OldFartPhil

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I thought the appeal of SE was the traditional (pre iPhone X) layout.

The SE v3 was reportedly a poor seller (as was the mini). Not enough fans of Touch ID and a 4 1/2 inch display to satisfy Apple.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

How do people know at a glance which apps have unread notifications?

Basically, you don't. At least, not in the same way as an Android phone. Notifications are visible on your lock screen or by swiping down from the top to the left of the notch. I'm an Android to iPhone switcher and app notifications in the top bar is the thing that I miss the most.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I guess the reviewer doesn’t care about software updates, because Motorola’s support is abysmal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Never thought of it that way, but yeah, you could say that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That’s my go-to technique. But I would prefer that Lifehacker was not publicizing it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fun fact. In the days before high-bypass turbofan engines, water was deliberately injected into jet engines to cool down the combustion chamber and increase thrust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_injection_(engine)#Use_in_aircraft

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Biden was the poorest (least affluent?) senator for decades. If he was corrupt, he was very bad at it.

It's likely that Hunter was trading on his father's name (as do many children of famous/influential people). But Joe being corrupt just doesn't pass the smell test. And this time, I don't think the Republican smear campaign is going to work, President Biden isn't Hillary Clinton. I mean, it will work with some people, but they're already too deep into the GQP's alt-universe to be reachable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nonsense. It's very unlikely that a party with members as diverse politically as Joe Manchin and AOC would form a monolithic power block in the absence of the GOP. It's far more likely that the Democratic party would fragment.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to see right to repair laws expanded to right to unlock. I think you could make a reasonable argument that a working device that's not receiving security updates is just as broken as a device that's experienced a hardware failure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm not sure that actually works. You can search for a Mastodon user, but when you try to subscribe the sidebar buttons are missing on Lemmy.

My understanding is that you can subscribe to a Lemmy community in Mastodon, but not the other way around. Maybe there's a trick I'm missing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
  • Harold & Maude
  • Star Wars (The Star Wars - I refuse to call it "A New Hope")
  • Sound of Music
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

3985 was donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA), so it's no longer in UP's heritage fleet. The RRHMA is restoring it (when UP retired 3985 it had overdue maintenance). I don't know what RRHMA's plans for the loco are, but it's unlikely to be doing the kind of mainline tours that UP's Big Boy does.

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