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Google is pushing towards WFF (Watch Face Format) styles. The new Wear OS 5 watches, IIRC, (not the upgraded ones) didn’t even support Facer or Watchmaker initially.
The Watch faces published on Play Store, majority of them, are now in WFF format which translates to improved battery life as well.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOPto Android@lemdro.id•Google launches Extended Repair Program for Pixel 7a batteryEnglish4·1 month agoHow did your 4a perform after it got the battery maintenance update? I remember folks saying the battery life went down to only couple of hours of continuous usage and even charging speeds were finicky.
Edit: I read in another comment by you that you had a 6a as well. That is still under official software support right? Is it even usable after update?
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Android@lemdro.id•A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this yearEnglish2·1 month agoWell, according to Google, you could be. Link
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOPto India@lemmy.ml•Govt hospitals run by pvt firms: Does this public-private partnership truly benefit the public?1·1 month agoHuh, that shouldn’t happen. I opened it on mobile with the latest version of the extension and it worked well. Either case, I did link the full article text in another comment.
I am almost sure he meant it as just kidding as well but I couldn’t oversee Vim in an emacs post :p
Is jk a subtle reference to Vim navigation!!
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOPto India@lemmy.ml•Govt hospitals run by pvt firms: Does this public-private partnership truly benefit the public?1·1 month agoArticle as text : https://sharetext.io/bae3b7b3
The dev for BPC moved to, as of latest Wiki, https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234 .
IIRC, it moved to Gitlab first but was hounded from there as well due to obvious piracy concerns. Eithercase, once the extension is installed, it auto updates, so one need not care about source post installation.
If you need to read on mobile, I think, two forks of Firefox support extension sideloading. SmartCookieWebPreview (which is a slimmed down browser) and Iceraven ( which is a proper fork for Android only).
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•What are your highest seeding ratios?English1·1 month agoI remember using Cent OS (dual booting it alongside Debian) multiple years back. I think it had more or less feature parity with RHEL then and meant for personal use case unlike RHEL.
Too bad it was discontinued. I think the closest fork of it is Rocky Linux.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Android@lemmy.world•REDMAGIC Astra Gaming Tablet has a 165 Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite, and up to 24GB RAM - LiliputingEnglish5·1 month agoNot necessarily. Pixel phones are still very good at photography and crucially, will get 7 years of software upgrades. I would be surprised if this phone hits anywhere close. 165Hz IMO is overkill (heck, many argue 144 Hz on Motorola models is high enough as well).
That being said, the 80 W fast charging does blow away the Pixel (but then many entry level phones as well. The Pixel Pro has 27 W still right?) and raw benchmarks would be higher as well.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOPto Android@lemmy.world•TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro ReviewedEnglish3·2 months agoHuh, that shouldn’t happen. Whilst Samsung gatekeep certain features for its models only (like ECG for instance though one can bypass it by sideloading the SHM Monitor app from XDA), basic features do work fine with most models. I have a non Samsung device as well.
The watch getting too hot is a problem. I have seen it slowing down it’s charging speed (if not outright refusing to charge) in summers here.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOPto Android@lemmy.world•TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro ReviewedEnglish1·2 months agoYes, Garmin is quite good. I only use my Galaxy Watch for basic health and sleep tracking (I know they are paywalling some stuff, but stuff like sleep or heart rate is bare minimum thing) and the odd music streaming.
Garmin definitely would give better milege in that case.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Linux@lemmy.ml•[blog post] what it's like to live with as much foss software as possible1·2 months agoIt seems like you updated your webpage in the wake of the meme incident. But it has made it unbearable to read. Whilst I was able to read the article in reader mode, the ~ page is virtually an eye sore to browse right now.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works•Sending assault threats via an account linked to your face and name is wild21·2 months agoIt usually refers to the female vagina often used when abusing someone in Hindi. The original image used this word in this context only. That’s why I assumed it.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works•Sending assault threats via an account linked to your face and name is wild12·2 months agodeleted by creator
While Void isn’t exactly under rated ( it is very highly rated on distro watch for one ), for someone looking for a systemd free distro or a light weight one in general, it is a decent choice. The repos aren’t as broad based as Arch but they do have newer versions of the software that they host.
I could be wrong, but aren’t Linux Mint and Pop OS ultimately based on Debian? (Mint is based on Ubuntu which in return has a Debian base). Debian was my main entry way to the Linux world and there is a reason why so many distros are built on it. Very old as well (not as old as Slack ware but Slack ware isn’t exactly noob friendly).
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Android@lemdro.id•Brave Launches Official F-Droid Repository for Android Browser to Bypass Google PlayEnglish22·2 months agoI gave Brave a try back in the early days. The Brave wallet was useless and something I didn’t wanted. There wasn’t much to differentiate it from Chrome back then on desktop. On mobile, it has built in Adblock but that’s it. Vivaldi, IMO, bundles in more features for a Chromium based browser.
Either case, I have been on Firefox for multiple years now despite it’s own issues. uBlock Origin is properly supported on it (both desktop and mobile). I think FF(nightly version or Iceraven, a FF fork) is the only browser that allows sideloading of extensions on mobile. Chromium based browsers are way behind in this regard.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Pakistan slams Trump over Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace PrizeEnglish3·2 months agoNobel Prize committee made quite some blunders over the years but they really swapped war crimes and peace tables that year.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Trying to wean off spotifyEnglish3·2 months agoWhilst YT-dlp supports many sites, it’s primary function is still downloading from YouTube and that doesn’t have flac. Even YouTube Music Premium only streams at 256 kbps Aac when set at high, I think.
Using one of those deezer or qobuz bots might be better incase someone really wishes for flac. Or if one wants to invest time, then Soulseek is always there.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deto Technology@lemmy.world•Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsAppEnglish3·2 months agodeleted by creator
Nothing’s original phones and it’s sub brand CMF was not focused on US market at all and could only be bought via developer programmer there. It was more geared towards India and the prices matched the specifications there.
IIRC, Nothing’s original phones were made in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and it’s previous top tier phone was less than half this price here in India. But with this one, they jumped the gun and made a harrowing decision.
They still have a good array of products in form of Cmf phones (I was close to buying one until I saw it lacked a 3.5mm jack) and earbuds for lower end of the market but they really are being over optimistic here.