Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's not just a case of us all subjectively preferring the exact level of labor-saving we were raised with and no more. I think there's a discrete line the machines are crossing, where they're trying to do what they think we want, rather than doing what they're explicitly told. And that's where it becomes oh my god you guys just stop labor-saving me so much damn extra work!
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
shutting off the heat source won't bring the oven to room temperature for awhile. The oven needs to transfer its contents to a built in but thermally isolated vat of 160deg beurre monte when the timer goes off.
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
OH BOY, do I have one for this thread. What the fuck is the deal with Windows updates now? That thing where you can only defer them for so long until they're just like, 'yeah, whatever it is you're doing is going to stop now while we shut yr shit down for the next couple of hours'. Up your ass, Microsoft. All the way up your ass.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
I mean and just updates in general that can't be averted/delayed. Life is too goddamn short for me to have to sit and watch a progress bar accomplish more than I'm able to.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
You can 'adjust active hours to reduce disruptions' (which I never do, of course).
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
the poxy fule gave one time to reconsider
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
churning butter toned our biceps. besides, the time it took gave us time to think about all the beurre monte we were eating. was it really necessary?
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
All the way up your ass.
4 % up assAbout 56 minutes remaining
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
digital picture frames
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
is it really necessary to rotate our favorite pictures of butter?
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
the number of butter holders in new cars
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:10 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
On the contrary, I got one for my mom that allows people to upload photos and videos via an app and I think she really loves it.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
should upload a pic of your country crock. 'just kidding, mom'
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Oh, if it were anyone but my moms you best believe I'd be trolling the shit out of that digital frame.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
how when you click the red "close window" button on a mac it doesn't actually shut down the programme any more
― umsworth (emsworth), Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
it has never done that afaicr
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
it used to do it more often but whether or not it does is at the discretion of the programmer. os-bundled apps in particular often used to do it and many now don't.
― j., Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
interface guidelines used to be more pushy about the types of programs that ought to do it, too.
― j., Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
ah ok, im only a part-time mac user and its always been red button just closes the window when ive bothered to take notice
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Thursday, 22 August 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link
If you only need b/w get a brother hl-2350 or 2360 from Craigslist for like 40$. Duplex laser printer. WiFi works. Fast enough for the home. Replacement no brand toner is $10.
caek i just want to say - i did this and i now feel like a total don.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
welcome to the brother club, brother
― untuned mass damper (mh), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
printing from my phone feels genuinely futuristic
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
it's the complete opposite experience this thread is about! it just works for me! somehow it blows my mind every time I'm at home and I can hit print on my phone and it finds the printer, there are no drivers or whatever, and a few seconds later I hear the printer whirr to life
― untuned mass damper (mh), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
I still want phones to have changeable batteries, especially for travelling.
Sleeper trains in general are a technology going backwards — you'd think with flygskam etc this would be a good time to introduce more, but a number of big routes have closed in the last few years.
― stet, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
If you claim to prefer manual transmissions for any rationale besides “fun” you are a moron.
uh, can we go back to this challop -- I live where there are steep hills and traffic, and being able to brake + downshift (vs. just brake) can be really really crucial
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
honestly, i feel like the increase in automatic transmission cars in the U.S. has to do with the public school system's changes to driver's ed -- teaching someone to drive an automatic is way easier.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
"fun" would be the moronic reasons to like manual transmission. it's just a better way of controlling a car vs an easier way.
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
steep hills + traffic going uphill is far easier in an automatic though surely, so doesn't that just cancel out?
tbf I couldn't get the hang of manual gears at all, I'd still be learning to drive now if I hadn't switched to automatic
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
easier to not pay attention to one's surroundings, yes! ... which is why having a stick shift car is crucial for me.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
I learned and passed my test in an automatic with start-stop and honestly love it, wouldn't have it any other way.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
i also am fond of my Mr. Coffee coffeemaker
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Locally, manual transmissions are theft prevention.
The appeal was much greater on my past snickity snick manual Miata than on my current FWD Hyundai.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
I had my new work macbook for about 30 minutes today before I did something (resetting keychain) that required it to be completely re-imaged.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
reimaging is pretty fast these days!
I remember immediately breaking a Windows 98 installation in the first few hours and trying everything I could to avoid reinstalling because it'd be too damn painful
― untuned mass damper (mh), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
My car is underpowered, so man trans is big benefit. There's hills+rocky dirt roads which I see huge trucks with V8s struggle with but I have no problem with cause I can really rev the engine in 1st gear and keep the revs up for the whole climb. Also helps a great deal w/merging & overtaking. Plus for my car one of the few negative criticisms of it was its auto trans (actually it's a Subaru so it's a CVT not traditional automatic) so I avoided that drawback.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
honestly, i feel like the increase in automatic transmission cars in the U.S. has to do with the public school system's changes to driver's ed
it's cause US was 1st to make really good & reliable automatics
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
whos challop was that about transmission/automatics?
ridiculous statement obv
― theRZA the JZA and the NDB (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
I can't believe this thread sold me a printer
― maffew12, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
ILX is Influencers Low-key Xchanging
― wario in the streets, waluigi in the sheets (m bison), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
they replaced the once ubiquitous printer ads with "friends" that have "recommendations"
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
― maffew12, Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:49 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
new board descrip
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
s'alll good man
― nashwan, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
lol
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
Global 5G wireless networks threaten weather forecasts
― trishyb, Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
that is just an opportunity to start a company that sells filters with high roll-off between 23.8 and 24.25 GHz to whomever makes these satellites.
― ilxors are still exuberant (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 29 August 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
probably needed to recognize the coming issue and start it years ago, though.
― ilxors are still exuberant (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 29 August 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
5G is literally going to be a step backwards for every average person, mark my wordsIt has no clear use case at all, it’s designed for everyone and no one
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 29 August 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
What are the issues with it? I don't really have a clear understanding of what it means.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 29 August 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
* much more bandwidth, but on freqs that can be easily blocked by plywood doors* any device can bounce traffic from any other local device, just what you wanted your phone battery to be used for* intercept/spoofing is moderately harder for spies and criminals - but only if implemented correctly (governments still have free reign per local rules)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 30 August 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
I’ve had the opportunity to be around a lot of 5G nerds in the last year or two and “the bandwidth” is all they talk about despite the fact that it doesn’t work inside, you know, buildings
― El Tomboto, Friday, 30 August 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link