lvl4x's comments

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices

Is it just how they think, or is it the reality of the business?

Would be cool if manufacturers would make old versions of sourcecode public after a couple of years, and the final version when a product goes out of production.

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Hundreds of dogs in Norway hit by mystery illness

"Preliminary assessment of the responses received so far in the survey, doesn’t show any correlation between the cases that give a clear trace to follow in the investigation. In most cases where several dogs live in the same animal care, only one dog has become ill."

Seems unlikely that dog food is the issue, else they would have caught it by now. Dogs don't take well to quick changes in their diet either (they'd start showing some of the symptoms described), and the list of foods they shouldn't ingest is long. Recommending that people start feeding their pets human food would probably just make the whole situation a lot worse.

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Hundreds of dogs in Norway hit by mystery illness

"In most cases where several dogs live in the same animal care, only one dog has become ill. This may indicate that the possible disease is not so contagious from dog to dog. For the time being, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's advice on restricting close contact between dogs remains valid."

I'm looking forward to seeing what caused this. Really strange (In my non-expert mind) that it hasn't made its way to Sweden.

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymous threats

Not to undermine how serious the situation is and that these people are risking a lot by fighting for independence, but I wish we had fewer of these 'oh my god, people are getting death threats' headlines. Anyone and everyone get hate and threats for unpopular opinions online, it's not news.

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

You probably won't have the option to store your playlists locally though, and streaming music with mobile net could get expensive. The other big apps without good mobile web versions are Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram. Those could be show-stoppers for some people.

lvl4x | 6 years ago | on: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

I've never seen a cellphone with a soldered battery, and most of the slowdown in iPhones is caused by the OS slowing down to make up for reduced battery capacity. With apple and other manufacturers having to replace batteries in their own phones, I seriously doubt we'll ever see soldered batteries.
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