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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · Jan 13

LeDog’s Incompleteness Theorem : There exists no bounded continuum able to express the goodness of all dogs.

(cf. Brent’s Dilemma.)

(attn.
@weratedogs.com
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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 13h

In the 1980s it was manuals for computer printers that had the reputation for bad ‘Chinglish’ translations. How is it that 45y later, a company will charge >$60k a pop for a potentially deadly device, and not even engage a native language proofreader to ensure following the (e)manual won’t kill you?

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 14h

At the beginning of my coffee drinking days, many decades ago, I noted others in this situation, and so decided I would be a black coffee drinker. Has served me well. Only ever add milk or sugar if the coffee is bad and/or cold.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15h

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · Sep 4

Modern tech companies rather than document or test their product will instead label unpredictable, unwanted behaviour as ‘intelligence’.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15h

This morning’s irritation is at ‘Smart charging’ - which is buzzword compliant ‘scheduled charging’ - except it doesn’t even handle that reliably.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15h

..communication that I just can’t recommend having anything to do with the company. Confident I have stopped at least one intending customer.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15h

Nearly 3 months ownership of new BYD Shark 6 PHEV, and I still get asked by strangers about it ~once per week. I used to list pros/cons, but now I just say I don’t recommend it. I have at least a hundred complaints that started as ‘observations’, but the company and dealer have been *so* bad at..

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 18h

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 1d

May as well name them: Renogy.
Gear seems average or better quality - but *every* encounter with their web site or emails has been painful.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been 25y since I had an electricity meter or bill, but took a look at the neighbour’s today, and sheesh! Origin Energy sure hates their customers, don’t they. ‘Smart meter’ is definitely a step backwards - in terms I expect most people would want. Paper bill seems deliberately hard to read.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 1d

What type of dimwit technology company sends an email with “Help us improve! Share your feedback in a quick survey” that links to Facebook?!?

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 2d

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

As wild weather wreaked havoc across the country, the Bureau of Meteorology launched a new website.

'Not happy BOM': Agency's new website causes a storm

As wild weather wreaked havoc across the country, the Bureau of Meteorology launched a new website.

www.abc.net.au

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 2d

‘The Bureau’ website asks for feedback, but won’t allow ‘symbols’ (basic punctuation - full stop, dash, quotation, exclamation, or question marks).

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 2d

Out again.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t think the Optus Network Status page which has been horrible for decades would ever change - but they have somehow made it even worse.
Mobile signal has just returned - no indication on their website what the problem was, or even if they were aware of it.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve tried many times to use these to avoid paying a rounded-up value - and always been refused.
Now I have this found via Wikipedia to back me up: banknotes.rba.gov.au/legal/legal-...

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 3d

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Horrific Ali @grissallia.bsky.social · 3d

reg.bom.gov.au (at least for now) will get you to the old, functional site.

Australia's official weather forecasts & weather radar - Bureau of Meteorology

Bureau of Meteorology web homepage provides the Australian community with access to weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, observations, flood information, marine and high seas forecasts and clim...

reg.bom.gov.au

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 3d

> At the time, police told ABC News "no issues" had been identified

> earlier in September, prosecutors dropped all charges against Ms Thomas in relation to the protest and she was awarded about $22,000 in legal costs.

Hire idiot thugs, get idiotic thuggish behaviour - citizens, taxpayers pay.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 3d

Is bom.gov.au broken more than usual? Or was it a deliberate design choice to break my bookmarks and replace with something inferior?

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 3d

p.s. I have zero experience with or desire to use Siri. It is enabled in Settings|Siri & Search| Before Searching, Content from Apple, and Suggestions from Apple. (not Ask Siri)

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 3d

My car says: “
CarPlay Not Available
To use CarPlay, enable Siri in the Settings app on your iPhone”

Is there a way to enable Siri “enough” to let me use navigation /media apps without having to allow off-device voice export?

#iphone #carplay #apple #nuisance