i think i picked a model out.
shhhhh.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
yeah.
so, given that i've never used a phone before, i have no intuitive grasp of this. really. i would have expected 1 gb of ram to be slow, all around. that was much faster than i thought...
i don't expect myself to play any games or do a lot of multitasking. i'm not going to migrate from the latop, for the simple reason that i type so much. i'd expect to maybe use the map feature if i'm out. and, i'll be happy enough to downgrade the os if it's just slowing the phone down.
i think that that 1 gb phone was plenty fast for me...
it's just a metric, right? lets me set some goalposts.
and, i know i can repartition a swap drive, if i need to.
k.
1 gb looks good enough...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EzWFFD9Pbk
so, given that i've never used a phone before, i have no intuitive grasp of this. really. i would have expected 1 gb of ram to be slow, all around. that was much faster than i thought...
i don't expect myself to play any games or do a lot of multitasking. i'm not going to migrate from the latop, for the simple reason that i type so much. i'd expect to maybe use the map feature if i'm out. and, i'll be happy enough to downgrade the os if it's just slowing the phone down.
i think that that 1 gb phone was plenty fast for me...
it's just a metric, right? lets me set some goalposts.
and, i know i can repartition a swap drive, if i need to.
k.
1 gb looks good enough...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EzWFFD9Pbk
ok.
this is what i'm looking for - and it seems to be obscure.
it's actually a good link because it both explains how to do it and has a response from somebody pointing out that the card will eventually die from write access. while this is true, it is also rather alarmist - the hard drive will eventually die from access, anyways. on top of that, if you have something like 1 gb of ram and 8 gb of internal storage, you can split the swap partition off repeatedly as the drive slowly dies, moving more and more of your internal storage to sd. in the end, you should even be able to boot entirely from sd. but, you'll probably just get a new phone, as it will be five years later and the phone you would have spent $500 on is now $100.
plus, i'd be hacking a $100 phone and not a $500 one.
hrmmmn.
i'm really just trying to budget.
and, i need to be clear: i'm going to wipe this thing down anyways.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/65781/repartitioning-internal-memory-of-android-device
this is what i'm looking for - and it seems to be obscure.
it's actually a good link because it both explains how to do it and has a response from somebody pointing out that the card will eventually die from write access. while this is true, it is also rather alarmist - the hard drive will eventually die from access, anyways. on top of that, if you have something like 1 gb of ram and 8 gb of internal storage, you can split the swap partition off repeatedly as the drive slowly dies, moving more and more of your internal storage to sd. in the end, you should even be able to boot entirely from sd. but, you'll probably just get a new phone, as it will be five years later and the phone you would have spent $500 on is now $100.
plus, i'd be hacking a $100 phone and not a $500 one.
hrmmmn.
i'm really just trying to budget.
and, i need to be clear: i'm going to wipe this thing down anyways.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/65781/repartitioning-internal-memory-of-android-device
this article claims that hard drives are slower than ram, and that's true in your pc, but in your phone the hard drive is basically the same thing as the ram.
you should be able to do this in your phone, and it would be much faster than creating a swap file on an sd card.
https://www.linux.com/news/all-about-linux-swap-space
you should be able to do this in your phone, and it would be much faster than creating a swap file on an sd card.
https://www.linux.com/news/all-about-linux-swap-space
there's an app floating around that will let you use an sd card as a swap partition, but given that your internal drive is also flash memory, why wouldn't you just increase the size of your swap partition on the internal drive? or am i missing something? that's not a "readyboost", it's just a virtual page. meh.
i mean, it could be useful if you're in a pinch. but, it's not a replacement for real ram.
i mean, it could be useful if you're in a pinch. but, it's not a replacement for real ram.
i was really looking to keep it under $50. i'm not joking. but, the circumstances are a little different because i'm being sent such a sum....
i'm not buying anything with 512 mb of ram. it's 2017. the pc i bought in 1998 had 512 mb of ram. i think, anyways. that's just laughable.
i need to research how much ram a phone really needs to run video in a stable manner. but, given what i know about running youtube over html5, i'm going to guess around 2 gb should be about right.
another question: can i get something cheaper, buy ram separately and upgrade?
i'm not buying anything with 512 mb of ram. it's 2017. the pc i bought in 1998 had 512 mb of ram. i think, anyways. that's just laughable.
i need to research how much ram a phone really needs to run video in a stable manner. but, given what i know about running youtube over html5, i'm going to guess around 2 gb should be about right.
another question: can i get something cheaper, buy ram separately and upgrade?
it's kind of crazy that i'm just now looking at finally buying a smart phone, isn't it?
i know i want an unlocked android phone. i'm not going to be all that picky about it, though. i 'm more concerned about trying to hit a $50 price tag...
what i have right now is a voicemail over voip. you leave a message, i call you back. i was doing this over a pay phone until a few months ago, when google voice finally expanded to canada. now, i can make outgoing calls through gmail. i don't want my laptop ringing, so i haven't set up an incoming system into gmail (although i could...).
the reason i don't have a phone is that i don't want to pay a monthly service fee. so, if i'm getting an unlocked phone, i'll need to find a way to connect it over voip. the mailbox i'm using is $0.99/month. but, google voice is even better than that. the catch is that i need an existing number to set it up with. i should hopefully be able to use the voip mailbox to do that, thereby allowing me free phone access in the presence of a wifi network. but, i may ask my grandmother to use her number, if i have to. i can be sure that she doesn't want a google voice number :)
this is a relatively new option. as mentioned, google voice has only been available in canada for a few months. but, it's the last piece of the puzzle i was looking for. i mean, i've been waiting for this forever; i've been sort of avoiding it because i don't need it, but i've also been scheming this up for a good five or six years. the really key piece of technology i needed was roaming wifi, which started becoming more common around 2015. so, as much as i'm behind the loop on getting a cell phone, i'm also bleeding edge on how i'm going to actually use it.
the way that most people use their phones is that they're connected to the towers at all times. cell users will eventually move beyond their towers and into the territory of new towers. this is called 'roaming', and cell users know this is expensive.
i'm going to be using the phone entirely over wifi. when i'm at home, i'll connect to the wifi in my router. but, when i'm out and about i'll be looking to connect to wifis wherever i can - that is, i'll be roaming over wifi. and i need that technology to work in order to have a functioning cell phone.
it's really the same thing as roaming between towers, except that i'm now roaming between access points. and, i'm lucky, because i live in a city that has free wifi in the downtown core, which is where i spend most of my time.
there's also the issue of crossing the border. canadian cell providers simply don't provide access in detroit. it's stupid, but it's true. i've talked to people that can't get access from the bus station, which is literally steps from the border. but, with a roaming wifi connection, i can get around that by tapping into the wifi at the renaissance centre. nobody needs to know where i'm from or where i'm going.
the way this will work as i'm walking through detroit is that i'll stay connected by jumping from access point to access point. and, the more fully that the city gets covered, the more complete coverage i'll end up with. that level of coverage probably already exists in manhatten and los angeles.
so, this is actually a long time in the making: free roaming internet phone. and, the cell providers can fuck off if they don't like it.
i know i want an unlocked android phone. i'm not going to be all that picky about it, though. i 'm more concerned about trying to hit a $50 price tag...
what i have right now is a voicemail over voip. you leave a message, i call you back. i was doing this over a pay phone until a few months ago, when google voice finally expanded to canada. now, i can make outgoing calls through gmail. i don't want my laptop ringing, so i haven't set up an incoming system into gmail (although i could...).
the reason i don't have a phone is that i don't want to pay a monthly service fee. so, if i'm getting an unlocked phone, i'll need to find a way to connect it over voip. the mailbox i'm using is $0.99/month. but, google voice is even better than that. the catch is that i need an existing number to set it up with. i should hopefully be able to use the voip mailbox to do that, thereby allowing me free phone access in the presence of a wifi network. but, i may ask my grandmother to use her number, if i have to. i can be sure that she doesn't want a google voice number :)
this is a relatively new option. as mentioned, google voice has only been available in canada for a few months. but, it's the last piece of the puzzle i was looking for. i mean, i've been waiting for this forever; i've been sort of avoiding it because i don't need it, but i've also been scheming this up for a good five or six years. the really key piece of technology i needed was roaming wifi, which started becoming more common around 2015. so, as much as i'm behind the loop on getting a cell phone, i'm also bleeding edge on how i'm going to actually use it.
the way that most people use their phones is that they're connected to the towers at all times. cell users will eventually move beyond their towers and into the territory of new towers. this is called 'roaming', and cell users know this is expensive.
i'm going to be using the phone entirely over wifi. when i'm at home, i'll connect to the wifi in my router. but, when i'm out and about i'll be looking to connect to wifis wherever i can - that is, i'll be roaming over wifi. and i need that technology to work in order to have a functioning cell phone.
it's really the same thing as roaming between towers, except that i'm now roaming between access points. and, i'm lucky, because i live in a city that has free wifi in the downtown core, which is where i spend most of my time.
there's also the issue of crossing the border. canadian cell providers simply don't provide access in detroit. it's stupid, but it's true. i've talked to people that can't get access from the bus station, which is literally steps from the border. but, with a roaming wifi connection, i can get around that by tapping into the wifi at the renaissance centre. nobody needs to know where i'm from or where i'm going.
the way this will work as i'm walking through detroit is that i'll stay connected by jumping from access point to access point. and, the more fully that the city gets covered, the more complete coverage i'll end up with. that level of coverage probably already exists in manhatten and los angeles.
so, this is actually a long time in the making: free roaming internet phone. and, the cell providers can fuck off if they don't like it.
i saw this coming miles away...
the democrats are trying to position themselves as the saviours of obamacare. like everything else, what they're doing is restricting the spectrum: you can have obamacare (the heritage institute plan is on the left in this restricted spectrum) or you can have a free market (which is the right). that's the spectrum.
but, it's a shell game, anyways, because the democrats brought in obamacare in order to sabotage single-payer in the first place, in collusion with the republicans, who are in the employ of crony capitalists that don't want a free market, anyways.
the reality is that healthcare in the united states is a bipartisan consensus around the aca, and it's not going to be modified by anybody for decades.
the democrats are the face of obamacare and will be for years into the future. it's not some accident. if you want single payer, you'll need to put a different party in office.
the democrats are trying to position themselves as the saviours of obamacare. like everything else, what they're doing is restricting the spectrum: you can have obamacare (the heritage institute plan is on the left in this restricted spectrum) or you can have a free market (which is the right). that's the spectrum.
but, it's a shell game, anyways, because the democrats brought in obamacare in order to sabotage single-payer in the first place, in collusion with the republicans, who are in the employ of crony capitalists that don't want a free market, anyways.
the reality is that healthcare in the united states is a bipartisan consensus around the aca, and it's not going to be modified by anybody for decades.
the democrats are the face of obamacare and will be for years into the future. it's not some accident. if you want single payer, you'll need to put a different party in office.
i talk a lot about religion as a tool of control, wielded by the elite to keep a compliant population in line. this holds true whether under feudalism, capitalism or whatever other kind of top-down hierarchical arrangement that the elite has put in place in any specific geographical area.
...but, there are times when that control is altruistic. really.
this is what syria needs right now: to heal.
we can get back to debunking the bullshit tomorrow.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-assad-idUSKBN19G06K
...but, there are times when that control is altruistic. really.
this is what syria needs right now: to heal.
we can get back to debunking the bullshit tomorrow.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-assad-idUSKBN19G06K
i need to post a correction.
in my banner, i have an obama-trump face meld. but, obama and clinton did have their differences, and it seems like trump is putting in place the changes clinton would have proposed, rather than carrying on with obama's legacy.
this is consequently the more correct face meld, and i will be updating my media to reflect it.
in my banner, i have an obama-trump face meld. but, obama and clinton did have their differences, and it seems like trump is putting in place the changes clinton would have proposed, rather than carrying on with obama's legacy.
this is consequently the more correct face meld, and i will be updating my media to reflect it.
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