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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is keeping the Android tablet dream alive https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/samsungs-galaxy-tab-s6-lite-is-keeping-the-android-tablet-dream-alive/ the Android tablet dream posted:please...just let me die
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the only really bad thing in rogue one is the contractually obligated shoehorning in of old movie characters. they should have just hired some other ancient british dude to reprise tarkin and left out the classic droids, vader, leia and the blockade runner
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qirex posted:the only really bad thing in rogue one is the contractually obligated shoehorning in of old movie characters. they should have just hired some other ancient british dude to reprise tarkin and left out the classic droids, vader, leia and the blockade runner same
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qirex posted:the only really bad thing in rogue one is the contractually obligated shoehorning in of old movie characters. they should have just hired some other ancient british dude to reprise tarkin and left out the classic droids, vader, leia and the blockade runner these are not the droids you’re looking for
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rogue one is a mess. they switched out directors halfway through and the end result feels like two different movies stapled together. the first half is interestingly gritty and nasty with the subversive suggestion that the taliban are right - and then suddenly the main character does a complete 180 for no reason (switching from "no one tells me what to do" to "i'm ready to be a leader and take orders"). the big ground battle at the end played as a mixture of cover-based shooter and puzzle fps, and whoever played the male lead was kind of a charisma vacuum (a problem for a lead actor). it had lots of good stuff: riz ahmad, the robot, the main bad guy being a middle manager who was afraid he would get stuck with all the blame and none of the credit, a lot of worldbuilding that added to the main trilogy, and the big final space battle which is probably the best big setpiece battle in all of star wars (sorry, trench run and battle of hoth). the disposable characters meant a surprising number of heroic deaths, which is something you usually dont see in star wars movies (and kept the stakes high, which is useful in a movie where you know how it ends - leia escapes with the plans, duh). its more good than not, and probably the best of the five disney movies, but man you can really the seams between the movie they started making and the one they ended up with
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look I don’t care what you say, Han and Chewbacca were absolutely in a sexual relationship
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"I thought it smelled bad on the outside!"
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what in the world that was not for this thread hey, remember when verizon had to pay lucasfilm for use of the word “droid?”
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rogue one probably had one or two many heroic deaths crammed into the finale, there were some diminishing returns towards the end there
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many bothans died to get us this information. bothan deez nuts.
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The Management posted:google will of course try it eventually, assuming their chip plans don’t implode. there's no way google manages to make a good second generation chip. they might manage a first, as the novelty might keep management invested, but as the full development cycle will never fall within the bonus/promotion cycle at google i honestly and truly can't imagine that they'd keep it together.
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The Management posted:many bothans died to get us this information. bothan deez nuts. bothan dies? nuts!
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qirex posted:the only really bad thing in rogue one is the contractually obligated shoehorning in of old movie characters. they should have just hired some other ancient british dude to reprise tarkin and left out the classic droids, vader, leia and the blockade runner It's a Star Wars movie. It's bad by default. 45 year old men lined up to watch a saturday morning cartoon movie meant to sell toys.
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:there's no way google manages to make a good second generation chip. they might manage a first, as the novelty might keep management invested, but as the full development cycle will never fall within the bonus/promotion cycle at google i honestly and truly can't imagine that they'd keep it together. problem: qualcomm hasn't updated their mobile soc in half a decade, because who gives a gently caress? people are still buying the old ones and where else are you going to go anyway? solution: google will start to develop their own soc, make a half-assed first gen release, then allow the project to languish for half a decade before quietly discontinuing it.
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infernal machines posted:problem: qualcomm hasn't updated their mobile soc in half a decade, because who gives a gently caress? people are still buying the old ones and where else are you going to go anyway? nah google has that process down. it'll be killed in six months
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I'd definitely trust google with my finances
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finally, an advertising company will know every single financial transaction i make the moment i make it!
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FMguru posted:finally, an advertising company will know every single financial transaction i make the moment i make it!  they already do but they currently have to buy that data so if they launch a credit card they’ll be getting paid to get it instead
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/samsungs-galaxy-watch-active2-can-monitor-your-blood-pressure/ encouraging people with potentially serious health conditions to use an android made by samsung to monitor health data good thing this is a totally bulletproof plan
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure I guess this is a "Sell shovels rather than go mining" thing? Samsung probably has a medical equipment division and this'll sell more angioplasty machines? 
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure that doesnt run android it runs tizen
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I phoned my phone and it was inside the house! I did not want to lose those ear buds.
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I've tried for years to go as low as possible but still not buy crap for tablets and phones. For phones, Xiaomi (and now, Realme) is where it's at. For just $20 more than this one, you can get a Redmi A-series, which, while still under-specced (the sweetspot is the Redmi Note / Realme 6), will work as advertised w/ solid HW, OS and SW, a couple OS updates, and no surprise hidden defect/design failure. No NFC though. For tablets, Xiaomi's are quite "expensive". Amazon Fire 8 or 10 (not 7) + Google Play is where it's at, unless you can't bear the idiotic iOS-like non-replaceable Launcher. I've had either design or durability issues with stuff from Teclast, Chuwi and Cube.
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Encrypted posted:I've tried for years to go as low as possible but still not buy crap for tablets and phones. what a life.
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bullguy was complaining that fedex refused to deliver his fourth new phone of the past year a day earlier than scheduled
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We have a Samsung galaxy 5s or some poo poo that needs to be on 24/7 for sms routing for work. What stupid ideas can I use it for that won't use up too much extra power? I'm thinking maybe security camera or is there some always on clock app that can show the wind schedule for the day that doesn't suck absolute poo poo? I guess for that second one I'd want to upgrade it to something with amoled to prevent power wastage and light leakage at night.. although then I guess it would get gnarly screen burn in. Ah gently caress it.
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Encrypted posted:I've tried for years to go as low as possible but still not buy crap for tablets and phones. source your quotes
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Encrypted posted:I've tried for years to go as low as possible but still not buy crap for tablets and phones. Source you're are quots! E: Goddamnit. 
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Encrypted posted:I've tried for years to go as low as possible but still not buy crap for tablets and phones. Little Brother, Just buy an iPhone and an iPad and be done with it. yours, (dis) concerned older brother
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google finally managed to release wireless earbuds that don’t have wires. the verge wrote a million words on these, none of which I read, but the score of 7.5 is, uh, not the best https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/27/21237660/google-pixel-buds-2-2020-wireless-earbuds-headphones-review-price-specs-features
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even the gray thread doesn't give a poo poo about them though tbf they all wave their dicks on who can get the cheapest alibaba wireless headphones so maybe not the best gauge of interest
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Endless Mike posted:bullguy was complaining that fedex refused to deliver his fourth new phone of the past year a day earlier than scheduled I haven't owned an Android phone since 2011. Been pretty good.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I haven't owned an Android phone since 2011. Been pretty good. SAme. I lost my Android phone (DROID OG) in 2011 after a night out and i realized I was actually relieved it was gone.
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i have never used an android at any time
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