a new piracy movement in the mainstream.

[–] dxcz@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve considered that this might be a helpful tactic for NSFW communities — leave the moderation on Reddit and just bring content over here 🤷

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