2nd note:
Yes Huawei is not #1 as they probably would be without the sanctions. But still last I heard they are taking market share again, and that’s even without the Honor brand phones. And they are still strong on innovation and very popular in Asian markets.
Instead it’s Xiaomi that is trying to take the position Huawei once had, but they are not quite as strong as Huawei in the design department, Huawei is IMO clearly #1 in the world in that regard.

I would never buy a Google phone, it’s too much control for Google IMO. Also although their cameras are generally good, your pictures may end up basically fake, and not at all look like what you took a picture of. I saw posts about someone trying to take a picture in foggy weather, and the Pixel phone cleared it all up, so the foggy effect disappeared completely, and he couldn’t disable the AI treatment that did it. So he couldn’t take a picture of what he was seeing!!! Other phones use filters too, but not filters that essentially makes the photo fake.

That’s like eight good videos. It’s insane.

Her current phone only has 16 GB storage, and no that’s not RAM. 🤣
But what format video are you using? H265 Video at about 1.5 GB for a full movie look great on the phone. But needless to say she doesn’t use it for that at all.

I looked at Sony when I bought my current phone, but I like big screens and a Sony with comparable features to my Xiaomi 13T Pro cost almost twice what I paid, and then it still only had half the storage.
But message LED is a major feature IMO, it’s almost a Sony exclusive now.

Thanks, that’s what I’ve heard, do you know a launcher that is free and close to original functionality?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3446231/how-closely-are-mac-os-x-and-bsd-related

of the major subsystems of the kernel, only the network stack and the VFS were still truly BSD.

So there were parts of the kernel taken directly from FreeBSD, and OSX was designed around it.

I was completely unaware of that, but it checks out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4_system_software
No doubt FreeBSD benefit big corps, but big corps have problems benefiting FreeBSD.

I’m no fan of foldable phones, but it’s impressive that Huawei remains strong in the smartphone market, despite the restrictions imposed on them.
My wife still uses her 10 year old Huawei P7! And she dreads having to buy a new one, because of the enshittification of Android.
She wants the Nokia G42 for repairability, but you can’t friggin remove the stupid google search on your home screen! What an idiotic design decision by Nokia!?!?

Cool 😎 Anything developed fro FreeBSD can be ported to Linux if needed.
Unfortunately improvements made on Linux can’t be ported back.
This is due to the license terms, But this is also the reason IBM, Google and many others have to contribute back to Linux, and Apple doesn’t to FreeBSD.

it’s quite well known that UA troops generally try to treat POWs as reasonably as possible.

This is not true, many POW’s have tried to commit suicide rather than being captured, because they were told they’d be tortured to death if they were captured.

These soldiers surrendering are acting against the propaganda they’ve been fed.

You can still get a cover, and still have the advantages of better drop resistance and lower weight and being slimmer than a glass back with cover.
I suppose the wear resistance is slightly better than your average cover. Mine looks OK IMO, but it doesn’t look new anymore. I usually put my phone on surfaces like tables or whatever convenient when I sit down, and the edges where the back curves are clearly a bit matte, and there are a few scratches from the incidents. But there is no discoloration or cracks or anything that looks broken or is an eyesore.

Your lemmy client may be buggy, because there is a titel. Why you don’t see it IDK.
The title reads: “FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot”

This is Italy, it’s got have style.

I had the Motorola G9 power for 3 years, and used it without cover of any kind for all that time. And yes you can see some wear of 3 years of use on the back, it has also licked the asphalt a couple of times, but it still looks fine, and nothing ever broke.
1 slip out of my pocket while sitting on the terace with my 4 times as expensive Xiaomi 13T pro, and the back was broken.
So yes the Motorola synthetic back is definitely more durable than glass.
To have the cool look and feel, they could add a thin replaceable back cover like we used to have on almost all phones a few years ago.

That’s what mostly ended metal (aluminium) backs, there are zero problems with synthetics in that regard. So no need for glass.
OnePlus have stupidly made the Nord 4 with aluminium back, despite they claim it was hell to get it to work.
A completely worthless faux premium feature IMO. It ads cost and has no benefits. Except being slightly less bad than glass.

I agree, but reviewers and consumers are falling for it, so I’m just trying to point out how utterly stupid it is. So hopefully at some point no reviewer will praise the “luxury” feel of glass, and consumers will stop falling for it.

The 13T did have a vegan leather option, but that’s not much better, and is also made to have a “luxury feel” but low durability. That’s just vulnerable to wear instead. I did consider the leather option, and then give it some sort of coating, but I decided against it, because I would probably just mess it up. That is why I include “durable” as a required feature of the synthetic material.

I curse reviewers for failing to see the advantages when the Galaxy S2 came out with a synthetic back, that was superior in every way to the glass back of the iPhone. But many reviewers complained that it felt cheap, completely forgetting to mention it was way more drop proof, and it reduced the weight significantly. They friggin complained that the lower weight also felt cheap!!!

Reviewers are sometimes morons, that should be kicked on the shin for their stupidity. 😋

Double taps are bad no matter who does it.
And with regard to the war in Ukraine, I have not seen evidence that Ukraine target civilians and definitely not do double taps on civilians.

America is on the cusp of pulling out of the ICJ entirely

Maybe, but Putin is already a wanted man for his war crimes, so the leader of Russia cannot travel freely to international meetings.

All around a nice insanely fast phone. But it sucks it can’t do macro with the tele lens anymore, and it’s a bit expensive.
The camera is really good, but I don’t understand why it splashes the white areas so much, my 13T Pro does the same?

And my Pet peeve: Get rid of the stupid glass back and replace it with a quality durable synthetic. It’s both lighter and thinner and it’s way more durable than glass.
The glass is fragile, so you need a glove for it, so most people never get that “quality” feel anyway, if you don’t have a glove on it, glass is also insanely slippery and will try to escape your pocket first chance it gets.
1 drop on a hard surface even from just ½ a meter can break the glass back.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hardly unique to the Russians.

Whataboutism.

War is the act of committing crimes unimpeded.

Not true, there are consequences. Even if it takes time. When Russia loses, their war crimes will be prosecuted.

This is a war crime, hitting a hospital, and then hitting it again to kill civilians that come to aid the wounded.
Russia is a terrorrist state.

This is a war crime, an attack on civilians. With the insidious plan of hitting people who came to help.
Russia is a terrorist state, that must be stopped.

EDIT:
I am downvoted on this comment, maybe by someone who doesn’t know that double tap is in fact a strategy Russia is using, exactly to hit civilians coming to aid possibly wounded in the first hit.