u/throarway — reddlx

Stupid AI and stupid app displays after updates

Definitely not the cheapest journey and has a ridiculous travel time due to a break in services overnight meaning a long wait in the early hours of the morning.

Also, notice how one of the "pm"s is cut off in the top journey? They switched from 24-hour to 12-hour time display and sometimes the am/pm is cut off on all times, and as the displayed journeys are not always restricted to the times you've selected and sometimes wrap around to the next day, you can have no idea if you're looking at a 7pm departure or a 7am-the-next-day departure. (Add rant that some routes really do stop that early in the evening, even on weekends).

u/throarway — 1 day ago

▲ 36 r/enshittification

Why sooo many extra clicks?

I use the reddit mobile site and have to dismiss the "View in Reddit App" every 1-3 clicks I make. I had to do it three times just to make this post. Even if all I want to do is look at a photo I have to do this, because as you can see, the post itself is greyed.

Now, since a couple of days ago, I also have to click "Read more" on every text post. If I clicked into it, surely I want to read it, right?! And if I'm not interested after the first sentence or two I'll just go back. Why is this necessary?

u/throarway — 1 day ago

▲ 6 r/drivingUK

Every work day when driving home I have to approach a mini-roundabout where I will be turning right. The approach is a "slow" tight corner in a 30mph zone and the roundabout itself has poor visibility due to foliage. As a result, I approach at a crawl and look carefully for cars approaching to my right.

But what I find is cars approaching from my right who are going straight through refuse to slow down.

Today (like every day), I entered the roundabout at a crawl, having determined my entry was clear, only to be faced with someone coming straight who honked at me.

I swear I entered the roundabout before they had reached it, but as they were going faster than me, they either hadn't seen me or were simply annoyed at catching up to me and having to slow (given I was necessarily going slow due to my approach and the fact I was turning).

They honked at me as I was at the "top" of the roundabout and they were still straight on the side.

The thing is, I drive the inverse route to work everyday and would never drive through the roundabout at 30mph (but turning left) because I know what the visibility is like.

Had we crashed, would I be at fault?

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u/throarway — 23 days ago

▲ 2 r/oneplus

Right now I can get the OnePlus Nord 5 (global version) for £299 - a lot cheaper than the UK version (which has lower battery capacity).

But what do I need to be aware of? I don't think it's running Chinese ROM. Apparently 6 months' seller's warranty but potentially poor customer service from the seller and no repairs available in the UK?

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u/throarway — 23 days ago

▲ 1 r/travel

I've already booked London to Kuala Lumpur for 13th July but I didn't realise until after purchase that the "transfer" in Bahrain was actually a technical stop, meaning 2 hours remaining on the plane and a total flight time of 16.5 hours, while I'd prefer splitting up the flight with a couple hours off the plane.

I can see there's a flight available London Stansted to Milan to Abu Dhabi to KUL, max flight time 7h 20, or a flight from London Gatwick to Bahrain to KUL, max flight time 8h.

But how do I know before purchase whether a transfer is a "technical stop" or actual time off the plane?

Provided I arrive in KL on 14th July, I don't mind departing UK earlier than 13th July (meaning I don't mind getting to somewhere else in UK/Europe then flying to Malaysia). I just don't want to be paying the *highest* prices.

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u/throarway — 23 days ago