PhobosAnomaly
@PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 1 week ago:
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 1 week ago:
On the topic of sharpeners, those battery powered pressure sharpeners are satisfying as fuck. They’re shit and invariably snap the nib, but they’re the sharpening equivalent of shoving a Q-tip in your ear and having a good rake about.
Or if you’re all about the procrastination, spending a few minutes every lesson at the classroom sharpener like this one brings back the nostalgia:
- Comment on ive always wanted to do this, with annoying customers 1 week ago:
Every day’s a school day.
In fairness, it’s nothing short of sheer voodoo what they managed to do with the simple copper loop. As usual though, it was the rural communities that felt the pinch (and the gains) more than most though.
- Comment on ive always wanted to do this, with annoying customers 1 week ago:
Yeah, people using mobile phones to contact businesses wasn’t really a thing, partly because mobile usage was still taking off when I was in the biz, but mainly because calls to freephone numbers weren’t actually free (or included in package minutes) at the time.
- Comment on ive always wanted to do this, with annoying customers 1 week ago:
The chances of it being the filter were stupidly low, and I don’t think I ever had a case of the filter being at fault - but it was one of those potential issues that would make a customer look stupid (and £120 lighter) if BT tipped up and declared it a customer equipment fault.
In newer homes (at the time), there were NTE faceplates that had a filter built it, with individual ports for telephone and for data telephony cables. They didn’t last long though. Maybe they were stupidly expensive in comparison, maybe BT could see the fibre future and stopped producing them.
- Comment on ive always wanted to do this, with annoying customers 1 week ago:
When I did tech support for a UK telecoms firm, that was the easy way to fuck off an awkward customer with any kind of connectivity problem - stability, speed, whatever. Generally, people’s routers were connected to the same NTE as the landline.
“So what we’re going to do, is replace the ADSL filter, see if it’s a gubbed filter, it’s a nice cheap and easy fix. Can you remove the filter from the wall socket please?”
click
Beautiful.
- Comment on Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts 3 weeks ago:
Doesn’t matter which of the home nations you follow, that is two and a bit minutes of pure inspiration.
- Comment on 8-bit classic Head Over Heels is back with chickens, enhanced visuals, and a brand-new world 4 weeks ago:
I never got to try Head Over Heels.
That and Knight Lore were the two fucking tapes on the Atari 800 XE that wouldn’t load and run correctly for whatever reason - I was too young to seduce whether it was a compatibility issue or a tape failure. What I did know that it was my weekly treat that was pissed up the wall because it wouldn’t work 😭
I mean fuck day one patches, but I would have loved a day one POKE command back then.
- Comment on Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve still got my headsets from boxes with Skype For Business branding that have “Compatible with Microsoft Lync” stickers on them.
It’s probably closer in UI to Skype from the 2000s that the “real” Skype never really recaptured. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.
- Comment on Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype 4 weeks ago:
My org used Skype For Business and it worked remarkably well. Much more lightweight, though somehow still a little less responsive than it should have been.
It has that “it just works” factor for video calling, whereas Teams needs fucking checklist throttle through if someone’s audio or video feed isn’t working.
- Comment on Something something sexual tyrannosaurus 5 weeks ago:
That’s a wingman and a half.
- Comment on Me getting ready to deal with all the bungholes that exist outside of my basement 5 weeks ago:
ARE YOU THREATENING ME???
- Comment on Me getting ready to deal with all the bungholes that exist outside of my basement 5 weeks ago:
I AM CORNHOLIO!
I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE
- Comment on Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site 1 month ago:
Oh I don’t know, he’s already in Newport hiyoooooooooooo
- Comment on Bro... 1 month ago:
Time to suggest a coffee and a piss stop, and furiously Google “one day car insurance policies” I think.
That, or make sure your life insurance policy is in order and text your partner “enjoy the free house!”
- Comment on What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game? 2 months ago:
32-bit FIFA 98, best FIFA.
I never did beat Lode Runner on my Atari 800. What an absolute banger of a game though. Speaking of which, I remember playing Encounter on the Atari 800 and Mercenary III on the Atari ST, and realising “this is the direction of video games”. Incredible stuff.
- Comment on Nick Clegg to leave Meta ahead of Trump's return - BBC News 2 months ago:
oh no
Does that mean he’s coming back to the UK?
- Comment on [Definitely not a weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going? 2 months ago:
That sounds awesome, friend. I hope you have a good one!
I’m working away from home for a few more days (the absolute overtime slag that I am!), and then I may head over to a friend’s to drink far more wine than your average human was intended to drink for New Year, and see in January with a killer headache.
I am a simple person!
Although, January 2nd I may start putting more effort into the running and rowing, I’ve been slacking this past six weeks!
- Comment on [Definitely not a weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going? 2 months ago:
Alright yeah cheers mate, how’s yours?
- Comment on 2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: military 3 months ago:
Sounds about right. If the target acquisition algo or navigation avionics were published online (or even enough detail to figure out what they are by inference) then it would make the opposing force’s life a lot easier.
Probably quicker to wait a few months and see the full manual appear on a War Thunder forum.
- Comment on Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar 3 months ago:
Fuck all, really.
Competitive packages should attract successful candidates, not cunts who consistently fail at both moderating pay, and literally shitting in the rivers and leaving for the taxpayer to clean up.
Fuck the shareholders of this company, it’s an abject failure and needs to be brought into local authority ownership.
- Comment on Supervolcano shows signs of waking up, which would plunge the world into chaos 4 months ago:
Anyone remember the 2005 TV feature Supervolcano?
I loved it when it came out, still relevent today - perhaps the Threads of the geology field. Great way to burn off almost two hours if you ever get bored.
- Comment on Mom of the year 5 months ago:
Is this the same as plugging an extension cable into itself to get free and unlimited electricity?
- Comment on perfect 5 months ago:
One, two, three, four
Let me hear you scream if you want some more
Like ah, push it, push it
Watch me work it
Underrated banger.
- Comment on Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim 5 months ago:
That’s not the problematic metric though. It’s the 70-80% (link) install base of the Windows OS on desktop computers that Edge is installed with that’s the basis of the anti-competitive allegation.
The fact that it still only takes 5% of the browser usage is more of a happy accident.
- Comment on Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic 5 months ago:
This is how you get shot for the silliest of reasons.
- Comment on Dell Sales team told to return to office 5 days a week 5 months ago:
Unless it’s the initial outreach team or on-premises staff, sales would be one of the few roles totally suited to remote working.
Some of the more creative or collaborative roles I can see the argument for hybrid working - even if it’s just one day a week or month in the office - but sales, customer service, or first line support seems to be the last area you’d impose a return to work mandate on.
That said, I haven’t got extortionate office rents to justify 😂
