Lack of physical buttons on modern TVs.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 6 August 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
Guess who mislaid the remote.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 6 August 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
mine has touch buttons on the front. seeing them and working out what the icons mean is another matter.
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Check under the frame on the bottom of the TV. Took me a few months to realize we had those down there.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 August 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
yes to that one. we have one of those internet TVs and if you wanna use the HDMI port you have to push a button way in the back. it's so dumb
― frogbs, Friday, 6 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
You can use your phone as the remote in a pinch with some tvs
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
I'm sure it's been mentioned already but phones that are too big. A couple of months ago I bought a new phone, and the first thing I noticed was that it was a lot bigger than my old phone, annoyingly so, and I was right to be annoyed because I'd had a few days and it fell out of my jacket pocket and cracked the screen. I persevered with it until the screen became unreadable then last week bought a new phone - but all of the phones on sale seemed to be the same size, i.e., too big for your pockets. Anyway, I've had this new phone for three days and today it fell out of my pocket but, because it already has a semi-protective cover, it didn't break this time. Maybe the problem is old school pockets are too small these days?
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 10:54 (two years ago) link
Time to trade up, Tom.https://i.imgur.com/r6BHOst.jpg
― Alba, Sunday, 29 August 2021 10:56 (two years ago) link
You could still buy smaller android phones three or four years ago, might not be too long till I have to find out if that's still the case.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 29 August 2021 11:03 (two years ago) link
I think I've been taking pockets for granted for too long, assuming that everything will fit in there with scant attention to the possible difficulties that can arise with items of awkward size or dimensions. It's a new world out there, in the world of pockets, time for me to face up to reality.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link
I haven't broke a phone screen yet, but once I had my phone in my pocket and while I was getting my dog back on the lead I stupidly put my can of lager in the same pocket to free up a hand. It was a waxed jacket so the pocket was almost watertight and the phone drowned in lager.
― calzino, Sunday, 29 August 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
lol
― Taliban! (PBKR), Sunday, 29 August 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
I'd never broken a phone screen before the advent of the big phones, and to think I used to see people with phones with broken screens inwardly smh at their carelessness.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
― Alba, Sunday, 29 August 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
It's not exactly technology, but it's frustrating that there are no good, interesting and comprehensive listings for London in the way that TimeOut used to do.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Amen to that, my cultural life has never recovered.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
It is technology in a way because instead of the magazine they have a shitty website everyone hates and no-one uses.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
i hate voice control. i refuse to live in the future the nerds wanted.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, July 29, 2021 1:44 PM (one month ago)
otm
― sarahell, Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
In the UK you can get a 5.9in Galaxy A40.My current one is 4.8in! (Galaxy A7 2017)
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
instagram as online sales platform -- related to: link in bio
― sarahell, Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
the phone drowned in lager
that's not such a bad way to go. I wouldn't mind dying this way myself, tbh
― Robert Cray-Cray (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 29 August 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
My current one is 4.8in! (Galaxy A7 2017)
― Alba, Sunday, 29 August 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Is that the maga phone?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 29 August 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Went to an area of my city I don’t usually go to yesterday, had to pick up an order and when I parked I discovered that there is literally no other option for paying for parking besides the local, proprietary parking app. They pulled the old meters with coin and card readers a few years ago, but they also pulled the machine where you can pay by license plate. A ten minute errand required 15 minutes of downloading the app and working through the terrible user design to upload my payment info. Just awful and, presumably, a way to trick out of town visitors into getting parking tickets for not knowing the app.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 29 August 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
My town started doing that too, and I think its terrible. I don't think the government should make having a smartphone a requirement for performing regular necessary daily interactions with the government. Perhaps a good lawyer could fight this and win.
― o. nate, Monday, 30 August 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
I also forgot to mention that I walked three blocks from my spot before encountering a single sign that actually showed the name/icon of the app to use. All of the signs at the individual parking spaces just said "Pay by App / Zone #xxxx". Just so blatant in the attempt to make it as difficult as possible for people to actually pay for parking.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 August 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
that's how it is near Cocoa Beach here too. having to walk far to find out what app to d/l, and the reception is so bad d/ling is slow unless you can find nearby free wi-fi.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
ugh it was bad enough when the meters here recently switched to card payment only.
― visiting, Monday, 30 August 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah, we switched to card payment only a few years ago, which was annoying enough. Maybe they just decided it was too expensive to maintain the machines?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
“i seem to remember this here sawbuck was legal tender for all debts public and private”
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 30 August 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
try leaving a dollar bill on top of your car
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
Its weird that on the one hand you have cities like NYC banning credit-card only establishments because they are discriminatory, but on the other hand you have cities requiring possession of an up-to-date smartphone with cell data service and a linked credit card in order to park. Maybe they think if you can afford to drive you can afford to have all that other stuff?
― o. nate, Monday, 30 August 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
NGL, anything that discourages driving is great afaic, tho I also hate these apps. Much of Philadelphia operates off them, though you can still get a paper ticket and put it on your dash.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
I think making driving harder for people without making other alternatives easier is not the best way to go, especially if its making driving harder only for the least advantaged people.
― o. nate, Monday, 30 August 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
Oh, totally.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Monday, 30 August 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
o. nate otm. I think discouraging driving is indeed a noble and good goal, but it's only good if there are other accommodations and transit options provided.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 August 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
They're not so much discouraging driving as they are discouraging parking!
― pplains, Monday, 30 August 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
I joked that there should be a service that when you can't find parking, you pay someone to keep driving your car in circles for hours (and park it later if a spot becomes available), but I dont' wanna say it out loud because someone will implement it.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 August 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Uber Cruise
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Monday, 30 August 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
Baby we can drive your car
― Robert Cray-Cray (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 00:47 (two years ago) link
― o. nate, Monday, August 30, 2021 11:24 AM (seven hours ago)
do the cities with these ridic app-only systems also have bans on credit-card only establishments? Seriously though, both things are discriminatory as fuck.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
I wasn't going to mention the little old man who pushes the coin cart around town on weekday mornings, manually collecting all the nickels, dimes and quarters from the meters. I feel like I try paint my town with a Mayberry brush too often.
But then I saw him this morning!
https://i.imgur.com/MsC7WDN.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 2 September 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
That's right before I hit him over the head and stole his coin cart.
the perfect crime!
― beard papa, Friday, 3 September 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
Oh I don't know if it's been adressed already but I just thought of a tiny one that is a bit annoying : Until recently I had an old iphone which you could "open" with fingerprints recognition and it was fine.Now I have a 12 which replaced the digital recognition with face ID. And I found out that during summer, when you have your sunglasses on, of course, it doesn't work... So you have to remove your sunglasses each time.And to make things worse, facial recognition is a slight problem in the covid era when you wear a mask all the time !So now I'm back having to dial my password a million times a day...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 3 September 2021 08:07 (two years ago) link
(first 1 problem, I know...)
world
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 3 September 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/fj0E2HCKO1HEqLNFf7/giphy.gif
― Number None, Friday, 3 September 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
The update that allowed you to unlock your iPhone if are wearing an Apple Watch has been a godsend in the face mask era.
― Jeff, Friday, 3 September 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
Apple are rumoured to be bringing in-screen TouchID back but doesn’t look like they got it in production in time for the iPhone 13.
― Alba, Friday, 3 September 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link