Polls: Technology & Internet

Another day another 3 tech problems to deal with. While trying to sign into Outlook I kept getting the message "we can't sign you in right now, please try again later". but I needed to clear my cookies instead, why have a message saying "please try again later"? I've been trying again for 2 days and that would have gone on forever. the message should have said delete your cookies. not only is microsoft making more unstable software it's error messages are also misleading.

Some other good example are:-

having to entering your address 50 different ways so an online form will recognize you address as valid one.

Ringing mazda because the Vin you entered on a form was invalid. Then the man on the phone verified that in fact it was valid.

Also I hate robots that force you select from 20 different checkbox reasons for ringing none of which have anything to do with your actual reason.

I could go on and on really but I read somewhere that the average person spends more then 200 hours a year fixing these sorts of things. So if my math is correct 8.61 billion people x 200 annual hours each = 1.722 trillon global man hours each and every year and the number keeps growing. I think raising the bar for software engineers has become a better cause then curing cancer.

Your favorite type of funny posts?

In the office, you may have multiple monitors connected to your laptop or desktop computer.

At home, it's often easier to work or play games if you have an external monitor connected to your laptop.

So, the question is, for your laptop at home, not the one in the office...

How many external monitors do you have connected to your laptop at home?

Please vote in the poll.

Modern devices like smartphones and computers can be configured to use biometrics (ex: fingerprints, facial recognition) to identify the user and grant access to the device. Biometrics replace older security systems like passwords, passcodes, and PINs.

Do you use biometrics on your phone or computer, or do you continue to use passcodes?

If you do, have you thought about what might happen if you are incapacitated and someone else needs to access your device?

Please vote in the poll.

Feel free to add an opinion, and let us know if you also use two-factor authorization, typically a phone call or text message with a code that you must enter to get access.

Think about something like an artificial womb

You can't use the excuse that it will affect the ecosystem to just kill all the pest in the area since they're being targeted by poisons anyway.

Im 100% sure scientists could find ways to cause genetic disease within local pests, to keep the numbers down, potentially release viruses that target them as well

I've used my laptop for 4.75 years and HWInfo says that the battery has been permanently depleted by 38.1%. The battery life has noticeably gotten worse for over a year now, and the performance when my laptop isn't plugged has deteriorated. Not just that, but in recent months for CPU bound games, I'll get random stutters that very noticeable although they only last for 1-3 seconds max. Updating drivers, lowering settings, verifying files, restarting OS, using performance mods, etc., either don't work or only temporarily. I do also suspect that my CPU's thermals have dried up, so I'll probably have to re-apply it.

Your usual form of texting?

Many of the prominent apps and platforms have dark mode. Maybe G@G could draw some of their resources from the nearly universally unappreciated AI to creating a dark mode option for the night owls and glare averse.
Do you think there should be a dark mode for G@G?

Me personally, i do think they were real, i think we humans did actually set foot on the moon, however, there is a cult or a community of people who disagree, in which they think the Moon Landings were fake, staged, not real, that we humans do not have advanced enough of technology or transportation to do that type of feat.

I thought this would be an interesting poll discussion.

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