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Cake day: September 27th, 2023
  • hersh@literature.cafetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skillsEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Absolutely this. Phones are the primary device for Gen Z. Phone use doesn’t develop tech skills because there’s barely anything you can do with the phones. This is particularly true with iOS, but still applies to Android.

    Even as an IT administrator, there’s hardly anything I can do when troubleshooting phone problems. Oh, push notifications aren’t going through? Well, there are no useful logs or anything for me to look at, so…cool. It makes me crazy how little visibility I have into anything on iPhones or iPads. And nobody manages “Android” in general; at best they manage like two specific models of one specific brand (usually Samsung or Google). It’s impossible to manage arbitrary Android phones because there’s so little standardization and so little control over the software in the general case.

  • hersh@literature.cafetoAndroid@lemmy.world•What's your favorite Android tablet?English
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    10 months ago

    These are not “normal” tablets, but Boox’s line of ePaper-based readers are the only Android tablets that distinguish themselves sufficiently in my already-large family of devices. I’ve used “normal” tablets with full-color LCD/OLED displays, on both the Android and iPadOS side, but I rarely find a good use for them. I’ve found them to sit in an awkward space with neither the convenience of my phone, nor the utility of my laptop.

    The ePaper-based tablets are ideal for reading, but I do not relegate them merely to the “e-reader” category because they allow you to install Google Play and run basically any Android app. This makes them more flexible and powerful than most e-readers.

    It comes with a built-in browser optimized for monochrome, and you can also install third-party alternatives like EinkBro.

    That said, it’s only for advanced users, and it’s not a perfectly smooth experience. Just getting Google Play running on it requires jumping through some hoops, and you will find that most Android apps simply don’t work well on a monochrome display (though Boox does offer color models, I have not used them myself).

    I was hoping, for example, to use my Boox tablet to play Go, but despite the fact that Go is very much a “black and white” game, most of the apps use shading and colors that look like absolute ass on a black and white display. Some of them do not properly support the 4:3 aspect ratio either. So I don’t want to set unreasonable expectations here. These are niche devices.

    Despite these drawbacks, I really appreciate having an ePaper device. It complements my device family (phone, laptop, etc.) in a way other tablets do not.

  • hersh@literature.cafetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Signal leaked random contacts to me!
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    10 months ago

    Interesting. Are there any other accounts on your phone that provide contacts? Maybe social media or other chat platforms? On Android you can see accounts in Settings > Passwords & Accounts (or somewhere similar; it varies a little between brands). You can also check inside your Contacts app by expanding the sidebar (again, varies by brand).

    Just a thought. I don’t have any other contact providers on my phone so I can’t test it myself.

    Please keep us posted if you get any official response or learn anything new!

  • hersh@literature.cafetolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•Debian being insanely stable
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    10 months ago

    I would advise against any rolling distro if you use Nvidia drivers and CUDA. When I was using Tumbleweed it kept breaking with kernel updates. This was common in the forums. I had to pin my kernel to an older version to fix it. It was not ideal.

    I’ve come full circle back to Debian stable. I’m sure at some point I’ll need a newer package and be frustrated again. When the time comes, perhaps I’ll try distrobox if I can’t easily backport it.

  • hersh@literature.cafetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Can I trust filen.io?
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been using the free version for a couple years now. If the app wasn’t so janky I would have upgraded but now. Camera sync sort of works, but only if I manually open the app. It doesn’t function in the background like FolderSync or most cloud storage apps, even when I disable battery optimization. I also can’t manually upload large files easily; usually it fails halfway through.

    This is on Android and has been fairly consistent since Android 11.

    I’m still on the hunt for encrypted cloud storage that can sync arbitrary folders, like my camera and Signal backup folder.

  • hersh@literature.cafetoFree and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Audile: Open source Shazam alternative for android
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    10 months ago

    The github page has more context than the F-Droid listing.

    API Key

    This application uses the AudD® service as a Music Recognition API. You need a special API token provided by AudD® to use the application. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free API token. You can add the key on the onboarding or preferences screen, or just set it in local.properties.

    There is also the option to use the app without a token, but please note that this will restrict the number of daily recognitions that can be performed.

    The AudD web site says:

    Music recognition API for both content analysis and in-app music recognition costs from $2 to $5 per 1000 requests. First 300 requests for free.