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I got a new ipad and pencil and keyboard case for notes at school and to whiteboard when on zoom. It's loving amazing.
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Silly Burrito posted:It might've been you or someone else in this thread, but they mentioned that they used to tinker with Android and do all kinds of crap with it, but in the end they went to an iPhone because it just worked. I had Android for years and years because I could tinker with it, but I realized last year that I didn't really do any customizations to it because nothing really needed to be done to fit my needs. So I swapped back to an iPhone and use iMessage with my Mac and it just works. Yeah I miss out on a couple of things that I could sideload before but I honestly don't care now. I don’t know if I posted about it here but I definitely switched from Android after almost a decade because the tinkering got tiresome. There was also the matter of updates being constantly delayed…
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Looking at grad schools...why are they soooo expensive?????????????? Because the only people that pay for them are employers, aid programs (like VA) or rubes.
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Silly Burrito posted:It might've been you or someone else in this thread, but they mentioned that they used to tinker with Android and do all kinds of crap with it, but in the end they went to an iPhone because it just worked. Yeah that was me. And a big part of why I moved on. I just occasionally get the contrarian itch. FizFashizzle posted:Still got my MacBook from 2012 and it’s still going strong. I had a 13” from 09 or 10 that performed beautifully until last year. This one was second hand from my wife’s tech company and got some hard use but it’s been a beast until suddenly not. I’ve never had any issue with apple products so I’m likely to just pay the cost and move on. I also drive a Tacoma so I think we know how this goes. Cry once, etc, ad nauseam.
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Neil Armbong posted:GDPR played a large part, as did general sentiments about privacy coming around to being v leary of it all. Can you further explain the nuance between knowing the device ID v knowing all the apps that know the device ID. If the objective is advertisement, and if engagement is through apps, isn’t knowing all the apps associated with the device ID basically just as good as know the device ID itself?
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Feb 3, 2022 18:51
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All this talk of Apple is very tempting, I'm in the market for a new phone as my Pixel 4 gets long in the tooth. I just don't want to move all of my poo poo from the Google ecosystem to the Apple ecosystem.
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Feb 3, 2022 18:57
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The Apple Hater has logged on. Can't stand the software at all. I have to use an iPhone for work and fuuuuuuuuuck that.
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Feb 3, 2022 18:59
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My pixel 3 is fine and I don't think I'll replace it for another five years or more. I do not have to tinker with it, at all. It has all the apps I could ever dream of wanting, and they all just work. I paid half price for it when it was on sale and google fi is cheap as hell.
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Feb 3, 2022 19:06
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I really like apple phones. Migrating my stuff from android wasn’t bad at all and iPhone apps work well with my Google stuff. Years back I know that it was a pain, but now the iPhone seems to interact with pc/windows/Google stuff relatively painlessly.
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Feb 3, 2022 19:08
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CannonFodder posted:All this talk of Apple is very tempting, I'm in the market for a new phone as my Pixel 4 gets long in the tooth. I just don't want to move all of my poo poo from the Google ecosystem to the Apple ecosystem. Like what? I use Gmail, Google Keep, Google Docs, Youtube, etc. Work fine with Apple. I felt the same way you do, but about the only huge change was moving from Chrome to Safari to help with RAM, but I still keep a copy of Chrome on my phone and Mac just in case (even though Chrome on the iPhone is basically WebKit from what I understand). Other than that, I really can't think of a single Google thing I can't do now (I'm sure there's something, I just can't think of it). I'm not an Apple Koolaid drinker, but the stuff works pretty well together for the most part. It ain't perfect, but it's nice. One cool thing I discovered by accident. If you make a Google Keep list and have an Apple Watch, you can pull up that app on the watch, get the latest grocery list, and check things off on your wrist without having to pull out your phone at the grocery store. Edit: I did think of one thing: Siri is miles behind both Google and Amazon for voice recognition/usage. If I could swap out Siri for Google on the phone completely, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'm sure I have a country accent for Siri, but when trying to use voice commands in Android Auto vs. CarPlay, Google wins every time. Siri works.....but it's definitely not as good. Silly Burrito fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Feb 3, 2022 |
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Leperflesh posted:My pixel 3 is fine and I don't think I'll replace it for another five years or more. I do not have to tinker with it, at all. It has all the apps I could ever dream of wanting, and they all just work. I paid half price for it when it was on sale and google fi is cheap as hell. I have a Pixel 2 and it's still chugging along. I love this drat thing. Still eyeballing a Pixel 6 but I'm waiting until it's truly necessary.
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Feb 3, 2022 19:23
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I've got a fitbit versa 2, it has apps on it, alexa integration (so, lists), has spotify and pandora, too also only cost $130
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Feb 3, 2022 19:29
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I got a pixel 6 to replace my pixel 3 cause the battery was becoming lovely, Its pretty good, I got the pro for the better camera, but drat this is a big phone I still miss my old windows phones 
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Leperflesh posted:I've got a fitbit versa 2, it has apps on it, alexa integration (so, lists), has spotify and pandora, too I wish Pebble had never died. Great friggin watch.
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Feb 3, 2022 19:30
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I'll get another Apple phone once they switch to USB-C chargers. The privacy settings on them are what I really want but I'll be hosed if I am switching out all my charging cables again.
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Feb 3, 2022 19:45
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Samadhi posted:I'll get another Apple phone once they switch to USB-C chargers. The privacy settings on them are what I really want but I'll be hosed if I am switching out all my charging cables again. The only holdout is the phone and it comes with the charging cable that's USB-C on one end and whatever it's called (lightning?) on the other. Just need a USB-C brick which you probably already have
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Feb 3, 2022 19:55
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Ornery and Hornery posted:Can you further explain the nuance between knowing the device ID v knowing all the apps that know the device ID. It's one in the same. They don't know the device id any more, thus can't help connect activity across apps. They get a unique to each app/marketing platform id, so can't tie together activity like they can on android/pre-iOS 15 phones.
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linux on laptops sorta sucks. they always have the newest chips so there's a decent chance for some kind of bluetooth/wifi/graphics bugs, and they always lose like 10% battery life to windows. the ideal laptop to put linux on is like a 1-3 year old dell/hp/lenovo. which is fine but it's not a macbook
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Joey Freshwater posted:The only holdout is the phone and it comes with the charging cable that's USB-C on one end and whatever it's called (lightning?) on the other. Just need a USB-C brick which you probably already have I just use wireless chargers for everything anyway because it’s convenient. I have a Lightning cable in my bag just in case I need it when I travel but even that’s very rarely used.
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i switched from a motorola g6 or thereabouts to a iphone se 2nd gen. the lightning cable is whatever, i think apple says it's more gunk-resistant than usb-c, but it's also nothing different than 2000-2015 where you had usb mini, micro, mini-B, usb 3, firewire, etc. i was never a big phone app guy so i didn't care but it's nice getting actual security updates for more than a year and i don't think you can buy an android phone smaller than 6" anymore.
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Never made it as a phone guy Couldn't cut it as a tablet poster
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Neil Armbong posted:It's one in the same. They don't know the device id any more, thus can't help connect activity across apps. They get a unique to each app/marketing platform id, so can't tie together activity like they can on android/pre-iOS 15 phones. Interesting, that seems like a pretty big win for privacy!
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General Dog posted:Never made it as a phone guy This is how Google reminds me
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We were on the new phone every 2 years track for a long time, but the 3a's we have now have passed that mark and still hold a charge all day, so whatever. I'll get whatever a is current and on sale when this one needs charged by the time I leave work.hifi posted:the ideal laptop to put linux on is like a 1-3 year old dell/hp/lenovo. which is fine but it's not a macbook  My last few laptops have been Lenovos after they were leased to a business for a few years. Throw whatever level of Linux I feel like loving around with on there, and it's a few hundred bucks for something I'll have for 3-5 years to play Factorio or Rimworld on the couch.
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My sister's phone finally died and she got a new Pixel 6 on her own, which kinda stinks as I was going to go in halfsies with her husband on replacing it for her birthday (which unfortunately isn't until April).
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I was using a Macbook from 2011 until last year when SB got me a new one. It technically worked fine but was a bit sluggish and was too old for updates. That's a pretty good run for a laptop.
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RIP in piss https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1489326241035476995
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Remember when Facebook pivoted to video a few years ago and lied about how the view count worked or something and a bunch of really good content creators cratered as a result? I’m sure this time will be fine though
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Android Apocalypse posted:They literally ripped off Lone Wolf & Cub… again. None of that has anything to do with Space Mobsters though 
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Freaquency posted:Remember when Facebook pivoted to video a few years ago and lied about how the view count worked or something and a bunch of really good content creators cratered as a result? They also tried really hard to become the new streaming platform and paid out the rear end for exclusive rights to take guys away from twitch which failed. You love to see it.
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Remember when Facebook enabled a literal genocide?
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swickles posted:Remember when Facebook enabled a literal genocide? Or facilitated a coup attempt on the American government?
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There's a whole bunch of remember when's involved with facebook that are quite a bit worse than them trying to remind you of when you posted an embarrassing picture or whatever.
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It’s funny because my company is building data centers for Facebook and the plan is to keep adding them for like 8 more years. Some days I wonder if Facebook will even be around that long. I guess they’re going the Amazon route and moving to data services.
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Bird in a Blender posted:It’s funny because my company is building data centers for Facebook and the plan is to keep adding them for like 8 more years. Some days I wonder if Facebook will even be around that long. I guess they’re going the Amazon route and moving to data services. The demand for data centers is only gonna go up and up. Even if a tech company were to go under, it wouldn't be hard for for another company to take over their operations.
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swickles posted:Remember when Facebook enabled a literal genocide? Which time? Silly Burrito posted:Or facilitated a coup attempt on the Which time?
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Oh poo poo under 5 year old 5G vax are coming and the DLand signal got lit fuckin may gonna be liiiiiit Gonna be crazy seeing a toddler lose their mind seeing Disney characters in person
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