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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (19 children)

What they probably meant is they didn’t include a screen because this way they can sell their overpriced battery pack.

[–] [email protected] 175 points 1 month ago (41 children)

Have they not heard of the TS100 or the Pinecil?

Both run an open-source firmware and work with any USB-C PD battery pack and still allow you to configure the temperature.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It was - in the ancient times. Then, there were 3rd party cookies which you had to manually approve upon the initial creation. And then it went all down south and got abused via CDNs and ad networks.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I can’t see what was posted above anymore, but the DeviceCheck API lets app developers store 2 binary digits (that means 4 different states: 00, 01, 10 or 11) per device on Apple’s servers. So, no, these don’t get erased during a Factory Reset as they’re stored on Apple’s servers. But your phone will.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There was one where the guy behind it went to massive lengths so people couldn't easily distinguish the example files by other means than audio quality. Verdict was that people with more expensive equipment even preferred the sound of the MP3s (320kbps CBR). I think it was this one (Links to Parts 2 and 3 at the bottom.).

Somewhere else I've read that - for most humans - 256 kbps MP3s encoded with VBR-ABR using a high-end encoder are basically indistinguishable from the lossless original. Even at 192 kbps it's still more hit&miss than it should be. But I don't remember where I've read that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Is that an indirect plea to open an issue for it? We should do this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The even bigger irony is that he only sued for $50k. That’s peanuts for big D. Their lawyers probably got more for digging up that arbitration clause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Exactly! PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) are a thing, too.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Step 4. NASA builds planes that work (on the side).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You mean like the Punkt MP02?

The MP02 is the first voicephone to offer a downloadable privacy feature that uses the Signal protocol to provide free, encrypted Internet-based calls and texts worldwide via Wi Fi or mobile data (subject to data charges). We believe Signal provides vastly greater security compared to the widely-used encrypted alternatives, which exist primarily as tools for harvesting and selling valuable metadata (contacts lists, who communicated with whom, when it happened, etc.). In the Signal system, all metadata is encrypted.
By using the Signal-protocol, it is possible to add group messaging and voice messages to the MP02.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Even the 100MB/sec won’t work for long as these stupidly small MicroSDs tend to heat up A LOT and then go into throttling where the transfer rate goes down to <1MB/sec.

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