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I'm in an unpleasant mood right now, or I was, and then this made me chuckle. I don't actually hate myself, and yet I found it relatable anyway because of my mood and because I am coding in C++ at the moment.
C++[^]
Real programmers use butterflies
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It's totally safe for work.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I just looked at it. This is okay. Safe for even elementary school.
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I can confirm it is safe.
I have already seen this before and, if I am not mistaken, was on the "Daily news" email.
Although, __spoilers__ would not be my first choice to put there to hate 
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The reason you're in an unpleasant mood is because you're coding in C++. 
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Or what about complex Java?..
When you declare a variable... The next line when you use the said variable
"This variable has not been declared..."
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So I wanted to print a lot of personalised labels. Set up the mail merge (using an Excel file for the data) and hit print. Then I remembered what happened last time I did this ...
(I should point out that I had to select the "Edit individual pages" option as there were a couple of funnies to sort out before printing e.g. one name was too long to fit the label so just needed to tweak it.)
So, I then get the "Some of your margins are very small. Would you like to carry on?" message. However, it then generated this for every page and I had to sit there clicking "Yes" 85 times before it would print.
Hrmmpphhhh.
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I have not had to do this, thankfully, for over 5 years now, if not more. After reading your post, it brought back fond memories of mail merge labels and envelops...not.
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Do you realize your thread topic is redundant: Word mail merge == stupidity. 
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In 2018, thanks to the serendipitous presence of a colleague raving about ReactJs and React.Net, I discovered about IObservable.
I toyed with them and thought they might bring improvement to event handling...
Many years passed, not doing much, and now I am back on my pet long term take over the world home project.
And man, using IObservable and IAsyncEnumerable makes event handling, such as mouse dragging or even, how about get click count then continue on dragging hey? A breeze of fresh air. The code just look just as easy in C# as it would look in plain English. No state variable and multiple call back.. it's just all linear as you would say it! I am loving it!
I am kind of surprised to be in the select in known group. Shouldn't the cat be out the bag by now?
I guess nobody does desktop UI anymore these days... 
Oh well, I keep at it in my secret basement lair, which happens to be on the first floor!
I just need a bit more energy to shake myself up, old age and woes and all that jazz... 
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Super Lloyd wrote: old age and woes and all that jazz
#MeToo, but I'm not so keen on jazz. 
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You are also part of that other select group hey?! 
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My Host (which is not GoDaddy) has just migrated us from cPanel to DirectAdmin
My new problem is E-Mail Forwarders.
I use them extensively to thwart degenerate spam (with very good results).
At this moment, I can't make sense of what DirectAdmin is doing with E-Mail Forwarders.
I looked for some video tutorials on this.
Everything I found was six years old with a user interface that is not what I have on my screen.
(Google does it again; oh well, at least it's consistent nowadays)
Anybody who can point me to an actual video tutorial that matches what I see on my screen will receive 37 quintillion tons of gold.
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I'm going to need 50% up front, I'm afraid.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You are just greedy...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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It's not that I don't trust C-P-User-3, it's just my standard procedure for new customers. 
And not at all me planning on doing a runner with the gold ... definitely not.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I would like to see you running with 18,5 quintillion tons of gold.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I have been with GoDaddy for a zillion years
I am no longer able to speak to a living human there.
I am now losing domains (and yes, I know it's my responsibility; that's why I used GoDaddy, who had living humans [who, in the past, would] call me and speak to me and prevent those losses).
Godaddy has eliminated those humans.
Any attempt to initiate a spoken voice conversation with GoDaddy produces wait times of 38 minutes and 70 minutes (the actual numbers from my last two calls).
The only other place of which I am aware is NameCheap.
I am learning to forget google; the results were, well, not what I call answers.
That's why I'm now asking here.
Private or public responses here are fine.
Questions
- What other registrars are out there besides NameCheap ?
- Can you honestly get a living speaking human at NameCheap ? I just spent three minutes at their website and couldn't find a phone number; the closest thing I found was "Live Chat"
Does anyone have any experience with other registrars ?
Or is this the new business model: Pay money, never speak to a human.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Or is this the new business model: Pay money, never speak to a human.
Receiving service by a carbon-based life form is known as "concierge service", and costs at least 10x the standard fee.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've been using qth.com for several years. This might not be the answer for large corporations but the owner is a HAM radio enthusiast and has always been very responsive to any issues. They are also good about sending out several warning emails if your name registration, hosting, etc., is close to expiration.
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Troy Hunt recommended DNSimple back in 2014[^], but I've never used them, so I've no idea if they're still good.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I use Joker. German company. A little more $ but they have always provided support via email. Never looked to see if I could call them. They remind me of needed renewals well in advance.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I use Sectorlink and never had a problem. Not sure how easy it is to get a human on the phone though.
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