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Hardware > Computers > Portable computing >
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https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/inspiron-11-3185-2-in-1-laptop/overview
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Hardware > Phones (Android > Android 10) >
(on Wikipedia, manufacturer)
https://www.umidigi.com/page-umidigi_power3_activity.html
A fantastic mid-range phone, notable for a 6,150 mAh battery, NFC and near-stock Android 10.
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Hardware >
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https://www.kobo.com/
https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one [ 1 ] was https://web.archive.org/web/20190118143102/https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one
An E-book reader.
Because this is my first e-reader, I can't judge it against it's peers. It works well.
It is spectacular hardware-wise. Its software works, but it is sometimes obviously or even critically lacking. It lacking a file browser and respecting directories is bad enough that I can't really use it for its intended purpose, and almost regret buying it.
todo - there are more notes to be added, I've just been busy/lazy.
 Alpine white
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Hardware >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/inspiron-11-3180-laptop/overview
This is a low-end low-cost laptop. It was on extreme sale, and as it has USB 3.1 it'll do fine.
Very highly recommended: This thing is awesome in every way. Exception: It's childishly-glossy and doesn't have enough drive space for Windows 10; Linux is fine though.
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A mobile phone NFC device which provides buttons for macros.
It works well enough, but I wouldn't recommend this. It's noisy as fuck, and Android 10 has an ugly "Nfc Service" entry cluttering the shader dropdown.
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Hardware > Phones (Android 7.0) >
was https://www.doogee.cc/detail/x-series/111/
A very inexpensive yet capable phone.
At a glance, it seems okay. Android and every app I've seen have many UI flaws, but that's not the X20's fault.
After a week of use, I have to say this is a fantastic phone. It's the perfect beginner's smartphone and there's nothing I've done that's been limited in any way whatsoever by its specifications. I have not run out of storage or memory.. not even close. Do note that I haven't played any games, and I probably never will.
I am really ticked that it doesn't have OTG support, so I can't use the microSD for anything but charging. Powering off, pulling my charging dongle out, removing the half-case, removing the battery cover, removing the battery and moving the CD card back and forth is an awful, awful, way for me to edit files.
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The minimum volume is way too loud.
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The bottom microUSB port works for a USB key.
TODO - import more of its archived text
This is on my list of books to re-read.
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Entertainment > Reading >
www.freax.hu [ 1 ] on archive.org
http://www.maz-sound.com/FREAX/en/Intro/
A book on the history of the demoscene.
This is on history and itself has become a collectable piece of it. I bought and read this years ago.. probably in 2007 or thereabouts.
- aka Freax volume 1. - A brief history of the computer demoscene
- by by Tamas Polgar, aka Tomkatz / Madwizards
- Copyright and published by CWS Verlag
- ISBN (blank)
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A while back, I experienced all manner of issues.
Interestingly, Linux didn't give a flying fuck and never even hiccuped once. This is why I initially thought I had an issue with Windows 8.1. Go Linux go.
I rebooted into some specialized memory testing to prove I had memory issues.
I was working on building an entirely new system and had started with a case and power supply replacement. Apparently I had damage to my earlier power supply, because, after I replaced it, all my issues magically went away.
The show was cancelled after two seasons, at which time I stopped caring enough that when I learned it had been un-cancelled I continued to not care.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.usanetwork.com/mr-robot [ 1 ] was https://www.usanetwork.com/mrrobot
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/
A psychologically-disturbed young man's fantasies spiral out of control as he pursues a lunatic's dream for economic anarchy.
Fast and loose. This is one of those shows which tries to cash in on this generation's theme of general discontent. It generally fails. More-or-less entertaining.
For everyday people this is somewhat recommended. For fans of psychological stuff, and anti-corporatism, this is somewhat recommended. For people who know enough about computers but don't like psychological stuff or anti-corporatism, I do not recommend this.
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Mr. Robot seems to be made as an homage-sequel to Fight Club - (1999 movie).
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