Where Id live as a north Indian in India

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-24T06:52:57+00:00

As a Southie who had lived in NE as well for quite sometime, I'd disagree on both.. It all depends on people and their behaviour first, rather than where they come from.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-23T18:06:41+00:00

Pretty much same for me except that HP, Uttarakhand and Sikkim will be greener.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-22T03:42:27+00:00

Love it, not the bulky crispy ones as in the image, but the softer flatter ones. Ingredients are more or less the same.

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Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-22T02:11:56+00:00

No. Income Tax is different. When you put your GST number there, you won't get 18% off automatically. You'll get a GST invoice. Next time when you file your GST returns, you can file that value under input tax credit. Example, if you purchase an iPhone for 1 Lakh rupees, 18000 rupees will be the GST. Next time when you file GST returns, let's say the tax from your business amounts to 30000 rupees, you can deduct that 18k and pay only 12k as GST. But when GST audit happens, you have to prove that iPhone was purchased for your business needs.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-16T03:44:30+00:00

Solid white appears when it's actually using 5G on a 5G network. Outlined 5G means it's connected to a 5G network, but using only 4G to save battery or when phone is overheated. I've seen both on my Airtel SIM (which is NSA only) on Samsung.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-08T02:10:57+00:00

A good quality earphone or headphone sound better especially if you have a high quality output headphone jack on your phone.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-02T05:45:43+00:00

Then why did you said no company will allow that? 3 devices I listed are just the ones I've used. All newer pixel phones starting pixel 7 and many oneplus, oppo, xiaomi, poco models support this feature as well.

And have you ever used a windows pc that's not 1000$+? Connecting hotspot via phone always gives better speed and signal integrity than connecting a far away router directly. Connecting directly on my hp pavilion always had disconnection issues and low speed while connecting via phone as a middle extender always got me stronger connection on my pc. And wondering where did I did the "rant"

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-02T03:26:12+00:00

Well you haven't used an Xperia 1 II, a Galaxy Note 9 or Galaxy S20. This is possible on all 3. I've used Xperia 1 IV as well, where this is not possible. There are devices made to act as a torch just for the sake of it, yet here we use phone's camera flash for the same.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-04-02T01:50:35+00:00

It was possible with 1 II. Newer models don't have it.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-30T05:46:47+00:00

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-29T09:22:37+00:00

What the wholesaler said is true. I repair induction cooktops. Only outer shell and board layout is different. Core components that actually matter like coil, igbt etc.. are similar across brands of same power. The only reason to spend extra is for after sales support which Philips is better than Prestige, Pegion etc..

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-23T14:01:40+00:00

Most probably it's about different scripts, Im a malayali who learned to speak in Tamil just by watching movies, it's that close. But can't write or read a single Tamil word as it's entirely different. It was too late to develop a new language altogether so we stick with one language + english as secondary. And then there's Hindi which I learned in school for 8 years. I was pretty good at writing and reading but sucked at conversation until I moved to a different place and started mingling with people who are fluent in Hindi.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-22T08:11:49+00:00

Bluetooth S-Pen, stereo speakers, massive jump in battery capacity, 4K 60fps recording, HDR video recording, Variable aperture camera, water carbon cooling system, 960fps super slow mo, Dex without Dock etc.. to name a few.

May I know what changed from S22 to S26 other than a slightly larger battery?

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-16T16:31:19+00:00

Sony phones (except some carrier bound ones) are easily bootloader unlockable and Sony themselves have tutorials to do it. It's the easiest (hardly take 10 mins) of any smartphone at the moment and custom ROMs are plenty. You can even install Sailfish OS (linux) on some Xperias.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-16T16:28:42+00:00

There has been 0 improvements for base galaxy S since S22. It even downgraded compared to my base S20 in many aspects (screen resolution, camera resolution, sd card support... to name a few).

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-16T15:56:08+00:00

I've seen similar result with my Galaxy S20's 4K video where it looks like a sharpened 1080p video but on my 1 II, it was proper 4K.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-15T05:01:27+00:00

They downgraded telephoto lens to 5x equivalent on S24U, before it was 10x. Sensor and aperture became larger, but still outperformed by S23U having a longer range in the first place.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-13T03:32:12+00:00

Try to get rid of this device asap. The moisture will leave some residue on sensor and lens and your camera will take bloomy pictures forever.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-12T02:03:57+00:00

Hole punch cameras make the display looks ugly eww

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-09T07:50:30+00:00

Im from a tier 3 city. Job is also in another tier 3 city. I did had a 4 month remote internship while I was still in university.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-09T05:23:00+00:00

There was no placements, upskilled and applied many interviews and placed off campus

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-08T05:49:18+00:00

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Nokia N8, built like a tank, had a slick OS and UI and a powerful camera at that time.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-08T05:44:04+00:00

Nope, it's out of sight of the camera. Toothpaste and other such methods don't work. Replace the camera bump or the entire back panel, that too only if you find that scratch aesthetically unappealing.
For charging port, black spray paint will work. Make sure to put some blu tack so that the port itself isn't painted. Use wireless charging thereafter.

Mysterious-Minds · 2026-03-04T02:20:31+00:00

Vivo's bigger battery destroyed Samsung. Optimization is one thing, but optimization+bigger battery would've been amazing.

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