Starker on 21/7/2020 at 12:24
The technology basically exists already.
[video=youtube;D-kYQ61A-s4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-kYQ61A-s4[/video]
Hell, there's even this thing:
[video=youtube;j5Jf_3xqpF8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Jf_3xqpF8[/video]
heywood on 21/7/2020 at 15:40
Quote Posted by Briareos H
Another example for nerds: systemd and Linux.
Oh, you had to go there :)
I'll agree with those complaining about systemd bloat/creep and the author being a jackass. But the old init system was archaic. It was OK for narrow-purpose servers and hobbyists, but poorly suited to desktop and mobile computing and casual Linux users. It needed a replacement.
Kolya on 21/7/2020 at 16:17
Landlines, vinyl, polaroids
Used to keep me up all night
Now I'm slightly paranoid
Whether kids can sleep alright
Do they even understand
How to write a note by hand?
How to configure init files?
And to watch the blinkenlights?
Aja on 21/7/2020 at 19:53
Sometimes I'm an absent-minded reader, so I frequently flip back a couple a pages to reread something or check a name or reference, and I found that with my e-reader this was difficult. I read some of Infinite Jest on the e-reader but eventually switched back to paper, in spite of the enormous weight. Trying to click on all the tiny endnotes was also really annoying. Maybe with a new, faster e-reader it wouldn't be an issue.
rachel on 21/7/2020 at 20:22
I appreciate the flexibility of e-books, and having several books in one device... but I'll never give up physical books. There's just a tactile experience, a smell, it's something that electronics can't reproduce. Also, physical books will never run out of battery.
Aja on 21/7/2020 at 20:56
In my e-reader's case, it ran so much out of battery that it couldn't turn back on, even when plugged in. I had to open it up and jump-start it with a 9-volt battery to get it to boot up. After a few times of that I put it in a drawer.
Azaran on 21/7/2020 at 21:00
I love physical books and collect them, nothing can replicate the experience of having an actual book in your hands.
On a related topic to the OP, unless your phone forces you to, I would advise against updating your (
https://wccftech.com/samsung-lied-about-not-using-updates-to-slow-down-older-phones/) OS.
A coworker of mine got the same phone as I currently have (around the same time as well), a Galaxy A8, and he noticed a significant drop in performance after he updated the software. I've had mine since early 2019, never updated, and it works as great as when I first got it
Aja on 21/7/2020 at 21:12
Apple wasn't slowing down their phones to make them obsolete. When the batteries got too old, they couldn't supply the voltage needed during peak demand, so the phones would abruptly shut off. The throttling was meant to prevent that. Not making the batteries easily replaceable is maybe another story.
Azaran on 21/7/2020 at 21:22
Quote Posted by Aja
Apple wasn't slowing down their phones to make them obsolete. When the batteries got too old, they couldn't supply the voltage needed during peak demand, so the phones would abruptly shut off. The throttling was meant to prevent that. Not making the batteries easily replaceable is maybe another story.
I don't buy that for a second. If they were so concerned, they would have made the batteries replaceable, and included an extra one with the phone. I mean, for the exhorbitant price they charge, that's the least they could do.
They also removed the headphone jack so they could then make more profit off wireless headphones. Behind every such decision, there's financially motivated malfeasance
Starker on 21/7/2020 at 22:14
Quote Posted by raph
I appreciate the flexibility of e-books, and having several books in one device... but I'll never give up physical books. There's just a tactile experience, a smell, it's something that electronics can't reproduce. Also, physical books will never run out of battery.
Likewise, no paper book can replicate the tactile experience of reading on an e-reader and e-books will never degrade like paper books do. I've now ruined several books (and keyboards :/) by spilling coffee on them to the point I had to get one of those cups that sucks itself to the desk and only lets go if lifted directly upwards, but otherwise you can punch it or throw a book at it and it won't budge.
Also, the huge amount of money that I save with e-books allows me buy paper books of much higher quality, so I now get the best of both worlds. I get the nostalgia, I really do. I'm thinking of getting rid of at least some of my paper books, since they make moving such a huge pain in the rear, but I have a very hard time of letting go. But, similarly, I cannot imagine giving up reading books on my e-reader now and I'm actually thinking of buying another one just to have as a backup.