CenturyAvocado

CenturyAvocado, 16 days ago to random

Visiting #Sedona #RedRocks and a new t-shirt by @exocomics , What could be better? #TeePublic

CenturyAvocado, 17 days ago to random

A passenger on the flight just had to be told to unplug their hair straighteners they had connected to their seat back power socket!

CenturyAvocado, 17 days ago to random

In Flight WiFi is a challenge when you need an SMS or WhatsApp code Paypal send or to text back "Yes" to the fraud prevention SMS your credit card sends.

I don't see the solution, other than maybe the in flight wifi provider allowing a free grace period where you can access everything during the transaction.

CenturyAvocado, 20 days ago to ai

Here comes the #AI #generativeAI bullshit machine... @revk @bloor
Someone came into #IRC this evening leading to a confusing interaction until the cause was identified.

On a side note, I think I might be done with this internet and tech stuff. I wonder what manual work I can take up instead.

CenturyAvocado, 28 days ago to random

#OVH having huge problems on the hypervisor one of my VPSs is on.. can't manage more than about 100mbps down, and 200mbps up - when data is being used the pings up to about 200ms.
If I run "date" on a loop in bash it manages only about 4 to 10 commands per second.. compared to @beasts VPS which manages 870!

OVH support being beyond useless and appearing to not want to do anything until office hours tomorrow unless I upgrade to have better support coverage.

Insane.

CenturyAvocado, 30 days ago to random

I can tell it is a Friday... #OVH VPS server has gone super slow and their control panel isn't allowing me to do much to it either. This cloud "someone else's computer" malarkey is a pain in the arse.

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

Dear Hive Mind..
UK: I have a standard ancient light switch in the wall. I would like to be able to switch it manually but also via IoT of some sort (zigbee?). What sensible options exist?

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

The out of spec mains utility voltage for several villages around this area last week is really visible on the 7 day graph.
#NationalGrid #UKPowerNetworks

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

Today most of the local networks I monitor spent the day in "Smart Trim" mode as the grid voltage hit 262volts in one location! (257.59volts in another, 255.97volts another and 257.94volts in the final location)
Should I be worried. (These are all several miles apart).
#NationalGrid #UKEnergyGrid #OctopusEnergy

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

My #OctopusEnergy standing charge for electricity is now £190 a year! Before any usage. That's really concerning.

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

@revk Any chance the voicemail system can discard the first X seconds or X bytes of the file it sends? It is really annoying having to listen to my outgoing message every time someone calls in :)

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

The second common thing similar to "BT run the wires in the street so will be the quickest provider" appears to be "I'm going with Sky broadband to avoid the BT problems". Lots of people think their Sky internet service comes over the satellite dish and avoids any phone line problems they've had in the past.
Recently a road had a cable strike on the fibre feeding the FTTC cabinet. There was a lot of talk on their whatsapp about people moving to Sky to avoid the issue.

CenturyAvocado, 1 month ago to random

Just invented the most insane device.
When anticheat measures in games are so complex and you want a web service to press a key in a game.. SendKeys don't work, attempting to trigger DirectInput also doesn't work.. open up a keyboard and wire onto the required key and connect a WiFi IoT relay to it :D

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

So I get to blame this one on AI? "Does half life 2 have monster energy" #AI #HL2 #Google #HalfLife2

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

What insanity is this. At my Grandad's house a problem with the boiler always running and the radiators being on even when the weather is warm has bugged me. The thermostat is not demanding heat yet the boiler runs and radiators are on.
Today I took everything to bits. Turns out the boiler is a heating only boiler, no hot water output.. The hot water demand is wired into the only input for heating.. so if water tank needs heating - the radiators come on too.
..1/2

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

I really can't understand the charging schedule settings on the #bmwi3 it appears to just start charging whenever it wants and certainly doesn't stop at the end of the scheduled charge time.

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

Oh yay.. no water pressure again. #ThamesWater strike again! Useless utility company.

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

How is #MicrosoftTeams such a poor experience. I do a "Meet now" and it puts me, as the organiser, into the pre-meeting-experience or something.. and no ability to "start" the meeting. People joining just get told the meeting has not started.

Then the other person did the same thing.. and got the same problem! We were entirely unsuccessful in starting a meeting,.
We resorted to #Zoom instead.

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to microsoft

Multiple cloud services are being weird today. #Microsoft #Office365 quarantine doesn't seem to be updating with newly blocked messages.

#AppleSchoolManager doesn't appear to be "releasing" app purchases to their own control panel or the MDM. GRRR

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

Modern life is such a waste of time. 45 minutes behind at the GP Surgery.
40+ minutes on hold to HMRC.
And just like that my morning is gone.

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

Elon's laugh is like he has smoked 40 a day for his life..
https://youtu.be/hhsfjBpKiTw?t=906 (just after the 15 minute mark, link should take you there).

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

I really can't get on with the "zoom" / "teams" meeting thing for 1:1 calls which seems to have cropped up. It now means I spend 5 to 10 minutes for each "phone call" waiting for the other person to join the meeting they invited me to!
Phones "just worked" and I would get voicemail and carry on with my day if the other person was not yet ready. Now I've got to sit at a computer and wait for the stupid online meeting to start.

CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

The antiperspirant deodorant I've been using for the past "as long as I can remember" appears to have changed their ingredients. I started a new pack this evening and the moment I used it I knew something wasn't the same. Checked the ingredients, several dropped and several new ones.
I don't like the slightly changed fragrance and I wonder if there will be any change in effectiveness.
I wonder why they changed.

CenturyAvocado, 3 months ago to random

Someone who had been driving back from the airport after a flight from Dubai crossed the center line and smashed into me this evening. Then they went off the road and into a ditch. I don't really know what to think. I'm already at capacity of stuff I can deal with in life and now having no car and the insurance admin time is going to be such a pain ;(

CenturyAvocado, 3 months ago to ChatGPT

Wow, #ChatGPT giving terrible and insecure advice.
Question "a linux machine running smbd server returns files in a strange order when listing files. Is there a way to normalise the order?"

The insane response is attached. Basically tells you to allow guests!