Finished it, and all your issues resonate with me.
I too got a printer recently, and I have not tried to use the scanner, but will try soon and see what happens.
Your top-down menu issue echoes mine.
More broadly, I think we are seeing here the effects of offloading or outsourcing information to AI or to engineers/coders. The very things meant to "idiot proof" our devices are actually making the devices less or unusable by normal people or even geniuses.
I love the convenience of autocorrect, until it "idiot corrects" differently. QR codes are all well and good, but what happens if the device cannot accept them? I have an iPhone X that I want to upgrade to a pre-owned, more recent version, but will the SD card simply be able to be transferred between the two devices?
I get tons of offers from Apple Music, but I really don't want to commit to a music service at all. At one point, I did have a ton of music saved in multiple locations and ripped from CD's. I even had some old cassette audio I was able to record using a cassette-to-digital piece of hardware which was worth it to preserve my dad's voice from a 1970's vacation recording.
But these advances, usually put forward by people who don't know the value of things from the past, are causing the unintended consequences of loss.
I am no longer sure the that the consequential loss is unintended.
I am so mad at myself for not recording the Skype then Zoom calls with my parents. It was never a conscious decision not to, I just didn’t. Guess I figured that doing so was just for work.
Like with so many other things, I saw this coming. Fully automated systems need a human back up and real time supervision. No one can foresee every issue and AI does not think. A human must be present to solve the unexpected.
Before finishing your post, I just had to respond.
I had a similar issue with my air conditioner.
I recently purchased a well-known company's room air conditioner, and it works like a dream, but registering it was a nightmare. I went with online registration because it is more convenient. The problem is I couldn't register it because after entering the serial number and model number, as you enter in the number, it presents you with alternatives from a drop-down menu.
Instead, I got a dialog that there was "no valid model number;" the invalid model number that was listed on the side of the air conditioner, the label you send in the mail, and the user's manual say differently.
I tried entering in letters instead of numbers as the number contains a "0" which arguably could either be a letter or a number. I also re-entered the number multiple times. Still, no dice.
Finally, I had to "lie" in a model number to register it, but since I didn't want to stick with that, as it could possibly affect my warranty, I decided to go to support and report the issue. This involved me sending in pictures of the "label" and taking a picture of the information on the side near the bottom of the air conditioner, which in a wheelchair, is not easy to do.
Long story short...the person i was text chatting with (which may have been an ai bot) stated that the technical issue is with their website. File this under: "No Shit Sherlock." They advanced my support ticket to a higher authority.
What did the "higher authority do?" They gave me a 15% discount on another appliance in the future, and closed out the ticket. I was also told to "remove" the bogus model number I chose from the pull-down menu. I tried to do this, but found that the only way to do this was to enter in a new registered product, which of course, has no valid model number
Not exact, but I have had so many similar experiences that I can’t count. No worries through, the ticket has been cleared so as far as the company is concerned, the issue has been resolved. Yeah.
My printer doesn't print anything unless I restart my pc. If I have to print something quick, the printer knows and will not do it, even if I restart my pc. Idk if the scanner feature works, I have never tried it. I have a separate scanner.
Finished it, and all your issues resonate with me.
I too got a printer recently, and I have not tried to use the scanner, but will try soon and see what happens.
Your top-down menu issue echoes mine.
More broadly, I think we are seeing here the effects of offloading or outsourcing information to AI or to engineers/coders. The very things meant to "idiot proof" our devices are actually making the devices less or unusable by normal people or even geniuses.
I love the convenience of autocorrect, until it "idiot corrects" differently. QR codes are all well and good, but what happens if the device cannot accept them? I have an iPhone X that I want to upgrade to a pre-owned, more recent version, but will the SD card simply be able to be transferred between the two devices?
I get tons of offers from Apple Music, but I really don't want to commit to a music service at all. At one point, I did have a ton of music saved in multiple locations and ripped from CD's. I even had some old cassette audio I was able to record using a cassette-to-digital piece of hardware which was worth it to preserve my dad's voice from a 1970's vacation recording.
But these advances, usually put forward by people who don't know the value of things from the past, are causing the unintended consequences of loss.
I am no longer sure the that the consequential loss is unintended.
I am so mad at myself for not recording the Skype then Zoom calls with my parents. It was never a conscious decision not to, I just didn’t. Guess I figured that doing so was just for work.
Like with so many other things, I saw this coming. Fully automated systems need a human back up and real time supervision. No one can foresee every issue and AI does not think. A human must be present to solve the unexpected.
Before finishing your post, I just had to respond.
I had a similar issue with my air conditioner.
I recently purchased a well-known company's room air conditioner, and it works like a dream, but registering it was a nightmare. I went with online registration because it is more convenient. The problem is I couldn't register it because after entering the serial number and model number, as you enter in the number, it presents you with alternatives from a drop-down menu.
Instead, I got a dialog that there was "no valid model number;" the invalid model number that was listed on the side of the air conditioner, the label you send in the mail, and the user's manual say differently.
I tried entering in letters instead of numbers as the number contains a "0" which arguably could either be a letter or a number. I also re-entered the number multiple times. Still, no dice.
Finally, I had to "lie" in a model number to register it, but since I didn't want to stick with that, as it could possibly affect my warranty, I decided to go to support and report the issue. This involved me sending in pictures of the "label" and taking a picture of the information on the side near the bottom of the air conditioner, which in a wheelchair, is not easy to do.
Long story short...the person i was text chatting with (which may have been an ai bot) stated that the technical issue is with their website. File this under: "No Shit Sherlock." They advanced my support ticket to a higher authority.
What did the "higher authority do?" They gave me a 15% discount on another appliance in the future, and closed out the ticket. I was also told to "remove" the bogus model number I chose from the pull-down menu. I tried to do this, but found that the only way to do this was to enter in a new registered product, which of course, has no valid model number
Not exact, but I have had so many similar experiences that I can’t count. No worries through, the ticket has been cleared so as far as the company is concerned, the issue has been resolved. Yeah.
My printer doesn't print anything unless I restart my pc. If I have to print something quick, the printer knows and will not do it, even if I restart my pc. Idk if the scanner feature works, I have never tried it. I have a separate scanner.
I have had to go that route too; multiple devices that are supposed to be multifunctional but not.