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This was touched on last week, but I am so loving sick of trying to use the YouTube app on our lovely TCL TV and stream the audio via Bluetooth to the lovely Roku phone app. I don't even know which is the faulty link in this chain of poo poo, I just know it sounds like a robot is trying to gently caress my ear. And I am not here for it. It wasn't like this a month ago. Thanks for reading my rant. Like, comment and subscribe for more hot eats & cool treats.
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Wilkins Micawber posted:This was touched on last week, but I am so loving sick of trying to use the YouTube app on our lovely TCL TV and stream the audio via Bluetooth to the lovely Roku phone app. I don't even know which is the faulty link in this chain of poo poo, I just know it sounds like a robot is trying to gently caress my ear. And I am not here for it. It wasn't like this a month ago. Thanks for reading my rant. Like, comment and subscribe for more hot eats & cool treats. I'm gonna go ahead and say, as someone that has stayed in many an AirBnB, that it's the TCL
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Nov 15, 2023 23:31
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The new Microsoft default mail app now has ads baked in. I swear every default app on Windows is 25% adspace.
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Nov 15, 2023 23:35
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I'd say Bluetooth got worse but Bluetooth was always kind of bad. I don't use my Xbox one controller wirelessly on my PC, because the battery warning will make any and every game lag like crazy. It won't stay paired with the Steam Link so I have to basically pair it again every time I try to use the Steam Link, which I also have to have a keyboard around to use, I've stopped using the Steam Link. Wireless headphones are now used 100% wired because I would have to pair it every day. The bluetooth in my Accord has a lot of skipping on phone calls, and will drop out to static at EXACTLY 36 minutes 46 seconds.
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Nov 15, 2023 23:46
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ghost emoji posted:I swear every default app on Windows is 25% adspace. This is ancient news, but loving solitaire having a subscription to remove ads, and going through the effort of spinning up a separate instance in the volume mixer when ads play so you can't just mute it and ignore the ads should have been a way bigger warning sign.
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Nov 15, 2023 23:48
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ghost emoji posted:The new Microsoft default mail app now has ads baked in. I've already decided my next gaming PC is going to have Pop_OS Linux on the boot drive with Win10 on a secondary drive in case of emergencies. I'd rather dick around with terminal commands than deal with this crap anymore.
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Nov 15, 2023 23:50
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wash bucket posted:I know this is a very "old man yells at cloud" thing to say, but if feels like nothing works the way it's supposed to. It feels like the "complaint department" has been completely memory-holed, if there ever was such a type of thing. No, there is nobody you can complain to and get something fixed. No, nobody on our end is responsible for anything. No, there is no manager who can take care of any problem. Also, you just have to pay us.
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Nov 16, 2023 07:06
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I don't get the right kind of care I need because I'm really incapable of lying or even really exaggerating the truth in real life, but in order to get 50% of the care you need, you need to tell them you're in twice as much pain because they're only going to believe you're about 35% telling the truth and that's if you really play it up. You have to know how to fuckin play the game, and play it well, because you don't want to overshoot how much worse you're pretending you are or the doctor won't buy any of it. He knows you're bullshitting, you know they're bullshitting, there's a secret middle part where everyone pretends to have gotten one over the other. Like, what do you say when they're like, "on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being no pain at all, 10 being you're on fire and your intestines are being eaten by koalas, how do you feel?" I feel like, unless my broken arm is literally sticking through my loving arm, that scale tops out at 7, meanwhile I have friends who get prescribed fuckin party drugs because they're like ohh I got a headache, definitely a number 10 headache, doctor. gently caress
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Nov 16, 2023 07:13
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I used to have a pair of cheap ear pods to listen to music on my iPhone. They got lost so my partner bought me a new pair. They don't work unless my phone is on my right side of my body and not in my pants pocket, where you might think you would put your phone. Guess I'll have to buy the Apple $180 ones now.
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Nov 16, 2023 09:21
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credburn posted:Facebook groups, like most groups, get dumber the more people engage with it. You're not wrong, but Facebook as a tool makes it almost impossible to moderate a group effectively. Heck, even interacting with a group as a user is almost impossible, assuming you actually want to see all posts and replies.
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Nov 16, 2023 10:06
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Comstar posted:I used to have a pair of cheap ear pods to listen to music on my iPhone. They got lost so my partner bought me a new pair. Honestly, I bought the AirPods Pro and for the investment, it’s worth it. Especially for the “hey idiot where’d you last place them” mode Only major downside is you will learn real quick that your ears are nasty.
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Nov 16, 2023 10:15
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Comstar posted:I used to have a pair of cheap ear pods to listen to music on my iPhone. They got lost so my partner bought me a new pair. Better to stop listening to music IMO
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Nov 16, 2023 13:32
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I miss phones having headphone jacks. The loss of headphone jacks is directly related to the rise in people listening to Tiktoks without headphones in waiting rooms.
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Nov 16, 2023 18:41
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Comstar posted:I used to have a pair of cheap ear pods to listen to music on my iPhone. They got lost so my partner bought me a new pair. that'll show 'em
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Nov 16, 2023 18:51
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I don’t miss headphone jacks at all
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Nov 16, 2023 18:55
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ghost emoji posted:I miss phones having headphone jacks. The loss of headphone jacks is directly related to the rise in people listening to Tiktoks without headphones in waiting rooms. "Oh no... Oh no... Oh no no no no no...
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Nov 16, 2023 19:11
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Animal-Mother posted:"Oh no... Oh no... Oh no no no no no... I've seen that video, I recognize that Is Facebook Marketplace just functionally broken, at this point? When I tell it to limit my search radius to 40 mi, it still shows me 80% stuff from the other side of the world. Obviously I'm looking for local stuff or I would use literally any other service than fuckin Facebook Marketplace. Maybe that 40 mi radius is like, show me only products that can be shipped to a place within 40 mi of me.
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Nov 16, 2023 19:24
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credburn posted:I've seen that video, I recognize that Yeah pretty much. Also if you list anything over 300 dollars or so, you will be deluged by scammers with extremely fake accounts, and when reported Fb says  'no problem found'
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Nov 16, 2023 19:27
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~Coxy posted:You're not wrong, but Facebook as a tool makes it almost impossible to moderate a group effectively. I've completely given up on keeping tabs on our Facebook page and just assume our social media guy is doing his job right.
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Nov 16, 2023 19:45
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Vampire Panties posted:Yeah pretty much. Also if you list anything over 300 dollars or so, you will be deluged by scammers with extremely fake accounts, and when reported Fb says Fb moderation is a joke. I reported a blatant scam the other day, like someone’s account was hacked and it was an obvious phishing site, and the results of the report were just like “Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Cyber Scamming Real Hahahaha Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Close Your Eyes Haha”
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Nov 16, 2023 19:52
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One thing I've noticed lately is an influx of Steam friend requests from obvious catfishes. I don't play much on steam and I don't play online much at all so there must be some kind list that these people are farming.
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Nov 16, 2023 19:56
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Animal-Mother posted:"Oh no... Oh no... Oh no no no no no... (that one wheeze-laugh on a loop)
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Nov 16, 2023 19:57
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I remember way back in the day (2000??) getting a catfish on match.com and being so excited !!! At first. Those were the days
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euphronius posted:I remember way back in the day (2000??) getting a catfish on match.com and being so excited !!! At first. Those were the days I had mine sending me pictures of her BMW 7 series before she lost interest and moved on 
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Tarkus posted:One thing I've noticed lately is an influx of Steam friend requests from obvious catfishes. I don't play much on steam and I don't play online much at all so there must be some kind list that these people are farming. One kees friending me and asking me to be their +1 in a dota tournament but I haven't played dota in years
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Nov 16, 2023 21:07
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I have this bamboo paper towel holder that holds the roll upright on my table. It has this spinny knob thing on top that keeps the roll in place. You unscrew this spinny thing and you can remove the old, spent roll, and put a new one on. Of course, it's a common tactic these days for products that come on rolls to increase the size of the cardboard tubes to subtly provide the appearance of more product, while providing less of it. You see it with toilet paper, paper towels, duct tape, packing tape, stuff like that. The cardboard tubes are now big enough in diameter that I can easily remove them without unscrewing the thing that was designed to hold them in place.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:Fb moderation is a joke. I reported a blatant scam the other day, like someone’s account was hacked and it was an obvious phishing site, and the results of the report were just like “Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Cyber Scamming Real Hahahaha Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Close Your Eyes Haha” Straight up. I had a buddy who had been on Facebook for 15 years. Got his account stolen and became Vietnamese overnight. Seems legit. He and a bunch of friends reported it as a stolen account. Nothing. No evidence of wrongdoing, apparently. Time_pants fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Nov 17, 2023 |
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doctorfrog posted:I have this bamboo paper towel holder that holds the roll upright on my table. It has this spinny knob thing on top that keeps the roll in place. You unscrew this spinny thing and you can remove the old, spent roll, and put a new one on. Same here.
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doctorfrog posted:I have this bamboo paper towel holder that holds the roll upright on my table. It has this spinny knob thing on top that keeps the roll in place. You unscrew this spinny thing and you can remove the old, spent roll, and put a new one on. sounds like you'll just have to buy a new one! 
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:Fb moderation is a joke. I reported a blatant scam the other day, like someone’s account was hacked and it was an obvious phishing site, and the results of the report were just like “Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Cyber Scamming Real Hahahaha Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Close Your Eyes Haha” On instagram, if I try to report "@BrandX__AU" as being a impersonation/scam page, the form comes up where I have to say exactly who it's impersonating, and if I go to the actual effort of searching for the real tag "@BrandX_AU" most of the time it won't even appear in the list of results, and when it doesn't you can't even submit the report a scam form!
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i really dont know if the reason is good or not but basically once a grocery store stops putting out baskets for shoppers I write it off
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Nobody can help you. If you need customer support for any reason, gently caress you. Click through a bunch of frequently asked questions that don't describe any issue you're experiencing before you reach the option to chat with a bot. If you're lucky you might be able to scare up a customer support number, but good luck talking to a loving human being on there either.
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Nov 19, 2023 01:44
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To be honest I've had pretty good luck with chat options once you get to message with a human being. Still annoying as hell playing the kings quest style prompts to find the secret passage to a human being.
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bossy lady posted:Nobody can help you. If you need customer support for any reason, gently caress you. Click through a bunch of frequently asked questions that don't describe any issue you're experiencing before you reach the option to chat with a bot. If you're lucky you might be able to scare up a customer support number, but good luck talking to a loving human being on there either. Once you've reached Bossy Lady you are right proper screwed.
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Outrail posted:To be honest I've had pretty good luck with chat options once you get to message with a human being. Still annoying as hell playing the kings quest style prompts to find the secret passage to a human being. I've had good luck with either saying agent it just crumpling like a bag of chips when it asks a question
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redshirt posted:Once you've reached Bossy Lady you are right proper screwed. In spite of my username I am very nice IRL and not at all bossy 
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Light Gun Man posted:I've had good luck with either saying agent it just crumpling like a bag of chips when it asks a question Oh yeah everyone knows that
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bossy lady posted:Nobody can help you. If you need customer support for any reason, gently caress you. Click through a bunch of frequently asked questions that don't describe any issue you're experiencing before you reach the option to chat with a bot. If you're lucky you might be able to scare up a customer support number, but good luck talking to a loving human being on there either. I had a problem with my health insurance recently and had to navigate the entire thing by leaving voicemails with my insurance and doctor and then seeing whats sorts of automated emails resulted from that.
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Outrail posted:To be honest I've had pretty good luck with chat options once you get to message with a human being. Still annoying as hell playing the kings quest style prompts to find the secret passage to a human being. If you don't pick up that one thing at the beginning of the game, you die without health insurance.
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bossy lady posted:In spite of my username I am very nice IRL and not at all bossy Huh. We'd have to test that.
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