Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers

Every time I go to turn the computer off at work, I find I have to click the shutdown flyout menu (why is it a fucking Electron app fuck you jeets) multiple times, because the search bar loads in after I have clicked it the first time and then pulls focus, causing the flyout to close.
Similar thing in "new" Outlook, I click the search bar, begin typing to find a specific email chain that I retardedly did not file, and then realise that the search bar just.. did not take focus and I have collapsed 48 menus and opened the last selected email.
 
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Lobster Cult High Priest said:
I’ve only experienced this in UK which was extra frustrating because the servers never did the rounds around the tables so there was literally no one to flag down so I could order (without going up to the bar)
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I had this the other day at a food truck. I asked if I could order something and they said use the tablet on the front. By the time I'd ordered they handed me the food. It was just pointless busy work.
 
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I still believe 5:4 monitors are fantastic as secondary screens, and I actually had one until I lost it while moving somehow. Mine even had DisplayPort, although it wasn't DP++ so HDMI wasn't supported. I bought the damn thing from Lenovo in 2020, it got discontinued a while ago.
 
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MF-690T said:
I still believe 5:4 monitors are fantastic as secondary screens, and I actually had one until I lost it while moving somehow. Mine even had DisplayPort, although it wasn't DP++ so HDMI wasn't supported. I bought the damn thing from Lenovo in 2020, it got discontinued a while ago.
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I still kinda miss 4:3 being standard. Back when "standard definition" meant 640 x 480. Speaking of, why can't newer "smartphones" take photos at 480p anymore? Why only 4K+?
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I also wonder why 16:10 didn't catch on, and 16:9 became the defacto standard.
 
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Whoever came up with facebook "reels" needs to be taken behind the shed and Old Yellered.

I need to have fb messenger on my phone for certain contacts and group chats and I get sent stupid fucking reels throughout the day now. If I was interested in zomg!!! So funny!!! Zoomer humor I would fucking join tiktok.

Excuse me now, I have to go yell at some clouds.
 
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Jace on ice said:
Why do soundbars suck so hard? This is my fourth one all from different brands and they've all enjoyed a month long lifespan before dying.
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Why did we ever "need" soundbars to begin with? Unless you are setting up a home theater situation (0.001% of people) they are completely unnecessary. Yet most commercial video releases have shit audio mixing geared towards them.

You want to watch something and actually hear what people are saying? FUCK YOU! You want to watch something at night without waking up the neighbors every time stupid music or pew! pew! scenes pop up? FUCK YOU!

Excuse me, now that I am done yelling at clouds I have to go chase some kids off my lawn.
 
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It's probably already been posted before but this is more of a general OS bitch and complaint. The trend to bloat the amount of clicking to get anything done or to access anything on your device or calling having to go through 2-3 context menus to do something that was once a home screen/desktop feature "Streamlining" it.

The amount of click through to do ANYTHING on any device now from grandma's "Roku fer the TV" after it updates, smartphones and the newer windows versions feels almost like a futurama sight gag on the extreme end.
To a lesser extent affects websites too, the amount of nesting in menus for shit that does not need it is ridiculous.
 
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Not sure if I miss it, because it came with many problems but manual chokes on cars were fun. Made startups more engaging. Had to crank, play with throttle but not overdo it or it would flood the carb and once it starts smoothly transition from throttle input to choke and let it warm up for a minute.
It would suck in the winter, we're talking -20C.
Shit I hate? Small engine cars with direct injection, those are built to fail because of carbon buildup on valves and rings. Would be nice to have a s small motor with 2 sets of injectors, direct for startup and cat warmup so envirro-dipshits are happy and then port injectors for cruise and to keep soot away, Is it more expensive? Sure but you'd get small engines that don't chug oil after 100k and are scrapped because of issues caused by retarded emission regulations.
 
Jace on ice said:
Why do soundbars suck so hard? This is my fourth one all from different brands and they've all enjoyed a month long lifespan before dying.
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innocent jogger said:
Why did we ever "need" soundbars to begin with? Unless you are setting up a home theater situation (0.001% of people) they are completely unnecessary
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Dude, when I moved, I was worried I got rid of my old Boston sound system. It's got the AV Composite on it, which I need, because I have retro consoles with it and I'm getting a projector for it since my new place has a huge front wall in the living room. I was worried I'd have to go on a fucking long hunt to find an older sound system.
Ukraine is Big Gay said:
The amount of click through to do ANYTHING on any device now from grandma's "Roku fer the TV" after it updates, smartphones and the newer windows versions feels almost like a futurama sight gag on the extreme end.
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This is why I'm getting a projector. I'm tired of these bloated "SmartTVs". I just want a fucking display, not another device with apps.
 
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Not sure if the right thread, but I am currently building a new home server and I could not get the front USBs to work, so I called in the store and asked them to confirm my suspicion that the case is probably the culprit. I learned that because the case is from 2013 and the mobo is from 2020 the usb is probably not compatible, despite being the same usb version and that I should probably just return the case and get a newer one instead. How the fuck?
 
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Not sure if the right thread, but I am currently building a new home server and I could not get the front USBs to work, so I called in the store and asked them to confirm my suspicion that the case is probably the culprit. I learned that because the case is from 2013 and the mobo is from 2020 the usb is probably not compatible, despite being the same usb version and that I should probably just return the case and get a newer one instead. How the fuck?
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I believe USB versions are the protocol, not the hardware. Maybe the wiring from the front ports to the motherboard have a different pinout so the signal is never even getting to the motherboard. Even if that's true, though, it might be easier to migrate the whole thing to another case than to figure out how to replace just the internal wiring.

They have a lot of fucking gall calling USB a "standard" when it's anything but.
 
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Zeftax said:
Not sure if the right thread, but I am currently building a new home server and I could not get the front USBs to work, so I called in the store and asked them to confirm my suspicion that the case is probably the culprit. I learned that because the case is from 2013 and the mobo is from 2020 the usb is probably not compatible, despite being the same usb version and that I should probably just return the case and get a newer one instead. How the fuck?
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You're not using an adapter cable, right? They should still work as USB2 ports with the motherboard USB2 header. Double check cable orientation, etc.
 
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It has both USB2 and USB3, both are connected directly from case to mobo, no adapters or nuthin' (and the connectors are oriented, so no way to plug them in wrong). The support guy told me that it's something about different voltages. TBH I never heard of anything like this, and I don't really believe him because he also told me (after I asked him to recommend me a "modern" case they sell that would support e-atx mobo and at least 6 3.5'' drives) that having HDDs in your computer slows the system down - even if you have a cache and the root partition is on an NVMe... But on the other hand it sounded bullshit enough to be true.
Either way, I am currently split on whether I return the case and try to look for a more "modern" one, whatever that means, or just say fuck it and ignore it - since I most likely won't ever need the front USB ports anyways considering I'll just shove the thing into a closet and forget about it.
 
Zeftax said:
just say fuck it and ignore it
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I know you can disable ports in some BIOSes so check that. Also make sure that your OS isn't throwing errors about the drivers, although it's rare for that to impact just some ports.

If you don't care about looks you can get a 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 slot installed USB port thing, but that may not actually work either as it sounds like something else may be afoot.
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(Sample only, not a recommendation)
 
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