The Still New What Did You Last Do Thread

[DoomKrakken]

Bought one of these babies. Now I have both the screen and the GPU, gotta get the rest in August.

Dude, that's more expensive than the laptop I'm using... holy cow.

I've only recently looked into external GPUs, and holy cow, they're a thing now.

Thanks to USB 3.0, it's actually possible for such a concept to be effective! I'm thinking I'll get one for my laptop. https://www.akitio.com/expansion/thunder2-pcie-box

[Jeimuzu73]

[Project Shadowcat]

*sigh*

So, many of you may have heard of the Xbox Design Lab, where you can design your own personalized controller. With it just having launched this side of the pond, I decided to order one as a little luxury.

Whilst in work on Thursday, I received a call from FedEx telling me that they had tried to deliver but there was no answer. After a bit of negotiating I got them to deliver it to one of my neighbours the following day. This happens all the time and is normally not a big deal. However, when I got home I had expected to find a card or something telling me where it was, but nothing. So I gave them a call. They told me it had been signed for by a name I didn't recognize, that it was too late to find out the address of where it was delivered to and that I would have to wait until Monday for the delivery driver to get in touch with me.

No one I've spoekn to in my street knows who this person is, which leads me to believe that the idiot has delivered it to the wrong street. I'm not even worried about the money I spent, moreso the fact that a complete stranger now has my name, address and online alias. A simple Google search for "scalliano" pretty much lays my life bare for all to see.

In essence, FedEx have more or less doxxed me, and I have no idea what to do next. Do I talk to a solicitor? The police?

The irony is that I'm not actually known as scalliano on Xbox Live ...

My faith in delivery services that are not the United States Postal Service has been steadily dropping for the past ten years, and this about cements my already low faith in Federal Express in place. I hope there is a resolution on this soon.
EDIT: I just noticed your location is Ireland. I kind of doubt that the USPS operates there. Really hoping everything will be okay.

[scalliano]

Well, if the USPS is anywhere near as reliable as Royal Mail, then your point stands. This is the first time I've had a delivery via FedEx, and if this is anything to go by, it'll be my last.

[wildweasel]

Well, if the USPS is anywhere near as reliable as Royal Mail, then your point stands. This is the first time I've had a delivery via FedEx, and if this is anything to go by, it'll be my last.

FedEx around here (west coast US) are pretty damn flaky. They'll either leave an expensive item on the doorstep and never even knock on the door or ring the doorbell, or they'll just assume I'm not at home, quietly stick the "SORRY WE MISSED YOU" tag on the doorknob and book it back to the truck.

[Caligari87]

It's because they overload them with packages and don't give them enough time, I think. The drivers don't do due diligence because any extra 30 seconds will put them behind schedule, so they shave corners wherever they can. UPS (not USPS) is marginally better than FedEx though, in my experience. Once FedEx gave a single knock on our apartment door, then proceeded to fling our package (a laptop battery marked "Fragile") onto our balcony from the breezeway as they retreated down the stairs. We complained loudly to customer service and I think that driver got fired because it wasn't the first time.

Now though, both usually just drop off all packages inside the main office and leave notes on the door so that theft and "ghost deliveries" are less of a problem. USPS at my apartment is better than both because they have dedicated lockboxes for mail/packages, along with set routes so they generally don't have to worry as much about falling behind schedule due to any one package.

[FuzzballFox]

Laying in bed..well..my floor matress..at X-am crying unable to stop invasive thoughts about failure again...and I am still too scared to open up and see somebody about...
..ugh..I hate this...

[DoomRater]

Meanwhile I'm on my third week with Woebot support. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

[Captain J]

Laying in bed..well..my floor matress..at X-am crying unable to stop invasive thoughts about failure again...and I am still too scared to open up and see somebody about...
..ugh..I hate this...

I do have a lot of problem when trying to sleep. That sounds terrible as always, and hope you can sleep well...

[DoomKrakken]

Something tells me that it has to do with hormone imbalance.

[Captain J]

The good thing is i'm a man and lazy as heck, and anxious at the same time. I'm doing kinda fine, however.

[DoomKrakken]

I don't sleep as often as I should, or as long as I should... which is why I wind up being so tired that it's impossible for me not go to sleep. That in and of itself would cause some hormone imbalance, which in turn should hurt my sleep pattern, but like I've said before... I'm too tired to stay awake then, and I wind up going to sleep anyway. XD

Though unfortunately I sometimes wake up at some fairly inconvenient times, as a result. ^_^;

Stuff like steroids and synthetic hormonal supplements... those will really, really, screw up people's hormones. Worst case would be hormonal therapy, especially for sex-change surgery.

[FuzzballFox]

._. Time to get up for work..aa..I really dont wanna but I have to..

[Kostov]

._. Time to get up for work..aa..I really dont wanna but I have to..

Life does get kinda boring when you have free time all the time, don't you think?

[Hellsmith1]

Laying in bed..well..my floor matress..at X-am crying unable to stop invasive thoughts about failure again...and I am still too scared to open up and see somebody about...
..ugh..I hate this...

I do have a lot of problem when trying to sleep. That sounds terrible as always, and hope you can sleep well...

It seems like you both are having such a hard time falling asleep at nights.

I don't know but if this might work or not but what I do is that I always play games or read something on my phone for about 35 to 45 mins. After the time has past then I start getting tried and sleepy. That's what helps me get to sleep quicker so I don't know give it a try and see if it works for the both of you guys.