The Quest for a Dumber Phone • Hacker News Board

Re: The Quest for a Dumber Phone

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Post by jackfischer » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

statquontrarian wrote: post #131

jackfischer wrote: post #105

I tried the Light Phone II but found it too limiting. While they did an admirable job trying to get functionality like maps usable it wasn't practical enough overall. Currently using the Unihertz Titan Pocket with the minimalist phone launcher as my daily driver.

I just got the Unihertz Titan Pocket and I'm having periodic WiFi disconnection issues. Do you see those? I gathered MTKLOG traces for them reproducing the issue but haven't heard back for days. I posted on the Facebook group, nicely, and my post was deleted. I just escalated and forwarded my email with the diagnostics to any unihertz email I could find on the web and we'll see what happens tomorrow, but I'm likely t…

I have also had wifi disconnection issues. However, since minimal use is the goal for me anyway I haven't prioritized chasing the issue down.

Re: The Quest for a Dumber Phone

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Post by incomingpain » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 2:13 PM UTC

t0bia_s wrote: post #179

Hopefully one day we will have cellphone with eink display and simple apps for sync email, calendar, notes, contacts... That is all I actually need with me. In size of dumbphone with battery for week.

To answer your question from the flagged Czech thread.

>Why? Is it too political?

When I look at the "active" threads on HN. The majority are political. For example, NY Jails want to ban mail. It's entirely political for a tiny portion of the world, but clearly allowed.

Your problem is that you came up against communism.

Re: The Quest for a Dumber Phone

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Post by t0bia_s » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 8:06 PM UTC

incomingpain wrote: post #202

t0bia_s wrote: post #179

Hopefully one day we will have cellphone with eink display and simple apps for sync email, calendar, notes, contacts... That is all I actually need with me. In size of dumbphone with battery for week.

To answer your question from the flagged Czech thread. >Why? Is it too political? When I look at the "active" threads on HN. The majority are political. For example, NY Jails want to ban mail. It's entirely political for a tiny portion of the world, but clearly allowed. Your problem is that you came up against communism.

"Your problem is that you came up against communism." I don't understand what is wrong with that?

Also... I don't understand, why there is flagging without any explanation? How can I learn from it?

Re: The Quest for a Dumber Phone

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Post by 4ggr0 » Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 10:06 AM UTC

marttt wrote: post #199

4ggr0 wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My point is that the commenter mentioned that they're a brush-cutter, while they have comments on their profile talking about Free-/NetBSD, Perl etc. This made me curious about this persons background. These details just created a very interesting image in my head - brush cutter by day, Free-/NetBSD hacker during the night. If they don't want to go into it, fine, just figured I might as well ask. Fine?

Brush cutter here -- not at all insulted by the question! I'm actually a trained journalist, but at one point I needed better work-life balance. Agreed to help out my (late) dad's classmate who is a forester. Brush cutting and tree planting seem to somehow fit my personality (excellent for loners who like physical effort in nasty weather, lol), so I stayed. As for BSD, Perl, Tiny Core Linux, Plan 9, etc -- I suppose…

> not at all insulted by the question!

I'm relieved about that!

Thanks for telling your story, glad that I asked :) And good to hear that you sound like you found your way.