jeroenhd

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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Type inference is part of every modern language. Structural typing not so much, though. Java has it through a compiler extension ( https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/tree/master/man... ) but I do
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
The kernel is usually frozen but sometimes projects like PostmarketOS can use the changes to upstream the changes and add general Linux support. Anyone can make a diff between the upstream kernel and the Qualcomm kernel. Maintaining these c
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Wikipedia links https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=2108... as proof that the E911 feature is used by the FBI to track phones. Unfortunately, definitive capabilities and constraints of this kind of
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I say """secret""" because the spec says that the format should not be published so people can't try to mess with the format, but the first link on Google shows the exact format. The spec says: > The AM
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
While the vertical integration is definitely the best way to get it done, it's not strictly required as long as there is good enough documentation for a platform. Linux originally supported Intel without any Intel engineers even knowin
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I don't believe there is a way to intentionally break this system, nor to detect with 100% certainty that it's happening. You'd need to run an open source baseband modem with settings and logs in all the right places. I don&#
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Using LTE Timing Advance feature, especially on 5G, accuracy can be much higher. https://5g-tools.com/5g-nr-timing-advance-ta-distance-calcul... shows an example of the parameters necessary. I don't think you can get y
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I believe they're talking about this feature ( https://support.google.com/android/answer/9319337?sjid=18079... ). This is a system you can disable as a user, but it's not the on-modem feature discussed in
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
American carriers have a different protocol than the EU. The EU (and probably EU derived networks) uses a """secret""" SMS format that's opt-in, but the 911 system works differently. The 911 feature can be
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I haven't noticed much. It can get hot when I'm taxing it (i.e. running large LLMs), but it takes a lot for the rather underpowered Tensor SoC to get warm.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
IE was not just used to break the internet. It also had advantages. It supported features other browsers didn't. Without IE, we wouldn't have had XMLHttpRequest, which means we wouldn't have had Gmail, which means we wouldn&#
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I use the app for its native podcast integration. The RSS URL also works but I have yet to find a decent RSS client that will synchronise progress across devices well.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
macOS doesn't seem to care and that's what all the designers use. I'm guessing people think it's pretty? The dock would also better if it weren't stretched to the entire screen width by default but perhaps Google is
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
It heavily depends on where you live, but plenty of poorer areas that never had much desktop computer penetration because of affordability are going app-first. Richer countries are going app-first for things like banking and government ID t
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
The chances of the 50 euro laptop getting Windows 10 updates longer than a second hand Samsung phone are slim. As for "can't be fixed or upgraded", ask any macOS user.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
That's the standard price for 8GB DDR4 RAM in the local major web shop. I'm sure there are cheaper options out there, but people are willing to pay more than that to get a shipping date before October.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
USB-PD support has been made a requirement for GPlay Android. Manufacturers don't need to support USB-PD for their crazy 200W charging circuits, but it's been a while since you had the choice between 5-10W USB2.0 and 80W Warp Char
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Samsung made DeX at some point for the exact same purpose, but that's a Samsung special. Google already has this in their Pixel phones (8+). Plug a Pixel into a standard laptop dock (may need to enter dev settings and tick the "fo
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
The Android terminal has root access. It's a full Debian VM, with hardware-accelerated Wayland graphics through virgl. Of course, that only works on devices supporting pKVM.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Last time, the hardware was barely capable of driving a 1080p display at a constant frame rate with more than one app open. These days, phones are more powerful than the laptops they give to kids to study on. Samsung DeX has existed for yea
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Resell the 8GB of RAM and buy an even better phone then? That's 150 euros of value right there. Then use the money on a reputable second hand store to buy a used S20 5G 128GB for 150 euros, or a S22 128GB for 145, maybe an S21 Ultra 5G
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
If you can't find an affordable phone with DP-Alt mode, you can get it working by getting clever. Any Android phone with a USB port can have a dock attached with ethernet, a keyboard, and a mouse. Connect a Chromecast to any HDMI displ
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Mirecast (when done properly) is basically a video stream over a peer-to-peer WiFi Direct connection. H.264+AAC/AC3/PCM audio sent over RTSP/RTP using a standard IPv4 stack. Better codecs are available on newer devices. Two m
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Some "flagship" and higher-end-midtier phones cheap out on the USB connection. USB 2 over USB-C with USB-PD for fast charging. No video out, slow data transfers. Maybe when desktop mode becomes more common there will be an incenti
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Auto-hide the task bar at the bottom, and you've basically got the Gnome UI. Works just fine. It's the permanent screen reservation of the double task bar that really eats up the usable desk space. Samsung's task bar (when yo
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Microsoft's WSL2 GUI integration works based on Wayland (and XWayland): https://github.com/microsoft/wslg Rather than going fully protocol-based (like Waypipe), they used Weston to render to RDP. Using RDP's
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
Fully-featured DEs like Gnome and KDE work a lot worse when doing everything in software rendering. If you're working on a device with subpar/nonexistent GPU driver support (i.e. Nvidia hardware for years on end), the experience i
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
My watch from 8 years ago runs Wayland. Nothing written in Rust as far as I can tell, though. With that knowledge, I'm certain that XFCE will remain lightweight. It can be done, so I feel confident that the XFCE folks will get it done.
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
I enjoy working on my computer more at 144Hz than 60Hz. Even on my phone, the switch from 60Hz to a higher frame rate is quite obvious. It makes the entire system feel more responsive and less glitchy. VRR also helps a lot in cases where th
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by jeroenhd 9mo ago
On my stock firmware Pixel 9 Pro I also corrupted the install a few times. To be fair, the feature was still labeled as experimental in the dev settings when I enabled it.

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