I saw someone have a Snorlax bed on IG. I think they got the inspiration from the Totoro bed.

Google Wallet, formally Google Pay, formally GPay, formally Android Pay, formally Google Wallet, formally Android Wallet, does the same thing.

Switching phones and returning something was such a pain since it generated an entirely new number.

I am definitely not trying to defend the manufacturers here, only point out that there are solutions for those like myself who want to continue using their wired headphones with newer phones.

Understood.

I agree with you with the SD card too. That one probably annoys me more. It made everything so much more difficult. Transferring files, backups, swapping out music, seeing pictures from a camera or drone… Made the device less like a computer in everyway.

Yes that is true but speaking on clinging on to an older phone, a headphone jack had a superior physical hold. My phone got saved a few times because my phone was connected to my wired headphones.

These dongles that came with phones were also usually very thin. It also sticks out and made of plastic. It just adds another weak point. They somehow added a weak point to a great piece of technology… On top of that phones no longer comes with the dongles.

Also dongles aren’t sexy. It looks like a hack to make something work. Phone companies made headphones unsexy while making wireless earbuds really sexy.

Some people said that a headphone jack made dustproofing and waterproofing more difficult. Maybe but it had be done before. They also said it brings down the price of the phone to get rid of them. Weird considering the Google A series and Samsung mid range phones had it but their flagship phones didn’t.

You made a lot of great points. Thank you for those.

I actually have bluetooth earbuds either came bundled, or I was gifted them. They have come a long way. Easier to connect. Better latency and better sound quality compared to the older version of bluetooth.

I like them, I am not a complete hater but I really am annoyed that this stuff will just turn to ewaste while my headphones have lasted me decades.

I’m just an old head yelling at the clouds.

This is the main reason they got rid of the headphone jack. Some headphones lasted forever.

Now you have Bluetooth earbuds with tiny batteries that goes in a case with another small battery. Batteries that small will last 5 years tops. On top of that sound quality hasn’t improved and latency got worse.

that makes sense. Thank you.

No negatives listed on the Wiki page. Are there any? Does potting increase the likely hood of overheating?

I didn’t even consider that. Thank you for the info.

Better than i thought. Thank you for sharing.

Interesting. Thanks for the info especially about the quality of their phones. I found info about the company but not much about real world use of their products. Appreciate it.

This is cool but how long did this take to install? Would Linux phone OSes be better?

Okay Nigeria, what the hell is Tecno? How is it beating every manufacturer on the planet in your country?

I think it’s because they sold hoodies which cost $60 instead of $35 and it looks like a third of the people donated money to the cause.

I get that they are doing this just because of the law so they stopped it when they got enough. But I wanted a shirt! lol.

Looks like they got the funding they need. I wished they kept the shirts up for sale though…

It is thought to be the the first time a UK mobile operator has offered such advice.

I reread the article but missed it the first time. It is a UK mobile operator. Reading it without an intro on the subject was frustrating.

The French government said that Telegram is being used to distribute illegal material like child pornography. He is not accused of distributing it himself.

Really interesting. I wonder what features the Pro XL has that the Pro version doesn’t to use over 10 times more RAM.

FreeBSD.

I no longer use it but the FreeBSD Handbook is one of the most important books in my life. It got me away from Windows, and pointed me towards open source.

Doing everything in CLI environment made me think about computers and the history of computers differently. It helped me learning Apple OS X and Linux.

IBM was the biggest help to Microsoft and gave them that revolutionary contract.

Good thing Bill’s mommy was on the board to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Interesting how they filled in words. It looks like they spelled “Asia” wrong twice.

Makes me wonder if they will use the geotag of an image to better guess text like this.