|
I've captured the moons of Jupiter and Saturn's rings handheld with a phone sized sensor in a Nikon P900.
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2019 23:39
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 11:28 |
|
|
Not really sure where else to share this, but here's a very Irish looking family (not mine) on vacation, and my Pixel 3's steadicam feature has gone slightly haywire. Every loop I see something slightly more unnatural, as it's trying to keep the horizon level, even though we're going over a small wave, causing rigid parts of the boat to stretch in new and interesting ways Click to embiggen 
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2019 23:50
|
|
|
Yeah, the other day I took a night sky picture with my pixel and was amazed at the result
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 00:37
|
|
|
Hadlock posted:Not really sure where else to share this, but here's a very Irish looking family (not mine) on vacation, and my Pixel 3's steadicam feature has gone slightly haywire. Every loop I see something slightly more unnatural, as it's trying to keep the horizon level, even though we're going over a small wave, causing rigid parts of the boat to stretch in new and interesting ways Yeah I think the software steadycam has some learning to do when it comes to stuff like boats. Like you can see that it's trying to keep the horizon stable because it knows you're outside, but then there's other "stationary" things like the mast so it uses those as reference and turns the guy up in the bow into bubblegum
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 00:51
|
|
|
I still have yet to really do any experiments with my OnePlus 6t camera. I'll see how it will do in low light situations and how much noise it produces without using its own flash. It's starting to warm up quick here and various critters such as lizards will start hunting for bugs on and around my house walls, it'll be cool to snap some decent pics of them.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 02:45
|
|
|
ijii posted:I still have yet to really do any experiments with my OnePlus 6t camera. I'll see how it will do in low light situations and how much noise it produces without using its own flash. It's starting to warm up quick here and various critters such as lizards will start hunting for bugs on and around my house walls, it'll be cool to snap some decent pics of them. This would scare the bollocks clean off me.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 06:59
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:This would scare the bollocks clean off me. Lizards are cool, I'd be more scared of the bugs they're hunting seeing as some of those can bite/sting you.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 07:23
|
|
|
My "high volume will gently caress up your hearing" alert has been going off seemingly at random and reducing volume to a whisper until I unlock and try to volume up manually. What do I need to do to stop it asking me? Pixel 3 with the included buds, no special options on I don't think?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 07:51
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:This would scare the bollocks clean off me. Thanks to climate change my area is just now getting lizards which like to climb walls and whatnot and they're really cool dudes. Between them and not having to buy snow tires anymore the end of the world has been nothing but upside for me.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 09:15
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:Thanks to climate change my area is just now getting lizards which like to climb walls and whatnot and they're really cool dudes. Between them and not having to buy snow tires anymore the end of the world has been nothing but upside for me. Climate change has been horrific for me. Spiders are now living longer in the warmer and longer spring and summer, so they get bigger and scare the shite clean out of me. Some child disappearances have been attributed to spiders where I live. Before I get probated for derailing the One True Thread, I'll add a bit about Android. Android Q Beta 2 has been worse than Beta 1 for me on my Pixel 3. More apps crash more often, even in the background, battery life is worse, and the app switching is almost unusable... This last point is mitigated by the fact that RAM management remains abysmal, so switching between apps just relaunches them most of the time now. It's really starting to get to me - my Galaxy S7 from 3 years ago had better memory management. If it's something that isn't resolved the next time I'm upgrading my phone I'll probably head back to Samsung. The Pixel camera will be hard to walk away from but at least I might have a better overall UX.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 11:33
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:Android Q Beta 2 has been worse than Beta 1 for me on my Pixel 3. More apps crash more often, even in the background, battery life is worse, and the app switching is almost unusable... It's a developer beta, there's gonna be issues like poor battery life and ram management. Even iOS isn't immune to betas being bad for the end user--but they aren't supposed to be installed on a daily driver device. The only reason they're publicly available are that the more people on the beta, the more information about issues Google gets that they can fix before the release candidate. Now it's possible that the final Q release will have poor ram management (P does) but, again, this is a beta.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 12:37
|
|
|
Ok will updating to One UI / Pie gently caress up what I have going with Nova and Sesame? I just got a notification that my S8 has an update (I'm currently running Android OS 8, Samsung Experience 9), and while I obviously want to be secure... well, actually, that means I should pretty much do it, right? Will this re-enable Bixby? 
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 12:47
|
|
|
asecondduck posted:It's a developer beta, there's gonna be issues like poor battery life and ram management. Even iOS isn't immune to betas being bad for the end user--but they aren't supposed to be installed on a daily driver device. The only reason they're publicly available are that the more people on the beta, the more information about issues Google gets that they can fix before the release candidate. Oh I know, it was more for information for those considering hopping into the Beta at this stage, hoping for more improvements over Pie.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 12:51
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:Oh I know, it was more for information for those considering hopping into the Beta at this stage, hoping for more improvements over Pie. I usually don’t expect optimizations to show up in betas until close to release, if they show up in the betas at all. Personally I’m not sure that Google sees ram management on the Pixel line as an issue—I think they make the management artificially high to make sure that the battery life is as good as it can be. And to be fair to Google, the way I use my Pixel, I barely ever noticed it happening, and when it does happen it was only ever a problem if I was switching back and forth between apps while posting on Awful, because it would kill my post in progress. And I haven’t seen that happen in months.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 13:12
|
|
|
Hadlock posted:Edit: there's enough detail there that you can actually pick out which stars are slightly fuzzy and represent the Orion Nebula, just south of Orion's belt bull3964 posted:I've captured the moons of Jupiter and Saturn's rings handheld with a phone sized sensor in a Nikon P900. All those moments will be preserved in time, like firmware in ROM. Time to Google.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 13:14
|
|
|
asecondduck posted:I usually don’t expect optimizations to show up in betas until close to release, if they show up in the betas at all. I notice it all the time on the stable releases, because it keeps killing my music player right after I start it and then lock the phone immediately after within seconds of it being locked once or twice a day. Which is pretty much basic management fail. Also started getting the screen flashes which with my eye strain issues, while they're not the worst issue, make me go AGH briefly. I think my Pixel 3, between this and the admittedly expected anymore lack of headphone jack is probably my least favorite phone I've ever owned. I had better RAM experience on the goddamn Nexus 6P I was using prior to getting it, even when it was years old. (The Nokia 6.1 I had was great, until I got screwed out of a warranty.)
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 13:37
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:Some child disappearances have been attributed to spiders where I live. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 13:51
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:Climate change has been horrific for me. Spiders are now living longer in the warmer and longer spring and summer, so they get bigger and scare the shite clean out of me. Some child disappearances have been attributed to spiders where I live. Found the Aussie
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 14:02
|
|
|
Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ok will updating to One UI / Pie gently caress up what I have going with Nova and Sesame? I just got a notification that my S8 has an update (I'm currently running Android OS 8, Samsung Experience 9), and while I obviously want to be secure... well, actually, that means I should pretty much do it, right? Dunno, but Nova let's you export your settings. Def. do that before you upgrade if you have concerns.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 14:35
|
|
|
Uthor posted:Dunno, but Nova let's you export your settings. Def. do that before you upgrade if you have concerns. Ah right, ok, will do.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 14:41
|
|
|
vyst posted:Found the Aussie That was exactly my thought, followed by if I was in Australia, I'd be scared of every new animal I saw too. G-Spot Run posted:My "high volume will gently caress up your hearing" alert has been going off seemingly at random and reducing volume to a whisper until I unlock and try to volume up manually. What do I need to do to stop it asking me? Pixel 3 with the included buds, no special options on I don't think? Is that a Europe-only thing? I haven't seen that warning in years. I think the last time was on the Galaxy Nexus.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 15:25
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:Is that a Europe-only thing? I haven't seen that warning in years. I think the last time was on the Galaxy Nexus. I see it very inconsistently on devices in Canada too.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 15:26
|
|
|
I was looking at the Switch VR Labo thing, and realized that I now own a phone that's compatible with Gear VR, something I used very briefly a few years ago on a friend's older phone. It was pretty neat, but I was mainly just looking at pictures and I think VR video. Do any of you have this? I assume it's not much more than a fairly expensive novelty, but I'm tempted to check out Minecraft in VR. Are there any super essential games to play with the thing?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 15:58
|
|
|
My gear VR and daydream VR play the game collect dust in closet after the first week of opening
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 16:32
|
|
|
CLAM DOWN posted:I see it very inconsistently on devices in Canada too. Windows Phones used to do it sometimes. Super annoying when it's connected to the car stereo and it dumps the volume while you're driving. You're making me fuss with the phone while driving!
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 16:37
|
|
|
Rupert Buttermilk posted:I was looking at the Switch VR Labo thing, and realized that I now own a phone that's compatible with Gear VR, something I used very briefly a few years ago on a friend's older phone. It was pretty neat, but I was mainly just looking at pictures and I think VR video. Do any of you have this? I assume it's not much more than a fairly expensive novelty, but I'm tempted to check out Minecraft in VR. Are there any super essential games to play with the thing? The problem with GearVR is that your phone is going to overheat and downclock after about 15 to 30 minutes, which means the VR is going to start to stutter and be bad. I would only recommend it if you have an S8+, as the phone has a larger surface area for cooling. The GearVR costs around $130 MSRP (you can find it on sale though). For $200, you can get the Oculus Go, which is the exact same thing as the GearVR (it uses the same SoC as the S8), except the internals are spread out and won't overheat like it would on your phone. That makes it a muuuuch better experience.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 17:28
|
|
|
gourdcaptain posted:I notice it all the time on the stable releases, because it keeps killing my music player right after I start it and then lock the phone immediately after within seconds of it being locked once or twice a day. Which is pretty much basic management fail. That's bizarre, what player? I use Apple Music and I've never had anything like that happen.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 18:45
|
|
|
Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ok will updating to One UI / Pie gently caress up what I have going with Nova and Sesame? I just got a notification that my S8 has an update (I'm currently running Android OS 8, Samsung Experience 9), and while I obviously want to be secure... well, actually, that means I should pretty much do it, right? None of the apps or settings on my Note 8 were affected when I received the update.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 18:48
|
|
|
asecondduck posted:That's bizarre, what player? I use Apple Music and I've never had anything like that happen. Rocket Player, Podcast Addict, NewPipe, take your pick. Oh, Google Maps once during busy navigation, that was fun.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 19:31
|
|
|
gourdcaptain posted:Rocket Player, Podcast Addict, NewPipe, take your pick. Is this a Pixel 2/3 thing or something? My Pixel one has never done this with Maps/Pocket Casts/Youtube Music.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 19:43
|
|
|
Having both a P3 and a 6T has made me realize that I like whatever size phone I'm not currently using day to day. I tire of carrying around a big phone and the smaller one feels so nice in the hand. Then, after awhile, the phone with that larger screen seems a ton nicer and I want to shift back. Maybe the future IS foldable phones  .
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 22:22
|
|
|
asecondduck posted:Personally I’m not sure that Google sees ram management on the Pixel line as an issue—I think they make the management artificially high to make sure that the battery life is as good as it can be. They don't. The mid-range Pixels (which have shown up in more official documents now and will be coming to Verizon) also have 4GB of RAM. I guess Verizon has exclusivity for all Pixel 3 based phones. Wasn't the rumor supposed to be everything after the P3 won't be exclusive? For what it's worth, I've not had issues on my P2XL with 4GB of RAM while using Maps, running GPM for podcasts, and Bluetooth.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 22:31
|
|
|
Memory management on the Pixel is buggy poo poo, it's not the amount of RAM. It literally varies month to month with whatever poorly QAed software update Google puts out. I'm highly considering a Samsung phone for my next personal device because who gives a poo poo about monthly updates if they always break stuff?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:04
|
|
|
My wife's Pixel's GPS is mostly not functional and I'm debating if I even want to touch a Pixel 3a to replace it when Google can't get the base model working and probably cares even less about the midrange variant. If it wasn't for the camera this wouldn't even be a discussion.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:20
|
|
|
The Fellowship of the Pixel Warriors is broken 
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:29
|
|
|
CLAM DOWN posted:Memory management on the Pixel is buggy poo poo, it's not the amount of RAM. It literally varies month to month with whatever poorly QAed software update Google puts out. I'm highly considering a Samsung phone for my next personal device because who gives a poo poo about monthly updates if they always break stuff?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:32
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:The Fellowship of the Pixel Warriors is broken We spilled blood together, my brothers
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:34
|
|
|
WattsvilleBlues posted:The Fellowship of the Pixel Warriors is broken I will continue carrying the torch. Pixel ftw, Samsung ftl (except the S10e looks pretty good!)
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2019 23:47
|
|
|
sourdough posted:I will continue carrying the torch. Pixel ftw, Samsung ftl (except the S10e looks pretty good!) I just picked up an S10e a couple days ago. Really nice phone. I'm having some quality of life issues that I'm having a hard time adjusting to coming from Apple (had the same iPhone 6 the last few years). Hopefully I can get over it. Oddly enough, before I got the iPhone 6 I used Android for like 8 years and always avoided Apple. Remember the same thing happening when I first got it. Adjustment issues.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2019 00:07
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 11:28 |
|
|
My pixel works fine
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2019 00:21
|
|