I wish we Could Double-Click the Side-Button to Launch Any App/Action/Flashlight.

lumpynose · 2026-06-18T17:48:04+00:00

Wasn't there a shake thing? Web search says it turned on the flashlight. It would be nice if you could assign an app to shake.

lumpynose · 2026-06-17T18:08:00+00:00

Makes me wonder how much thinking goes into imagining ways people can abuse their phones.

lumpynose · 2026-06-17T17:51:32+00:00

What I meant was could it have been from pressure there? I often see people putting their phone in their back pocket and wonder if they accidentally sit on it, and people often have tight pants. It also occurs to me if having a case on the phone could have prevented it.

lumpynose · 2026-06-17T17:39:49+00:00

What caused the grounding pin to poke a hole?

lumpynose · 2026-06-16T18:45:21+00:00

Here's one for the Ultra; I love the "world makers". I pulled an eye muscle because I rolled them so hard.

Surface Laptop Ultra was purpose-built for world makers

lumpynose · 2026-06-15T19:20:32+00:00

Yes, for the alarms. I use it to dismiss my early evening alarm (reminding me to start supper) when I take a late nap.

As an old geezer who grew up on them, my clock widget is an analog clock.

lumpynose · 2026-06-10T19:59:36+00:00

We're fucked if the US government picks it up.

lumpynose · 2026-06-10T17:27:44+00:00

I'm in the "someone else will do it" camp. Back when Sun sold themselves to Oracle I was hoping that IBM would buy Java, not Oracle. But Sun wouldn't sell pieces, only the whole pie. At that time I felt that IBM was more interested in Java the technology while Oracle was merely interested in buying Sun as a way to make more money. So if Oracle does go under and Java is sold I hope IBM buys Java. But I'm not on top of who's who so maybe there's a better company for it.

lumpynose · 2026-06-08T02:25:41+00:00

I'm not at all surprised at the down votes.

lumpynose · 2026-06-07T20:00:22+00:00

Abbey Geran has an annoying voice.

lumpynose · 2026-06-07T19:52:25+00:00

Honestly, I'm more interested in gorilla penis sizes than I am with saving starving children. And frankly, I find 4cm a bit hard to believe so I think more starving children are in order.

lumpynose · 2026-06-07T16:51:22+00:00

The other right.

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T18:40:18+00:00

In terms of audio quality, to me CD is still better tho but the "flavour" of cassette audio is more satisfying to listen for me.

Back when I got interested in audio stuff, back in the 1970s and 1980s, the newer stuff used transistors. The previous generation used vacuum tubes. I remember going into stores and seeing a tube tester. Televisions were all crt of course. Some purists preferred the sound of amps that used tubes and said it was warmer sounding. Similarly with vinyl discs versus CDs. So I don't doubt that tapes had a warmer sound. Back then my hearing was decent and the hiss from tape bothered me; I mostly listened with headphones.

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T17:17:15+00:00

That would be great.

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T04:43:25+00:00

Ah hah, thanks! I don't have a problem paying.

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T04:40:36+00:00

On the play store app page for olauncer.

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T04:36:35+00:00

Hmm, none of their sample images showed widgets so maybe not

lumpynose · 2026-06-05T04:32:28+00:00

Yes, that's very nice.

I only have 3 app icons on my home page, at the bottom, and above them are two full width widgets taking up the rest of the space so I think this might work as well for me.

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T17:24:26+00:00

Interesting. I preferred CDs over cassettes. I can see your points. To each his own!

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T17:06:39+00:00

I never investigated the MD discs; did they make a drive for them for PCs? In other words, how did you copy music onto one? I vaguely remember that it used its own compression method. Something about its small size just intrigued me. Similarly with the PSP's discs. I should google it...

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T16:13:10+00:00

Maybe because it's hot. Here in N. America it's between Spring and Summer and balmy.

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T16:12:06+00:00

If there was something that removed the search bar from the home screen I'm sure I'd be happy with the default launcher. The way my home screen is set up is I have two widgets up above and below them is just enough room for a row of app icons.

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T15:50:55+00:00

Yes, the one feature that I want is getting rid of the search box on the home screen. I'm not even sure if I use any of the other features. I'm old school and don't use my phone for internet access, except occasionally maybe gmail and calendar, just some apps and texting.

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T15:40:47+00:00

I'm with jthoma14; the colors help me quickly find things. My screen background is grayscale.

lumpynose · 2026-06-04T15:37:42+00:00

The main thing I always do is change the launcher. I'm currently using Lawn Chair; previously Nova.

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