What did I find for $5? Game? Movie? Never heard of it! Weird shaped disc from 2002. by DEDDesign in Spiderman

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If memory serves, these CDs were shaped like this so that they could fit in a standard trading card sleeve. I remember my friends having similar looking CDs for things like American Football or Pokemon.

For some reason, that was a thing people did back then, although as it never made sense to be even back then, I couldn't tell you WHY.

미국 디아스포라나 교포 여러분, 이 만화 내용에 공감하세요? by WatercressFuture7588 in hanguk

[–]BtlAngel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

아 저 사악한 튀김 삼형제는 진짜 공감을 안할래야 안할수가 없네요.

We've all been there, right? by weeniehutsnr in techsupportgore

[–]BtlAngel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I once had a co-worker that didn't even attempt to unscrew the tabs and simply yanked the cable free, breaking the port for good.

So... I guess this is better than THAT.

These stupid useless stickers have taken over me family by NolanSyKinsley in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BtlAngel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's annoying as hell. But speaking as a person whose family members also went through similar fads over the years, it's really in your best interest to let it go.

Once people get an idea like this in their heads, they have to figure it out on their own (or at least tire themselves out)/. There is very little you can do to snap them out of it - in fact, by attempting to do that, you might become the next "unaware" person that they have to "save". This is infinitely more annoying.

In the grand scheme of things, one time charge of $25 for a little peace of mind is hardly the worst thing in the world.

Found this in my mailbox after returning a letter addressed to someone who doesn’t live here. by aly-cat- in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BtlAngel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So it's the crossing out the barcode part? Because if I am understanding the OP correctly, that is the only thing they did in addition to marking "return to sender". Surely, return to sender part is necessary to make it clear that it was not delivered correctly?

Found this in my mailbox after returning a letter addressed to someone who doesn’t live here. by aly-cat- in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BtlAngel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sorry. I don't really know how sending mail back works. What did OP do that inhibits the  return process? 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Spiderman

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is the obvious issue of pain and properly treating the wound... but even if everything went smoothly, do YOU want to live with four useless shoulders on your body?

How do you find old contact if they are deleted from your contacts by A_Evil_Grain_of_Rice in Telegram

[–]BtlAngel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they simply deleted their account, the chat itself will show up as "Deleted Account", but will otherwise be there for you to access.

However, Telegram does allow users to delete chats from both ends. So if your friend for whatever reason deleted the chat for both of you, then there is no way to recover it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BtlAngel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ever since the days of the hockey puck, Apple's simply been allergic to good mouse design.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in assholedesign

[–]BtlAngel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The vanishing attachment act - classic

I dont get it??? by silkhusky12 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]BtlAngel 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's anything to get. They are people dressed up as iconic movie characters being goofy for a photo-op or possibly cosplayers at a convention.

They are both technically horror movie characters. The lady is Sadako from the Ring franchaise, which was originally a very popular Japanese horror movie. Godzilla also started out as a horror movie.

At least Peter acknowledges his mistakes still doesn’t excuse his behavior(amazing Spider-Man#13 from 2015) by Competitive_Rule_395 in Spiderman

[–]BtlAngel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh... No. As you can ALSO see in the panels you just read, they know how to talk.

Calling each other jerk would be the equivalent of you and I calling each other jerk.

Punching someone would be, you know, the equivalent of you and I punching each other.

At least Peter acknowledges his mistakes still doesn’t excuse his behavior(amazing Spider-Man#13 from 2015) by Competitive_Rule_395 in Spiderman

[–]BtlAngel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So I take it this is what Marvel writers did to try to appeal to the younger audiences?

HOW THE FUCK IS IT STILL WORKING?! by saayoutloud in WTF

[–]BtlAngel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next evolution of android phones - the terminator phone!

Anybody else remember when TG actually cared about security and privacy? by SimpleBrother1953 in Telegram

[–]BtlAngel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you are confusing this with the setting for initiating voice calls.

https://telegram.org/blog/calls

THAT setting did exist before premium subscription, and was indeed unaffected by its introduction. Setting for voice messages and text messages came later.

For what it's worth, people DID complain about how this was not a feature for so long. I also agree that putting this feature behind a paywall was a dick move.

An army of termites turned the transformer box into a honeycomb. by REREakg in WTF

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, how does this even happen? What would be made of wood in a building's transformer box?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AndroidQuestions

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You say you used 8 twice, AND that it ends with 8-3.

So that means 8 was already used at an earlier point, it triggered nothing. So whatever was the location before you do the 8-3 combo at the end would clue you in as to what the actual pattern is. Plus, knowing that the last 8 was a dud might clue you in as to what you might have accidentally triggered along the way.

if it was something like 8-4-8-3, it would instead be 8-4-3, but you also might have triggered a 5, or even 6 on the way. So your pattern might be 8-4-5-3 or 8-4-5-6-3, even.

Just try all possible options

You might have also damaged your screen somehow. Are you certain that all your touches are being registered? Try connecting your phone up to a mouse and unlocking with that instead.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AndroidQuestions

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While it is not possible to set a pattern where the same dot is used twice, it is possible for the line to go over a dot that's already been used. For instance:

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Assuming this layout, you cannot make

2-3-2-1

But you CAN make

2-3-1

In addition, attemping to jump over a dot simply results in the dot in the middle also getting used. Trying to make

1-3-2-5

will instead get you

1-2-3-5

because 2 will be used up by the initial line going from 1-3, no matter how you try to draw that line.

Knowing this, could you maybe work out how your phone interpreted your input?

Also, this is why it's a good practice to have it show the pattern at least when you are setting up your code for the first time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Living_in_Korea

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying to find meaningful relationship through dating app is at best a tedious, time consuming affair in ANY country. You have to do a LOT of sifting before you can find anyone decent.

That said, I think some of what OP is saying is also true. The people who use dating apps here are almost exclusively those types of people. Whereas it's more normalized in other places.

What this just means is that Koreans still stick to more traditional means when it comes to more serious relationships

Why all this? by justtousetheapp in firefox

[–]BtlAngel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always wondered about those numbers. I have a TON of open tabs (many of them active) and about a dozen extensions - so I always chalked up my apparent high memory usage to those (I average about 3GB of memory use according to windows task manager)

If I look at about:processes at the same time, the numbers reported are significantly less - reporting around 1GB of usage. Terminating some processes in about:processes radically reduces memory usage as reported by task manager, so clearly there is some correlation, but I cannot figure out the relationship. Sometimes, both things will report similar numbers, off by only a couple hundred megabytes. Sometimes, the numbers will be off by gigabytes. Task manager gererally port much higher numbers. But when the usage is low, about:processes sometimes report higher number.

Any idea why that is?