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kadu , 11 months ago to technology in Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now

Imagine having to pay to edit an icon in your home screen

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kadu , 11 months ago to technology in Framework Sold Out of 3 Batches of Laptop 16 in Less Than 3 Hours.

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kadu , 11 months ago to android in YouTube is testing a new 'Stable Volume' feature across its mobile apps | TechCrunch

YouTube Music is got a little bit of an issue with audio normalization. Not the worse I’ve ever seen, but it does degrade the quality a little bit.

Hope YouTube’s version is slightly better. Specially given how channels like LTT like to literally speak by screaming into the microphone, while some of my favorite essay channels barely whisper.

kadu , 11 months ago to android in Would an Android phone make an acceptable 5G modem?

In terms of performance, yes.

However, most Android phones do not handle being plugged in for long periods of time correctly. They absolutely ruin their own batteries in a few months.

What concerns me from your setup is getting the router to recognize the USB internet connection. You’ll probably need some specific dance with adaptors and luck under a full moon.

kadu , 11 months ago to youshouldknow in YSK: Sometimes fostering just doesn't work out.

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kadu , 11 months ago to technology in Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages

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kadu , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in If incandescent lightbulbs have a vacuum inside, why do they get so hot on the outside?

There’s no perfect vacuum. But as others have mentioned already, most of it is electromagnetic radiation. A very small part of this radiation is the visible light you see, most of it is invisible to the human eye.

kadu , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Mild cases of death

That’s why we biologists don’t ever touch IUPAC names.

Does it come from an orange? Great, now it’s called orangy acid. Works fine for us.

What’s that? Sugar from a fruit? Fructose. Don’t bother us.

kadu , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Mild cases of death

Just yesterday I was about to eat an orange from the supermarket, but then someone told me these contain (2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-3,4-dihydroxy-2H-furan-5-one. I mean seriously, I can’t even pronounce this - the question is who benefits from adding these chemicals to our fruits? The government?

Luckily for me though, I replaced oranges with a healthy dose of Cheerios™ and I’m feeling very healthy and refreshed.

kadu , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in You can't uninstall this software without being forced to participate in their survey

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kadu , 11 months ago to technology in LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”

My biggest issue is how they took Podcasts, which have always been open RSS feeds for audio (and Apple, the largest player, kept open and public for decades) and started making exclusivity deals that only work through their app, with invasive analytics and monetization.

My second issue is how Spotify wants me to manage my library the way they believe I should: emphasize playlists, kinda add songs to a library, ignore albums. For instance, on Apple Music if I add 3 songs from an album to my library, I can go to the Albums menu and the album will show up there - even though I only have 3 songs. On Spotify, I either add an entire album, or if I only add the songs, the album won’t show up in the albums view. In fact, the whole “liked songs” section feels like an afterthought they added after impementing playlists, while on Apple Music and most oldschool music library software the song library was the main view and the songs added there populated all other fields such as artists or albums. Ironically, Apple Music is got intelligent playlists that work way better than Spotify’s, with the downside being they can only be created via iTunes which is ancient software.

My third issue is what are the value adds to the subscription as the years go by: Spotify added short videos, QR codes, inconsistent lyrics and digital stores that aren’t even converted to my local currency… While Apple Music added karaoke lyrics, lossless audio, spatial audio (even on my Android), remasters straight from the studio, and more. It’s totally subjective, but Spotify’s gimmicks aren’t worth it to me.

My fourth issue is just the number of tracks that are no longer available on Spotify from my library. Apple Music lost a few, YouTube Music slightly less, and Spotify quite a lot which surprised me.

As you can see, it’s not like Spotify killed my cat and replaced my audio library with a 10 hour loop of fart sounds… But I have deep concerns over their treatment of podcasts, I really dislike their philosophy on how to organize a music library (and they offer less customization than an Apple product, how crazy is that?), they’re becoming increasingly more popular yet their catalogue is actually shrinking for my music taste, and I don’t see real improvements in the service while their competitors keep adding actual value as time goes on.

Either way, don’t mind me - I’m actually now using a huge library of FLAC files on my PC that get converted to MP3 and sent to my phone. Free, no songs vanish, no internet connection, no issues 😄

kadu , 11 months ago to technology in LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”

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kadu , 11 months ago to android in Neat moto feature I wish to see in more phones

Quite a few phones have similar features. Samsung users can use GoodLock to use the back tap too.

But when I tried in the past, I didn’t like it, too many false triggers.

kadu , 11 months ago to gaming in Is there a scene/community of "boot into game" for current CPUs?

You’re talking about machines designed to work like that. OP is talking specifically about the current community of software developers that are, for fun, releasing games like that in 2023 for X86 and ARM.

There are versions of Tetris and other games designed to boot the system and start the game - no underlying operating system or anything else. It’s a challenge, and it’s fun.

kadu , 11 months ago to showerthoughts in Given that we vote for entire comments, we don't expect people to split their comment into many sub-comments.

Hi. I’d like to buy 51% of your stake of this upvote at 2x the current market value. This is an investment proposal and you have to accept now, I don’t have time for negotiations as I’m an important businessman conducting business.

Rest assured me and my firm will not use our majority hold on your upvote to change or sway your held beliefs or writing style. Our lawyers do advise you that we absolutely have this power, though.

Anyways, sign here please.