Your pet peeve, technical or otherwise.

[Fryguy]

Any kind of broken light drives me nuts - they don't have to be switched on , but they must be in working condition . . .
If i see one i need to fix it immediately or get away from it as fast as possible 

If it's not switched on, how do you know whether it's in working condition or not? 

I switch it on myself just to find out - or someone else does . . .  or it is mechanically broken visible to the naked eye . . . (burnmarks , broken parts , loose wires etc.)   

[flipper]

Literally ANYTHING connected to the incompetent, rainbow cycle-riding liberal pillocks at Google.

Friggin Google… I’d love to string a rope across the Grand Canyon and dangle all their overpaid, half sharp so-called “programmers” OVER it whilst I hand them pens to sign an agreement to fix their shitty “products”.

Locked Dad out of his Chromebook, won’t let him in until I had checked an option on his ShitDroid … an option BURIED in Samsung shite, an option that DOES NOT EXIST. I am far from the dullest chisel in the rack, and if I can’t get what SURELY should be a simple 2FA process executed without spending 40 mins following their ATROCIOUS “instructions”, then what hope does any normal person, an IT illiterate member of the public have?

How do these fools stay afloat? Oh yeah - spamming us with ads for $$$$

I have never and WILL never feel any guilt in blocking ANY ads these morons use to slow me down and earn money off my time.

[themadhippy]

dontr worry googles about to flog chrome,or at least they will be if the  us department of justice dont change there mind.

[RJSV]

Humourous:
   Android crap meant that,  when I broke (this phone) glass touch screen;  any touch down on screen near the MIKE icon, will turn on the speech to text function.
But that starts putting garbage crap into my text message, from whatever video or TV show I've got playing...!

   Not really a stellar F-up but pretty stupid when I realized.  A two-point fail (when 2 small fails combine to cause compounded damage.

Heck, I might be TEXTING Grandma, and, there it goes:
   "Do you feel lucky, PUNK ??"

(Poor Grandma)!

[flipper]

Humourous:
   Android crap meant that,  when I broke (this phone) glass touch screen;  any touch down on screen near the MIKE icon, will turn on the speech to text function.
But that starts putting garbage crap into my text message, from whatever video or TV show I've got playing...!

   Not really a stellar F-up but pretty stupid when I realized.  A two-point fail (when 2 small fails combine to cause compounded damage.

Heck, I might be TEXTING Grandma, and, there it goes:
   "Do you feel lucky, PUNK ??"

(Poor Grandma)!

When a family member shattered the screen on their Huawei phone, I managed to navigate through the settings menu by plugging it into my computer via USB, and referring to online screenshots of various settings screens for the model, taking a screenshot and retrieving it over USB and comparing it to the one found online, until FINALLY I’d enabled “adb” (“Android Debug Bridge”) so I could install “Vysor” Chrome extension on my computer, which allowed me to remotely control the android phone and retrieve her precious files.


One has to be VERY patient and methodical. I am tenacious to the extreme in regard to getting technical issues solved where most give up:

https://www.vysor.io

[Dunckx]

My present pet peeve is the increasing tendency for corporations to block VPN connections.

A couple of months ago, YouTube decided that if you use a VPN you have to sign in before you can watch any videos, which negates the point of having a VPN to provide privacy on the web.  So now I can't watch Dave's vids (or anyone else's).  I am particularly narked that they claim this makes the community "safer" instead of "we are doing this to destroy privacy on the web and make it easier to collect your personal data".

DigiKey UK have been blocking me for a couple of months.  Strangely, it seems erratic, but it is enough to prevent me buying from them.  I bought a load of stuff from them this summer, but it looks like that was the last time.

Farnell in the UK is blocking UK-based VPN connections but not EU-based ones, though I have not tried logging in or buying stuff from Farnell via an EU VPN.  Possibly the card company would decline payment.

Of the big players, only Mouser is still accepting VPN connections, and if they pull the plug, that basically means I am screwed and electronics will be come a dead hobby once my present stock is used up.

It's only ten years or so ago that the British Home Office (I think the source of the advice was actually GCHQ) was recommending people to use a VPN to protect themselves from identity theft, which at that time was the fastest growing crime in the world.

[PlainName]

Tricky one. VPNs are no doubt blocked because bad guys use them to hide their real IP address, to make it harder to stop them being bad guys. Of course, that penalizes good guys too, but the cost of letting in the bad guys can be very much higher than the cost of locking out a few good guys. TOR exits are no doubt non-working too.

[coppercone2]

considering how many hostile actors there is online, restricting VPN does not sound like it makes you too much safer. 

When those big companies get pwned, you will be happy that you used a VPN and accounts not linked to your important things IRL. Like bank, work place, online market places and email.

Undoubtedly new threats are emerging, with people using AI profiling to use 'less then interesting difficult to use' information to make a novel security threat. And as always, tracking means people can pick better targets for hacking. Lets say you have a 'window of opportunity' for a hack based on typical response times. If you have alot of tracking info, you can pick when the attack will occur for maximum exposure and propagation (i.e. worm), wheras without tracking, it might get taken down fast enough that the exposure will be very small or totally prevented.

That kind of capability might encourage a attack on a well defended service that might be traditionally seen as wasteful, if someone starts to think statistically it has a good chance of producing a result. Say for deploying a expensive secret zero day exploit based attack.

The advanced hackers are way ahead of conventional VPN, using WIFI mesh bridges and compromised servers. A VPN probobly has increased scrutiny from security too.

[RJSV]

   If youyourube is going to be bad, then they deserve some bad mouthing:
   Regards to the videos that get blocked,  I would at least hope they can be proven to block things legitimately, but also reliably.
   It's not (reliable) as I've found, when it gets to start play, and that '!' icon indicates a blocked content (Hendrix concert), a
I noticed by hitting the 'back' key that the audio starts right up, and another couple pushes gets me to a regular screen, with proper sound.
Wow, just almost like a normal video called up.
   That's either a testing deficiency, or maybe they don't care about certain combinations of hardware and age, (in an Android phone).
Doesn't make me feel any more secure, about data hacks, at my bank.  Or maybe the bank does more testing / assurances.
ATM hackers can't be good.

[SiliconWizard]

Android is getting pretty bad.

[Ranayna]

[...] which negates the point of having a VPN to provide privacy on the web. [...]

Most VPNs do nothing to protect your privacy. Or rather, they move the target.
With a VPN, your provider might not be able to see much of what you are doing. Instead the VPN provider now sees what you are doing....
With the vast majority of combinations, this is not an inprovement.
Whom do you trust more? A domestic ISP, that needs to follow your local data protection regulations? Or a VPN provider in who knows where?

I would be safe to assume that any touted "no log policy" of the big VPN providers is nothing but lies. There have been several cases proving that.

The one thing a VPN is truly useful is to circumvent content restrictions. And the big content providers know this, therefore well known VPN endpoints get blocked.

[paulca]

[...] which negates the point of having a VPN to provide privacy on the web. [...]

Most VPNs do nothing to protect your privacy. Or rather, they move the target.
With a VPN, your provider might not be able to see much of what you are doing. Instead the VPN provider now sees what you are doing....
With the vast majority of combinations, this is not an inprovement.
Whom do you trust more? A domestic ISP, that needs to follow your local data protection regulations? Or a VPN provider in who knows where?

I would be safe to assume that any touted "no log policy" of the big VPN providers is nothing but lies. There have been several cases proving that.

The one thing a VPN is truly useful is to circumvent content restrictions. And the big content providers know this, therefore well known VPN endpoints get blocked.

Even using the VPN term is miss-leading.  It leads people into thinking their internet connection is somehow "private".

I "the man" wants to track you.  They will not be using your IP address and they will not be tapping you at your ISP.  They don't need to do that.  People leave a slime trail of data like a slug as they move around these days.

[grumpydoc]

I think the whole VPN for "privacy" thing is preying on people's fears and ignorance of how the 'net works.

HTTPS is almost ubiquitous and is secure. One might say some "bad actor" could snoop on your traffic and gain information from the sites you are visiting but with amalgamation and CDNs that information is probably not going to reveal too much. In any case with so much traffic traversing the 'net it would take government-scale resources to really target an individual.

VPNs are primarily useful to hide or change your geolocation so that you can access services that are restricted by region - that is probably why the large electronics suppliers block them (though why, gven that you need an account and to give them a delivery destination, is puzzling).

I would even go so far as to say that an unencrypted VPN would be just as useful as an encrypted one.

[Ranayna]

I would even go so far as to say that an unencrypted VPN would be just as useful as an encrypted one.

A.k.a a proxy server
If i remember correctly, there still are even a couple public proxies left.

You are certainly right that there is a lot, a *lot* of FUD in the advertisements of the larger VPNs. I cringe everytime i see such an advertisement, which is quite often since many youtubers are sponsored by them.

though why, gven that you need an account and to give them a delivery destination, is puzzling

I think that this is mainly forced by the licensees. They don't care where someone watching comes from (i. e. where the account was created), but they care where in the world something is watched.

[grumpydoc]

I think that this is mainly forced by the licensees. They don't care where someone watching comes from (i. e. where the account was created), but they care where in the world something is watched.

I have no doubt that's true of streaming services - but can't quite fathom why Farnell or Mouser would care.

[themadhippy]

 manufacturers changing the design of something  ever so slightly so old and new are different. This peeve was brought about by trying to buy some socks,the same socks iv bought for years,just grab 2 at random and they match whether there 10 years or 10 months old,But not any more since they decided the heal needs a band of colour around it.

[PlainName]

I think that this is mainly forced by the licensees. They don't care where someone watching comes from (i. e. where the account was created), but they care where in the world something is watched.

I have no doubt that's true of streaming services - but can't quite fathom why Farnell or Mouser would care.

Perhaps enforcement of sanctions and/or technology restrictions?

[Kim Christensen]

Perhaps enforcement of sanctions and/or technology restrictions?

Doubt governments have much to do with it. Mostly marketing, licensing, and corporate revenue stream BS.
Another example of this kind of nonsense is region locked DvDs.

Beyond user account security issues, I doubt Mouser/Farnel care where the website traffic comes from. It's probably more about what distribution center gets to serve what market.
As long as product X is not being shipped to a country/entity in the restricted export list, governments shouldn't really care about VPN traffic origins either.

[grumpydoc]

Thinking of peeves one of mine is:

You want device D, ideally with features 1,2,3 and 4

The manufacturer does an entry level version with feature 1, a more expensive model with feature 2&3 and the top of the line model with features 1-4 but also features 5,6,7 and 8 none of which you will use and at least two of which you would pay money to avoid.

[Ranayna]

Perhaps enforcement of sanctions and/or technology restrictions?

Doubt governments have much to do with it. Mostly marketing, licensing, and corporate revenue stream BS.
Another example of this kind of nonsense is region locked DvDs.

Beyond user account security issues, I doubt Mouser/Farnel care where the website traffic comes from. It's probably more about what distribution center gets to serve what market.
As long as product X is not being shipped to a country/entity in the restricted export list, governments shouldn't really care about VPN traffic origins either.

It is also very likely that they do not provide the internet facing parts of their website themselves. Virtually every moderately trafficed site, especially if it is used globally, will be behind a geo load balancer, often known as CDN (content delivery network). These CDNs can, in addition to caching content in server farms around the world, provide features like DDOS protection. Blocking VPNs is often part of such a protection. Maybe just a side effect. If the node you are currently using is causing too much traffic (either legitimate or not), the CDN may throttle the node or block it outright. Since CDNs often have a significant number of customers, it does not even need to be traffic directed at the website you want to visit.

If your VPN provider allows you to select a specific exit node, it is worth a try to test a couple of them.

[MrMobodies]

Sainsbury's Greencare Biological Laundry Liquid Peony & Orchard Fruits

Directions for use: Use the measuring cap provided
(1 full cap = 35 ml). Pour the liquid into the washing
machine drawer. Always seperate clothes into whites, light
coours, dark colours and delicates. Not recommended for
silk and wool. Does according to soil and water hardness,
and follow the dosing instruction. Bullshit: To respect the
environment, use the correct dosage and the lowest
recommended temperature (30c) and do full loads in
order to minimise energy and water consumption and
reduce water pollution

What about the respect for cleaning my clothes properly and killing the bacteria?
What about the respect not contaminating the machine with scent and bubbles after the wash?

Talking of wastage, I found lots of bubbles and crap when doing a quick rinse and
had to use a lot more water to clean it up. When I found out this crap
was used, I found a box of the usual powdered stuff somewhere that they run out of when they chose this.
I imagine they put the perfume and other scent in there to disguise the smell due to the low wash temperature, heat and water.

I can't stand clothes coming out dirtier than when they went in with white streaks and scent from the previous wash cycle.

In contrary to this:
https://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/media/664584/washing-clothes-at-home-leaflet-v22.pdf

Normal laundry
• Do not overload your washing machine as this will
not wash the clothes as well.

Step 3 – Wash the clothing using the highest
temperature

[snarkysparky]

My pet peeve!!!!     ******* **** *****   Windows 11.

It group forced me to upgrade.

The list of things it does to raise my blood pressure is very long.

Main thing is the damn toolbar,  which can jump left or right for Fcks sake just as you are about to click on something.

Many of favorite programs are now borked.  File associations broken.   

I guess those of us who use our computers for more than cat videos and soshul media are *****d.

[16bitanalogue]

Anyone who holds a single door of a double door building entry open for people to enter AND exit through ONE door.
Enter on the right.
Exit on the right.
Both doors are in use.

[MrMobodies]

My pet peeve!!!!     ******* **** *****   Windows 11.

As I'd expect.

I hear Windows 10 LTSC 1809 is supported for another 5 years and I hope they don't force it on that.

The list of things it does to raise my blood pressure is very long.

Now you know how I feel with crap and annoying things appearing on the websites I use that I spend time cleaning up.
Like this for instance:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/badbloated-web-design/msg5733567/#msg5733567

Main thing is the damn toolbar,  which can jump left or right for Fcks sake just as you are about to click on something.

Auto action like that is something I can never tolerate based on gestures like the touchpads with tap to click enabled. Just because I incidentally tap here and there lightly or a combinations of movements could result in an interpretation for something that the manufactured just assumed.

A bit like that stupid adaptive brightness thing that comes in many forms and ones without the light sensor to just dim whatever is on the screen which makes it very uncomfortable for my eyes. How about I go and play about their brightness and contrast controls depending on what they were doing on the screen and see how they feel and this includes dimming overlays like the ones used on web pages behind the tiny white dialogue.

[themadhippy]

What about the respect for cleaning my clothes properly and killing the bacteria?

but then they   cant flog you extra bacteria killing products and washing machine degunkers