Your pet peeve, technical or otherwise.

[EC8010]

Clear writing: It is the writer's responsibility to communicate clearly to the reader, not the reader's responsibility to decipher what they meant. Not writing clearly is an insult to the reader. And denying the responsibility is an insult squared.

But my pet peeve for the day is that logging into this forum takes you away from the page you were on. Other fora manage to return you to the page you were on before you logged in...

[Analog Kid]

But my pet peeve for the day is that logging into this forum takes you away from the page you were on. Other fora manage to return you to the page you were on before you logged in...

Butbutbut ... isn't that what browser tabs are for?

[Circlotron]

My pet peeve is when someone that has authority over you wants something done because they have no idea how to do it themself, tells you to do it. You actually understand the situation and realise the request is impossible, and consequently the person who made the request labels you as dumb despite the fact that they obviously have less knowledge of the subject than you.

[SiliconWizard]

My pet peeve is when someone that has authority over you wants something done because they have no idea how to do it themself, tells you to do it. You actually understand the situation and realise the request is impossible, and consequently the person who made the request labels you as dumb despite the fact that they obviously have less knowledge of the subject than you.

That is just manipulation.

[RJSV]

   When the driver of car you are riding in want to obtain the absolute, the grand selection, the tip-top of:   A stupid closer parking space.
   I watch, eyes squinting in silent 'cursing' as my relatives, friends, etc. struggle mightily, to eliminate that last 39.1 inches that they might have to walk, if they just parked, 'over there, a bit'!
   I watch, as they navigate the collosal DOOR next to us, open since people are exiting, causing all kinds hassle, compared to a clear stroll, from TWO empty parking spots, just 11 feet distant.

Stuuuupid

[Circlotron]

   When the driver of car you are riding in want to obtain the absolute, the grand selection, the tip-top of:   A stupid closer parking space.
   I watch, eyes squinting in silent 'cursing' as my relatives, friends, etc. struggle mightily, to eliminate that last 39.1 inches that they might have to walk, if they just parked, 'over there, a bit'!
   I watch, as they navigate the collosal DOOR next to us, open since people are exiting, causing all kinds hassle, compared to a clear stroll, from TWO empty parking spots, just 11 feet distant.

Stuuuupid

The silliest version of this phenomenon is when people try and park as close as possible to the entrance of a gym so they don't have to walk as far.

[paulca]

On the flip side of that, having my brother in the car when looking for a space, he will point to the one we just past, in heavy, heavy flowing traffic and start shouting, "THAT ONE YOU IDIOT!"

Then he will point to one on the opposite side of the road, in the wrong direction, across 3 lanes of flowing traffic and say, "Not that on either then apparently."

He doesn't drive and has no "wits" about when a space is an option or only a last option.

Getting out of spaces when parked against traffic is really difficult as you are blind to your primary threat direction and have to do that rude and annoying thing of edging out until you force traffic to stop for you. I hate it and avoid it at all costs.  Even if it means walking another 100 yards.

[armandine2]

...those Mr Angry  moments, sucking away the simple pleasure of that working circuit moment.

What could go wrong, transferring from the working breadboard to a breadboard pcb?

[Epizilon knit wits, printing the positive and negative jumper-links the wrong way round ]

[John Coloccia]

I absolutely hate cucumbers. Like, they make me nauseous. But I love pickles.

When I order something with pickles at a restaurant, and what I get are half-sours...which are essentially salty cucumbers.

[TimFox]

   When the driver of car you are riding in want to obtain the absolute, the grand selection, the tip-top of:   A stupid closer parking space.
   I watch, eyes squinting in silent 'cursing' as my relatives, friends, etc. struggle mightily, to eliminate that last 39.1 inches that they might have to walk, if they just parked, 'over there, a bit'!
   I watch, as they navigate the collosal DOOR next to us, open since people are exiting, causing all kinds hassle, compared to a clear stroll, from TWO empty parking spots, just 11 feet distant.

Stuuuupid

The silliest version of this phenomenon is when people try and park as close as possible to the entrance of a gym so they don't have to walk as far.

When I park at the grocery supermarket, I park far from the door.
I assume that people stupid enough to hit my car when opening their door are also too lazy to walk that far.

[Ranayna]

On the flip side of that, having my brother in the car when looking for a space, he will point to the one we just past, in heavy, heavy flowing traffic and start shouting, "THAT ONE YOU IDIOT!"

Then he will point to one on the opposite side of the road, in the wrong direction, across 3 lanes of flowing traffic and say, "Not that on either then apparently."

He doesn't drive and has no "wits" about when a space is an option or only a last option.

Getting out of spaces when parked against traffic is really difficult as you are blind to your primary threat direction and have to do that rude and annoying thing of edging out until you force traffic to stop for you. I hate it and avoid it at all costs.  Even if it means walking another 100 yards.

Unless the tone of your brother unquestioningly conveys a joking tone (and your second line makes me doubt that), i would strongly consider not taking him anywhere if i was in your shoes. I don't have much tolerance for insults.
Yeah, i know, that is easier said than done, especially with familiy peer pressure

I regularly park on the other side of the road if i want to visit a certain supermarket in my town. Because it is significantly easier for me to leave that other parking lot, since i can turn right and thus don't have to cross lanes. The road is the main thoroughfare of the town and very busy, and there is a pedestrian crossing nearby so i can easily walk over.

[paulca]

Bought my daughter a Quest2 VR headset for xmas second hand.  £120.

Spent £25! On "Beat Sabre" as she liked to dance.  I thought, this will combine physical activity with skill development and she can have fun.

Created a child account for her, authorised her to play Beat Sabre, all was good.

Then I get the support calls. "Its not working, can't get it to work."

It turns out that Meta have now decided that "Beat Sabre" require's "Developer Mode" to be enabled.  Before we even start on what that means, I went to enable it and ... Nope.  You can't enabled developer mode on an under 18s account.

Reading the threads on Beat Saber and Meta support parents are not at all happy with Meta being "parent".  I'm not alone.

"Beat Sabre", does contain music which carries the "Explicit lyrics, parental guidance required" stickers.  This has then led Meta to knee jerk and try and block it for all kids.  Parents have gone into free fall anger with this move.  So Meta are trying to sneaky "not for kids" restrictions under the banner of "Developer" mode.

The reality of that box is it's a marketting virus.  The "free games" are basically virual world adverts for McDonalds, PizzaHut, and all of them have product placements, micro-purchases, direct adverts and constant popups with "Try this new expansion, £19.99"

It's toxic AF.  I'm not sure if I should even sell it on or microwave it and upload the video to YouTube.

[jonovid]

this is all part of Shitafication
put simply you pay more ,a lot more for less of just about everything.

[eutectique]

When I park at the grocery supermarket, I park far from the door.
I assume that people stupid enough to hit my car when opening their door are also too lazy to walk that far.

Nah, doesn't work in Belgium. Even if I park in the farthest lot or on the lowest story of an underground car park, there is 60% chance that an alternatively gifted driver would park his/her/their driver door next to my driver door, 51 centimetres (~20") apart, making him/her/them squeeze out of the car and me squeeze into mine.

PS. Mini Cooper is a diagnosis.

[paulca]

When I park at the grocery supermarket, I park far from the door.
I assume that people stupid enough to hit my car when opening their door are also too lazy to walk that far.

Nah, doesn't work in Belgium. Even if I park in the farthest lot or on the lowest story of an underground car park, there is 60% chance that an alternatively gifted driver would park his/her/their driver door next to my driver door, 51 centimetres (~20") apart, making him/her/them squeeze out of the car and me squeeze into mine.

PS. Mini Cooper is a diagnosis.

I tried parking as far away as possible.  It's a bad idea.  People that park far away fall into two categories.  Those who want to stop their car getting dented and those who are so terribly at parking they don't want others to watch, so they park far away too.

I have 2 door dents in my car.  The problem is, if you park my car beside the average SUV, you can't see it looking out the window.  You have to look down to see it.  So they just open the door straight into it.

[paulca]

People who IM you with:

Hi, Paul

and nothing else.

Partly it's annoying, but also, "It's clearly a TRAP!"

[BILLPOD]

My pet peeve is when someone that has authority over you wants something done because they have no idea how to do it themself, tells you to do it. You actually understand the situation and realise the request is impossible, and consequently the person who made the request labels you as dumb despite the fact that they obviously have less knowledge of the subject than you.

This has been my experience, ALL of my working life.  Only ONCE did I have a boss that I could go to that could help me if I had questions;  but that was probably because I got his job after he was promoted to boss.

[armandine2]

My pet peeve is when someone that has authority over you wants something done because they have no idea how to do it them self, tells you to do it. You actually understand the situation and realize the request is impossible, and consequently the person who made the request labels you as dumb despite the fact that they obviously et have less knowledge of the subject than you.

This is a variation on a very common scenario [in my experience] - at the point you realize that what you have been asked to do is impossible/impracticable etc. tell your, often less well paid than you are, "authority" figure the wisdom of your trade. "Don't be shy!"

[DimitriP]

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[kite31]

On a two lane (two each way) highway there are a couple of vehicles in the inside line, travelling at a uniform speed. Visibility is excellent. You are catching them with a decent speed margin in the outside lane to pass. At the very last moment the rear vehicle in the inside lane lurches out, than staggers ever so slowly past the other before contemplating the ways of the universe and whether they should ever return to the vacant inside lane, or perhaps try catching the truck a kilometre away before sunset.

Some are simply not aware. I suspect some think something like "Oh, I've just got time to move" without further thought, having looked in their rear vision mirrors only at that point and not at all in the previous half hour.

[paulca]

Over here they just sit in the overtaking lane permenantly.  You can flash lights, beep horns, tail gate, whatever and they are completely oblivious.

Your only option is to undertake them.

... or pit maneuver them into the nearest bridge column....  in an ideal world maybe.

[PlainName]

Indeed, on the local motorway (four lanes each way) someone will sit in lane 3, with lanes 1 and 2 empty, as they drive past a BFO matrix sign saying "Keep to the left lane except when overtaking".

[woody]

Yes. Very annoying.

But so are people that drive like speed limits are not for them because they drive a car that can do a gazillion km/h, and they are so fucking important that they need to be everywhere ASAP. God forbid they have to brake for these losers trying to maintain the limit while overtaking slower traffic.

Every day a couple of these priority road users end up into another car/truck/concrete overpass and make me and countless others wait for the emergency services to disentangle the messes they made. If they kill themselves I'll happily invest that time. But more often they kill or maim others in the process which makes me even more angry.

[TimFox]

Hence the song:
“You’re a-driving in my lane
And you’re causing lots of danger—
I’m a-honking on my horn
And I’m giving you the finger!”
(pronounced to rhyme with danger)

[Analog Kid]

Yes. Very annoying.

But so are people that drive like speed limits are not for them because they drive a car that can do a gazillion km/h, and they are so fucking important that they need to be everywhere ASAP. God forbid they have to brake for these losers trying to maintain the limit while overtaking slower traffic.

Yep. I get that type around here where I live.
If you're going X mph--around the limit or even a bit over--and they're in the next lane over, they've just got to speed up and try to get in front of you, because you're never going fast enough for them. Then do the same damn thing with the car next to them, and so on.

As a result they'll certainly save themselves precious milliseconds of time getting to their destination. Meanwhile making the simple act of driving in traffic more annoying and more dangerous for everyone else.