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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 11, 2017 12:47:04 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea why Internet companies seem dead set on reducing functionality. They seem to love change for the sake of change and it almost always seems to be increased cosmetic coupled with decreased functionality. As an example, I used to be able to sort my Amazon wish lists by price and alphabetically. I can no longer do that. And while I don't watch a huge amount of stuff on YouTube I automatically click the thing that allows me to "restore old YouTube" because there were a few functions there that don't seem to work on "New YouTube." I just don't get it. This is 100% of the reason I gave up on facebook so long ago. When it came out it was simplistic, easy to use and straight forward. Over the years it's become a bigger and bigger clusterf***k.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 11, 2017 13:17:36 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea why Internet companies seem dead set on reducing functionality. They seem to love change for the sake of change and it almost always seems to be increased cosmetic coupled with decreased functionality. As an example, I used to be able to sort my Amazon wish lists by price and alphabetically. I can no longer do that. And while I don't watch a huge amount of stuff on YouTube I automatically click the thing that allows me to "restore old YouTube" because there were a few functions there that don't seem to work on "New YouTube." I just don't get it. This is 100% of the reason I gave up on facebook so long ago. When it came out it was simplistic, easy to use and straight forward. Over the years it's become a bigger and bigger clusterf***k. Netflix's user interface was far easier to use to sort and search for thing when I first started using it close to twenty years ago than it is now. There were multiple sorting functions at the time. It's just gotten progressively less user friendly over time.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 11, 2017 14:27:35 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea why Internet companies seem dead set on reducing functionality. They seem to love change for the sake of change and it almost always seems to be increased cosmetic coupled with decreased functionality. As an example, I used to be able to sort my Amazon wish lists by price and alphabetically. I can no longer do that. And while I don't watch a huge amount of stuff on YouTube I automatically click the thing that allows me to "restore old YouTube" because there were a few functions there that don't seem to work on "New YouTube." I just don't get it. This is 100% of the reason I gave up on facebook so long ago. When it came out it was simplistic, easy to use and straight forward. Over the years it's become a bigger and bigger clusterf***k. Not to mention that it's getting increasingly difficult to see anything on Facebook without constantly tripping on irrelevant ads, spurious messages and links to I look forward to the day People In White Coats is done and I can kiss Facebook goodbye forever!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 11, 2017 16:07:57 GMT -5
This is 100% of the reason I gave up on facebook so long ago. When it came out it was simplistic, easy to use and straight forward. Over the years it's become a bigger and bigger clusterf***k. Netflix's user interface was far easier to use to sort and search for thing when I first started using it close to twenty years ago than it is now. There were multiple sorting functions at the time. It's just gotten progressively less user friendly over time. To be honest Slam, I won't watch Netflix on anything but my Wii when I want to because of that. It's simple, and being that the console doesn't get any updates because it's obsolete it stays the same way it did when it first got the application. The few times I might want to watch something our bedroom I curse Netflix trying to use it on our blu-ray player.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 17:31:14 GMT -5
Netflix's user interface was far easier to use to sort and search for thing when I first started using it close to twenty years ago than it is now. There were multiple sorting functions at the time. It's just gotten progressively less user friendly over time. To be honest Slam, I won't watch Netflix on anything but my Wii when I want to because of that. It's simple, and being that the console doesn't get any updates because it's obsolete it stays the same way it did when it first got the application. The few times I might want to watch something our bedroom I curse Netflix trying to use it on our blu-ray player. Ditto. I also use my Wii rather than my smart TV for the same reason.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 12, 2017 13:43:39 GMT -5
My stepson and his wife had their first baby a month or two ago, a girl who they named "Hayes". I suggested the other day that they dress her in purple. He laughed and said he'd do that but his wife is too young to get the joke.
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Post by The Captain on Oct 12, 2017 14:12:06 GMT -5
My stepson and his wife had their first baby a month or two ago, a girl who they named "Hayes". I suggested the other day that they dress her in purple. He laughed and said he'd do that but his wife is too young to get the joke. How old is he so that he gets it, and how young is she that she doesn't?
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Post by Jesse on Oct 12, 2017 14:24:33 GMT -5
When my states dispensaries open next year I plan to get some Purple Hayes, some Maui Wowie and maybe even some Tied Stick too.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 12, 2017 15:35:42 GMT -5
Looking at the newsfeeds...
Today's word seems to be "grope".
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 12, 2017 18:46:24 GMT -5
My stepson and his wife had their first baby a month or two ago, a girl who they named "Hayes". I suggested the other day that they dress her in purple. He laughed and said he'd do that but his wife is too young to get the joke. How old is he so that he gets it, and how young is she that she doesn't? He's 37 and listened to a lot of classic rock as a teen. She's several years younger and listened to other things.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 18:55:16 GMT -5
Had the last 2 days off from work, so have made a lot of progress on the comic room upstairs. Got all the drywall repair and application of joint compound done in the stairwell upstairs, got the first and second coats of paint done on the built-in bookcases up there and well as another freestanding bookcase that I painted to fit the new color scheme, and some other odds and ends done up there. I work the next 2 nights, so everything will have time to dry before I move to the next steps on Sunday (probably getting the stairwell and that part of the ceiling painted).
We also had the new garage door opener put in, so got a chance to undo the mess our helpers made putting stuff in the garage, so I can get to things like my workbench and tools out there to do more of the various and sundry things needed for the upstairs redo done.
Also went for my follow up CT scan yesterday, but unfortunately they found evidence of another stone, so instead of getting the stent out Monday, I need to go for a series of x-rays and figure out what we will need to do from there. Seems like it never ends.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 12, 2017 19:17:16 GMT -5
Also went for my follow up CT scan yesterday, but unfortunately they found evidence of another stone, so instead of getting the stent out Monday, I need to go for a series of x-rays and figure out what we will need to do from there. Seems like it never ends. -M Sorry your stones are acting up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 19:47:41 GMT -5
Apparently Joe Quesada had over a quarter million dollars of original art stolen from his secondary home in NJ by a handyman he had hired to fix a broken pipe who was also squatting in the home... article on SyFy Wireyeesh! -M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 20:49:17 GMT -5
With my oldest daughter out of the house my wife & I decided to turn her room into my den. Going to be a little bit retro. TV. Stereo (with record player). Bookshelves. Reading area. And all my comics.
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 13, 2017 1:05:05 GMT -5
Had the last 2 days off from work, so have made a lot of progress on the comic room upstairs. Got all the drywall repair and application of joint compound done in the stairwell upstairs, got the first and second coats of paint done on the built-in bookcases up there and well as another freestanding bookcase that I painted to fit the new color scheme, and some other odds and ends done up there. I work the next 2 nights, so everything will have time to dry before I move to the next steps on Sunday (probably getting the stairwell and that part of the ceiling painted). We also had the new garage door opener put in, so got a chance to undo the mess our helpers made putting stuff in the garage, so I can get to things like my workbench and tools out there to do more of the various and sundry things needed for the upstairs redo done. Also went for my follow up CT scan yesterday, but unfortunately they found evidence of another stone, so instead of getting the stent out Monday, I need to go for a series of x-rays and figure out what we will need to do from there. Seems like it never ends. -M Good lord
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