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  • I had to get a new battery for my OP6T after using it for over 5 years - exclusively charging it using the fast charger. I'm sure that I can get another 3 years out of this phone, at the very least.

    The battery + replacement service fee was around 40 USD.

    I don't expect much more from the battery TBH.

  • YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog
  • The ads come at different entry and exit points for every user.

    They're not referring to the YouTube ads, but the "let's take a minute to talk about today's sponsor nordvpn that I used on my trip to Antarctica." This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.

  • What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
  • What you said makes sense. To provide context for why I am/was looking for the exact opposite --

    I have a long string of failed hobbies and junk accumulated from all the stuff I've bought for them. I carry a ton of guilt because of this.

    I guess I'm too hesitant to buy parts and have them lying around if I don't end up using them all if I abandon this too. That's the reason why I was hoping to buy a fixed set of parts for specific projects so that way I can at least convince myself that I used it all at least once.

  • What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?

    Background: I took some 100 and 200-level courses on electronics in college over a decade ago. I still remember some stuff (Ohm's law, Kirchoff's law), and I can recognise the basic parts in a circuit diagram.

    I am also happy to pick up a beginner friendly text book and go through the theory by myself, if there are any recommendations.

    However, I've never even held a soldering gun. I am a blank slate when it comes to any practical applications. I get overwhelmed trying to figure out what kit to order on Amazon.

    So, is there a course/tutorial you'd recommend for learning the hands on parts of it? I'd prefer as much handholding as possible. Ex -- if someone sells all the components to finish the projects in the course that would be the course I pick.

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  • That's a lot of moved goalposts to justify the weird temperature scale logic but okay.

    You've essentially justified that 0F and 100F are what they are because some old people died when it was 100F (most people, including the old are perfectly fine at this temperature all around the world) and because you can manage at 0F while wearing a ton of layers and not need a heat source (do all old people manage to survive just fine at 10F or 20F by just putting on some layers?).

    Either way, this pointless conversation had gone on for way too long. Have a good day! :)

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  • I'm saying that 0F is waaaaaaay more dangerous than 100F so the logic of those particular temperatures being the 0-100 ends of the scale can't be explained by how dangerous they each are.

    Almost everyone would be fine staying outside for 30 minutes at 100F without no external help (shade, cool drinks etc). Almost nobody would be fine after staying outside at 0F without external help (parka, thermals etc).

    To me, with absolutely no data, it feels lie:

    • 0F is as dangerous as 140F (you're long dead if you're outside in both cases)
    • 100F is as dangerous as 40F (mildly uncomfortable but safe for a while)

    So calling 0F and 100F both "really dangerous" and using that to justify them being the respective points of 0 and 100 disingenuous. Like, use Fahrenheit if that's what you're used to - I use it too because that's what I'm used to. But I don't explain the insane system with "it's because the two ends are reallllly dangerous."

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  • Lmao are you a penguin or something? Please tell me that you're exaggerating to make a point and aren't seriously saying that you're capable of staying warm at -10°C (14°F) "without an additional heat source."

  • Why do people complain about multiple streaming platforms existing?

    People (including me) complain about monopolies all the time for various reasons. At the same time, I've noticed a ton of complaints about the existence of multiple streaming platforms. But isn't that a good thing at the end of the day? If streaming platforms consolidated into 2-3 companies, there wouldn't be much stopping them from raising prices even more.

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    How do I browse an instance that I am not signed into?

    I am currently logged into my account on lemmy.world. I'd like to view the home page of literature.cafe (or any other instance), view all the communities there etc.

    I could just tap on the instance name, or even add instances that I wasn't signed in to on liftoff which no longer works.

    Is there a way to do this on voyager?

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