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Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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>Anything less than half full, however, induced feelings of profound anxiety and discomfort," he said. I wonder how much priming they had to do to get that response. Sounds like we can cure the world's anxiety with a $20 battery backup.

I always feel this way when the car's fuel gauge gets below half.

Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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I never carry a charger for my phone or laptop unless I plan to spend more than a day out (I had to with my old laptop, though). I actually feel a little frustrated when my phone's battery lasts less than 48 hours, because it means I'm using my smartphone much more than necessary. I don't try to limit my phone use, but I do take some measures that probably help to save battery: screen rotation and bluetooth are alway…

What is the screen brightness app you use?

Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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Data point of one, but I cannot relate to this in the slightest. My Android phone is two years old and I never even check the battery. I don't even charge it at work -- but if that became a problem, I would. Seems like an easy problem to solve. And who in the world measures their commute in batteries? Ten miles will stay ten miles; half a battery could mean very different things from one day to the next. (The phone i…

Do you by any chance also pack light for trips? Have fairly empty pockets? Genuinely interested.

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Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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>Anything less than half full, however, induced feelings of profound anxiety and discomfort," he said. I wonder how much priming they had to do to get that response. Sounds like we can cure the world's anxiety with a $20 battery backup.

I wouldn't call it profound, but a low battery is definitely a source of anxiety. Battery packs do solve the issue, but then you have to carry it around all day. And not forget it, or to charge it, in the first place.

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>Anything less than half full, however, induced feelings of profound anxiety and discomfort," he said. I wonder how much priming they had to do to get that response. Sounds like we can cure the world's anxiety with a $20 battery backup.

Seeing my phone battery below 50% makes me faintly anxious because it seems like it always discharges faster from 30% to 0% than from 100% to 70%. It's the unpredictability of discharge rate rather than merely having a low battery.

Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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I never carry a charger for my phone or laptop unless I plan to spend more than a day out (I had to with my old laptop, though). I actually feel a little frustrated when my phone's battery lasts less than 48 hours, because it means I'm using my smartphone much more than necessary. I don't try to limit my phone use, but I do take some measures that probably help to save battery: screen rotation and bluetooth are alway…

What is the screen brightness app you use?

It's called Lux Auto Brightness (I've no relation whatsoever with the developer). I prefer it to other options because with it the brightness is always very comfortable to me. Just checked the battery usage by apps, and it doesn't even appear in the list.

Re: Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space

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I can't for the life of me understand what that battery icon with the leaf superimposed over it is trying to convey.

Power-saving mode. I know Acer used this in their notebooks. (I had one.) You could manually switch to a reduced power mode. Because it used less battery power it was advertised as eco-friendly since I guess the marketing assumed conservation always means the same thing.

Nowadays every CPU and peripheral does automatic power throttling all the time and no one pretends it has anything to do with being environmentally conscious.

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