drawerair

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What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Phones are like πŸ’» now. The year-to-year improvements are tiny. Some factors related to this –

At least for folks like me who sometimes read re chips, chip improvements are πŸ‘. But big year-to-year improvements are probably hard. If it was easy, Apple or Qualcomm may have already made a chip that was 2 or 3 times faster than the old 1.

Very hard to put the cam and the face recognition sensors under the screen. Hence, hole punch. Samsung fold has an under-screen front cam but the implemention wasn't clean and the pic quality is below average.

Very hard to make a πŸ”‹ that's 2 or 3 times better than the old πŸ”‹. The tech world has been so hungry for a πŸ”‹ innovation for a long time. There was optimism re graphene. Idk if it'll succeed in mass production.

What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Is this the word firms use to kinda hide their error, which was moving to the cloud?

Bypass short links in c/browsers@lemmy.ml
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fastforward is no longer being actively maintained.

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Bypass short links (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20706955

I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11. What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks (debloated)?

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Bypass short links (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20706955

I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11.

What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks – debloated?

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Bypass short links (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by drawerair@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11. What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks (debloated)?

iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A traditional soldering iron in my nation costs about PHP 450 (about USD 7.95). The portability, accelerometer, temp control, easy repair and the ability to solder while charging a phone are πŸ‘, but USD 250 is so high.

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Some thoughts re the Nothing vid of @juxtopposed (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20178785

Wanna share some of my thoughts re this. I don't wanna write a very long essay, so here are just 5 items –

  1. I agree that 1 swipe down should let us alter the brightness.

  2. I'm OK with no sun icon in the brightness slider. I'll know that it's brightness even without any icon. But some may have a hard time, so adding an icon will be more user-friendly for them.

  3. Obviously Nothing didn't wanna overuse their dot matrix design. I side with Nothing on this 1. Putting it all over the os will be πŸ‘Ž for me. But beauty is subjective. Some may want the dot matrix design all over the os.

Carl Pei probably thought re the folks switching from a different Android phone or an iPhone to a Nothing phone. He probably wants the process to be as smooth as possible so the user will be satisfied. So he didn't use the dot matrix design on the icons. He said something related to this. Changing many things fast versus changing some things gradually. He said Nothing couldn't be overeager to alter stuff.

  1. Re the phone and messages apps, I wonder whether Nothing wanted the users to use the Google apps for these or Nothing is making their own now and will release those in the future. Is it so hard to make a phone app and a messages app?

  2. I agree that Google photos is not for everyone.

Some don't wanna have a Google account.

Google photos is cloud-storage-focused, not local-storage-focused. Some want a local-storage-focused gallery app.

Its search doesn't work offline. Some need a gallery app that works offline.

What Browser do you use on Android, and why? in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ublock origin – best ad blocker

Aside from Firefox + Ublock origin, I have Firefox focus. Its ad blocker has let thru disappointingly many ads.

It's the little things that keeps me around in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Been using my Samsung a70 for almost 3 years and I knew re touch sensitivity only lately. I don't want scratches on my screen so I've always wanted a tempered-glass protector. I'm on my 3rd tempered glass.

Google Play Store requesting location permission to show 'local recommendations' in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've noticed that more and more apps are requesting my location. πŸ˜‘

Google Play Store requesting location permission to show 'local recommendations' in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it doesn't mean much if the fine is 0.0001% of Android's $.

10 years of android and I never managed to share files via WiFi direct in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I read that pairdrop.net was πŸ‘ too.

What are your favourite extensions? in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sponsorblock's been epic! Props to the coder and the contributors.

Jonathan Kamens: "It has come to my attention that many of the people complaining about Firefox's PPA experiment don't actually understand what PPA is…" - federate.social in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why is Firefox getting involved in ads? πŸ’΅? To reduce their dependence on Google's payment for keeping Google as the default search engine?

Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Exfat if you wanna use your usb drive on Macos or Linux.

I have Windows so I'm OK with Ntfs.

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Marques Brownlee's latest vid is kinda unneeded (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16792709

I'm an avid Marques fan, but for me, he didn't have to make that vid. It was just a set of comparisons. No new info. No interesting discussion. Instead he should've just shared that Wired podcast episode on his X.

I wonder if Apple is making their own large language model (llm) and it'll be released this year or next year. Or are they still musing re the cost-benefit analysis? If they think that an Apple llm won't earn that much profit, they may not make 1.

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Per Intel, its Lion cove is 10%–18% better than Redwood cove (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by drawerair@lemmy.world to c/intel@lemmy.world
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Intel said much re Lion cove lately. I don't wanna read a long article re it. I just want a comparison between it and Redwood cove.

It's about 10%–18% better.

Let's await the Lunar lake πŸ’» and see the performance in programs. If what Intel said is true, props to them for continuously improving x86-architecture chips.

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Rog ally x and Asus' warranty issues (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by drawerair@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16089267

y2u.be/b6ymEz1PmBc

Dave said that the Ally (not Ally x) was too cheap, maybe. Maybe Asus didn't include the cost of customer help in it. Hence the warranty issues.

I'm not convinced. Asus is a big firm. If they mistakenly made the Ally too cheap, they could eat the cost of customer help. It's just right to provide πŸ‘ warranty service. And the Ally is their 1st handheld. They wanted to build a πŸ‘ reputation. Also, other Asus items had warranty issues. They must fix their internal process.

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Genetically modified food is generally πŸ‘ (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14016887

y2u.be/p4YcdEF93G4

Props to Doc Mike for being a voice of science amid the prevalence of wrong info on the Web.

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Nvidia is on a different planet | Youtube | Gamers nexus (y2u.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13805928

It's a long vid. I suggest prepping your fav drink before viewing.

It's re Nvidia's new gpu architecture for ai, NVlink switch, RAS diagnostics and other Nvidia announcements.

Nvidia knows it's the star of the backbone of the current ai boom and seems to be going full steam. I'm hoping for more innovations on tools for ai and gaming in the future.

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Nvidia is on a different planet | Youtube | Gamers nexus (y2u.be)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by drawerair@lemmy.world to c/artificial_intel@lemmy.ml
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It's a long vid. I suggest prepping your fav drink before viewing.

It's re Nvidia's new gpu architecture for ai, NVlink switch, RAS diagnostics and other Nvidia announcements.

Nvidia knows it's the star of the backbone of the current ai boom and seems to be going full steam. I'm hoping for more innovations on tools for ai and gaming in the future.

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