Day one with the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
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@dhamlinmusic @xogium @fireborn Yup, this. Was about to say, I wonder if the Pixel fold would've given you similar issues.
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@dhamlinmusic @xogium @fireborn Yup, this. Was about to say, I wonder if the Pixel fold would've given you similar issues.
@jonathan859 @dhamlinmusic @xogium aI couldn't say if it would or not with any degree of certainty. A lot of this seems to be failures on Samsung's part, but that wouldn't change the fundimental state of things, that a foldable is still a foldable
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@fireborn Out of curiosity, What LLM helped you compose this? Editing to be clear that I'm not against AI writing at all, but this is pretty obvious and I'm curious on your tools.
@TheQuinbox I used Claude 4.6 to grammer check and typo check, mostly because I was wviting on my phone. I did notice it stripped out my seperators, which I'm not thrilled about and clearly didn't proof read hard enough.
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@TheQuinbox I used Claude 4.6 to grammer check and typo check, mostly because I was wviting on my phone. I did notice it stripped out my seperators, which I'm not thrilled about and clearly didn't proof read hard enough.
@fireborn @TheQuinbox huh. the whole flow feels very Claude, but that might just be convergence between your writing style and Claude's
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox huh. the whole flow feels very Claude, but that might just be convergence between your writing style and Claude's
@freya @TheQuinbox I was so incredibly pissed off at all these purely fundimental issues that I was experiencing. I was also tought, long before the advent of AI, that if you want to make a point and really make it understood, you lead with any possible counters or deflections.
I used to be far worse at appearing like an LLM, overuse of bold, ithealic, and blockquotes.
interesting observations though; maybe I should change up how I write to make people less wary of engaging with it.
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@freya @TheQuinbox I was so incredibly pissed off at all these purely fundimental issues that I was experiencing. I was also tought, long before the advent of AI, that if you want to make a point and really make it understood, you lead with any possible counters or deflections.
I used to be far worse at appearing like an LLM, overuse of bold, ithealic, and blockquotes.
interesting observations though; maybe I should change up how I write to make people less wary of engaging with it.
@fireborn @TheQuinbox oh I'm not at all wary of engaging with it, mind, just observing.
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox oh I'm not at all wary of engaging with it, mind, just observing.
@freya @TheQuinbox one nbof that things that people seem to forget is that AI is trained on a lot of journalistic writing, so anyone who has an appreciation for those styles and rhythms gets compaired to AI. I personally take it as a complement
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@freya @TheQuinbox one nbof that things that people seem to forget is that AI is trained on a lot of journalistic writing, so anyone who has an appreciation for those styles and rhythms gets compaired to AI. I personally take it as a complement
@fireborn @TheQuinbox that's very true! also your post about the death of the power user has fucking crystalised something I've been trying to say for a longass time
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@freya @TheQuinbox one nbof that things that people seem to forget is that AI is trained on a lot of journalistic writing, so anyone who has an appreciation for those styles and rhythms gets compaired to AI. I personally take it as a complement
@fireborn @TheQuinbox and your article about the little plastic android phone inspired the idea I'm trying to get off the ground for a modern nokia e63. not for weird trendy digital minimalism shit, but for making a device that *exists* to *communicate*
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox that's very true! also your post about the death of the power user has fucking crystalised something I've been trying to say for a longass time
@freya @TheQuinbox I think a lot of us have.
It came off the back of a training call where I had to explain the concept of a file system to a teacher trying to share a file with a student.
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@freya @TheQuinbox I think a lot of us have.
It came off the back of a training call where I had to explain the concept of a file system to a teacher trying to share a file with a student.
@fireborn @TheQuinbox this reminds me of the time I had to explain to Haily how a serial port worked and how no, that RJ-45 on your cisco switch is not, in fact, ethernet
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox and your article about the little plastic android phone inspired the idea I'm trying to get off the ground for a modern nokia e63. not for weird trendy digital minimalism shit, but for making a device that *exists* to *communicate*
@freya @TheQuinbox I think what I most enjoyed about the Jelly Star is it could be used for more than "just communicate" when needed and didn't fight me on it.
It wasn't ideal, but could be done, and that was the point.
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@freya @TheQuinbox I think what I most enjoyed about the Jelly Star is it could be used for more than "just communicate" when needed and didn't fight me on it.
It wasn't ideal, but could be done, and that was the point.
@fireborn @TheQuinbox the device I pl;an on making is bascially a blackberry
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox this reminds me of the time I had to explain to Haily how a serial port worked and how no, that RJ-45 on your cisco switch is not, in fact, ethernet
@freya @TheQuinbox That's a slightly more understandable mistake than "what is a folder and why would I want that?
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@freya @TheQuinbox That's a slightly more understandable mistake than "what is a folder and why would I want that?
@fireborn @TheQuinbox I mean yes it is, but I feel like they both fall under the category of holy shit, that's basic
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Day one with the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Setup was a disaster. Smart Switch didn't. TalkBack went silent. Samsung installed everything I told it not to.
This is why nobody upgrades their Android phone.
#Samsung #GalaxyZFold7 #Android #TalkBack #Accessibility #Blind #tech #writing #blog #reviews
@fireborn Ugh. This is sadly not an edge case. I was helping a student set up a galaxy s26 or whatever they call their regular slab phone, and we had a very similar experience. Including the loss of TTS. I thought, ok, I'll just connect a braille display using a cable... That was laughably stupid. It just crashed talk back. finally, we ended up having to use some sighted help to get everything working.
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@fireborn Ugh. This is sadly not an edge case. I was helping a student set up a galaxy s26 or whatever they call their regular slab phone, and we had a very similar experience. Including the loss of TTS. I thought, ok, I'll just connect a braille display using a cable... That was laughably stupid. It just crashed talk back. finally, we ended up having to use some sighted help to get everything working.
@ysotomayor that's a real shame. I had just hoped that what I hit was an edge case, and that nobody else would have this problem.
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@ysotomayor that's a real shame. I had just hoped that what I hit was an edge case, and that nobody else would have this problem.
@fireborn Nope. Pixel has so far been the easiest to set up. Everything just worked. But then there are other problems. Sigh... Everything is so broken.
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@FreakyFwoof Thankfully after deleting and adding my prints again, that particular issue is resolved.
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@FreakyFwoof Thankfully after deleting and adding my prints again, that particular issue is resolved.
@fireborn @FreakyFwoof At this point I'm like fuck using Android as a primary device, when I upgrade to a new phone its gonna be the iPhone 17 Pro, fuck switching to Android, don't need the headaches and other shit, and lets say if I really had to because of financial reasons, it certainly won't be a stupid Samsung, more like a Pixel.
