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ppn, 1 month ago

@JenMsft all modern OS going for the dock/pinned taskbar method has rendered the desktop icons completely useless to me. I put everything that matters there, search for the rest and never ever look at the desktop anymore.

ppn, 1 month ago

@adr I have a limited Poljot President Putin 3133. Not easy to wear in public in recent years 😅

ppn, 1 month ago

@GossiTheDog guy famously always wrong is indeed wrong again 💀

ppn, 1 month ago

@violinguy I nearly mistook it for a Constellation at first glance. It looks a lot like one.

ppn, 2 months ago

@carnage4life it shows that Musk is actually running almost nothing in these companies and that they have a secondary leadership that tries to ignore him when possible unlike Twitter.

ppn, 2 months ago

@Pjcoyle @carnage4life from the way he speaks, it seems to me that he understands very little of the science and technology he claims to know about beside some surface level parroting.

ppn, 2 months ago

@alrescha @whix100 @arstechnica it’s literally what the right to repair legislation aims to fix in another field. So you are not only weirdly defending problematic corporate business practice, you are just plain wrong.

ppn, 1 month ago

@alrescha @arstechnica @whix100 I have no doubt 3rd party repairers have a vested interest in RtR but the manufacturers are also in the repair business and you don’t seem to be bothered by that strangely enough. I repair myself when I can so I care about myself, thanks for your concerns. Again you are wrong and your arguments for justifying questionable business practices are empty. We already regulate unfair practice. Why not app stores?

ppn, 1 month ago

@alrescha @arstechnica @whix100 Apple losing money on repair service is a lie written in a lobbying letter. They obfuscated the figures that could prove whether it’s true or not. I dare anyone in Apple’s leadership to say it under oath in front of the Senate 😂.

ppn, 1 month ago

@alrescha @arstechnica @whix100 Side note about your laughable threat of price increasing: my iPhone 14 already costed me 4x what the iPhone 6 costed me at the time. I could repair the latter on my own, part pairing made it impossible to repair the former. If I am going to pay more regardless, might as well have my right to repair and the ability to side load as I see fit.

ppn, 1 month ago

@alrescha @arstechnica @whix100 lol the Apple fanboy blocked me

ppn, 1 month ago

@whix100 @arstechnica @alrescha you did block me and you just unblocked to leave a last spiteful comment before blocking again. I use a beta client that shows me the JSON from the request on error. It’s pretty sad and pathetic ngl 😅

ppn, 2 months ago

I sold my #Apple Watch. My wrist is free again now for the #PebbleTime and my regular #watches. I have to admit though, the nice thing about Apple devices is that they retain pretty well their value. I somehow sold mine at the same discounted price I paid at the time.

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ppn, 1 month ago

Despite my #PebbleTime nearing 9 years old, it still gives me 4-5 days of battery life. Admittedly I have not used it consistently for all these years but it is still impressive. I forgot how good it was.

Also since it is physical buttons only, I can actually use it even with gloves.

Stand-by mode to save battery when unworn is perfect too for all these times where I want to alternate with my mechanical #watches

ppn, 1 month ago

It just arrived. Behold my newest watch and the only #Seiko in my collection: the infamous SNK809 😊. 7S26 automatic movement with no manual rewind and no hacking (but you can kind of hack, if you know you know). One of the worst OEM straps I have ever seen. Day-date complication with a huge transition delay. Hardlex so not a sapphire crystal. But 37mm with exhibition case back and likely the cheapest automatic you can get. It gets the job done. #watches #watchesofmastodon

Case back showing the 7S26 movement
Wrist shot of SNK809

ppn, 1 month ago

@r_df_ng Most of my watches are dress/dress-sporty watches and a lot more expensive. I can’t really use an $8.5K Grand Seiko or a very dressy Poljot as beater. The only 2 watches that could work are my Citizen E650 or Casio G-Shock BA110XSM-2A. But the former is big at 42mm and quite heavy it leaves marks on my wrist due to its weight if I wear all day. And I am hesitant to mistreat the latter despite being rugged because it’s a very limited edition. Both bad at legibility too.

ppn, 1 month ago

@r_df_ng As for the SNK809, it’s dirt cheap, I really like its 37mm size and you can’t do better in terms of legibility than a black dial with white markers and zero distraction. My wrist is tiny so 37-38mm is usually the sweet spot for me.

ppn, 1 month ago

@r_df_ng and then you have Cartier which went from historically small watches to huge Santos XL that look like giant handcuffs for no apparent reason 🫠. Hopefully nobody follows their trends 🙏

ppn, 1 month ago

@r_df_ng considering their prices and how easily they scratch, you are brave if you are using them as beater 😂. It’s ironic that they are known for their rectangular/square cases yet I actually prefer their round models like Pasha or Ballon Bleu but I wouldn’t mind a Santos 100 or medium if I manage to find a deal someday.