The Official Status Thread
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: In a call with China. It's going as smoothly as expected...
As in the country? The whole country?
STATUS someone has up ended a cattle cart so I have nothing to do this afternoon.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS someone has up ended a cattle cart so I have nothing to do this afternoon.
What?
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@Cursorkeys said in The Official Status Thread:
I had the operation in a teaching hospital so it was quite amusing hearing ' You'll never see this again in your career but this is an X of Y cells which never happens' while the X in question was on my head.
I'm glad your cancer wasn't serious and quickly treated. On that topic, I had my wisdom teeth removed in a teaching hospital, under local anaesthetic because it was a simple operation. It went very well, but I was also amused by the resident surgeon saying and demonstrating "no, don't put the instrument this way! You need to put it in with an angle, like this, and when you twist you can see the tooth slightly lifting up. If you put it like this, then you can see as you force it's moving the other tooth and you're going to break it!"
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Status: I don't like the sound of this:
//WHY DO WE NEED THIS???? - we do apparently, I put it back, timing I guess
@remi said in The Official Status Thread:
I'm glad your cancer wasn't serious and quickly treated.
Me too! It's very surreal when the doctor doesn't go: 'it's fine, get out' but instead gets a serious look and starts handing you booklets.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
just, well, a phone (you know, talking) that can also do SMS. Evidently, no one on this smartphone-addicted planet sells such a thing anymore brand-new, or if they do, it's locked to a different carrier or costs US$75+.
That's why I upgraded to a smart phone when I needed a new one a couple of years ago. I couldn't find a non-smart one to buy at a reasonable price.
they won't support the frequency bands that T-Mo uses around here.
Eh, it hardly matters. Most of the time, you won't have a signal, anyway. T-Mobile is (relatively) inexpensive and a shining example of the adage that you get what you pay for. [Source: current T-Mobile customer]
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@Cursorkeys We get Bupa through work. I've never needed to use it fortunately (I've needed the NHS in that time either) but based on other people's experience it seems to offer benefit in some services - especially the mental health services.
ORLY?
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Status: Considering starting a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server since it supports Android/Gear VR/Xbox and some other things, although it is not compatible with the mainline Java edition. However, the game server (PocketMine) is written in PHP...
EDIT: Nvm, not going that route. PocketMine is an unofficial server which supports basically no game features at all. The alternative is paying Mojang a monthly fee and having them host the game. Homey don't play that. I self-host or I don't play at all.
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@sweaty_gammon said in The Official Status Thread:
@Gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
Mostly because a broken plane doesn't work at all, while broken software is still mostly functional.
Quite a few people had to die in the process though to get to where we are today with air safety. The De Havilland Comet worked fine until it ripped itself apart. Also in the early days of passenger planes you had things like this:
If there were deaths due to poor software engineering you bet it would get quite a bit better.
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@mott555 said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Considering starting a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server since it supports Android/Gear VR/Xbox and some other things, although it is not compatible with the mainline Java edition. However, the game server (PocketMine) is written in PHP...
EDIT: Nvm, not going that route. PocketMine is an unofficial server which supports basically no game features at all. The alternative is paying Mojang a monthly fee and having them host the game. Homey don't play that. I self-host or I don't play at all.
If you ever do get something workable, let me know! I looked around a while ago and couldn't find anything either...
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@mott555 said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Considering starting a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server since it supports Android/Gear VR/Xbox and some other things, although it is not compatible with the mainline Java edition. However, the game server (PocketMine) is written in PHP...
EDIT: Nvm, not going that route. PocketMine is an unofficial server which supports basically no game features at all. The alternative is paying Mojang a monthly fee and having them host the game. Homey don't play that. I self-host or I don't play at all.
There are many different server platforms. Most of them are PHP, and I think one is C#. But Mojang recently released the official Bedrock server software.
e: cc @Tsaukpaetra
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@mott555 said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Considering starting a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server since it supports Android/Gear VR/Xbox and some other things, although it is not compatible with the mainline Java edition. However, the game server (PocketMine) is written in PHP...
EDIT: Nvm, not going that route. PocketMine is an unofficial server which supports basically no game features at all. The alternative is paying Mojang a monthly fee and having them host the game. Homey don't play that. I self-host or I don't play at all.
There are many different server platforms. Most of them are PHP, and I think one is C#. But Mojang recently released the official Bedrock server software.
e: cc @Tsaukpaetra
I was scratching my head over these sentences. "Unzip the container file"? If a user is going to know what "unzip" means, do you really need to call it a "container file"? Also, "how to" should probably be "how-to"....
Well, I'll try it...
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@mott555 said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Considering starting a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server since it supports Android/Gear VR/Xbox and some other things, although it is not compatible with the mainline Java edition. However, the game server (PocketMine) is written in PHP...
EDIT: Nvm, not going that route. PocketMine is an unofficial server which supports basically no game features at all. The alternative is paying Mojang a monthly fee and having them host the game. Homey don't play that. I self-host or I don't play at all.
There are many different server platforms. Most of them are PHP, and I think one is C#. But Mojang recently released the official Bedrock server software.
e: cc @Tsaukpaetra
I'll take a look at it. The official wiki mentioned that Mojang had a server but it sounded like it wasn't publicly-available.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
T-Mobile is (relatively) inexpensive and a shining example of the adage that you get what you pay for. [Source: current T-Mobile customer]
I'm also a T-Mo customer (well, another MVNO that uses their network) currently. We actually have good service throughout the area, believe it or not.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
T-Mobile is (relatively) inexpensive and a shining example of the adage that you get what you pay for. [Source: current T-Mobile customer]
I'm also a T-Mo customer (well, another MVNO that uses their network) currently. We actually have good service throughout the area, believe it or not.
LocationLocationLocation. (I have AT&T - it was unusable in my house until wifi-calling finally turned up on the phone)
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
Status and shit: Trying to find a phone that will work on the T-Mo (US) network, so it can be used with a very basic $5/month plan that's suitable for urgent communication with my kid. The catch? I don't want to give my kids a fuckin' "smart"phone - just, well, a phone (you know, talking) that can also do SMS. Evidently, no one on this smartphone-addicted planet sells such a thing anymore brand-new, or if they do, it's locked to a different carrier or costs US$75+. I also worry about some of the used ones; if they aren't new enough, they won't support the frequency bands that T-Mo uses around here.
If you find some old model, it might not be compatible with a bunch of modern apps anyway.
Perhaps don't provide the WiFi password, use a plan with minimal data, and any of that stuff won't be a concern?
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@kazitor said in The Official Status Thread:
Perhaps don't provide the WiFi password, use a plan with minimal data, and any of that stuff won't be a concern?
I'd most certainly have to root a "smart"phone and remove all the shit that might possibly suck up data, unless the phone had an option to turn off data entirely while leaving talk and text active. A dumbphone wouldn't have that concern.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
unless the phone had an option to turn off data entirely while leaving talk and text active
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
unless the phone had an option to turn off data entirely while leaving talk and text active.
They do. At least Android phones do.
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@sloosecannon said in The Official Status Thread:
@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
unless the phone had an option to turn off data entirely while leaving talk and text active.
They do. At least Android phones do.
Excellent. Now I gotta convince my kid not to turn it on...
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@sloosecannon Nothing stopping someone form turning it back on though, hence I suggest minimal data in the first place.
Although don't some phones have some sort of parental controls or something?
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@sloosecannon I don't know whether there's a way to prevent the user (kid) from turning the data on again, though. I suppose there probably is, but I've never needed to find out. Edit:
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@lolwhat Maybe the provider can block the data? If not, 100MB doesn't go that far.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@lolwhat Maybe the provider can block the data? If not, 100MB doesn't go that far.
Perhaps. But that's the point - I don't want my kid to do anything other than urgent communication with it, and data isn't such.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
Now I gotta convince my kid not to turn it on...
Make him/her pay the data bill
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
Now I gotta convince my kid not to turn it on...
Make him/her pay the data bill
LOL, they're too young to have a proper job.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
unless the phone had an option to turn off data entirely while leaving talk and text active.
They do, but it's trivially easy to turn it back on, which of course hypothetical kids will do.
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
LOL, they're too young to have a proper job.
Can't pay the bill, can't use the data.
Problem solved
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
Now I gotta convince my kid not to turn it on...
Make him/her pay the data bill
LOL, they're too young to have a proper job.
Loading the dishwasher each night scores 100K of data!
OMG: Did I just come up with the killer-app-for-parents (or overcontrolling partners)?
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@lolwhat There's a quad band 3310 which supports 1900MHz, which the T-Mobile USA site says it uses.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe the provider can block the data?
When they can make money by charging for data over the limit?
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe the provider can block the data?
When they can make money by charging for data over the limit?
My provider in the UK (O2) just blocks the data when the limit is exceeded.
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Status: Due to the slow but inevitable putrefaction of the Windows Phone app store, and due to a sweetheart deal from Google, I've jumped ship to Android.
Dear Android app devs,
While it's unwanted, I can accept stupid advertising inside your apps. I'll throw it away as soon as possible, but it's your app, I'm already engaged, it's not unreasonable to try to get my attention for whatever bull-- *brrrng!* ... your marketing team wants to shove in my face.
However, notifications are reser-- *brrrng!* ... reserved for stuff that actually needs my immediate attention. New calls, email, instant messages, pizza guy is at my door, etc. It is not *brrrng!* ... for shit like "You've won the opportunity to buy something at 10% off!". Doing so will lead me to kill all notifications immediately, probably kill your app, and maybe even interf-- *brrrng!* ... interfere with that feature for other people.
Fuck Amazon with a rake.
P.S. If someone is trying to call me, a great way to not have me answer is to use a non-existent area code. That really instills confidence that everything isn't above board. Also, when I forward your call to a screening service, the best way to have me block you forever is to hang up and immediately redial. Because why would I want to know who I'm actually talking with?
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe the provider can block the data?
When they can make money by charging for data over the limit?
This reminds me of the dark times before our government created competition in the mobile market in the form of mandatory MVNOs (yes, anti-government people, it was an incredibly good piece of regulation). Everything was controlled by three big telcos with the prices turned up to eleven and on top of that they had zero shame when it came to abusing things like that. So going over the data limit was very expensive and they definitely didn't help you avoid it.
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Status: Fuck Unreal Engine and its nonsensical compilation errors.
Yes, I understand that
AndroidPermissionFunctionLibrary.generated.h
was not found. No, I don't understand why you're not generating it for me (it's an internal engine file, WTF are you bugging me about this for?).Of course, not even the Googles can help here.
What a load of slimy shit...
Edit: Funny enough, this file is being generated. For Win64 builds. Because I have much use for the Android function libraries on Windows, natch. Why it can't do this for the Android build, who knows?!?!?
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@TwelveBaud You can block notifications per-app.
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Status: So, you're telling me it's safe to ignore obsolete warnings. One wonders what one should do for deprecation warnings...
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@kazitor said in The Official Status Thread:
I hear thunder in the distance, ought to shut down
A relative once: "You know computers. If theres a thunderstorm and I unplug my laptop, but keep using it, can it get zapped?"
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@TwelveBaud You can block notifications per-app.
Doing nothing beats arsing around with notification settings any day.
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@kazitor I drag the notification halfway offscreen, tap the gear that appears, and tap disable notifications. Easy.
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@TwelveBaud said in The Official Status Thread:
Fuck Amazon with a rake.
This came out of nowhere in your rant. What did they do?
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@stillwater said in The Official Status Thread:
What did they do?
they messed up the delivery of his rake
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@TwelveBaud said in The Official Status Thread:
However, notifications are reser-- brrrng! ... reserved for stuff that actually needs my immediate attention. New calls, email, instant messages, pizza guy is at my door, etc. It is not brrrng! ... for shit like "You've won the opportunity to buy something at 10% off!". Doing so will lead me to kill all notifications immediately, probably kill your app, and maybe even interf-- brrrng! ... interfere with that feature for other people.
I advise taping this text to a cluebat and beat this information into the developers vigorously and forcefully until they comply.
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@Atazhaia "Haven't seen you in a while" is what pisses me off the most!
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The Typescript compiler is crap.
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