Minor things that bother you

[roadman65]

Bruce Willis is dead according to Facebook.

Welcome to 2009: Facebook is a reliable source of finding out information about people you actually know (that is, have met in-the-flesh), from related people you also actually know. That's really all it was ever supposed to be used for in the first place.

Every other but of information is to be treated as suspect on the grounds of ignorance, self-attention, or money-making distraction. How long have you been on the Internet?

True but people don't but still the fact checkers only limit to fiction about one of our past presidents who was way too vocal. If that were true Facebook would accept anything about politics as fiction and not install an algorithm to check facts based on USA Today articles as the source of reality l

[mgk920]

I phrase to KILL in 2024 is anything with a variant of 'game charger' in it.

Mike

[Scott5114]

Bruce Willis is dead according to Facebook.

Welcome to 2009: Facebook is a reliable source of finding out information about people you actually know (that is, have met in-the-flesh), from related people you also actually know. That's really all it was ever supposed to be used for in the first place.

Every other but of information is to be treated as suspect on the grounds of ignorance, self-attention, or money-making distraction. How long have you been on the Internet?

True but people don't but still the fact checkers only limit to fiction about one of our past presidents who was way too vocal. If that were true Facebook would accept anything about politics as fiction and not install an algorithm to check facts based on USA Today articles as the source of reality l

https://www.snopes.com/

[SSOWorld]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

[Rothman]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

Other customers can break them in the store.

[SSOWorld]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

Other customers can break them in the store.

Did you check your milk?

[jeffandnicole]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

You're not asking for high quality. You're asking for perfection.

Eggs can break anywhere from the packaging stages, transportation, loading, stocking, other customers dropping or breaking them, you accidently dropping or breaking them, a cashier dropping or breaking them, your transportation home, etc.

Doesn't matter how high quality the merchandise is; There's always going to be the chance something slips thru.

[mgk920]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

You're not asking for high quality. You're asking for perfection.

Eggs can break anywhere from the packaging stages, transportation, loading, stocking, other customers dropping or breaking them, you accidently dropping or breaking them, a cashier dropping or breaking them, your transportation home, etc.

Doesn't matter how high quality the merchandise is; There's always going to be the chance something slips thru.

Checking eggs for quality and breakage is a process as old as shopping at a food market itself.

Mike

[Scott5114]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

In my experience, the cashier will often check the eggs themselves before scanning them. Seems like less effort than asking the customer, anyway.

[Rothman]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

In my experience, the cashier will often check the eggs themselves before scanning them. Seems like less effort than asking the customer, anyway.

That practice is horrifically inconsistent depending on location, even within the same chain.

[Scott5114]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

In my experience, the cashier will often check the eggs themselves before scanning them. Seems like less effort than asking the customer, anyway.

That practice is horrifically inconsistent depending on location, even within the same chain.

I think the Crest in Norman did it as a matter of policy, but I don't buy eggs very often, so I could be wrong. In any case, I check the eggs myself, so it doesn't really matter whether the cashier does or not.

[J N Winkler]

I think the Crest in Norman did it as a matter of policy, but I don't buy eggs very often, so I could be wrong. In any case, I check the eggs myself, so it doesn't really matter whether the cashier does or not.

Ditto.  I suspect that once the eggs go into the chiller, the main hazard is other customers.

[vdeane]

I always check my eggs.  In fact, not only do I open the carton and glance at them, I pick up each and every egg to check the underside.  I've had too many times where I bought eggs, glanced at them, and only found out when I go to make breakfast that an egg is stuck to the carton because a crack on the underside was allowed to leak until they fused.

Heck, sometimes so many cartons have at least one cracked egg that I'll grab two and swap cracked eggs for good ones!

[1995hoo]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

In my experience, the cashier will often check the eggs themselves before scanning them. Seems like less effort than asking the customer, anyway.

That practice is horrifically inconsistent depending on location, even within the same chain.

I have never seen a cashier check the eggs that I can recall. At Wegmans some cashiers will rubber-band the egg cartons closed, but that's about it.

I don't lift up each egg like vdeane describes, but I do "wobble" the eggs in the carton, for lack of a better way of describing it—I kind of move each egg back and forth and if one sticks, I presume it's broken and I select a different carton.

[Rothman]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

In my experience, the cashier will often check the eggs themselves before scanning them. Seems like less effort than asking the customer, anyway.

That practice is horrifically inconsistent depending on location, even within the same chain.

I have never seen a cashier check the eggs that I can recall. At Wegmans some cashiers will rubber-band the egg cartons closed, but that's about it.

I don't lift up each egg like vdeane describes, but I do "wobble" the eggs in the carton, for lack of a better way of describing it—I kind of move each egg back and forth and if one sticks, I presume it's broken and I select a different carton.

I've had cashiers check the eggs, but it has been in a definite minority of supermarkets that I've shopped in.

[mgk920]

And I not the only one who is at least minorly annoyed by that ubiquitous sound of warm weather days here, that being the droning stucatto rrrrrrRRRRrrrr of air cooled, single cylinder four stroke cycle gasoline engines, the ones that are normally found on lawn mowers and other similar pieces of equipment?

Mike

[formulanone]

And I not the only one who is at least minorly annoyed by that ubiquitous sound of warm weather days here, that being the droning stucatto rrrrrrRRRRrrrr of air cooled, single cylinder four stroke cycle gasoline engines, the ones that are normally found on lawn mowers and other similar pieces of equipment?

Mike

Bugs me most at 7pm on a Sunday, just as I'm trying to wind down for bedtime, to tackle Monday's tricky travel requirements (typically waking at 3am to join the Wide Awake Club at the airport).

[ZLoth]

And I not the only one who is at least minorly annoyed by that ubiquitous sound of warm weather days here, that being the droning stucatto rrrrrrRRRRrrrr of air cooled, single cylinder four stroke cycle gasoline engines, the ones that are normally found on lawn mowers and other similar pieces of equipment?

Bugs me most at 7pm on a Sunday, just as I'm trying to wind down for bedtime, to tackle Monday's tricky travel requirements (typically waking at 3am to join the Wide Awake Club at the airport).

You may want to check the noise ordinance of where you live, but unfortunately, running a lawn mower at 7 PM would qualify as being reasonable. 10 PM or 6 AM, probably not. I previously worked overnight shift, and had to deal with the Saturday morning lawn mower brigade.

[formulanone]

And I not the only one who is at least minorly annoyed by that ubiquitous sound of warm weather days here, that being the droning stucatto rrrrrrRRRRrrrr of air cooled, single cylinder four stroke cycle gasoline engines, the ones that are normally found on lawn mowers and other similar pieces of equipment?

Bugs me most at 7pm on a Sunday, just as I'm trying to wind down for bedtime, to tackle Monday's tricky travel requirements (typically waking at 3am to join the Wide Awake Club at the airport).

You may want to check the noise ordinance of where you live, but unfortunately, running a lawn mower at 7 PM would qualify as being reasonable. 10 PM or 6 AM, probably not. I previously worked overnight shift, and had to deal with the Saturday morning lawn mower brigade.

As he's on the superior side of my two neighbors, I've just decided to let it go.

[ZLoth]

Have you considered some noise cancelling headphones and/or earbuds? I've been carrying around some TOZO NC9 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds for quite a while now. They're pretty good considering the price, and once I found the app, it was pretty easy to activate the noise cancelling mode.

[formulanone]

I'll sometimes pop two squishy earplugs in and call myself in the morning.

The trick is to run myself ragged on the weekend for good rest for those dark-o'clock Mondays.

[snowc]

"Did you check your eggs?"

Most people don't mind this, but I find it rude that this is asked of me when I shop at the local supermarket here in town. As if they're lazy and don't want to keep a high quality.

Quality seems to be dismissed in many industries in general, with testing initiatives being cut or managed by shit software.

Eggs at Walmart are usually the worst when it comes to quality. Ever since the change from Sunny Meadow to Great Value, eggs have been cracked left and right.
It gets worse when you do grocery pickup like me. I drive to Walmart (yes, drive) with my father and sit, and I mean, SIT, for 20 minutes waiting for them to dispense your items into your car.
We have them always check for eggs in the blue "bins" that have our items, yet they blatantly ignore us and we drive off with cracked eggs for 3 quarters of them (ONLY 3 of them were good)
So, long story short (TL;DR) don't buy 🥚 eggs from Walmart. Go somewhere else like Food Lion or Carlie C's. Or drive 30+ minutes to Harris Teeter to buy good quality eggs.

[snowc]

I always check my eggs.  In fact, not only do I open the carton and glance at them, I pick up each and every egg to check the underside.  I've had too many times where I bought eggs, glanced at them, and only found out when I go to make breakfast that an egg is stuck to the carton because a crack on the underside was allowed to leak until they fused.

Heck, sometimes so many cartons have at least one cracked egg that I'll grab two and swap cracked eggs for good ones!

My mother does this all the time! Especially when we don't do grocery pickup and go to the store.

[snowc]

On a side note:
When completing assignments for school (I just got my degree for Wake Tech in Web Design, now I'm going to Campbell to get my IT Security Bachelors of Science degree), I have to constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) keep logging back in to Blackboard and it requires me to verify my identity with a code sent to my phone.
But what happens is, there is NO option to NOT ask me again for 30 days on some of the things. And the college doesn't allow tests unmonitored; ALL assessments are REQUIRED to be proctored and monitored by Respondus LockDown Browser. I don't mind that at all, but why do they need my driver's license EVERY time I take a quiz?!
And it also appears in MyMathLab assignments where you have to keep typing something in in order to not clear your progress.

[ZLoth]

From Cires:

The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness
Light pollution in urban centers creates a sky glow that can blot out the stars

Light pollution in urban centers creates a sky glow that can blot out the stars. The brighter the area in this zoomable map, the harder it is to see stars and constellations in the night sky. In the United States, national parks are often a refuge for darkness; national parks are shown in purple in the map below.

This map is based on data published June 10 by a team of researchers led by Fabio Falchi and including NOAA's Chris Elvidge and CIRES' Kimberly Baugh.

FULL ARTICLE (and cool interactive map) HERE