Martin

Kebabpizza

You are right, I didn’t think of MBR.

It was possible for Ubuntu once upon a time

Odd choice to use Android 11 on one of them and Android 14 on the other. Makes me suspicious of their ability to keep these devices up to date over time.

Yes, unstable Debian is still hella stable. But you probably don’t want to suggest it as the first Linux dust since you need some extra carefulness when updating.

I lock my computer whenever I leave my desk.

Try Rdx, it’s great for read access to Reddit.

More info in the GitHub repo.

Very probable since 73% of all statistics are just made up.

That is a ridiculous statement, it’s probably also true 🙄.

Yes

I forgot to mention the wireless scanner in my op, but that is part of the steps I listed.

No, we (most supermarkets in Sweden) get a wireless scanner handle that we have with us in the store. So we scan each item when we take it from the shelf and put it in the bag/cart. When we get to the self checkout we just put the handle back and pay.

I live in Sweden. The system in the Netherlands sounds similar to what we have. There are also wireless scanners you can use throughout the store if you don’t want to use your phone.

This sounds like a terrible user experience. Is this a case of “we have implemented a terrible self checkout system and now no one likes to use it”?

Exactly, a membership id to checkout the wireless scanner that you have with you in the store.

I don’t recognize these pain points. I always use the self checkout and it’s usually quick and painless. My experience is.

Edit: seems I made the assumption that everyone uses wireless scanner handles.

0. When we enter the store we scan the ID to get a wireless scanner handle.
1. Collect your wares, scan with the handle, placing them directly into the bags along the way.
2. Put the handle back and blip your membership id (card or qr code on phone) again to start the checkout.
3. Blip your payment card.
4. Walk out

Every once in a while I get caught in a random check, which is kind of a pain, but it’s so infrequent that it is acceptable.

Is this not how it usually works?

You pay to get your car serviced but with your phone you don’t even have that option. When the manufacturer drops support, you don’t even have the option to pay for prolonged software support.

Also - hard drives, floppy disks, etc have always referred to their size in base 1000 numbers

That is not true. For a long time everything (computer related) was in the base 2 variants. Then the HD manufacturers changed so their drives would appear larger than they actually were (according to everyone’s notions of what kn/mb/gb meant). It was a marketing shrinkflation stunt.

How does switching the codec help with downloading subtitles from the web?

Is using the Android TV app considered “using it wrong”? Because that doesn’t support downloading subtitles.