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Cake day: September 21st, 2023

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  • There’s a number of tags that could be useful, like politics, sports (or specific sports, though I’d filter all of them, just not my thing), or pick something.

    It would also be a useful way to setup different collections, like right now I want to see posts about cooking - I could have a view with just “cooking” tags (a category that could have further tags, eg “Cooking, veggies” or “Cooking, Pork”, etc).

    Of course this would require voluntary and consistent use of the tagging system, but I think over time most posters would embrace such a thing.

    A couple days ago I decided to just start blocking people who post political crap, especially where it doesn’t belong (particularly political tirades or rants). Such people provide no value, so no need to have them in my feed.








  • My experience is lithium batteries really slow down electricity production in cold.

    I’ve tested batteries for car flashlights, and found lithiums will die much faster than any other due to cold. Even after warming up they have less charge (and this use-case needs power now).

    NiMH seems to tolerate cold much better for my use case.

    I don’t store any batteries that I like outside - no battery tech likes extreme temps, some less than others.

    More simplistically, pretty much everything dislikes temp swings or extremes, especially anything plastic. So that’s kind of my guide. If it’s plastic, I bring it in.


  • I wonder how phone size, battery placement, and materials play into this.

    Being able to dissipate more heat while charging will help significantly too.

    I’ve had a phone with a ceramic back that would die in minutes in cold weather if I didn’t keep it in my internal coat pocket. It charged much faster than another phone that had a plastic back with a similar battery size and charging capability, even using “slow” charging (using a lower power charger). I can only assume the heat dissipation made a difference as the ceramic one never got even very warm while the plastic one did.

    So maybe a combination of everything mentioned here - charge control in the phone, how the controller manages cells, location of battery in phone/heat dissipation, power optimizing while charging (do all of these phones support pass-through? That would influence charge time), etc.



  • I hadn’t read the regs before. Interesting.

    And while I very much agree with the intent (and will be glad to see it being much easier to replace a battery), I wonder what manufacturers will do to mitigate the impacts.

    Like for the 7 years of parts thing, will they manufacture/sell a phone for just 3 months, to minimize that window?

    I really like the OS support for 5 years. Again though, will they do things like charge for that support, tie the update package to a specific device, etc? (Guess we’ll see).

    I’m not saying this isn’t a great improvement over the non-existent rules - it truly is! I’m just cynical, so I’m concerned to see how manufacturers will attempt to minimize the impact to them.


  • Wow, you’re all wrapped up in power dynamics you have zero sense of courtesy for others.

    Hey, again, you don’t want to play along, that’s fine - you’ll be the one to reap what you sow.

    And in today’s business climate of 360° reviews, HR over-reach, etc, you’ll be the one missing out. Pretty much anyone in a business environment would agree that cussing is inappropriate. If nothing else, it demonstrates someone’s lack of ability to either recognize their audience, or (as in your case), to be dismissive of them.

    Cuss all you want, just don’t cry when you’re offered up during layoffs.