UFODivebomb

joined 1 year ago
[–] UFODivebomb 4 points 5 days ago

They are an international business and recognize an easy way to gain favoritism.

Sad times

[–] UFODivebomb 4 points 2 weeks ago

That does constrain the optimizations to a profile determined prior to the end user. Which is hopefully the same but might not be. Shared code between applications also is a challenge.

[–] UFODivebomb 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I like to ask the posters like abo 3 "what is the role of the vice president?" They typically mhave no answer, make shit up, or propose things that are definitely not constitutional for a vice president. Then again, they want a dictator so the constitution has little to do with their reasoning.

[–] UFODivebomb 9 points 4 weeks ago

Just sticking AI on everything these days.

[–] UFODivebomb 7 points 4 weeks ago

Different economies sadly. Too high risk these days to do "undirected" development like that. Line must go up. If the line cannot go up then fuck you no healthcare or home.

See also: remakes or remakes of remakes

[–] UFODivebomb 10 points 1 month ago

Scala 3 native. If the compiler was faster I'd be even happier. Curious to try Ada

[–] UFODivebomb 2 points 1 month ago

Add to the growing list of issues that our medical system is incapable of approaching, much less resolving.

Don't worry tho: doesn't effect the hospital owners or managers or middlemen. So no problem then! /s

[–] UFODivebomb 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Extra painful that the current system is biased towards large employers. Easier to absorb that overhead if the business is large.

[–] UFODivebomb 50 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Everybody should have access to clean water. I mean everybody. If I was the President I'd happily enforce that with all powers available.

Then I'd start working my way up the hierarchy of needs...

[–] UFODivebomb 3 points 2 months ago

Get fucked Putin. Even if it's one tiny bomb at a time.

[–] UFODivebomb 7 points 2 months ago

Specifically impacting poor people. Which, ya, is fucking bullshit. Feed the kids in school please. Breakfast, lunch, dinner if you must. Feed the ducking kids.

[–] UFODivebomb 6 points 2 months ago

They are slippery. So they require a case. Why not, i dunno, make them easier to hold? The phone design doesn't matter if it's always hidden.

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Chaga? (programming.dev)
 

Never seen one that large if so

 

An excellent history of X11 from V all the way to the current state.

(Not mine)

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by UFODivebomb to c/scala
 

Part 0 of building a tetris game in Scala Native with GTK.

This covers the basics of setting up a nix development environment for scala native.

 

revisiting my review https://programming.dev/post/868117

now that android 14 is out.

First, we have this quote on Android 14 from Dave Burke "And I don't know, we may not have talked enough about this, but we've done a ton of work to reduce CPU activity in background apps."

Yes. This is nice. The overall experience is now appropriate. Less weird lag and chunky performance. The poor multitasking software combined with chunky performance was miserable. Now it's at least tolerable if not totally great.

Battery life is less unpredictable. I can consistently get a full days usage with no concern. Not exactly sufficient for traveling without concern but manageable. Instead of needing to stay tethered to a battery pack you only need one just in case.

A huge issue I had previously was the fingerprint reader. Happy to report than the reader now works predictably and reliabily. Up to the limits of a silly power button reader. No longer frustrating.

The software performance is all great but what about updates to better support the screen size and multitasking? Sadly, nothing to note. Still fairly miserable but certainly less janky.

Screen utilization and layout is still unsuitable. Lots of wasted screen space. Rotation controls are more suggestions and insufficient.

Multitasking is the real trouble tho. Will going back actually take you back? Or is the forward gesture required to go back to the previos activity? Impossible to say. Might as well be random. So you try the app switcher and the preview shows an app I the state you want to go back to. Switch to the app aaaaand the preview was a lie. The app resumes in some pseudo random state.

Overall the OS update is great. However there is no patching of software that will make up for the hardware deficiencies. And unfortunately, the software updates still don't enable effective multitasking.

7/10

 

I'm using emacs + evil. With helm-mode. In the minibuffer / ex mode, if I type lsp then hit tab I see a list of completions as expected. If I type lsp- then tab the nothing happens. No completion list is shown. Nothing happens at all.

Strangely I thought this use to work but updating my packages one day broke this behavior.

Any ideas?

Emacs configs: https://github.com/coreyoconnor/RCs/tree/master/emacs.d/local

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pixel fold review 6/10 (self.googlepixel)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by UFODivebomb to c/[email protected]
 

Some great aspects coupled with a few terrible aspects makes for an average experience. Add in the price and pixel fold is only for enthusiast who really want a non-samsung foldable.

Take the form factor. For my large hands the size and shape both folded and unfolded is great. Almost comfortable to hold. If there wasn't such a strange weight distribution and odd placement of the buttons. The buttons are placed in the middle of an edge. Problem is that is typically where the edge of your hand would naturally be. You cannot hold the phone tightly because then the buttons would be pressed.

Speaking of which: the fingerprint reader. Power button fingerprint readers are a bad idea. Even with care this reader works probably 75% of the time. Hard to get your finger in the right position ; especially if there is a case.

The button placement is ok when you add on a ohsnap v3, however the weight distribution is bad. The issue seems to be the camera mass. The NSA level combination of sensors is really noticable. Not in a good way. The camera bump is awkward and the weight doubly so. Would likely feel a lot better with less cameras.

As for the cameras: they take pictures. I don't understand why anybody would want this for the cameras. They exist. They are heavy and weirdly shaped. Would be a better device without them. But hey, if you want an awkward camera I guess this would work.

Which brings me to the actual phone aspect. Uh. What can I sawly that is good about using this as an actual phone? There is Bluetooth so a microphone that works better than the tin can the phone comes with is possible. WiFi calling can, fortunately, be disabled .

The displays are bright and clear. I can use either on a bright day but the external display is definitely clearer. The internal display is shiny, very, very shiny. No way someone would intentionally make a screen this shiny. You could signal airplanes in case of emergencies I guess.

The software is truly a mixed bag. For the most part software works well with the different resolutions and layouts. Except google's software. The poor layout is really noticable in google's software. Either the entire screen is cramped with junk that leaves the usable area to small segment of the screen eg: google maps. Or most of the screen is effectively blank. Eg: gmail has over half the screen empty space. Non-google software works well.

Edit: reading over other reviews and some are even more negative on the software support. I really haven't had a negative experience overall. Maybe it's because of google's gmail being so wonky haha. Aside from those few examples, software support has been good. Most apps work well.

Battery life is ok. For my usage I haven't had troubles. Going a full day without a charge is unlikely if you use the main screen

Overall the Motorola RAZR is a better foldable. If you want a google phone and a large size, well this is the only real option. I wouldn't buy this again but I'm happy enough to use this as a daily driver.

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