What's the most "First world problem" you've experienced?
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Where did you find this dongle?
It’s an OBDEleven. It only works for VW, Audi group cars though.
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I have a weird relationship with numbers. I like some more than others.
I don't like # 9.
My current phone is a Pixel Pro 9. I'm seriously considering trying to sell it and get the Pixel Pro 10.
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Going out looks fun but then you try it and it isn’t fun.
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my first world problem is that my commute is too short to finish a full podcast
There's decent odds that whatever device you are playing the podcast on is capable of running software that does audio time stretching. This will speed up playback, but without making the audio sound high-pitched.
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not me but i would imagine people who lived in a gas-attendant place would wonder where the helpers are if they visited a place where there's no gas attendant.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_remote
A universal remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer, while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new control codes to the remote. Many remotes sold with various electronics include universal remote capabilities for other types of devices, which allows the remote to control other devices beyond the device it came with. For example, a VCR remote may be programmed to operate various brands of televisions.
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I was at a gas station one day, pumping my gas like normal when this lady came up to me. She was from New Jersey and visiting my state and had no idea how to pump her own gas. New Jersey doesn't allow you to pump your own gas BTW. I talked her through it and she seemed genuinely freaked out by the whole experience, like she was afraid her car would just burst into flames as she pumped. She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn't had to do it for herself. Nice lady though, she gave me 5 bucks for helping her out.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself.
I wouldn't be terribly surprised if her husband always did it, and he might have died.
One thing I think is a good idea in a marriage --- which often, especially traditionally, divided up responsibilities --- is to have the other partner do any important things at least enough to know how to do it at a basic level if they have to do so in a pinch. Could be taxes or making dinner or fueling the car or whatever. You may not always be available, and, to be blunt, one of you is going to die first.
Something I had not thought of but ran into with some people who lived with someone --- not even always a spouse --- and had someone die who always handled X and never learned how to do it themselves. If suddenly, in addition to someone dying, you now have to immediately deal with the fact that you don't know how how the family finances work, or paying utilities works, or where the X, Y, and Z subscription comes from, it just adds more load. It's a lot easier to deal with it ahead of time.
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I have a weird relationship with numbers. I like some more than others.
I don't like # 9.
My current phone is a Pixel Pro 9. I'm seriously considering trying to sell it and get the Pixel Pro 10.
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I want to buy Bionicles.
I cannot buy Bionicles.
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My robot lawnmower keeps getting stuck on my garden beds and I have to walk out at least once a day to restart it.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Does the map not have a way to block the beds area? I block the bathrooms from my vacuum.
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Where did you find this dongle?
The dongle getting place
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I want to find whoever or whatever team decided that was a good idea and kick them so hard that their grandkid's grandkids feel the pain.
Kick them so hard they're kids fall sleep when they stop moving too long.
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This exists solely to game fuel efficiency tests, because the tests were/are designed with long periods of idling.
They basically added a feature that uses more fuel in 99% of real world scenarios, to beat fuel efficiency tests in a controlled environment, then greenwashed it as a fuel efficiency "feature". Isn't capitalism fun?
They knew the structure of the tests beforehand, and regulators haven't changed the tests, because we live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as "democracy".
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Same with large trucks. Were made to avoid EPA regulations of smaller trucks, so just build bigger so the laws don't apply.
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I've been enjoying these all day with my global south ^tm^ popcorn. Keep 'em coming X^D
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I don't know what's the most first world problem I've experienced, but the most recent was when I tried to use my roasting pan on my relatively new stove today and found that the roasting pan is not induction compatible.
So I put it in the Goodwill pile and ordered a fancy brand pan to replace it.
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Moved to a new city a while ago and there is hardly any good vegan sushi here anywhere.
Excuse my ignorance, but can you not just order things like vegetable rolls, avocado rolls, etc? The variety might be a little lacking, but sushi does not inherently have any animal products in it. Just seasoned rice and usually some seaweed.
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My backlog:
- CP2077 (a few hours in but didn't enjoy the gameplay)
- Mass Effect 3 (I loved ME1 and ME2, but many people say ME3 is not as good)
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Fallout 4
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake (I might just give up, didn't enjoy the combat and the padding)
- Hellblade
- Dying Light
- Tomb Raider the recent trilogy
- Baldur's Gate 3 (got stuck because combat is too confusing/difficult to me)
- Divinity Original Sin 2
- The Witcher 3 (not enjoying the combat)
- GTA 4 and 5
- Dragon Quest Builders
That short list brings me much shame.
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I do like narrative games, and I prefer games with full voice acting with W3 seems to have. I will try it again eventually. Thanks for the suggestion.
Combat feels clunky and slow until you've got some levels and abilities. I don't usually uae consumables a lot in games because I don't want my playstyle to be hampered by not having a potion on me, so I leaned heavily into the magic and it really made a world of difference for me.
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I was at a gas station one day, pumping my gas like normal when this lady came up to me. She was from New Jersey and visiting my state and had no idea how to pump her own gas. New Jersey doesn't allow you to pump your own gas BTW. I talked her through it and she seemed genuinely freaked out by the whole experience, like she was afraid her car would just burst into flames as she pumped. She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn't had to do it for herself. Nice lady though, she gave me 5 bucks for helping her out.
niiice! stay awesome good sir!
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The TV one is real. Without the remote the TV has one button. Hitting it turns it on if it’s off. When it’s on, hitting it brings up a menu, tap to what you want then hold it down to select it. Even turning it off is super annoying, but trying to do anything else is damn near impossible.
channel skipping / surfing is hard with the tv buttons as well!
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Variants on that problem have been around for quite some time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
On some older IBM PC–compatible computers, the turbo button selects one of two run states: the default "turbo" speed or a reduced speed closer to the Intel 8086 CPU. It was relatively common on computers using the Intel 80286,[1] 80386 and 80486 processors,[2] from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s. The name is inspired by turbocharger, a device which increases an engine's power and efficiency. When pressed, the "turbo" button is intended to let a computer run at the highest speed for which it had been designed.[3]
With the introduction of CPUs which ran faster than the original 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 used in the IBM Personal Computer, programs which relied on the CPU's frequency for timing were executing faster than intended. Games in particular were often rendered unplayable, due to the reduced time allowed to react to the faster game events. To restore compatibility, the "turbo" button was added.[4] Disengaging turbo mode slows the system down to a state compatible with original 8086/8088 chips.
Its all true, I was there. Its all coming back to me.
The beige. Computers were all beige.
