spunker88

joined 1 year ago
[–] spunker88 103 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if Google is keeping certain performance enhancements closed source so they can have a competive advantage over the competition that uses the Chromium source. They have been slowly making Android open source worse by not updating parts and moving things to closed source Google Play apps.

[–] spunker88 8 points 1 year ago

MP3Gain, the latest stable version was released in 2005 and I've been using it since then. It adjusts the volume level of MP3s using ReplayGain so that you don't have to change the volume between tracks. There may be newer software out there that does the same thing, but MP3Gain is free/open source and it works fine for my needs. I still maintain a library of MP3s, partly because my car is too old to do Carplay/Android Auto, but it can play MP3s from a USB drive.

[–] spunker88 7 points 1 year ago

There is also an open source version you can get on Github for android https://github.com/fexed/Pinball-on-Android

[–] spunker88 1 points 1 year ago

By default it integrates multiple instances into one feed. So you end up with duplicate posts since lemmy.world pulls in posts from lemmy.ml for example but then it will also show the original post from lemmy.ml. I suppose this feature could be useful if you wanted to look at multiple sites that weren't synced together already.

[–] spunker88 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm surprised they didn't merge Waze features into Google Maps and kill off Waze years ago given Google's track record of killing off stuff.

[–] spunker88 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

For android I was using Jerboa but switched to Liftoff and am liking it so far.

[–] spunker88 3 points 1 year ago

This always happened to me in school with assigned reading. In college I found a classmate that had the same issue and we would read to each other which seemed to help because when you're reading out loud you tend to pay attention more. We would switch readers at the end of each page.

[–] spunker88 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Galaxy S10e. I love the small size of it and the fact that it still has a microSD slot and headphone jack. Its starting to show its age when it comes to battery life and the USB C port not working as good.

I like the Samsung android software with the customization that you get with Good Lock so I will probably stick with Samsung flagship for my next phone. The biggest thing I dislike with Samsung is the amount of bloatware they ship, the out of box experience is terrible and I usually have to spend a day researching what apps to disable with adb to get the phone usable. I will probably upgrade to an S23 next year. I usually buy my phones used when the model has been out for about a year. At a year old its still new enough to have plenty of support left, but its no longer the current model so it sells for less. Its a better value IMO then buying a new mid range phone, especially as there isn't as much advancement year to year in hardware these days. A year old flagship will have better cameras than a new mid range phone typically.