This is why real scientists use the only reasonable real world measurement - a perfectly spherical cow in a vacuum.

This article came out just before the ZenFone 9, which I feel (quickly skimming the list) met all of their “ideal” criteria except the design focused ones. I rocked it for a good while, was a good phone and it is super nice having a small phone for every day carry, but after years of foldables it was just a bit too much for me and I ended up going back to the z fold series.

the problem is, from reading discussions around the time, that people either don’t want small phones, or they don’t feel premium enough (human bias is a helluva drug). I love the idea of a small weekend phone and hope something comes market that has all of the things this person wants (with a spec bump for 2025) cause I’d be super interested to give it a crack

Who’s cheating in Skate? That is such a wild thought that people would cheat in the “zone out and skate around in circles” game

Even to your point about boots, there are some people who are vegan (by their definition) and wear leather boots. Arguments can be made that leather will (in specific circumstances) result in less animal harm in the long run, and while I don’t personally justify leather this way, I can understand how some have these perspectives.

The real issue is labels. As soon as you apply one, you are subject to everyone else’s understanding of that thing. In my experience, if you don’t meet their understanding of said thing you’re dismissed as not being a “true x”, or it’s “if you truly are X then why do you do y?”

This is why I never refer to myself as vegan/vegetarian and just “I don’t eat meat” (or a more specific statement as needed).

I never say I’m a leftist/socialist I just gestures vaguely at American politics believe that’s kinda fucked and shouldn’t be done that way.

I even dislike saying I’m an urbanist because, even though I despise car-centric design, I’ve been called out for the sin of hiring a car when I visited my hometown last (generally I cycle everywhere or use PT, but I had an ankle injury so woe is me I guess)

At some level we’re all hypocrites, ones intentions are far more important, and shouldn’t be dismissed as easily as they are. What’s more important is to align your actions with your beliefs, be open about what you believe in, be open-minded when someone’s beliefs don’t align with your own, be ready to adjust your beliefs based on new information and experiences but most of all:

Be kind.

And play time too, I played a game for about 10 hours on the week I bought it but steam reported 600hrs.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) it corrected itself after playing on PC for a few mins, still if it hadn’t, silly crab dark souls would have been my 3rd most played steam game ever

I think this depends on what flavour of android you have. I can’t answer your question, but if you provide the phone model and os version, it should help whoever comes along and can answer :)

I don’t know how true it is these days, but it used to be Crossfit

“Your honor, ‘bonerdragon6969420 llc’ has a long and industrious history…”

They aren’t crap at all, stop projecting your opinion as fact.

At worst they’re niche, but provide tangible and easily understandable benefits that you might not care about that others love. That’s like me hating on the newest Samsungs camera, just because I personally don’t value mobile photography.

Your complaints about durabilitu are pretty tied these days, the technology has improved a lot and you can realistically be as careless as you can with any other cell phone. There are valid concerns , such as Samsungs issue with hairline cracking along the hinge, but you can stop parroting points addressed over the past 5 years now.

Mad respect for answering this and not causing an xkcd moment

https://xkcd.com/979/

Thanks for this, something to listen to over my lunch break :)

I forgot about Chinese balloons lol, did anything ever come about after that one was shot down by the Americans?

“pretty phones over privacy” is a wild take ngl

Nice try hacker man!

Sorry let me be more clear, specifically an android app that has an announcement and can record the call with permission, or terminate the call without

I read that as SMBC and was ready to throw down in their defense

Thanks for that I forgot they had released a whole new game in between, hopefully winter sale has a decent deal and I can give it a crack

I haven’t actually tried mhw on stead deck, does it run well? I bought the game (having never played one before) on a whim and fun with it for a few hours, seems like a great handheld game if it runs ok

What do you mean? Having three seperate settings buttons with options divvyed between them makes perfect sense

Well that explains the smell!

(I know very little about Europe or New Jersey)