Pet Peeves

[notabitail]

My "magic keyboard" does not give a low battery notification. It just keels over unexpectedly. Is that the "magic" part?

Yes. And if you have the matching Magic Mouse, the magic is that you have to flip it over to charge it.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Yes. And if you have the matching Magic Mouse, the magic is that you have to flip it over to charge it.

I dodged a bullet and got the Logitech mouse.

 

[azurbanclucker]

"Can you all hear me?"
"Can everyone see my screen?"

 

[notabitail]

"Can you all hear me?"
"Can everyone see my screen?"

*farts loudly*

And then everyone hears it.

 

[azurbanclucker]

*farts loudly*

And then everyone hears it.

No, there are a number of other faux pas generally. noisy food crunching, heavy breathing, the occasional unmuted swearing. Not this job, but at a previous one, an exec VP on a long outage call didn't mute and went to the restroom. That night, we all learned that he sings / hums while peeing.

 

[CombNWattles]

When teachers download the document off the course page, sometimes more than once during a class, when they probably already have it downloaded like 6 times and you can just view it on the course page. No wonder you can’t find anything on your computer!!

 

[thecatumbrella]

No, there are a number of other faux pas generally. noisy food crunching, heavy breathing, the occasional unmuted swearing. Not this job, but at a previous one, an exec VP on a long outage call didn't mute and went to the restroom. That night, we all learned that he sings / hums while peeing.

What is this, The Naked Gun?

 

[thecatumbrella]

Apple Liquid Glass. Less useable real estate because the UI is so bloated AND less battery life to run the pointless glass effect! Thanks for the upgrade, guys.

 

[azurbanclucker]

What is this, The Naked Gun?

I know, right? And It happened after that movie was released, too.

 

[notabitail]

Apple Liquid Glass. Less useable real estate because the UI is so bloated AND less battery life to run the pointless glass effect! Thanks for the upgrade, guys.

https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/16/ios-26-turn-off-liquid-glass-more-like-ios-18-heres-how/

I need to get my hands on one of these Liquid Glass things to experience it myself.