[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3091932 19-Jun-2023 11:38

Hah. See if you can post another bug of the same and include that comment from your email.

(… then wait for the closed as duplicate 😂)

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#3091949 19-Jun-2023 11:54

I'll tell you something small that annoys me.

I haven't won Lotto/Powerball first division. Ever.

Very annoying.

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#3092013 19-Jun-2023 14:21

Behodar:
Nothing happened for about the next six weeks, then a different developer added a comment saying he couldn't replicate the issue, and closed the bug as "fixed". The first dev's comment has conveniently vanished without a trace (apart from the copy still in my email).

"You've got the source code, what's the problem?".

You should feel honoured that a developer actually replied. I have 10+ year old bugs open for things like Mozilla that just get auto-closed every few years whereupon I reopen them because they're still not fixed.

Mind you it's the same for Microsoft, their bug triage strategy seems to be to ignore them for as long as possible, then close them because there's been no action on them for years.

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#3092113 19-Jun-2023 17:10

I'm actually tempted to download the source and fix it myself. But then I'll need to re-fix it every time there's an update...

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#3092190 19-Jun-2023 19:16

Purchased a new lawnmower online from Mitre10 in the weekend and used afterpay. Went to pick it up and they gave me one off the shop floor.

I'm sure a 'lil ol' nan would have appreciated it being pre-built but they robbed me of the whole box-opening, factory-fresh olfactory experience.

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#3092193 19-Jun-2023 19:21

Behodar:

I'm actually tempted to download the source and fix it myself. But then I'll need to re-fix it every time there's an update...

That makes me think of this -

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#3092197 19-Jun-2023 19:27

MadEngineer:

Purchased a new lawnmower online from Mitre10 in the weekend and used afterpay. Went to pick it up and they gave me one off the shop floor.

I'm sure a 'lil ol' nan would have appreciated it being pre-built but they robbed me of the whole box-opening, factory-fresh olfactory experience.

I would have asked for a discount given it was a shop display item.

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#3092307 19-Jun-2023 21:39

mrdrifter:

I could actually see this happening at Microsoft (see my earlier post).

Forgot a third type of won't-fix: "If you squint at the documents just right and are very liberal in how you interpret certain bits of the wording you'll note that, arguably, with a little flexible thinking, this bug isn't really a bug and so we're not going to fix it": Maintainers who spend fifty times as much effort arguing that their bug isn't really a bug than it would take to just fix the damn thing.

The worst ones I've encountered are ones who will accuse you of deliberately sabotaging their software to make it look bad when you report a bug.

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#3092505 20-Jun-2023 14:14

The creeping adoption of American as our default version of English.

I have been seeing U's being dropped and accepted, as well as words like "Bangs" used for fringe, etc.

What's next? Aluminum?

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#3092508 20-Jun-2023 14:17

Handsomedan:

The creeping adoption of American as our default version of English.

I have been seeing U's being dropped and accepted, as well as words like "Bangs" used for fringe, etc.

What's next? Aluminum?

I would support that since that is how its supposed to be spelled.

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#3092554 20-Jun-2023 14:23

If you pronounce it al-u-min-ium, as many people do, it is hard to spell it any other way.

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#3092615 20-Jun-2023 15:15

Handsomedan:

The creeping adoption of American as our default version of English.

I have been seeing U's being dropped and accepted, as well as words like "Bangs" used for fringe, etc.

What's next? Aluminum?

I was talking to someone who used to work for Radio NZ, and she said that as part of their training, the word "aluminium" was pronounced "aluminum", and it got me to wondering if I had ever heard the word spoken that way on Radio NZ. I mean, it's one thing for a person to unknowingly use the American version of the word, but for a NZ-based institution to train its people to say it that way just boggles my mind.

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#3092618 20-Jun-2023 15:21

Does anyone know why Americans say it that way in the first place? They don't say "calcum" or "sodum" or "magnesum" so why does aluminium lose the I?

Mind you, this is the same country that uses "license" with an S when we would use a C... but meanwhile spells "practice" with a C when we would use an S, so consistency isn't a strong suit...

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#3092621 20-Jun-2023 15:26

Watching, on TV at a neighbours place, a large group of cyclists pedalling aimlessly through the countryside. This has been going on for days now, they don't seem to have any idea where they're going apart from "Furthur". Can't they get some satnav to help them get to wherever they want to go? Or send one of their number ahead to figure out the route while they stop off for a beer somewhere? Or load all the bikes onto a bike carrier and get them there that way, since they all seem to be going to the same place even if they can't find it? Seems like a huge waste of effort and energy the way they're doing it at the moment.

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#3092624 20-Jun-2023 15:33

Behodar:
Does anyone know why Americans say it that way in the first place? They don't say "calcum" or "sodum" or "magnesum" so why does aluminium lose the I?

Historical reasons, it's had different names over time. Both are correct, it's not just Americans being Americans.

OTOH with their use of imperial measurements, well here's an explainer for that one.

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