You know what really grinds my gears...

Postby **NTP66** » Wed May 24, 2023 4:41 pm

Yep, it’s almost comical.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Tue May 30, 2023 6:54 pm

I don’t know who, but someone needs to go to jail for the HBO Max -> Max thing

Postby **AuthorTony** » Tue May 30, 2023 6:56 pm

The Max app somehow managed to be worse than both the HBOMax and Discovery apps.

Postby **Shyster** » Tue May 30, 2023 6:58 pm

PRT buses that drive around with their four-way flashers on all the time. I've noticed that something like half of the buses downtown do this. But it means that I as a driver have no idea whether that bus in front of me is just waiting for the light like I am or whether it's disabled and not going anywhere.

Postby **nocera** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:03 pm

The Max app somehow managed to be worse than both the HBOMax and Discovery apps.

I think the UI and general organization is better than HBOMax. I’m annoyed that it no longer uses the appleTV native video player though.

Postby **faftorial** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:12 pm

PRT buses that drive around with their four-way flashers on all the time. I've noticed that something like half of the buses downtown do this. But it means that I as a driver have no idea whether that bus in front of me is just waiting for the light like I am or whether it's disabled and not going anywhere.

They're not referred to as "PAT buses" anymore?

Postby **Shyster** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:15 pm

No, they recently wasted a bunch of money to change the name to "Pittsburgh Regional Transit."

Postby **faftorial** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:01 pm

No, they recently wasted a bunch of money to change the name to "Pittsburgh Regional Transit."

Area, regional, what's the difference.

Did they give a reason why?

Postby **faftorial** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:04 pm

Postby **nocera** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:07 pm

Rebrand. Wanted a name that tied it into the city and also apparently people were confused by the “port” part thinking the buses lead to a river or port.

Postby **Shyster** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:18 pm

Area, regional, what's the difference.

Did they give a reason why?

The City Paper says, "officials emphasized the need to shed the redundant maritime associations for a name that better reflects a land-based urban transportation system."

I think the change was stupid and a waste of money. First, the "Port Authority" name had been around for 60 years, and no one was confused. Second, there are other "port authorities" that run stuff like buses and rail lines, probably most notably the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs seaports, airports, bridges, tunnels, train lines, and bus stations. Third, the new name is harder to say because it switches the abbreviation from an acronym (an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words that is itself pronounced as a word) to an initialism (an abbreviation consisting of initial letters where each is letter is pronounced separately). It's a lot easier to say a "pat" bus than a "pee are tee" bus.

Postby **nocera** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:19 pm

It’s the first name change for the Port Authority in decades. When choosing a new moniker, the agency wanted to do away with the word “port” because it implies riders were heading to the rivers or a port that doesn’t exist, Kelleman said. She pronounces PRT as “part.”

https://www.wesa.fm/development-transpo ... al-transit

Duh. It’s obviously “part.”

Postby **faftorial** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:36 pm

I always assumed it stood for Pittsburgh Area Transit.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:52 pm

I always assumed it stood for Pittsburgh Area Transit.

Should have changed it to that, then they could have left the logo and everything and people would.... still have not been confused.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:37 am

Not happy about this.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:38 am

Not happy about this.

I mentioned this in the Randomness thread, and couldn't agree more. Once Apollo goes, I won't bother touching Reddit on mobile, which is most of my browsing.

Postby **Kane** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:43 am

Same. Been using reddit is fun for years and it's so far beyond the trash official app.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:15 am

I’ll still use old.Reddit on my laptop but yeah that’s maybe 20% of my Reddit use. Apollo was a godsend after they destroyed Alien Blue. The official app is ad-tastic and no way in hell am I paying for Reddit Premium.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:21 am

old.reddit with RES on desktop or nothing.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:22 am

old.reddit with RES on desktop or nothing.

Yep I use RES as well. That’s not going away too is it?

It’s only a matter of time before old.Reddit is shut down.

Postby **faftorial** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:23 am

old.reddit with RES on desktop or nothing.
Yep I use RES as well. That’s not going away too is it?

It’s only a matter of time before old.Reddit is shut down.

Why is that?

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:24 am

Most of it is my cynicism but also I don’t think they’re able to use ads as much in old.reddit

Postby **Kane** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:07 pm

Is there a mobile browser version of RES?

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:28 pm

Source of the post That’s not going away too is it?

I sure as hell hope not, and didn't even think about that until you mentioned it!

Edit: Just checked the sub. One of the mods:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯, shouldn't do but its Reddit so could do.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:04 pm

Had to rent a U-Haul this week. I have never dealt with worse customer service. Ever. Walked into the office, guy didn't even look up at me. Said "hey, how you doing?" in case maybe he didn't see me. Didn't even look up. Fortunately, they do check in on their app, which I needed help with but fortunately I figured it out before I had to stab the guy to get him to pay attention to me. Once I was checked in, I went back in the office to get the key. Guy throws it on the counter, points at me then points at the key. No words.

I guess maybe he could have been a deaf mute.

When I returned it, the place was just totally closed and locked up tight at 2 pm on a Thursday. I just left the truck and dropped the key. Apparently they figured it out because the bill was as expected.