kirk781

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[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Pocketcasts has a app(read:web wrapper) for Windows if someone has their Plus variant. But sadly, subscription model for podcasts is useless way to go.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago

That shouldn't prevent electrified trains. By that logic, my village daily saw power cuts yet an electrified rail track runs cleanly next to it. The power cut happens in the towns but unless the national grid fails, trains should keep working.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Native gestures as in the gesture navigation system on Android?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Blackout as in the city lights going out or the whole state grid failing?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have a noob question, is backporting any of these camera features possible for Google to older Pixel phones or is there a technical limitation?

I do agree about diminishing returns on high refresh rates. I have my current phone turned to 120 Hz and it gobbles up battery quite much.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Till 2019, <1 % of total rail in US was electrified according to Wikipedia? Is this true; considering that US was a world leader in terms of rail transport upto WW II, why the abysmally low numbers? I know that privatisation of rail networks and car centred cities makes life tough for rails, but 1 % is abysmally low for a developed nation.

In contrast, China is at 75% and India is at 93% respectively and both of them also have giant railway networks.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

uBlock Origin Lite is a Manifest v3 compatible extension and was intended to be the successor of uBlock Origin on Chromium based browsers.

However, it is not at feature parity(and will likely never be due to restrictions in Manifest v3). One restriction is no element picking on websites and then adding them to custom filters.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I just meant, that having a higher powered refresh rate screen that can easily be toggled on/off is more refreshing than more on device AI, IMO.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The companies stopped giving chargers so they can sell them later to customers as an extra accessory and make more money. This wouldn't be a problem if there was a uniform standard. But USB PD isn't used by majority of manufacturers. My 33W charger can't charge my Samsung device fast which only draws maximum of 25W because previous is based on VOOC thing.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google notes that it “carves out” a dedicated portion of RAM to run Gemini on-device for the first time, preventing other apps from using that memory for a smoother AI experience.

What if I want zero AI on my phone? The Tensor processors heated up quickly in hot weather back in the day. I wonder if that has been fixed or not.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just disable even majority of Google's apps from my phone(except for Maps and Play Store). Google will then nudge people into subscribing for Gemini Advanced after purchasing a flagship Pixel.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago (8 children)

They missed out on many things too. While the Pixel Pro has an LTPO display, the base model doesn't. They only ship with UFS 3.1 storage despite UFS 4.0 being available. Charger is still not bundled.

Heck, give anything except for AI.(144Hz screen anyone? Motorola has them). I never used Assistant and after trying Gemini out for some time, disabled it as well.

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