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811.
by gib444 8mo ago
Thanks! Looks decent (60 Pro does too) > youtubers marketers ;)
812.
by gib444 8mo ago
> A year ago I got a "10 month old flagship" Moto, Model name?
813.
by gib444 8mo ago
> pixel screens had extremely low Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rate for screen dimming, apparently as a cost saving measure The PWM issues are inexcusable. Cost saving measure on a £999 phone. Ridiculous!
814.
by gib444 8mo ago
No, Lenovo owns Motorola Google owned it 2012-2014
815.
by gib444 8mo ago
(not OP but been on Grapheneos for a couple of years). I don't. I transfer any important data like photos to a real computer weekly Mail, Calendar and Contacts are handled by IMAP and DavX. Passwords are in 1Password I have minimal app
816.
by gib444 8mo ago
Pixels are far from rugged
817.
by gib444 8mo ago
iPhones are nice but all that iCloud data is a privacy nightmare especially without Advanced Data Protection, which the UK Gov caused Apple to stop offering in the UK (and I can see that extending to the E U). Friction can be good in life.
818.
by gib444 8mo ago
I fail at the first hurdle. A small innocuous comment is often met with a "huh?" as if I had said it in Japanese or mentioned how nice the wallpaper tastes. It's like they clock the (relatively mild) autism immediately. Then
819.
by gib444 8mo ago
I had a friend like that. Soccer soccer soccer. His soccer knowledge was impeccable. But he allowed almost no space in his life for anything else. A kind of addiction. He had no other interests, didn't read about anything else. There&#
820.
by gib444 8mo ago
> Refusal to hand over Technically correct but slightly loaded phrasing. It implies the USA is in the right. Denmark is /defending/ itself and its territories.
821.
by gib444 8mo ago
Also need a solution for Numbers nagging me in the app to upgrade (popup blocking my work). So annoying. I don't want the Numbers-with-AI/premium-upsell-crap edition Anyone in London want to buy a 32GB M4 MBA at a big discount (go
822.
by gib444 8mo ago
It makes you wonder about religion's true purpose. It's a really convenient framework for creating peoples/regions that hate each other, isn't it, as history has shown for millenia
823.
by gib444 8mo ago
> Some UI animations are slow and jittery - and this is on an M4 Pro On an M4 Pro! Pure planned obsecelence. Noticed it regularly with major MacOS releases. Nothing will convince me otherwise.
824.
by gib444 8mo ago
They're referring to the aslyum seekers (groan) 605 on 10 boats just 3 days ago... FWIW it's a political problem, not a defence problem.
825.
by gib444 8mo ago
I can't keep up with all these attacks on personal computing/libre software/the web. - AI causing RAM/disk price shocks and shortages - Google attempting to lock down Android - The EeYou codifying the Google-Apple duopol
826.
by gib444 8mo ago
Think about something snatching your device out of your hand / laptop off the table at the cafe
827.
by gib444 8mo ago
Exactly. Every other software is either: 1) Temporarily not yet enshittified, at a discount rate to get market share 2) Actually just shit / pure vendor lock in The merry-go-round is tiring
828.
by gib444 8mo ago
> A 2016 dollar is not the same thing as a 2026 dollar Indeed, in part because companies keep raising prices
829.
by gib444 8mo ago
I was expecting this - they're just copying everyone else (LOVE that kind of inflation...) They've amassed enough users who depend on something so critical (family accounts being even more entrenched). They're now in the ensh
830.
by gib444 8mo ago
I wonder if that's "App Nap"? Because there is a toggle in the Debug menu under Miscellanous Flags -> Disable App Nap on Safari Desktop Enable debug with: $ defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool YE
831.
by gib444 8mo ago
I'm thankful that you're securing the job of many consultant/troubleshooting type devs in the near future. Good work
832.
by gib444 8mo ago
When I asked it if the tests correct it responded absolutely yes sir ! The tests were so good they all passed before the code was fully finished and during huge refactoring they've never failed !
833.
by gib444 8mo ago
That pink line issue is covered under a repair program btw at least here in Europe (I have the exact same issue)
834.
by gib444 8mo ago
All went downhill when Rusbridger went. Viner turned it tabloid, clickbaity, embraced more of the Lifestyle section etc.
835.
by gib444 8mo ago
Funny you say that, I actually just did a company tax return and confirmation statement a couple of days in the midst of bad COVID (2 hours sleep per night) and I was still annoyed about the multi-step process: 1) gov.uk, search for 'f
836.
by gib444 8mo ago
The Danish sockets are a happy smiley face! That's so cute https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/DK/DK_socket_standard.jpg This one looks a bit hungover though LOL https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/DK/DK_conn
837.
by gib444 8mo ago
lol, sad - just trying to derail the conversation and attack me rather than engage in decent conversation.
838.
by gib444 8mo ago
Analogies aren't perfect by definition (it doesn't imply that, btw, you're reaching). Anyway, it's a weak reply to attack the analogy rather than the thought behind it. I notice you're not the person I asked btw. No
839.
by gib444 8mo ago
Imagine you go into a shop to buy a newspaper every day. And every day, the shop owner explains to you what a newspaper is, what it usually contains, how much it costs, and how to read it Is that excellent interaction design and good custom
840.
by gib444 8mo ago
You're trying to paint me as someone who hates the whole gov.uk experience - which is not what I wrote or implied I'm allowed to be frustrated and to criticise it - I'm a tax-paying British citizen. > is just enclowning yo

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