My Galaxy Note 8 is a backup phone. It was a flagship when it launched, yeah. But even so, it’s 7 years old, the last update for it was over 2.5 years ago, and it’s still chugging along like a champion.

Smartphone design is mostly a solved problem. Take today’s screens and processors and throw in a few features from the past (removable storage, IR blaster, and headphone jack) and you have a 10-year phone.

I used to get a new phone every year because phone got way better each generation.

My phone is top-tier from 2021 (Z Fold 3), and I have had zero temptation from the newer versions. All they really have is faster processing, but since all apps are designed to run well on budget phones from 5 years ago, there’s no reason to upgrade.

They’ll also buy the real product, return the counterfeit product, then sell the real one.

I absolutely have some Type C cables that only work one way because there’s no enforced standards and the manufacturer will wire them however is cheap, throw on another company’s logo, and sell it to Amazom.

I’ve been using aCar for over a decade. It’s owned by Fuelly now, but all the cloud stuff is optional.

I keep track of my mileage, fuel, maintenance, etc. I can take pictures of receipts, make notes, etc. It’s pretty easy, and I can save local backups of the data or have it sync to Dropbox or onedrive.

And installing Linux and axe-murdering anyone with a car.

Autocorrect’s version of “having fun”

It’s an advertising display. They’re just heading gun with it.

It costs 4 grand and has a resolution of like 3480x600, making its pixel density pretty much useless for a monitor.

Oh, I’m not a programmer. I’m just bitching about how many of us have to go to an office for no reason.

I work almost 100% on a computer for a municipality using software that’s already 100% web-based.

But I have to drive 90+ minutes each way every day because a citizen might want to have an in-person meeting once every few weeks instead of an email or Teams meeting.

I still use bat h files and the system scheduler to automate a shocking amount of my job.

Open Source software isn’t charity. It’s a group effort that anyone can use.

I use GQIS and OSM professionally. My company also contributes to both projects. You WANT companies to adopt free software because they’ll put resources into improving it, which improves it for everyone.

Are they doing it to make money? Yep.

But it’s good for the product and every user of the product. It allows hobbysts and individual users to benefit from corporate resources without ever giving the corporations money or data.

As someone who works on the city side of development review, I can firmly say I’ll trust a puppy alone with my dinner than a Civil Engineer.

I have several laptops that use USB-C to HDMI cables to connect. They work fine and the port on the PC is much smaller.

$140 for 30 meg that’s usually about 8, unless the neighbors are using it, then I’m lucky to get a 480p stream…