jrburkh

@jrburkh@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What android phones do you recommend and why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I see OnePlus in the top comments. I was a OnePlus fanboi from day one. From one through ten, I think I only missed one serious - otherwise, I bought some iteration of every series dropping that span. I honestly couldn’t say exactly why at the moment, so maybe this comment is trash, but after my OnePlus 10 Pro 5G or whatever the specific name was, I swapped over to the Pixel 7 Pro, and refuse to look back at this point. I just upgraded to the 8 Pro and I have zero complaints.

  If I had to venture a guess, part of the reason for the switch had to do with the gradual increase in price of the OnePlus flagship phones over time. I think the first one was something like $299, and was a solid phone, especially compared to the Samsung flagship at the time which was probably twice that, at least. At this point, OnePlus is pretty close to equal cost when comparing models with similar features. I like being on top of the newest software features, so with all else being more or less equal, the Pixel phones are where it’s at. Of course, with Samsung cooperating with Google on phones being Android nekkid, maybe Samsung is worth a try?

  TL;DR - OnePlus isn’t worth it anymore. Go Pixel, or maybe Samsung. If you’ve got an especially itchy privacy concern, then don’t ask me - sounds like other people got you covered there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just finished wiring the garage to the house - and find that the wire is damaged! Now what?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. If that doesn’t work, I’d give the whole line a visual inspection for any more obvious signs of damage. If that doesn’t work there are other options to troubleshoot, but I’d probably just replace the line and attempt to recycle the old cord into shorter lines for device connections, patching, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if this is accurate or not, but it’s the most nonsensical thing I’ve heard in a while. If engaging with something to say, “I don’t want to see this,” results in more of that content - the user will eventually leave the platform. I’m having this concern right now with my Google feed. I keep clicking not interested, yet continue getting similar content. Consequently, I’m increasingly leaning toward disabling the functionality because I’m tired of fucking seeing shit I don’t care to see. Getting angry just thinking about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I 100% agree with you, and did not intend to suggest otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it’s not the industries that needs to change, but rather the paradigm of our economic system. Advanced technologies are not going anywhere, are only going to get more advanced, and are only going to be regulated in ways to continue funneling money to the wealthy. Anybody who says technology will never be able to do {x} is fighting a losing battle.