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  • Not OP but i often just use the timer in these cases. I also have a cheap bluetooth remote that was included with a selfie stick ten years ago(got it for the 1/4" thread to put my phones on a tripod).
    But atleast on android you can also use most bluetooth game controllers as a remote to release the shutter. I snapped quite a few pics with my xbox and 8bitdo(small and pocketable) controllers over the years.

    Edit: Which reminds me that my old DSLR had a IR receiver for remotes. So i often just borrowed my parents tv remote in the night because one random button had the same ir signature as the official camera remote of the manufacturer. Good times










  • Theres a difference between ‘premium’ and ‘flagship’. The price alone is enough to call it premium (with some asterisks). But its just not flagship hardware. The SOC is more than enough for my needs. But performancewise its somewhere near a 3,5 year old flagship Snapdragon and is itself 2 years old. Also if you give a fuck about these specs because of gaming/emulation or misusing(loaded statement i know)it as a desktop substitute Mediatek SOCs still lag behind in support/compatibility to Qualcomm.

    But then there are some unpremium telltales like that third backside macro camera with undisclosed megapixels. That instantly tells me that it probably sports a 2mp unuseable tiny sensor. Its only there to trick the consumer in believing that its more premium then it is. Its not an useful tele like on a Iphone Pro but the design suggest it.

    They also dont specify what kind of USB connection they provide. So its most likely USB 2.0 with no displayout. Other things on their official spec sheet:
    _Primary camera aperture | 2 Megapixel _ its just typo tbf but still, lmao.
    Headphones jack | TYPE-C DAC digital headphone Just ‘no’ would be more honest but i just wouldnt mention it at all and everybody who cares gets it.

    I’m all in with MudMans assertion that they should just own it instead of tiptoeing around the truth. As he said its a solid device with enough unique selling points. But sadly it feels(!) like they try to deceive me here and there with their messaging. Which is soooo unnecessary.

    Edit: It kinda suggests to me(!) that it probably is a badge engineered phone of a chinese company which provides semi customizeable barebone devices. Just a guess by me(!). But that would be unpremium as fuck. And dont get at me how stupid that whole pReMiuM talk is. I’m fully aware of that. But thats the bullshit you need to deal with if you start using these terms. I didnt start it.


  • In real-world gaming, the card only managed to gain roughly 8-12% uplift over the stock SKU, showing the decoupling from the synthetic tests. It is very likely that the longer-term thermal stress from the prolonged gaming sessions is causing this lower performance increase, sustaining lower clocks compared to the relatively short-term load from synthetic benchmarks. The entire cause of this FPS increase is the enhanced power limit, which increases the non-XT 220 W board power to as much as 300 W, representing a roughly 36% power increase on its own. No additional cores/ROPs/TMUs are unlocked by flashing the XT BIOS. In fact, the entire process is very inefficient when comparing the power/performance of the stock non-XT SKU. However, if you are looking to extract the maximum performance from your GPU, this may be a viable option, provided you consider all the risks associated with running your GPU at its non-default settings. Sustained higher power settings can result in GPU degradation over time, and BIOS flashing is always a risky endeavor.


  • A lot to love about the phone tbh. 3,5mm jack, front facing stereo speakers, 120hz, alright cameras, 168g, smallish formfactor, sd card support. But 450€ for an entrylevel chipset with 8/128 and only acceptable support timeline is just rough. I’m aware that inflation is a thing, chip manufacturing got more expensive, us tariffs somehow affect the rest of the world and longer software support needs to be paid somehow. But that shitty chipset will perform worse than my phone i got 4 years ago for like 320€. Meh.


  • To me it looks like fashion lifestyle gadget and not a camera. Its a shitty digital camera combined with an integrated printer. I dont think it will last decades. Beginning with the integrated battery. All of which would be allright but ~330€ is a steep pricepoint. You could get very similar results by getting yourself a smartphone from the last ten years for free or very cheap and combine it with some apps and a canon selphy printer. Or get rid of the printer and get the pictures developed in the next shop. Unless the instant aspect is crucial for you ofcourse. With all that money you could buy even a cheap lomo camera and some film. Or a m3/4 Olympus/Panasonic camera from the last decade to play around with. They had funky lenses too. Idk how good the market for 3rd party batteries is though. idk lots of different opportunities at the same time to get creative and still be within the budget of that single fuji which on top has pretty expensive ongoing costs with that instant film.

    That would be my thoughts on it.




  • Hond@piefed.socialtoGaming@beehaw.orghave some standards
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    21 days ago

    I killed several really well going conversations in the past by mentioning that one of my hobbies is to play racing games with my plastic toywheel.

    Like dont get wrong i’m fully aware that its not a sexy hobby. But if thats enough to tank an otherwise well going conversation for you then i’m not interested either way.


  • Hond@piefed.socialtoich_iel@feddit.orgich🫶🐧iel
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    Ich bin noch nicht so weit. Was aber inzwischen wirklich gut funktioniert ist Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe zu finden. Ich hab in den letzten 15 Jahren mehrfach den dauerhaften Wechsel zu Linux gesucht. Aber früher oder später hat es irgendwas zerschossen. Selbst bei Allerweltsdistros wie Ubuntu auf einem Thinkpad. Die Dokumentation und die Community waren oft in den Fällen dann für mich leider wenig hilfreich. Womit ich dann doch immer wieder bei Windows gelandet bin weil ich da problemlos Problemlösungen finden konnte.

    Der große Unterschied ist glaub ich, dass man bei Windows auch manchmal auf 15 Jahre alte Forenbeiträge stoßen kann die einem den Arsch retten. Unter Linux sind so alte Beiträge zumindestens als Neuling eher tunlichst zu vermeiden.

    Aber ja, das war alles einmal. Archwiki, distroeigene Foren, distroeigene Wikis, Discords(mag ich als Plattform garnichmal so, aber die Leute sind einfach meistens schwer in Ordnung. Die Erfahrung hab ich in Matrix und ähnlich nerdigen Kanälen nicht teilen können). Bei Information abseits davon irgendwie drauf achten, dass es halbwegs aktuell ist. Läuft inzwischen. Musste schon länger nichtmehr um Hilfe bitten sondern konnte die benötigten Informationen selbst suchmaschinen.

    Naja und Videospiele funzen inzwischen doch auch einfach sehr gut. Das war vor 5 Jahren auch noch anders. Dazu hat das Frickeln unter Windows für meine Belange wirklich schmerzhaft stark zugenommen. Der Leidensdruck wurde da echt zu groß für mich. Da frickel ich in der Zeit lieber in Linux rum. Aber das letzte Jahr war was Frickeln betrifft recht unspektakulär. Vorallem im Hinblick, dass mir 25 Jahre Wissensvorsprung wie bei Windows fehlen.