Friday OT #1 - Google fixes

[Angie]

I'm SO SORRY I'm so late with this! Busy catching up from Italy in life and at work.

Thanks so much to @Cybirdy for this one! How has Google fixed your life? You can google almost anything - how have you fixed something using Google/YouTube/etc.?

Our battery on our van's keyfob (which has the button start rather than a key) went out, and I googled that **** to figure out how to replace it. What do you have?

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

I used it to find hot single women in my area

 

[Doc]

The picture on my TV stopped working, and somebody on the internet told me to try to change the channel right when the Bravia screen popped up, and whaddya know, it worked!

 

[mj4cy]

Unit conversions. Sometimes when I get a job with metric units, I just type in to google "3146 cm to in" and instantly know what I need for analysis.

 

[TXCyclones]

I used it to find hot single women in my area

Can you share this procedure? Specifically the steps to the "hot" part.

 

[SCNCY]

YouTube! I Most of the work I have done in my house, I have gone to TouTube to see other people doing the same thing. Recently, my girlfriend and I installed a shower glass door in her bathroom and used YouTube to get an idea of how to do it.

 

[FarminCy]

Unit conversions. Sometimes when I get a job with metric units, I just type in to google "3146 cm to in" and instantly know what I need for analysis.

I do this all the time. When I'm on a conference call with people in the UK, France, South Africa, Australia, etc I'm doing unit conversions the whole time. Tons/ha to bu/ac is the most common for me but it generally takes a couple steps. Another one is using google to translate Uk/Aussie English to US English, there are many times they say a word that is very out of context for how we use it or it's some Aussie specific word and I need to google what it is they mean.

 

[CycloneSarah]

Google and some random stranger helped me fix our Keurig at work which was intermittently brewing less than half of the normal amount. Found a comment about turning it upside down and tapping on the bottom to supposedly release air bubbles and was shocked when it worked!

 

[jcyclonee]

Google is great for basic maintenance on cars. I've recently used it for changing head lamps, finding the power steering fluid reservoir, turning off a faulty low tire pressure warning light and resetting the oil life monitor when the shop forgot to do it for me.

 

[Cyclonepride]

It's pretty invaluable to me at work finding products and stuff like that. The way that I think seems to sync with Google's algorithms, so everyone pretty much comes to me after they fail to find what they want.

I've also found it helpful in proving my wife wrong on stuff. Incidentally, she is not a fan of that.

 

[KnappShack]

I have stopped committing almost anything to memory.

I never look for the background information on a topic. I only need the immediate answer

I barely know the names of the road in my new town. Google Maps gets me where I need to go.

If you type "nude" at the end of any search you will find nudity

Any illness is terminal. Even a running nose can be brain fluid!

All of my home improvement projects still begin by opening a beer, but now I open YouTube also

 

[jcyclonee]

Google and some random stranger helped me fix our Keurig at work which was intermittently brewing less than half of the normal amount. Found a comment about turning it upside down and tapping on the bottom to supposedly release air bubbles and was shocked when it worked!

Google also taught me to use a paper clip to clean the coffee grounds from the needle that pokes into the K-cup.

 

[jcyclonee]

I've also found it helpful in proving my wife wrong on stuff. Incidentally, she is not a fan of that.

It tends to be easier on our marriage when I just accept that my right answer is wrong rather than prove that I am right.

 

[SCyclone]

I was able to find out all kinds of dirt of CF posters, which has greatly expanded my bank account.

 

[c.y.c.l.o.n.e.s]

Many car repairs, fixed a refrigerator, tiled a floor. I google things almost every day.

A couple of years ago our washing machine was making an awful screeching noise. Thought for sure that I would need to go buy a new one. Googled it. Found a You Tube video that basically said "Does your washer sound like this? if so, a bobby pin has likely worked it's way down through the system and is stuck in your water pump." It then gave step by step instructions on where to find the water pump. Removed the bobby pin and we are still using the washer today.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Many car repairs, fixed a refrigerator, tiled a floor. I google things almost every day.

A couple of years ago our washing machine was making an awful screeching noise. Thought for sure that I would need to go buy a new one. Googled it. Found a You Tube video that basically said "Does your washer sound like this? if so, a bobby pin has likely worked it's way down through the system and is stuck in your water pump." It then gave step by step instructions on where to find the water pump. Removed the bobby pin and we are still using the washer today.

Yeah, I've done a ton of things like that. Helps for fixing computer problems around the office too. Did you know that you can trick an Apple into thinking it's a new computer to get past the password protection and set up an admin account for yourself?

 

[TykeClone]

I often use it when tracking down error messages and fixes at work. It's amazing how deep in a rabbit hole you can get trying to find what the solution is - and then a single page somewhere has enough of a hint to get things right.

 

[urb1]

Replacing the belt on our dryer.

Translating foreign phrases in books.

Figuring out how to get the headlight out of my car so I can replace a bulb.

Restoring sound on my wife's laptop, which I have to do after just about every Windows update. The instructions are on her desktop, and it takes less than 30 seconds and a reboot, but she always has me do it.

 

[jcyclonee]

I was able to find out all kinds of dirt of CF posters, which has greatly expanded my bank account.

Blackmailing CF posters to greatly expand your bank account? I doubt that.




We will not be blackmailed!...?

 

[cyhiphopp]

Lots of stuff already posted from solving arguments, to minor repairs and fixes.

It's not a fix, but google is great at helping me be a snarky smart ass. I can find a GIF of almost anything as well to help my internet snark abilities.

So there's that.