Minor things that bother you

[Scott5114]

Without seeing the code itself to see what it's doing, I can't really offer any specific advice, but it sounds like ad-hoc design has backed you into a corner of a pretty dangerous interface situation. In general, if you're going to have a script, you should be automating as much work, especially tedious and error-prone work, as you can. That includes anything where hitting a wrong key combination would be catastrophic.

There are a decent number of tools on Linux that have similar applications, so it might be useful to look at those and consider applying their interface design decisions to the interface of your own project. Eric S. Raymond is a crazy person but his The Art of Unix Programming (available free online) contains a useful survey of interface design patterns. From what you've designed, what you are wanting is probably a filter interface that you can build a pipeline out of; perhaps you could do something like accept output from something like ls (or find | grep) as a list of file names to operate on (or else create a script to build the list of file names, then pipe that to another script accepting that as input).

[kernals12]

When I was like 6 and I didn't understand spatial perspective, I was bemused with how it seemed Sutter Butte was following us in the car on trips from my grandparents' house in Colusa to Yuba City. At one point I even asked my Mom if the mountain was on a conveyor belt.

[GaryV]

My tires have at least a 7 psi swing from winter to summer

On the first cold day of the winter, invariably I get a low pressure warning. It's at least a minor thing that bothers me to have to go out with the compressor and blow them up in the cold weather.

[webny99]

My tires have at least a 7 psi swing from winter to summer

On the first cold day of the winter, invariably I get a low pressure warning. It's at least a minor thing that bothers me to have to go out with the compressor and blow them up in the cold weather.

I respect your commitment to getting rid of the low pressure warning. I usually just chalk it up to a seasonal thing and keep an eye on it (mine has a diagram showing the current pressure for each tire) until the warning goes away by itself. 

[mgk920]

Back in January, during a couple of instances of /very/ cold weather, my car was complaining of low air pressure in its tires, too.

Mike

[formulanone]

I usually add about 3psi to my tires' suggested ratings around November or so, unless they were recently inflated.

[vdeane]

I try to check a week or two before significant trips and adjust up/down if it's not approximately the door pressure of 30 psi (especially if it's under).  Even that still hasn't fully prevented having a tire end up low in the middle of a trip, somehow (I had the TPMS go off multiple times because the tires became uneven on MLK Day and even though it was a petty difference it wouldn't stop unless I has the portable air compressor put in a PSI more in three of the tires; I also had one or more tires end up low for unknown reasons during the Buffalo roadmeet and had to fix it - not sure what happened there, as it never bothered me again; in both cases it was over something petty enough I barely noticed it with the handheld gauge and only the one in the air compressor could pick it up).

[Max Rockatansky]

When the morning low has an up to fifty degree variation it becomes necessary to air up tires well in advance of winter.

[GaryV]

until the warning goes away by itself.

Mine doesn't seem to do that until you put at least a nominal amount of air into the tires. Or maybe I just haven't waited long enough, although I think I let it go for about a week once.

[Max Rockatansky]

until the warning goes away by itself.

Mine doesn't seem to do that until you put at least a nominal amount of air into the tires. Or maybe I just haven't waited long enough, although I think I let it go for about a week once.

A lot of TPMSs will turn the warning light off if you climb back above the minimum pressure while driving.  A normal drive is only going to see a 2-3 PSI increase typically.

[kphoger]

I'm not sure I've ever owned a vehicle with 100% working TPMS.  I do like the ones that show individual tire pressure, but it isn't worth the cost to me to replace the sensors when they stop working.

In my parents' car, an out-of-range tire pressure takes over the digital instrument panel and sounds an audible warning.  This is irritating to them, considering it does so pretty much every time they drive up into the Rockies due only to the lower atmospheric pressure—every day, every time they get in the car, until they descend back to lower elevation on their way home.

[formulanone]

A lot of TPMSs will turn the warning light off if you climb back above the minimum pressure while driving.

TPMS is not been entirely consistent throughout the make and model range over the years. About the only consistency is that NHTSA wants the warning light to appear if the pressures are 15-20% lower than the maximum recommendation on the door sticker (called the tire placard).

It also depends on the model; there's a few different brands of sensors and usually a marque will stick to the same supplier. So I've had some cars that will actively check pressures when you drive and "correct" the warning as you drive. Older TPMS systems typically are more passive, and may just stay on until the ignition is in a "key off" position. The passive systems may work by tire vibrations and guess the pressure from there, if proper tire fitment is used.

Some systems will warn of over-inflation, but that seems rare. I've had rental cars with the pressures up to 50 and there's usually no warning. (It's also dangerous; the vehicle feels as if it's riding on bicycle tires, downhill on a windy day.) Tire pressures typically go up 1psi for every 10-15 °F increase. Likewise, heat created during increased frictional loading and cornering increases the pressures, as well. So if you let your vehicle sit outside after work and a cold snap also comes through, it's not unusual for tires' pressures to decrease that 15-20% if kept just below the placard threshold. It's one of the best test cases for PV=nRT.

Tire sensors usually work as low-powered transmitters on a certain band (around 433 MHz), but there have been cases of high-powered transmission towers on a similar frequency which may cause a TPMS light to go off while driving, even if the pressures are within normal range. Some vehicles which still have a full-sized spare (though a dying breed) might also have a TPMS installed, so check it regularly as well. I've not heard of a temporary spare wheel cavity with a sensor, since they typically use a higher pressure (50-60psi), and narrower rim cavity width.

Thankfully the price is coming down somewhat but if they have coin batteries inside, they are typically not serviceable, requiring full replacements and reprogramming to the control module in your vehicle. You might get 5 years out of a sensor or maybe 12, who knows.

[hbelkins]

When pundits read more into something than is actually there.

[JayhawkCO]

When pundits read more into something than is actually there.

This is nearly all sports commentary nowadays. I miss SportsCenter being highlights instead of Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins just spouting opinions for the sake of getting views.

[kphoger]

When my wife texts me "I love you too", she puts an unnecessary comma after "you".  It's way too minor to say anything about, so it'll continue to bother me.

[freebrickproductions]

Another post just reminded me, but one pet-peeve of mine (that I've thankfully only had to deal with a time or two):
When you're driving down a two-lane road and catch-up to someone going slower than you. As such, at the first legal (and safe) opportunity, you start to try and pass them, only for them to suddenly speed-up to prevent you from passing. Same with people who either intentionally try to form rolling roadblocks whenever someone gets in the lane behind them when passing a slower moving vehicle (such as an 18-wheeler), even if they had no problems with passing the slower vehicle when there wasn't anyone behind them.

I can understand aggressive driving in an attempt to get somewhere quicker, even if it is more dangerous and won't actually save any time, but I don't get the aggressive drivers whose only goal seems to be trying to impede the progress of everyone else...

[Scott5114]

Another post just reminded me, but one pet-peeve of mine (that I've thankfully only had to deal with a time or two):
When you're driving down a two-lane road and catch-up to someone going slower than you. As such, at the first legal (and safe) opportunity, you start to try and pass them, only for them to suddenly speed-up to prevent you from passing. Same with people who either intentionally try to form rolling roadblocks whenever someone gets in the lane behind them when passing a slower moving vehicle (such as an 18-wheeler), even if they had no problems with passing the slower vehicle when there wasn't anyone behind them.

I can understand aggressive driving in an attempt to get somewhere quicker, even if it is more dangerous and won't actually save any time, but I don't get the aggressive drivers whose only goal seems to be trying to impede the progress of everyone else...

I think some percentage of these people just don't realize that they're driving slow until someone tries to pass them. (That's happened to me a few times, but I always let them go by before I speed back up.)

[freebrickproductions]

Another post just reminded me, but one pet-peeve of mine (that I've thankfully only had to deal with a time or two):
When you're driving down a two-lane road and catch-up to someone going slower than you. As such, at the first legal (and safe) opportunity, you start to try and pass them, only for them to suddenly speed-up to prevent you from passing. Same with people who either intentionally try to form rolling roadblocks whenever someone gets in the lane behind them when passing a slower moving vehicle (such as an 18-wheeler), even if they had no problems with passing the slower vehicle when there wasn't anyone behind them.

I can understand aggressive driving in an attempt to get somewhere quicker, even if it is more dangerous and won't actually save any time, but I don't get the aggressive drivers whose only goal seems to be trying to impede the progress of everyone else...

I think some percentage of these people just don't realize that they're driving slow until someone tries to pass them. (That's happened to me a few times, but I always let them go by before I speed back up.)

I mean, yeah, those people exist, but I'm talking about the ones who seemingly do their best to refuse to let your pass, even if both of y'all are having to go well above the speed limit. The ones who realize "Oh shit, I'm going slow" and begin to speed-up as you're passing I'd say are slightly different, given that you don't generally have to speed-up too much further to be able to safely pass them.

There's also the ones who seem intent on forming rolling roadblocks whenever they know it'll hold-up someone behind them, but seem to be perfectly capable of passing other vehicles if no-one's behind them.

[Scott5114]

I mean, yeah, those people exist, but I'm talking about the ones who seemingly do their best to refuse to let your pass, even if both of y'all are having to go well above the speed limit.

Yeah, there are some people that take it as a personal affront that they've been passed, like they're losing at driving somehow. Don't understand that mentality at all.

There's also the ones who seem intent on forming rolling roadblocks whenever they know it'll hold-up someone behind them, but seem to be perfectly capable of passing other vehicles if no-one's behind them.

These people seem to be of the mindset that If I Have To Follow The Speed Limit So Do You (even though they probably don't actually have to follow the speed limit to the extent they're doing it).

[GaryV]

When my wife texts me "I love you too", she puts an unnecessary comma after "you".

Maybe she's doing it for emphasis, as this site suggests: https://www.scribbr.com/commas/comma-before-too/#:~:text=You%20don't%20need%20to,is%20coming%20with%20us%2C%20too.

[freebrickproductions]

There's also the ones who seem intent on forming rolling roadblocks whenever they know it'll hold-up someone behind them, but seem to be perfectly capable of passing other vehicles if no-one's behind them.

These people seem to be of the mindset that If I Have To Follow The Speed Limit So Do You (even though they probably don't actually have to follow the speed limit to the extent they're doing it).

Not even that. One time back in 2016, I was on AL 20 west between I-65 and US 31 to head into Decatur for one reason or another. I was catching-up to a truck in the right-hand lane, so I get into the left hand lane behind another car to pass the truck. The driver ahead of me sees me behind them and starts slowing down, with the truck getting back ahead of them. As such, I move back over into the right-hand lane behind the truck, and the driver that had been ahead of me starts speeding back up and is passing the truck.
As such, I once again get into the left-hand lane to pass the truck, only for the driver in the left-hand lane to start slowing back down again. Wash, rinse, repeat several more times until the merge on the overpass at US 31.

But yeah, the wanna-be cops are always annoying as well. IMHO, if they want to be pigs so bad, they should just play around in the mud of their nearest farm.

[kphoger]

Yeah, there are some people that take it as a personal affront that they've been passed, like they're losing at driving somehow. Don't understand that mentality at all.

If being passed means he's losing at driving, then maybe he should have been driving faster to begin with?

[kkt]

Or the slower driver just naturally goes faster in straightish sections with good visibility that are also the good passing opportunities.

[D-Dey65]

More computer problems. My PC isn't letting me edit any of my photos. I keep going through all this work of blocking my SunPass codes, and license plates and what not, and it acts like it's not stopping me. Then when I go back to these photos, it STAYS ON THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS!!


And I've already prepared the new Wikimedia Commons category for the northbound Martin County Truck Weigh Station. But I'm not going to do a damn thing unless this FUCKING BULLSHIT COMPUTER lets me do what I've been trying to do!!

I've been trying to bypass this problem by fixing this on my mother's PC, but even that's not working anymore. And the so called "fixes" I've seen are things that I can't do.

The jerkoffs at Microsoft and all the other big computer companies are plotting against us.

[formulanone]

More computer problems. My PC isn't letting me edit any of my photos. I keep going through all this work of blocking my SunPass codes, and license plates and what not, and it acts like it's not stopping me. Then when I go back to these photos, it STAYS ON THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS!!


And I've already prepared the new Wikimedia Commons category for the northbound Martin County Truck Weigh Station. But I'm not going to do a damn thing unless this FUCKING BULLSHIT COMPUTER lets me do what I've been trying to do!!

I've been trying to bypass this problem by fixing this on my mother's PC, but even that's not working anymore. And the so called "fixes" I've seen are things that I can't do.

The jerkoffs at Microsoft and all the other big computer companies are plotting against us.

Have you tried editing images on different software?

Faststone Image Viewer is my jam, and it's free for non-commercial work. Organize your photos and browse thumbnails, resize, tilt, batch rename, change colors/levels/curves and that's 95% of what goes into sorting my images. Best of all, it's not a memory hog...I think it's crashed on me just once in 15 years.

GIMP is useful for some things like assembling images (assembling separate image files together as one, for example) but I don't use it as much. Probably does most of what Photoshop does and everything else above but image organizing and batch renaming.

I have Photoshop 5.5 which isn't free but it's ancient and gets the job done for a few minor tasks (I am not a wiz at layers; other than a few tools and a 2-3 options I've used frequently). Image editing software from the turn of the millennium wasn't designed for 30 megapixel images with 16 bit-color depth, so it's rather slow. But I haven't found anything else that removes windshield spots from images so neatly (Dodge/Burn tools).