I missed a credit card repayment by 1 day and my score dropped almost 300 points (UK. 800 (very good) -> ~500 (below average))

Everything we think of as owned is only borrowed from the Earth

we’re not part of the EU anymore and therefore not covered by the EU’s mandate that is forcing Apple’s hand

wipe the linux partitions and get back to a life of convenience and productivity. until another 6 months have passed and I think “maybe this time…”

well… it is a mental health problem. Plus culture. Switzerland has guns and just as many people with mental health problems as the rest of the ‘developed’ world, but almost 0 shootings.

the second screen from a design point of view is way more interesting and isn’t just using stock wireframes

oh my god this is incredibly exciting! huge fan of e-ink. I wonder what the refresh rate is and how much impact the tech will have on battery life.

EDIT: should have read top comment 🥲

“and that makes me a happier person on levels of existence which don’t have any” … wtf is this writing 😂

Holy Jebus, that is the absolute most bleeding edge phone I have ever seen, and it costs less than a Pixel 7a…

But agree with others that the software is a deal breaker. Loading this up with stock android would be a much better experience, but of course with roms there is a price to pay in terms of stability and compatibility.

Sure, if they’re second generation it’s a different story

My wife is Chinese so I lean more in the direction of hating Chinese people 😂 Just kidding I love her to bits.

I get it though… while I was living in China there were so many things I enjoyed about it that I didn’t often complain. But being back in Europe, the aggravation grows.

You can say hating the people for what their government does is stupid, but when the people stand so resolutely by their government the hatred goes in the same direction. Unless you’ve lived there, you won’t understand the long process of indoctrination so you won’t have sympathy for their unthinking obedience.

Had no idea American’s couldn’t do that 😲 No wonder they don’t travel!

Same. 3h or less usually. Love my colleagues, the work is fine. But the requirements are so low that I’m able to manage a startup during work hours 😌 #softwaredeveloper

Thinkpads tend to have excellent build quality, solid firmware and well thought out design. Price to performance on second-hand models is always outstanding and their popularity ensures hardware compatibility with Linux.

Of the brands you named, I just don’t trust the hardware. Tuxedo computers for example uses Tongfang white-label computers that they just slap their logo on. Quality control isn’t as thorough as Lenovo’s, firmware is sketchy, TDP tends to be all over the place and keyboard quality doesn’t come close.

Thinkpads also have-- and I can’t stress the importance of this enough-- a nipple. I don’t really use it, but if you try to take it away from me I’ll bite you.

A nice refresh on the “give a man a fish” saying 😂

This seems to be a serious downside to this system. Anyone who values a persistent profile is putting their precious data in the hands of some random instance that may or may not go bust in the near or (perhaps worse) distant future.

I’m on lemmy.world because it’s the most likely to survive

I joined another instance and it closed within 2-3 weeks…

It just works the best. Ad-blocking is unrivalled. I’ve tried Firefox+extensions, Duduck Go browser etc, but none match Brave’s ad-blocking capabilities on mobile and desktop.

And I’m all on board with the dream of users receiving a return on their attention. Yes the quantity is small now, but that’s because it’s just starting out.

100% 👍👍👍 the BBC did a great docu-series on Raynd. If you’re wondering what it is that you can’t quite put your finger on about her work, it’s that she’s utterly miserable. A person whose geat intellect can’t even make them joyful is a person whose intellect has turned against them.

I’m all about the side-folders (Z-Fold), the flip folders (Z-Flip) are cool but gimmicky. Never owned one, but probably will one day!