I hate

the UI on our v.cheap hisense is abysmal - slow/laggy, lacking apps etc. thankfully the image quality is good. however, we recently plumbed in one of those new "chromecast with google TV" pucks and... mmmmmmmm... it's lovely. great UI, snappy performance, 4K streaming, all the apps I want (netflix/mubi/eurosport/BT sport/plex)... the remote is excellent too, and can control TV volume and on/off . definitely the way to go imo

doesn't solve the issue of individual apps having questionable UIs tho, admittedly

1. ITV Hub
   
   

Worstcunt supreme.

I was going to say I try not to hate things these days but I do hate streaming services that have ads (like ITV hub/4od). IQ was pish on both of those last time I used them too

adding am HDMI switch to the equation is not ideal.

Our current TV has one remote with a handful of buttons that automatically controls all devices

Harmony hub remotes can control hdmi switches too.

WTF is on ITV Hub that is worth watching?

You get the hub you deserve I guess

“Captain Tom can do what he wants as far as I'm concerned. His family not so much but the trip was a gift and he's less likely to get Covid there.”

You were saying?

The delivery driver will be paid by drop with no guaranteed earnings. The chef and other staff at the restaurant (you're ordering from will have an actual wage, as (and you should be tipping them too if you're there in person), as will your postman.
It's a fair point about couriers for Amazon/Yodel/Hermes etc that are paid per drop though.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13927404/captain-sir-tom-moore-negative-covid-barbados/
Yes I was.

You could always subscribe to ITV Hub+ and All4+ to remove the ads.

For work I often have to pause programs to be able to check credits and it did piss me off when Channel 4 decided they'd make a forced static advert take over the screen whenever you paused making it impossible to actually see the paused credits.

It doesn't.

Basically I log on, it then directs me that I am subscribing via Amazon, so I link to the Amazon subscription page... where it says I have no subscriptions

!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/11/i-quit-food-delivery-apps-the-absurd-convenience-was-not-worth-the-cost

Take is up with Amazon? They have a call you back customer service system that has been quite good on the rare times my other half has used it.

Think that's my last port of call. So confusing when your apps and hosts all overlap. Elbow knows nothing about arse.

It looks for all the world like I'm not a D+ member - but I've been watching Mando so....

I got pizza the other day with Uber eats, first time using the app. It said the guy was coming by bike, it was freezing outside so I have him a good tip. He turned up in a bloody Mercedes!
Not even one of those 90s mercedes full suspension mountain bikes, an actual new massive S class.

Fucking London cabbies can get to fuck.

I spotted this cunt earlier going the wrong way down our one way street.

They’re all as bad as John Worboys in my book.

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sorry..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW7Iv-V1-Jo

Preaching to the choir tbh. I very rarely use them and resent them on the odd occasion that I do!

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/11/i-quit-food-delivery-apps-the-absurd-convenience-was-not-worth-the-cost

I know it's not the main thrust of the article, and it is the Grauniad, but one might need to check one's privilege if in the situation described. Especially if they are in a position where they can spend £20/night (albeit for two), each and every night, on deliveries rather than cooking for themselves.

I know many people are wrapped up in the endless pursuit of optimising their lives (I don't want to read another "I get up at 5.52am every day and meditate for 8 minutes whilst administering a coffee and porridge enema on myself rather than wasting time drinking or eating it directly..." style story) to the point where they somehow justify to themselves that they can do it because it allows them to free up even more time for working (and ordering in food means they can work harder and earn even more[1]).

But, fuck me, take the time to cook (or learn how to cook) rather than burning yourself out working every hour $DEITY sends in search of more $$$ to spend on unnecessary consumer shite. Cooking shouldn't be a stress inducing chore, learn how to do it and it can be a destressing joy.

1. In reality this applies to very few people and if you really are genuinely billing more hours because of ordering in rather than cooking then I guess you simply live to work rather than working to live. Most people, however, get paid roughly the same regardless of whether they put in that extra 5% or whatever.
   
   

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Cooking shouldn't be a stress inducing chore, learn how to do it and it can be a destressing joy.

For some, yup. For others not so much. I spent a relaxing morning changing some wall lights, filling the holes from the old, painting the wall to cover the filler, pulling fuses etc. Other people don't find that relaxing which confuses me but each to their own. Cooking is the same.

Also the more you cook, the more you realise how shit other people are at doing it and how overpriced a lot of take away is.

Cooking shouldn't be a stress inducing chore

It depends on your circumstances. You might not have a partner who can help with the other chores, you maybe can't afford to get your shopping delivered, you might have a crappy rented kitchen with shitty knives/pans/appliances and very limited fridge/freezer space, you might not have a dishwasher, etc. This was me before lockdown and I hated that cooking and cleaning up took up so much of my free time (which was limited by a moderately long commute)

Now I'm in a nice flat and have oodles of free time, I like it again.

Indeed, and providing for kids is a pain in the arse sometimes. Hence the "Gregg's dummy" that many parents resort to (or the SW London equivalent of pasta-pesto).

Also, I'm aware I'm vaguely hypocritical as I'll happily pay for someone to do our ironing mainly because I find no joy in that whatsoever, and I could never find it de-stressing in the slightest. (Also I don't iron any of my stuff, it's mostly Mrs GB's stuff or MiniGB's school stuff.)

It was more the "I'm saving so much money now" as if it's some great surprise that you can feed yourself for under £10 a night.

I guess I'm lucky that I've enjoyed cooking at home (helped by my parents involving me in it from an early age) and even working in pub kitchens from the age of 13 didn't dent my enjoyment of it. I'm all physics and no art though, I can follow a recipe no problem and know how to adjust things if they're not quite right, but give me a random bunch of ingredients and if it's not something I recognise I'll end up with some form of a stir fry. I recently made the Ginger Chicken Teppan recipe out of the Wagamama cookbook (which is the same as the Ginger Chicken Udon item on their menu) and even without some of the specialist ingredients[1] it tasted just like the restaurant dish for a fraction of the price. I feel like I could eat this 9 meals out of 10 and not get bored of it, and it's vaguely healthy too. Wife and daughter liked it but aren't quite ready for that level of repetition.

1. No tsuyu sauce (I just used some light soy sauce and some rice wine vinegar), no pickled ginger. Oh the humanity!
   

Scientific notation

Dont show me -2.57492E-05 when you mean 0

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Anyone else hate parked cars with their headlights on full blast into oncoming traffic?
What happened to parking lights?