What first world problem did you have today?

Page 803 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,555
13,801
126
www.anyf.ca
Forgot my phone at home and I'm at work, now I keep wondering if someone is trying to text me and I can't see it until tomorrow and they'll think I'm ignoring them. Don't realize how attached you are to your phone until it's not with you.
 
clamum

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
26,256
406
126
Frickin Flight Simulator 2020 man.

I was in the alpha/beta test and it worked great.

Now it was publically released yesterday but I've spent so much time trying to get the damn thing to download and install.

It keeps locking up, or more often crashing, while downloading. Have tried clearing cache and downloaded files, uninstalling and reinstalling, running the .exe as Admin. No bueno.

Looking at the Steam discussion threads there's a lot of people with installation and download issues. Mother scratcher
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
24,195
857
126
clamum said:
Frickin Flight Simulator 2020 man.

I was in the alpha/beta test and it worked great.

Now it was publically released yesterday but I've spent so much time trying to get the damn thing to download and install.

It keeps locking up, or more often crashing, while downloading. Have tried clearing cache and downloaded files, uninstalling and reinstalling, running the .exe as Admin. No bueno.

Looking at the Steam discussion threads there's a lot of people with installation and download issues. Mother scratcher
Click to expand...
Clearly, you beta testers didn't do your job. ;)
 
clamum

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
26,256
406
126
CZroe said:
Clearly, you beta testers didn't do your job. ;)
Click to expand...


I think the only thing I found (granted I didn't play too much of it) was my pedals were super sensitive, where they haven't been like that in other games (or even the old FSX iirc).

The rudder wouldn't do anything until I got most of the way to its limit when then all of a sudden the plane would jerk to the left/right. Made taxiing at any speed above walking impossible cause the plane would jerk over to the side of the runway.

I see you can adjust the sensitivity and add dead zone so I need to see if the former will help at all. Make it more sensitive for the first half of the range of motion. Haven't seen others with that problem tho.

Oh I guess the other thing was my throttle control. It auto detected both my controllers (Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS and CH Pro Pedals) fine and mapped the common functions to them, but the throttle was jacked up. My throttle kinda has a "resting" position halfway thru its range of motion, and assigning it to plane's throttle would cause the plane's throttle to go up and down for both the first half of the range of motion and the last half. It's weird to explain. So I remapped it to my joystick's twist function which worked but I'd rather use the actual throttle.

Anyway. I hope I can get the frickin download to work soon cause it really is an incredible sim. The changing weather on the fly and raising/lowering cloud levels is just cool as heck.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: CZroe
pete6032

pete6032

Diamond Member
Dec 3, 2010
8,137
3,580
136
Installed an SSD in an old laptop and I want to see if it speeds up windows update but there have been no updates for the last week or so, so I haven't gotten to test it.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
66,260
14,690
146
BoomerD said:
I used to hate those retraining days. Maintained HAZMAT/HAZWOPER certification for 15 years. Saw a lot of changes in the standards and requirements... ut it was always in-person classes. I finally got tired of doing the clean- up jobs and let it expire. The union hall kept calling me with jobs...and offers of refresher courses. o_O

Anyway, for me, my FWP of the day is the damned Samgung refrigerator...again. Defrost mechanism keeps malfunctioning. I tore it apart a couple of months ago...THOUGHT I had fixed it without parts...:rolleyes: No such luck. I ordered the parts and finally received them. Now I gotta go through the 2 day process of thawing it out before I can start the repairs.
Click to expand...

update...
Thawed the fridge out, replaced the defrost heater, all sensors, new fan, modified the drain heater, modified the drain tubes...fucking fridge is freezing up again. <sigh> I guess I'm gonna have to replace it...even though it's only 5 years old. Apparently this is a well known (within the appliance repair world) Samsung refrigerator problem. This is the kind of low-quality build that kept me from buying Korean-made garbage...everyone told me, "The Korean companies have fixed their quality control problems and are now as good as...or better than any other appliance company." :mad:
It's just too bad that nowadays, most of the US brands aren't actually American made any more.

It sucks that instead of getting better and lasting longer, appliances that used to be built to last 20 years, 30 years, or more...now barely last 5 years.
 
snoopy7548

snoopy7548

Diamond Member
Jan 1, 2005
8,254
5,330
146
BoomerD said:
update...
Thawed the fridge out, replaced the defrost heater, all sensors, new fan, modified the drain heater, modified the drain tubes...fucking fridge is freezing up again. <sigh> I guess I'm gonna have to replace it...even though it's only 5 years old. Apparently this is a well known (within the appliance repair world) Samsung refrigerator problem. This is the kind of low-quality build that kept me from buying Korean-made garbage...everyone told me, "The Korean companies have fixed their quality control problems and are now as good as...or better than any other appliance company." :mad:
It's just too bad that nowadays, most of the US brands aren't actually American made any more.

It sucks that instead of getting better and lasting longer, appliances that used to be built to last 20 years, 30 years, or more...now barely last 5 years.
Click to expand...

Get a Whirlpool. I've had mine for eight years with zero issues. Stick with real appliance manufacturers...

EDIT: I believe all Whirlpool appliances, or at least their refrigerators, are made in America.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
60,004
10,496
126
I've been fairly impressed with Korean tech *aside* from appliances. Not sure what their problem is there, but I wouldn't touch one.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
66,260
14,690
146
lxskllr said:
I've been fairly impressed with Korean tech *aside* from appliances. Not sure what their problem is there, but I wouldn't touch one.
Click to expand...

I have two Samsung TV's...they're OK...The Samsung washers and dryers we've had are OK...Not great, but they work. Their refrigerators though... :rolleyes:
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,555
13,801
126
www.anyf.ca
My parents got a Samsung, it was a lemon. I think every part has been changed so far. It's all under warranty but still very annoying having to deal with that.

If I ever need a new fridge I will stick with a Frigidaire regular size with regular door. Those never seem to really have any issues.
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
72,831
33,869
136
Scum sucking airline (Delta) cancelled my afternoon flight reservation and rescheduled me for an early morning flight which won't work. They insist that they didn't actually cancel the flight but it was a mere schedule adjustment so they won't refund the ticket. The revolution is coming.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,555
13,801
126
www.anyf.ca
A pandemic is not really a time to be flying anyway I would just cancel whatever the plans are and stay home. Cancelled my camping trip this year as my friend I was going with lives down south and would have flown but we felt it was best to cancel so did it early on.
 
pete6032

pete6032

Diamond Member
Dec 3, 2010
8,137
3,580
136
IronWing said:
Scum sucking airline (Delta) cancelled my afternoon flight reservation and rescheduled me for an early morning flight which won't work. They insist that they didn't actually cancel the flight but it was a mere schedule adjustment so they won't refund the ticket. The revolution is coming.
Click to expand...
Airlines are advertising super cheap fares RN but you book a great flight and then it gets switched 4 or 5 times before departure.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom