Shit that annoys you

[Supermoon]

So, to follow up, as disjointed an email thread as it’s been with their CS, they’ve offered to just replace the cable outright

I am surprised given the janky comms process, but hey they’re trying to do the right thing

I will have to wait & see if the replacement actually works, but a decent update…

Some of the cheaper USB C cables are also directional. So even if they fit both ways, the pins are only live on one side.

[Touring_Sedan]

Some of the cheaper USB C cables are also directional. So even if they fit both ways, the pins are only live on one side.

I'm just amazed people actually pay for USB C cables, don't they come with avocados these days? I think I've thrown away an absurd amount in the last few years.

[riser4]

I'm just amazed people actually pay for USB C cables, don't they come with avocados these days? I think I've thrown away an absurd amount in the last few years.

Damn, I buy my avocados at the wrong store.

[TurxSki]

I'm just amazed people actually pay for USB C cables, don't they come with avocados these days? I think I've thrown away an absurd amount in the last few years.

I must be amazing to you then... Pay, pay, pay.
(Don't seem to last long. I will send you a big padded envelope and you can hook me up, yes?)

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[paulster2626]

Needed to print a practice plan yesterday afternoon, in black-and-white. My printer will not print until I replace the empty yellow ink cartridge.

Somewhere at HP headquarters, engineers were against doing this and some management asshole(s) probably got a bonus for forcing them to implement this "feature."

[Danno]

This "feature" also exists on my Brother printer. It's a fucking conspiracy by Big Ink.

[m2711c]

[Supermoon]

Printers are the fucking worst. I don’t own one, so twice a year I have to go on a grand odyssey to print out one page

Of If I bought one it would be a black and white laser printer so you don’t have to worry about ink drying up or all the color bullshit

[old goat]

Garbage sports statistics. The most TD passes by a left handed quarterback in their first 47 games, stuff like that. They must have some powerful computers to even come up with that stuff. We should be using that computing power to cure cancer.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> They must have some powerful computers to even come up with that stuff. We should be using that computing power to cure cancer.

Or for Bitcoin.

[The AD]

Of If I bought one it would be a black and white laser printer so you don’t have to worry about ink drying up or all the color bullshit

Yes, this. We've had a black and white laser all-in-one unit for years. Need to replace the toner occasionally and that's it. Can't say I miss the ability to print in color ever.

[evdog]

Of If I bought one it would be a black and white laser printer so you don’t have to worry about ink drying up or all the color bullshit

True. But some manufacturers code an expiry date into the cartridge so even if there is still plenty of toner left and it is printing like normal, the cartridge gets disabled and you can't print until you replace it. Assholes.

That one page per year will get pretty expensive.

I have a canon color inkjet printer from work. The color cartridges run out often but generic ones work on this printer and I can buy a whole box of them on amazon for $10.

The real answer is just print stuff off at work.

[Beaver]

If your color runs out you can drip food coloring onto the felt until it stops soaking in. The colors are perfect and almost free. Alternately you can drill a hole in the top of the case and inject it with a syringe. If you drill you need to fill or tape over the hole after. When my kids were small I did this for years. Now I have a B/W laser printer

[snowaddict91]

We have a Brother B/W laser printer that we got when the Mrs. was in grad school, so at least 8 years ago. Other than a couple toner replacements, its needed nothing, and always works *knocks on wood*. I use it very infrequently now, and it kind of surprises me every time when it prints wirelessly without fail.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Garbage sports statistics. The most TD passes by a left handed quarterback in their first 47 games, stuff like that. They must have some powerful computers to even come up with that stuff. We should be using that computing power to cure cancer.

I don’t think there will be a cure for cancer.


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[Eluder]

We have a Brother B/W laser printer that we got when the Mrs. was in grad school, so at least 8 years ago. Other than a couple toner replacements, its needed nothing, and always works *knocks on wood*. I use it very infrequently now, and it kind of surprises me every time when it prints wirelessly without fail.

This is the way. If I need something in color printed generally it needs to be quality. I just run to the UPS store and have them print it for .20 cents

[old goat]

I don’t think there will be a cure for cancer.


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Actually, there already is but Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about it because it's cheap and works the first time. Talk about annoying.

[Core Shot]

Killington has backcountry??

Wayyy backcountry.
If you go out the back, it’s a long way home.

[Meadow Skipper]

Actually, there already is but Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about it because it's cheap and works the first time. Talk about annoying.

LOL. I want to point out the tie-in to the fake moon landing and the Kennedy assasination but I’m afraid I’ll get taken out by black helicopter.

[old goat]

LOL. I want to point out the tie-in to the fake moon landing and the Kennedy assasination but I’m afraid I’ll get taken out by black helicopter.

Someone asked Boutros Boutros Ghali, then Sec Genl of the UN in the 90's, when there was talk of a "new world order"(not a good thing), what he was going to do for his birthday. "Fly around in one of my black helicopters."

[MakersTeleMark]

"Boardmo". Just please stop this shit.

[Mustonen]

Old people who get pissy about names for things, especially if they think it’s new or renaming something they used to call something else, amuses me. How basically cantankerous do you have to be to get upset over words, especially when those words have nothing to do with you?

[MontuckyFried]

True. But some manufacturers code an expiry date into the cartridge so even if there is still plenty of toner left and it is printing like normal, the cartridge gets disabled and you can't print until you replace it. Assholes.

That one page per year will get pretty expensive.

I have a canon color inkjet printer from work. The color cartridges run out often but generic ones work on this printer and I can buy a whole box of them on amazon for $10.

The real answer is just print stuff off at work.

And for even MORE corporate a-holeness, HP pushed out firmware updates that would block 3rd party ink cartridges. WTF?!

HP outrages printer users with firmware update suddenly bricking third-party ink
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023...-its-printers/

[The AD]

Old people who get pissy about names for things, especially if they think it’s new or renaming something they used to call something else, amuses me. How basically cantankerous do you have to be to get upset over words, especially when those words have nothing to do with you?

Ha ha, totally. One of the recent ones I've noticed here is the Seattle Times has started using the term "atmospheric river" rather than "pineapple express" and people just lose their shit about that.

There was also a big ado last year because the Seattle branch of the Audubon Society voted to change their name to "Birds Connect Seattle" so as to not include a reference to Audubon, who was a slave owner. If you're in that club then you've got the right to voice your opinion, if not how could it possibly have any bearing on your life? Some people pick the dumbest things to care about.

[zion zig zag]

Ha ha, totally. One of the recent ones I've noticed here is the Seattle Times has started using the term "atmospheric river" rather than "pineapple express" and people just lose their shit about that.

I get it, those terms mean two different things, they aren’t interchangable. To me at least.