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What was a friction or annoyance plaguing you that you finally resolved recently? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have two

figured out how to reformat an old hard drive that i needed the space to store new shows I wantef to have and was able to make room for so much stuff. It took way to long for me to sit down focused and walk thru a 5 minute youtube video explaining it and it paid off. I knew that was the solution all the while, just took a long time to buckle down and do it. I need to get more in that habit
Couldnt remember debit pin and its annoyed me for a long time when i needed to withdraw cash various times. Found a forum post saying the exact process in the banks app and had it sorted out in less than a minute. Itd been like 3 months I put up with that and its just not an issue anymore

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Upgrading to a Win11 machine to beat the mid-October deadline was my deal. Just about every associated hardware item needed to be replaced, and there were a bunch of small issues with the various new stuff, including me completely forgetting that a network switch is NOT a router, even though they look similar. Building a rolling, swiveling platform arm for a new monitor I needed to sit next to my bed/couch was one of the last major hurdles. Bonus pts for the new machine being hilariously tiny, to the tune of ~"5x"2x"5, but it got great reviews, and I'm loving it so far.

So yeah, moving up to a faster, more capable system is always a treat in the end, but getting everything migrated properly and deciding what software to reinstall and what to upgrade can be a process that takes weeks, or more. Note: the "VirusTotal" site has been a big help in feeling much more secure about my new install choices.

Couldnt remember debit pin and its annoyed me for a long time

A few years back, I had that problem not with the PIN, but with my online PW. I'd somehow forgotten it, and wound up calling customer support for help, getting a live person to talk to. They asked me a couple personal questions, I answered, and they solved the issue within minutes. I imagine they would have done something similar with PINs.

These days, with CS being increasingly automated and/or farmed out to other countries, I'm not sure if that would work so easily, anymore.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So yeah, moving up to a faster, more capable system

windows 11 is not a faster, more capable system but one with even more bloat, including more user hostile bloat. the single advantage of it is that it still gets updates, but there are many other solutions to that.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Bien sûr!
However, and TBC-- I was referring to the actual hardware when I said "system."

Indeed, I greatly look forward to upgrading this shady OS to some manner of Linux, especially once things settle down here. (any 'flavor' you particularly recommend?)