The USB-C PD definitely allows you to do exactly what you suggest. I know this is supported in this google dual-port PD charger: https://store.google.com/gb/product/usb_c_dual_port_charger There is an explanation on how…
If you have Android Oreo/8.x, most (all?) google apps (including Maps) allow you quite fine grained control over notification categories (so you can choose to have traffic updates and nothing else, if you wish)…
Well, to be explicit, they set the minimum timeframe. For example, the Nexus Player is still on the latest version of Android and will/should receive 'O' (Not letting google off the hook here. What they're doing isn't…
Here's [1] an open source app that lets you share a link from youtube which then uses a hosted version of youtube-dl to get the direct link to the mp4 url and pass it back to the Android Download app [1]…
Windows 10 can _definitely_ do that (I do the exact same thing with bluetooth/wired headsets frequently; I'm "fairly" sure I used to do that on Windows 7 too -- I remember being quite amazed when my Ubuntu machine…
The "Fortune" app? As you mention knox, I assume this is an app that Samsung force installs on your phone; so I don't really see what Google can do (without locking Android down even more, and I'd rather they didn't).…
As I mentioned in the other [1] thread, you can use this android app [2] (which uses youtube-dl) to download directly onto your phone. If you're on iOS, sorry :( [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12595973 [2]…
There is also this app [1] (shameless plug, I wrote it) which uses youtube-dl to download videos off any supported sites. No real UI as it just parses the media URL (when a link is shared to it) and passes it off to the…
Netguard [1] is a loopback firewall (installs as a local VPN) that doubles as an adblocker if you install the version from github [2]. I installed from the play store and used the IAP to contribute to development before…
If you append &tbs=li to the end of the query URL, google does a literal search. If you want it as a default, add it to your browser as a search engine plugin:…
I'm on windows 10 with a shitty "optimus" enabled laptop. The NVidia drivers routinely crash (typically when viewing a heavy webGL enabled page) and windows 10 just flashes at me and throws up a notification saying my…
>Are you saying Bluetooth 4 would actually solve my problem Make sure your headset and device (phone?) both support HFP1.6 or above (which supports wideband speech/HD voice) which makes the sound quality semi-decent
>Neither Android nor iOS support [pairing ... via the Out-of-Band method]. I'm not sure this is actually true (unless you're talking about bugs with individual manufacturers implementation on Android?). Both iOS and…
>all Skype calls automatically revert to HFP (extremely bad quality) While it's true that audio quality over HFP is a lot worse than A2DP, note that A2DP is designed for cases where latency is not an issue, you want…
> blame the OS. iOS can block apps [...] Well, to be fair, you can disable notifications from apps since android 4.0 (which is a long time back) And Android 6.0 and up should automatically disable background running…
> 3.5mm jacks are analogue, and they're everywhere >As soon as headphones are digital, manufacturers can start locking down headphones. The article is unclear, but the USB3.1 spec does specifically support analog audio…
> the article says that Intel is working on a standard to let those pins be used for analog audio In that case, the article is wrong because the USB 3.1 spec already supports analog audio via the Audio Adapter Accessory…
x86 builds: http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/ You can boot from USB and give it a whirl. There are some closed source bits missing, so I'm unsure if, for eg, netflix, will work. But it'll give you a feel for the OS
>On Android 5, most Nexus devices dropped all SMS apps for Hangouts. Just install Messenger (supports Android 4.1+): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... It's actually much nicer than hangouts…
The AOSP built in sms client does not use G+ Google's "Messenger" client does not use G+ You can also use Google's Hangout client purely for SMS (you can sign out of hangouts) If you don't like any of them, there are…
Perhaps you're thinking of Vostok? I thought much the same when I saw it in the Science Museum in London (just last weekend). Some kind of heat resistant cork or something?…
May not be quite what you're looking for, but perhaps mapumental may help (depending on why you want the data) https://mapumental.com/ It gives you time (not distance) between places, and it includes trains as well as…
>It could even be family who misguidedly install spyware. That's an application installed by the user; But this won't protect you against the core OS (the Dell's with a camera shutter is not meant to protect you against…
> a bit of black tape over the front-facing camera for a while since Google's Byzantine privacy practices had made me genuinely not trust the device. I genuinely don't get this. You don't trust the OS not to spy on you,…
>the BeagleBone Black is [..] less prone to "power abuse", because it has a traditional power jack (people are less likely to use a random USB charger with it) Not quite true. The BBBlack can also power itself from the…
The USB-C PD definitely allows you to do exactly what you suggest. I know this is supported in this google dual-port PD charger: https://store.google.com/gb/product/usb_c_dual_port_charger There is an explanation on how…
If you have Android Oreo/8.x, most (all?) google apps (including Maps) allow you quite fine grained control over notification categories (so you can choose to have traffic updates and nothing else, if you wish)…
Well, to be explicit, they set the minimum timeframe. For example, the Nexus Player is still on the latest version of Android and will/should receive 'O' (Not letting google off the hook here. What they're doing isn't…
Here's [1] an open source app that lets you share a link from youtube which then uses a hosted version of youtube-dl to get the direct link to the mp4 url and pass it back to the Android Download app [1]…
Windows 10 can _definitely_ do that (I do the exact same thing with bluetooth/wired headsets frequently; I'm "fairly" sure I used to do that on Windows 7 too -- I remember being quite amazed when my Ubuntu machine…
The "Fortune" app? As you mention knox, I assume this is an app that Samsung force installs on your phone; so I don't really see what Google can do (without locking Android down even more, and I'd rather they didn't).…
As I mentioned in the other [1] thread, you can use this android app [2] (which uses youtube-dl) to download directly onto your phone. If you're on iOS, sorry :( [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12595973 [2]…
There is also this app [1] (shameless plug, I wrote it) which uses youtube-dl to download videos off any supported sites. No real UI as it just parses the media URL (when a link is shared to it) and passes it off to the…
Netguard [1] is a loopback firewall (installs as a local VPN) that doubles as an adblocker if you install the version from github [2]. I installed from the play store and used the IAP to contribute to development before…
If you append &tbs=li to the end of the query URL, google does a literal search. If you want it as a default, add it to your browser as a search engine plugin:…
I'm on windows 10 with a shitty "optimus" enabled laptop. The NVidia drivers routinely crash (typically when viewing a heavy webGL enabled page) and windows 10 just flashes at me and throws up a notification saying my…
>Are you saying Bluetooth 4 would actually solve my problem Make sure your headset and device (phone?) both support HFP1.6 or above (which supports wideband speech/HD voice) which makes the sound quality semi-decent
>Neither Android nor iOS support [pairing ... via the Out-of-Band method]. I'm not sure this is actually true (unless you're talking about bugs with individual manufacturers implementation on Android?). Both iOS and…
>all Skype calls automatically revert to HFP (extremely bad quality) While it's true that audio quality over HFP is a lot worse than A2DP, note that A2DP is designed for cases where latency is not an issue, you want…
> blame the OS. iOS can block apps [...] Well, to be fair, you can disable notifications from apps since android 4.0 (which is a long time back) And Android 6.0 and up should automatically disable background running…
> 3.5mm jacks are analogue, and they're everywhere >As soon as headphones are digital, manufacturers can start locking down headphones. The article is unclear, but the USB3.1 spec does specifically support analog audio…
> the article says that Intel is working on a standard to let those pins be used for analog audio In that case, the article is wrong because the USB 3.1 spec already supports analog audio via the Audio Adapter Accessory…
x86 builds: http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/ You can boot from USB and give it a whirl. There are some closed source bits missing, so I'm unsure if, for eg, netflix, will work. But it'll give you a feel for the OS
>On Android 5, most Nexus devices dropped all SMS apps for Hangouts. Just install Messenger (supports Android 4.1+): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... It's actually much nicer than hangouts…
The AOSP built in sms client does not use G+ Google's "Messenger" client does not use G+ You can also use Google's Hangout client purely for SMS (you can sign out of hangouts) If you don't like any of them, there are…
Perhaps you're thinking of Vostok? I thought much the same when I saw it in the Science Museum in London (just last weekend). Some kind of heat resistant cork or something?…
May not be quite what you're looking for, but perhaps mapumental may help (depending on why you want the data) https://mapumental.com/ It gives you time (not distance) between places, and it includes trains as well as…
>It could even be family who misguidedly install spyware. That's an application installed by the user; But this won't protect you against the core OS (the Dell's with a camera shutter is not meant to protect you against…
> a bit of black tape over the front-facing camera for a while since Google's Byzantine privacy practices had made me genuinely not trust the device. I genuinely don't get this. You don't trust the OS not to spy on you,…
>the BeagleBone Black is [..] less prone to "power abuse", because it has a traditional power jack (people are less likely to use a random USB charger with it) Not quite true. The BBBlack can also power itself from the…