Minor things that bother you

[SSOWorld]

Example of commissioned sales versus non-commissioned sales there.  I tend to prefer the latter myself given I generally already know what I want.

Yeah that's why I stick to IKEA nowadays. That or Arhaus or Restoration Hardware type stores but they are out of my price range. Anything in between and it seems like it's probably going to be employees on commission. I can't remember if Rooms-To-Go is commission or not. I have yet to go to Living Spaces but I believe they are either hourly or salary. Mathis Brothers are the worst. You can get them to leave you alone to browse but they lurk in the shadows wherever you go.

Poor blind Al and her Kullen.

#Driveby

[SSOWorld]

I fly over those things in my Impreza.  I never understood why those with high clearance vehicles (especially trucks) don't do the same.

You could go dukes of Hazzard on the recently built Kapoho Rd (where it used to be a 4-way until 2018's lava flow).  A speed hump in the middle of NOWHERE!

[Scott5114]

The fact that Linux requries installing separate programs to make some basic one-time configuration changes.  The examples I can think of are needing winetricks to use native DLLs (even copying a DLL from Windows doesn't work, has to be winetricks) or imwheel to change the mouse wheel scroll speed.  The later is what's frustrating me right now, as I bought a Lenova M325S mouse to replace the mouse I had for my laptop (its left clicker was going bad, to the point where I had to use the trackpad for clicking half the time), but now the mouse wheel scroll speed is WAY too fast (to the point where scrolling between tabs in Vivaldi is unusable; if I want to move by less than 5 tabs I need to put so much effort into it that it's faster to just click on the tab like a caveman, or God forbid, a Windows user of Chrome), but there's no way to do that without installing imwheel, and the solution with that is known to screw up other things.

Your distro, or more likely your DE, is wacky.



I'm not really sure what you're using Windows DLLs for, but in my experience, if I'm trying to incorporate Windows anything into my workflow, that's generally a sign that I'm overlooking a native Linux solution that will be simpler in the long run.

[thspfc]

Today I was behind an F150 with bright white lights on the tailgate, facing backwards. They were smaller than headlights but super bright and easily could have been mistaken for headlights at night.

WHY? Just WHY on God's green earth. Hopefully they get pulled over soon and cited for it. But our government and law enforcement seem completely unintrested in addressing how big of a problem headlights are becoming. I wouldn't expect them to care about rear facing headlights either. Brightness regulations are a joke by now, there are probably thousands of cars coming off the assembly lines that exceed them.

[vdeane]

Your distro, or more likely your DE, is wacky.

I've read the KDE has that option.  Unfortunately, Cinnamon does not (nor do any of the other Linux Mint DE flavors, as far as I'm aware).  Pretty sure whatever Ubuntu uses doesn't either.

I'm not really sure what you're using Windows DLLs for, but in my experience, if I'm trying to incorporate Windows anything into my workflow, that's generally a sign that I'm overlooking a native Linux solution that will be simpler in the long run.

I didn't actually install Wine or my old Windows games this time around, so presently nothing, but I needed a native msxml3 in order to get Civilization IV to run without crashing.

[Scott5114]

I've read the KDE has that option.  Unfortunately, Cinnamon does not (nor do any of the other Linux Mint DE flavors, as far as I'm aware).  Pretty sure whatever Ubuntu uses doesn't either.

I'd be really surprised if KDE isn't available in the Mint package manager. If you haven't tried it before, you might give it a shot; its devs seem to be the only ones on the planet that still understand how to design desktop applications. (Although I will caution that KDE 6 just came out and is still kind of wonky, since  this is the first version with official Wayland support, and there are some bugs being ironed out with that.)

I didn't actually install Wine or my old Windows games this time around, so presently nothing, but I needed a native msxml3 in order to get Civilization IV to run without crashing.

Ah, okay. Games are the thing Linux is weakest with, and it's also the sort of thing that will probably never get better because Linux users generally don't believe in paying for software. Steam does help, but I've mostly just shifted to doing any games on console.

[SSOWorld]

Ah, okay. Games are the thing Linux is weakest with, and it's also the sort of thing that will probably never get better because Linux users generally don't believe in paying for software. Steam does help, but I've mostly just shifted to doing any games on console.

You just contradicted yourself...

You pay for software on the console.

[Scott5114]

Ah, okay. Games are the thing Linux is weakest with, and it's also the sort of thing that will probably never get better because Linux users generally don't believe in paying for software. Steam does help, but I've mostly just shifted to doing any games on console.

You just contradicted yourself...

You pay for software on the console.

Are you sure?

[SSOWorld]

Ah, okay. Games are the thing Linux is weakest with, and it's also the sort of thing that will probably never get better because Linux users generally don't believe in paying for software. Steam does help, but I've mostly just shifted to doing any games on console.

You just contradicted yourself...

You pay for software on the console.

Are you sure?

well who pays the developers and testers? The company's a "middle man"

[gonealookin]

I have yet another "Notice of Data Breach", this time from Ticketmaster.  It says name, basic contact info and payment card info may have been stolen.

As usual they offer 12 months of free credit monitoring.  By this time I'd think everyone has signed up for several of these free credit monitoring services.  They probably assume very few people will take them up on the redundant offer.

I think it's time to force these companies to pay some direct financial compensation.  Instead of the letter with the free credit monitoring, how about a check for $100?  A stiff monetary penalty would send a strong message to businesses to get much more serious about the security of their customers' data.

[ZLoth]

Just contact the credit bureaus and file a credit freeze on your reports. That adds a few additional verification steps.

[gonealookin]

Just contact the credit bureaus and file a credit freeze on your reports. That adds a few additional verification steps.

Oh yes, I've had the security freeze on my credit reports with the three agencies for many years.  I just think there should be more of a penalty against the companies that allow the information to get onto the "Dark Web" in the first place.

Actually the original reason I put the security freeze on was that my mother got herself into a lot of financial problems late in her life.  She obviously had all the information about me needed to open fake credit accounts in my name, and I did not trust her one bit.  She died some years ago so that part of it doesn't matter any more, but the need for the security freeze has remained, just the reason has shifted.

[1995hoo]

Just contact the credit bureaus and file a credit freeze on your reports. That adds a few additional verification steps.

I recently got notice that my SSN may have been disclosed in a data breach. I've had the freeze on my credit reports for several years (which was a minor nuisance when I wanted to get the then-new Amtrak Mastercard in 2022), so this time I contacted the IRS for an identity protection PIN to prevent someone else from filing a false tax return using my SSN. Not sure what else you can really do beyond monitoring your cards and your credit report. There's that website, annualcreditreport.com, that lets you get one report free from each credit bureau every 12 months, so I've decided to stagger them—use one of the three every four months so as to keep an eye on things throughout the year.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm getting tired of logging into random work related websites and it prompting to send verification codes to my phone or email. 

[hbelkins]

The whole "credit reporting bureau" thing is a minor thing that bothers me. As is the fact that you have to give your SSN for everything financially-related.

[jeffandnicole]

I have yet another "Notice of Data Breach", this time from Ticketmaster.  It says name, basic contact info and payment card info may have been stolen.

As usual they offer 12 months of free credit monitoring.  By this time I'd think everyone has signed up for several of these free credit monitoring services.  They probably assume very few people will take them up on the redundant offer.

I think it's time to force these companies to pay some direct financial compensation.  Instead of the letter with the free credit monitoring, how about a check for $100?  A stiff monetary penalty would send a strong message to businesses to get much more serious about the security of their customers' data.

Many of these companies often become a part of a class-action lawsuit.  The actual payout is large, although the amount individuals get is often small. 

Doesn't hurt to look around and become part of the class; some of the settlements aren't well known, and those that file a claim can get some decent money. The well-known ones are those mentioned on social media, and so many people jump on that the actual payments are minimal, if they even need to pay at all because each payment would be below the minimum set in the lawsuit.

[elsmere241]

The whole "credit reporting bureau" thing is a minor thing that bothers me. As is the fact that you have to give your SSN for everything financially-related.

In Italy, the SSN equivalent is based on full name, date of birth, and province or country of birth.  If you know all that about a person (and I had to disclose it a few places along the way there) you can figure out the codice fiscale without a problem.

[Rothman]

I have yet another "Notice of Data Breach", this time from Ticketmaster.  It says name, basic contact info and payment card info may have been stolen.

As usual they offer 12 months of free credit monitoring.  By this time I'd think everyone has signed up for several of these free credit monitoring services.  They probably assume very few people will take them up on the redundant offer.

I think it's time to force these companies to pay some direct financial compensation.  Instead of the letter with the free credit monitoring, how about a check for $100?  A stiff monetary penalty would send a strong message to businesses to get much more serious about the security of their customers' data.

Many of these companies often become a part of a class-action lawsuit.  The actual payout is large, although the amount individuals get is often small. 

Doesn't hurt to look around and become part of the class; some of the settlements aren't well known, and those that file a claim can get some decent money. The well-known ones are those mentioned on social media, and so many people jump on that the actual payments are minimal, if they even need to pay at all because each payment would be below the minimum set in the lawsuit.

Look into how much goes to the lawyers before distribution...it's obscene.

[1995hoo]

Political text message spam. Somehow, my mobile number got placed in the database for one of the two major-party candidates for president (I won't say which one) even though in Virginia we don't register by party, I've never joined a political party, I don't vote based on party lines, and the only two times I've donated to candidates neither one of them were from this candidate's party (one was a fellow I knew who was running for state senate, the other was a third-party candidate for national office). My phone is starting to blow up with their bullshit donation requests, which of course just ensures I will not donate a penny (piss me off? Hell no will I donate to you!).

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does). Makes me think I maybe I should take Verizon up on their ads to add a second number for $10 a month and then use that number for the two-factor authentication and nothing else while setting my current number to reject all messages from unknown senders. But, of course, resetting your number everywhere takes forever too.

[roadman65]

Political text message spam. Somehow, my mobile number got placed in the database for one of the two major-party candidates for president (I won't say which one) even though in Virginia we don't register by party, I've never joined a political party, I don't vote based on party lines, and the only two times I've donated to candidates neither one of them were from this candidate's party (one was a fellow I knew who was running for state senate, the other was a third-party candidate for national office). My phone is starting to blow up with their bullshit donation requests, which of course just ensures I will not donate a penny (piss me off? Hell no will I donate to you!).

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does). Makes me think I maybe I should take Verizon up on their ads to add a second number for $10 a month and then use that number for the two-factor authentication and nothing else while setting my current number to reject all messages from unknown senders. But, of course, resetting your number everywhere takes forever too.

Our government for you.

 

On to another pet peeve.

A car several  car lengths and hundreds of feet in front of you has his right turn signal on with you not needing to break yet as by the time you should get there, they should be off the roadway. WRONG!  There still a long way from cutting the wheel to turn as they have been creeping at 5 mph several hundred feet prior to their turnoff.

[formulanone]

The whole "credit reporting bureau" thing is a minor thing that bothers me. As is the fact that you have to give your SSN for everything financially-related.

...and talking to someone on the phone who sounds like a rote amateur with way too much of my information.

(A major thing that bothers me.)

[ZLoth]

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does).

What bothers me is that financial institutions still cling on texting when multi-factor authentication methods have been around for ages. Not to mention the restructions on the characters allowed and the length of password when the password can be stored in the database as a salted one-way hash.

[Rothman]

Political text message spam. Somehow, my mobile number got placed in the database for one of the two major-party candidates for president (I won't say which one) even though in Virginia we don't register by party, I've never joined a political party, I don't vote based on party lines, and the only two times I've donated to candidates neither one of them were from this candidate's party (one was a fellow I knew who was running for state senate, the other was a third-party candidate for national office). My phone is starting to blow up with their bullshit donation requests, which of course just ensures I will not donate a penny (piss me off? Hell no will I donate to you!).

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does). Makes me think I maybe I should take Verizon up on their ads to add a second number for $10 a month and then use that number for the two-factor authentication and nothing else while setting my current number to reject all messages from unknown senders. But, of course, resetting your number everywhere takes forever too.

Our government for you.

Candidates for office are part of our government?

[1995hoo]

Political text message spam. Somehow, my mobile number got placed in the database for one of the two major-party candidates for president (I won't say which one) even though in Virginia we don't register by party, I've never joined a political party, I don't vote based on party lines, and the only two times I've donated to candidates neither one of them were from this candidate's party (one was a fellow I knew who was running for state senate, the other was a third-party candidate for national office). My phone is starting to blow up with their bullshit donation requests, which of course just ensures I will not donate a penny (piss me off? Hell no will I donate to you!).

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does). Makes me think I maybe I should take Verizon up on their ads to add a second number for $10 a month and then use that number for the two-factor authentication and nothing else while setting my current number to reject all messages from unknown senders. But, of course, resetting your number everywhere takes forever too.

Our government for you.

Candidates for office are part of our government?

One of the two major-party candidates for president this year is. I'm not going to get into the whole distinction between acts taken as a candidate versus acts taken as an officeholder because it almost certainly violates the rule against discussing politics.

[Rothman]

Political text message spam. Somehow, my mobile number got placed in the database for one of the two major-party candidates for president (I won't say which one) even though in Virginia we don't register by party, I've never joined a political party, I don't vote based on party lines, and the only two times I've donated to candidates neither one of them were from this candidate's party (one was a fellow I knew who was running for state senate, the other was a third-party candidate for national office). My phone is starting to blow up with their bullshit donation requests, which of course just ensures I will not donate a penny (piss me off? Hell no will I donate to you!).

What is unfortunate is that if you turn on the feature that filters out all messages from unknown senders, you cause yourself problems because of how online banking services and the like persist in insisting on text messages as their only acceptable form of multi-factor authentication (as opposed to using an app like my employer does or Microsoft does). Makes me think I maybe I should take Verizon up on their ads to add a second number for $10 a month and then use that number for the two-factor authentication and nothing else while setting my current number to reject all messages from unknown senders. But, of course, resetting your number everywhere takes forever too.

Our government for you.

Candidates for office are part of our government?

One of the two major-party candidates for president this year is. I'm not going to get into the whole distinction between acts taken as a candidate versus acts taken as an officeholder because it almost certainly violates the rule against discussing politics.

Was I asking you?

We're talking about political campaigning, not actions by government.