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Cake day: December 2nd, 2024
  • darthinvidious@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anyone here think smartphones and tech like that kinda peaked in 2019 arnd that time?
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    2 days ago

    Yes. MKBHD2s YouTube channel is what I use to make that judgement. Samsung gave their phones ridiculous amounts of RAM and storage for a device that really shouldn’t be used that way. 12GB RAM for a phone?? You can still get laptops that only give you 8GB!

    The whole folding gimmick is also stupid IMO due to the impracticable usefulness of a cover/case and screen protector at that point. I get people wanting more screen surface… but dude, just use a fucking laptop and be done with it. A phone is a phone. Get over it already.

    Hell, I’d be more impressed if more people started flashing a Nintendo Switch and just carrying that around instead of complaining about screen size for something that’s designed to fit in your pocket. FFS 😤

  • darthinvidious@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some red flags when it comes to renting in an apartment?
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    4 days ago

    Not sure what makes sense to ask but my personal experience:

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    I would wanna ask if they recently had any work done to their plumbing for the building. I moved to a new place once but the building was older and just my luck as I had taken up a job that was WFH–surely enough, while I was at home, they had to turn off the water randomly (for hours) throughout a given week and this happened like every other month. They would only give notice via some random paper they slipped through unit front door but otherwise, I had no other way of knowing when this would happen.

    Second thing to maybe ask is if they plan to do any kind of work on the parking lot (assuming the building has an actual lot). For me, I didn’t think to ask this but about 3 months in, the building ended up having work done in the parking lot to redo pavement and redraw parking spaces. They forced every tenant to move their car from the lot and as a backup measure, let us use a nearby parking lot that was actually for a restaurant. As you can imagine, this was not a good idea. I was sort of lucky because being WFH meant I could move my car when everybody else was at work but in hindsight, the temporary space they were offering was not enough for the amount of tenants and cars.