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byChunderDownunder
nuary 31, 2026 @09:03PM
(#65961876)
Attached to: Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal
I thought the super-rich already had their own private helipads to take them from penthouse apartment to office in megapolises such as Sao Paulo?
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byChunderDownunder
anuary 28, 2026 @04:33PM
(#65955238)
Attached to: Android's Full Desktop Mode Surfaces in Accidental Chromium Leak
MS 'Continuum' lives on here - underutilised processing power in your pocket that becomes accessible when you dock it. Lumia didn't survive the app duopoly.
This seems like a more genuine attempt for Chromebooks to compete with iPad Pro. Get the Google employees actually dog-fooding on these machines and solving long-term neglected usability issues.
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byChunderDownunder
anuary 28, 2026 @10:03AM
(#65954396)
Attached to: Android's Full Desktop Mode Surfaces in Accidental Chromium Leak
Yes, using the international English spelling within the codename.
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byChunderDownunder
uary 27, 2026 @01:34AM
(#65951654)
Attached to: TikTok Alternative 'Skylight' Soars To 380K+ Users After TikTok US Deal Finalized
[ Okay, so I'm an old fart and not the target audience... ]
Relaxing after work with my 3 screens. Anything without a web interface is a non starter.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 26, 2026 @11:32PM
(#65951550)
Attached to: China Hacked Downing Street Phones For Years
Never trust anyone with the self-aggrandising job title 'Chief Mouser'.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 26, 2026 @03:24AM
(#65949368)
Attached to: The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation
I work in cubicle land, Bluetooth headsets.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 26, 2026 @02:01AM
(#65949282)
Attached to: Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
I saw that in a motion picture once - Return of the Jedi.
'Carbonite' was used as a liquid solution for cryostasis.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 26, 2026 @01:48AM
(#65949264)
Attached to: New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet 'Open Slate' Announced by Brax Technologies
from the MEGATHREAD:
We're working directly with Linux integrators and chipset partners to ensure proper mainline Linux support, rather than one-off ports that break over time.
So it's essentially a crowd-funded Android tablet that they're hoping will gain enough traction for upstream Linux. Who does the programming legwork is unclear.
If they're serious they would throw a few free ones to free software communities such as Mobian and postmarketOS as Pine64 has done with various bits of hardware such as the PineNote.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 25, 2026 @11:26PM
(#65949148)
Attached to: KDE's 'Plasma Login Manager' Stops Supporting FreeBSD - Because Systemd
No way man.
2036 is the year of the GNU/HURD desktop!
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byChunderDownunder
ary 25, 2026 @06:20PM
(#65948732)
Attached to: The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation
Weak enough for simple tasks.
It's an underspecced Snapdragon laptop for people that hate laptops; not that I would buy one with my own money but it would be adequate for a vacation using a hotel room TV.
Anyway, if Google and Microsoft could come together with Qualcomm then one might see triple-boot devices become common which can only benefit the Linux tinkerer.
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byChunderDownunder
ary 25, 2026 @05:23PM
(#65948630)
Attached to: The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation
External display is a USB 3.x feature.
*cheap* phones, speaking from experience, will use a USB 2 controller to save a few cents in the dollar. So even if connector is USB-C, it won't carry the extra protocols.
Yes, manufacturers are that petty. Do read the specs on gsmarena.
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byChunderDownunder
nuary 24, 2026 @11:32AM
(#65946608)
Attached to: Anthropic Updates Claude's 'Constitution,' Just In Case Chatbot Has a Consciousness
You have a Triffid-esque responsibility toward carnivorous house plants to ensure they don't eat you.
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byChunderDownunder
nuary 24, 2026 @10:05AM
(#65946480)
Attached to: Hollywood Tries To Take Pirate Sites Down Globally Through India Court
Tonga is an interesting one.
A top level country domain .to of which only a small percentage is related to Tonga or indeed hosted on the islands. Are they going to extort a Polynesian nation for the sake of a few pirates?
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byChunderDownunder
ary 23, 2026 @12:04PM
(#65944432)
Attached to: When Two Years of Academic Work Vanished With a Single Click
Just ask the AI to hallucinate 2 years worth of research based on the *anonymous* training corpus you've been feeding the model.
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byChunderDownunder
nuary 22, 2026 @10:21PM
(#65943360)
Attached to: EU Parliament Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants
Sounds great, mate.
If Europe wants to release a decent Linux phone free from the colonial oppression of US tech giants then sign me up and ship to Australia. :)
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