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  1. Comment on Details for the Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support in ~tech

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    Ah, I didn't realize it didn't shop with GOS. That being said, It's within the flagship phone price range, so it's hard to tell I suppose.

    Ah, I didn't realize it didn't shop with GOS. That being said, It's within the flagship phone price range, so it's hard to tell I suppose.

  2. Comment on Details for the Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support in ~tech

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    What's interesting, is that the MSRP is high - but with many data-intensive devices, their prices are subsidized by data collection. There's no clear data, but every smart TV is priced around $250...

    What's interesting, is that the MSRP is high - but with many data-intensive devices, their prices are subsidized by data collection. There's no clear data, but every smart TV is priced around $250 less than it costs to make and ship and get to you, simply because the expectation is that they'll collect far more than that in data that can be sold. Which is why dumb TVs and large monitors seem so expensive relative to smart TVs.

    I would be interested to see a comparison on a phone with similar specs from Samsung or something and see where the price falls.

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  3. Comment on Enough phone (compact phone) kickstarter is up in ~tech

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    You know, I'm torn on this. I like the idea. Over the last couple years, I've started cutting the bottoms off my pockets and sewing on pocket extensions simply because either the pockets are...

    You know, I'm torn on this. I like the idea. Over the last couple years, I've started cutting the bottoms off my pockets and sewing on pocket extensions simply because either the pockets are shrinking, or my phone is getting bigger.

    But I'm also of the age where I need glasses now, so I don't mind the big screens. But, hey, maybe I should spend less time looking at a fondlescreen phone anyway. Maybe that's the lesson.

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  4. Comment on Real-life 'Truman Show' pulled from TV as it's branded 'psychological torture' in ~tv

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    On that second season of Jury Duty, I don't know where they found that guy, but he was a top tier human being. Kind, thoughtful, and clearly ready to throw down if needed without stepping on...

    On that second season of Jury Duty, I don't know where they found that guy, but he was a top tier human being. Kind, thoughtful, and clearly ready to throw down if needed without stepping on people's toes in the process. Amazing guy.

  5. Comment on YouTuber shows how they can pinpoint the location of most audio recordings using flight data in ~science

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    Sorta, it was that there was a plane obviously flying over, and so people went to FlightAware or other flight tracking apps and just took a bunch of snapshots of that moment. Then waited until the...

    Sorta, it was that there was a plane obviously flying over, and so people went to FlightAware or other flight tracking apps and just took a bunch of snapshots of that moment. Then waited until the next one, and correlated points where both maps had planes in the same vicinity. Only took 2 or 3 times before it was statistically easy to narrow down.

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  6. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    On a whim looking for a so-good-it's-bad movie, my spouse and I watched "Hungry" about a rogue hippo in the bayou. Whew... it was a trip. It definitely hits the so-good-it's-bad threshold, while...

    On a whim looking for a so-good-it's-bad movie, my spouse and I watched "Hungry" about a rogue hippo in the bayou.

    Whew... it was a trip. It definitely hits the so-good-it's-bad threshold, while being obviously highly-produced. The only thing missing is that there's a lot of "real hippo facts" in the movie, but at no point does the sinister hippo laugh show up. In real life, hippos have this low call that sounds like an evil "mwa-ha-ha-ha!" laugh when they're really close and it's a big hippo. So when building tension and feeling hunted, just one or two of those at the right moment would have been perfect! Other than that, I wasn't mad at it as far as cheesy movies go.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on YouTuber shows how they can pinpoint the location of most audio recordings using flight data in ~science

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    It's an interesting concept. If people recall when Shia LaBeouf was livestreaming from a field somewhere chanting "He will not divide us," it was the sound of an aircraft overhead that started the...

    It's an interesting concept.

    If people recall when Shia LaBeouf was livestreaming from a field somewhere chanting "He will not divide us," it was the sound of an aircraft overhead that started the beginning of being able to locate him. So, I guess it would work in principle.

    7 votes