Valkhyr

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by Valkhyr 5y ago
I highly second this. I've worked retail before (Apple Retail, Genius Bar specifically, so probably one of the more decent and better paid retail jobs in the grand scheme of things), and dealing with customers was one of the primary re
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
Damn, if this was officially available in Japan I'd be so tempted to reserve one right now... Might still order one to my home in Germany, but probably will wait for further news on proper international availability first. In any case,
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
Most dystopian shit I've seen in a while.
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
We can all discuss whether or not a certain UI/UX pattern is appropriate or not (and I certainly agree that many of the changes Apple have made in the last decade have been for the worse). But all personal preferences aside, Linux UI&#
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
I don't work for Apple anymore (and only worked for the corporate side for a short period), but this does not surprise me. They've never been a company very accepting of remote work. My current company strongly encouraged WFH duri
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
Damn. I love that building. One of these days I need to cycle there on an early morning to take some more pictures before it ultimately disappears :-/
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
> You could of course argue that the iOS ecosystem should not be based around a curated app store and sandboxed applications, but that would make it a MacBook... Exactly what I would argue, and the only thing that would bring me back to
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by Valkhyr 5y ago
Can't speak for the poster you are responding to, but as someone who also uses Signal for a portion of my social circle, here's my big one: Signal is tied to a phone number, so I can't use it from multiple devices/platfo
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Thank you for the source. I can't help but feel confused how the US can spend so much per capita on social welfare, yet I hear all those horror stories about medical costs, people having to work multiple jobs etc.
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Yeah, even if I could walk to the office I'd probably still split my time. But it would be a best of both worlds scenario for me :-)
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
I recognize that situations and preferences can change, yes. But it would have to be a pretty significant change for me to outweigh 80 minutes on a crowded Tokyo subway, particularly in summer. FWIW, before the pandemic started, I was not e
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
> Believe it or not, America is a welfare state [...] Compared to where? Certainly not most industrialized western countries.
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
After a year working remotely, I don't think I'd be willing to go back to working fully (or even primarily) in the office. I could do a day here or there for team-building activities or major meetings, but that's pretty much
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
The richest third world nation in the world.
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
I backed the Librem 5 and I have a Pinephone on order. Yet I can comfortably say that I don't care one bit about "Linux phones". I want a handheld Linux computer, and it just so happens that these attempts to make "phone
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Yep. I love Linux but hate having to futz around to get basic stuff working. I'm ready to mess with some things like display orientation on non-standard hardware like a GPD Pocket to some extent, since you can't really expect full
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Seconded. I don't really need Linux pre-installed, but when I make a buying decision I would be much more likely to buy a laptop that is (a) guaranteed to be fully compatible with Linux out of the box, and that (b) the manufacturer wi
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
I think that "strategic cooperation" may be a bit of retconning on GPD's part? I was using a Pocket when Mate first published the images (for the Pocket at the time), and there was no talk about this being in any way official
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Not that much really. I use both a Pocket 2 and a Win2. They are very similar weight and while the Pocket has a larger footprint, it's not a big difference. If you can throw a Win 2 into your bag, chances are a Pocket 2 will fit too an
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Same here (minus the decades of programming experience, unfortunately ). I have both the original Pocket and a Pocket 2 (both Linux), as well as a Win 2 (windows, gaming-only), and I love them. Before the pandemic I used to use them very fr
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Frankly whenever I use iOS (these days mostly on an iPad, since I switched phones to Android a few years ago), I miss that I don't have root privileges and full filesystem access. Everything you mention would be possible if those were
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
"Underneath, it's a hyperalloy combat chassis,microprocessor-controlled, fully armored. Very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue."
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Great that you represent all consumers. I guess the debate's over then.
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Thank you :-) I own both a Win 2 (Windows for gaming) and a Pocket 2 (Linux, for study/coding) and am very happy with both of them - but neither is actually pocketable, which is why I'm looking towards the Librem 5 (and have also
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Thank you for that link - I had not seen that - my impression was that Fir would be a die shrink and otherwise identical. Reading through the explanation, I think the tradeoff is still worth it for me since I care more about battery life an
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Just speaking for myself, as somebody who has preordered a Librem 5, but may not be representative at all of the wider community around it: I want a pocketable Linux device I can take with me everywhere. That's it. I don't care ho
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
Hmm, I would not underestimate the convenience of having them out the outside easily accessible, especially when you consider that switching off radios at the moment should also help with battery consumption? (<- this is an assumption; I
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
This is the major reason I deferred my Evergreen Librem 5 order for the Fir batch (set to ship in ~1 year), which will (a) have a smaller process size (14nm vs 28nm currently) and (b) allow for more time for optimizations.
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
> The Japanese companies that have endured the longest have often been defined by an aversion to risk — shaped in part by past crises — and an accumulation of large cash reserves. > It is a common trait among Japanese enterprises and
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by Valkhyr 6y ago
This. I don't think anybody, least of all Todd Weaver, is saying we should not have any native applications. When he writes "web", I think it's largely fair to substitute that with "http(s) APIs optionally fronted w

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