SPAM random annoying things

[Embattle]

I've had the same issue;

Check your power button menu, I noticed mine was set to sleep rather than shut down and I was curious whether it mattered so I changed it to shut down and the problem seems to have gone away.

They seem to be correct at the moment, although I did realise my computer was saving power by turning off HDR.

 

[Tom]

Whenever Windows says "do not switch the power off" I immediately thing 'oh fuckoff, you belong to me, I set the rules' and consider turning it off anyway.

 

[Scouse]

"Consider"

 

[Raven]

Speaking of Windows update. The recent update has banjaxed a script I run to switch between speakers and headphones, mapped to a macro button on my keyboard. Wankers, took me ages to get it working.

 

[Bodhi]

Windows Updates are fucking brilliant tbh.

"Sorry i was late to the pointless call you scheduled that could have been handled via email, Windows did an update thing."

For the 3rd time today. I really should get IT to look at that....

 

[Raven]

Looking at cars.

Everything I like ends up being fucking automatic.

 

[Deebs]

Over thinking the simple things. So drilled a hole with a holesaw and realised it was too small. Got the correct size holesaw on the drill and then tried to build a pilot hole so the holesaw would bite and make the hole bigger. Spent at least 2 fucking hours last night trying all sorts of tape, metal, wood and sheer luck.

Alas I got in a foul mood and downed tools. Was talking to my daughter this morning and mentioned my foul mood and why, her partner came on and said put the original holesaw inside the correct size holesaw and it will drill the hole. Ok I thought, surely cannot be that simple?

20 seconds later correct size hole was drilled. Think I need to just give up DIY.

 

[Deebs]

Oh and fucking useless Italians, 4 fucking nil at 72 minutes.

 

[Embattle]

Oh and fucking useless Italians, 4 fucking nil at 72 minutes.

Shockingly poor, 5-0.

 

[Deebs]

Shockingly poor, 5-0.

Fucking hell, I turned it off at 4-0.

 

[legowizardguy]

Fucking hell, I turned it off at 4-0.

yeah i heard it was bad lmao

 

[legowizardguy]

Windows Updates are fucking brilliant tbh.

"Sorry i was late to the pointless call you scheduled that could have been handled via email, Windows did an update thing."

For the 3rd time today. I really should get IT to look at that....

I think ChrisTitusTech Tool has a feature to disable windows auto restart for updates might be worth checking out.

 

[legowizardguy]

hoenstly the news of nintendo bricking consoles for mods like anything and you only having a "licence" to use the console is crazy. i bought it im able to do whatever i want with it as long as it is nothing malicous

 

[Deebs]

Fucking Parcel Farce

Date	Time	Location	Tracking event
4/6/2025	15:53	Basingstoke Depot	On route to hub
4/6/2025	15:42	Basingstoke Depot	Received at incorrect delivery depot
4/6/2025	5:31	Basingstoke Depot	Received at delivery depot
4/6/2025	1:41	SOUTH EAST PROCESSING CENTRE…+SOUTH EAST PROCESSING CENTRE	Sorted

 

[MYstIC G]

Fucking Parcel Farce

Date	Time	Location	Tracking event
4/6/2025	15:53	Basingstoke Depot	On route to hub
4/6/2025	15:42	Basingstoke Depot	Received at incorrect delivery depot
4/6/2025	5:31	Basingstoke Depot	Received at delivery depot
4/6/2025	1:41	SOUTH EAST PROCESSING CENTRE…+SOUTH EAST PROCESSING CENTRE	Sorted

Well if you will still order pr0n is magazine form...

 

[MYstIC G]

Also TrueNAS going Linux only... I don't want to migrate FFS

 

[Deebs]

Well if you will still order pr0n is magazine form...

It's safer as I don't have to worry about the camera on the laptop being switched on without the cover

 

[Embattle]

Halfords antiquated online ordering system. 2 weeks after you ordered a ground anchor and 13 days after the order entered the "Getting your parcel ready for delivery" you try to cancel it but you can't cancel online, you are forced to use live chat and the first phase is a bot that sends you back to the page you just left telling you to use live chat. Once through the bot, you reach the first actual person who is about as useful as a chocolate teapot and tells you it'll have to be raised to a higher level and it'll be dealt with within 48 hours, which it wasn't thus you repeat the process and decide after still getting the same response to leave it with your bank card provider to claw back the money which was naturally taken out the day after the order and sadly have to use Amazon.

 

[Raven]

Any worthless retailer that uses AI chatbots for customer service gets instantly blocked from all future custom. It is designed, explicitly, to make you give up.

Just refuse delivery and go through VISA/Mastercard chargeback, if they mess you about.

 

[MYstIC G]

Office.com now going to AI slop by default

 

[Raven]

AI again.

Started using Google's whatever the fuck it is called, thought it was good, except it refused to be referred to as "It", and would not call me "master". It set good alarms and did well on the odd internet search. Happy user.

Couple of updates later, I have an icon on everything, under every random facebook page I look at on smoke breaks. META is bothering my on Whatsapp now. Fuck this.

 

[Zarjazz]

AI again.

Started using Google's whatever the fuck it is called, thought it was good, except it refused to be referred to as "It", and would not call me "master". It set good alarms and did well on the odd internet search. Happy user.

Couple of updates later, I have an icon on everything, under every random facebook page I look at on smoke breaks. META is bothering my on Whatsapp now. Fuck this.

The eternal curse of feature creep. Companies can't keep perfectly good pieces of software untouched because that doesn't drive perceived revenue and stock prices.

 

[legowizardguy]

AI again.

Started using Google's whatever the fuck it is called, thought it was good, except it refused to be referred to as "It", and would not call me "master". It set good alarms and did well on the odd internet search. Happy user.

Couple of updates later, I have an icon on everything, under every random facebook page I look at on smoke breaks. META is bothering my on Whatsapp now. Fuck this.

i saw they added the ai feature whatsapp is a chat client not an ai app. if people want that use chatgpt or something. literally no-one asked for it

 

[Raven]

Well, my niece dragged out the Switch last weekend, Uncle Raven is a gaming god to them, she proceeded to push my shit back in on some Nintendo fighting game, got to the point she was trying to tell me what buttons do, and let me have a free hit.

ffs, might as well book myself into a home.

 

[legowizardguy]

switch 2 isn't oled but the old switch was...

 

[Raven]

switch 2 isn't oled but the old switch was...

Saw something about that earlier. Surprising move from Nintendo. Dick move, and very un-nintendo like if they release an ultra version a year or so down the line, now OLED is pretty much the standard.

Steamdeck > Switch, regardless of generation. (but petition them to release Zelda and Pokemon on Steam)

 

[legowizardguy]

Saw something about that earlier. Surprising move from Nintendo. Dick move, and very un-nintendo like if they release an ultra version a year or so down the line, now OLED is pretty much the standard.

Steamdeck > Switch, regardless of generation. (but petition them to release Zelda and Pokemon on Steam)

Personally Rog Ally > Steamdeck > Switch but yeah unfortunatly Zelda and all the other Nintendo IPs will probabaly never be on other platforms because you know how Nintendo are lmao