• Bruncvik@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That’s me, today. Different brands and models, but pretty much the same items. If I have the space (inner coat pockets, for example), I also add a small notepad and pencil, and a calculator. I ain’t gonna pay for a HP-12C calculator app, when I have the fully functional hardware.

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    4 days ago

    Well, the headphones are still a separate thing. They are even more separate now, than they ever were (each one earphone is separate now)

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      2 days ago

      I bet there are people drooling at the idea of making those headphones part of people’s heads

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    3 days ago

    It was better and the price of the slight convenience now is that the next generation, and your aunt and uncle, are openly cheering on nazis and pedophiles with no idea what’s actually happening in the world.

    Shut up and carry the cassette tape thin digital camera already.

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    3 days ago

    Ah yes, Lightning headphones. Or USB-C, can’t tell. Either way, none of the iPods accept these. Meanwhile late keypad phones all have headphone jacks…

    EDIT: yup, USB-C. Also, the phone has a clock. And a camera, not a good one but a camera. It’s a ~2008-2010s Samsung.

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    The time is now. Fuck relying on a tech giant for all my cloud storage and “convenience”

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    4 days ago

    Don’t you remember the joy of carrying around a dozen proprietary cables. Oh dads cable drawer was great.

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    I’m always surprised I these conversations that almost no one mentions always having a useful, generally charged, decent close range flashlight.

    I’m old enough to ha e experienced that having a zippo was the most reliable way to see close range stuff. Flashlights were basically dead battery containers.

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      I carry with me a small rechargeable flashlight everywhere and use it almost every day. I do not think I could have spent that money better.

      It has a low light mode so I can see at night in the bedroom without waking up my partner and it’s really powerful at the same time. It even has a magnet and baseball cap clip so the hands can be free to do other stuff.

      Having a flashlight in the phone is really nice, but I don’t think I will use it again.

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          The clip is designed to hold the cap quite firmly. It’s very handy, but not as good as actual headlamp

          It’s an Olight Baton 3, you can look up better pictures on the internet if you want

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    I don’t miss all the different cables but fuck, do I miss being able to listen to a song without having to silence a spam call in the middle of it