Technologies no one asked for

[Chaotic42]

Heh so one of our clients had a facility dept that replaced all their power strips with completely motion sensored ones. Caused a bit of a ruckus because a lot of people working at desks didn't move enough to trigger those sensors. All of a sudden *poof* desktop and monitors would shut off in the middle of whatever they were working on. Now they have ones with like 2 non-sensored plugs so you have to be careful where you plug in things that need to stay on. I'd be interested to know what the break even point is for their electrical savings vs two bulk orders of power strips



Oh if that works thats awesome! Look at ATOT - solving actual problems!

Okay, that's the dumbest motion detection equipment I've ever heard of. "Time to kick off this 72 hour simulation over the holiday weekend!" Oops.

 

[nakedfrog]

Okay, that's the dumbest motion detection equipment I've ever heard of. "Time to kick off this 72 hour simulation over the holiday weekend!" Oops.

Set one of those drinking bird things up on the desk, I suppose.

 

[Muse]

I'm sorry, I didn't understand that.

My Windows 10 phone does that and always at odd times, and generally loud. Doesn't even need noise to activate it. Maybe I should just disable it, it's never done anything for me.

dishwashers

i had one for a few months once in an apartment, but why? i can just wash the dishes by hand faster than a dishwasher, and i do a better job

Have never had one. I'm the dishwasher, do a dang good job, too.

I remember a prospective roommate many years ago who expressed a preference for hand drying the dishes rather than let them self-dry in the rack after washing the dishes, pots and pans. I've taken to doing that 90% of the time these days. I do that too for my favorite cleaver, to prevent oxidation of the sharp edge. The forks and spoons are on their own.

 

[Muse]

Autoplay videos in web browsers

I hate those. If I leave a tab open at a video that I previously stopped, if I restore a previous browser session it will start jamming the video and it can be hell to find the damn tab to shut it down.

 

[Muse]

These are the kinds of posts we need a DONT LIKE button for.

I've thought of that, but I don't think it would work.

 

[Chaotic42]

Here's another one: Windows restoring your applications after it reboots. Not only does it open up all of the webpages, but it plays any videos. I woke up at 4am this morning to a video on using plastic frogs to catch bass that I had been watching two days ago.

 

[Muse]

I don't use my dishwasher, either; I use it to store cookware.

I'd have to eliminate under counter storage next to my sink (that I use all the time) to install a dishwasher. I suppose it would make my house more sellable but the buyer can do that if they want.

 

[Muse]

Here's another one: Windows restoring your applications after it reboots. Not only does it open up all of the webpages, but it plays any videos. I woke up at 4am this morning to a video on using plastic frogs to catch bass that I had been watching two days ago.

Waking up to frogs is isn't a bug it's a feature.

 

[Thebobo]

Hate dishwashers. To get them to clean right, you have to all but clean the dishes before you pack them in. Might as well just finish the job and be done with it.

I have one but not sure if it works since I never used it. Sometimes if folks are coming over and we need to clean up I'll put stuff in it to hide them. Your right just as easy to had clean them imo. Maybe if you served a ton of folks every day.

 

[OutHouse]

Sensor based *EVERYTHING* in bathrooms. It never fails that a toilet flushes 83 times giving you Poseidon's kiss every 4 seconds and when you go to wash your hands the water and soap dispenser just stare at you in total disbelief and ignore any movement or motion you make. Then once you've finally managed to find the perfect angle of entry to turn on the sink water you go to wave your hands at the towel dispenser that feeds out sad strip of paper that is like 3" long and takes you 3 different attempts to get enough to actually dry your hands.

So much this. The brand new office iam in it is a fight to get soap, water and a paper towels

 

[OutHouse]

Because a hacker is going to spoil your milk?

Back door into your home network. Dont you watch Silicon Valley?????

 

[Zorba]

The bullshit first 15 minutes of a BluRay that you can't fast forward through like the dumb ass FBI warning made even more bullshit since in the day of digital piracy I am obviously watching something that was paid for so don't make my experience fucking worse because I did assholes. Whoever invented or thought up that shit I'd love to find their grave/s so I can piss on it.

This drives me nuts. I like to watch Blue Rays on my HTPC. But every fucking time I buy a new disc, I have to jump through software update hopes to get it to work, then the menus never work right. Half the time I just end up downloading it off TPB even though I own the disc and it is in my computer. If you make it easier for me to steal it, than watch it legally, why I am bothering?

 

[Darwin333]

I hate those. If I leave a tab open at a video that I previously stopped, if I restore a previous browser session it will start jamming the video and it can be hell to find the damn tab to shut it down.

I am one of those people that keeps 20+ tabs open and I used to have that problem as well. The Great Suspender extension is a godsend for people like me, I don't have that problem anymore. Plus Chrome now puts a little sound icon on whatever tab is playing now.

 

[Zorba]

I could not agree more with the time change. I wish we'd just abolish that crap. It screws everybody up twice a year for no reason. As much as politicians want us to believe, it does not create more daylight. It's like cutting a foot off a blanket and sewing it to the other end to make it longer.

It does make a blanket more effective if you can't change its position on the bed. Since work schedules don't change as sunrise/sun changes, it is like you can move the sheet on the bed.

Regardless time changes because people don't like their little darlings to go to school in the dark.

 

[Thebobo]

I am one of those people that keeps 20+ tabs open and I used to have that problem as well. The Great Suspender extension is a godsend for people like me, I don't have that problem anymore. Plus Chrome now puts a little sound icon on whatever tab is playing now.

Same problem here, and i've never heard of this going to try it now.

Thanks

 

[Carson Dyle]

I am one of those people that keeps 20+ tabs open and I used to have that problem as well. The Great Suspender extension is a godsend for people like me, I don't have that problem anymore. Plus Chrome now puts a little sound icon on whatever tab is playing now.

There are also extensions that thwart the auto-play of videos. I've found that they can be a little fiddly when you do actually want to play one of the videos, but for the most part they work well.

 

[Darwin333]

This drives me nuts. I like to watch Blue Rays on my HTPC. But every fucking time I buy a new disc, I have to jump through software update hopes to get it to work, then the menus never work right. Half the time I just end up downloading it off TPB even though I own the disc and it is in my computer. If you make it easier for me to steal it, than watch it legally, why I am bothering?

Exactly my point, they are driving people who would otherwise be paying customers to piracy. They learned nothing from the music industry, we didn't want to spend $12-$15 for a CD that had one or two good songs on it with the rest being BS filler. If there would have been an easy way to pay to download a song without bullshit DRM on it for 1-$2 far fewer people would have resorted to piracy and if they would have embraced streaming services sooner I doubt their decline would have been nearly as severe. I would have thought that the movie/TV industry would have caught on a lot quicker after seeing what happened to the music industry, how quickly it happened and how hard it is to turn it around if it is possible at all. The music industry has made some pretty good gains recently but is still only making half of what it did two decades ago. Amusingly a full 25% of their physical media sales were vinyl, something that I would have never guessed.

 

[Darwin333]

Here's another one: Windows restoring your applications after it reboots. Not only does it open up all of the webpages, but it plays any videos. I woke up at 4am this morning to a video on using plastic frogs to catch bass that I had been watching two days ago.

Another shout out for The Great Suspender extension for Chrome. Not if they have one for FF or not but if that is what you are using it is worth a search. It frees up resources when you are using it and no worries about shit autoplaying when you restart it.

 

[Darwin333]

Same problem here, and i've never heard of this going to try it now.

Thanks

You are very welcome, you will love it. You can whitelist whatever tabs you don't want it to suspend and when you go to a tab that has been suspended just click anywhere on the page and it reloads it. While suspended it isn't using up resources like 20-30 tabs are want to do.

There are also extensions that thwart the auto-play of videos. I've found that they can be a little fiddly when you do actually want to play one of the videos, but for the most part they work well.

This is, imho, a much better solution. When I click on a video in Youtube I want it to autoplay, I just don't want it to autoplay when I restart Chrome and have 3 or 4 tabs of Youtube that I am not focused on. This stops that and has the huge bonus of stopping all the tabs that I am not focused on from taking up resources.

 

[Muse]

I am one of those people that keeps 20+ tabs open and I used to have that problem as well. The Great Suspender extension is a godsend for people like me, I don't have that problem anymore. Plus Chrome now puts a little sound icon on whatever tab is playing now.

Does this or equivalent exist for Firefox or Pale Moon? Edge? I need to abandon Pale Moon because...

1. Youtube videos are jagged, blocky, halting, frustrating... for some reason(s)
2. Doesn't support Honey add-on (which I'm not yet into, but want to try)

Maybe I should just try Chrome? I never have...

 

[Exterous]

Lol that is retarded.

Okay, that's the dumbest motion detection equipment I've ever heard of. "Time to kick off this 72 hour simulation over the holiday weekend!" Oops.

Yeah it was....not popular. A good example of different groups not understanding the needs of the others or communicating.

 

[Ketchup]

Coca Cola Freestyle (this is it you haven't experienced one https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coca-cola-freestyle)

Guaranteed that no more than one person can use it at a time, all but the best places will be out of out least one flavor or cola at one time or another, it takes "talent" to not get a taste of the the last person's flavor in your drink, and after they have had the machine more than a couple months you will need to pound the screen for the machine to accept your selection (assuming the calibration it's off).

 

[dainthomas]

Seriously. I usually try to stay on top of technology trends, but outside of a Fitbit or whatever thing I have now that I always forget to wear, I've never been able to jump on the smartwatch boat.

The only people I know who use them IRL mostly just use them as a Fitbit anyway, not really for anything else much.

Admittedly the wireless pay on my Gear 3 is a pain because I have to type a PIN into the tiny keyboard. However the health tracking is at least as good as a fitbit (the phone app is better IMO). But what I really like is being able to see who's calling/texting and do quick replies without pulling my phone out.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Touchscreen ordering systems at restaurants.

I've never had a good experience at any airport with these contraptions. Between the shitty UI and inevitably under-staffed restaurants, things take just as long as traditional service, but with double the aggravation.

 

[FeuerFrei]

self-driving cars