Shit that annoys you

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Microsoft.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Yeah, but he's certainly starting from the NWS forecast or some other weather modeler. He might be adding some minor touches based on local knowledge, but he ain't just winging it.

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If they are a meteorologist and not just a "weather person" I don't see what the issue is about them predicting the weather.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Yeah, but he's certainly starting from the NWS forecast or some other weather modeler. He might be adding some minor touches based on local knowledge, but he ain't just winging it.

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Sure, but that's true of pretty much all meteorologists; they're all using data from the NWS because they don't have their own satellites and monitoring stations and they don't have the models. So they run the suite of models and come up with their own forecasts. I mean, on FB there are two local weather guys here, Seth Linden and Kody Wilson. Both frequently post NWS images or info about model runs. But both are taking those and making their own forecasts, and it would be a mistake to say they are simply regurgitating and not predicting.

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Originally Posted by Danno

God I sometimes wish I could punch app developers in the face. Our office just had a software update to Outlook (maybe other stuff too). I open Outlook and my quick links to mail and calendars and tasks, that used to be at the bottom left of the screen, are now in a vertical bar along the left side. Why? I suppose it's not a big deal but I have a lot of muscle memory and don't know why that had to change. Right clicking to move toolbars or whatnot doesn't yield any results. Going into "Options" doesn't point to any obvious choices. Eventually, I find -- in the "Advanced" option tab -- a thing called "Outlook panes". The choices there still don't seem to offer any solutions, except there's a checkbox for "Show Apps in Outlook", with a little "info" icon next to it. Hovering over that says something like "turn off this setting to snooze this feature and return to the classic Outlook navigation bar". Still isn't clear from that, but yes, turning off the feature, closing and reopening Outlook, returns me to the usual screen setup.

Just typing that makes me want to punch the app developer a second time.

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Just wait until you miss a bunch of meetings because the reminder popup window no longer pops up and stays up, because they moved the fuckin' reminder popups to the "Notifications" place in the taskbar, and those hide themselves automatically after awhile. :mad:

I still haven't figured out how to get it to pop up a reminder that STAYS up until I snooze it. Goddammit.

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Originally Posted by The AD

people who seem to think the weather people on TV are actually predicting weather.

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Well, growing up I did sort of think of Jean Enersen as my tv mom.

It's fairly amusing that a met degree seems to be the new requirement to be a tv weather person, because the presenter's actual skills are reading the teleprompter while working the green screen. Nobody wants to see Cliff Mass do that.

This is one area where Mexico is way ahead of us. Find a good looking woman, give her a revealing wardrobe, and voila, a weather person.

Who TF watches local weather anymore?

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Originally Posted by Danno

God I sometimes wish I could punch app developers in the face. Our office just had a software update to Outlook (maybe other stuff too). I open Outlook and my quick links to mail and calendars and tasks, that used to be at the bottom left of the screen, are now in a vertical bar along the left side. Why? I suppose it's not a big deal but I have a lot of muscle memory and don't know why that had to change. Right clicking to move toolbars or whatnot doesn't yield any results. Going into "Options" doesn't point to any obvious choices. Eventually, I find -- in the "Advanced" option tab -- a thing called "Outlook panes". The choices there still don't seem to offer any solutions, except there's a checkbox for "Show Apps in Outlook", with a little "info" icon next to it. Hovering over that says something like "turn off this setting to snooze this feature and return to the classic Outlook navigation bar". Still isn't clear from that, but yes, turning off the feature, closing and reopening Outlook, returns me to the usual screen setup.

Just typing that makes me want to punch the app developer a second time.

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the developer didn’t want to move that stuff around, you want to punch the Product person.

Sacramento had a TV weather person in the '70's who was a Playmate of the Month. People watched. She's still doing the weather, in her 70's. Not as many people watch. And apparently she has a degree in meteorology.

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

Just wait until you miss a bunch of meetings because the reminder popup window no longer pops up and stays up, because they moved the fuckin' reminder popups to the "Notifications" place in the taskbar, and those hide themselves automatically after awhile. :mad:

I still haven't figured out how to get it to pop up a reminder that STAYS up until I snooze it. Goddammit.

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Really? I get both. The taskbar popup which a gate, and a separate window that has the upcoming meetings along with past ones that I haven't dismissed yet. Except that it's a pop under from what I can tell. It does let me snooze. The taskbar reminder is what makes me go look at the pop-under window. I didn't configure any of this knowingly, it just happened. I hate Microsoft.

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Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker

the developer didn’t want to move that stuff around, you want to punch the Product person.

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well, if I punch the developer, hopefully s/he will go punch the product person, because I don't know the difference.

Danno doesn't really care who he punches, as long as someone feels some pain for this

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Originally Posted by riser4

Danno doesn't really care who he punches, as long as someone feels some pain for this

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'Merica!

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Originally Posted by riser4

Danno doesn't really care who he punches, as long as someone feels some pain for this

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Damn straight!

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Originally Posted by Danno

God I sometimes wish I could punch app developers in the face. Our office just had a software update to Outlook (maybe other stuff too). I open Outlook and my quick links to mail and calendars and tasks, that used to be at the bottom left of the screen, are now in a vertical bar along the left side. Why? I suppose it's not a big deal but I have a lot of muscle memory and don't know why that had to change. Right clicking to move toolbars or whatnot doesn't yield any results. Going into "Options" doesn't point to any obvious choices. Eventually, I find -- in the "Advanced" option tab -- a thing called "Outlook panes". The choices there still don't seem to offer any solutions, except there's a checkbox for "Show Apps in Outlook", with a little "info" icon next to it. Hovering over that says something like "turn off this setting to snooze this feature and return to the classic Outlook navigation bar". Still isn't clear from that, but yes, turning off the feature, closing and reopening Outlook, returns me to the usual screen setup.

Just typing that makes me want to punch the app developer a second time.

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Adobe just did a major overhaul to Acrobat too!!! Of course at the WORST possible time to completely relearn the software. Boss was like "Hey, could you shoot me a revised file with XYZ changes." I was like "No prob! I'll should be able to get that to you in a few minutes. BRB." Open up Acrobat and w.... t.... f.... Interface is TOTALLY different. And of course in their pursuit of a flashier, "simpler," interface it must be a resource hog too because now it's taking way longer to open up docs and work with them. My computer's old, but the last version at least opened up docs with immediacy. Now it's taking forever. F U, Adobe!!! Completely non-sensical change and for what? Making things more functional for the lowest common denominator, ie phones/tablets?

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Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker

the developer didn’t want to move that stuff around, you want to punch the Product person.

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Thank you for letting us know where to direct our ire. It's SOME a-hole likely trying to justify their job. Especially when the software becomes WORSE in just about every conceivable way. :cussing:

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Originally Posted by Danno

Sure, but that's true of pretty much all meteorologists; they're all using data from the NWS because they don't have their own satellites and monitoring stations and they don't have the models. So they run the suite of models and come up with their own forecasts. I mean, on FB there are two local weather guys here, Seth Linden and Kody Wilson. Both frequently post NWS images or info about model runs. But both are taking those and making their own forecasts, and it would be a mistake to say they are simply regurgitating and not predicting.

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I could be wrong, and I expect someone to call me on it if so, but I think you're giving a bit too much credit to the actual weather science most TV weather personnel are involved with. I'll betcha 90% of their job is just preparing the out-of-the-box data for broadcast. I doubt they're doing a whole lot of actual data massaging or prediction. And I'm not really saying that's a knock--it's just the reality of their job. They're being paid by the station to present the weather, not to be a scientist.

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Originally Posted by Ted Striker

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This is one area where Mexico is way ahead of us. Find a good looking woman, give her a revealing wardrobe, and voila, a weather person.

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Yanet Garcia!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePG6zUYvUZg

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Originally Posted by riser4

Really? I get both. The taskbar popup which a gate, and a separate window that has the upcoming meetings along with past ones that I haven't dismissed yet. Except that it's a pop under from what I can tell. It does let me snooze. The taskbar reminder is what makes me go look at the pop-under window. I didn't configure any of this knowingly, it just happened. I hate Microsoft.

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Is yours the "old" Outlook or the "new" Outlook?

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Meet the new Outlook, same as the old Outlook.

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Originally Posted by The AD

I could be wrong, and I expect someone to call me on it if so, but I think you're giving a bit too much credit to the actual weather science most TV weather personnel are involved with. I'll betcha 90% of their job is just preparing the out-of-the-box data for broadcast. I doubt they're doing a whole lot of actual data massaging or prediction. And I'm not really saying that's a knock--it's just the reality of their job. They're being paid by the station to present the weather, not to be a scientist.

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I'm not giving too much credit, because all I originally said was that at least one TV guy was doing real forecasting, but that I had no idea if he is an outlier or not.

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Originally Posted by Danno

That's not necessarily true. Chris Tomer is a TV weather guy and most certainly is predicting the weather, not just regurgitating NWS forecasts. I have no idea if he is a big exception though.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Meet the new Outlook, same as the old Outlook.

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IT’S A PUT ON!

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Originally Posted by The AD

Meet the new Outlook, same as the old Outlook.

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Yet mysteriously hogs up triple the resources. As it tradition with newer over-bloated versions of software where they just pile on the code without giving efficiency the slightest thought.

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Originally Posted by MontuckyFried

Yet mysteriously hogs up triple the resources. As it tradition with newer over-bloated versions of software where they just pile on the code without giving efficiency the slightest thought.

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You might want to actually verify this - I just switched back to the "old" Outlook and it is using about 1/3 *more* memory than when I was running the "new" Outlook.

But on a positive note - my popup reminders are back.

:D

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Originally Posted by Supermoon

Who TF watches local weather anymore?

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Me.

I argue with friends all the time. It takes a local human interpretation of local weather.

Apps suck. NWS sucks.

PS. I don’t watch the tube. I just play the video from the web.

Constitution at Denver airport. Security checkpoints are a mess.