phanto

joined 2 years ago
[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Cantook used to be called Aldiko, and it was literally the first ebook Reader I ever got for Android. I don't know if it's the best, but it opens epubs and lets me set dark mode and use the volume buttons as page turn, and doesn't gum up e-ink with animations, so it's ideal for the Hisense. I don't know why it only has 2/5.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Climbed a tree, tried to jump to the next tree. Failed. Fortunately, I snagged a wasp nest on the way down. Nothing broken, anaphylaxis. Not breathing sucks. (I lived.)

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

I always wanted to try catfish, and there was a restaurant I really like that does everything else really well, so I tried it and... Nah. Tasted like fishy dirt meat. I've had bad duck, too.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

Won't someone just pay for the damn pizza?!

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I have a Hisense A5 that's a crap phone, but Cantook side loaded and it's the best e-reader I've ever owned, bar none. I can use it for podcasts too, although I usually just use my regular phone for that these days.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good to know! Legal, non-DRM? Do they have popular artists?

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I literally got a tech support call last week asking, "How do I legally get MP3s to put on this new MP3 player I just got?" I was kinda stumped. "Umm... Rip a CD?"

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Huh. Today I learned. I avoided snaps because Firefox snap took so dang long to load, and Firefox flatpak just launched...

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Flatpaks: NOT Ubuntu's containerized deliverable. They use snaps. Flatpaks are more Fedora's thing. I know Mint uses flatpaks, and Silver blue relies heavily on them. Snaps v Flatpaks are like Coke v Pepsi. It's all just sugar water, but people care, for reasons.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Tailscale: a VPN -esque service that lets you connect networks together in fun and interesting ways. For instance: I can use tailscale to access my home network from my phone!

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

My wife: "Tell the internet they're not funny!"

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So that was your wife I met while watching you drive my wife around the block on your scooter?

 

This makes me so pleased! Go see this movie!

 

I like it so far, although it does have some quirks. I find that I tend to ignore the bottom half and just hold the top bit like I would hold a normal phone. Not super fast, but it goes easily in my pocket, and now I have the nickname "Flip phone".

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