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Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by benrutter »

Schwolop wrote: post #188
benrutter wrote: post #63

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Yeah, that's really not great at all! From their website: > Wait, it's single use? Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in this particular circumstance we believe it's the best solution to the given set of constraints I don't want to be too harsh, since it seems like the pebble team are working hard at producing some exciting tech. But intentionally making a single use device is phenomenally irresponsible in today…

They weigh 5g. A tonne of them is two hundred million of them. I very much doubt that many will be e-waste.

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Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by LoveMortuus »

bArray wrote: post #53

Was just checking out the Index 01 [1]: > Why can't it be recharged? > We considered this but decided not to for several reasons: > You'd probably lose the charger before the battery runs out! > Adding charge circuitry and including a charger would make the product larger and more expensive. > You send it back to us to recycle. I don't think this is true. The charging circuit could have been in the charger itself. To…

>Roughly 12 to 15 hours of recording.

That seems extremely little for 100$...

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by t0bia_s »

the_sleaze_ wrote: post #88
NuclearPM wrote: post #80

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What do you mean by “today’s climate”?

Western Europe is experiencing a record setting deadly heatwave, for one interpretation.

Currently in middle of Europe we have about 25°C. There was few days where we had about 38°C. Nothing deadly.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by ornornor »

t0bia_s wrote: post #193
the_sleaze_ wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Western Europe is experiencing a record setting deadly heatwave, for one interpretation.

Currently in middle of Europe we have about 25°C. There was few days where we had about 38°C. Nothing deadly.

38 in daytime and 30 at night kills.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by spwa4 »

graemep wrote: post #51
spwa4 wrote: post #35

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You realize the EU let Chinese sellers sell lead-containing painted toys to EU babies for 12 years despite endless warnings, right? They will not act unless forced or it's easy enough. The EU came from the "European Union of coal and steel". It's a business first, not a government. And yes, they've really deceived a lot of people about this. That's why we have the DMA ... except for Apple ... except for Google, as if…

> The EU came from the "European Union of coal and steel". It's a business first, not a government. And yes, they've really deceived a lot of people about this. That is true, but omits an important part of the motive for that. The aim was to tie France and Germany together economically to discourage them from going to war again. It became irrelevant quite quickly due to the cold war and NATO, but it was an important…

And yet, it seems awfully consistent with letting China export poisoned toys for children. In fact the EU made itself the only arbiter of what can be imported, then proceeding to allow that. Not by changing the law, but by simply not checking.

And of course, we keep having people claiming that they were, despite a decade of complaints about it, including in courts, somehow not aware that they were doing this. Why?

To say nothing of the other problems with Chinese goods: repression, use of slavery, use of child labor, ...

Now they'll do something about China (or so they claim) ... right after they created the same situation for South America, who also have a history of moral failings when it comes to products: repression, use of slavery, use of child labor, ...

This is exactly what I'd expect a business conglomerate, willing to make any compromise, allow any practice, as long as they can deflect blame and make a lot of money on it ... exactly

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by t0bia_s »

ornornor wrote: post #196
t0bia_s wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently in middle of Europe we have about 25°C. There was few days where we had about 38°C. Nothing deadly.

38 in daytime and 30 at night kills.

Freezing during winter kills about 8 times more.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524696

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

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Post by ornornor »

t0bia_s wrote: post #199
ornornor wrote: post #195

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Ah yes, the hottest summer ever. Probably nothing to worry about.

Not yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_year-round_heat_and_drough...

That was… once, 500 years ago. The hottest summer before this year was 2023. The one before that a few years before.
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