@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

SomeGadgetGuy

@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social

That cranky tech nerd you watched that one time...

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

SomeGadgetGuy, to windows
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.

It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.

It's inescapable.

It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

It won't matter if you're a master expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.

If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.

I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

I hate sounding like the old guy in the room when I say things like "phone design used to be more fun". I mean, I AM the old guy in the room, but I hate SOUNDING like the old guy complaining about new tech.

Frosted gradients. Laser etched glossy. Bold primary color polycarb. Metal and leather. Different form factors and features... Sigh...

We didn't know how good we had it...

image/jpeg
image/jpeg
image/jpeg

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Just finished watching Samsung Unpacked.
"A new era for Mobile AI!"
Ugh.

This is going to be a minor iterative year for Galaxy Fans. The hardware is only getting small changes. The major claims about AI mostly come from Google Gemini (which Google PAINSTAKINGLY kept reiterating would be on "android" phones, not just Galaxy phones).

And we glossed over a lot of the things that might impact folks daily use, like Exynos chips vs Qualcomm chips.

When pocket computers are THIS expensive, I think we need to see more than a handful of translation features and photo editing tools.

We did get a sneak peek at this new Galaxy Donut CG render though. So that was cool.

image/png
image/png
image/png

SomeGadgetGuy, to random
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

WAAIT! Really? Threads is ALREADY joining Twitter on rate limits? What the heck???
If you have the means, donate to your mastodon server to help keep the lights on and the rate limits at bay!

https://deadline.com/2023/07/threads-rate-limits-like-twitter-mark-zuckerberg-optimistic-focus-growing-community-1235440173/

Threads To Start Implementing Rate Limits Like Twitter As Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s “Optimistic” About Platform & Focused “On Growing Community” – Deadline

#tech #news #meta #facebook #threads #twitter #technology #geek #socialmedia

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Google has a mountain of behavior data on me, and probably knows how viciously anti-diamond I am. Yet these ads regularly pop up in my news feed.
Google charging a client for an ad hit that will never materialize into traffic for their company, and frustrating me to make more money on totally fake metrics.
Both consumers and advertisers are getting squeezed for a more enshittified experience.

SomeGadgetGuy, (edited ) to random
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Dear earbud manufacturers, your next mission to improve noise cancelling is defeating the INSUFFERABLY awful crinkling sound of someone who is functionally incapable of getting a single sunchip out of a bag without crunching up the entire bag.
There's also significant venn diagram overlap with people like this, and folks who schmack chew chips with their mouths open.
I'll pay PREMIUM prices for any headphones that target this directly.

SomeGadgetGuy, (edited ) to NoStupidQuestions
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Maybe folks can settle a for me and a friend.
I have a glass measuring cup. I fill it with two cups of water, and microwave it to bring it to a boil. The cup has not come in contact with any other materials or ingredients.
That cup is CLEAN right?
After pouring out the water, it can go back in the cupboard?

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

I'm as excited about the rumors of improved desktop modes and video out support for the Pixel 8 as the next guy, but we've fielded these kinds of rumors before.

Currently the only phone I have that can run an Android 14 beta, AND has video out, just did this using the desktop mode in Android dev settings.

Which is even more broken than the A13 desktop mode, which was already almost nonfunctional from the A12 mode.

I really WANT Google to give us a Pixel 8 with a proper desktop or tablet large screen mode, but I'm not getting my hopes up until we see the phone in action.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

I guess this is the "Hello World" of 3D printing 😁

#tech #technology #3d #3Dprinting #geek #fun #photo #toy

SomeGadgetGuy, to twitter
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Where the person using the @ Music account on had built up 11 million followers, and Musk wanted it, so he just took it away.
Even better, offered the owner replacement Twitter accounts that were actively being used. 🤦‍♂️

SomeGadgetGuy, to windows
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

What if you could own a stylus enabled Windows 11 Laptop, that was ALSO a Linux PC, and it was ALSO an Android tablet, and it cost less than an iPad Air (with keyboard), but had twice as much storage as the iPad AND you could upgrade its SSD when you needed more space?

https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/13/robo-and-kala-2-in-1-laptop-a-surface-pro-9-killer/

If only some magic unicorn computer like that existed...

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

"Wait... No.... Not like that! Don't go to that other social media company! I'll uh ... I'll sue them! Yeah! Sue them!"

#tech #technology #elonmusk #spacekaren #shitpost #shitposting #twitter #meta #geek #funny #threads #facebook #birdsite #twittermigration #SocialMedia

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

In light of Nothing's recent announcement (using Sunbird messanger to give Android phones Blue Bubbles in iMessage), let's revisit this editorial where my Wife was Green Bubble bullied by another Mom in our daughter's peer group...
https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/03/14/when-iphone-parents-bully-android-parents/

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

If you're looking to buy a new SSD you might want to shop one soon. Samsung is cutting back on NAND production and prices are expected to rise in Q4.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-slashes-nand-output-by-50-prices-to-slowly-edge-higher

At least this isn't Samsung collaborating with other companies to fix prices again. It's just "regular" scummy capitalism.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Google is reportedly cancelling their AR project Iris. I REALLY HOPE Iris was their mixed reality ski goggle headset, and not the simpler glasses shown here demoing real time translation.
https://youtu.be/lj0bFX9HXeE

I owned the Focals by North glasses, and I can't tell you how transformative that experience was. It was NOT any kind of real AR. It was a simple heads up display, with a UI like a smartwatch, but at eye level. It was amazing.

I truly believe we're skipping an INCREDIBLY important step trying to race to magic sci-fi AR. So many interactions with our technology would be wonderfully streamlined with a simple graphic or text at eye level.

Here's the article on Google Iris https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ar-iris-augmented-reality-smart-glasses-2023-6

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Apple was never going to "save" VR.
We've spent the last decade giving Apple an unlimited runway of speculation and hype to bring a face computer to market.

https://somegadgetguy.com/b/3si

Instead of doing a better job earnestly and fairly covering the tech along the way, properly educating consumers on what these things can do, now even Vision Pro can't live up to the media's imagined narrative of Apple.

Apple did nothing to earn a DECADE of media support for XR products, but think of all the projects that were criticized for not living up to some kind of imaginary Sci-Fi standard.

"Wait for gen 2 or gen 3 instead!"

Techies expect everyone else to lift off like a helicopter, but Apple gets UNLIMITED runway...

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Yeah, Apple has had a few advertising missteps in the past ("wHatZ uH cOmpUTer???), but this 'Crush' commercial is one of the darkest mistakes I think they've ever made. It feels like the intro to Fallout style dystopian story.
A far cry from the optimism of the 1984 commercial, Apple has become what they once rallied against...
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/08/apples-crush-ipad-pro-ad-sparks-intense-backlash-from-creatives

SomeGadgetGuy, to DadBin
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

My daughter and her friend take an adventurous leap into summer, and by "summer", I mean the Pacific ocean. Shot on the super telephoto on the Xiaomi 13 Ultra.
https://flic.kr/p/2oM7SHu

SomeGadgetGuy, to apple
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

I was going to make a more general video about AR, but I got REAL cranky about Apple... https://youtu.be/-p2GS0f1aZY

YEARS of hype, and Vision Pro is basically an expensive dev kit...

SomeGadgetGuy, to ilaughed
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Dammit! on my walk this morning i got into a showdown with a VULTURE and all i had on me was the OnePlus 11. This phone has almost NO zoom 😭

#photo #nature #photography #android #androidography #geek #bbtg #bird #birds #oneplus #oneplus11

SomeGadgetGuy, to random
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Smartphones haven't "plateaued". Samsung and Apple have plateaued.
Reviewers just too nervous to call those companies out directly and piss off the PR reps.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

It's a STUNNING return to form. The OnePlus 12R is a proper "flagship killer" for North America.
https://somegadgetguy.com/b/3y7
It's a price-to-performance that Samsung and Apple really have no answer for...

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Reddit (valued around $10 billion in 2021) signed a deal only getting $60 million a year to let a (yet unnamed) company scrape all its user data to train AI.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-signs-content-licensing-deal-with-ai-company-ahead-ipo-bloomberg-reports-2024-02-16/
Doesn't seem like the data ON Reddit is being valued very highly BY Reddit. What's the vibe on their IPO?

#tech #technology #geek #reddit #business #news #technews #socialmedia #ai

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Microsoft added a new "Generative Erase" feature to the Windows Photo app! Let's see how it compares against Google's Magic Eraser!

https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/02/23/microsoft-generative-erase-vs-google-magic-eraser/

Even cooler, it seems the first devices to support the new eraser are Windows on ARM laptops and tablets!

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

AI Laptop REACTIONS!
https://somegadgetguy.com/b/45Q
Checking out all the announcements today from Dell, HP, Microsoft, Samsung, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo! I did a live recording of my reactions.
Windows on ARM is getting REALLY exciting! Here are some things to look out for while shopping a new "AI" laptop!

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • megavids
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • GTA5RPClips
  • osvaldo12
  • love
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • khanakhh
  • everett
  • kavyap
  • mdbf
  • DreamBathrooms
  • ngwrru68w68
  • provamag3
  • magazineikmin
  • InstantRegret
  • normalnudes
  • tacticalgear
  • cubers
  • ethstaker
  • modclub
  • cisconetworking
  • Durango
  • anitta
  • Leos
  • tester
  • JUstTest
  • All magazines
    •