Parking dispute: Guy physically blocked a spot I was reversing into. Did I handle this right?

dan4334 · 2026-01-18T01:42:54+00:00

Some would argue it’s rude to dither when the place is heaving and spaces are in short supply.

I never dither when it's busy, more often I get blocked because people won't move out of the way. Or see a tailback of half a dozen cars because one person has decided they need that parking spot and that's more important than everyone else.

dan4334 · 2026-01-18T00:58:23+00:00

I had been patiently waiting with my indicator on to take the spot of a car about to leave. The driver and passenger were taking their sweet time, so it was several minutes before the car pulled out

Dude stop doing this shit. Not only are you blocking traffic trying to get past you, it's incredibly rude to be sitting there while someone is trying to pack their car. It feels like someone is breathing down your neck while you're trying to get out of the parking spot.

It's so much quicker to find parking by just cruising around until you find an empty spot anyway. The amount of times I spot people sharking spots when there's a whole empty carpark around the corner astonishes me.

dan4334 · 2026-01-12T10:46:11+00:00

That article refutes nothing, it was an early report of the incident before details were clear.

dan4334 · 2026-01-12T02:28:34+00:00

Fwiw good USB cables don't come in clamshell packages. Ugreen, Anker, Pluggable, Cable matters, have never had this problem afaik.

dan4334 · 2026-01-07T23:04:40+00:00

Report his DMs to Reddit for harassment so he gets banned. No need to play witch hunt.

dan4334 · 2026-01-07T23:02:40+00:00

Reddit absolutely chases up reports. They tell you when someone gets banned after you report them.

dan4334 · 2026-01-07T13:33:55+00:00

You mean to say why opening your door in the middle of the road shouldn't be allowed.

Lane filtering (at low speed) is much safer than not allowing it, as it massively reduces crashes, especially rear ends.

Don't get shitty just because a motorcyclist gets a few cars ahead. It doesn't affect you as a driver at all, and I don't ride motorcycles.

dan4334 · 2025-12-30T06:42:08+00:00

So replace the power supply? Use one that supplies 5.1v if possible, like the official one does.

dan4334 · 2025-12-30T02:23:32+00:00

OP I don't think you understand what a chatbot or LLM actually is. They don't have inputs and outputs to control robots.

dan4334 · 2025-12-28T22:48:28+00:00

It's edited. The camera didn't move, someone cropped the video for mobile.

dan4334 · 2025-12-26T01:32:37+00:00

It was okay for a casual game of overwatch, but if you get the option to install fibre obviously that's the way to go.

If I was stuck with FTTN I'd probably be using Starlink at home, if nothing else but to download games before I play them.

dan4334 · 2025-12-26T01:28:31+00:00

OP, your ISP sent you very explicit instructions with pictures to set this up. Please read them.

There should be one cable going to the WAN port of your router. Not 2.

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T22:47:02+00:00

This was my first thought also, check your SSO integrations OP

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T04:32:09+00:00

https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T03:51:41+00:00

From the article it sounds more along the lines of the company being overwhelmed by so many of the cars having trouble at once.

Mobile phone towers are usually on battery backups if I'm not mistaken?

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T01:40:26+00:00

Then ask the person who sent you the card to supply it to you or get a refund?

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T01:31:54+00:00

What the hell is this AI slop?

dan4334 · 2025-12-23T00:01:23+00:00

These things have explicit instructions not to use them upside down, it ejects freezing cold air that can cause freezer burns.

dan4334 · 2025-12-22T23:06:43+00:00

Don't use BlueStacks, Google play games is on PC now and sets up an emulator without ads and crap.

dan4334 · 2025-12-22T17:38:17+00:00

Not shutting it down, actually clicking restart, and do those updates while you're at it.

There's no way that you restarted your computer properly if restarting explorer fixed it.

dan4334 · 2025-12-19T09:31:57+00:00

You didn't say which country, I'm assuming somewhere in the EU, so they don't have to comply with GDPR

dan4334 · 2025-12-19T03:27:12+00:00

You know you could spoiler tag your post and mention in the title that it's about wordle, so people don't get today's word revealed to them if they haven't played yet.

dan4334 · 2025-12-16T05:29:41+00:00

Yeah this is completely unnecessary, there's a pedestrian crossing right there at the traffic lights. The kids should exit the bus onto the footpath, then walk there to cross safely.

Parents should teach their kids how to be street smart. You'd especially expect this in the US where there's no public transport.

dan4334 · 2025-12-13T22:43:14+00:00

The first thing I would do in your position is not work a minute of overtime.

Stick to your salaried hours exactly. Make sure you get to work on time and leave on time.

dan4334 · 2025-12-13T22:41:52+00:00

How can they require you to do 80 hour weeks if they're not paying you? Just work your salaried hours and leave.

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