ChaoticNeutralCzech

Oh boy, is the A Button Challenge still ongoing. There is quite a hunt to further reduce the approx. 18 presses to get 120 stars in a full-game TAS, or to find faster and human-viable strategies to avoid these A presses.

The hardest graphic design problem is indıcatıng sarcasm in a way only autıstıc people notice.

Edit: this was sarcasm, and so is the artıcle’s tıtle.

Look at the pictures of bad examples. If at least half of them mildly infuriate you, he’s right. I disagree with icons-in-a-text-file with him because in a pinch (when you care so little about the font that you just use sans-serif), Unicode icons look passable if you overlook the platform inconsistencies. Of course, there is no gear icon but what are you gonna do about it? The ⚙️ emoji is close enough.

Have you read the article?

But soon they won’t because we’ll have something something TECH something something HEALTHCARE

Not really bold, just a cool hack. There is pretty much nothing to go wrong.

Yeah, the big cells can handle that just fine. The charger would overheat first unless a cell is shorted, which only possible with NiMH/NiCd if the charger malfunctions or the battery is physically damaged.

I don’t see any in the image. Do I need the audio or knowledge of the Futurama universe to get it?

Which NCC are we talking about?

Depends on the voltage.

Most IT devices’ key components run at 3-5 V nowadays and the voltage needs to be converted down if the PoE voltage is higher. This introduces losses, especially if a linear regulator is used as opposed to a buck converter. On the other hand, one powerful PSU is slightly more efficient than a lot of smaller ones.

I don’t think there is a huge difference. If you run a lot of tiny devices (too small/cheap to use a buck converter) off a significantly higher voltage like 24 V or 48 V and/or the cabling is very long, PoE will be less efficient. If the PoE voltage matches the devices’ adapters’ voltage and the cables are reasonably short (<30 m) with few connectors, PoE may be more efficient.

XKCD, Oglaf and other webcomics have title text on mouseover (perhaps because that’s the easiest implementation, not even requiring CSS or JS) but this does not work well on mobile (at best, long press reveals some of the title text), which is why some implement the clicking.

Also, the red button is in an obvious spot in landscape mode but too far down for most mobile users to scroll (and they might think it’s some kind of promo).

Chromebook is only good when you’re online, and it will stop being supported ratger soon – unless you root it and install a modern lite Linux distro, which runs text editors and browsers decently even on 20 year old hardware.

Well, most PCs from the last 20 years can run up-to-date lite distros of Linux. If she only needs a text editor and browser, it may be a good option.

You can connect external keyboards to a tablet. With a few adapters, even an IBM model M.

Morse code button and an Arduino morse decoder with serial output. You can then connect an old dot matrix printer to the serial port.

Small phones don’t need to have a worse UX, a 16:9 5" screen, considered small by modern standards, is still wide enough for a one- or two-thumb keyboard. They just need to be thicker for the same performance and battery life, which is a sacrifice Apple didn’t want to make but Unihertz did. They basically integrated the corners and bezel of a rubber case (which most people would buy anyway) and instead of wasting the rear space on another layer, they filled it with the battery. Also, comfortable bezels, large tactile buttons, inherent waterproofness (IP68 even with headphone jack!) could make the Unihertz Atom L’s UX pretty good. It is also very powerful for the price point and display resolution so I think it will not become obsolete anytime soon, assuming Android 11 will continue to be supported or you can install one of the existing custom ROMs.

My sister is definitely not a tech enthusiast and she still wanted a new sub-$400 phone she could use with one hand (even if it compromised thinness) and that had a 3.5mm jack and a good camera. After an extensive search, I needed to fail her one-hand requirement.

I’ll wait for the Unihertz Atom L to come to the second-hand market but I’m afraid its users will be too happy with it to pass it on.

I have big hands and I still like 5" phones. Why does nobody seem to offer them at a good price point?

I may need to get an Unihertz Atom L.

I thought this would be about Anton Chekhov reflecting on how many unfired “Chekhov’s guns” he sees in Western media.
Wrong Chekov.