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JillyB@beehaw.orgto
Android@lemdro.id•Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardwareEnglish
3·3 months agoMy crackpot theory is that we’re 10 years away from e-ink displays becoming the new hot thing. The clarity of looking at something that isn’t backlit is great. If they can solve refresh rate and resolution, we’re there.
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Good News Everyone@piefed.social•World Sports Photography Awards 2026 winner revealed
1·5 months agoI’m no photographer but I imagine that limits shutter speed. I think action photographers do have modes on their cameras where they can rapid fire a bunch of shots for this reason though.
JillyB@beehaw.orgto
Android@lemdro.id•I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regretEnglish
5·5 months agoIf you travel internationally, you might need to swap sims out.
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Android@lemdro.id•Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your EmployerEnglish
1·6 months agoI knew Kevin Gates was on to something
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Android@lemdro.id•Does anyone here use a Sony Xperia 10 VII? Seems like the only viable option with a headphone jack nowadays besides Motorola and their predatory update policiesEnglish
1·6 months agoYours lasted longer than mine. Mine gave out after 2 years. I’m still using it though. I wish the screen were a bit brighter and the speakers a bit louder. Other than that it’s the perfect phone.
My house has 2 other units and we all share one network. Without a VPN, my neighbors could see all my network traffic. I don’t think they know or care how to do that but it’s enough to keep me on a VPN at all times.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Where does Palantir get the data from to begin with?
161·8 months agoThat’s what confuses me. How do you have enough moral character to quit over the CEO’s support of Israel but you’re totally fine with the core business model of surveillance state services.
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Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Which U.S. States Host the Most Public Companies?English
2·9 months agoI’m colorblind and I didn’t realize there was a gradient.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Can't we do anything as google is killing AOSP and custom ROMS
3·10 months agoI mostly agree with what you’re saying. But it’s really easy to make an argument for why an alternative works perfectly when you say “you don’t actually need that” every time something comes up that doesn’t work.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
4·11 months ago“this one house has perfectly consistent power usage. That’s suspicious”
Disclaimer: I have no qualifications or really any business talking about this…
I think games aren’t the best kind of projects for open source. Some games are made open source after development ends which is cool because it opens up forks and modding (pixel dungeon did this). Most games require a single, unified, creative vision which is hard to get from an “anyone can help” contribution style. Most open source software are tools for doing specific things. It’s almost objective what needs to be done to improve the software while games are much more opinionated and fuzzy. So many times I’ve seen a game’s community rally behind a suggestion to address a problem and the developer ignores them and implements a better idea to more elegantly solve it. Most people aren’t game designers but they feel like they could be.
An exception to this are certain, rules-based puzzly games. Bit-Burner is an open source hacking game with relatively simple mechanics and it works well.
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Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Hurricane Helene power outage timelapseEnglish
2·2 years agoMy brother is a linesman for a power company in upstate SC. He also moonlights as an arborist. He’s been busy. He told me that if the power company didn’t get out of state help, it would have taken them 8 months to fully restore power.
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Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•The enormous scale of global food waste.English
6·2 years agoPer-capita figures are on the right. I think this metric should be given the bar chart.
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Android@lemdro.id•Mishaal Rahman: Google seems to be quietly rolling out a new security feature on Android: scanning for deceptive apps.English
1·2 years agoI had the same bug recently but only for one person’s number. I had an old number saved alongside their current one. Deleting the old number fixed it for me.
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Android@lemdro.id•Google Messages Custom Bubble colors only for RCSEnglish
1·2 years ago:wave2:speak for yourself
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Android@lemdro.id•Google Maps transit is still a frustrating experience despite the latest changesEnglish
2·2 years agoI almost exclusively use the app called Transit. It uses OSM data and shows live tracking for buses and trains (at least it does in my city). It’s good for figuring other options like walking, cycling, bike share.
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Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•What are your favourite open source games?
2·3 years agoI think I’ll pick that up. When I quit playing years ago, it was because I felt like I had solved the game. Maybe my strategy wasn’t optimal but it was as good as I could get it and I was purely relying on luck to get deeper. If shattered can add more depth then I’m down.
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Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•What are your favourite open source games?
1·3 years agoremoved the frustrating weapon breakdown element
Ok I’m sold

I have nothing against personal dash cams. I don’t like them internet connected.