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

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#3109399 28-Jul-2023 18:49

Annoyance du jour (and I want to stress that this isn't in response to any of the posters in this thread) is when people authoritatively make statements regarding something they don't understand.

In this particular case, someone has informed me that I, an end user, do not have the right to modify open source software as I see fit. Apparently I'm allowed to look, and I'm allowed to commit changes back to the "official" publisher, but I can't actually use the modified version unless the publisher approves it and releases a new version with my changes.

This is not a discussion of a specific piece of software with its own "custom" licence, but is rather a statement that apparently applies to open source software as a whole. I'm not even going to bother trying to reply to that nonsense.

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#3109401 28-Jul-2023 18:56

I remember a Sky technician who swore up down and sideways that geo-unblocking was impossible after ISP's stopped providing it when Sky threatened to sue them.

Edited to add: one of the reasons I don't like Sky is because of their tendency to try to use legal means to restrict what competitors are allowed to offer instead of just improving their own products.

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#3109402 28-Jul-2023 18:58

Realtek device drivers not being available from their download section, and not working either.

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#3109434 28-Jul-2023 21:24

jamesrt:

neb: ... to floss the cat ...

I'm somewhat afraid to ask! A quick google search was rather .... colourful.

It's slang and it is supposed to convey that you are busy while you actually aren't. ?

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#3109441 28-Jul-2023 22:33

jamesrt:

neb: ... to floss the cat ...

I'm somewhat afraid to ask! A quick google search was rather .... colourful.

I couldn't resist asking bing to make this

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3109442 28-Jul-2023 22:36

MadEngineer:
I couldn't resist asking bing to make this

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#3109583 29-Jul-2023 16:42

^ah! I've remember seeing that or similar donkeys years ago and only now fully appreciate what's going on!

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3109991 31-Jul-2023 11:10

Behodar:

Geektastic:

I assume you mean Turkey?

It's one of those funny things: we say Greece, Finland and Japan, not Ellada, Suomi and Nihon, but apparently we're "supposed" to say Türkiye instead of Turkey now.

If you're going to be accurate about the name of Greece, then surely you should write Ελλάς ??

However, the Europeans in particular have long ago been stopped being precious about their country's or city's name in another language. e.g. Geneva is Genève, Genf, Ginevra, or Genevra depending on which Swiss official language you speak, and of course "Geneva" is notably absent. But no-one cares if you say Geneva.

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#3109994 31-Jul-2023 11:24

frankv:

However, the Europeans in particular have long ago been stopped being precious about their country's or city's name in another language. e.g. Geneva is Genève, Genf, Ginevra, or Genevra depending on which Swiss official language you speak, and of course "Geneva" is notably absent. But no-one cares if you say Geneva.

They are so much more mature than we are.

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#3110006 31-Jul-2023 11:45

Chipseal.But you know that.

Disc jockeys / music stations. The clue is in the name. You're supposed to play music, not play half a song just to interupt the constant flow of adverts, most of which haven't changed in the last decade. And I couldn't care less about why someone wrote the song I'm going to play after yet more ads, and how the writer used the creation of the following masterpiece to come to terms with the ghastly loss of his pet gerbil in a traumatic spinning wheel incident at the tragically young age (the writer, not the gerbil) of 37. Just play the damn thing.

And the weather, fine until evening cloud...evening is not 11am people...

Edit - spelling

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#3110016 31-Jul-2023 12:03

People's inability to drive down a suburban road without totalling a car parked at the side of said road.

My poor son's car got smashed into last night while he was out. He was going to take his car, but I took him to the bus station, so he could have a drink if he wanted.

Now he's freaking out about how he's going to get to Uni, Football practice, girlfriend's place etc.

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#3110020 31-Jul-2023 12:15

That's no small bump either. What's the story for the other party?

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#3110021 31-Jul-2023 12:16

And do you know who's done it?

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#3110027 31-Jul-2023 12:26

freitasm:

And do you know who's done it?

Maybe a Cabinet Minister?

(Sorry - I know it's no joke for the son).

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#3110032 31-Jul-2023 12:43

Other party was there. Not a hit and run. Admitted liability to the police. Young lady who was out after 10pm on a restricted licence.

We are fully insured. Car will be replaced. The young lady in question was in shock but airbags saved her from serious damage.

No skid, so I assume lack of attention and ran straight into the car. The pic is of where it ended up. 10m (approx) from where it was parked. equally as close to the gutter. How you can hit a car parked so far to the laft under a street light is beyond me.

It was a massive thump. Sounded like a bomb going off.

It's the inconvenience of it all that is annoying, most of all.

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