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by culot 8y ago
Ah, perhaps my experiences are only valid for US/North American buyers of US carrier variants. I know that there was a proliferation of repackaged V20 models being sold as new, and they all seemed to come from the same source - they ha
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by culot 8y ago
I think it's mostly a Facebook hit piece. And actually since back then Facebook apps have become easier to disable on most Android phones. Used to be that you couldn't delete them nor disable them on most phones. Nowadays is usual
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by culot 8y ago
They would have needed to get on Verizon or T-Mobile to really make a dent in the US, being only available on Sprint was never going to be enough.
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by culot 8y ago
> force their shitty software down people's throats every day Did Facebook force OEMs to include their software on their devices? Isn't it more likely that OEMs are getting paid for the placement and the blame for its inclusio
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by culot 8y ago
Facebook has for some reason angered the mainstream media and is suffering their wrath. I wonder if its because of their support of Republican political stuff? That's definitely a big no-no if you want to keep in the good graces of the
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by culot 8y ago
I wonder what developer access you can achieve with that 8110 device? For FirefoxOS devices the debugging and developer stuff used to be fun via Firefox browser and was simply Android on the low level. Also FirefoxOS devices were generally
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by culot 8y ago
It might sound silly, but there is a delicious warm feeling that comes with waking up and having no internet available. The day feels less harried, more focused, and just calmer . The boon of increased productivity in every direction also
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by culot 8y ago
There is an LG G7 with Android One. That seems like it could be a great mix of flagship hardware with stock android.
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by culot 8y ago
Careful about buying 'new' copies of that phone on Ebay: there are none. Almost all of the new copies bring sold on Ebay for the last year or so are fraudulent. Finding an actual new LG V20, outside of perhaps Korea, is unlikely.
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by culot 8y ago
AT&T variants usually came with crapware. You could uninstall most/all of it though. AT&T Android phones are of course far worse though.
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by culot 8y ago
I recently stood at a light for like 15 minutes before I realized a button was available. There was no pedestrian crosswalk scheduled at that light at all. Once pressed traffic in all directions stopped in about 1-2 minutes. It was glorious
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by culot 8y ago
Up until last year at least swappable batteries were still common in lower-end smartphones. Generally none of those OEMs sold spare batteries though; even when many high-end models had swappable batteries, up until 2015/2016-ish, almos
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by culot 8y ago
That could lead to real change: drastic increase in tobacco taxes that only abate if cigarette waste drastically diminishes. "Here's an extra $3 per pack tax that will stay in effect until cigarette waste is no longer an issue.&qu
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by culot 8y ago
Unless there is a crackdown with real consequences people won't stop littering. It's too convenient, most will have to be forced to abate. I would welcome a law enforcement branch that patrols the streets to prevent and punish the
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by culot 8y ago
At some intersections there can be a button that will give you priority and issue a full stop for all traffic, but those aren't too common.
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by culot 8y ago
Both Reddit and Twitter are intentionally designed to be annoying, so as to encourage you to install their apps. So frustrating.
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by culot 8y ago
Ha! As I was reading that and pictured my pirate I was focusing on getting the drape of his pantaloons correct, so they hung over the top of the peg leg just so. When I went back to check color I realized it was like a coloring book image,
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by culot 8y ago
Usually a sudden reboot rather than a shutdown. It happens.
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by culot 8y ago
Biodegradable on what time frame? Isn't everything biodegradable given enough time? Is there an official definition on what time frame of biodegradability allows something to be legally declared 'biodegradable'? (Looking into
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by culot 8y ago
Wow, that guy is really something. Turn dumping trash in public into profit, get others to volunteer to do the work, charging the people the entire time, for both the dispersal and the cleanup, all the while claiming his trash dumping is a
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by culot 8y ago
Maybe the police should consider dropping confetti on rioters? Maybe implement in clubs and bars? The solution to world peace: confetti. Who knew. :P > More than 100 sanitation workers begin their eight-hour shifts. Using street sweepers
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by culot 8y ago
I know Samsung does offer security updates for devices >2 years old. I have a Galaxy Note 4 that got 3 years of updates. They weren't monthly, but were fairly regular(1). It does appear that this is common for Samsung flagships, bu
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by culot 8y ago
> If you think Android is a decent OS try removing Google from it. Actually that was one of my favorite things about my Xperia XZ1 Compact: running LineageOS without Google services. The battery life was insane, like 10-12 hours of scree
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by culot 8y ago
Sony's Xperia flagships are quite regular with their monthly updates. I think they've also ditched the headphone jack in their latest models though. For a while it seemed like they'd hold out against glass backs and dropping
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by culot 8y ago
remote control explodes
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by culot 8y ago
Prime Video on Fire TV boxes now autoplays some selections in the menu (maybe just Amazon original content?). Now I have to mute my TV with Prime Video just like is required for Netflix. Prime doesn't have the bizarre, useless, space-w
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by culot 8y ago
In all the many play-throughs I did on that game I don't think I ever hit the time limit. I always thought it was generous enough to enjoy the game fully. If you really want to explore [sort of] unhindered Fallout 2 takes care of that,
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by culot 8y ago
I don't think many computer RPG players took Diablo or Diablo 2 seriously in that respect back then. They weren't really comparable to computer RPGs at the time. They were like console-friendly RPG-lite-type games.
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by culot 8y ago
Tangent: 'Relentless, Twinsen's Adventure' aka 'Little Big Adventure' is officially available on Android. It's actually kind of fun and playable on the small screen.
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by culot 8y ago
Looks like the Exult, the Ultima 7 modernization/remake, is still being developed: https://github.com/exult/exult Last time I played U7 through so many years ago it was via Exult. I wonder how far its progressed o

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