Ugh, what a mess. Naomi is an icon to the maker community, this is a big loss. Her work with creality was great.

I appreciate the activity, personally, though everything being political gets very tiring for me. The fediverse should be diverse and I believe things will get better with time. It would be premature to defederate. It’s ok to have world views challenged, especially when the discourse is constructive and coming from a desire to reach and foster understanding. I’m hopeful we’ll see that come true over time.

Paywall :(

My heart goes out to those who have lost.

The codebase I’m working on would give chatGpt an aneurysm. I’m actually a ghost.

That’s along the lines that I was thinking. It’s especially unhelpful if it is being used to feed or help feed animals.

Not exactly something I would recommend for the average diyer, interesting nonetheless.

I work with a lot of crappy websites and embedded systems. I can’t always carry a laptop, so a mobile device fits my use case very well. I also use my large screen to do split screen with two apps open at once, it makes taking notes and observations from videos and documentation a breeze.

I respect your opinion, but for me is it hardly a gimmick. I don’t need a tablet in my bag to view websites that aren’t compatible with mobile layouts, I have a tablet in my pocket whenever I want. Sure it’s not for everyone, just like iPhones vs Android, but the form factor of foldables absolutely solves the needs of some customers and I’m grateful there’s a line of products out there that fits my needs.

It took me a week or so to get used to the form factor but since then I can’t imagine going back to a slab. Different strokes for different folks.

We’re already in the 5th generation for Samsung, far from the first wave!

That’s kind of the magic of the flip, it forces you to purposefully decide to open your phone, so for some folks thats a benefit! Being more present in everyday life is something I was focusing on when I was considering the flip for my next phone. I ended up with a fold for other reasons, but that was one of the best benefits I was considering.

I hated the idea until I bought a Fold4. I’m always careful with my electronics, even so, I’ve dropped it several times on accident and had zero issues. I can’t imagine going back to a slab phone, the flexibility of the extra screen real estate is something I use so often that it really would be a significant disruption to my everyday to go back to a slab.

Reliability is a reasonable concern, but the benefits far outweigh the potential risks for me. If you’re breaking phones all the time, they probably aren’t a good fit for you. I don’t bring my phone to beach so maybe I’m more careful than the average user - regardless, I guess that’s why I have a smartwatch.

The writer is desperate for getting their “hot-take” out there. They’re complaining about a Boogeyman AI music issue that doesn’t even exist yet. Worthless sensationalism

Is this really tech news?

I would take it back, but I have no idea on cost, I don’t use mechanics.

Sounds like air in the lines, if they didn’t fill the caliper before attaching the hose it can sometimes be more difficult to bleed all the air out.

Cold brakes don’t bite as hard for most types of brake pads so that tracks as normal to me. I’m guessing you got new pads, so if they haven’t done the bed-in procedure, doing that might help with brake pedal response also.

We need more tools, more automation, in order to fight the trash

Paywall :(

That was pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

That was a really interesting read and yet again racism is the foundation of another major part of American society. What a shame we don’t have public pools anymore. Ugh.