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#FDroid, home to thousands of free and #opensource Android apps, calls Google's developer verification an "existential threat." An estimated 85% of F-Droid apps could face distribution issues because their developers signed through F-Droid, not through Google. @keepandroidopen #KeepAndroidOpen https://keepandroidopen.org #argh #google #android #evil #grapheneos

That moment when you realise that the bottom bracket you bought for your replacement group set is the wrong width. After installing it. And there are half a dozen alternatives spanning about 8 mm difference…. # cycling #argh #argh #ARGH

#capitalism encourages #competition #economy #economics #ahoh #argh well in a #capitalist #society there is no #team it's justa bunch of #egoists ( #psychology of #money )

Valoisat illat = joku pärryyttää moottorisahaa METELI on hirveä #argh

#money is a #problem sure depending on how the system is designed right now it's designed to collapse #music #oldies #capitalism #argh

Exclusive | #Anthropic #AI Hacked the #Firefox Browser. It Found a Lot of Bugs. - WSJ (gift link) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/send-us-more-anthropics-claude-sniffs-out-bevy-of-bugs-c6822075?st=1Ff3ea&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink #Hack #Mozilla #Security #Argh

Search Engine Roundtable: Google Tests Removing Dates From Articles In Discover Feed. “Google is testing removing the dates from the articles shown in the Google Discover feed. This is a limited test, Google confirmed, to see the impact of removing the date value.” Argh.

@Leader_Post @regina-leader-post-news-Leader_Post

From the article:

> Visitors to Regina’s downtown will no longer have the option of digging for change
> to plug the parking meter.
>
> The City of Regina is shifting to digital-only parking payment as of next week,
> effective Sunday March 1.
>
> Downtown meters will no longer accept coins to pay for on-street parking.
> Instead, residents must pay electronically using the PayByPhone smartphone
> app, online at PayByPhone.com or by calling 1-888-680-7275.

"Use this smartphone app" --> requires a smartphone
"Use this website" --> requires a smartphone
"Or call this phone number" --> requires a phone

I do not own a smartphone / cell phone / mobile phone. How the hell am I supposed to pay for downtown parking, which I have to half a dozen times per month?

"Just get a cell phone" is NOT an acceptable response, FWIW.

#Regina #CityOfRegina #parking #ParkingMeter #argh

Firstly, I am aware that sizing of women's clothing is at *least* this bad.

I've had two pairs of Keen "Men's Hiking Shoes", specifically their "Targhee" brand.

I bought the first pair in person, so fitted the size in person. Those claim "EU 44, US 10.5, UK 9.5, CM 28.5"

When those wore out I ordered a pair of the third version of that shoe in the same UK 9.5 size. After a week it was clear they were too big. My big toes were getting bruised.

So, I ordered a pair of UK 9 (and eventually gave the 9.5s away, as it seemed too much hassle to sort out a return, especially with having worn them a week of active use).

Those size 9 claim "EU 43, US 10, UK 9, CM 28", so shorter ? I've measured the internal length, toe-tip to heel, in both, and they both seem to be more or less just 28cm.

Now the sizing that Keen currently declares says of UK 9: US 10, EU 43, UK 9, CM 27", which seems like it would definitely be too small for me, right?

The chart is at https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0788/6815/2663/files/NEW_KEEN_SIZE_CHART.pdf?v=1763031527 , and as you can see, if I want "something 28cm long internally" I might need either the UK 10 ("CM 27.8") *or* the UK 10.5 or even 11 (CM 28.2 and 28.6).

How difficult is it to just have *consistent* sizing ? I already know their idea of UK 9.5 can sometimes be UK 9, or vice versa, so how can I trust the sizing at all, other than finding somewhere to buy in person ?

#shoes #sizing #keenfootwear #argh

Blödsinn: "KI-Agenten ermitteln ..."

Richtig (vielleicht): mit heuristischen Mitteln wurde eine Hypothese aufgestellt

#argh #hype #wissenschaft

Been trying to get audio to work on a Dell Windows machine. It just doesn't work at all. No audio inout nor output devices anywhere. I reinstalled the drivers for the Realtek chipset the machine has and still nothing. USB headsets and similar show up on the USB bus in Device Manager and the headset's own apps show them as being ok, but no audio devices. Headsets use Windows' own drivers. I thought things were supposed to be each and nice on this OS?

#windows #garbage #noaudio #argh

You know the trope about "when you're in the know about something, you see every example of that something which is bad, and you feel bad"?

Like "teach someone typography, and they will examples of it done wrong every day", that sort of thing.

Well, one of the things I have knowledge about and experience with is cinematography - film & video. And here's one I run into regularly.

I watch an online video.

On my 16:10 monitor.

The browser letterboxes it into a 16:9 area of the screen.

It's some bloody stupid video site with vertical video, so it's 1:2 (or even worse), pillarboxed into the browser viewport.

And then the video maker is commenting about another video, so it's a 16:9 letterboxed into a tiny section of the pillarboxed video, with enormous borders on the top and bottom.

This hurts my head, even without considering that it results in trying to watch a video that takes up about 5% of the screen.

#letterbox #pillarbox #video #aspect #AspectRatio #VerticalVideo #argh #aargh #TeachAManToFish

Säännöllisesti kiroan nämä prokrastinointiaivoni, jotka pystyvät ylläpitämään yhtä aikaa esimerkiksi seuraavanlaisia kuvitelmia:

- ehdin hyvin kirjoittamaan ajatukseni 260-sivuisesta kirjasta (ja parista muusta) oppariin tämän päivän aikana ja lähettämään ne ohjaajalle, ja
- voin hyvin katsoa putkeen loputkin tästä 7-osaisesta sarjasta, kun nyt aloitin ja koska tämä nyt vain on niin hyvä.

Ou jea.

#prokratinointi #argh #putkeenmeni

how #democracy works for the #rich #bigoil #oil #companies #wtf #lol #argh #kabarett #meme #comedy #usa #chevron #trump #exxon #venezuela

It's 9 AM on New Year's Day, and the old bloke near me is practising the trombone.

Loudly.

Badly.

Oh well. New year, new murder charge ...

For the record, it's now 4:30 PM, and *HE'S STILL GOING*.

#Argh

Shaped like a circle? Circular.

Shaped like a rectangle? Rectangular.

Triangle? Triangular. [1]

Square? ... shit.

[1] This is extensible to quadrangular, pentangular, sextangular, septangular, etc.

#language #English #weird #argh #geometry

in #system was working we would have less #worries not more and would not have to worry about #climatechange or the price of #energy or #food or #housing #argh #wtf #meme #economy #finance

Mä olen kyllä hyvin ulkona nykyisistä työmarkkinoista ja niiden vaatimuksista. Etenkin, kun pitäisi yhtäkkiä hallita työmarkkinajargon myös englanniksi. Onboarding ja offboarding, siis miten lentäminen liittyy toimistotyöhön mitenkään? Sillä tasolla luetunymmärrys tällä hetkellä. No, ehkä tämä pakkohaku ei tullutkaan ihan huonoon aikaan, kun on vielä sentään kykenevä oppimaan tämän homman. Ja kai tässä sitä linkkariakin olisi syytä ruveta ottamaan oikeasti käyttöön. #työnhaku #työttömyys #argh

@DaveMWilburn @jack_daniel

"For a list of ways in which technology has failed to improve our lives, please press seven."

#PhoneTree #argh

this is the face of #climatechange this is what #climatechange looks like #weather #extreme #extremeweather #vietnam #flood 2025 #argh

#sondervermögen #investitionsprogram "relativ hohe neue #schulden machen können" "über 30 Mrd EUR #Zinslast" "wir müssen jetzt mit dem #geld das wir jetzt zusätzlich haben auf KOSTEN DER NÄCHSTEN GENERATION sehr sehr sorgfältig umgehen" (#OMG #ARGH d.h. diesmal werden wir nicht so #korrupt sein wie letztes mal auf kosten aller (#haha #receipt for #finance #disaster)) #merz #cdu #csu #familienunternehmer https://youtu.be/_Yr9y698Cn4?t=1299

Leute ich hätte gute Ideen... wer ist dabei? #Zins #Zinseszins #bank

Thank you, #TSN, for giving me another opportunity to appreciate just how much I fucking #hate listening to Luke Willson during #CFL broadcasts. The Grey Cup, yet.

#LukeWillson #argh #moron #idiot #SelfImportant #DoucheBag #commentator #sports #football #GreyCup

Just spent an hour backing up my Mac, and clearing all of my accumulated literatre references off my hard drive. That gave me 34 Gb of space on my hard drive. I then did the latest Sequoia update to 15.7.2 (from 15.6.1). After reboot, the calendar links to Microshite.
I can breathe. My blood pressure is gently decaying from stratospheric levels to something resembling normality.
Lost four hours of my life and a lot worrying in between… none of which I'm going to be get back. #ARGH

#germany #deutschland #autoindustrie ruiniert sich selbst #korrupt #ceo #argh #mercedes #quality #qualität nicht wie 1980 SEHR SEHR SCHLECHT!!!! #audi #vw #bmw HÖRT AUF ZU HEULEN IHR SEID SELBER SCHULD IHR #CEO!!!!! UND #VORSTÄNDE! ALLES IM ARSCH WEGEN EUCH!!!! #BRD #CDU #CSU #SPD #FDP

So quoting has arrived on my instance, and ... I'm not impressed with the UI choices made. Making the boost button now bring up a menu - a 2-item menu FFS - instead of just boosting is like a speedbump, constantly reminding me "Hey, this doesn't work with your workflow".

If it has to be a menu, can it least be on the "reply" button instead of the boost button? Seems more natural there anyway.

#boost #quote #mastodon #UI #UX #UIUX #feature #mastobug #argh

Brain: "Yes, you know exactly who that is by the sound of their voice. No, I'm not going to recall their name for you without a 48-hour waiting period."

Also Brain, unprompted: "The guitarists for Judas Priest's classic 1975-199x period were Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing."

#memory #brain #recall #aging #decay #argh #JudasPriest #GlennTipton #KKDowning #guitar #guitarist #metal #HeavyMetal

It's disappointing that #Brisbane City Council wasn't swayed by almost 1200 signatures to retain the free 86 bus service! I found this service a perfect loop to visit the Library, Art Gallery, Museum and entertainment centre. The service ends on 27 January 2025.
#drats #bummer #argh
You can read Council's rationale here: https://www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/petition/view/pid/1363

Congratulations to the demo presenter on this year's #RoyalInstitution lecture series in having their child proof demo instantly broken by the volunteer child 🤣🐋☠️ amazing #argh

Managing a self-directed RRSP is like...

"We're the best electronic broker around! Look at our fancy web interface! Electronic trading has never been easier!"

Uh, okay... hmm, I can't find a way to do <common trading transaction X>. Where's that hidden?

"We can do that over the phone! Call and ask to speak to a trader!"

#Argh...

#fail #WebFail #phone #call #RRSP #investment #broker #WelcomeTo1995

Managing a self-directed RRSP is like...

"We're the best electronic broker around! Look at our fancy web interface! Electronic trading has never been easier!"

Uh, okay... hmm, I can't find a way to do <common trading transaction X>. Where's that hidden?

"We can do that over the phone! Call and ask to speak to a trader!"

#Argh...

#fail #WebFail #phone #call #RRSP #investment #broker #WelcomeTo1995

Managing a self-directed RRSP is like...

"We're the best electronic broker around! Look at our fancy web interface! Electronic trading has never been easier!"

Uh, okay... hmm, I can't find a way to do <common trading transaction X>. Where's that hidden?

"We can do that over the phone! Call and ask to speak to a trader!"

#Argh...

#fail #WebFail #phone #call #RRSP #investment #broker #WelcomeTo1995

Managing a self-directed RRSP is like...

"We're the best electronic broker around! Look at our fancy web interface! Electronic trading has never been easier!"

Uh, okay... hmm, I can't find a way to do <common trading transaction X>. Where's that hidden?

"We can do that over the phone! Call and ask to speak to a trader!"

#Argh...

#fail #WebFail #phone #call #RRSP #investment #broker #WelcomeTo1995

Managing a self-directed RRSP is like...

"We're the best electronic broker around! Look at our fancy web interface! Electronic trading has never been easier!"

Uh, okay... hmm, I can't find a way to do <common trading transaction X>. Where's that hidden?

"We can do that over the phone! Call and ask to speak to a trader!"

#Argh...

#fail #WebFail #phone #call #RRSP #investment #broker #WelcomeTo1995

@Byronrabbit @RainCityBunnies @Satori @thegreatrabbit

I've always loved the -or / -ix male/female thing. Not sure why. Sounds exotic?

And ya, misuses like that bug me too. I was taught to check how it sounds when you remove the "<other> and". In this case, "gave it to I", which is more obviously wrong.

But there are bigger fights worth fighting. I will die on this hill before I accept #millennials' insistence that "literally" means "figuratively".

#literally #figuratively #argh