i mean the most prominent thread result on ilx for leeds does read, iirc, "that vile remnant of the north" so you ought to have been on notice imo
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 July 2023 23:25 (ten months ago) link
if it bleeds, it's Leeds
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 July 2023 23:43 (ten months ago) link
FWIW, I had been in the UK for ten days and may have let my guard down and/or was thrown off-axis by Scotland
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 July 2023 00:05 (ten months ago) link
when LOST was on, we all felt bad for the guy punching in meaningless numbers around the clock, but now I have to do the same every time I want to look at my bank balance or look at my paystubs
― rob, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 13:42 (ten months ago) link
We had to take a step backward during Y2K, but I think it would be a safe bet for the bank to start putting 20__ on the date lines again.
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 15:17 (ten months ago) link
again?
― silverfish, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 15:46 (ten months ago) link
youknowwhatimean
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:22 (ten months ago) link
if your power blinks for a split second due to a nearby lightning strike, you won't be able to serve soft drinks for 10+ minutes as the Coca-Cola Freestyle machines take that long to reboot
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 July 2023 17:38 (nine months ago) link
(at a Wendy's)
10+ minutes is a long time, but Freestyle machines are overall a net benefit for allowing me to add Cherry flavor to any type of soda.
― silverfish, Monday, 17 July 2023 17:53 (nine months ago) link
oh yeah I love the machines as a customer for realz.
though I'm also the dude who worked at Steak 'n Shake as a kid and added vanilla to every soda I poured myself
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 July 2023 17:56 (nine months ago) link
Dutch electric bike brand's bankrupcy could render all their bikes unusable (the electric part only, I suppose, it's still a bike)https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/07/15/233244/if-vanmoof-ebikes-locks-you-out-of-your-own-bike-a-rival-companys-app-could-help
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:28 (nine months ago) link
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/003/194/001.jpg
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:56 (nine months ago) link
> (the electric part only, I suppose, it's still a bike)
if they are anything like the ebikes that litter london streets then it'll lock the brakes on and make them impossible to ride. i often move badly parked disposable bikes out of the way of pedestrians / pushchairs / wheelchairs and you have to pick them up and roll them by the one unlocked wheel. and those things are heavy.
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 12:20 (nine months ago) link
oh, i's those bikes, i saw someone riding one the other day
website says
Security:Kick Lock with active-retract pinIntegrated Theft DefenseAutomatic Rider RecognitionManual disarm with backup codeAnti-theft nuts and boltsGPS and Bluetooth location tracking
so i'm hoping the manual disarm works
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 12:24 (nine months ago) link
Man, I hope my electric toothbrush company never goes bankrupt.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 12:57 (nine months ago) link
same for electric toilet paper
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:10 (nine months ago) link
Seems like the way things are going, your toaster will stop working whenever it needs a firmware update, or if you fail to pay your monthly subscription for toast
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:19 (nine months ago) link
The moral is, keep your old stuff
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:20 (nine months ago) link
Stopped analog clock still has the right time twice a day.
A broken digital clock never does.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 14:25 (nine months ago) link
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/rival-e-bike-maker-helps-vanmoof-owners-grab-bike-keys-while-company-struggles/
Less than a week after US outlets caught on to VanMoof's Dutch business troubles, Cowboy, another European e-bike maker, had released Bikey, an iOS app that does what it says in its description: "Save your VanMoof bike key." The app was developed "during a one-day hackathon," according to its description, as Cowboy "shares the belief that every single bike deserves to be on the road." The app supports S3 and X3 models at the moment.
Along with accessing keys, the app aims to provide basic functionality, like unlocking, changing assistance levels, and adjusting lights. Cowboy told TechCrunch that an Android version is forthcoming and that anyone with a VanMoof bike should grab their key soon, as it will be inaccessible if the company's servers are shuttered.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:58 (nine months ago) link
VanMoof's apparent mismanagement (how do you go bankrupt in an e-bike boom?) is pretty disappointing given what seemed like a festive approach to bike theft. (They made an upbeat youtube series where they tracked down and recovered stolen bikes without a lot of rage-spiking drama that you might think that would entail.)
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 16:35 (nine months ago) link
Cowboy isn't the most healthy company either, they've needed investor money 5 times already and are still in the red. Proprietary batteries and other unique parts mean that repairs are hella expensive and can take months. They are now looking for normal bike shops that want to help service the Cowboy bikes.
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:08 (nine months ago) link
a good mantra in these times is: wait for the second (generation/model/version) of everything before you buy.
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:11 (nine months ago) link
don't connect your bike to the internet is my mantra tbh
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:27 (nine months ago) link
great Peter Gabriel jam too
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:31 (nine months ago) link
lol, that could just be the album title he's looking for
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:03 (nine months ago) link
Sim trays
― anvil, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:07 (nine months ago) link
Giving up on my Sonos and going back to a cabled speaker.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:10 (nine months ago) link
what didn't you like about them?
I was a bit annoyed at the setup for the Sonos I had but figured it out
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:11 (nine months ago) link
I wanna be
Your e-biker
Why don't you call my name
I'm your
E-biker
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:49 (nine months ago) link
Neanderthal I mentioned it on the Spotify thread recently - playback frequently stops between tracks and somehow seems to be the speaker at fault.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:57 (nine months ago) link
oh that's weak
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:59 (nine months ago) link
Qobuz seems to frequently stop between tracks too, but I’m not using a wireless speaker.
― Gerard Grisey Funk (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:32 (nine months ago) link
have found Sonos maddening lately using spotify/alexa but havent as yet tracked down the evil company specifically at fault
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 23:13 (nine months ago) link
trying to deposit a check using my phone camera. out of six checks, two worked fine, two were accepted after half a dozen attempts, and two just wouldn't go through
my bank used to accept scans -- nice high def! -- but no longer
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 September 2023 22:36 (eight months ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackcats/comments/ut6if8/walked_in_on_my_husband_using_our_cat_as_a_mobile/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 8 September 2023 23:03 (eight months ago) link
my cat's a calico : /
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 September 2023 23:06 (eight months ago) link
I use black t-shirts all of the time for scanning stuff.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 8 September 2023 23:22 (eight months ago) link
This is probably more a business step than technological but: video game demos, or rather, the lack of them. I hear great things about a game like Elden Ring, but am on the fence because I am uncertain whether I will stand the difficulty, fantasy is not usually my thing, etc. In the past, I could play a demo and make a decision. These days, I have to just decide whether to give it a swing if it's on sale. Sure, Steam will offer a refund if I've played for less than two hours... but aside from having to still spend time up to 80GB, a lot of games have such extensive introductory cutscenes/hand-holding mode that you've barely got to the meat of the game two hours in.
I suppose now people just watch a Let's Play on Youtube, but that doesn't really tell me how the game feels to play.
― blatherskite, Monday, 25 September 2023 20:20 (seven months ago) link
why does my laptop think I'm in Nevada? All the targeted ads are like "100% Nevada Since Day 1"
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 25 September 2023 20:29 (seven months ago) link
are you on a vpn or work computer
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 22:08 (seven months ago) link
I'm on a work computer, but I do sign into the VPN
A couple weeks ago it kept trying to give me weather info for Dallas, now it's convinced I'm in Las Vegas
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 25 September 2023 22:28 (seven months ago) link
Memory cards. The tiny ones that are now standard. I get that circuitry can always be made more complex for the size but theres just a point where its so small its unpractical to handle or store anywhere.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Monday, 25 September 2023 22:35 (seven months ago) link
I opened a drawer the other day and clocked the number of memory cards that were in there.. two card readers.. haven't used any of them in years. What do people even use them for now? If you're a pro photographer I get having a few cards that you can pop in and out of your camera but otherwise?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 September 2023 22:38 (seven months ago) link
I used to use them for portable music players, that's been several years ago now.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 25 September 2023 22:40 (seven months ago) link
nintendo switch, cameras, handful of other game devices, whatever I think there are still a bunch of phone people who are outraged by apple’s lack of memory card slot
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 22:47 (seven months ago) link
oh yeah and raspberry pi systems and other small formfactor things but I assume some of those have support for the short format nvme sticks now
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 22:48 (seven months ago) link
You should get Elden Ring
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 25 September 2023 23:52 (seven months ago) link
I hear great things about a game like Elden Ring, but am on the fence because I am uncertain whether I will stand the difficulty, fantasy is not usually my thing, etc. In the past, I could play a demo and make a decision.
I asked similar questions, and just took the dive. Buy the disk version (preferably used) and sell it back if you don't like it. As for the game, I followed some guides, changed the controls up a bit, and ended up getting into the flow of things well enough to have now dropped over 130 hours into this beast and just beat friggin' Malenia, who is arguably the hardest boss in the game.
In the spirit of this thread, however, I don't recall many video game demos back in the day (cartridge game era), so the fact some even exist (I tried FFXVI's demo this summer) is pretty cool, but the general economic risk/reward experience remains the same as long as you buy physical not digital
― octobeard, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 00:19 (seven months ago) link