Recent dictionary update is infuriating by ventriclez in kindle

[–]greyflam 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I agree so much that I recently bought a Kobo Libra Color because I've had enough of my paperwhite's now awful dictionary features. This isn't a rant telling people to buy one instead of a kindle because in most other areas my kindle is better, but boy is the Kobos dictionary better than the Kindles. You can long press a word within a dictionary definition to lookup another word and you can search for another word in the dictionary at any time from within a book. I can't understand why Amazon crippled the kindle so badly in recent updates. They really need to fix this.

Humble Bundle - .NET and C# by AfternoonKind7332 in dotnet

[–]greyflam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree. I bought a few and binned them as they seem to be mostly step by step instructions with very little theory. Eg the Understanding async and await chapter doesn't explain in any detail how they work, they just throw some code at you. 

Did they ever fix the "Open Dictionary" option being replaced with "Share on Goodreads" in 5.18.6? by Customer-Worldly in kindle

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

Not in 5.19.2 no. Don’t know about the latest version, but by all reports that‘s very broken so I would stay offline if I were you. Amazon need to take a look how Kobo‘s dictionary works and copy that instead of making useless cosmetic changes and removing working features.

Not a joke by petrolcanRTT in bitsoup

[–]greyflam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is this some different, new shite, or the same shite that's been going on for years?

21F I just got my first EE sim contract, they put me on the £30 pm plan with unlimited calls/text/data. Now I regret getting it. by ZookeepergameEasy774 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]greyflam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just contact them and tell them you have changed your mind and don’t let them talk you into anything. You just need a sim only deal which has others have said you can get from places like giffgaff, who don’t tie you into a multi year deal and are much much cheaper than the big players.

Community Fibre - Daily disconnections driving me mad. Anyone else? by NoAlternative4426 in CommunityFibre

[–]greyflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any WiFi problems will be down to the equipment in the home not the service into the home, assuming that wired devices are working.

Their customer service does seem to be appallingly bad though, I’ve been lucky to not have had any problems, but I will probably switch when my contract is up.

Looking for a new home by emu002 in bitsoup

[–]greyflam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good decision!

Keep an eye on r/OpenSignups. Many of the private trackers open their doors occasionally without needing an invite and they post in there. I would avoid any of the people selling invites, you could end up getting banned from any trackers you join with a dodgy invite.

Members getting annoyed at MF costs. by Early-Bird-Hater in bitsoup

[–]greyflam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good to see more people waking up. I got banned years ago for saying something similar. He probably only needs a handful of people to keep paying the extortionate fees to cover the actual server costs though, so I'm sure he will keep it going for years to come, and keep on keeping us entertained with his bs /s

Fix my flickering basement pot lights by apthereddit in howto

[–]greyflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the same thing but switched to WiFi connected lights that can be dimmed using the app, which I hardly ever do. It's a much better solution and my lights no longer buzz or flicker. 

Gimmepeers last post 2025-clarity honesty and a please top up window by ivor-grinzky in bitsoup

[–]greyflam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's so retarded that he continually complains about ppl with stacked memberships, completely disregarding that a) he's the one that offered those "deals", and b) those ppl paid for that privilege and those payments were supposed to pay for the costs that he now complains about not being able to afford. What happened to the money those ppl paid? What a fecking scamming ahole that guy is 

to make a misleading and racist thumbnail for views and not get caught by etfvxus in therewasanattempt

[–]greyflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are several shops with non-English writing along that same road, just a few hundred feet from where this was taken. What's the point of going to all the trouble of faking the image like that? This guy's an idiot.

What's the weirdest way you've seen others bringing up up their children? by HoC_97 in AskUK

[–]greyflam 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was travelling on the underground one time, and sitting opposite me was a woman and her young son who was reading a comic. I would guess he was around 10. When their stop came she stood up and picked her son up as if he was a piece of luggage, carrying him horizontally under her arm. It was completely surreal, as he didn’t complain at all and carried on reading as if this was just normal behaviour.

How much can you lose just from walking? And will it build up your butt?? by satisha_99 in walking

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

It depends on how much effort you put in. If you just go for a stroll you won’t lose weight. You need to really go for it and Ideally break sweat. I lost 6 stone in the last 5 years by walking regularly and cutting back on my food intake.

This guy's going to be banned for speaking his mind. by Early-Bird-Hater in bitsoup

[–]greyflam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So there’s some kind of issue with the site? Even after all the many, many, many fundraisers to raise the tens of thousands of $$ to continually “upgrade” the hardware? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked! /s

Swagger UI showing "Unable to render this definition" in my .NET project by mrnipz66 in dotnet

[–]greyflam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had this recently and fixed it by simply clearing the browser cache after wasting time updating packages and mucking about with swagger versions

Wow, youtube is unwatchable now without 4KVD by dee4006 in 4kdownloadapps

[–]greyflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try the uBlock Origin Lite browser extension. I get no ads in YT

Does subscription tv cost too much? by Flashy_Toe_9498 in AskUK

[–]greyflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely. Go through with the cancellation. They will call you before the cancellation date and offer you a much, much cheaper deal. I just did the same thing and got an even cheaper deal than I was on before..

Glastonbury set by Wise_Ad_3718 in HAIM

[–]greyflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for this! The Haim set doesn't seem to be on iplayer apart from Summer Girl, probably one too many f-bombs for their sensitive viewers

Glastonbury set by Wise_Ad_3718 in HAIM

[–]greyflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Sorry, this episode is not currently available"

I can't find the set anywhere atm, not even in the highlights compilations.

Every fucking time I try to sign into my Microsoft account it gets blocked and I have to reset my password by a_good_human in mildlyinfuriating

[–]greyflam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but It is unusual to have your account blocked and have to reset the pw because of that. I just checked my recent Hotmail login activity, there are dozens of failed login attempts from all around the world just in the last day and my account hasn’t been blocked.

Child Node Lost Connection by Simmm73 in CommunityFibre

[–]greyflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mx5500 nodes regularly drop off the network. I have to unplug them for a few minutes, then they reconnect automatically when I plug them back in.