CaptainMarvel (u/CaptainMarvel)

CaptainMarvel commented on Apple's 80% charging limit for iPhone: How much did it help after a year? macrumors.com/2024/09/24/... · Posted by u/Tomte

arder · a year ago

It's difficult to see when the 80% will ever pay off. They're a year in and he's got 94% health - but with that limit in place that's an effective battery capacity of 73% (0.94*0.8). At the rate that the others' batteries are degrading it's going to be close to 2 years before they even hit 80% capacity let alone the 60-70% that would make the 80% limited battery have better total real battery time. And at that point what are we saying? You're trading a good chunk of your battery in the first two years of its life for a few percent more several years into owning the phone?

It seems difficult from these numbers to see when, if ever, this choice is going to pay off for the people who opt in.

CaptainMarvel · a year ago

The older feature of limiting charge to 80% only overnight was more useful in my opinion.

CaptainMarvel commented on The Chorleywood Experiment (2023) historic-uk.com/CultureUK... · Posted by u/Jaruzel

Nursie · 2 years ago

Even the supermarkets should have quite a bit in their 'fresh' section that's made more normally. Particularly look for sourdough - even if it's not real sourdough you should find stuff that's had a decent amount of time to rise.

Beyond that - visit a bakers or a market or something.

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

The "fresh" section in supermarkets is indeed in quotes because often it is not fresh [0] and it is not real sourdough [1].

They certainly give the impression that it is though!

[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/11/fou...

[1]: https://www.sustainweb.org/news/dec23-lidl-sourdough-sourfau...

CaptainMarvel commented on The Chorleywood Experiment (2023) historic-uk.com/CultureUK... · Posted by u/Jaruzel

noir_lord · 2 years ago

We must live in different parts of the UK then because where I am in the north the bread choice has never been better - what you said was more true a couple of decades ago but my local small co-op has a huge range of bread fresh baked on premises including stuff like ancient grain sourdough.

All the lidl's within 20 miles have in store bakeries and do the same and you can order that stuff from all the major supermarkets.

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

It's funny that you mention co-op and lidl.. neither of them actually have "bread fresh baked on premises including stuff like ancient grain sourdough" [0].

kwhitefoot is correct and the vast majority of bread in the UK is not what you think it is.

The bread in these two stores is mostly baked in a factory and then delivered to the store where it may be heated for a golden crust (at most). The ancient grain sourdough is (likely) just mostly wheat bread [1].

In my personal experience, I was always suspicious of the "fresh sourdough bread" at Tesco. It was far too soft to be real sourdough bread and now I think it was a straight-up lie- sorry just a marketing label.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/11/fou...

[1] https://www.sustainweb.org/news/dec23-lidl-sourdough-sourfau...

CaptainMarvel commented on 2 years after UK poop-engulfed beaches became national scandals, it's even worse cnn.com/england-uk-sewage... · Posted by u/rntn

nightowl_games · 2 years ago

Isnt a sewer system one of the first indicators of a civilization? What does the collapse of that sewer system indicate?

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

I’m not sure about that, but I can tell you that the UK has been regressing in: healthcare, policing, education, road infrastructure, rail infrastructure, immigration control and social care for the last 10-15 years amongst other things. The median disposable salary has also been decreasing.

CaptainMarvel commented on People with gas and propane stoves breathe more unhealthy nitrogen dioxide news.stanford.edu/2024/05... · Posted by u/hbcondo714

com2kid · 2 years ago

Induction stoves are almost 2x more efficient than gas stoves in regards to how much of the output energy ends up in the pot or pan.

So unless gas is 1/2 the price of electricity where you are at, induction still wins!

Oh and because gas puts approximately 50% of its heat into the environment and not the cookware, it can cause an increase in AC costs in the summer!

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

In the UK, gas has been roughly a quarter of the cost of electricity for decades.

I find it hard to believe given global markets that it is more than half of the cost in more than just a few extreme parts of the world.

CaptainMarvel commented on Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU macrumors.com/2024/03/12/... · Posted by u/Hamuko

Vinnl · 2 years ago

I assume you're aware and have some other reason that disqualifies it (e.g. you're in the US), but Fairphone does exist and comes pretty close (i.e. PostmarketOS is supposed to run, at least): https://www.fairphone.com/

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

Thank you. I did actually come across this a few weeks ago as I semi-regularly search for new phones in my despair!

It is the closest phone to what I have been after for a while. I particularly like their long software support and their support for right-to-repair. It runs stock Android, however I'm not sure whether that means Google is still fully entrenched into all aspects of the phone by default including through Play Store APIs, notifications, etc.

(If anyone would shed some light on the software side, I would appreciate it because I'm not familiar with modern Android.)

Even if it were suitable I would not be in a position to buy it for a while, hence I am still plodding along with my iPhone but just keeping an eye out for good alternatives.

Edit: I re-noticed you said it runs postmarketOS. That's awesome and I'll need to look into it - I know very little about it. Though it seems many aspects of the hardware are not supported on even the Fairphone 4.

CaptainMarvel commented on Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU macrumors.com/2024/03/12/... · Posted by u/Hamuko

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

My tolerance for Apple's walled garden expired with what they've pulled in reaction to the Digital Markets Act. It's become blatant (to me) they are landlords of their digital empire seeking to squeeze rent from everyone. I wouldn't mind paying for their expensive and yet still-profitable hardware if not for the antics they pull on the software side.

Everyone should be able to run whatever legally-obtained program they have on their device without needing to pay someone, and without needing the permission of someone else.

In my opinion, that should be law. (I think that would be net-beneficial to society and so worth the restriction on profits for a couple of humongous companies or whatever.)

CaptainMarvel commented on Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU macrumors.com/2024/03/12/... · Posted by u/Hamuko

shinryuu · 2 years ago

> Web Distribution, available with a software update later this spring, will let authorized developers distribute their iOS apps to EU users directly from a website owned by the developer.

iPhone users don't really own their own device, do they...

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

I don't. This is a stark realisation that I have had over the past few years. I would once staunchly recommend iPhones for their strong security, in particular app isolation, on-device AI, and physical device security.

However, over the years there have been more and more instances where Apple decides what I can do with my phone. From restricting APIs to give their first-party apps advantage, to, most recently, not having any (local) method to move voice memos off my Apple Watch.

I've realised they are orchestrating their hardware and software to build a truly solid wall from within which they can extract continuous rent from their captives.

I don't own my device because I cannot freely run the software I create on it (without paying Apple and gaining their approval, which is impossible in some cases).

I'm done with Apple... but there are no acceptable alternatives. Android is bad in other aspects.

This is not a free and fair market; it's a duopoly.

I genuinely pray weekly for a phone like the Framework Laptop, where I can run my own software (Arch Linux) and repair and replace the hardware as needed.

CaptainMarvel commented on Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills phys.org/news/2024-03-hum... · Posted by u/wglb

dwighttk · 2 years ago

Wear clothes

Write about history no one currently alive has seen

Make music

Go to space

Theorize

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

Wear clothes - I know that hermit crabs wear shells

Make music - I know that birds sing, and a quick Google search shows whales and seals seem to make "music" as well

Theorize - Depending on what you mean of course (but I agree with you about e.g. scientific hypotheses to be tested), but as an example apparently birds "theorize about the minds of others", again by Google search

Writing - Definitely a stretch here (and so I agree with you) but animals do leave chemical markings for others

CaptainMarvel commented on Ultra-processed foods: largest ever review shows many ill effects on health theconversation.com/ultra... · Posted by u/gnabgib

ImHereToVote · 2 years ago

People are far too concerned about feelings. There are serious industry considerations concerning scale and modern manufacturing processes that have scientific backing about their implementation. Industry scientists with PhDs in food safety are responsible for your food. The human obsession with well being is disgusting actually. Trust the science people, please.

CaptainMarvel · 2 years ago

You need to look at the real incentives in a system, not pick out what you would like to happen.

Large multi-national profit-focused companies are responsible for your food. (To be more precise, something like 60% of calories consumed by western nations is produced by a small number of international companies... I think my point is clear enough.)

Their overriding goal is to make money. It is not to make healthy food.

They do not comprehensively test new ultra-processed ingredients before using them in foods. This is partly why there is a cycle of "oh no, X is bad for you" and "don't worry, we can fix all of this by using Y" and "oh no, Y is bad for you". The test is live, on everyone, happening right now.

There are no general regulations preventing them to do whatever it takes to reduce the cost of "food", so long as they are not obviously killing people. There are many "slightly bad" side effects of this that will pass unnoticed until investigated with great effort and cost.

That's what this review is.

You are finding out now, after the fact.

Don't misjudge the cause though. It's not the ingredients. It's the system that underpins the entire (food) industry.