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by endemic 8y ago
Amazingly, they also offer official AOSP builds ( https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/latest-updat... ). LineageOS is also supported on the Xperia Z5 Compact. GApps optional for the privacy conscious.
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by endemic 8y ago
Compete on price? They're getting more and more expensive...
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by endemic 8y ago
Came to complain about the same thing. I'm not convinced the slight ergonomics on the mouse justifies making it terrible for left-handed use. I must be using the v2 IntelliMouse, as mine (which I've had for years) is ambidextrous.
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by endemic 8y ago
Nah, that'd be more like if iMessage _was_ on Android, but once you used it there you could no longer use it on your iPhone.
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by endemic 8y ago
I love all the responses about how folks are able to prolong the lifespan of their older Mac hardware (I'm running a 2010 MBP myself). I imagine that's part of the problem -- Apple sells more hardware if you can't upgrade.
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by endemic 8y ago
Reminds me of a tech talk I went to last year, where the speaker/developer was trying to get on the Alexa hype train by building a "virtual doctor" application of some sort. He was very excited about the possibility of reduci
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by endemic 8y ago
I'm using HERE WeGo, installed from Amazon Appstore. Obviously nothing will be as good as Google Maps, but it seems decent enough.
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by endemic 8y ago
Anyone have recommended resources for learning how to play?
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by endemic 9y ago
>As long as they are properly disposed of, you wouldn't be producing additional waste. I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. You'd have to take into account the cost of sourcing raw materials for a replacement machin
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by endemic 9y ago
I love that there's a "See this less often" action that you can click on that content, which appears to do nothing.
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by endemic 9y ago
Usually you can infer the meaning of the word from its context, but the accent gives English speakers a better idea of how to pronounce it.
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by endemic 9y ago
I think the moral of this story is that Apple's hardware was _too_ good 10 years ago -- you could upgrade it almost indefinitely. The soldered components these days definitely make more sense to drive new sales.
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by endemic 9y ago
Hmm, do you have any examples of this? I'm curious as I've been running LineageOS without Play Services... seems to work quite well, but maybe I'm missing something?
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by endemic 9y ago
It was released in 2017, although perhaps your comment is alluding to the (small) iterative design updates that Sony gives its phones. I wanted an XZ1 Compact due to USB Type-C and the plastic back, but settled for a Z5 Compact due to Linea
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by endemic 9y ago
Exactly. The junk I collect (video games) is primarily for use, rather than some other value.
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by endemic 9y ago
Agreed; telemetry is valuable, and I have no problem with it... provided there is an option to turn it off.
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by endemic 9y ago
C'mon, I love to rag on Apple as much as the next person, but if you've got the motivation to find Apple's bug tracking app and submit a report, it's not much to ask that you include some logs as well.
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by endemic 9y ago
> Android is weak in a lot of areas but at least they got this part right. Try using an AOSP ROM without Google Play Services.
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by endemic 9y ago
Vendor lock-in is real.
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by endemic 9y ago
Adventures? Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!
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by endemic 9y ago
I agree. However, I do think it's funny that the one time Apple switches to an interoperable standard, people complain about it.
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by endemic 9y ago
The reports of coil whine are really the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger on an XPS 13. Played with one in an MS store, love the hardware, and I'm ready to go back to Linux.
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by endemic 9y ago
Every year I see hardware folks write breathlessly about how good the performance of Apple's AX chips. In retrospect, seems like Apple is pulling a fast one: amazing performance, but only while the phone is new (coincidentally, when al
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by endemic 9y ago
From a pragmatic perspective: adding a level of interactivity via JavaScript requires a lot of work and/or $$$. Text content Just Works.
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by endemic 9y ago
Thankfully, mono is the worst sickness I've had to suffer through (in high school). I remember smelling _really_ bad after sweating in bed for five days.
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by endemic 9y ago
> no apology has been issued This is my problem, right here. To err is human, but I would expect a level of contriteness, rather than doubling down on the "nothing to see here" attitude.
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by endemic 9y ago
> Solve that and NN doesn't matter, plus you solve a bunch of other problems as well. Sounds great; I'd just like to have the new solution in place before dismantling the old one.
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by endemic 9y ago
When I last had an Android phone, the Prime Video app wasn’t available in the Play Store... you had to side load Amazon’s App Store app in order to download it. Pretty much a giant annoyance.
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by endemic 9y ago
> I prefer as little convention as possible. It forces me to change my project structure if I intend to use your library. Chances are my project structure is gonna win over your library. Since working at a large-ish company, I've co
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by endemic 9y ago
Those are all valid reasons. But what these companies need to do instead is pay consenting users to engage in usability sessions.

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