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Setsuna's crazy adventures - a cataloguing
Setsuna:
Well, it's been a while but it amounts to a quick update (not that I honestly expect anyone to care):
Apparently when I fail to do things as required by social security law, I break the law and I get duely punished.
When a government department breaks the law, it applies for an exemption under national security, and the person who reported the breech goes to court for a day trying to explain why they shouldn't be detained under national security guidelines.
Oh, and the government gets to break the law in the process of breaking the law.
I also get to break the law on behalf of another government department in a futile attempt to prosecute someone else (Who I will never know) because of some unknown international thing.
And the best part? I lost 50 dollars just today because I dropped it after withdrawing it, and a kid (who was probably 12-14) managed to run away fast enough and get on the train before I did.
People tell me the world's a nice place and that good deeds will be rewarded.
I honestly would like to know where this world of theirs is located, because the real world I live in isn't very forgiving, or even gives a damn about doing the right thing.
Nakiame:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on December 30, 2015, 04:49:24 am ---
And the best part? I lost 50 dollars just today because I dropped it after withdrawing it, and a kid (who was probably 12-14) managed to run away fast enough and get on the train before I did.
People tell me the world's a nice place and that good deeds will be rewarded.
I honestly would like to know where this world of theirs is located, because the real world I live in isn't very forgiving, or even gives a damn about doing the right thing.
--- End quote ---
Maybe that kid have done something good and was rewarded with 50 bucks for it? =)
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on December 30, 2015, 04:49:24 am ---Well, it's been a while but it amounts to a quick update (not that I honestly expect anyone to care):
Apparently when I fail to do things as required by social security law, I break the law and I get duely punished.
When a government department breaks the law, it applies for an exemption under national security, and the person who reported the breech goes to court for a day trying to explain why they shouldn't be detained under national security guidelines.
Oh, and the government gets to break the law in the process of breaking the law.
I also get to break the law on behalf of another government department in a futile attempt to prosecute someone else (Who I will never know) because of some unknown international thing.
And the best part? I lost 50 dollars just today because I dropped it after withdrawing it, and a kid (who was probably 12-14) managed to run away fast enough and get on the train before I did.
People tell me the world's a nice place and that good deeds will be rewarded.
I honestly would like to know where this world of theirs is located, because the real world I live in isn't very forgiving, or even gives a damn about doing the right thing.
--- End quote ---
Oh, wow...I swear, people could make your life into some kind of soap opera or slapstick slice of life sitcom. Maybe you can pitch to have your life made into a movie or write a book about it?
I would pay good money for that. And hey, then you get money! You can earn back those $50 that jerk of a kid stole from you!
Setsuna:
It's been a while - Three months in fact, since I decided to write on things.
On the bright side, things have stabilized somewhat. A whole lot of nothing happened, mostly cause I've been doing my damnest to make sure that nothing happens.
In short, I actually like being really bored a lot, simply cause if you're bored, nothing exciting or terminal has happened. Like oh, being shot at or what not.
Okay, apart from things like heatwaves and what have you anyway.
Out of the things that did happen though during what I consider 'I want to be chronically bored, because excitement gets me into trouble' phase....
1. For whatever reason, apparently I'm required by some intergalactic law to be able to come up with all sorts of things in a hurry, because people and situations keep asking me for things that, at least at face value, there'd be no reason for me to know. I'm pretty sure there isn't a school for this sort of thing, is there?
- Like for instance, the correct steps to intervene in a suicide attempt, where the other guy is armed with a bladed weapon and is threatening to kill themselves, and anyone who's crazy enough to stop them. Or a suicide attempt where you're several thousand kilometres away from the other guy.
- Or the correct steps on how to remove an arm that should have rightfully got sheered off due to a traffic accident that damaged the door, and hey, you just happen to be the closest person who got to watch a car hit face first into a truck.
- Or the best place to stand in the event of a gunman deciding that someone needs to die today, and you're just walking by. No, I made sure I left in one piece.
2. For whatever reason, I'm also required by some intergalactic law to have knowledge of a whole bunch of diverse things that on request, I have to be able to recite facts of.
So I've been asked to as of this month...
- been asked to source various old video consoles, for replacement and modification.
- figured out through sheer force of trial and error on how to repair a Vita by concluding which bits are interchangeable between the 1000, 1001 and 1002 lines. (The short answer is 90%. There's a couple of modifications to be done due to slight differences in the parts, and I am now back in possession of a Frankenstein Vita that's able to broadcast out.)
- been asked to figure out how to analyze and then make effective a couple of campaigns that are apparently about to launch, including one political campaign.
- Spec a computer from parts, to be a mainstay gaming platform, while ensuring that the computer can do high quality recording.
- Arrange for specialised equipment, and figuring out the three seperate places someone has to visit in Japan to make arrangements for specialised modifications. Apparently if you want a N3DSXL USB broadcast mod, a Vita USB broadcast mod, a SNES HDMI display mod, or a specialized HDCP breaker, you might want to ask me for acquisition methods and costs.
- Analyse and explain economic models, assist in a couple of investigations, and account for various frauds on the face of the planet. Nothing like understanding and helping to explain how to destroy national economies, account for huge fraud, and break in four security systems while still in your nightie.
3. Apparently the natural laws of probability don't apply to me either, at least when I found out when a friend dropped off FE Awakening (And borrowed the US copy of FE Fates I've been sitting on, due to a lack of real interest).
Apparently when I play FE Awakening Lunatic, the AI can't seem to miss any shot below 52%, which is a problem, because the first 3 stages it's nearly impossible to actually reduce enemy hit chances much below that. Or at least they didn't, 72 times in a row. We did the math, and apparently the odds of that happening (assuming flucutations and accounting for the skew due to the FE RNG modifications) somewhere between 1 in a a couple of quadrillion, and a septmillion.
Oh, and before you ask - it wasn't a spot wielding because the % odds when I tried to hit them were behaving mostly just fine (within reasonable margins of error). I started laughing after AI hit number 28.
For the record, the odds of winning the lottery are not anywhere near close to this. Yes, this was counted for over about 3 hours of constant play and resets (since you can't make battle saves)
Some people win the lottery, or score the best job ever, or other happy fun things.
Apparently I blow my absurd luck on asking the AI to kick my ass just cause they can. That and I haven't figured out a way how to make a program to select numbers based on the odds of absolutely horrible things happening to me yet.
Sad part is, that sort of thing doesn't even have me bat an eyelid. I mean, I play Xcom, I expect the absolute worst to happen.
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Yes, this is the sort of thing I barely register, because I really, REALLY am trying my very best to keep my life boring. I actually make a note not to leave the house unless absolutely necessary, just because, well, apparently when I do things, things just... happen.
I dunno. People ask me 'So what sort of person are you?' and I mention that I don't go out to have fun, and that I spend a lot of time at home, and I honestly don't travel or do things unless I have a reason to.
I'm pretty much your average run of the mill housewife without the married part, so I predictably get told that I really should get out more, because staying at home so much isn't healthy.
Then I tell them what happens when I do go out, then they mysteriously go quiet, because apparently when I go out into the world, the world decides that things must happen. People magically expect you to know everything, and look at you like you fail at life's simplest things when you protest on how unlikely one person should happen to know the mechanical aspects of PCI-e lanes, corporate law, how to override a car door's airbag system, suicide safety protocol, concealment and covering fire, and the time it takes for someone to make it to Sydney Airport Domestic Terminal 11 from 50 Pitt Street Sydney to prove that that the cellular GPS data wasn't inaccurate and did in fact reveal a side trip...
Then make you do it anyway, like the above is a cakewalk for your average five year old.
... Then for good measure, you then find out that you're mysteriously failing at cooking, when you have blisters over both hands due to minor accidents in the kitchen, for things you normally do without question.
Yeah, I might be rambling just a little bit, but I dunno. At some point I think I want to just quit at life only cause I'm tired of all this fantastical crap. There's no reward, pay or incentive in it all, and most of the time, you earn the scorn of the people you interact with, because they want to believe a view as opposed to dealing with what's actually there in front of you, and get very, very upset when you explain that hope isn't a substitute for the things you actually have to do to get things done.
And yes, this is when I think I'm horribly bored. I'm trying my damn best to be a very boring person, and it's simply not working.
Setsuna:
And in yet another episode (Well, actually two) of 'Oh hey, no one's life can be that screwed up... right?'
This is life, and yes, I get accused a lot of making this stuff up. Or if I write this story in an autobiography, it'll end up being relegated to the fiction section, because no one will ever believe me.
As some of you may know, I play a lot of Atelier games. I'm surprisingly good at them.
I've been moving most of my earned funds towards various logistical improvements and a few things here, which is why you might have seen a 'mysterious post' where I'm sort of vague about why I'm doing something.
There is also a reason why I'm not doing OfA or im@s 2 requests at this point. Well, several of them. One of them is simply the fact I've been picking up Temporary positions (Labour Hire or whatever else term you know it as) so you know, busy and stuff.
Anyway, even someone like me has a few vices, and I like Atelier games as a whole, so in the few vices I have, I figured I'd order Atelier Sophie from NISA, as well as other things cause well, I haven't had a chance to actually enjoy life in nearly a year.
No, I don't own a PS4 still. Yes, you can laugh.
Anyway, so what ends up happening is that I run the order on the 18th of May. They run the authorisation as expected (You know, they need to know I can pay for my order)
They then decide to collect the money on the 19th (executed on the 23rd, due to how banks work namely, they executed on a Saturday here, carrying over to the Monday)
Nothing surprising here, right?
Well, this is where things become a lot of fun - due to some sort of bug, they drew the money the Monday morning... but the authorization remained.
Financial rules and good practice should go 'When collecting the funds, execute the authorisation, closing that, because you know, you got the money you came for'
This in turn sent my account into overdraft by a significant amount (The order was 350 AU, so you can guess what happened when they took the money and left the authorization!) and this in turn prevented me from recharging my Opal card because you know, what was the worst thing that could happen?
This in TURN caused me to miss a day of work, costing me directly 179 AUD (due to 27/h & 7 paid hours that day) because I didn't have cash, I had the money set aside, and I flat out couldn't go anywhere cause I don't drive, and rely on public transport to get to my assignments.
That had me on and off for the next week trying to fix this issue. NISA couldn't find the troublesome Authorization at their end to kill, there was no record of the ghost authorization at Paypal, and NISA's e-Shopify contacts didn't have a record of the problematic Authorization executing in the first place, the bank and I are all 'Hey NISA, Paypal, e-Shopify, what the hell are you doing? You know what the proper financial rules are'.
The issue was resolved Thursday, due to the mad scramble of 'So what the hell happened anyway?'
We're still discussing compensation, because they have evidence that they screwed me over (And my bank has let them know too).
Needless to say, last week (being the 25th -30th) was... a lot more stressful than I'd like.
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