SPAM random annoying things

[Moriath]

Ring pushing out an update that stops the doorbell from ringing for over an hour. Only happened to be walking past a window to see a very grumpy delivery driver so got our Chinese. Phoned them and the call centre dickhead started banging on about an update that was "improving my experience" I explained that the very basic "experience" I wanted was my doorbell to actually ring.

Ridiculous that an update stops doorbells from ringing. Uninstalling it at the weekend.

Tis why i didnt get a internet controlled door bell. Mine doesnt send its stuff to the cloud and doesnt have a subscription you need to keep paying. @Hawkwind told me about eufy and its great with a storage device in my house. Accessible via phone apps and remotely.

 

[Ormorof]

Ring pushing out an update that stops the doorbell from ringing for over an hour. Only happened to be walking past a window to see a very grumpy delivery driver so got our Chinese. Phoned them and the call centre dickhead started banging on about an update that was "improving my experience" I explained that the very basic "experience" I wanted was my doorbell to actually ring.

Ridiculous that an update stops doorbells from ringing. Uninstalling it at the weekend.

I believe the hashtag is #InternetOfShit

Am with @Moriath on this one, no external connection for day to day stuff.

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/florida_sophia/status/1431770267970322437

 

[Raven]

Whacking your hand with a hammer when chiselling out an old gate post. Nice big blood blister on my knuckle.



Not my wanking hand.

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1432238396336975873

 

[Embattle]

Aerial photos of Reading Festival site show disgusting rubbish and 60,000 tents left behind after the party ends

AMAZING aerial pictures released today show the scale of the mess made by Reading Festival. At least 60,000 tents were abandoned at the site along with other camping gear worth an estimated £1milli…

www.thesun.co.uk

The rubbish at boardmasters in the SW was terrible as well:

'Hypocrite' Gen Z slammed after leaving Boardmasters site in a mess

'The generation that lectures the world about waste and climate change had a great time'

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[Raven]

Rich kids...

Even cheap tents are the thick end of £100

Disgusting behaviour. Hopefully someone cleans them and gives them to the homeless.

 

[SilverHood]

Energy efficient light bulbs with a 13 year expected life time. All 4 died in less than a year of regular use.

 

[Scouse]

Energy efficient light bulbs with a 13 year expected life time. All 4 died in less than a year of regular use.

Yeah. I suspect con tbh. Or really shit electrics in every house I've been in

 

[Lamp]

When you find an awesome exploit in a game, and you log on the next day and the developers have nerfed it over-night.
Bastards !

 

[Raven]

This shitty middling weather. Not sunny, not raining, just cold and damp. Off camping shortly, love some rain once set up, love some sunshine, this is just damp.

 

[Moriath]

This shitty middling weather. Not sunny, not raining, just cold and damp. Off camping shortly, love some rain once set up, love some sunshine, this is just damp.

Nice and sunny down here

 

[Tom]

Lovely and sunny in France where I cycled to work this week.

 

[Raven]

B&B or tenting it? I am planning on seeing far how up the nene I can get next summer, canoe and tenting.

 

[Tom]

I'm working, Hotel paid for

Domaine de Cicé-Blossac
+33 2 99 52 76 76

Domaine De Cicé-Blossac · Av. de la Chaise, 35170 Bruz, France

★★★★☆ · Resort hotel

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Overdriven]

Just had an interview for a Head of Engineering role.

I've not been that anxious in years. Lucky it was an internal role! Still turned up in a suit jacket & shirt.

 

[DaGaffer]

Just had an interview for a Head of Engineering role.

I've not been that anxious in years. Lucky it was an internal role! Still turned up in a suit jacket & shirt.

Good luck!

 

[MYstIC G]

Boris Johnson unveils £12bn-a-year tax rise to pay for NHS and social care

PM makes statement to MPs after cabinet agreed to 1.25 percentage point increase in national insurance contributions

www.theguardian.com

 

[Scouse]

That some people believe the words "triple lock" means anything.

 

[dysfunction]

That some people believe the words "triple lock" means anything.

or a guarantee for that matter. Not worth the paper it's written on

 

[Gwadien]

Isn't this exactly why it was created?

 

[Wij]

Boris Johnson unveils £12bn-a-year tax rise to pay for NHS and social care

PM makes statement to MPs after cabinet agreed to 1.25 percentage point increase in national insurance contributions

www.theguardian.com

Wait. Wasn't Brexit supposed to give us £350 million a week for this? Let's just use that!

 

[Billargh]

Wait. Wasn't Brexit supposed to give us £350 million a week for this? Let's just use that!

How it started


vs how it's going

 

[Overdriven]

That tweet aged well.

 

[Hawkwind]

That some people believe the words "triple lock" means anything.

Well it works on work place pensions. Can't move one unless you pay 1000's (3-6k) for a report that says it's a good idea.
😁

 

[Tom]

View: https://twitter.com/HateNewbuild/status/1437361077625499650

 

[Moriath]

View: https://twitter.com/HateNewbuild/status/1437361077625499650

Lot of light coming in there lol.

 

[DaGaffer]

View: https://twitter.com/HateNewbuild/status/1437361077625499650

That's quite the Twitter feed. Ireland is full of buildings like that. A friend of ours has just built a brand new (extremely fancy) house down the road, but it does that same "no gutter" thing that half the terrible builds on that thread have, which means the render (currently pristine white) will be a stained mess in five years. We live in Ireland, not Ibiza.

 

[Raven]

Why would you not have a gutter? Some sort of fashion bollocks?

 

[Bodhi]

Problem is I am reliably informed we have a housing crisis in this country meaning that prices are going crazy, so as shoddy as some of them can be, they are a necessary evil. Doesn't excuse ridiculous stuff like that however.

We looked at a couple earlier in the year. They were all Taylor Wimpy and looked decent enough if you got them without the render. Garden wasn't huge but was bigger than what we have in our current rental, interior was nicer than what they were churning out 10 years ago. They just didn't seem particularly great value, and I didn't fancy handing over our deposit 9 months before it was built.

Thing is if new builds are so universally terrible, surely there would be a gap in the market for a company to build them like they used to? Preferably with a proper sized garden?