I don’t know how to do it on Android, but look into variable bit rate (VBR) rather than 320 kb/s. 320 kb/s is a constant bit rate (CBR), and means that silence is given the same quality and detail as the busiest track, and takes up space for no reason.

The highest VBR setting, V0, is indistinguishable from 320, but saves space. Depending on your ears and the phone speakers, you might be able to drop the quality slightly and save more space 👍

I’ve found with this type of text that if I try to read it normally, I struggle to process the change between the start and end of each word, and read much more slowly. If I try to read quickly though, it flows, as if I’m skimming the words but still understanding them properly.

It’s a very strange feeling :)

Thanks for replying :)

It’s a 10th generation, but it’s fully updated. I turned off automatic updates with the fire toolbox, but the setting either didn’t take, or was overridden, and it was updated while charging.

As far as I know that stops me from rooting or jailbreaking for the time being, but I’ll read through your links tomorrow and see where I stand :)

Thanks again :)

To add to this, I’ve been looking for a cheap kid’s tablet recently, and checked Amazon. A significant number of products have the details listed incorrectly. Some are obvious, like mistaking storage and RAM, but some would have the details completely wrong, saying something like ‘purple’ for the screen, or ‘10 inches’ for the wifi capability.

An AI isn’t going to be able to figure out what should be where from that, so you’d have to manually check every product. If Amazon can’t get it right, what chance do you have?

Put your thumb over the mouth and nose and it looks an awful lot like a greyhound statue that’s been repurposed.

You’ve never taken out a sniper with a well aimed Terry Pratchett?

I think at least part of the problem has been the built in expiry date, and the fact that so many off brand Chromebooks are absolute shit. They have tiny screens and low specs, and struggle with multiple web pages open.

I fancied one myself to take out and about, as I do most of my work on my PC, but they all seemed to have under 13 inch screens, and a five year shelf life. I like to research my family tree, so have a few tabs open, but the lack of memory would kill them and make it painful to do.

You’re being downvoted, but you’re right.

People want something simple. Something that just runs the basics and automatically backs up online and invisibly.

The vast majority of people don’t need to have the choice of 17 different browsers, or 43 office suites, and they certainly don’t need the terminal or Powershell, or anything else. They just need a browser and a way to maybe write a letter and view photos. Maybe a way for the kids to do their homework. If their laptop spontaneously combusts, they want to be able to sign into a new one and have everything put back as it was automatically.

ChromeOS is perfect for them, apart from being a Google product. It’s something we tend to miss because we’re technically minded, but most people don’t care about computers, and don’t want what we want. They want an appliance. If someone created that system with privacy built in, it could be great :)

I’m Welsh, and my wife is a Welsh speaker, and we both missed that one 🙈🤣

Well, it’s better than letting the tiny particles of shit float through your home until the smell disperses

I’m going to blow your mind - bathroom doors can be closed 🤯

She got stressed by me clicking things constantly during the (remote) interviews.

What in the everloving fuck did she think was going to happen on a remote interview for an ADHD diagnosis!?

Don’t feel any guilt for that. At all.

Debfoster looks interesting, but they both seem to just deal with Apt. Something that covers the whole system would be ideal :)

I like the Dangerous Days books by Baileigh Higgins, but at the moment I’m reading the Orphans series by Mike Evans. I read the first half a dozen books a few years ago, but missed the last couple, so I’m doing a reread to catch up before I start the new ones.

It’s about a load of kids who survive the initial outbreak, but their parents don’t. The kids have to learn to survive on their own against fast zombies, while not starving, or dying from avoidable things.

It’s a good series 👍

A better way to uninstall software.

While I’ve been re-learning my way around Mint, I’ve found that some software doesn’t show up in the GUI package manager. Removing it with Apt doesn’t give the option to remove dependencies or optional extras by default, you have to do it manually. Installing something from Github has to be done separately.

Even if it’s an optional extra, some software that monitors installations and cleanly uninstalls them would be handy :)

For some reason nothing synced the last time I tried logging in to wefwef.app, but it has now. !Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de mentioned vger.app, and that works too. I’ve been having a few problems with Windows, so I expect that it’s a problem on my end rather than anything else.

Thanks for your help :)

That’s odd. Last time I logged in through wefwef.app, my block list didn’t sync. I’ve just tried again and it has. Same when I log in through vger.app.

Not sure what happened there, but it’s working now. Thanks for the help :)

I would make an exception for the type of people who only use their computer for the internet. People like my parents, who do about 98% of everything through a browser, and occasionally write a letter.

For someone like them, Linux is ideal. Just explain that Firefox is the internet and rename the office shortcuts, and they wouldn’t notice a difference.

I want to be able to browse All without having to see the communities that I’ve already blocked. That’s the main one. If I change my preferences, like whether to see votes or not, I want that to sync with my phone app so that I don’t have to change it separately on multiple devices.

The preferences are not as important, but I’ve got a massive block list that I’ve built up since I joined Lemmy, so I don’t want to have to manually sync it.

This is what I used on the Xiaomi phone I’m using now. I disabled a load of the Xiaomi junk and had no problems.

Just don’t disable the default dialler, as other diallers seem to rely on it to draw on top of other apps, meaning that I couldn’t answer the phone with it disabled.