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What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Phones are like πŸ’» now. The year-to-year improvements are tiny. Some factors related to this –

At least for folks like me who sometimes read re chips, chip improvements are πŸ‘. But big year-to-year improvements are probably hard. If it was easy, Apple or Qualcomm may have already made a chip that was 2 or 3 times faster than the old 1.

So hard to have a clean implementation of under-screen cam and face recognition sensors. Hence, hole punch. Samsung fold has an under-screen front cam but the implemention wasn't clean and the pic quality is below average.

So hard to make a πŸ”‹ that's 2 or 3 times better than the old πŸ”‹. The tech world has been so hungry for a πŸ”‹ innovation for a long time. There was optimism re graphene. Idk if it'll succeed in mass production.

What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Is this the word firms use to kinda hide their error, which was moving to the cloud?

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Bypass short links (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20706955

I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11.

What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks – debloated?

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Bypass short links (lemmy.world)
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I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11. What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks (debloated)?

iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A traditional soldering iron in my nation costs about PHP 450 (about USD 7.95). The portability, accelerometer, temp control, easy repair and the ability to solder while charging a phone are πŸ‘, but USD 250 is so high.

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Some thoughts re the Nothing vid of @juxtopposed (y2u.be)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20178785

Wanna share some of my thoughts re this. I don't wanna write a very long essay, so here are just 5 items –

  1. I agree that 1 swipe down should let us alter the brightness.

  2. I'm OK with no sun icon in the brightness slider. I'll know that it's brightness even without any icon. But some may have a hard time, so adding an icon will be more user-friendly for them.

  3. Obviously Nothing didn't wanna overuse their dot matrix design. I side with Nothing on this 1. Putting it all over the os will be πŸ‘Ž for me. But beauty is subjective. Some may want the dot matrix design all over the os.

Carl Pei probably thought re the folks switching from a different Android phone or an iPhone to a Nothing phone. He probably wants the process to be as smooth as possible so the user will be satisfied. So he didn't use the dot matrix design on the icons. He said something related to this. Changing many things fast versus changing some things gradually. He said Nothing couldn't be overeager to alter stuff.

  1. Re the phone and messages apps, I wonder whether Nothing wanted the users to use the Google apps for these or Nothing is making their own now and will release those in the future.

  2. I agree that Google photos is not for everyone.

Some don't wanna have a Google account.

Google photos is cloud-storage-focused, not local-storage-focused. Some want a local-storage-focused gallery app.

Its search doesn't work offline. Some need a gallery app that works offline.

What Browser do you use on Android, and why? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ublock origin – best ad blocker

Aside from Firefox + Ublock origin, I have Firefox focus. Its ad blocker has let thru disappointingly many ads.

It's the little things that keeps me around in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Been using my Samsung a70 for almost 3 years and I knew re touch sensitivity only lately. I don't want scratches on my screen so I've always wanted a tempered-glass protector. I'm on my 3rd tempered glass.

Google Play Store requesting location permission to show 'local recommendations' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I've noticed that more and more apps are requesting my location. πŸ˜‘

Google Play Store requesting location permission to show 'local recommendations' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, it doesn't mean much if the fine is 0.0001% of Android's $.

10 years of android and I never managed to share files via WiFi direct in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I read that pairdrop.net was πŸ‘ too.

What are your favourite extensions? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Sponsorblock's been epic! Props to the coder and the contributors.

Jonathan Kamens: "It has come to my attention that many of the people complaining about Firefox's PPA experiment don't actually understand what PPA is…" - federate.social in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why is Firefox getting involved in ads? πŸ’΅? To reduce their dependence on Google's payment for keeping Google as the default search engine?

MrBeast's secret CEO in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Real estate investment scam. I wonder if Coffeezilla is working on it.

That Bill Burr clip was πŸ‘. Dogpack has πŸ‘ taste.

Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Exfat if you wanna use your usb drive on Macos or Linux.

I have Windows so I'm OK with Ntfs.

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Microsoft is killing Windows | ft. @GamersNexus (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18183816

When they talked re Teams and Discord, I thought of a meme. Windows will just be Edge in 100 years. All the apps will be web apps. Someone may have made that meme already.

Thankfully Windows didn't force Onedrive on me. I've preferred saving files locally. For my cloud files, I've mainly used Dropbox and Google drive.

I hope Windows will focus on user experience.

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Microsoft is killing Windows | ft. @GamersNexus (y2u.be)
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When they talked re Teams and Discord, I thought of a meme. Windows will just be Edge in 100 years. All the apps will be web apps. Someone may have made that meme already.

Thankfully Windows didn't force Onedrive on me. I've preferred saving files locally. For my cloud files, I've mainly used Dropbox and Google drive.

I hope Windows will focus on user experience.

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Algebra question (lemmy.world)
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I'm thinking re the latest vid of @mindyourdecisions

No need to view his vid. Here's the problem –

Brian has some boxes of paper clips. Some boxes hold 10 clips and some boxes hold 100. He has some paper clips left over. He has 3 more boxes with 100 paper clips than he has boxes with 10 paper clips. He has 2 fewer paper clips left over than he has numbers of boxes with 100 paper clips. What number of paper clips could he have?

  • let x1 be the number of boxes with 10 clips
  • x2 be the number of boxes with 100 clips
  • n be the number of leftover clips

I thought of 100x2 = 10x1 + 300

Is that equation right? Something tells me I shouldn't equate 100x2 to 10x1 plus 300. Something tells me I shouldn't make an equation re number of clips as it isn't explicit in the problem. I'm confused.

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Scarecrows wrecked by weeds, wood or stones (lemmy.world)
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I googled how to prevent spawning weeds, wood or stones from wrecking scarecrows. I read re paths. But weeds can wreck any floor or path.

I thought of surrounding a scarecrow with hardwood fence. I asked a large language model (llm) if that works. The llm said yes. True?

A scarecrow doesn't need so many resources but I don't wanna remake a scarecrow each time a weed, wood or a stone wrecks it.

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Marques Brownlee's latest vid is kinda unneeded (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16792709

I'm an avid Marques fan, but for me, he didn't have to make that vid. It was just a set of comparisons. No new info. No interesting discussion. Instead he should've just shared that Wired podcast episode on his X.

I wonder if Apple is making their own large language model (llm) and it'll be released this year or next year. Or are they still musing re the cost-benefit analysis? If they think that an Apple llm won't earn that much profit, they may not make 1.

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Rog ally x and Asus' warranty issues (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16089267

y2u.be/b6ymEz1PmBc

Dave said that the Ally (not Ally x) was too cheap, maybe. Maybe Asus didn't include the cost of customer help in it. Hence the warranty issues.

I'm not convinced. Asus is a big firm. If they mistakenly made the Ally too cheap, they could eat the cost of customer help. It's just right to provide πŸ‘ warranty service. And the Ally is their 1st handheld. They wanted to build a πŸ‘ reputation. Also, other Asus items had warranty issues. They must fix their internal process.

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The Lakers dismissed Darvin Ham (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sources tell ESPN that the Lakers dismissed Darvin Ham.

Yes! For me the missed challenge opportunity with Bron was Ham's biggest error in the Nuggets series. The 1 when Bron was so frustrated and the Nuggets got an easy basket.

Replacing Ham is a welcome improvement but it doesn't solve all the Lakers' issues.

They need a consistent scorer aside from AD and Bron. Ideally this scorer will be their top scorer. AD will be the 2nd scorer. Bron will be the 3rd.

They need a better 2nd unit. They'll provide some scoring and defense while AD and Bron are resting. Right now the roster is clearly shallow.

Of course, assuming that Bron will stay.

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Genetically modified food is generally πŸ‘ (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14016887

y2u.be/p4YcdEF93G4

Props to Doc Mike for being a voice of science amid the prevalence of wrong info on the Web.

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Nvidia is on a different planet | Youtube | Gamers nexus (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13805928

It's a long vid. I suggest prepping your fav drink before viewing.

It's re Nvidia's new gpu architecture for ai, NVlink switch, RAS diagnostics and other Nvidia announcements.

Nvidia knows it's the star of the backbone of the current ai boom and seems to be going full steam. I'm hoping for more innovations on tools for ai and gaming in the future.

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