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(this only works if you type the numbers on the numeric keypad, for some reason that is lost in history)
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/42 "2014-06-25T20:31:30Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> The worst I’ve seen is a toaster that beeps when the toast is ready. Loudly. Six times. Not good when everuone else is sleeping.
Is the toaster holding your toast hostage, or something? Do you have to manually pop up the toast? Why the beeps? I’m truly baffled. 😕
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### Author:  [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/43 "2014-06-25T22:09:54Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Touchscreens are cool and infinitely versatile and all that, but there are certain times I miss _actual buttons_, like when skipping a song on the iPod while driving.
I am a gadget geek, but my good cameras are all retro-looking Fujifilm X cameras.
Look at those [beautiful dials for aperture, shutter speed, and exposure compensation.](http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/fujifilm-x100s-hands-on-preview-21048/images/highres-fujifilm-x100s-4_1357651734.jpg)
The X-T1 is even better: [they added an ISO knob to the top](http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/fujifilm-launch-x-t1-mirrorless-camera-23908/images/highres-Fujifilm-X-T1-Body-5_1390819557.jpg). I’m still dreaming about buying that one (I have the older but just-as-cool X-Pro1)
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### Author:  [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/44 "2014-06-25T22:27:26Z")
> [@johnpost](#):
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> it lets you distinguish between OFF and unplugged or broken.
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> if you expect the device to respond to a remote control or to a sensor or time value then you want to know it is ON and ready to function as expected when the event occurs.
Yeah, I understand that reasoning, but JESUS CHRIST I pretty much KNOW IF IT’S BROKEN OR UNPLUGGED. I don’t know why they think the light provides anything positive.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/45 "2014-06-25T22:43:49Z")
Price.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/46 "2014-06-25T22:55:15Z")
The lack of feedback from some systems, notably the on-screen schedule and video on demand system from TWCable.
Find something, click the button to select it. Wait, because there is absolutely no way to tell the difference between when it heard you and is just taking a while to process and when it never got the signal at all. Absolutely fucking mind-explodingly maddening.
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### Author:  [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/47 "2014-06-25T23:42:57Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#):
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> I am a gadget geek, but my good cameras are all retro-looking Fujifilm X cameras.
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> Look at those [beautiful dials for aperture, shutter speed, and exposure compensation.](http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/fujifilm-x100s-hands-on-preview-21048/images/highres-fujifilm-x100s-4_1357651734.jpg)
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> The X-T1 is even better: [they added an ISO knob to the top](http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/fujifilm-launch-x-t1-mirrorless-camera-23908/images/highres-Fujifilm-X-T1-Body-5_1390819557.jpg). I’m still dreaming about buying that one (I have the older but just-as-cool X-Pro1)
(grumble grumble…annoying non-linkable images)
Here is the[full review that contained the first photo](http://www.ephotozine.com/article/fujifilm-x100s-review-21565), along with plenty more. Awesome camera for those who like real clickable and twistable things.
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/48 "2014-06-25T23:47:53Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> The worst I’ve seen is a toaster that beeps when the toast is ready. Loudly. Six times. Not good when everuone else is sleeping.
If I could find a microwave which didn’t loudly and insistently remind me when it’s completed the cooking, I’d buy it in an instant. I hate machines yelling at me like they’re the boss. :mad:
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/49 "2014-06-25T23:49:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#):
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> On a Mac the degree symbol is Option-0 (or Alt-0).
Fantastic! I’ve been using the c & p ‘solution’ of the OP and am positively thrilled to learn this shortcut.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/50 "2014-06-25T23:50:41Z")
I hate how all these technology companies want to track you and your habits. I’m not actually impacted by it, but it bothers me that somewhere, someone made the decision that they NEED to know where I’ve been on my iPhone and can track me.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/51 "2014-06-25T23:56:57Z")
Autocorrect. It only auto corrects successfully about half the time, and sometimes it changes my text to something which makes no sense at all. “I’m in the Loop” becomes “pie pigeon poop.”
The damn videos that so many sports and news sites are including rather than written content. Because what I really want to do while I’m at work or commuting is run videos. Yes, I know they do it to force me to watch the ad, but it is still annoying as hell. Sites with autoplay video deserve their own circle of Hell.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-about-technology-that-bother-you/691603/52 "2014-06-26T01:00:29Z")
> [@dalej42](#):
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> Autocorrect. It only auto corrects successfully about half the time, and sometimes it changes my text to something which makes no sense at all. “I’m in the Loop” becomes “pie pigeon poop.”
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> The damn videos that so many sports and news sites are including rather than written content. Because what I really want to do while I’m at work or commuting is run videos. Yes, I know they do it to force me to watch the ad, but it is still annoying as hell. Sites with autoplay video deserve their own circle of Hell.
Especially when they hide the flash window what would be twelve vertical feet down if it weren’t virtual; but never right at the bottom because that would be too easy to scroll down to. And for extra fun have a buggy release of Flash that demands 99% of your processor, so it takes forever to get a response to the simplest close window command.
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