#phone manufacturer

[zvaigzdelasas]

It's a weird sort of defeatism I see whenever there's a story about a country in the global south discovering large reserves of some critical mineral or resource where people automatically go "oh no that's terrible for them" as if the "resource curse" is something that just passively happens instead of the results of active decisions by Imperialist Monopolistic Capital

Discovery of a resource to be exploited should - and moreover *can* - be a beacon of hope for increasing domestic manufacturing & moving local industry higher up the value chain & building qualitatively higher productive capacity without the need to service foreign speculative Capital.

#one day soon we will see congolese manufactured phones enter the global market #bolivian EVs will be competitive with Tesla #and cheaper

[just-gay-thoughts]

Pro tip: okay so idk if I've mentioned this but first of all please join a more proffesional club, something related to your major whether it's just for community building or actual work. They tend to bring in companies periodically to tall about their work and available positions. Thats not the tip, the tip is to ask questions when they get to them.

This has two benefits, 1) they give out swag typically to the people who ask questions, I've gotten multiple insulated water bottles, pens, cups, notebooks, chapstick, and post it notes this way. The good shit (waterbottles and notebooks) go first so ask that question early and save money. Added bonus of getting to go undercover as someone associated with [company name]

2) great practice in asking questions in a perspective job setting. At some point you'll likely be going to career fairs and talking to people, and getting some low key practice asking questions about a company before hand will make it easier later in an already overwhelming environment.

Good questions can include things about the function of the company, how internships work, ect.

Today I simply asked if they looked for computer science majors because they were focusing on engineer majors, I didn't actually care about the answer, but with how many companies use computer science and computer/software engineering semi interchangeably it's a good question to feel comfy asking.

#gay thoughts #couldnt care less about a company #they dealt with nuclear weapon manufacturing #:/ #like as a hard rule anyways i domt think i want tl work somewhere thay doesnt allow cell phones or bluetooth in the building #too high stakes for me #i want somewhere a little cjiller #just remembered i need to update my resume and start planning for the career fairs #:/ dont wanna adult

[goshyesvintageads]

Western Electric Co, 1954

#Bell Telephone #ad #1954 #mid century #phone system #advertisement #Paul Rabut #illustration #Uncle Sam #manufacturing #midcentury #vintage #1950s #telephones #national defense #radar systems #military #guided missiles #mid-century

[psychic-waffles]

Link to original tweet - there's a video in the replies

Use your phone for as long as it functions, don't upgrade unnecessarily

If you do need a new phone buy second hand/refurbished or if you want to buy new buy a fairphone (look them up)

It's really not hard if you take 0.5 seconds to actually think about your actions

#I've been using a fairphone for like a year and can absolutely recommend #congo #dr congo #democratic republic of the congo #iphone #boycott #apple #honestly Apple isn't even the worst when it comes to phone manufacturers we should be boycotting all of them #congo genocide #free congo #important #signal boost

[twisted-moose]

I love you old indestructible tech I love you my 12 year old cintiq that is so strong I could beat someone to death with it I love you old ipod models you can throw through drywall I love you old cellphones that do not break when you sit on them. Engineered obsolescence is the worst thing to happen to mankind since organized religion, I do not want your shiny, sleek, cheaply made fairy bullshit that now only connects to shitty useless bluetooth I want technology that will last 10 years and beyond because I fucking paid for it and do not want to have to pay for it /again/ in 6 months when it breaks because I looked at it wrong.

#I am about to cast some really funny spells at tech manufacturing companies #my old cintiq is like a nokia phone that thing is fucking insane #its 30 pounds and would break someone's bones if I threw it at them #THATS a drawing tablet

[gideonisms]

this is my old woman moment of the day and it's happening at barely 7 am but I have spent the past hour searching for clear rubber phone cases. with which to protect my device. I decided on rubber after bad experiences with other materials. I have firmly made up my mind I would like the case to be clear and made of rubber and suitable for an android. and I simply cannot get through the apple ads to find this item. I think it all should be less difficult

#i had to get a new phone my old one stopped making calls. so i purchased the upgrade of the exact phone i had which lasted for 5 years #so now i want to get a rubber phone case and a screen protector made of that sticky plastic stuff #the glass has a bad texture i do not like. i want the plastic #what manufacturers don't understand is i require extremely specific items every 5 years forever. the hard plastic will NOT do #i will NOT get an iphone #i will NOT use a glass screen protector

[shacklesburst]

you always gotta hand it to apple. they're a bit like trump, except somewhat bolder in their lies? they'll tell you something has an "all screen display" and then immediately show you a product with giant bezels and small writing underneath stating basically "the all screen display is not a display that covers all of the screen"

#apple #mine #i mean when they introduced bezel-less phones as like the 18th (i mean 1st ofc) manufacturer the bezels at least weren't like 1.2cm strong

[vintagepromotions]

‘Sure, I’ve made 41,000,000 telephones ... but what else do I make?’

Western Electric advertisement (1946).

#vintage advertisement #1940s #western electric #telephone #manufacturing #electronics #office equipment #communications #usa #phone #switchboard

[wildwood-faun]

My T prescription has expired. I'm waiting for my yearly endo appointment where it will be renewed but I couldn't take out the last few bottles because there's a shortage and no one has it in stock SO now I'm down to a single bottle whiiiich lasts less than a month 😬

#kinda inclined to just white knuckle it because i don't have the fortitude to make a phone call that might not be absolutely necessary #i mean they sent me a letter saying it was time for my blood work and i had that taken care of last week #so my appointment should be coming up soon #and besides if the solution is to switch me to something else i'd rather do it after an in person appointment anyway. hm. #just processing this #life of kit #ah. theres a shortage of the injectable kind as well. and these are from two different manufacturers #a paranoid person might be tempted to think something was up

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

im at the point where i immediately exit the page if i read the word "algorithm" or "AI" on a product specifications even when i genuinely dont know what it means.

i have no idea if "AI-enhanced calls" on headphones is like gibberish or actually a thing, and if it is a thing, is it bad?

i just automatically assume it is, and so i just went and bought the same pair of headphones i always do instead.

#kai rambles #so like #apparently the headphones i was looking at it uses an AI algorithm to pick up your voice precisely if youre in a busy environment #that kinda sounds like gibberish to me #but it does also seem feasible #and i dont manufacture headphones #so who knows? #all i know is i dont particularly want my headphones to recognise my voice #just doesnt seem necessary #i dont even like #wear headphones if im on a call? #i take them out and put my phone to my ear

[justthinkingaboutlouis]

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#lol i pressed buttons to take screenshot but locked my phone instead #i hate when it happens #whos idea is it separate the power button & volume buttons to different side #just keep them in one side #sometimes i just take screenshot just trying to unlock the damn phone #not my fault #its the manufacturer fault for putting these buttons opposiste sides

[icewindandboringhorror]

I love all of these goofy product photos where the water bottle is extremely obviously just photoshopped onto a stock image of someone pretending to hold something or whatever.. very convincing..

#the last one where the water bottle is like nearly the size of the woman's entire leg ghbjbjhh #ALSO I know.. gross.. nasty.. amazon.. I was only looking there because I was trying to find an exact replica of an old water bottle #I bought like 6 years ago in a store and I just wanted another one of those and it seemed like the only place the old manufacturer #still sold was through amazon but.. alas.. I think they just don't make them anymore. so I have abandoned my hunt #I didn't actually buy anything. but I did get distracted clicking through product images for a few of them #it's bizarre how like............... idk.. WHY is this done??? Isn't this offputting to basically ANY potential customer?? or do people #not look at every photo/read the entire page/all product information before buying?? #all of these are from like front page ''top sellers'' or whatever like........... how does this not hurt the brand???? #If the company can't even bother to take a single photo of a real life person using their real life product then... that to me #is kind of red flaggy..?? even if you're an indie start up small business with hardly any funds.. still #A real photo of the product you are selling in a real actual non-photo shopped environment does not seem that inacessible #Maybe it's because everyone does everything on phones now?? So it's harder to see the pictures when they're smaller? #Kind of the same thing with ai art and also hair color photoshops lol.. On my full comptuer screen it is SOOO easy to spot ai art #like IMMEDIATELy from the little tells and ways certain details morph into each other etc. I dont even mean obvious dalle mini stuff but #like the Fancy High Quality Photorealistic AI art is still pretty blatant 98% of the time if you know what to look for. But I still catch #people sharing it a lot like 'omg where can I buy this pair of shoes!! :O <3' .. erm you cannot.. that is the most balatantly fake looking #pair of shoes I have seen in my life hhjbj.. the heels are both different heights. there's a different number of straps on each one. etc. #AND that phase back before colored hair was Mainstream and people would post photos like 'omg going to bring this to the salon!! dream hair #and it's like.. you can LITERALLY see the parts where it's 'colored outside of the lines' and is so clearly just a person with blond hair #that someone drew over with a tint brush or something not even very neatly. etc. etc. ANYWAY.. Maybe with phones it's harder to tell these #things?? To me so much of it is instantly recognizable and it's suprising to me that people either don't notice or don't care and will #interact with it anyway by buying the product or acting like some ai art fake furniture is real or etc. etc. ..hewwoo #Aslo sidenote - I think I've become soo cynical and tired of constantly being advertised to that I literally cannot shop without getting #exhausted. I do not see how marketing is anything but obnoxious and transparent. Every item description having stuff like ''Our company is #commited to bringing you the highest quality water products! we set out with a mission to bring high quality products to people all over #the world and we believe in spreading health and happiness and'' just like SHUT THE HELL UP!! youre a fucking company #you don't ''beleive'' in anything you are here to sell a product. stop trying to talk like you're my bff who cares deeply about my health #or something just tell me the materials and product specifications of your stupid fucking water bottle and move on. Idont need to hear your #whole bullshit spiel about what ~your company stands for~ that is SO much MORE offputting. you make me want to buy the item LESS.. #longing for the type of ads from my 1800s magazines that are just like 'this product is good. please buy it. okay thank you much. bye'

[datadegroove]

i require an analog alarm clock that has multiple alarms. unfortunately it would appear that this does not exist

#alarm clock manufacturers really need to get with the times if they don't want to lose to phones

[rivertigo]

sometimes I think I’m just being out of touch and looking back on a past i didn’t live through with rose colored glasses but no I think we are living in a uniquely isolated time in every sector of life

#there isn’t a very solid rock music scene no one leaves the house all the shit with phones #there is a loneliness epidemic for like everyone #and the long term effects of helicopter parenting and manufactured paranoia created by the alt right to control children more has seeped #like everywhere #and there is a constant feel of surveillance from cameras everywhere and phones everywhrrr #like you just can’t get certain things of the past like abandoned warehouse raves or diy shows in random ass places #idk idk just thinking about it #like obviously I recognize the major issues a lot of things in the past had but I thought instead of getting rid of all the cool stuff #we could’ve made the cool stuff more inclusive and accessible #ughhh just stewing in thought that I can’t even put to words well

[afieldinengland]

i did pay an unnecessary amount of attention to the news / politics / current affairs in general as a kid but 2012 remains to my mind a uniquely eventful year

#obviously the news stories i really remember were the ongoing leveson inquiry / phone hacking scandal #and the emerging truth about savile and subsequently yewtree #and ​in clearly far less serious and more personal and/or mundane ways there were significances too. i think #wettest year on record for england (my house flooded) ​the non-event that was the end of the world (disappointing) #the london olympics (great news for glass manufacturers) #diamond jubilee too. for one short summer it was like we were really good at sports #i remember being sat in the car hearing on the radio that it’d be the last time in our lifetimes the date would line up (12/12/12) #i don’t know. memory is an odd thing. it just feels like so much happened

[benechillax]

can’t make my brain do anything today 👍 nice nice nice

#Which is not great because if I’m not perfectly efficient for 8 hours straight every day I’m going to fall behind #And there’s no one to pick up the slack when you’re mostly independent consultant #Got like 5 med reviews still to do. 5 or 6 medication refill requests to authorize. 30 antipsychotic/chemical restraint reviews to document #Oh I just remembered that I’m supposed to be phoning a drug manufacturer for something. #instead I’m currently sitting in a bath chillin #Good thing I have the option to wfh because I wasn’t able to drag myself out of bed until 11am :(