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Multicolor sticker designs and block letters on an aluminium laptop remind me a lot of consensual graffiti/murals made to resemble graffiti on concrete.
Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers
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Apple CarPlay is expanding their system, calling it Apple CarPlay Ultra, which also will include Apple-designed car gauges and even controlling HVAC: / Archive
And while some auto makers such as Aston Martin, Porsche, and Hyundai/Kia/Genesis will be adding CarPlay Ultra compatibility, some automakers (Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo, Polestar, and Renault) have decided to backtrack on support for it. Those automakers are definitely doing that only to keep their systems locked down, as well as locking down on data collection to use for themselves, like how GM stopped offering Apple CarPlay on their newer EVs.
Those Apple car gauges look absolutely soulless too, to the point that the gauges in shitty Chinese cars look and feel better.
And while some auto makers such as Aston Martin, Porsche, and Hyundai/Kia/Genesis will be adding CarPlay Ultra compatibility, some automakers (Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo, Polestar, and Renault) have decided to backtrack on support for it. Those automakers are definitely doing that only to keep their systems locked down, as well as locking down on data collection to use for themselves, like how GM stopped offering Apple CarPlay on their newer EVs.
Those Apple car gauges look absolutely soulless too, to the point that the gauges in shitty Chinese cars look and feel better.
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- Aug 17, 2018
Apple CarPlay itself doesn't always work as intended. Now they want to control cars with iPhones?
FloydsFeedandSeed
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When using a browser on mobile I dread seeing the message "This looks better in the app" with no way to skip it or it being a pain in the ass to do so if there is.
FFS, you designed the goddamn website.
FFS, you designed the goddamn website.
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I’m tired of going offline for 5 minutes just to keep getting “Some faggot you don’t know or follow posted a reel you probably won’t like”
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There's no option in settings to disable that? Even with all of Social Media's technological faults, I remember most allowed you to disable shit that annoyed you, including seeing bullshit posts that have no relation to you.
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It's Apple's last effort to have some relevance in the auto industry after their failed apple car project that cost them a gorillian dollars and a couple decades.
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- Aug 14, 2024
If I could disable it I wouldn’t be complaining about it, looked everywhere on the settings and… even visited Reddit but it’s one of those features that they’re pushing. Reminds me of Twitter, getting stupid shit from people I don’t follow. Or even for another ramble… threads (which I immediately disabled)
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Had to rent what they call a pickup truck the other day, and I had the joy of discovering the really cool new feature where you can't shift out of park until you put your seatbelt on. Really great and useful when you are trying to back up into a tight area
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I think mine has that feature, one of 37 things I turned off within minutes of taking delivery. It still dings, and dings, and dings, but at least it doesn't not drive.
Others include auto-braking, the seat shaker, auto-lane-change when using the 'fancy' cruise control, auto-lock, auto-unlock, horn on lock or unlock from the remote, lights flashing as you approach the truck.
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When you close too fast on the car in front of you and it wants you to slam on the brakes, or the magical cruise control needs to disconnect because the computer can't find the lines it vibrates the hell out of the seat. Think of a subwoofer attached to the seat and turned up to 11. I prefer it to just beep.
I think I had it trigger one time and went... what the everloving fuck was that. Until I found the menu to turn it off.
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- Dec 7, 2020
So I pay extra for a special screen I get to be shown ads on. I hate this. I hate RBG too. Everything that I like is dark and not techno coloured.
Also I hate batteries.
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- Mar 29, 2014
Civilization (the original) system requirements [1]:
It also came on 4 floppy disks, and installed to 2.7 MB of disk space.
Civilization VII minimum system requirements [2]:
And AFAIK one can only get it via "digital download" (doubtful the installer fits on DVD-ROM anyway).
[1] Civilization (1991) (on DOS Days)
[2] Civilization VII System Requirements and recommended specs (on Corsair)
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What adds insult to injury is when you buy software that comes on a USB stick and the USB only has a net installer on it and you still need high speed Internet to actually download the software. Not to mention, you could have just downloaded the net installer online anyway, so you really wasted your time buying as over marketed licence key.
If they likes their customers they might hive put the 20GB on a USB stick with the installer instead of a DVD ROM(s). Syke! Here is a net installer on USB and a stupid paper carton with licence key.
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- Mar 29, 2014
Sounds like what Switch 2 vidyas are like.
(also haven't heard "sike" in a long time)
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- Oct 22, 2023
I don't mind stickers so long as they aren't slapped on haphazardly and have some though into placement.
Unfortunately people just put them anywhere with no thoughts, like tattoos. At least these aren't as bad as the "punk" kids who sticker up their guitars and basses.
TAX: Why is the simple act of removing deleted/privated videos from a YouTube playlist like pulling teeth? Even after clicking "show unavailable videos", it only showed me 2 of the 5.
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- Mar 29, 2014
I put a banana sticker on a laptop of mine, to cover the webcam. Because of me doing that thing, I can see that "Chiquita" logo a lot.
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Stickers on laptops was more a thing like 10-13 years ago, nowadays the only people I seen doing that were tryhards and trannies.
Really useful if you're trying to run away quick too, like those fucking ADAS that hit the brakes if anyone walks in front of your car, even if they have a gun...