Minor things that bother you

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I think I told this story on here recently when this topic came up, I have my FB set to that only people already with mutual friends can send me friend requests. Somebody on my friends list though accepted a bot request which enabled the bot to then send me one. That was annoying.

[kurumi]

When strangers reach out to you, it might be this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

What's annoying: recently I was added to a whatsapp crypto group, and then had to research how to block/mute/delete without alerting anyone in that group

[Rothman]

This is just a gentle reminder that if you suspect one user is a sockpuppet of another, it is better to report it to the moderators so they can investigate.

I did do that. That's how I found out that he wasn't a sock puppet. I ran it by an administrator and he told me he knew the names of both parties and I was assured as I said that both had different names.

"I'm a real boy!" -- Rothman

This thread has been enlightening, my dear Roadman65.  I'll try to be a little more patient with you moving forward. 

[jakeroot]

I guess this is truly a minor thing, I'm not really sure why girls do it:

Here in the Far East, it seems like most women who are on Facebook don't actually have personal profiles, but rather they have pages that you can follow. Like a celebrity or something. Both of the last two girls I dated had profiles that I could follow.

I guess it's a really minor thing, but it feels like a symptom of "main character syndrome". Like, they're too good for a regular profile so they make a celebrity-style page where anyone can follow them, with actual "facebook friendship" being option. And as the "follower" number goes up, the more serotonin gets released or something.

Current girlfriend doesn't have any online presence, and it's incredibly freeing.

[Rothman]

Freeing in what way?

[jakeroot]

Freeing in what way?

Everything we do doesn't turn into a Instagram moment, mostly. Just feels less like I'm in a relationship with a woman AND her followers, and more one-on-one (the way it should be...)

[vdeane]

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.

I finally found the workaround.  Had to use xinput to disable high resolution wheel scrolling.

[D-Dey65]

My camera stopped working after nine months. Remember when I posted about the bitch of a time I had talking pics at the Folkston Funnel in November 2023, with a dead camera that I couldn't buy a replacement battery for and couldn't charge either? Well, the replacement is a Kodak Propix FZ 45, and the most important thing about it is that it takes normal AA batteries. Now, I found out that even changing the batteries won't keep it alive. I push the power button and NOTHING HAPPENS!!

I've read that other people have had this problem sooner. Everybody keeps giving the same advice about changing the batteries, making sure that they're alkaline batteries, making sure that it has an SD card and all that shit, none of those tips work!!

So, if I want to get pictures of any sites in Central Florida (and you know I do), I'm either going to have to figure out how I can fix this problem, or go back to using some of the crappy cameras I used before.
    
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[vdeane]

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.

I finally found the workaround.  Had to use xinput to disable high resolution wheel scrolling.

...and it looks like I found the corollary to the previously reported minor thing that bothers me: settings that don't persist after a reboot.  I now have to run that command every single time I turn my computer on.

[JayhawkCO]

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.

I finally found the workaround.  Had to use xinput to disable high resolution wheel scrolling.

...and it looks like I found the corollary to the previously reported minor thing that bothers me: settings that don't persist after a reboot.  I now have to run that command every single time I turn my computer on.

Can you add a job in cron?

[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.

I finally found the workaround.  Had to use xinput to disable high resolution wheel scrolling.

...and it looks like I found the corollary to the previously reported minor thing that bothers me: settings that don't persist after a reboot.  I now have to run that command every single time I turn my computer on.

Put it in your .bashrc.

[GaryV]

Put it in your .bashrc.

Sounds like an insult.

[kkt]

Put it in your .bashrc.

Sounds like an insult.

And a little bit biased against people who are differently shelled.

[ZLoth]

csh by the sea shore.

[webny99]

I didn't think this would come so quickly, but:

Traffic signals that lack FYA's, particularly when I'm in a situation where the FYA would be activated and I could take advantage of it if it existed.

A few times I've been tempted to just start going before deciding that doing so is technically just completely ignoring the light, which is of course rather ill-advised even in the absence of conflicting traffic. But now that I've gotten used to using FYA's, I do hope they become more commonplace as signals are replaced.

[7/8]

I didn't think this would come so quickly, but:

Traffic signals that lack FYA's, particularly when I'm in a situation where the FYA would be activated and I could take advantage of it if it existed.

A few times I've been tempted to just start going before deciding that doing so is technically just completely ignoring the light, which is of course rather ill-advised even in the absence of conflicting traffic. But now that I've gotten used to using FYA's, I do hope they become more commonplace as signals are replaced.

As a Canadian, I can relate! I wish we had them here (or an equivalent).

[thenetwork]

I didn't think this would come so quickly, but:

Traffic signals that lack FYA's, particularly when I'm in a situation where the FYA would be activated and I could take advantage of it if it existed.

A few times I've been tempted to just start going before deciding that doing so is technically just completely ignoring the light, which is of course rather ill-advised even in the absence of conflicting traffic. But now that I've gotten used to using FYA's, I do hope they become more commonplace as signals are replaced.

Colorado CDOT Region 3 doesn't believe in FYA's....PERIOD.  And yet they are the largest district in area, covering over half of Western Colorado!

[SectorZ]

I didn't think this would come so quickly, but:

Traffic signals that lack FYA's, particularly when I'm in a situation where the FYA would be activated and I could take advantage of it if it existed.

A few times I've been tempted to just start going before deciding that doing so is technically just completely ignoring the light, which is of course rather ill-advised even in the absence of conflicting traffic. But now that I've gotten used to using FYA's, I do hope they become more commonplace as signals are replaced.

I have new installs on two-lane roads with plenty of visibility that don't have them. It's maddening.

[roadman65]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

[Rothman]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

Perhaps don't obsess over who cut you off and just focus on the fact they did it and you have to keep yourself safe.

[roadman65]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

Perhaps don't obsess over who cut you off and just focus on the fact they did it and you have to keep yourself safe.

I do, but it seems odd that most people who drive obnoxiously hide behind tint.  Like that's the reason for dark windows even though most people get them for privacy especially those who party in their car.

[Rothman]

I wouldn't assume so much about other people's intentions or actions.

[Scott5114]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

Perhaps don't obsess over who cut you off and just focus on the fact they did it and you have to keep yourself safe.

I do, but it seems odd that most people who drive obnoxiously hide behind tint.  Like that's the reason for dark windows even though most people get them for privacy especially those who party in their car.

Most people have tint here because otherwise they cook in the summer.

[Rothman]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

Perhaps don't obsess over who cut you off and just focus on the fact they did it and you have to keep yourself safe.

I do, but it seems odd that most people who drive obnoxiously hide behind tint.  Like that's the reason for dark windows even though most people get them for privacy especially those who party in their car.

Most people have tint here because otherwise they cook in the summer.

Well, who wants to cook when you can order take out?

[dlsterner]

Always when a driver cuts you off many of them have dark tinted windows it appears.  You can't tell who cut you off if it's an old lady or a younger or middle aged wiseass.

Perhaps don't obsess over who cut you off and just focus on the fact they did it and you have to keep yourself safe.

I do, but it seems odd that most people who drive obnoxiously hide behind tint.  Like that's the reason for dark windows even though most people get them for privacy especially those who party in their car.

Most people have tint here because otherwise they cook in the summer.

Well, who wants to cook when you can order take out?

Yes, all you have to do is just stop by the nearest Olive Garden for some takeout.