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And the hits keep coming:
If you need me to edit a new file, don't tell me touch followed by nano , just tell me to nano .
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Yet more #annoyances:
If you're going to have me editing files, at least have me do it with #vi/#vim and not freaking #nano.
#wtf
The Problem Isn't Email, It's Microsoft Exchange -- it turns out my 2011-vintage rant still rings true, now also available trackerless: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_problem_isnt_email_its_microsoft_exchange.html #inefficiency #timewasted #email #archiving #microsoft #exchange #compliance #deduplication #unsolvedproblems #smtp #mail #annoyances
nxdomain.noThe Problem Isn't Email, It's Microsoft Exchange
#Annoyances ... People who use the spoon that they just stirred their tea with to take sugar out of the sugar bowl.
"iT's Ok ThE sUgAr sTiCks To ThE sPoOn"
The heck it does. If it did I wouldn't keep finding disgusting tea stained clumps of sugar in the sugar bowl.
Odio hacer clientes de servicios web de AXIS. ¿Por qué siempre dan tanta guerra? ¿A caso siempre me tocan siempre los servicios viejos o mal hechos?
Me han pasado hasta un WSDL con scriptlets de JSP dentro que he tenido que "ejecutar" para generar el WSDL real.
I turned off spellcheck in Firefox, but I'm still seeing spellcheck in #Mastodon. Why is that? #Annoyances
If you use Firefox Sync to send web pages from mobile to devices with a larger screen, it's very annoying to see all your computers named as "user's Firefox on ...", "user's Firefox on ...", ... so you can't tell which icon is which.
Under the Account → Settings menu (which may only be under the hamburger menu) there's an Account Settings page that allows you to change your computer name to something shorter.
![Firefox Sync settings page, per browser instance:
Sync user name scruss
Email scruss@(redacted)
Manage account
Device Name
(with an editable text box containing "scruss's Firefox on bunny")
and a "Change device name..." button. "bunny" is the name of this computer
[the original is in Scots, because I am. I've translated it here]](https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/696/830/517/697/285/original/a361df03c1c9fbcd.png "Firefox Sync settings page, per browser instance:
Sync user name scruss
Email scruss@(redacted)
Manage account
Device Name
(with an editable text box containing \"scruss's Firefox on bunny\")
and a \"Change device name...\" button. \"bunny\" is the name of this computer
[the original is in Scots, because I am. I've translated it here]")
Why is it that I can be reading a post on #LinkedIn on my phone, I put the phone down and pick it up, and the post disappeared from my screen?
Been using #NextDNS now for over six months and hands down this is worth every single penny of the subscription! I have a #Synology WAP/ firewall/ router connected to #Starlink (in #bypass mode) and have the NextDNS daemon installed on the router. Since the router is the DHCP server and authoritative #DNS server for my #LAN, it ensures all of my DNS #traffic and NS lookups are encrypted and handled by NextDNS.
And, NextDNS has DNS-level web content filtering, so I have all #ads, #tracking, and other "#annoyances" filtered out as well.
The result? A very fast, and very pleasant web experience whether I'm on my phone, my laptop, or my PC.
Seriously. Can't recommend NextDNS enough!
I'm not a web designer or anything, but if you find yourself having to put "Jump To Recipe 
" buttons on your #recipe website, maybe just go ahead and assume nobody wants to read your 1700-word essay on the history of the ginger snap and put the recipe at the top of the page.
Podcasts were, generally, a lot of nerds nerding about stuff that was interesting to them and to some others.
But it was sufficiently populous to pull the then BBC index of all podcasts down when it ran out of dB connections, ok there were other reasons for that.
Now it's celebrities talking to other celebrities about stuff that is interesting to them and I guess others.
And it's a cheap way to rebroadcast.
This must be one of the worst things a company can do. Ten working days to unsubscribe? Honestly, such companies don’t deserve an iota of anyone’s business.
Bloody annoyances...
On WordPress,
Them: "Are you enjoying our plugin?"
Me: "FUCK YES! I masturbate with it every day!"
Why Not Zoidberg? 
They've been discussing for years to end daylight savings time and stay on summer time all year.
I definitely agree with this option since the whole idea with "summer time" is to maximize hours of daylight in the afternoon which most people enjoy more than more light in the morning.
I just wish the politicians could get their thumbs out of their assess and actually make a decision.
At the risk of missing some content, I'm going to start blocking overused words that I'm sick of hearing, starting with ga$lighting.
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Peter Coffee on Software Annoyances
“It's human nature to believe that tribulations with a tool are an investment in getting better results in the future, and that starting over with what might be a better tool is more trouble than it's worth. This is why people buy books on how to overcome software annoyances rather than buying less annoying software.” 3/3
Need help at the office?
'Annoyances' books give tips to circumvent troubles in Microsoft suite
By Peter Coffee, PC Week Labs
October 1, 1997
#annoyances #software
#taxonomy #humor
https://web.archive.org/web/19990117012601/http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/reviews/0929/29books.html
ARGH!
User: I'm having trouble accessing this resource on the company network and I need it URGENTLY!
Me (notice user is not connected to the VPN): OK, are you in one of the company offices, or working from home today?
User does not respond, going on 30 minutes now.