I have a nice Lenovo laptop (company issued) that's been given the rubbery coating treatment all over... It is sooner or later going to be a disaster... will have to be dipped in flour to be usable lol!
On an analog clock, you can instantly see "it's nearly 4" without thinking... 3:37 just isn't quite as fast.
On an analog clock, it makes sense to have 60 minutes in an hour. On a digital clock... we really need 100 minutes in an hour for it to make sense!
Agreed. Especially if you have an idea what the expected reading is going to be, I find it easier to glance and see the hand (or pointer, in the case of a gauge) is where you know it should be, your brain can say 'close enough' in an instant. “I need to leave at 3:55” A glance at an analog clock at 3:38 shows you have time, and it’s roughly a quarter hour left. Digital you need to parse that 38 is less than 55, then do the math to find it’s 17 minutes less, then compare that to the 60 minutes in an hour to find it’s about a quarter hour. Having grown up with analog timepieces, and as one who still wears a watch, this is simply intuitive to me.
Digital is great for absolute precision, but I find analog is usually better for quick interpretation and comparison.
-Pat
While personally I prefer analog, I have no problem at all looking at a digital clock and automatically know how long to whenever.
If I need to leave at 3.55 (much prefer 24 hr format) and it read 3.38, I automatically think I’ve got 17 mins, it’s instant.
Likewise if it’s 18:04 and my wife says dinner is in about 20 mins, dinners at 18:24.
Tiny, delicate items (like Micro-SD cards) that come armored in thick blister plastics that apparently were meant to let you see what you purchased, but firmly resist any sensible attempt to unpack.
You need heavy duty tools and brute force to open them and then either hurt yourself, or even worse, the item you wanted to get at.
Nominal Animal, we have here a colloidal silver in spray form - can you find it there? It may be a bit more practical than electrolise it.
That rubbery coating does feel nice and luxurious at first, but it invariably turns to nasty sticky goo at some point.
That rubbery coating does feel nice and luxurious at first, but it invariably turns to nasty sticky goo at some point.
Along the lines of plastic,
Xcelite screwdrivers and tools have "that smell." I have some that are 25 years old and they STILL STINK LIKE NEW. I open my toolbox and eewwwwwwwww ....
That rubbery coating does feel nice and luxurious at first, but it invariably turns to nasty sticky goo at some point.
Along the lines of plastic,
Xcelite screwdrivers and tools have "that smell." I have some that are 25 years old and they STILL STINK LIKE NEW. I open my toolbox and eewwwwwwwww ....
Cellulose Acetate, I've never opened a box of old tools that didn't reek of that weird vinegary oxidized oil smell.
Tiny, delicate items (like Micro-SD cards) that come armored in thick blister plastics that apparently were meant to let you see what you purchased, but firmly resist any sensible attempt to unpack.
You need heavy duty tools and brute force to open them and then either hurt yourself, or even worse, the item you wanted to get at.
why is it that bed side clocks are AM-PM 12-hour clocks but most others are 24-hour military time
how hard is it to put an AM-PM 12-hour or 24-hour clock mode switch in most appliances or even show a analog clock if the user interface screen can do so.
why is it that bed side clocks are AM-PM 12-hour clocks but most others are 24-hour military time
how hard is it to put an AM-PM 12-hour or 24-hour clock mode switch in most appliances or even show a analog clock if the user interface screen can do so.
Probably because the ICs they are based on need to be wired differently for 12 or 24 hour mode and are not easily switchable. They were designed in the 70s-80s and various clones are still being used.
For what it's worth, I don't think I've ever seen a digital clock in this part of the world that used the 24 hour format, although I have a couple of vintage Russian clocks that are and some of the nixie clocks I built are selectable.
Pet peeve of today: Search engines that return results that don't contain your search terms!
Looks like eBay has switched to this type of "greedy search" recently. It is so annoying to have to "double check" the results, and avoid clicking into a product that won't work (i.e. not what you asked for).
Amazon is the poster child for this kind of crappy search... but now eBay has started too...
Is it too much to ask for a "Verbatim" mode like Google has, to save some time for long suffering consumers with an IQ over 50?
Pet peeve of today: Search engines that return results that don't contain your search terms!
Looks like eBay has switched to this type of "greedy search" recently. It is so annoying to have to "double check" the results, and avoid clicking into a product that won't work (i.e. not what you asked for).
Amazon is the poster child for this kind of crappy search... but now eBay has started too...
Is it too much to ask for a "Verbatim" mode like Google has, to save some time for long suffering consumers with an IQ over 50?
You know, I just realised that it's now so common I don't even notice and just automatically filter out irrelevant results.
This discussion prompted me to install the "Chrome Regex Search" in my browser. This is an amazing tool and has made my day!
This discussion prompted me to install the "Chrome Regex Search" in my browser. This is an amazing tool and has made my day!
Curious as to how this is different than the CTRL-F search? I'm not currently using Chrome because of issues I've had with it in the past.
And then Costco has the stones to not give you proper grocery bags, so you end up putting your food and such into parts of the cardboard packaging that the products are packed in for shipping to the store.
And then Costco has the stones to not give you proper grocery bags, so you end up putting your food and such into parts of the cardboard packaging that the products are packed in for shipping to the store.
And then Costco has the stones to not give you proper grocery bags, so you end up putting your food and such into parts of the cardboard packaging that the products are packed in for shipping to the store.Don't be fooled. That's a cost saving measure for Costco. They don't have to pay to haul away their old cardboard... you're doing it for them!
And then Costco has the stones to not give you proper grocery bags, so you end up putting your food and such into parts of the cardboard packaging that the products are packed in for shipping to the store.
I wish they did that in all stores, it's far superior to grocery bags in my opinion. With everything packed in a box I can place the box in the back of my station wagon and when I get home I don't have to crawl around retrieving all of the various food items that rolled out of the bag and rolled around in the back of the car. Boxes are easier to carry than bags too.
And then Costco has the stones to not give you proper grocery bags, so you end up putting your food and such into parts of the cardboard packaging that the products are packed in for shipping to the store.Don't be fooled. That's a cost saving measure for Costco. They don't have to pay to haul away their old cardboard... you're doing it for them!Oh, of course it's a cost-saving measure.
If only the boxes weren't of the sort that's designed to have the top and front parts cut off for display purposes, which makes them unusable as box to carry your purchases!
Also if you bring your own bags (paper, or an insulated pack, or whatever), they won't pack it for you. Of course how they pack those silly half-boxes isn't useful either.
But they have Lagavulin 16 whisky for $75 a bottle, and they sell actual prime beef (not just that "choice" dog food), so hey, you deal.
I detest it when (usually Americans) say:
# “Feel free to go ahead and <X>”
(er thanks, I know I’m *free* to do as I wish, and I’m not so stupid as to need some meaningless “permission” in this manner. Yes, I’m well aware of my freedom, how patronising.
or
# “I went ahead and <Y>”
or
# “I’m going to do this, right now”
My stupid Amazon Alexa, when asked “What’s the weather?”, will reply in a typically stupid American “English” way, saying “Right now, it’s raining” blah blah blah. When ELSE do the programmers think the user wants to know the weather for, unless they SPECIFY A TIMEFRAME? Duh.
Redundant, ridiculous addition of “Right now” and countless other idiotic “word fluff” is the doing of, and the way of many yanks (of course not all.)
Considering American “English” is based on the very premise of laziness, saving letters, mis-spelling and bad pronunciation of words, the concept of needlessly ADDING words to a sentence is all but idiotic.