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hightechredneck

@hightechredneck@phpc.social

php programmer with front-end development experience; NASCAR fan; country music lover; a High Tech Redneck Woman 🤠

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I went to the races at our local dirt track with a friend & her daughter tonight. After the races, we headed north of town to search for the aurora. We found a spot, and I actually got some good pics on my phone (Pixel 6) using the "Night Sight" mode. I snapped about 50 pics, but here are a few of my favorites.

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We have a company meeting on AI in about 10 minutes. This should be interesting. 🙄 I hope they don't ask me for my opinion because they probably won't like anything I have to say. 🙊

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I finally decided to be an adult & call the shop to get my car in to hopefully fix it. I should have done it last fall, but I decided I wanted to buy a new car this spring.

I can afford a new car, but it would mean that I wouldn't be able to put as much money into savings as I am now. And I like making that number bigger. I've got stuff around the house to fix too.

So I decided this past weekend to see what it'll cost to fix it. Hopefully it won't be too expensive to fix. 🤞

Adulting sucks!

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I just dropped my car off at the shop and walked home. It isn't the shop I wanted to take it to, but it's the closest ... a 10 min walk. Hopefully they can fix it today or at least let me have it back over the weekend so I can run errands. 🤞

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I met w/ the financial advisor for my retirement fund just before lunch [via video]. I don't know if how I've been feeling since that meeting is because I always get confused by the same damn financial/investment terms OR if it's because I interacted with another human. 😖 😩

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I bought an indoor/outdoor weather station this morning. I'm having issues finding somewhere to put it to get an accurate temperature reading. I have it on my fence, facing north so it's shaded. But I think the sun reflecting off of the garage is causing problems. I doubt my yard is 20° warmer than the official reading at the airport. 😖

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It was bothering me too much, so I broke out my tape measure. I found a website that said that the temp sensor should be at least 10 ft from all buildings/fences and 4-6 ft from the ground. I'm just going to let it sit for the rest of the weekend to see if things level off. If not, I may have to move to a new house ... or just return the weather station. 🤪

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The weather station seemed pretty close to accurate overnight ... after I moved the sensor for the 5th time. 🙈

I'm starting to wonder if the fact that my neighbor's yard [to the south] is all concrete [no grass] is making the temp higher. 🤔 Of course, living in a row of townhouses where all the buildings are close together doesn't help.

Oh well. My weather geek side is still happy to have a weather station after all these years. 🤓

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Since I'm in a band of only 62% coverage and because it's cloudy here, I'm watching the eclipse on weather satellite. 🛰

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-02-24-0-100-1&checked=usint-map&colorbar=undefined

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When I first came across Laravel ... I think it was around version 5.3 or 5.4, I absolutely loved it. I even created a CMS w/ the framework [at work].

Now I'm feeling more apathetic. I don't even read the Laravel-centric newsletters that I'm subscribed to anymore. I don't know if it's because I just want to use html, css, & jQuery instead of all the front end stuff that Laravel now seems to shove in your face OR if my current job has just completely broken me.

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Yes. That was me shoveling my driveway in my house slippers. 🙈🤪

(I had only planned to check on what things looked like. There wasn't much snow out there since I shoveled yesterday morning ... just a bit up by my garage door. But I had to shovel it before coming back inside so my brain wouldn't obsess over it.)

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As I'm clocking out of work for lunch, my boss asks me on chat if I have time for a quick meeting after lunch. I asked what it was about and he said it was a "quick company update".

If they just gave me a company iPhone this morning, they aren't going to fire me ... are they? 😳

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I had to go into the office this morning to pick up an iPhone. My boss wants me to have one for testing/troubleshooting purposes.

I've always had an Android phone personally. I did have an iPod Touch way back in the day, but this is my first experience with an iPhone.

Maybe I need to spend more than 30 min with the iPhone, but I don't like it. Thank goodness I only need to use it if I need to test something specifically on an iPhone. (I've used BrowserStack for testing in the past.)

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My state income tax refund showed up in my bank account today. My federal income tax refund showed up on Monday. They totaled $843.

Should I be a responsible adult and transfer that money into my savings accounts or should I buy (or do) something frivolous with it?

But do I even remember how to be frivolous any more?

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Anyone who has dealt w/ burnout & depressive feelings ... what worked for you to get back on track?

I can't continue down the path that I am currently on. I have been unhappy at work for way too long now. I know I should have left years ago, but I've been at a point where I don't feel like I am smart enough to work anywhere else ... thanks to imposter syndrome on top.

I know there is no one-size-fits-all fix. I just don't know where to start ... how to get myself to realize I deserve more.

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The one time that I post something that I'm really hoping gets some sort of engagement and didn't. Maybe it's just time for me to leave the internet. Go find an isolated island somewhere. Just disappear. 😶‍🌫️

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I finally sat down & filed my income taxes just now. I used H&R Block online. I've been using it since at least 2011, so might as well keep using it.

My taxes are simple. The only things I have to be concerned w/ other than my W2 are the interest for 2 savings accounts & my mortgage. That means I can e-file for free. But damn do they beg & nag & try to get you to "upgrade" to a paid service. It's disgusting.

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@ramsey I wanted to e-file both federal & state and get my refunds directly deposited, that's why I filed online.

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I'm making some changes to an old project. It uses Bundler & Compass to compile the SCSS files. I was getting an error about the "ffi" gem failing to be built.

I found a fix that involved defining PKG_CONFIG_PATH in my .bash_profile file. This fixed the issue in the MacOS Terminal, however when I tried to compile things in the terminal within PhpStorm, it brought the error back.

Does the terminal in PhpStorm not look at the .bash_profile file or am I missing a setting somewhere?

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@willpower232 I did restart PhpStorm but not my laptop. I was wondering if I might need to do that. I also ran across something about copying the .bash_profile file to a .profile file. Maybe I'll do that today. I haven't restarted my work laptop in a while anyway. 🙈

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Blizzards w/ north winds are so crazy in terms of snow on my driveway. My house & driveway face east. At the end of my driveway closest to the street, there was very little snow. I really didn't need to shovel. But up in front of my garage? A drift that was 18-24 inches deep. Thankfully it wasn't that wide.

Instead of piling everything up where I normally do, I spread it out over my side parking spot. The temp is supposed to get back into the 40s later this week, and I want that crap to melt!

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Do I know anyone who has worked with Google AppSheet to build an app? Any tips on working with it?

One of our clients had some other company build them an app and now wants us to make changes to it. And since I'm the only programmer on staff (hell, the only person on the web team), I get the joy of trying to figure it out. 😖

All I know is that it is apparently a "no code" app builder. I honestly want nothing to do with apps, but I don't have a choice.

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Weather roller coaster anyone?

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I went out for lunch w/ a friend (& her 16yo daughter) today. It was nice. We were out for around 2 hours. But ever since I got home, I've felt more lonely than I did before she picked me up. 😩

Broken brain or just beyond help? 😵‍💫

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I want a realtor ... but for cars.

I know what I want but would really like some help finding & buying it. I bought my current car way back in 2010. A LOT has changed since then. And there are so many different websites to check for inventory. You can even buy a car completely online (which I do not want to do).

I just want a new [to me], reliable car that doesn't make noises when it's running. 😵‍💫

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