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Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
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Author:  Norris [ Sat October 24, 2015 12:15 am ]
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Whitey McTeeth wrote:
I broke up my smart phone and ate the insides. i am now truly connected.

bleep bloop blop

I wouldn't eat that. It might be a virus.

Author:  Whitey McTeeth [ Sat October 24, 2015 2:03 am ]
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All fucking 1s and 0s bro.

Author:  Norris [ Fri February 26, 2016 6:20 pm ]
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Just got one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-10-Inch-Ta ... B00TR05L9Y

Haven't done much with it as I literally just got it but it seems to be pretty nice for the price.

Author:  E.H. Ruddock [ Fri February 26, 2016 6:33 pm ]
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
Just got one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-10-Inch-Ta ... B00TR05L9Y

Haven't done much with it as I literally just got it but it seems to be pretty nice for the price.

I love tablets

Author:  Norris [ Fri February 26, 2016 7:52 pm ]
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Yeah I'm enjoying this. I needed something big because I'm going to bring it to darts to use as a scoreboard, and it was one of the few 10 inch tablets under $200.

Author:  BurtReynolds [ Mon April 04, 2016 9:41 pm ]
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I'm rming from a new phone. S7 edge. It's pretty sweet. I'm kind of a big deal now.

Author:  E.H. Ruddock [ Mon April 04, 2016 9:52 pm ]
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BurtReynolds wrote:
I'm rming from a new phone. S7 edge. It's pretty sweet. I'm kind of a big deal now.

Blood Father

Author:  Jorge [ Mon April 04, 2016 9:56 pm ]
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Nyquillyn? What

Author:  tragabigzanda [ Thu May 11, 2017 10:24 pm ]
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I'm not springing for this or anything, but...one it's refined, in a few more years? Sure.

Samsung Dex Comes Heartbreakingly Close to Turning a Phone Into a Full-Blown Computer
http://gizmodo.com/samsung-dex-comes-he ... 1795028661

Author:  run2death [ Thu August 03, 2017 10:34 pm ]
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We got a Google Daydream for a project at work. It's pretty cool. Probably the best VR experience you can have without a REAL Oculus headset.

Much better than Gear VR.

Author:  run2death [ Sun August 06, 2017 3:40 pm ]
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My son spilled Coke all over my old-school wired aluminium Mac keyboard on Monday. A sticky mess that left about half the keys not working.

I stuck it on the top rack of the dishwasher on Thursday.

I let it dry out until this morning and bingo! It works perfectly now.

Reminded me of an old Nvidia graphics card that I used to bake in the oven once a month to keep going. That actually work for a year and a half.

Author:  Norris [ Sun August 06, 2017 3:53 pm ]
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You ever freeze a hard drive?

Author:  run2death [ Sun August 06, 2017 3:59 pm ]
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I did. It didn't work. :?

Author:  Norris [ Sun August 06, 2017 4:08 pm ]
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Did you seal it tight to keep out the moisture? I got data off a dead drive that way once. Got it working just long enough to copy what I needed.

Author:  run2death [ Sun August 06, 2017 6:59 pm ]
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Yup. Seal it with our vacuum sealer.

Luckily, the paper had an awesome recovery system. The IT guys pulled out the platter and I was able to recover.

Author:  tragabigzanda [ Mon August 07, 2017 12:58 am ]
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I'm about a week into using my Sonicare toothbrush and my mouth has never felt cleaner.

Author:  Sgt. Crackpot [ Mon August 07, 2017 2:08 am ]
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What is it? A laser toothbrush or something?

Author:  E.H. Ruddock [ Mon August 07, 2017 3:53 am ]
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Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.

Author:  Sgt. Crackpot [ Mon August 07, 2017 4:34 am ]
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.

If you've downloaded the offline maps, then GPS will still work to show your current position. I believe you can still use navigation, however it won't know traffic or current conditions so it may not be the quickest route. i.e. it would route navigation based on the shortest distance.

You could also buy a pre-paid sim card in Iceland to pop in your phone, so you have some data.

Author:  E.H. Ruddock [ Mon August 07, 2017 7:43 pm ]
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.

If you've downloaded the offline maps, then GPS will still work to show your current position. I believe you can still use navigation, however it won't know traffic or current conditions so it may not be the quickest route. i.e. it would route navigation based on the shortest distance.

You could also buy a pre-paid sim card in Iceland to pop in your phone, so you have some data.

Thanks. I'm trying to not have access to data while driving around the ring road, don't want any reason to have my phone except for navigation. I actually just found an offline map app for Iceland that got great reviews and works with the phone GPS, so I've downloaded that as well.

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