I found I needed to take photos more often than I thought I would, and the camera on this is pretty garbo. Even if the camera were better, it’s incredibly difficult with the e-ink screen so you kind of have to snap one and hope for the best.

My friend group has this group chat, and we share a lot of random pictures and videos. Videos are pretty much unwatchable, so I have to pause them every few seconds to do kind of a slide show to see what it is they sent. Pictures are a little better to make out, but sometimes they’re just inscrutable on the e-ink. Reaction gifs are also kind of painful lol.

Those are the two biggest drawbacks I didn’t anticipate. Otherwise, it’s a great device.

I got that email update a few weeks ago and am so excited to see something real that’s not all marketing. I mean, the marketing got me to pre-order one but I’m over that and ready to see real world progress.

My Minimal Phone is starting to be constraining in ways I hadn’t anticipated and the Clicks is more of where I want to go from that.

I am a hillbilly occasionally cosplaying as a smart and educated person

Same. Which explains why I (twice, lol) incorrectly used the terms “theory” and “hypothesis” interchangeably when those are totally different things in sciences.

I’m not entirely 100% dark matter exists in galaxies the way often described. … The way I see it, it might as well be a repulsive force between galaxies opposed to the current understanding of it being am attractive force. Plus, if it were a phenomenon that pushed things apart, it could also explain Dark Energy.

And to me, that’s a perfectly valid theory. Like other proposed explanations for dark matter or dark energy or “whatever the hell it is we can detect the effect of but can’t identify”, it’s difficult to test.

That’s why I enjoy science. It’s like a big puzzle, and sometimes you get halfway done and realize you put it together wrong and have to start over.

The thing with dark matter is it’s just a placeholder term for “we don’t know what the hell it is”, and aren’t most hypotheses pulled out of the ass before experimentation to prove them?

Plus, Dr. Kaku is a string theorist so wacky is pretty much par for the course in that field. Granted, I consider him more of a TV personality these days and grew up watching him as a speaker on [insert any number of Discovery Channel shows here].

Maybe I’m just biased and enjoy the wacky theories because I’m more interested in seeing them proven right or wrong and thinking about the implications if they happen to prove correct.

GLaDOS/GabeN: They’re sentient, you know. I think that one was about to say “I love you”.

Here’s a write-up I read not too long ago and answers many of your questions, though the author is mostly concerned with getting data access going. Short answer is yes, most will “just work” provided you use the correct modes and configs.

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/using-4g-lte-wireless-modems-on-raspberry-pi/

do linux apps working as contact list/dialer/SMS receiver/sender exist?

Those all fall under what’s called the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) and is often problematic implementing in open source. If I recall, Ubuntu Touch has a (mostly?) working IMS implementation but I don’t recall if it’s universally functional or limited to specific devices/carriers. Some WWAN cards will allow calls/texts, but those are usually in “3G” mode which is rapidly disappearing as carriers switch to VoLTE or VoNR/Vo5G (which are basically just fancy VoIP).

If you’re willing to forego traditional carrier voice/messaging, you can use any number of messaging apps that work on Linux and/or combine that with a 3rd party VoIP provider for PSTN calling/phone number and SMS/MMS. Just don’t expect to get RCS messaging going; even on Android proper, you’re limited to Google Messages only.

Are you meaning to post only the album art image? If there’s a link to any of these songs, they’re not showing up.

Because I was curious. Did not scale the bottle, only rotate. Seems like it’d fit, and whoever left it there seems to have no qualms about tipping the bottle given how full it is lol

THE TRASH CAN IS RIGHT THERE AND ISN’T EVEN FULL! JUST PUT IT IN THE TRASH CAN

My god, people are animals.

I don’t think I’m up to 200 yet, but my favorite random node name I’ve come across so far was called “The Node Abides”. Always appreciate a little random Lebowski in my life.

I’ve also got a T100e and really like it.

Looks like they extended the reservation window again (or at least the “reserve” link is still up). Don’t know if that’s a good sign or a bad sign, but, hey, if it seems cool it’s not terribly expensive to get a place in line.

I’ve had a Minimal Phone for almost a year and I’ve found the eink display limiting in ways I didn’t expect, and the Clicks is a very similar form factor but with a color screen. I’m excited for it lol.

I get that it isn’t the same but when all you have is a garbage version of a memory, I’m not sure or really matters whether the representation is the original garbage or something that makes you feel less regret over not having something better.

In my experience, the worse the photograph the better my memory of it. Probably because my mind is already used to filling in the blanks in the garbage version, so it’s constantly refreshing the memory in my mind to keep it vivid. YMMV obviously. I’m also not much of a shutterbug and prefer to commit moments to memory than try to fight with my phone to snap a photo I’ll probably never look at.

I used to use Element for Android but it would always screw up the encryption keys in group chats, so I went to SchildiChat and it’s been fantastic.

Apparently my body is on a 26 hour day because it’s not in the mood at all during the current 24 hours.

This appears to be part of the “Parents Decide Act”

Sure would be nice if parents would decide to parent their own kids instead of making it everyone else’s problem.

Looks promising, thanks. Gonna download and play around with it now.

You’d think the standard PDF viewers in Linux (Okular, etc) would at least show you alt text but nope. Seems like a huge omission.

Unfortunately, that seems to only work when exporting from a LibreOffice doc. What I’m having to deal with are PDFs generated by various staff already in PDF format.

Cool. TIL about the LilyGo pager. I’d always liked the T-Deck but the pager may be my next toy.