Off Topic Yesterday's World - the "I hate technology" thread

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lardiman

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Bloody Computers!!! :angry:
and Bloody Printers!!! :emoticon-0121-angry

I just spent 20 minutes trying to print a batch of leaflets.
A job I should have been able to do in 1 minute.
I have staff waiting for new projects. I don't have 20 minutes to waste coaxing a bunch of crappy office machines.

WHY do all modern printers need internal parts replacing roughly every fortnight?
For Pity's Sake :headbang:

Mr Trump, do me a favour and send ME back to the Stone Age. I'll be much less stressed.
 
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lardiman said:
Bloody Computers!!! :angry:
and Bloody Printers!!! :emoticon-0121-angry

I just spent 20 minutes trying to print a batch of leaflets.
A job I should have been able to do in 1 minute.
I have staff waiting for new projects. I don't have 20 minutes to waste coaxing a bunch of crappy office machines.

WHY do all modern printers need internal parts replacing roughly every fortnight?
For Pity's Sake :headbang:

Mr Trump, do me a favour and send ME back to the Stone Age. I'll be much less stressed.
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Bring back the fax machine.
 
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lardiman said:
Bloody Computers!!! :angry:
and Bloody Printers!!! :emoticon-0121-angry

I just spent 20 minutes trying to print a batch of leaflets.
A job I should have been able to do in 1 minute.
I have staff waiting for new projects. I don't have 20 minutes to waste coaxing a bunch of crappy office machines.

WHY do all modern printers need internal parts replacing roughly every fortnight?
For Pity's Sake :headbang:

Mr Trump, do me a favour and send ME back to the Stone Age. I'll be much less stressed.
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Luddite
 
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I heard on the radio this morning that somebody in the US is about to launch a next generation AI, similar to ChatGPT but more advanced.
The roll-out has been halted temporarily while the company consults with Microsoft and various other Internet giants.

This AI (the name escapes me right now) can apparently perform the following feat:
Find the vulnerabilities in every and all operating systems and security programmes in the World. In around one hour.
In theory laying every system everywhere open to attack by hackers.

If there is any truth in this, I would advise the following measures;
1) Get some cash out and hide it somewhere. As much as you can afford. You might need it if card payments crash.
2) As much as possible spread out your online finances. Don't have all your accounts with one Bank.
3) Fill your cupboards with baked bean tins & toilet rolls.
4) Do all this as discreetly as possible.
5) Don't buy an electric car. If the grid goes down you're fooked.
6) Buy a decent short wave radio that can run on batteries.
7) Get plenty of batteries.
 
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lardiman said:
I heard on the radio this morning that somebody in the US is about to launch a next generation AI, similar to ChatGPT but more advanced.

This AI (the name escapes me right now) can apparently perform the following feat:
Find the vulnerabilities in every and all operating systems and security programmes in the World. In around one hour.
In theory laying every system everywhere open to attack by hackers.
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I’ve checked for the name that is escaping you and can confirm that it is Skynet
 
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The Penguin said:
F*ck AI. It's going to destroy jobs and use our water which will become an increasingly valuable commodity. And we don't have any say in it. And F*ck the tech giants, bunch of cvnts.
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Smudger603 said:
Have a wee dram and sit down for 5 minutes :emoticon-0148-yes: Don’t think I’ve ever felt the anger from you before ?
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And at least you won’t have to worry about climate change wiping us all out. We’ll all be zapped by the machines long before that.
 
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Squares and cubes - I'm not happy at all with them :emoticon-0121-angry

We have a supplier who ships us metalwork parts in second hand boxes they've got from somewhere. cube shaped boxes, about 50 x 50 x 50cm.
These are a damned nuisance to store & move around.
You can only get two in the area of a Euro pallet (120 x 80cm) with lots of wasted space.
Three in a row - too long. Two by two sideways - too wide.

When goods are going out as well, square form boxes offer no variation in how they can be stacked.
Rectangular shapes are much more useful when building sturdy pallets.

And when watching Playschool, I always used to lose it when they chose the square window.
NO! Give me the arched window, or the round window. But Floella, pleeeease - not the effing Square window!
 
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