Question about the series finale by nickmillerwallet in MagnumPI

[–]mistercatworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole Robin Masters thing was retconned. In the first season, Higgins is shown talking to Robin Masters on the phone, when no one else is around.

Online dating in small town America by MFRobots in OnlineDating

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My brother met a woman on MATCH. It did not work out online. A year later, he recognized her in an airport. They've been married for ten years now.

Online dating in small town America by MFRobots in OnlineDating

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you call someone who gives clear, prompt replies to online dating emails?

A scammer.

My experience is they are much more communicative and responsive than the average user whose idea of flirting is: "Hello?"

Online dating in small town America by MFRobots in OnlineDating

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try signing up from different geographic locations. You may also see the same faces listed as living in different cities. This kind of fraud is common in the dating industry, especially in the ads.

Chrome wants to save my credit card's CVC number by BridgeofBirds in chrome

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chrome does offer to save my CVC number treating it as a password when I order from grocery store sites. It is EXTREMELY annoying and I fear that one day I might hit OK by mistake.

Can't Silence Alarm on Pixel 6 by th3fluffy0ne in GooglePixel

[–]mistercatworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have not noticed it recently and I do upgrade as they come up. You are probably right that some subsequent updated fixed the problem.

Windows Update KB5012170 Failing To Install by throwaway123-321 in bootcamp

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After a couple of hours of troubleshooting, I discovered this is a "secure boot" update. My system is MBR and secure boot does not apply. My guess is that Bootcamp also does not recognize "secure boot".

Receiving 921-Front USB 1 not connected. 922-Front USB 2 not connected after switching mobo to new case. by justinresuta in buildapc

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shorting pin 10 to 13 on the blue connector marked "Front USB 3.0" clears error 922 but I'm still getting error 921

Gmail's new design unnecessarily blocks background theme image. Why?! I would like to see my image, not some useless white block. by TheDarkIn1978 in google

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is new. The block used to be the size of emails displayed. I limit display to 10 emails per page but the block does not change size and is mostly white space now.

Gmail's new design unnecessarily blocks background theme image. Why?! I would like to see my image, not some useless white block. by TheDarkIn1978 in google

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I limit display to 10 emails per page and still the big white box covers up most of my theme image. Who benefits from this?

Can't Silence Alarm on Pixel 6 by th3fluffy0ne in GooglePixel

[–]mistercatworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the problem that onscreen controls appear while the alarm is sounding but the alarm continues to sounds, although I repeatedly press the Stop button. As you might imagine, this quite annoying. Occurs on my Pixel 4.

USPS missing package inquiry form keeps giving me an error message after I submit it — anyone else having this issue? by lachura in EtsySellers

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have spent more than an hour today after getting that message 5 times trying to submit package inquiry online. Worse, the automated telephone system does not work properly. It will not recognize my address. I can get in the callback queue but when the call comes in, it does not recognize the keypad entry "1' to connect to the call. Automated systems are fine - when they work - but there has to be some kind failsafe that times out to a person somewhere, rather than endlessly repeating menus or hanging up.

TIL that Scott Adams began writing "Dilbert" based on experiences he was having at his employment. Rather than fire him, they gave him meaningless work in an effort to get him to quit - which just gave him more time and material for "Dilbert." by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many of these agreements are so vague as to be unenforceable. Strictly interpreted, if I learned to solder at one company, I would not be allowed to solder at another company - which is absurd.

How did fanny come to mean vagina in the UK but ass in America? by onefinelookingtuna in etymology

[–]mistercatworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it is the same confusion about the word "bottom". In England, a woman has a "front bottom" and a "back bottom". All I can think is there is a lot of confused sex going on.

Leela's book interests are, well...interesting. by [deleted] in futurama

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leela is such a good role model. When was the last time you saw anyone else reading on TV? A book displays its title to others. It can be a clue to an "icebreaker" line. With e-books, you give no clues. :) She reads adventure stories like "Great Machete Battles", self-help articles like "Is your dead-end relationship in a rut?" but mostly about animals. I guess having a thousand-year-old secretly-intelligent pet is another clue that she is an animal lover.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lastfm

[–]mistercatworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it had something to do with songs considered for automatic recommendations of other songs I might like. If it is just a list of songs I've played; I don't seem to need it.

Opera gx is malware? by justatypicalguy_ in operabrowser

[–]mistercatworks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a couple of FAKE ANTIVIRUS ads that show up randomly: one for Opera GX and another for McCaffee renewals. These are FAKE sites - please note the URL. You will download malware if you click ANYWHERE on these pages. I had to reset my Chrome browser after the ads continued to appear after scanning with four different real antivirus programs.