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What are some good uses for smart phones?

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  • L [email protected]

    Bluetooth earbuds, if you can use an app you can answer a call. Might need that mute button though

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    Easy. Mute is just a slight turn and one muscle contraction.

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      We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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      Make phone calls.

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      • zier@fedia.ioZ [email protected]

        Easy. Mute is just a slight turn and one muscle contraction.

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        My phone turns on the flash light if you shame it intentionally. You know, the ole twerk for light

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          I agree.
          That app sadly eats battery like no other I have. So the walk isn't too long.

          The higher level editor: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.blau.android/

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          StreetComplete? I have 47 minutes running time with 5% battery use now, I think it's okay

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          • O [email protected]

            Theyre essentially the swiss army knife of tools:

            • Flashlight
            • Camera
            • Level
            • Calculator
            • Phone
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            • Flashlight

            this

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            • R [email protected]

              We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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              I love emulating old Gameboy games on my phone. It can play things all the way up to Switch, but there's sort of a nice mix of nostalgia and simplicity to just go monotone. No micro transactions, no server connecting, nothing. Just me and the bits.

              I guess that's not terribly beneficial, unless you count my mental health.

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              • R [email protected]

                Was that the fork of OSM a couple months ago? Do they have gravity yet?

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                Fork of Organic maps, both are still OSM

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                • R [email protected]

                  We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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                  Mine's pretty great at reading a 1400-page manual for an 8-bit system. Whether or not my habit of reading a 1400-page manual for an 8-bit system is actually beneficial is up for debate.

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                  • M [email protected]

                    Play a compilation of song covers at exactly 135 BPM so I can do my treadmill without losing my center or my step.

                    Work the laundry machines, and set a separate timer because the app notifications are unreliable.

                    Text to check that my kids are alive and assure them that I and their dad are also not dead today.

                    Order grocery delivery.

                    Listen to birds and learn their names (Merlin)

                    Be part of the earthquake alert system (MyShake)

                    Wordle/ Quordle/ Waffle

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                    You're only missing Octordle!

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                    • T [email protected]

                      I love emulating old Gameboy games on my phone. It can play things all the way up to Switch, but there's sort of a nice mix of nostalgia and simplicity to just go monotone. No micro transactions, no server connecting, nothing. Just me and the bits.

                      I guess that's not terribly beneficial, unless you count my mental health.

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                      Where do you get the games from. I have a switch and an old gameboy carriage but I’m too out of it to bridge that gap

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                        We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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                        i have a drawer which would otherwise have been empty, but thankfully i have a nexus 6p, a pixel 2, an lg q6, some lenovo phablet, and a galaxy note 5 to use up that space.

                        they also do make mighty fine paperweights if one is needed in a pinch.

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                          We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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                          A unified remote\console for displays, ACs, PCs and whatever

                          On-hand manuals and checklists/

                          Podcasts\books player

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                            Anything's a dildo if your brave enough. Plus, it vibrates!

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                            There's no reception inside a person though, so you can't call the phone to make it vibrate.

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                              i have a drawer which would otherwise have been empty, but thankfully i have a nexus 6p, a pixel 2, an lg q6, some lenovo phablet, and a galaxy note 5 to use up that space.

                              they also do make mighty fine paperweights if one is needed in a pinch.

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                              Too bad you don't also have a note 7. Having it double as a bomb is a good feature.

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                                Rejecting calls

                                Forgetting to reply to messages

                                Ignoring emails

                                Writing comments then deleting the text without posting

                                Unlocking your device only to immediately forget why you needed to check it.

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                                Don't forget the good ol' classics:

                                • Forgetting to turn off airplane mode after good night sleep 'till lunch time.
                                • Letting the battery die during the day without proper means to recharge.
                                • Constantly fighting with backlight intensity, because its regulating sensor is PoS.
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                                • R [email protected]

                                  We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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                                  If you have an extra wifi router as well, secured network-security cameras. Lots of programs out there to do just that (been looking at a few and I'm not 100% on a perfect recommendation till I set something up myself).

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                                  • R [email protected]

                                    I think you can get dildos that can be controlled by an app.

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                                    Fun Fact: someone turned a drone company into a dildo factory and kept the boards so their dildos also have things like a gyroscape even if it cant be used really

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                                    • O [email protected]

                                      Theyre essentially the swiss army knife of tools:

                                      • Flashlight
                                      • Camera
                                      • Level
                                      • Calculator
                                      • Phone
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                                      Also a mirror to check high/low places

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                                      • R [email protected]

                                        We have these amazing little computers in our hands. What are some beneficial things we can do with them? Websites, apps, tinkering... anything you can think of or things you already do. I'm tired of doom scrolling.

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                                        Articles

                                        Language learning

                                        Manuals

                                        Troubleshooting

                                        Fitness assistant / planning

                                        Notes

                                        Emulating old games
                                        (I'm actually emulating a bunch of n64 games, but mostly playing majora's mask now, next will probably be conker's bad fur day)

                                        Minecraft too

                                        Ibis paint and other programs can be drawing tools

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                                          Theyre essentially the swiss army knife of tools:

                                          • Flashlight
                                          • Camera
                                          • Level
                                          • Calculator
                                          • Phone
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                                          Good ol nokia had basically all this without being internet connected. They also had a scientific calculator, unit converter, and currency converter too. And a planner for mothly budgets and expenses. If you haven't used these you might have no idea as to how great thwy were for basic productivity

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