Couldn’t hear the TV over my crunchy snacks
This is my daily. I am harder of hearing than my wife so I have to turn the TV up, but then it is disrupting her sleep.
So then I sometimes use headphones, but sometimes the odd quietness of the room at that point causes her to wake up.
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Having to wait an entire weekend for next day delivery because it doesn’t include the weekend.
I wish there was a “deliver ONLY during the weekend” option so you don’t have to have things delivered to your workplace because no-one’s home.
There is no quickfix for the Mercedes auto engine shut off when you stop in traffic so I have to manually turn it off everytime I start the car or else the .5 second delay when I release the break to press the accelerater gives me anxiety
I also started to disable start-stop every time I drive after it once fucked me. I came to an uphill stop just when the light turned green so the car decided to shut itself off. After that I stalled the engine in my confusion when trying to move. Long line of cars behind me of course.
I want to find whoever or whatever team decided that was a good idea and kick them so hard that their grandkid’s grandkids feel the pain.
This exists solely to game fuel efficiency tests, because the tests were/are designed with long periods of idling.
They basically added a feature that uses more fuel in 99% of real world scenarios, to beat fuel efficiency tests in a controlled environment, then greenwashed it as a fuel efficiency “feature”. Isn’t capitalism fun?
They knew the structure of the tests beforehand, and regulators haven’t changed the tests, because we live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as “democracy”.
Well that does make capitalist sense I guess
Greed is good bra. Ask the devil.
Same with large trucks. Were made to avoid EPA regulations of smaller trucks, so just build bigger so the laws don’t apply.
That time, you were “That Guy”.
Heads up, most car models that have auto stop/start also have available aftermarket harnesses that can plug into the button and “press” it on each startup, effectively permanently disabling them. See if there’s one available for your model
Could you link an example? My google-fu is only turning up with aftermarket replacements for the push to start harness.
An example looks something like this
(It shows an one adapter in the first image but it shows an actual harness further down)
I didn’t see one for Mercedes on that site, but it sounds like it mentions the existence of them here under method 3
Installation usually involves:
• Accessing the wiring behind your start/stop button
• Installing the module inline with the existing harness
• Securing the module in a hidden location
That page also suggests that you may be able to disable it with a programming tool on some models. Depending on what you have I’d give that a try first
Thanks boss. I’ll see if my car guy can do the OBD2 setting next time I’m in. Wild that there is a viable market for a component to disable this baby puncher of a feature.
Anxiety is no laughing matter. Please try to take care of yourself. I’m sure I’m not the only one who would be willing to throw a few bucks your way, if there’s somewhere we can donate…? Hang in there, it gets better!
My psychiatrist and 3rd therapist suggested I hire a shaman to take me on a guided ayahuasca trip so that I can fully process the mental damage that it has caused. I’ll probably wait until after I receive my new shipment of Travis Barker matcha latte labubus though.
yes poor soul… I will also donate if you have a link. I’m sorry you’re going through this OP
What. The. Fuck.
I was able to do this to my VW by using a OBD2 dongle to set the auto-start-stop battery voltage threshold higher so that it always thinks the battery is low and the engine needs to keep running.
Where did you find this dongle?
The dongle getting place
It’s an OBDEleven. It only works for VW, Audi group cars though.
The motorcycle I bought to zip around and have fun on is broken, so I have to drive my car instead while I wait for the part to arrive.
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My backlog of Steam games that I haven’t played through is kind of overwhelming.
Some highly-replayable games, like roguelikes, make it worse, because they soak up time that isn’t going towards finishing the finishable ones.
My backlog:
- CP2077 (a few hours in but didn’t enjoy the gameplay)
- Mass Effect 3 (I loved ME1 and ME2, but many people say ME3 is not as good)
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Fallout 4
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake (I might just give up, didn’t enjoy the combat and the padding)
- Hellblade
- Dying Light
- Tomb Raider the recent trilogy
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (got stuck because combat is too confusing/difficult to me)
- Divinity Original Sin 2
- The Witcher 3 (not enjoying the combat)
- GTA 4 and 5
- Dragon Quest Builders
That short list brings me much shame.
How far along are you in the witcher? Combat is basic and kinda boring but what is stellar for me are the characters you encounter, their stories and your interactions with them; Random ones and the ones that have history with Geralt, people in this game feel incredibly real and the writing, voice acting and characterization are great. Also the world, so grand and beautiful inspite of the horrors in it, man made or otherwise.
The game made me emotional so mamy times, there are some great moments in it… In short, there is a lot that makes up for the meh combat. I struggled initially as well when I first played it, but one I left the first area I started to enjoy myself. think it’s worth sticking to it.
Only around 1 hour I think. Part of the problem is the confusing UI and the not so helpful tutorial. I have lowered the difficulty but the tutorial tries to teach me everything at the same time.
I have similar issues with CP2077. I think CDPR is good at characters/stories, but not so good at introducing game mechanics.
Can’t argue with that. White Orchad suuuckss, but once you leave the area (thankfully is short) and the world starts opening up to you it’s so worth it, trust.
I do like narrative games, and I prefer games with full voice acting with W3 seems to have. I will try it again eventually. Thanks for the suggestion.
Combat feels clunky and slow until you’ve got some levels and abilities. I don’t usually uae consumables a lot in games because I don’t want my playstyle to be hampered by not having a potion on me, so I leaned heavily into the magic and it really made a world of difference for me.
I guess being unable to lose weight?
It is ridiculous how privileged it is in the context of human history to actually struggle with too much calories.
My wife is technically obese. She’s not bedridden fat like you see on TV, just nicely rounded. She complains about wanting to lose weight and finding it hard.
I suffered pretty serious poverty before meeting her and turning my life round, and also the brexit-covid combo basically emptied our supermarket shelves and scared the shit out of us all.
My mouth agrees with her that we should both do more to lose weight, but my mind says “bitch finish that sandwich let’s get a bit more famine resistance in us.”
I think this is also a big part of the issue.
Many countries are only recently in the phase of over consumption, meaning that parents and grandparents are often teaching kids early on to not waste food in a extremely unhealthy manner once you are in the context of over consumption.
For some people their parents grew up in a time where wasting the last few bites of a meal, or letting food go bad, or not eating food that in front of you would actually be bad. Like, if you didn’t eat the last few bites you are wasting a valuable resource that you might not get the privilege of eating tomorrow.
But for example in many parts of the US right now, you are much better off learning to throw food away than to learn to force feed yourself.
It is a shame that the world is like that, but the reality is that for many people today, being okay with throwing away food is an actually important part of staying healthy.
not me but i would imagine people who lived in a gas-attendant place would wonder where the helpers are if they visited a place where there’s no gas attendant.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
I was at a gas station one day, pumping my gas like normal when this lady came up to me. She was from New Jersey and visiting my state and had no idea how to pump her own gas. New Jersey doesn’t allow you to pump your own gas BTW. I talked her through it and she seemed genuinely freaked out by the whole experience, like she was afraid her car would just burst into flames as she pumped. She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself. Nice lady though, she gave me 5 bucks for helping her out.
She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself.
I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if her husband always did it, and he might have died.
One thing I think is a good idea in a marriage — which often, especially traditionally, divided up responsibilities — is to have the other partner do any important things at least enough to know how to do it at a basic level if they have to do so in a pinch. Could be taxes or making dinner or fueling the car or whatever. You may not always be available, and, to be blunt, one of you is going to die first.
Something I had not thought of but ran into with some people who lived with someone — not even always a spouse — and had someone die who always handled X and never learned how to do it themselves. If suddenly, in addition to someone dying, you now have to immediately deal with the fact that you don’t know how how the family finances work, or paying utilities works, or where the X, Y, and Z subscription comes from, it just adds more load. It’s a lot easier to deal with it ahead of time.
niiice! stay awesome good sir!
The TV one is real. Without the remote the TV has one button. Hitting it turns it on if it’s off. When it’s on, hitting it brings up a menu, tap to what you want then hold it down to select it. Even turning it off is super annoying, but trying to do anything else is damn near impossible.
channel skipping / surfing is hard with the tv buttons as well!
I come from South Africa, I’ve driven at least 200,000km in my life, the first time I put Fuel in a car was at the age of 30 after temporarily moving to Europe.
‘Petrol Attendants’ often also wash your windscreen while you fuel up
when i see it in the movies, i feel like having the attendants is a different experience altogether – like a drive-thru type gas station.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_remote
A universal remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer, while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new control codes to the remote. Many remotes sold with various electronics include universal remote capabilities for other types of devices, which allows the remote to control other devices beyond the device it came with. For example, a VCR remote may be programmed to operate various brands of televisions.
We have got so much stuff that we have trouble fitting everything into the new house we bought.
I mean, there is this spare room available, but it can only be reached by ladder, so putting stuff there is inconvenient.
Same. The house I was renting before buying this one had nice, big closets and two sheds. Now I have little bitty closets and no shed.
Handheld game consoles are too big and heavy.
Games are too long.The ice maker stopped working and When I make Sodastream I pour it over ice so I wouldn’t make Sodastream soda and was “forced” to drink the Cokes in the fridge. It took 2 days before the ice machine was fixed.
My robot lawnmower keeps getting stuck on my garden beds and I have to walk out at least once a day to restart it.
They’re called bed because the put the robot to sleep.
Does the map not have a way to block the beds area? I block the bathrooms from my vacuum.
Not with my dumb free bouncing worx robot. Next robot will solve that problem though. No wires and use GPS (well… RTX, VSLAM, and cameras/sensors). What a time to be alive.
I dated a girl who’s family never kept leftovers from meals even thanksgiving dinner they would throw out anything not eaten after dinner.
Would they at least make less food to avoid the leftovers!!! 😢
Nope they were very wasteful. And they all thought they were so much better than anyone else.
bet they white and Christian.
White yes, but Mormon.
Even worse
Wtf leftovers are like half the fun
I bought the wrong dual arm monitor stand, and couldn’t refund it.
My local supermarket keeps the dark beers in the cooler!
C’mon guys, the darks are brewed to taste best at room temperature… and I want it now.
I find petty, superficial people intolerable.
