Online banking WTFs
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Now I'm not the best at math but I suspect a bit of a calculation error here....
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Probably an off by 1 error where they start at index 1 instead of index 0 of an array.
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My guess was that the total only counts items scheduled > today, while the list contains all items, and items only drop off when their scheduled date becomes < today, leaving items scheduled for today in limbo.
Filed under: Using equality symbols with dates is TRWTF
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Nice find. I agree with your diagnosis. Using equality symbols with dates is OK, but yeah, making sure to use GT and GTE consistently...
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And making sure there isn't a time component involved, too.
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Can I question the copy "scheduled out"? What the holy hell does that even mean? What does it mean to "add" a "scheduled out"?
EDIT: I'm guessing this is in some kind of budgeting program, and you're scheduling payments to be taken from your Aug. 15th paycheck? So you can get an idea of how much disposable cash you have from that paycheck? And the insane term they've picked for this is "scheduled out". Any of these guesses remotely correct?
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I'm guessing this is in some kind of budgeting program, and you're scheduling payments to be taken from your Aug. 15th paycheck?
I took it as payments to be taken out before the Aug. 15th paycheck coming in. Like a tool that tracks scheduled outgoing payments (bills) vs. incoming money (paychecks) to try and keep people from overdrafting an account. But that is based on the "scheduled out" being in "scheduled out until ..."
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Whoa, that interface looks so modern and Web2.0-y. Every online bank interface I've tried still used frames. Not iframes, good old <frameset>s.
And with every link being javascript, middle-clicking anywhere or opening the page in two tabs breaks your session entirely and probably gives all your money away.
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Yes, this is my bank's toolset to help keep track of expenses. These are automatic payments that will be deducted from my account before the next paycheck, as entered by me (mostly monthly bills). It also provides tools to earmark money for future expenses in a separate account, so I usually map them one-to-one, thus putting aside money from this paycheck to pay for bills that aren't due until a paycheck or two in the future. Each payday I juggle money around between accounts until everything is accounted for.
I was logging in to see if that big payment had come out of my account yet, and the account summary told me I had over $1k "free" in my account, which didn't look right, so I went to the tab with scheduled outs and noticed this nonsense.
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If those are scheduled payments, why wouldn't they just use "scheduled payment" for the copy? Of course, then there's the big risk that their customers might be able to tell what the hell they're looking at...
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It covers basically pulls (scheduled payments others apply to my account), pushes (bills scheduled through my bank to be paid out), and "checks you wrote" which I enter manually when I write a check. So they came up with the term "Scheduled Out" because money goes out on a schedule. I personally would prefer they use the existing term "debits" rather than "outs" but that's just me.
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Banks ruined the word "credit" when they introduced the "credit card", a term that makes no sense. Then they decided to also ruin the word "debit" by introducing the "debit card".
So now you can't use the standard accounting terms anywhere near the general public or they'll be confused as shit, and who can blame them. They can still use "payments" and "deposits", though.
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And the insane term they've picked for this is "scheduled out".
It's pretty quickly understandable by the layman, and way better than using debits and credits. Still, I'd have just used payment and deposit.
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But the word payment shows up here:
(Those are the types of "scheduled out" you can schedule)
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They both look like payments to me.
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Both? There's three options in that menu.
I have no idea what that separator is doing, but there's three options >.>
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Oh...Schedule Bill looked like some sort of header due to the separator. So, amended:
All three look like payments to me.
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8/4 $1313 rent
8/6 $63.55 General Utilities [water/sewer/gas]
8/7 $32.11 ... Credit card - lower balance (3-4k)?
8/11 $153.32 electric
8/11 $60 Internet
8/12 $32.12 ... Credit card - lower balance (3-4k)?Anybody else want to enter the 'Guess what @Yamikuronue scheduled paymnts are for' raffle?
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Anybody else want to enter the 'Guess what @Yamikuronue scheduled paymnts are for' raffle?
Seems like kind of a dick move. I'm sure you'll have lots of takers.
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How is it a dick move? It's speculating about monthly expenses, not accusing her of anything shady. My monthly bills look almost identical.
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100% wrong. Though in Mastermind terms, you get one white peg.
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Your guesses were pretty tame. I don't foresee that lasting long.
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I'm sure you could do better?
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Does mastermind terms count if it's not on your monthly calculation though?
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Possibly. I suspect we'll never know.
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Huh? A correct guess (bill is listed) in the correct spot (matched up with the right amount) would be a black peg. A correct bill but with the wrong amount is a white peg.
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Where did this peg concept come from and who says you get to make the rules!
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I can't believe people have never heard of Mastermind. I used to play that all the time as a kid. Great 2 person logic game.
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It's almost like an analog Minesweeper.
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It's not like that at all, but if that helps
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Sure it is. Just with a smaller board.
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Sure it is. Just with a smaller board.
No, it isn't.
- In Minesweeper, you are trying to flag hidden items (termed "mines") based on clues given in surrounding tiles. The provided feedback tells you how many adjacent tiles have hidden mines.
- In Mastermind, you are trying to determine a color based code based on feedback from the other player. The provided feedback tells you:
- How many parts of your guess are the correct color
- How many correct colors are in the correct location
The games have different objectives, different feedback, and a completely different style of play. So, as I said before: It's not like that at all, but if that helps.
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You're over thinking this. In both games, you have to infer things based on what you know and the limitations of the game.
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The same could be said of all
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It could, but it wouldn't be as accurate as this, where you're counting things and using the process of elimination to reveal what's there.
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Yes, but he appears to be going for a pedantic dickweed badge in another thread.
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Thanks for listing the differences between two things that I said are LIKE each other, which does not imply they are exactly the same.
@PJH, can we get a "misdirected pedantic dickweed" badge?
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They are alike in that they both involve logic. Woo-hoo.
In any case, when I replied to your post with this:
It's not like that at all, but if that helps
I was making a Doctor Who reference. @boomzilla then insisted that they are alike, just different size boards, so I felt the urge to point out why they are not alike. My post on the differences had nothing to do with you.
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I never really cared for Doctor Who.
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I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. sad panda face
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They are alike in that they both involve logic.
Yes, of a similar sort. At least, they do the way I think through the problems presented by the games. I can't help it when other people (e.g., you) are wrong.
I was making a Doctor Who reference.
Sounds like a personal problem.
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I take that back. I watched it a bit with Eccleston. He was good in The Second Coming.
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"FANTASTIC!"
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Banks ruined the word "credit" when they introduced the "credit card", a term that makes no sense. Then they decided to also ruin the word "debit" by introducing the "debit card".
Debit and Credit owe their birth from 4 Latin words:
Debere: Binding to Owe.
Debitum: That which is due
Credere: Handed over via trust alone.
Creditum: A loan enacted through trust.So a credit card gives your account credits. A debit card gives your accounts debits.
That's soooo hard.
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8/4 $1313 blackmail payment to prevent those pictures from getting out
8/6 $63.55 cellphonebill
8/7 $32.11 ... Gas for vehicle
8/11 $153.32 TV
8/11 $60 Utilities
8/12 $32.12 ... Gas for vehicleMy guess is that it is blacked it out because some of it would allow you to deduce an actual location (like a local cell, tv, or utilities provider, as well as the company name on the paycheck at the top).
So hopefully no harm is guessing the general areas to which the money is being allocated.
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8/11 $60 is, in fact, my gas bill (home, not auto)
I'm laughing so fucking hard right now at the implication that my cellphone bill is only $60. Do remember I'm the primary provider for a household of three adults.
You get a white peg again.
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Do remember I'm the primary provider for a household of three adults.
Sounds kinky.