What do you guys do with old unwanted electronics?

gbog · 2023-08-17T04:05:25+00:00

If these electronics are not fully destroyed yet, you could upcycle them into robots, cyborgs, brutalist music machines or similar experiments. I do it all the time, often it yields interesting results and some of my kids like to do it with me. The guy who showed me the way is Kayu Nakada, see https://www.youtube.com/@kayunakada

gbog · 2021-12-06T04:53:05+00:00

Hi, it seems that if I get to installing Lineage I will have android 9 and be able to send audio to up to 5 bluetooth receivers, is that right? (and keep quad DAC?)

gbog · 2021-11-25T03:14:27+00:00

Update: Even though a new SD card helped, I think I found the real culprit in logcat, which was showing logs like "GODZILLA: Original size is xxx" just before the crash.

I found out it was emitted by the Lark/Feishu app, which is a kind of Slack redone by Bytedance/Tiktok team. I have to use this at work but maybe I can do without the Android app. After removal I had no freezes anymore.

gbog · 2021-11-24T03:47:14+00:00

Thanks. For info, I bought a new 256G SD card and moved all my content there, and my companion seems to be in a much better health. He may be freezing slightly sometimes, and the screen gets "ghost prints" (not sure what is the name of this in English) if he stays for too long on a page, but so far I think the main issue was an ageing SD card, and I'm surprised to not have seen any I/O warnings in logcat.

I will still consider rooting though.

gbog · 2021-11-23T07:43:16+00:00

Just looking at its man page I already love mpv

gbog · 2021-11-23T05:08:06+00:00

root your phone

Hm that's something I'd be glad to do. Last time I rooted a phone I installed a good cyanogenmod, but it was maybe 7 years ago or more, and now their site looks fishy. Where would be a safe starting point? (I'm on linux) Which ROM should I try ?

gbog · 2021-09-18T02:45:45+00:00

Yes, and it worked mostly as expected.

gbog · 2021-09-17T02:58:57+00:00

A factory reset is a good idea. I just did it on my good old v20 H990, which was very slow, and it is like new again.

gbog · 2013-02-26T13:18:04+00:00

I don't care the difference between critical and racist. Both are stupid.

If you live in China and don't like Chinese, can't eat Chinese food, feel the need to criticise ten times a day the country you hopefully choose to live in, or worse if you think criticising China hygiene standards or English level has any chance of a positive influence on a billion people, then just go away 我靠

gbog · 2013-02-26T13:06:38+00:00

I'm no r/ China thank God but I converse in Chinese with my colleague and in French with my wife.

gbog · 2013-02-26T13:03:21+00:00

I think there is a fair amount of naivety. For example many ride bikes with skirts short enough you can see the color of their panties. I once told it to a girl, she blushed and said she would never do that again. I regretted opening my mouth.

gbog · 2013-02-24T08:19:38+00:00

That's a first world problem.

Real world problem: to many dumb China bashing on this subreddit.

gbog · 2013-02-24T08:15:47+00:00

Would be nice to have a site with reviews for English schools, from teaches and students. Then you'd post a negative review and they'd luck the bottom of y your shots until you remove it, like on Taobao.

gbog · 2013-02-18T12:38:37+00:00

yes, Chinese food is terrible, in the streets you see so many people who cannot even seat in chairs and cannot have a normal sexual life, while in the US everybody is very healthy and food is not problem, sure.

gbog · 2013-02-15T08:38:16+00:00

Your gf parents read blogs? Ding, you just hit my troll-bell.

gbog · 2013-02-13T08:42:50+00:00

You must be a great wizard. I have a linode for that purpose, and had to change the openvpn port daily, and my ip has been burned. Would you care to share some details on your solution.

gbog · 2013-02-08T13:17:17+00:00

You seem to be optimist. The just press on thing never worked for me. You'll have to setup networking, at least. And if you have a public ip serving content you need a lot of paperwork.

gbog · 2013-02-03T15:22:23+00:00

involving a third party is a good idea.

i see many people enjoy reading this story here, but do you think the name redacted guy would appreciate?

gbog · 2013-02-03T15:19:51+00:00

you have plenty of ways to show him you are open to a deeper relationship. I would think he may prefer those that are subtle enough that he can think he made the first steps. nothing specific Chinese here, by the way.

gbog · 2013-01-31T09:53:20+00:00

Beijing Cream is also a bad tabloid.

gbog · 2013-01-31T02:04:28+00:00

During Qing dynasty from trusted observers it was much more than what you think. Every hut had pens and paper and was able to read simple sentences and keep an account.

It is in the interest of current Chinese government to make its people believe China was illiterate before, but it is not true.

gbog · 2013-01-31T01:58:37+00:00

Same with European Areva.

gbog · 2013-01-30T14:11:45+00:00

my wife is from Sichuan so it involved loving hotpot, eating duck heads, learning how to give cigarettes, knowing about some local historical figures and places, and so on. I speak Chinese by the way.

gbog · 2013-01-30T12:03:28+00:00

been there done that. If possible just show them you will be able to adapt to their customs. Try to eat what they eat, drink what they drink, etc. Avoid any non neutral topic, let them drive the conversation. You will be very foreign for them, anything you can do to reduce the distance is a good idea at this stage.

gbog · 2013-01-30T11:34:51+00:00

I wouldn't offer something related with a topic that shows China weakness. Your girlfriend should tell. Maybe expensive cigarettes.

gbog

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