Yep, it’s just evil to their own staff. It seems every time I have to call some call centre these days, when I finally get to a human the conversation starts something like “I’ve just spent 40 fucking minutes trying to get to talk to a person and I’m really pissed off. I know that’s not your fault and I apologise in advance if I struggle to contain my frustrations while we talk. Now…”
I’m open to suggestions for what else I can do. I’m already not buying anything made in the US.
I get what you’re saying but, as someone observing from outside, stuff like this is all I can do to resist.
I get what you’re saying, but beware of the non-wifi devices that only operate through a proprietary gateway to a cloud-only service.
I’m assuming Linage does not cripple the battery? I’m nervous about my banking apps… I have Linage on an old Sony Xperia - I should test them on that I guess.
Yes, I do. I opted for the cash. I didn’t intend to - I was just clicking through the “find out if you’re eligible” links and found that by exploring the cash option, I had committed to it. It’s probably what I want anyway - this experience has put me off getting another pixel and I don’t have anywhere I can get it replaced nearby.
This is me too. I’m still on Facebook for some family contacts and a couple of useful groups. Years ago I could spend hours a day there. Now I spend maybe 15-30 minutes each morning scrolling for friend/family updates and group content - and hitting “Hide all from …” on every single bit of unsolicited content. I was reporting and blocking them, but I’ve decided it probably doesn’t achieve anything and it was too many taps/clicks.
Instagram is similar - I used to spend hours there too but now I only go to check if there’s progress on one car build I’m following and scroll for maybe 5-10 minutes and I’m out for the day.
Which is really really sad. When I was younger I used to think we just need these old people to age out of the system and my generation can do things better. We seem to be doing significantly worse.
This isn’t a generational thing. For a start, he’s technically Gen X, not a boomer. And secondly, I’m older than him and I’m just as happy about that as everyone else.
Exactly - I’m still very happy with my 4a. A used 5, 6 or 7a would be very cheap and very usable.
Almost a chuckle
I recently had a bereavement flight with Air Canada. There was no discount, but I was upgraded from my most basic ticket to one that could be rescheduled at no cost.
I must be old - it’s WordPerfect to me.
It seems most movies these days are just rehashing old content anyway - why not automate it?
I get what you’re saying, and agree, but “cashier” is perhaps not the best example? Self check outs have been around for ages and Amazon (I think?) has those “just walk out” stores that are supposed to be AI powered. I seem to recall reading that the just walk out stores were actually powered by cheaper “cashiers”, in another country, but - it shows they’re working on it.
Once an end-to-end, encrypted, connection is established between a pair of peers then anything can be sent through it. The establishment proces is generally facilitated by a server of some description so neither peer needs to allow inbound connections. (I’m a long, long way from being an expert on this and happy to be corrected - but this seems like network fundamentals?)
I thought I was doing well with 8 down and 20 up! In my defence - a lot of the stuff I’m seeding is old (10+ years) and I’m the only seed.
Wow, that brings back memories. Slackware 3.x was my into to Linux in the '90s.
No, I didn’t.
It’s very close to what I imagined when he first started talking about the Riviera of the middle east - but I have to admit, I didn’t have the statue and I had more golf. I obviously didn’t have the bearded belly dancers either - I guess I expected them to review it before release.