narc0tic_bird

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I can type 60-70 WPM on the virtual keyboard of my phone without autocorrect. While that’s nowhere near the speed of me using a regular-sized physical keyboard, I can’t type that fast on a physical phone-sized keyboard like a Blackberry one.

I know quite a few people miss these physical smartphone keyboards, but I’d argue they were never all that great. YMMV.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mullvad has partnered with Obscura VPN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If it uses known VPN servers as exit nodes (which seems to be what it does), then no.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi Introducing Fair Pricing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Makes me wonder how many people are subscribed to Kagi without using it. Then why would you have a subscription in the first place?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I used this primarily on a Palm (with Palm OS, not webOS).

I think it was v4 that introduced the view with the full desktop website zoomed out where you could then zoom in to an area.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without credit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I agree, unless it’s straight up paid software which I usually don’t mind paying for if it’s good and I need it. Although arguably uBlock Origin is so close to perfection that I can’t imagine how a paid ad blocker would hold up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
So…Red Dead Redemption infringes two of these three patents?
- Throwing an object (lasso) to capture a target
- Player character being able to ride on another character (horse)
Is Nintendo afraid because Rockstar can actually afford the lawsuit?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Verge raises a partial paywall: ‘It’s a tragedy that garbage is free and news is behind paywalls’ | Semafor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’m not sure how sustainable this model is. Especially when a reader browses via a link aggregator and therefore reads news articles on many different websites. I doubt most people want/can afford a subscription on dozens of different news outlets, as that’ll quickly add up to a triple-digit monthly bill.

Something like Flattr, but maybe non-optional, would be better. Pay a fixed monthly fee and split the payment between all sites you read articles on (maybe based on how many, or reading time or whatever).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are anyone else's texts getting delayed after the RCS switch?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
SMS, iMessage and now RCS have been working well for me and I’ve been (primarily) using iPhones for the past 8 years now.

The Messages app shows what type of message (iMessage/SMS/RCS) you’re about to send in the text field and displays which (sent or received) messages are what as well.

One thing I could see going wrong is that a given phone number is registered with iMessage and it hasn’t been disabled after switching to an Android phone for example.

Another thing is that if it’s using RCS, some carriers don’t seem to work too well with it as of now. iOS seems to have implemented the base standard, while Google added proprietary extensions to said “standard” in Android, like end-to-end encryption. I never had issues sending or receiving RCS messages from/to Android devices, but there might be some hiccups for some people as RCS - even though it’s called a “standard” - isn’t really standardized.

Not sure what’s so insane from Apple’s side about any of that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any tips for setting up a Mac? A 15+ years Linux user needs help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Your company should provide you with an Apple ID (or “Apple Account” as it’s apparently called now), no…? If they didn’t but one is required, ask them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Citron is yet one more Switch emulator appearing online⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yuzu is also a citrus fruit, so it at least makes sense.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apex Legends is taking away its support for the Steam Deck and Linux⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Let me guess without reading: kernel-level anti-cheat?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Sounds about right. There are some valid and good use cases for “AI”, but the majority is just buzzword marketing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Healthiest way to charge Lithium Ion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Technically, wired charging degrades the battery less than wireless charging, mainly because of the excessive heat generated by the latter. The same way slower wired charging generates less heat. Lower and upper charging limits also help (the tighter the better).

But I personally don’t bother with it. In my experience, battery degradation and longevity mostly comes down to the “battery lottery”, comparable to the “silicon lottery” where some CPUs overclock/undervolt better than others. I’ve had phone batteries mostly charged with a slow wired charger degrade earlier and more compared to almost exclusively wireless charging others. No battery is an exact verbatim copy of another one. Heck, I had a 2 month old battery die on me after just ~20 cycles once. It happens.

Sure, on average you might get a bit more life out of your batteries, but in my opinion it’s not worth it.

The way I see it with charging limits is that sure, your battery might degrade 5% more over the span of 2 years when always charging it to 100% (all numbers here are just wild estimates and, again, depend on your individual battery). But when you limit charging to 80% for example, you get 20% less capacity from the get go. Unless of course you know exactly on what days you need 100% charge and plan your charging ahead of time that way.

Something I personally could never be bothered with. I want to use my device without having to think about it. If that means having to swap out the battery one year earlier, then so be it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Darkpatterns.games, a website that rates mobile games on their "Dark patterns"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The list of “Healthy Games” is a great resource to have!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one month test⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The article links an article from March '24 talking about the introduction of these devices that contains this part:

The scanner that Adams and police officials introduced during Thursday’s news conference in a lower Manhattan station came from Evolv, a publicly traded company that has been accused of doctoring the results of software testing to make its scanners appear more effective than they are.

So they could never be trusted but were still allowed to proceed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Bitwarden keeps working just fine.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seeking feedback: how should lemm.ee move forward with external images? (related to frequent broken images)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Can’t you store them in a cache that keeps images that have been accessed in the last 48 hours (or whatever) and deletes others? Should someone request these images after that, cache them again for 48 hours.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
If the apps wouldn’t be slow React Native or whatever “multiplatform framework” crapware, then I’d actually say that well designed, native Swift UI (iOS) or Material (Android) apps can enhance the user experience for a lot of services that are otherwise offered via website. Native integrations with shortcuts, widgets, fully supporting accessibility features of the OS etc.

The problem is most apps are just low-effort web app conversions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
AI assisted Notepad is a thing?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Oh I’m not trying to imply otherwise.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Suspicious!

You can use most VPN services via the Wireguard or OpenVPN apps though, or even via some of the protocols natively supported by iOS not requiring any third-party app.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Kind of relatable. I go with the smaller sizes (regular Pro) as the Max is too large for my relatively small hands to use one-handed but at the same time it’s not large enough to enhance what I can do with the device.

So what I do is I always have my phone with me and optionally I take my 11" iPad Pro with me, although I’m hoping they’ll release a new iPad mini in October as I’d like something a bit more portable (and I also want the variant with mobile data, while my 11" Pro is Wi-Fi only).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You mean as a phone? Its modem only does data, yeah.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Which isn’t even close to an iPad in size, not even the iPad mini in terms of actual screen real estate.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD's High-End X670E Motherboards Limiting Gen5 SSDs To Gen1 Speeds, Users Unable To Boot Into Windows After Restart⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
- ASUS’ and MSI’s motherboards, not AMD’s.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
iOS/iPadOS: Safari + AdGuard (+ Vinegar (optional)) macOS: Safari + AdGuard or Firefox + uBO or FreeTube
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The definitive roadmap for your self-hosting journey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There is no definitive roadmap.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is your favorite video game developer?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Great games as well, but I was mostly playing on PC during the PS2 era. Loved their original Crash Bandicoot games as well. But Uncharted and also The Last of Us was pretty special to me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is your favorite video game developer?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Larian Studios

And Naughty Dog during the PS3 era.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Replace the 3060 with an equally-priced AMD card and you’ll actually get something decent for your money. Nvidia is horrible at these “lower” price points.