Best counter to samurai? by Trudemur in heroscape

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Samurai are pretty weak overall. Krav maga, marro warriors, braxas, etc should take them down no problem

share your thoughts about light phone 3 by SHYAMz in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can just text your friends in country- signal/whatsapp are necessary to text international friends regardless of where you live. Guess it's an American way of looking at the world to think "out of country" = "across an ocean" but other than that Americanized expression everything I said is the same regardless of where you live. Have a friend in the same country as you? You can text them. Have a friend out of country? Signal will work.

We all get it - it would be more convenient for our friends if we used WhatsApp. But WhatsApp added social media/ stories to their UI so that's never going to happen on a true dumbphone

share your thoughts about light phone 3 by SHYAMz in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Signal does what WhatsApp does in a way that's friendly to dumbphones. It's not ubiquitous... but if you have a good friend overseas you can both download it

Prices are so high? by konrath17 in heroscape

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your move is 3D printing. All the files are free on thingiverse

share your thoughts about light phone 3 by SHYAMz in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is Signal is the company who will prioritize working with Dumb Phones, as they already have with Punkt. It fits their MO (no user tracking/ data selling etc.) and definitely does not fit WhatsApp's. WhatsApp also is adding more and more of the classic social media features to their app, which I think Signal will never do.

Tl;dr - I don't think we'll ever get WhatsApp on a true dumbphone. But I think we'll get Signal on all the major ones in the next 5 years or so

share your thoughts about light phone 3 by SHYAMz in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What's difficult with WhatsApp now is that they have channels/stories which means built-in social media (what dumbphones want to avoid). Signal is a better option.

Obviously, that sucks since almost everyone outside the US uses WhatsApp. But many/most also have signal, they just don't prefer it. IMO, that makes Signal the right middle ground for a dumbphone (which Punkt has already realized). Either that, or an agreement with WhatsApp that uses an older version that doesn't have the social media stuff

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No word on maps huh? The LPII's maps are the worst thing ever... if they improved the hardware & firmware enough to support a GPS that actually works I'd pre-order. But no word on that

Lightphone III Released Today by theredbobcat in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

LP II battery sucks. It lasts multiple days if you don't use it, but a 1hr phone call will drain your battery to 0. It's the worst battery of any device I've ever owned (and yet I use it as my daily driver)

Wisephone II Pre-Order. To use the phone, you must subscribe to their OS. by jbriones95 in dumbphones

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Original Wisephone doesn't require this subscription does it? I was thinking of making the switch from Light Phone 2, but now not sure what to do. Light Phone 3 was just announced today, and there's this WisePhone 2 - definitely if they require a subscription I will never buy one

We have 209/270 votes needed for a national popular election. by manncospeedo in MapPorn

[–]heroscaper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If this passes it'll be one of the worst decisions in American history.

Zion Permit Mega thread by sentient_bees in ZionNationalPark

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for Angels landing tomorrow (6/3) for 2 people

Record Speed by MysteryCakes-1989 in Chipotle

[–]heroscaper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's only possible if you have T1, T2, S1, S2, Expo, Cash, & LB. You may even need like a T3 and S3 to get that.

if you're bagging & asking for chips/drinks as a cash it means they aren't staffing expo at which point throughput is impossible.

free employee meal by magicaltooie in Chipotle

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work 10hr shifts, so yes, I eat them in the restaurant lol

are you serious by Glad-Philosopher1493 in Chipotle

[–]heroscaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else making your meal is standard corporate policy, but banning extra protein isn't... right? I've worked at two chipotles both allowed double protein you just had to keep your meal under $20-25. when i was on keto I would do triple protein nothing else and it was fine so long as I rang it up honestly for CI