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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Sad how some things never change.
Mad Magazine 1969:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

With CNN playing pure opinion pieces on him 24/7. And he has a smartphone..... with no data or wifi connection so he can't use it, except to fuss and moan that he can't reply with his latest hot-take on the current news.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I bought my Galaxy S9 in 2018. I was afraid the curved screen would cause it to crack easier. NOPE this sucker has been a tank. I have it in a UAG case, and I have shattered the back (held together with tape behind the case haha). I've dropped the phone countless times, but it still won't die.

Yeah the battery life isn't great and the camera is junk by today's standard. But dang the phone just keeps rocking along - so I have no justification to buy a new one.

I really don't know what phone I'll buy next - probably not a samsung though lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That is correct, currently the tile needs the app running in the background. Which actually a lot of people have. Funny thing is a friend was traveling through Europe so I loaned them a tile to put in their backpack to track if lost. I found that popular travel spots like airports and town squares around Europe worked just fine. It was harder when traveling down the highway for example as far less people would have tile running on their phone in the background.

Like I said, I hope Google acquires Tile and integrates it like Apple did with the airtag. But instead it sounds like google is working on their own tracking chip, and will be releasing it as soon as Apple integrates their side (so both android and apple will alert users if someone else's tags are tracking them)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Relevant song:

Dear Science - Seth Sentry
https://youtu.be/eOH15_pqWZ4

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have a Tile Tag and it's not bad. I keep them on my keychain, in the car, and when traveling. They aren't as predominant as Air Tags yet, but they work.

I seriously suspect that Google will eventually acquire the Tile brand so they can absorb the patents without having to start from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure it's length of time. If you're on a train next to someone, you won't be for more than an hour or two. Not two days.

When the device follows you constantly for multiple days is likely when it'll make the alert.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean if you look through russian history, it's a pretty common theme.

One of the jokes is that the history of Russia can be summed up in one short sentence: "And then things got worse"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

no no no, they don't want you to use google. They want you to use Reddit search instead, because it's so awesome!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Yup! That was another thing - since I had Wednesdays off, I scheduled my appointments and errands for that day so I didn't have to run out of the office to get stuff done during the week. It really did make me a more efficient employee.

Alas, that's too progressive for boomers to even think about. They'd rather us work 7 days a week without any breaks!

[–] [email protected] 134 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I've told this story before, but about a decade ago I had banked enough PTO days that I was able to take off every Wednesday in the summer (with my boss's permission, natch). So I effectively worked no more than two days in a row for four straight months. Off weekends, work monday/tuesday, off Wednesday, then back to work Thursday/Friday.

The first month went about as expected - "yay! Wednesday off!!". But I wasn't expecting to experience what I did by the second month of my experiment: my mental health and attitude towards work had changed. That "Monday blues" you get was gone. Every work day felt like a "Thursday" or a "Friday" to me - because the "weekend" was no more than a day away. The dread of Sunday evenings knowing work was starting the following day disappeared.

By halfway through my experiment, I was happy to go to work because there was stuff I wanted to accomplish and thus was more efficient at my job. Nobody ever complained that I was gone every Wednesday for four months, my work always got finished on time (or ahead of schedule).

But I really was shocked at how my mental health improved by NOT working five days in a row.

I fully support a four day work week and wish everyone has the opportunity to experience what I did.

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