Minor things that bother you

[SSOWorld]

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[Takumi]

How does Dolores become DeeDee?

Well, in the case of my grandma, it was because her maiden name started with the letter D. D-D.

[hbelkins]

Back to the car:

The lack of illumination in my trunk is a minor thing that bothers me.

I have the opposite problem.  The light in the trunk works fine, but not the one in the passenger area.

At least you  have a light in your trunk. The 2011 Chevy Impala did not come equipped with one.

When I'm listening to an album with two tracks that run seamlessly from one right into the other, on a type of media player that takes a couple of seconds to cue up each track, such that there's a break between songs when there isn't one on the actual record.

This was never a problem with albums that I ripped from CD with iTunes. They played seamlessly on my iPod Classic and they've played seamlessly on other media players.

However, albums that I acquired from other sources have an audible gap between tracks. Not a couple of seconds, but there's definitely a gap. I'm not sure why it works in iTunes-ripped tracks but not in tracks ripped by other apps.

[Molandfreak]

Back to the car:

The lack of illumination in my trunk is a minor thing that bothers me.

I have the opposite problem.  The light in the trunk works fine, but not the one in the passenger area.

At least you  have a light in your trunk. The 2011 Chevy Impala did not come equipped with one.

I have one of these inside my camper shell. It works like a charm.

[vdeane]

However, albums that I acquired from other sources have an audible gap between tracks. Not a couple of seconds, but there's definitely a gap. I'm not sure why it works in iTunes-ripped tracks but not in tracks ripped by other apps.

Maybe the other programs are inserting a tiny amount of silence at the beginning and/or end?

[mgk920]

However, albums that I acquired from other sources have an audible gap between tracks. Not a couple of seconds, but there's definitely a gap. I'm not sure why it works in iTunes-ripped tracks but not in tracks ripped by other apps.

Maybe the other programs are inserting a tiny amount of silence at the beginning and/or end?

Just translate the files to .mp3 format, problem solved.

Mike

[hbelkins]

Back to the car:

The lack of illumination in my trunk is a minor thing that bothers me.

I have the opposite problem.  The light in the trunk works fine, but not the one in the passenger area.

At least you  have a light in your trunk. The 2011 Chevy Impala did not come equipped with one.

I have one of these inside my camper shell. It works like a charm.

I had something similar in  my old truck topper. I'll have to look into those.

However, albums that I acquired from other sources have an audible gap between tracks. Not a couple of seconds, but there's definitely a gap. I'm not sure why it works in iTunes-ripped tracks but not in tracks ripped by other apps.

Maybe the other programs are inserting a tiny amount of silence at the beginning and/or end?

Just translate the files to .mp3 format, problem solved.

Mike

Nope. Most of my files are MP3s and the problem persists.

I wonder if that little bit of blank audio space at the end of the file is used to contain the tag and cover art information?

[mgk920]

I just edit off any blank space in the .mp3 files and have no problems.  Also any cover art and any other non-identifying 'tag' stuff.

Mike

[bugo]

However, albums that I acquired from other sources have an audible gap between tracks. Not a couple of seconds, but there's definitely a gap. I'm not sure why it works in iTunes-ripped tracks but not in tracks ripped by other apps.

You can use an audio editor program like Audacity to remove the dead air at the end of each track.

[bugo]

Just translate the files to .mp3 format, problem solved.

That wouldn't remove the silence at the end of each track, He will have to edit the files using a sound editing program.

[Plutonic Panda]

Going to McDonald's and having them ask you, will you be using your mobile app today from a pre-recorded Voice just for a real life person to come on and either asking you will you be using your mobile app today or even worse? You think you've already given it to them so you just place your order and you don't get your points.

[bugo]

Going to McDonald's

Yeah, that's a minor thing that bothers me, too.

[kphoger]

I just heard on NPR, the lady being interviewed saying, "We all know the federal government funds federal highways ... This would be like if DOT stopped funding federal highways."

[Plutonic Panda]

Going to McDonald's

Yeah, that's a minor thing that bothers me, too.

Talk all the shit in the world you want about McDonald's but the fish fillet the chicken nuggets. The quarter pounder deluxe are amazing. The snack wraps and the big Mac or a hit or miss. For me they're hashbrowns and chicken nuggets could practically be their own food group. They are delicious.

[Plutonic Panda]

But regardless, as to whether or not you like McDonald's or not, if this happens at several other chains to like Wendy's and Burger King. There'll be some automated pre-recorded voice message that'll say hello how are you? Can I take your order today and then I'll start to give them the order and then someone else will say hello how may I help you today? When I asked him why they do that their excuse was it's to give the customer time to think because we're short staffed and then allows us more time to increase our productivity or some weird shit like that. It made no sense to me, but I didn't even argue about it.

I will say there's a Burger King off of pico in Santa Monica that has a fully AI ordering system where you drive-through and you talk to this computer and it got my order correct to a T. I customize it added some weird shit to some things just to see if it would do it in my order came out just as I asked it to.

[Max Rockatansky]

You could always walk inside and order.  At least you'll know that you are working with a machine (kiosk).

[kphoger]

I've simply refused to go to any restaurant where I can't place my order with a live person standing at the counter.

[Rothman]

Going to McDonald's

Yeah, that's a minor thing that bothers me, too.

Talk all the shit in the world you want about McDonald's but the fish fillet the chicken nuggets. The quarter pounder deluxe are amazing. The snack wraps and the big Mac or a hit or miss. For me they're hashbrowns and chicken nuggets could practically be their own food group. They are delicious.

I love this mishmash of praise and criticism all smooshed together in these three sentences.

I'll get a Sausage Egg McMuffin while traveling in a pinch, but McDonald's burgers are terrible to me, whichever version is thrown my way.  Got some of their McNuggets a couple of weeks ago and they weren't great; we cook our own chicken at home rather often, though.

What shocked me more recently is how much I disliked getting a Double Whopper with Cheese from Burger King.  Used to eat them practically daily while working at a greenhouse across the street between high school and college.  Wife was also repulsed and we've sworn off Burger King altogether after that last experience.

For all the barking about Five Guys prices, have to say McDonald's seems pricey for what you get nowadays.  Still, to each their own.

[Max Rockatansky]

I had some sort of Buffalo Chicken sandwich at McDonald's recently.  It was substantially better than what I expected and actual somewhat spicy.

[PColumbus73]

Going to McDonald's

Yeah, that's a minor thing that bothers me, too.

Talk all the shit in the world you want about McDonald's but the fish fillet the chicken nuggets. The quarter pounder deluxe are amazing. The snack wraps and the big Mac or a hit or miss. For me they're hashbrowns and chicken nuggets could practically be their own food group. They are delicious.

I love this mishmash of praise and criticism all smooshed together in these three sentences.

I'll get a Sausage Egg McMuffin while traveling in a pinch, but McDonald's burgers are terrible to me, whichever version is thrown my way.  Got some of their McNuggets a couple of weeks ago and they weren't great; we cook our own chicken at home rather often, though.

What shocked me more recently is how much I disliked getting a Double Whopper with Cheese from Burger King.  Used to eat them practically daily while working at a greenhouse across the street between high school and college.  Wife was also repulsed and we've sworn off Burger King altogether after that last experience.

For all the barking about Five Guys prices, have to say McDonald's seems pricey for what you get nowadays.  Still, to each their own.

Honestly, the Big Mac is overrated, and the new snack wraps they have are disappointing compared to what they used to have.

I like going to Burger King, but I refuse to go to the one here in town. Last time I went there, they had me waiting at the orderboard for several minutes, then told me to pull up to the window, only to turn me away (I think they said 'cause they were too busy, but I don't remember since it's been a couple years ago). Also, they seem to like having people pull around to the door, I suspect as a way to fool their computer system.

[JayhawkCO]

I used to not eat fast food very much for the health benefits. Now I just don't do it because it's just as expensive if not more than a lot of other restaurants. The only thing at McDonald's I used to get was a double quarter pounder. I think the combo was something like $17. That's insane.

[vdeane]

The fact that weather forecasting seems to have gotten really unreliable this winter.  Saturday is less than 48 hours away and the meteorologists still have no clue what the weather is going to be, or whether a coastal system is going to affect Sunday.  This is the type of reliability that I expect from a five day forecast, not a 2-3 day forecast!  I swear we've even had a day where there was a dusting of snow on the ground when no possibility of such had been mentioned the night before, just to illustrate how bad it's gotten.  How is anyone supposed to plan for the weekend when the weather is still such an unknown on Thursday evening?

Supposedly the NWS is outsourcing a lot of their forecasting to AI these days, so that might account for it.

[kphoger]

Now I just don't do it because it's just as expensive if not more than a lot of other restaurants.

This, totally.  I took me a long time to stop balking when my wife would suggest taking the family to a fast casual restaurant instead of fast food.  It took her telling me repeatedly that it's not really any more expensive than fast food.

I love this mishmash of praise and criticism all smooshed together in these three sentences.

That's basically my take on McDonald's:  half the menu is crap, and the other half is just fine.

Honestly, the Big Mac is overrated

The Big Mac has a nostalgic place in my memory as a guilty pleasure.  I remember, growing up, being on vacation to Europe with my parents.  After a week and a half amazing Continental cuisine and zero cheap-n-dirty American fast food, the first thing we ate when we got was McDonald's, because we were craving Big Macs.  I do realize it's not actually as good as I remember, but it's a nostalgia thing for me.

I'm not much of a breakfast kind of guy.  If I'm looking for a decent breakfast, then I prefer Sonic or Burger King.  But if I'm just looking for a quick and easy breakfast instead, then I do like the cheap-o breakfast burritos from McDonald's.

In general, though, I never go to McDonald's unless I have to (say, that's where the birthday party is, or it's the only option at 5:30am on a Sunday morning, or whatever).  Actually, lately, we almost never eat out at all.

[Scott5114]

will you be using your mobile app today or even worse?

"Even worse" for me, thanks!

(Sometimes I'll answer this question with "I'm not into that sort of thing".)

I will say there's a Burger King off of pico in Santa Monica that has a fully AI ordering system where you drive-through and you talk to this computer and it got my order correct to a T. I customize it added some weird shit to some things just to see if it would do it in my order came out just as I asked it to.

Rally's does that at all of their locations. It works well enough until you have a question about something or they forget to program some promotional item into it. My wife sent me to get some new sandwich and didn't quite get the name of it right (close enough a human would know what it was though). I had to argue with the computer for a few moments until it shut down and gave me a human.

[kkt]

Just translate the files to .mp3 format, problem solved.

That wouldn't remove the silence at the end of each track, He will have to edit the files using a sound editing program.

Plus you really should be using a lossless format like .flac