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  • The majority of people will trail behind by 5-10 years, same as always. As long as a small minority at the cutting edge continue to use and develop better things, everyone will have access to them eventually.

  • They announced that they're working with an OEM to support new non-pixel phones (perhaps even shipped with GOS).

    The Pixel 9 series will be supported for another 6 years, and GOS support for the Pixel 10 is probably coming after Google releases QPR1 source. Hopefully there will be viable replacements by then.

    Google is obviously going to keep making this more difficult but the rest of the world isn't going to just sit still.

  • Dictionary.com reveals '67' is its 2025 Word of the Year

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  • Other terms that made the shortlist of finalists for this year's Word of the Year included "agnetic,"

    Surely they mean "agentic", right? Right???

    I searched for "agnetic" to see if I was out of the loop and it's kind of funny, kind of sad. I found a lot of what I guess is AI slop that took a typo and just ran with it. Like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clash-intelligences-agnetic-ai-vs-agent-explained-robin-biwre

    Agnetic AI is a newer conceptual framework that extends beyond the traditional agent-based model. The term "Agnetic" is derived from the word "magnetic," signifying its dynamic, adaptive nature.

    https://www.agnetic.ai/ also looks like slop, but it's realllllly hard to distinguish between AI bullshit and traditional tech marketing bullshit.

  • The actual paper presents the findings differently. To quote:

    Our results clearly indicate that the resolution limit of the eye is higher than broadly assumed in the industry

    They go on to use the iPhone 15 (461ppi) as an example, saying that at 35cm (1.15 feet) it has an effective "pixels per degree" of 65, compared to "individual values as high as 120 ppd" in their human perception measurements. You'd need the equivalent of an iPhone 15 at 850ppi to hit that, which would be a tiny bit over 2160p/UHD.

    Honestly, that seems reasonable to me. It matches my intuition and experience that for smartphones, 8K would be overkill, and 4K is a marginal but noticeable upgrade from 1440p.

    If you’re sitting the average 2.5 meters away from a 44-inch set, a simple Quad HD (QHD) display already packs more detail than your eye can possibly distinguish

    Three paragraphs in and they've moved the goalposts from HD (1080p) to 1440p. :/ Anyway, I agree that 2.5 meters is generally too far from a 44" 4K TV. At that distance you should think about stepping up a size or two. Especially if you're a gamer. You don't want to deal with tiny UI text.

    It's also worth noting that for film, contrast is typically not that high, so the difference between resolutions will be less noticeable — if you are comparing videos with similar bitrates. If we're talking about Netflix or YouTube or whatever, they compress the hell out of their streams, so you will definitely notice the difference if only by virtue of the different bitrates. You'd be much harder-pressed to spot the difference between a 1080p Bluray and a 4K Bluray, because 1080p Blurays already use a sufficiently high bitrate.

  • Does it do that even if you set it to "use device MAC" for the wi-fi network you're on?

    The exact location might depend on brand/OS, but in stock Android it's in Settings > Network & Internet > Internet > gear icon next to active wi-fi network > Privacy.

  • The only thing I would use such a thing for is installing an ad blocker for the real world.

  • It's been a while since I ran a full-fat VM. What's the go-to these days?

  • Well, telling time is one more feature than most jewelry has, and that's what mechanical watches really are. That's not even very expensive as far as watches go.

    I sure wouldn't buy one myself, but I won't judge anyone for their taste in fashion accessories. In this case I will absolutely judge them, but for entirely different reasons.

  • Robots commuting to the moon.

    Robots.

    Commuting.

    To the moon.

    This is the most extreme case of affluenza I've ever seen. Let's pray that it's terminal.

  • I'll speculate.

    My money's on Asus. Asus is a bit more mainstream than Nothing but still enough of an underdog that I think they should see the value in a partnership. They already target an enthusiast niche with the ROG line.

    The Nothing Phone 3 uses an SD 8s Gen 4, which is not Qualcomm's "flagship" SOC, and it would be stretching the definition of "major" OEM, but who knows? This seems the most likely after Asus.

    Moto's only flagship Snapdragon phone is the Razr Ultra, which I guess is possible. It'd be weird, but hey, I'd buy one.

    OnePlus has been moving in the opposite direction for years now, locking things down more and more. I think they're too big for their britches at this point.

    Sony's flagships are crazy expensive, well beyond the price of Pixels. They also don't cover the US market, though I'm not sure how important that is to the Graphene devs.

    HMD doesn't make any phones with flagship SOCs. I think their best is the Skyline, with a 7s gen 2, Qualcomm's fourth-tier SOC line (the "s" stands for shitty).

    Fairphone doesn't use flagship Snapdragons and GOS has had some pretty nasty things to say about them in the past.

    Samsung is a pipe dream. They'd have no motivation. The entire GOS user base would be a rounding error to them.

    On a global scale, Xiaomi would be a huge get. Not sure I see any of the Chinese OEMs focusing on this though.

    Lenovo and Blackberry...might still exist? I think?

  • Representation...in AI image generation?

    The idea that this is something anyone should want is hard to wrap my head around.

    If I could opt out of being deepfake-able, I would.

  • Almost like it's a spectrum. Wild idea, I know.

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  • WHAT in the name of Nelson Bearenstein Mandela's monocle is this shit?

    This can't be true. I don't think I've seen Bewitched since last millennium, but I guess I need to now.

  • It's a very dumb way to say that population decline is predicted.

    The birth rate really has dropped below replacement levels in the US. Immigration might not fill that gap. With how actively hostile the current administration is to immigrants, that seems likely.

  • This always sparks debate, and I can see why.

    There are a million reasons you might need to stop. That's why highways are designed with specific speed limits, so you have enough time to see hazards and come to a full stop if necessary. If you're not prepared to stop unexpectedly, then you are a menace to society.

    But it's also dangerous to stop. That's why most places have laws against stopping (or even going too far below the speed limit) unnecessarily. It's a hazard.

    Neither is an excuse for the other.

  • If you can't afford backups, you can't afford storage. Anyone competent would factor that in from the early planning stages of a PB-scale storage system.

    Going into production without backups? For YEARS? It's so mind-bogglingly incompetent that I wonder if the whole thing was a long-term conspiracy to destroy evidence or something.

  • I can believe this.

    Every time I need to use a system with no protection, I am shocked by how many ads are fucking everywhere.

    6 seconds is more time that it takes to go through a Google search, or to scroll through a screenful or two of social media. You can see a dozen ads in 6 seconds if you're not using any kind of ad blockers.