[subego]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

In iOS in a text input box, if I tap in the body of text, why does it only ever align the cursor with the beginning of the next word, not the end of the previous word? It's usually because autocorrect changed a correctly spelled word to something wrong, so I'm going back to try to see my autocorrect options again, but it will never ever line the cursor up with the word I want to change.

This “feature” I think unconsciously trained me to slide the cursor where I want it rather than tap.

[subego]

Originally Posted by subego 

Monterey update bricked another system.


Edit: Disk First Aid thankfully squared it this time around.

And another one, though DFA worked here too.

This is getting out of hand.

[subego]

Another one. Got one left, it’ll presumably do it too. Thanks for making me waste a day again, Apple.

[ghporter]

Minor Irritant Thread, Hospital Edition:

I have an “issue” that required a number of labs and a CT scan, which was entered as “stat” (i.e. “do this now”). The “minor irritant” is that a particular lab needed to ensure the contrast used in the CT scan wouldn’t hurt me did not also carry that “stat” label. So, even though the CT was ordered for “do it now,” the labs needed to make sure it was safe did not inherit the same urgency.

This boils down to “why the F not?” I gotta ask someone about this. Delaying a stat imaging study with a routine (non-rush) lab just ain’t right. Right?

[subego]

Coffee maker broke, and I got a box from the local, snooty roaster.

I make it better than they do.

[reader50]

Originally Posted by subego 

Coffee maker broke ...

Why do I keep thinking it had lots of help?

[subego]

Like in The Expanse?

It’s possible I helped by not cleaning it enough, but it didn’t come to a violent end. It started brewing more and more slowly until the day before yesterday where it just up and stopped.

[reader50]

Actually, the Expanse scene was exactly what I was thinking of. That, or bullet holes. "You have let me down for the LAST Time."

[OreoCookie]

I have one: Youtube's ads and ad recommendation algorithm drive me nuts in equal measure. Here is a short selection of ads I'm getting:

• Ads for online dating platforms aimed at people in their 20s.
• Ads for online platforms for side jobs for people in their 20s.
• Ads for online platforms for side jobs for people in their 60s and 70s.
• Ads for lots of garbage games.
• Indonesian ads, ads for Turkish car insurances (WTF?!?), ads from a selection of other countries. I've also had a few ads in Spanish, although I didn't watch long enough to figure out what market they were for.

For reference, I am a married guy in his 40s with two children located in Japan. Some of my interests include, well, computers, photography, cycling and the like. The hit rate has become so tiny, I am really surprised that all the ML garbage Google et al. are throwing at the problem yields such mediocre outcomes. Oh, and this is exacerbated by the fact that ads interrupt videos all the effing time. If I don't hit skip fast enough, I have to endure another ad.

[reader50]

I've gotten ads for female hygiene, and for male ... er, improvements. The YT AI has trouble figuring out my viewing habits.

Suggest letting shorter ads play. The more ads you skip, the sooner they come back. I usually let anything under a minute play through. The longer they are, the more likely I'll skip.

[OreoCookie]

I'll give that a try, @reader. I'm just really surprised how badly chosen the ads are despite all the CPU, GPU and TPU cycles that are burnt on this.

[Thorzdad]

More than a minor irritant...I am increasingly hitting websites on my old iPad Air and getting redirected to a “Your browser is no longer supported” page. I mean, yeah, the iPad is old and can only run iOS 12, but still. Interestingly, all the “no longer supported” pages look exactly the same. White, with large black text and links to Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox. It’s somewhat “designed”, too, and not just generic text.

Oddly, the Safari link goes to Softonic.com, not the AppStore. The other three links go to their respective makers.

I just think it’s odd that various unaffiliated websites are giving me the same particular redirect. Makes me wonder if they aren’t all built on the same underlying framework or whatever shit-du-jour the cool kids are building sites with these days. I tried viewing the page code, but the viewer just beachballs and never shows code, which is also kinds odd.

Anyway...Sux to be me, I guess. I just wanted to check out a local brewpub.

[subego]

Decided to go to a new tire place because the people at the other one are morons. Also excited they store tires.

I get home and realize they left the spare in the back… my all season spare. They didn’t realize the reason it was there was to be put on, and when I brought it in me asking “do you want me to show you how to drop the spare” apparently didn’t register.

[reader50]

Sweedish ads have stopped lately. Now I'm getting ads for my local RAM dealer in Montana. Along with other local companies, like fencing. The fences that go around your yard, not the sword-fighting type.

My VPN server is in Miami, not Sweeden or Montana. My VPN company doesn't even have a server in Montana.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by subego 

Decided to go to a new tire place because the people at the other one are morons. Also excited they store tires.

I get home and realize they left the spare in the back… my all season spare. They didn’t realize the reason it was there was to be put on, and when I brought it in me asking “do you want me to show you how to drop the spare” apparently didn’t register.

You have full-size spares I take it?

[subego]

Yessir!

[subego]

They swapped out the spare, were willing to store it, and since I had to bring it back anyway, decided to have them do an alignment check and fix a rattle coming from one of my brakes. Handling improvement from the all-seasons and the realignment is nice. Except for having to bring it in twice, it’s become minor pleasures all around.

TPMs work on these tires. too. Took about a day to sync, so I thought the main sensor might be toast.

[subego]

Robocop showed up in my Walgreens parking lot.

[reader50]

We've had one of those in the Lowes parking lot for a few years. In the early days, it even talked. Just PSAs, nothing specific to anyone around it. "Welcome to Lowes", etc. Wish I could have hacked it. Make it advertise rewards for reporting people to Security Service. Earn a double bonus for reporting a family member.

Lately it's been quiet. Guess the talking didn't go over well with customers.

[subego]

The megaphone is on the right peeking out from behind the camera turret. The blue things at the top are on constant flash. There’s another set down by the batteries.