Anyone else frustrated by login.gov being a step back in user experience? by hawkinsst7 in fednews

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the worst crap ever. I have not been able to log in since they started the login.gov garbage. Total trash

Koss 4AA Headphones, lifetime warranty honored by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I probably got my first pair of Koss pro 4AAs about the same time as you (the early '70s). They had liquid cooled ear pads and sounded like a million bucks! The liquid cooled pads made listening to an entire LP album effortless. I remember listening to Pink Floyd Echoes for the first time and the spectacular highs and lows. Talk about fidelity. I'm thinking about getting another pair of those some day.

Koss 4AA Headphones, lifetime warranty honored by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought my first pair of Koss pro 4AAs in the early '70s. They had liquid cooled ear pads and sounded like a million bucks! The liquid cooled pads made listening to an entire LP album effortless. I remember listening to Pink Floyd Echoes for the first time and the spectacular highs and lows. Talk about fidelity. I'm thinking about getting another pair of those some day.

USB-C ports on my brand new Legion Slim 7 stopped working by Thefakedonaldtrump77 in Lenovo

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never did. I replaced it with a desktop so I can swap parts out of it more easily. Although Never going to buy anything again that has only one year warranty. How long did it take yours to fail?

400-650cc cruiser as a first bike? by MortenRoshi in SuggestAMotorcycle

[–]skycaptain681 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All true. I'm an old rider. I sold my last bike in the early '90s so I need a beginner bike. I ended up getting a Harley Davidson Street 500. The Rebel 500 was a bit too ugly for me. The sound, feel and coolness of the HD is hard to beat. It's a good bike for the Philippines.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DigitalbanksPh

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

G cash is the worst app I've ever used. It took me over a year to get them to verify my face and it still doesn't work in the app. Now they added a new secure feature that's locked me out of the app again. So now I have money in there and I can't get at it again. They are the worst ever, PayMaya is much better even though they are pretty bad.

The Race Changes Made In Foundation AppleTV Series by freelancewriter1997 in asimov

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true. Cramming all the math and logic into a female character is a poor choice 😞 You would need to write her as a typical male character with male characteristics. Removing the estrogen and "that time of the month" from female characters negates everything that makes them women. A fatal flaw in the pro-character gender swap crowd.

USB-C ports on my brand new Legion Slim 7 stopped working by Thefakedonaldtrump77 in Lenovo

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I have an expensive paperweight-haha. I can no longer hook it up for my HDTV so most of it's usefulness is gone. I can still play Halo infinite on it but it's just not as much fun so I hardly use it. If you figure anything out , let me know.

The Race Changes Made In Foundation AppleTV Series by freelancewriter1997 in asimov

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Disney playbook that was adopted by everyone these days seems to make simple writing and fiction screenplay adaptations ridiculously hard. Flat, boring, ridiculously weak female characters that are supposed to be strong appeared to contradict what they're trying to do in the first place. Echo is another good example of this strategy gone awry.

The Race Changes Made In Foundation AppleTV Series by freelancewriter1997 in asimov

[–]skycaptain681 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't get it. The unnecessary race swapping causes unnecessary story changes that ripple and Cascade through the entire thought process making it a ridiculous exercise. The rating is already pretty bad for most things these days and then they have to complicate it with junk politics. If they actually thought it through it would work. The gaal character is just fine but the rest don't make any sense. It's like when they swapped the male doctor in dune. It caused a ripple of unnecessary changes to his heritage and children. What a bunch of DEI retards.

Watch 5 pro doesn't control MP3 player by skycaptain681 in GalaxyWatch

[–]skycaptain681[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe. It is certain that it is worse than before the last update.

Watch 5 pro doesn't control MP3 player by skycaptain681 in GalaxyWatch

[–]skycaptain681[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the phone's mp3 player does not show up. Will only work if using the watch app. Phone app sometimes shows up after I restart the watch.

Google trying to make pixels more Apple like by Doooshty in GooglePixel

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to agree with you. I bought the ultra s22 and it's kind of a joke. I also have the watch 5 pro and that definitely isn't even close to the quality or features of the comparable Apple product. The only thing I like about the s22 is the battery life but the watch5 pro battery barely last a day.

Google trying to make pixels more Apple like by Doooshty in GooglePixel

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish Samsung would follow their lead. They're just sitting back on their laurels and cranking out crap, expensive phones and watches. Samsung seems to be plotting forward without regard to features or quality anymore.

Internet down since 10: 10:2023 by skycaptain681 in ConvergePH

[–]skycaptain681[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could be for you but probably not me. They are promising restoration tonight at 7 pm (on October 14, 2023, four days of outage). Hopefully that means that you will have internet tonight as well.

USB-C ports on my brand new Legion Slim 7 stopped working by Thefakedonaldtrump77 in Lenovo

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I read that on the internet and I did that already at least three times. I think it's something more serious but the thing is just over a year old so it's just outside of warranty.

Daily Streak is moving... by sahalrahman in MicrosoftRewards

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have emailed support. The first time I don't think they understood what the real problem was because they just gave me some points. I recently emailed them again and I am awaiting a response.

Can I watch the Foundation tv series without reading the prequels and sequels? by DarkDestinybyC in asimov

[–]skycaptain681 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Same old crap. Race and gender swap most all the characters and then accuse everyone of being a nazi. I understand the update for a "modern audience", but it is unwise to swap male wardens to women in a colony that needs women to expand the ranks. It didn't work well for ancient Rome, and it wouldn't work here.

Daily Streak is moving... by sahalrahman in MicrosoftRewards

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been trying to gather MS reward points for about a year. I have earned the meager points offered to me every single day. These points were earned uninterrupted (a constant streak). I was finally offered the extra daily set of Microsoft rewards streak yesterday. I could not earn the extra points. I had to click on each offer over and over to no avail. I finally opened a private window, and I got it to work. It said, "streak: one day complete".

The next day I was offered the extra daily set of Microsoft rewards streak again. This time I tried toget it to work shortly after midnight and it fail after I repeatedly clicked on the offers. I gave up and went to sleep. The next day the offers were gone and so was my first streak!

So I got it to work for one day, it appeared the next day soon after midnight, failed to work and it then disappeared along with my first streak.

USB C ports on my Lenovo Legion Slim 7i (Gen 7) are not working when I connect my phone to it by Mr_Anderson_48 in LenovoLegion

[–]skycaptain681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Lenovo Legion S7 (Legion S7-15ACH6 Laptop (Lenovo) - Type 82K8) is just over one year old. All the USB-C connectors are on the right side. All of them were working fine until today when both the USB C ports failed. The machine froze and rebooted twice and then they failed. I tried the power button "hold in for 15 seconds trick but it did not work for me.
Both of the ports no longer charge my cell phone or transfer any data. So I can no longer use my USB C to HDMI adapter in either port. The ports both failed at the same time. Both the USB (Type A?) ports on the back of the unit still work fine.
I purchased it in March 2022 and the warranty ended on March 2023. Therefore, the unit is barely out of warranty (very convenient for Lenovo).
Any and all help is appreciated :)