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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Symbian: The forgotten FOSS phone OSEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Well, I can’t speak for that one as I’ve never used it (nice though, looks like a proper Nokia should, gone through war and still running fine!), but the 5800 was a completely new experience for me in terms of phone-mounted speakers. Like, this was like a miniaturised sound system. The levels were unexpectedly balanced, the speakers were mounted well apart (at either end of the phone lengthwise), the stereo definition was very clear and dynamic, and it was loud and crisp enough to use as background music generator for a light social gathering, like a dorm room mini-party, setting the mood for… other activities, etc. without sounding like frying bacon.

    Edit: I’m not a “play stuff through phone speakers” kinda’ person, but the 5800, the Nexus 6, and the Zenfone 10 are the only phones with speakers so good, that they determined me to make an exception:))

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Symbian: The forgotten FOSS phone OSEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Oh, maan… I still remember my 5800, I loved that phone to pieces… Excellent speaker system for the time (it was genuinely stereo and had a bit of meat on the sound, too!), my first touchscreen (which was a bit frustrating due to my thick logs, but worked perfectly with the stylus), and it was also my very first experience with multiplayer on a phone! Used to play that default racing game with a year mate in Uni, and it was very fun! And the OS was as an OS should be: so smooth as to not even register with the user!

    Edit: oh, and the full QWERTY was very nice, although I was fresh off the keypad, so it was a bit awkward.

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldtoEurope@feddit.org•French MEP says US should give back Statue of LibertyEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I do agree with you that politics have become mostly circus without much bread, but I’d say we should never give up on our gift of making light of the hardships.

    I mean, dunk as it may be, it’s a good one. I’d even go as far as calling it a sick burn and a smart jab!

    Edit: plus populism is the playing field now, memes and smartass quips are how you win the base over. I’m not saying I agree with this particular way of going about things, but reality is undeniable nonetheless. We’d be wise to master the tools.

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair useEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Sad to see you leave (not really, tho’), love to watch you go!

    Edit: I bet if any AI developing company would stop acting and being so damned shady and would just ASK FOR PERMISSION, they’d receive a huge amount of data from all over. There are a lot of people who would like to see AGI become a real thing, but not if it’s being developed by greedy and unscrupulous shitheads. As it stands now, I think the only ones who are actually doing it for the R&D and not as eye-candy to glitz away people’s money for aesthetically believable nonsense are a handful of start-up-likes with (not in a condescending way) kids who’ve yet to have their dreams and idealism trampled.