Notices by Extreme Electronics (extelec@mstdn.social)

@botvolution It's a fair point, but I believe the problem to be true regardless of source.

But "AI" isn't going away, so you will just have to get used to it.

As long as YOU can afford it, yes.

Nope...

For the #solstice #Stonehenge in HD

PCB fabs are out to get me.

You have refreshed the page, we will revert the component selection you just spent hours making.

Let's suddenly up the cost by $9 for no reason.

Wouldn't it be a shame if all your components were placed 180 degrees around.

Want colored board, no problem, kerching!

No, sorry we can't find that part that you were using 5 mins ago.

No, sorry we don't stock 0805 red LEDs, here are 400 other components that we also don't stock.
.....
Gone to the pub...

Why is it, nothing i buy fits onto this "universal breakout" PCB !

:)

Modern problems:

"A notification that your waterfall is off line... "

Windows 11 is no longer a stable operating system.

Reboot if you agree.

@Fragglemuppet I don't.

@botvolution The problem is "anyone" can now build a web site, but the people with UI experience are too expensive, so we will use the intern.

They then base it on a "salesforce" (or similar) template designed for a company that sells custom gherkins to pampered pets.

and change the options.

I'm increasingly finding things like I have to search for "word" before word is mentioned anywhere on the site. Which is fine once you know.

@botvolution I don't hold out much hope for this one, two of us spent 30 mins trying to register for an account.

Register was on their "general" contact form on a Reason for contacting drop down half way down the page, 5th option.

Companies, If you have to have a 30 minute "onboarding process" to use your web portal.

Your web portal IS SHIT.

I also find it strange that I use exactly the same amounts of Black, Magenta and Cyan. They always run out within a day of each other.

Yellow for some reason is on it's own time scale. Although it reporting empty, also triggers the other colours to become empty.

Maybe I aught to buy ink "from the manufacturer" :)

The printer is suddenly complaining that its default gateway of 0.0.0.0 is incorrect.

Which is strange, because I've had it for 3 years with no gateway filled in, and it's a printer, it has no need to contact anything out of my network.

Large hammer on hand, in case it makes any strange and unauthorised noises.

A warning to anyone that gets a parking charge from Horizon Parking

If you get a letter from them alleging that you have overstayed at a car park. Don't just pay it from the details in the letter.

Log in and click through to contest the case before paying.

When I did this, I found mine was cancelled.

The letter had a parking time in/out that could not have been true.

Also apparently it took 6 days to get to me. Plus it was from over a Month ago.

There is NO WAY TO SPEAK TO A HUMAN

This company is unbelievable
Made a complaint on their web site.

I was annoyed at the 500 char limit, but this is just F'in ridiculous.

Their form accepts 400 Characters so I uploaded a screen shot of their form with the full 940 character rant as an image.

I just hope some human has to waste time as much time as I have in dealing with their bogus letters.

The process has started, with them saying that they can only respond (due to data protection) if I give my name and full postal address, which was on the web form I replied with.

A copy of the form is on the email they sent me, asking for my full name and postal address. With my full name and postal address clearly displayed.

Y'know, sometimes its good to winge :)

@michael

Found my first computer this week.

Nascom 1 (1978 ish) built into a wind up gramaphone case, swappable roms (tiny basic and a monitor IIRC) space for a Phillips EL3302 cassette player (that i also have some where) also found my software on tape.

Really need to archive those :)

Z80 at 4Mhz , 2KB onboard 1KB video, 1K user. 4K expansion (8x 2114's)

#RetroComputing #z80 #nascom