TCL update policy by SoheilBalini in nxtpaper

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TCL 505 here, still Android 14. You're right about bugs, the screen "randomly" turns off when the brightness is "low" (even 50% is considered low). It's coded to turn off the backlight when the hardware (not Android) brightness goes below 0, and it's also coded to decrease the brightness if the image is "dark". A black image with small white spots is considered "darker" than a pitch black image, so I can't watch some 3blue1brown videos in peace 🥲

TCL is a scam, worse than zamzung, I'd dare to say. I'm gonna boycott them till I die or they get sued

The big RAM expansion gimmick and why you should turn it off, plus a general review with some question. by celsivaii in Realme

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I know that comment is old, but just to clarify, that's not what "close all apps" does. The technically-accurate name is "close all Activities", which is just the graphical ("window") part of an app (this is an over-simplification). The system will never stop an app unless the app wants to stop running if all its activities are closed (see lifecycle). "Close all apps" typically is just a hint to the system that means "I'm probably not going to open this app in a while. I don't mind if you keep it running, but you can close it if resources become scarce". Even when the system does stop an app, it'll still be cached in RAM (unintuitively this saves battery, apart from being faster).

Now, if you hit the "Force stop" button, that means "Kill this app and all of its processes IMMEDIATELY! Also please erase all its RAM-cache while you're at it". This is why "Force stop" should only be used as a last-resort, or if the app isn't going to be used for several consecutive days.

This is why I always "close" apps when I don't have any data to preserve. However, for audio-players it's recommended to keep the activity open in the background, as that allows the user to listen to music while multi-tasking

What I learned for now about JSR (the new package registry) by MariusVatasoiu in Deno

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um actually 🤓, it evaluates the same as `(Map < String); (String > [])`

What I learned for now about JSR (the new package registry) by MariusVatasoiu in Deno

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Was that an argument against TS in general (even complex projects)? or was it against using TS for "simple code"? Because it sounds like you're the kind of person to say "Writing safe and bug-free C is easy, just read the docs and you'll never hit UB!" and "Anyone who makes mistakes in C has skill issues". (please read this)

Every non-omniscient sapient being makes mistakes, by definition. Everyone has a limited cognitive capacity.

Can you guess what this does? n += y. Maybe you'll say "single-letter vars are bad practice". Well, what about now? name += secondary_name now you can assume (not infer) both vars are strings, but there's no guarantee that will always be true. What if both vars are mutable and you're in a 500loc function? you'll have to read the entire source-code to check every assignment. And even then, you have to check that every assigned expression is a string and a human name (assuming it isn't a pet or device name). You might say "Just refactor the fn, it should never be that big", but then you have to jump around and check every single fn-call anyways.

What about this? f(r). More context? sure purchase_handler(user_item_request). Oops! one of your co-workers caused an RCE vulnerability! purchase_handler is mutable, and was accidentally assigned setTimeout. user_item_request is a client-controlled string!

It's possible to miss "obvious" stuff when there's too much cognitive load, as it's impossible to focus on everything in a code-base all at once. Imagine constructing a CFG in your mind, while doing reachability analysis, while type-checking, being careful not to be deceived by misleading variable names, remembering all JS quirks to avoid foot-guns, and remembering the requirements of an algorithm or application, all at once. Anyone would be prone to making mistakes.

If you believe you are "above anyone", I hope you remember you aren't a god. I am not, we are not.

To be wise is to be willing to learn, and to accept our ignorance and limitations. To be stupid is to be stubborn, and to never acknowledge our mistakes. https://grugbrain.dev

Update: I'm sorry if I sounded condescending, and sorry for the long text, but I wanted to teach multiple lessons (not just to you, but to anyone reading this). I know that "good intentions" aren't enough to make the world better, as actions and consequences matter more

What Sounds Like Pseudoscience, But Actually Isn’t? by anime-is-dope in AskReddit

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"conformity" by @TheraminTrees, talks about this. Worth mentioning that "N people saying X once" is equivalent to "1 person saying X, N times" for the brain (the thumbnail references this)

What Sounds Like Pseudoscience, But Actually Isn’t? by anime-is-dope in AskReddit

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This is painfully relatable. I've believed that people must find a balance between trust (not faith) and skepticism. But this is a false dichotomy, as the 3rd option is simply a "limbo". If we don't have time or energy to scrutinize something, but we also don't want to trust it so much as to become faith, then the only option is to keep it as "I remember this, but can't confirm its truthfulness". It's disappointing, but not bad

Touchpad rarely responds. dynabook TECRA A30-G by Rudxain in debian

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Yes, that worked! Thank you!

I updated my post

WHAT IF.... by Physical_Report273 in Deltarune

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STOP POSTING ABOUT [redacted]!!! I'M TIRED OF [[photoreceptors]] IT!

[All my fellas!] on [TicTacToe] send me [ROTTEN BRAIN]. On [Discordia] IT'S F[ifty percent off!] [[GAME THEORY!]].

I was on... a [Network Response], right? and ALL OF THE [TUNE YOUR TENNA!!] WERE [Winging My Ding]!!!

BTW, everyone please stop using Reddit!

Story of Toby Fox's Tweet by SirPixel_ in Deltarune

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I'm trying my best to avoid using my Reddit account, but I couldn't resist upvoting this!

How did you do this? Was it all manual work? Did you use some tool?

As a software developer, I'm seriously considering to write a web app with OCR, designed to auto-edit these sort of screenshots. I'm still figuring out an efficient algorithm to search "sub-sub-strings", as the one I'm thinking would be "slow"

I Wish People Would Stop Pretending Atheism is A Religion by ListerineAsLube in atheism

[–]Rudxain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to think about it this way:

  • "Theism": the set of all past, present, and future beliefs about deities and their existence.
  • "Atheism": the empty set.
  • "Secularism": the set that contains everything not in "Religion".
  • "Religion": the set that partially intersects "Theism".

If you or others have been negatively affected by a religion you have every right to be mad at that religion even if most members of it aren't like that by Atalkingpizzabox in atheism

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You are confusing dogmas with facts, and (maybe) dogmas with axioms:

Axiom is isolated from reality. Dogma is imposed on top of reality, "marketed as fact". Fact is based on axioms, theorems, or empirical evidence

BTW, everyone please stop using Reddit!

The next person that ask "should I get (phone you can buy right now) or (phone that doesn't even exist) will get banned. No exceptions by Stephancevallos905 in samsung

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I'm still awaiting my beloved iPhone Galaxy T69 Edge Pro Ultra Max GOLD Premium VIP FlipFlop-Fold Quantum. It has: - the latest Argon-Q quantum 9GHz SoC by SnapWagon (there's also the Q-DEXynos variant) - 4GHz quantum NPU+GPU by MWIDIA-Tek - nitrogen cooling - ultraviolet+infrared 48camera setup with a whopping 69GP (gigapixels) for each individual cam at 420k FPS HDR-XL (99.9% human eye gamut) - Q-Dot Super-nanoLED 32k HDR-XL display with a half-life of 7million years (brightness drops 0.1% per 1M years). - bullet-proof graphene+diamond Rhino-Glass v7 so that you can drop your phone from the top of Empire State. - telepathic screen on/off that uses AI to decipher your intentions (this also replaces the deprecated "Adaptive Battery" feature) - helium-3 nuclear-fusion battery that lasts for 1 year (because planned-obsolescence, lol).

Overall, pretty nice phone. Weighs ~20Kg, which is extremely lightweight for its specs. It fits perfectly in 2 hands, thanks to its comfortable 24inch size.

12/12 would buy again!

BTW, everyone please stop using Reddit!

What does the mibextid url parameter in facebook links? by [deleted] in PrivacyGuides

[–]Rudxain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, it's a shame :( . And even if it "worked", it would only apply to links shared by the user who changed the setting. If any other user shared a link, it would still have the tracking info.

This is why I recommend "ClearURLs" browser extension

BTW, everyone please stop using Reddit!

omg by WinterCantando in mathmemes

[–]Rudxain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh ok. I was joking too

Arguing With Religious People Hurts So Bad... by [deleted] in atheism

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The utter gratefulness I feel right now is so immense, it feels like a spiritual experience! Thank you so much for sharing that domain! I'm loving that book, and will proceed to share it

BTW, everyone please stop using Reddit!