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Me: *puts small piece of tape over webcam*
NSA: Okay guys, shut it all down. No way we can record from the microphone, log keys, access the file system, USB devices, network data or watch the screen. He did the tape.22 -
When you install Java it says "3 billion devices run java"
Well I'm not sure how many of those devices actually respond11 -
I just helped one of our cleaners get Internet since the management whitelisted devices that can get WiFi access.
I believe that anyone, regardless of position, must have equal access to the resources in this company.11 -
people who use a VPN to browse the internet because of privacy concerns but then sit in a house full of Alexa devices
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If the machines do rise up and take over the world, I just hope my devices remember how good i was to them.10
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I just fixed a bug with the ticketname "Sometimes, There is a strange behaviour when opening the app on some devices"
Feeling heroic now8 -
Citizens are advised not to cover their Webcams and Mic ports by scotch tape or anything else, as the devices might get heated and may sometimes even burst.
Cooperation is expected from everyone.
Have a nice day :)12 -
Poweroutage in the area, suddenly thousands upon thousands of mobile devices is connecting to 4g.
Result? The 4g antenna in the area dies too4 -
"Europe to make it illegal to change the OS on radio devices like smartphones, routers and embedded devices."
I don't know what to say anymore29 -
I'm redoing my setup right now and getting genuinely scared that when I turn on my server, the power will go down.
I'm using so many devices at the same time 😅14 -
Random MAC address generation should be a feature on all wireless devices. Stuck at the airport due to cancellation, and the WiFi is restricted to 1 hour per MAC 🙄
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Citizens are advised not to use Firewalls on their devices or Networks, as there can be a fire threat from enabling those.
An active cooperation is expected from everyone.
Stay safe and have a nice day :)4 -
Feeling very french-y today, because I am working on a project with bluetooth low energy devices and every method in android concerning it, shortens it with "Le".
doing leScan now
found leAdapter
Magnifique!9 -
What is the difference between USA and USB?
One connects to all your devices and accesses the data, the other is a hardware standard!
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Hello Programmers and Designers! Stop assuming everyone in the development environment uses MacBook or Apple products. I Love my Windows and Android devices!!!
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I’ve been working on a fun little project using Crystal and d-bus to control the lighting for Razer RGB devices. Making progress!
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"Pre-Installed Malware Found On 5 Million Popular Android Phones"
"added somewhere along the supply chain"
See below how to check if it's installed
Sources:
- (new) https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/...
- (new) https://research.checkpoint.com/rot...
- (old relevant news) https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/...
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"Rottensys" a malware which covers devices from: Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, Samsung and GIONEE
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"According to our findings, the RottenSys malware began propagating in September 2016. By March 12, 2018, 4,964,460 devices were infected by RottenSys," researchers said.
"At this moment, the massive malware campaign pushes an adware component to all infected devices that aggressively displays advertisements on the device’s home screen, as pop-up windows or full-screen ads to generate fraudulent ad-revenues."
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If you have one of the affected devices, here's how I checked mine:
1. Install ADB (Windows: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sh...)
2. Connect your device in USB-debugging mode
3. execute "adb shell 'pm list packages -f' > output.txt" (On windows navigate to C:\adb and replace "adb" with ".\adb.exe")
4. open the now created output.txt
5. search for any of those:
com.android.yellowcalendarz (每日黄历)
com.changmi.launcher (畅米桌面)
com.android.services.securewifi (系统WIFI服务)
com.system.service.zdsgt
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Me: the websites now works on all devices.
Client: now make it work on IE6.
*1 week later*
Me: the site now works on IE6 too.
Client: awesome, now make it work on Netscape navigator 56 -
> Be me
> Buy a laptop with fingerprint sensor
> It has FreeDOS on it
> Install Pop!_OS
> Get excited about using your fingerprint for sudo
> "No devices found"
> Search for driver
> Non existent
FUCK YOU SYNAPTICS4 -
Working on code that we took from other devices company. We found this brilliant thing in one of their function (check catch blok)
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After years of struggle with nvidia on Linux across several devices I built my first AMD only PC and I have only one thing in my mind...
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Today I learnt that my LG Nexus 5X uses a Samsung manufactured DRAM :O
I had no idea that several Google and Apple devices use Samsung manufactured RAM chips!
PS - Don't judge me, I'm a hardware noob.
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I've recently red a blog post stating 'Google leaves x Million Android devices vulnerable to a new Exploit'
I don't really sympathize with Google, but it's simply the wrong message... It should be more like FUCK VENDORS, WHO WON'T SUPPLY UPDATES TO DEVICES OLDER THAN 1.5 YEARS
Seriously, it's them who make you stuck on outdated OS versions... Just imagine you could only install Windows Vista on your 2014 Lenovo ThinkPad, because it's considered outdated...
FUCK VENDORS (again, just in case)8 -
So apparently someone discovered an exploit in iOS devices which would make shitloads of devices jailbreakable and it can't be updated due to the chip being read-only.
I'm not an expert on this by far but hereby a source:
https://idownloadblog.com/2019/09/...
Again, I'm not an expert on this but it does seem awesome that a lot of devices (if I read it correctly) are jailbreakable now (when someone developed one with this exploit)!37 -
Guess who managed to assign the same IP to two devices and spent the last hour trying to figure out what was wrong 🙄6
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Product manager: "Programmers are limitted to computer programs, that's why app developers can do mobile devices too!"
Me: "Programmers are not limited to computer programs, its a general skill"
Product Manager: "Then why App
Development is a career?"3 -
"Alexa still down :( Please send help, I no longer know how to switch any devices on or off manually. Smart home now officially dumb..."
The home isn't the only one it seems 🤭3 -
Client : I told you to make a *Responsive* website
Me : I checked in all my devices and they look perfect
Client : Please check for all my devices.
Devices of my client🤐
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2010: Thick native clients are the worst, thin clients only. JS is the future!
2014: Thin client dev is hard across devices, native thick clients is the future! Swift all the things
2017: React native, hold my beer4 -
My son is remote learning, 5th grade.
When the teacher calls on one of the student's named Alexa and asks a question... some kids with Alexa devices in their house get the answer for free....9 -
!dev
My neighbours have so many fucking IoT devices that they basically fuck over the entire 2.4GHz spectrum over here just by themselves...
Thanks for that you cuntbags.32 -
New project at work involving Google Nest Hubs, supervisor asks me to do the initial setup of one of them to start developing with it using its API.
I start looking throughout the documentation and realise that we need to setup a work google account in order to register the devices, pay a fee and only THEN be able to use Google's API for Smart Devices (damn, you, Google!). Supervisor is somewhat baffled by this, and in my head I'm also surprised by his reaction. I'd assume you'd research your devices before you buy them, right?
Later, he comes into the room I'm in (I'm still allowed to work on location), looks at the freshly setup Nest Hub, saying "wow, this sure is a much smaller screen than I was expecting". I mean, you did research these devices before you bought TWENTY of them. RIGHT?!
On my way to fight with this Google device-registration-API-thing now.
To be continued...11 -
if (down(KEY_LEFT) && down(KEY_UP) && down(KEY_DOWN)) {
calc.exe
}
/*
because why not..
src: https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/...
*/
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Amazon: you're logged into 53 devices.
Me: ooooh Kay, since when do I have that many devices. let's sign out of em all and change the password for some piece of mind.
Spongebob: * a few hours past *
Spam email: someone in the US has logged into your account - click here to verify through some random URL that doesn't even contain "Amazon" in it 🥳
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I suddenly have that feeling Amazon sells you're account setting changes and not just your personal details.3 -
So I'm on a holiday in Germany and apparently the place where I'm staying "verifies" the connected devices to their WiFi manually
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I just blocked some of the top management from connecting to our WLAN because I was testing a verifing feature for said WiFi that kicks all devices not listed in the DB.
It happened while my boss/senior/guidance was trying to show them the advantages of a centrally managed infrastructure.
He covered my ass well and tried to sell it to them as proof of a secure solution, that unknown devices couldn't log in.
I feel like human trash right now, but that's what you get for testing in production.4 -
We have a new "anti-piracy" policy at work which says we have to get written permission to install *any* software on our work devices.
Someone didn't think this through...11 -
Somebody at Samsung is testing something in production 🤭
It's "Find my mobile" which is preinstalled by default on Samsung devices
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When you develop and test your (Android) app on lower end devices, thinking that if it works on low end devices, it will work on higher end devices too.
And you get crash reports from the higher end (huh! Flagship grade) devices only.
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Morning Ritual
1. Start all devices
2. Check headset status
3. Check emails
4. COFFEE <3
5. First call...
6. 20 annoying minutes of two people talk to each other without a result
7. COFFEE <3 ... cold1 -
Finally, with iOS 11, now we can sync older conversations with new devices.... Thanks apple, it took 11 fucking versions to do this simple shit!5
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Me - Wants to transfer chat history.
App: "Log in to the new device and scan this QR Code to start transfer."
Me - Logs in on new device.
App: "Oh, a new device logged in? Let's log you out from your old device. It's not like this feature you are trying to use specifically requires 2 devices to be logged on at the same time while I literally don't allow multiple devices to be logged on at the same time. You're welcome."3 -
Searching for local jobs, I found this gem:
- At least 4 years of experience in Unity3D with HTC Vive and Oculus devices.
Then people ask me why I want to work on another country...1 -
devRant Q&A: What is the biggest lie in technology?
My favourite is: OVER 3 BILLION DEVICES RUN JAVA9 -
Client: I want my site to look exactly like the design.
Me: Of course, but I'm assuming you want it responsive...
Client: yes, I want it to look exactly like the design on all devices.
Me: but that's not how...
Project manager: of course the site will be fully responsive and look exactly the same on all devices.
Me: but...fine.
1 week later...
Project manager: The site looks horrible on mobile!
Me: it matches the design perfectly...3 -
You never realize quite how many devices you have in your house that connect to WiFi until you set up a new network and have to reconnect all of them 😂7
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News: New virus installs cryptocurrency miner on IoT devices.
Me: I hope it was worth the whole 37 cents they made.10 -
I recently started naming my devices in a certain scheme:
Laptop - Sagittarius (central black hole in the milky way)
Server - Sirius (brightest star visible from Earth)
Pi - Centauri (closed star system to us)
Any iot devices would be named like unnamed planets (i.e. Centauri A, Centauri B, ...)
Do some of you have cool/interesting naming schemes for your devices?17 -
Wtf? Who parties in the middle of the week?
My Alcoludo game has been installed on 96 devices yesterday, when normally average daily installations are between 1 to 10. Not that I'm complaining 😅
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Why does the FBI even bother asking Apple to put a back door into their devices when it already comes with backdoors?15
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Apple has the best UX:
"Type your password followed by the verification code shown on your other devices"
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Apparently because someone works in IT they can hack an IPad.
Once i figure out the secret of hacking Apple devices i will obviously share it with you.
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When you only have to support recent browsers/devices, but then a commercial promises more support of legacy browsers/devices for free.
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My college updated a firmware of our device. The device stopped working. He then proceeded to update all the other devices one by one with the same new firmware before coming to a conclusion that it is indeed the firmware that is broken. We needed to send all the devices back to the manufacturer and almost missed our deadline.3
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Motherfucker doesn't know shit but wants fucking unicorn and rainbows for mobile devices.
Fucking asshole, do u even know what user experience means? Shove your smooth transition up your ass.2 -
IT dept releases update for Cisco Jabber for work environment and describes it as a minor update.
Me installs new version...
- completely new UI
- loses saved login credentials
- loses connected devices
- loses all settings
- loses history
My definition of "minor" is "slightly" different4 -
One of my colleges complained that the remote vm he uses to test his Java-Code is so slow that he thinks it's actually just a potatoe.
I said to him... Well you know... 3 Billion Devices run Java.
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I'd never imagine that my interests would shift from webapps and servers to embedded devices and measuring 500volts with an arduino....1
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Javascript.
All devices in the world:
Dev: can you gently copy the content of this dynamically generated <input> element and copy it to the clipboard?
Devices: Sure thing brah!
...
iOS: LOL
(and proposed solution on SO, ridiculous)
https://stackoverflow.com/a/...
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A free open source, community driven set of "tools" made to connect devices on Linux platforms (desktop to mobile etc)7
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"Google Home requires access to your location to find nearby devices"
Get fucked, Google.
Get. Fucked.14 -
I'm an embedded devices dev. As part of my job I take off the shelf devices and write libraries so that our JavaScript team can interface with them. If I have to deal with one more custom implementation of a standard protocol I'm going to freak the fuck out. Like fuck there are only 5 or so major communication protocols at the hardware level there is no fucking reason to reinvent some shittier protocol over a well documented, widely used protocol that has been around for 30 years. (Modbus for anyone who cares)2
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I'm too broke rn, so can all my tech devices not act up and cooperate until I have some disposable income again?
I'd appreciate that lots.
Cheers.10 -
That feeling when building and testing on android device takes you 5 mins and then you spend 2 days dealing with Apple's bullshit.
Sexy devices and pretty interfaces but they just looove making devs jump through hoops.3 -
DONT do production stuff on friday afternoon. This friday evening we had an issue on production and just wanted to do a quick fix. The fix resulted in a ddos attack that we accidentally started on our servers in an IoT project. We contacted all customers' devices and asked them for response at the same time. Funny thing is that the devices are programmed to retry if a request fails until it is successful. We ended up with 4 hours downtime on production, servers were running again at 11pm.4
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Time Travel.
Go and steal great ideas, computers, mobile devices, software etc from the future.
Then sell it for a shitton of money in the 90's -
Anybody do anything cool with their leftover Androids / iPhones ? I recently came across a good amount of them from extended family. They’re all in pretty good condition. I think it’s a waste because they are fairly recent devices with good processing11
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Why Nintendo why??!
Why can't you make a normal Pokémon game like in the Gameboy for Mobile Devices!
Pokémon Go is good but I miss the old one. Too much today I guess.13 -
This was last year. "Guys, guys, we need to convert everything to ES6." Our mainly users were elderly people with old devices. So we did. Many resigned shortly.6
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Medieval torture devices got nothin' on Angular.
The Rack? Ha, good times!
Brazen Bull? Happily!
Iron Maiden? Yes, please!
Pear of Anguish? Funny name, I'll take it!
But Angular?!
PLEASE GOD, NO! HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL!4 -
Did you ever had issues with non working usb devices on Linux? I had today and after some search I probably found the solution. But I at first couldn't believe it. Then all the guys in the comments went Batman.
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Why don't people secure their devices if they are on a shared network? I just ran a network scan and found 3 raspberrys, all of them with the default credentials....2
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On IT English lesson:
Professor: Simple question - how do we call all devices inside computer, like HDD, or CPU.
Some random guy: International Devices
*Insert loudest facepalm here*3 -
TIL that Apple has a self-service repair service. They'll ship parts to you, and you can download their official device repair manuals to fix your device yourself.
“Self Service Repair is intended for individuals with the knowledge and experience to repair electronic devices. If you are experienced with the complexities of repairing electronic devices, Self Service Repair provides you with access to genuine Apple parts, tools, and repair manuals to perform your own out-of-warranty repair. Follow these steps to perform a variety of out-of-warranty repairs for iPhone and Mac, such as display replacements.”
https://support.apple.com/self-serv...6 -
Made a little script which changes times to all computers and connected devices over network and reset when I login to my workstation when am late so I don't have to explain myself3
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I use Windows on my desktop, Linux on my laptop, and Android on my phone. But I've never never had a good use for Apple products! I'm fine with others using them but I need to have a little control over my devices!
Anyone else?4 -
So it seems that lately I got addicted to minimalistic wallpapers, they just look soo nice on both desktop and mobile devices.
Anyone recommends any good zip file with a bunch of those?
*some websites will do the job too
*Cheers*
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The feeling when your pc runs out of usb ports because of all the different android devices hooked up to it.1
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Saying Java is good because it runs on 3 billion devices is the same like saying mass public transport is good because it carry billions of people.8
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Curiosity killed Ben the cat.
I work in Android Dev. I use scrcpy to control devices remotely. I realized some phones have chrome remote desktop on them...I thought, what if... I open my computer screen on the devices while these devices cast their screen to my computer. Classic mirror loop effect, align to the pixel, staring down the abyss of infinity mirroring... until i took off my earphones to go check this effect on one of the devices.... my computer audio was being played on all devices running chrome remote. :( I feel so stupid1 -
The most tedious thing known to man is rewriting your css for mobile after you just spend 3 hours perfecting it for landscape devices8
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Hey, I need ideas. Keywords: DIY, IT cabinet, cooling. I hope I'll catch your eye :)
So I'm doing my apartment renovation. Complete renovation, 100% everything is remade. Soviets did a lot wrongs but one thing they did I like - storage compartments below ceiling (like double ceiling.. does it have a name in English? I often see them in garages). So I tore down the old compartment and created a bigger new one. I've moved some of my IT devices up there: router, switch, raspberry, etc. Now... it's okay while it's autumn-winter, it's bearable up there. I'm worried temperatures might get very high during summer.
Compartment is not that big, smth 1m x 2 m x 0.5 m.
Any ideas for cooling? I could set up a vent fan to circulate air but it's hardly a cooling. Also not very effective. A/C is not an option as the compartment is too far away from outter walls. Also A/C might be somewhat overkill :) 5 minutes ago I've remembered I had an in-car portable fridge-like thing that could keep drinks decently cooled during summer. I'm wondering whether it would work? Any ideas where could I get this cooling mechanism (what to even google for? :) )?
Is there anything better in the market? DIY? I'm not willing to spend a fortune for this idea (one more reason A/C is an overkill)2 -
Fucking Huawei have stopped giving out codes for unlocking the bootloader of their devices. You can't even get one by messaging their support.
Now you can't even root Huawei phones anymore unless you pay for some very sketchy looking software.
Fuck this5 -
Thoughts on new Surface devices?
I'm particularly impressed with Surface Neo as a light weight laptop on the go.
I could see myself buying the next generation of Surface Duo, looks promising than other dual screen devices I have seen.
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!rant
I'm starting to be really, idk, crazy, but I just can't find anything similar to OneNote, but with SYNC option, for Android and Linux. What do you guys recommend. Already tried Evernote but it's two-devices only limit in free version, nah.3 -
So apparently Google collects geolocation information on Android devices even if location is disabled.
@linuxxx where are you my friend?😂8 -
It is map of various devices connected over public IP to internet. Any interesting insights or comments that you can infer from this map?
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Was watching a movie with other people. But when it got to the climax....
Java. Flippin'. Update.
"20 million devices uses..." "Shuddup."3 -
Love how people are getting excited about the new Samsung devices and I'm here excited for the Nokia 8.1 and considering selling my pixel 2 XL and downgrading to it...
(Fuck Samsung)23 -
Just curious why I see so many devs drooling over Lenovo devices... I personally think they are some of the worst designed hardware around but seems like I'm in the miniscule minority here...7
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Google turned on battery saver on devices remotely..
Fucking Google is just being Google. This is why I'm still on my windows Phone... I just don't trust these fools
https://neowin.net/news/...2 -
Not a rant per se,
But is anyone else experiencing weird peripheral device dropouts on windows?
For example, if i turn off my BT headphones and reconnect later, no audio will play through them until I reboot.
Although this doesn't seem to be limited to Bluetooth but USB devices aswell.
I'm thinking some service has shit its self.4 -
"Old Person" (noun):
Someone who refuses to wear earplugs, headphones or other personal hearing aid audio devices while demanding, but not paying attention to, a living room television set on the loudest possible volume.2 -
My new ISP asked what devices I would be connecting to the internet... "Well let's see here, computers, web servers, tablets, phones, IoT devices, game consoles, MP3 players, smart TVs, robots..."
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When you tell someone not to download unauthorised apps on work devices for fear of malware and they do it anyway, and malware appears and they say:
"But I thought apps on the Play Store are safe!"7 -
When I accidentally move a folder inside another in Windows File Explorer when all I wanted was to open the folder.2
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Have you heard about the background bug on Android 10? I'm talking about this...
https://xda-developers.com/wallpape...
How the hell does something like that happen?? Who coded that formula without checking it's output boundaries?6 -
Well, in Google I/O, Android P Beta is announced for Android devices.
I could see it supported by Google, Sony, OnePlus devices. Even rolling out for Oppo, Vivo, MI.
No Samsung? 🤔wondering why??5 -
I just spent way way too long trying to get my Bootstrap navbar to not be a giant ugly grey block.
And somehow I've set my website to shrink on mobile devices, so all that fussing over a hamburger menu... bloody pointless.
#growingpains
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Developing on Android and came across an issue that only seemed to be happening on one of our devices.
A fair bit of time was spent trying to figure out why the hell one resource (image) wasn't available even though it was clearly there in the project and was working on all other devices.
Turns out the image in question was in the drawable-v24 folder on accident so of course wasn't working on the one device running Android version 21 🤦 at least it was an easy fix -
When you spend 3 days on Xamarins shitty ServicePointManager for HttpClients and final get it to work on all devices
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I tell friends ways to hack "jailed" devices to run linux or other custom software. Because they have no clue about such.. I do it for them.. -.- WHY DO I EVEN TELL THEM???
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Mfw on azure/iot conference, one presenter shows his certificate validation, to connect to all devices in his house:
return true;
He said:
"lets not be paranoid about security" -
When people are too busy complaining about doing documentation while they are putting medical devices on the market with fatal defaults.
Oh sure, endless meetings and a little note in the manual will fix that..3 -
The mission was to develop an Android application for configure some devices(who goes 4000m under the water) before and after their deployment by Bluetooth.
It was pretty cool! -
Casting Netflix on the latest Chromecast devices forces you to re-log in to your account on the TV every time you click that Cast button on your mobile. A minor problem for people with a small family and no friends. A big pain for those who cast from different accounts.
And a massive problem for me and one of our hardware solutions which remotely streams mutliple chromecast devices via a UDP directly in to different rooms in a hotel.
F*ck you Google TV, you insistent piece of crap, I'm going back to Chromecast Ultra.3 -
I made my first volume control!
The volume is controlled depending on how much devices are connected to my NodeMCU. (So it's pretty expensive)
Video:
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I never understood why updating iTunes prevents Xcode from running?
Why Xcode needs to be closed to update a music player? Do both rely on same files for reading connected devices?6 -
My family thinks me as
- the guy who fixes computers
- the guy who fixed mobile devices
- the guy who knows (must know) about mobile phones (which I personally can care less)1 -
Reason #998 why Mozilla Rocks:
They have privately reviewed and released a list of electronic devices/toys & gadgets and their associated privacy risks:
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Is it only me or you also feel a bit more powerful when all your devices are fully charged (nearly) and internet works smooth? 🤔5
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The best invention of all time is copy and paste. Can you imagine without copy and paste in your machine/devices? I don't think so...
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Mobile batteries are the weak link. Need a power source that powers devices for weeks rather than 1 day. Whoever solves this is golden!1
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So, WPA2 was proven not fully secure. Wonder how much time it will take for most devices to be patched...2
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It triggered me so much when I heard from my teacher that “first touchscreen devices has been sold since 2010”1
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Html5 vs Adobe flash. Html5 won
Html5 vs java Web embedded app. Html5 won
Therefore Html5 vs java 3 billion devices. Ans=?5 -
So what do you call people who like Apple devices only or Android devices only? Or someone who thinks Apple devices are superior only or Android devices are superior only ?
Devicist ???12 -
One thing I hate about laptops is touchpads. Another thing I hate about laptops is the point stick and its buttons. Fortunately, these can both be disabled, but Dell's solution for this has some usability issues. What can't be disabled though is the third thing I hate about laptops: The keyboard. Sure, it is made small to give the laptop nifty and portable outer dimensions. Yet, there is like an inch border used for nothing on each side of the keyboard, and if you have to carry along an external keyboard how portable is that?10
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If all phone manufacturers could just ship their Android devices with an sqlite3 executable installed, my day would be so much easier.9
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SwiftKey made all their keyboard themes free for good! Time for us to get and apply this theme on our devices :D
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New android dev joiners... Never Ever... I am saying.. never ever update the test devices in the office...!!! 😣😣
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Does your company allow you to bring your own devices?
If so, dou have a choice on which programs/operating system gets installed?
If not, for which security reasons?4 -
the current generation:
"You have never sat through an entire movie without having at least one device on your body beep or buzz"6 -
I’m just lazy af, so I spend hours to let something else do the actual work.
That’s why grandpa created farming devices, that’s why I use software to my life easier.
It worked once, I liked it, I continued.1 -
This Character Can Crash Almost All Apps on Apple Devices...but but apple is the best /s
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Attendance logging software which integrates a website, physical devices and Android/iOS app.
I'm working on it right now. -
Is the past repeating itself? Am I in that situation again where I, as a junior developer, is left to my own devices on a project, with no code reviews, and with features being added/changed as they wish? 😟1
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Friend:
look! I've got privacy filters for all my devices!
Me:
Great! That's definitely gonna help!
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Has anyone ever tried to use a devices accelerometer to determine speed before?
The way i plan to do it, it should be more accurate than using GPS. Just wondering if anyone has ever done something similar that i can use32 -
My neighbor asked me if I could make him a program for managing the wifi connection to his kids devices. Basically, he wants to be able to turn wifi on/off on selected devices, on demand. I know how to de-auth ALL devices temporarily, but that's not the goal. He asked because I am always looking for new ideas to work/practice on. And no, this isn't a vague post to try and get info on hacking into my neighbors wifi, lol... I set it up and have all the credentials. Is this within reach?14
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Dear @dfox and @trogus, please make the app go landscape for large screen devices like iPads, now I have to hold it always in portrait mode and it is highly uncomfortable at this size of screen4
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Android N update on galaxy devices is great...
Until 2min ago when my screen turned to fractals...4 -
Oh I'm tired of carrying chargers with me. I wish there was something like a wireless distance charger... Kinda like how a WiFi Hotspot can provide wireless connectivity to all devices in the range, I wish there was a Charging Hotspot.
I know this is not exactly dev related but more of physics and engineering, still, anyone has any idea about something like this? Do you think this is feasible?14 -
Wanted to use my ps4 controller on my pc to play a game. There's a program called scp toolkit to install appropriate device drivers for those controllers. The program provides a list of available usb devices currently connected, for which to install the drivers. Unfortunately the devices listed by scp have slightly cryptic names, which means you have to find out, which one it is you're looking for. I chose a usb device for installation I was convinced was the controller. Little did I know that the following NullPointer error made my keyboard unusable. 🙃1
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Oh boy, did I just installed the devRant app on all my devices? and missed a deadline? what is happening to me? (o.0)
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@linuxxx
Hey, it seems that you use dotOs, don't you?
Well, is there a full list of supported devices? I am trying to install in S8 or Mi A1, but i dunno if it is actually supported or not, Thanks!14 -
Music Production (packed with hardware devices like Samplers, synths mixing desk, etc), Hamradio (Radios, antennas, morse code, etc)... :/1
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Gaining root in Macs by not using a password, a vulnerability in HomeKit devices allowing unauthorized remote access.
https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/...
Next you tell me FaceID isn't as secure as you want me to believe.
Oh, wait...1 -
No, friends and family, just because I code doesn't mean I'm a software engineer, or "in IT" and no, websites don't resize themselves to fit mobile devices with fekin magic, that's what we do as web devs, we MAKE that magic
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It would be great to get a blackout mode to save battery on devices with an AMOLED or OLED display as black pixels are off
Basically something like the Reddit darkmode1 -
I am slowly turning my home into an automated smart home, however. I have found a lot of responding devices (media players, sockets, etc..) but no trigger devices (buttons, sensors) I can work with.
Am I looking in the wrong place or do I really have to build something myself using arduino?
My setup is the following: I have a central server in my home that hosts a bunch of docker services that all server a certain purpose. All smart devices have static ips so that server can address them quickly. So it is capable of controlling many things. However, now I want to trigger certain actions through a hardware button. It seems I cannot find such a device....
Any other hads on here?6 -
ok, but this is cool. it’s an image that renders differently on apple and non-apple devices. not sure if devRant will process it so it doesn’t work, but this is cool. also a huge vulnerability for apple, but cool.
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Just ordered my first Alienware laptop.
As much as I want to be excited , I know devices and laptops don’t last that long like they used to years ago5 -
I was android dev for two years. Always used real devices. Now I've created android emulator. Looks like it will boot forever. Any advice?6
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I hate touchscreens!
Far too often, nothing at all happens when "pressing" a "button", and when something happens, it's not at all what you wanted, it's like touchscreen devices have a will of their own.
Maybe touchscreens will evolve and actually become useful in the future, with a technique for reading input that works for everybody and not just for the majority, and with tactility, i.e. through 3D morphing of buttons, switches and wheels, controls that you can grab, feel and hold on to.
Till then, I'll dismiss touchscreens as the toys they are, no good for anything serious.5 -
Good-bye typos? Does that mean it can could also read our minds too... that would be useful but scary...
https://futurism.com/videos/...9 -
Can't remember the last time I've been so happy about something I've made :D in my smarthome project, state is synchronized between devices with websockets, and everything can be configured via Json files :)
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OnClick handler on buttons in Samsung devices keeps count of no. of times you have pressed it and executes only after pressing no less than 3 times.
#slowAF #S9+ -
Samsung, because their devices used to be the very best but now their UI only gets really slow after a few weeks, they're too expensive etc. Basically there are about 10 other companies i'd prefer, even Apple. Using a Oneplus right now.
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I don't get devs who root/jail break their devices to pirate software I know there are other reasons to jailbreak /root but come on!
I bet if in reality thousands of people were pirating your software you'd be pissed.12 -
Even though the app geolocation works for all 20 of my devices it's not for apple.
long = fakeLong;
lat = fakeLat;
if (geoLocationWorks){
long = actualLong;
lat = actualLat;
}
Ha! Now even if apple's geolocation isn't working the app will still work.2 -
Looking for some names I can use for servers/devices. Currently I am using planet names from Star Wars. The names of those planets in the outer rim I use for rootservers/devices which are not physically located in my home. Any other ideas/topics?4
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That moment when can't root my Asus Android devices😬😬😬
(If there are some working on all devices methods of rooting - please write below)2 -
First time using Expo in an already built React Native project. Good thing makes project lighter and easier to work with on slow devices.
However:
Bye bye Gradle build
Hello Build queued, let's see how this will go -
Facebook should switch to NodeJS, seriously.
They eat the memory of my devices, that's weird it's only Messenger and Facebook who do this..Don't use Ajax when you don't know how to profit from it without affecting the user experience.15 -
How do you know, without a doubt, that you really need to take the time to sort through your storage devices?
...ok, I got the message, loud and clear.
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When the screen resolution of your laptop and tower pc are completely different and you can't get used to fast workflows because the UI changes everytime you switch devices.
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android, a real nightmare to get something working in all its versions and screens and different vendors devices2
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FUCK TEAMVIEWER ... HAVEN'T USED THEN FOR YEARS BUT WANTED TO REMOTE FROM 1 ANDROID TO ANOTHER.
Spent an hour setting up dealing with account lockouts, devices verification.... Finally connected all the 2 phones to the account... And TV can't connect... Stuck at connecting....3 -
I just spent 6h to sort all my private documents : university stuff, financial stuff, my trades, devices etc etc...
Totally worth.
Being organized is so satisfying.. Finding everything you need in seconds:) -
Windows 10 you piece of shit, no sound again in my headphones, tried everything, reinstalling drivers, headphones work perfectly in other devices or through my docking station4
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The ignorant (Apple) hate-threads are getting dull. Most arguments are ignorant, outdated and irrelevant. I own my own company and all we use are Macs and iPhones. We have never had any issues with the OS on either devices. /rant4
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Thanks to @nik123 I know have a new side project: creating an fs (or fuse) driver that hides bad blocks on block devices and makes them usable again.2
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Custom browser CSS implementation, especially IE and Edge. Also different in device type, looking at you, Safari.😅
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So excited about my project !
It's about securing file transfer within local network.
Clients are android devices and there is a linux system as a server which handles file and public key transfer between clients .
Any idea about making it cooler ?10 -
So while we all ranting about Mozilla fucking up, has anyone ever used a pi-hole?
If anyone who doesn't know what a pi-hole is, it's basically a blackhole for ads which works across all your devices in the network3 -
I'm starting to look at how to get devices to send data to an endpoint for storage and analysis. I'm looking at AWS iot stuff like core and green grass but then I'm thinking that a REST API could also do the job. I don't need to connect devices to each other (in first iteration). Dont think I need any edge stuff either. Anybody have any experience with this?3
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That moment when you start to hang out with a new girl, and she tries to look more intelligent & interesting and asks you:
Girl: Hey you, you know more of software, which of these devices should I buy? -
I'm working on a project which monitors streaming videos from several Rasp Pi devices wirelessly. Should packet loss occur, the bitrate is reduced remotely by the central computer. (Packet loss is inevitable as wireless devices will compete for wireless bandwidth.)
To demonstrate my work I asked for a wireless WI-FI router rather than bringing one in from home. I wish I hadn't bothered...
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Just got explicitly told to turn off any Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices in the usually generic pre-flight "Turn to flight mode" announcement 😂😂
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I have tons of old phones, I'd like to use them as IOT devices. Anyone know a really small Android rom with no extras? Not only no Playstore, but also no fancy theme engine etc, so I can use them as servers etc1
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Can I build apps in Android devices using only C/C++ ? I mean is possible? I heard it is, but how that can be achieved? Can someone explain!12
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My unidirectional type-c cable. Essentially is a Type C to Type A-female adapter with a Type A to Type C cable plugged in, but with the plugs bypassed with a soldered joint.
Useful for devices that have Type C but refuse to implement protocols, just using 5v bus. They only work with Type A to Type C cables. Usually, they’re vapes and other low-cost devices.
I made this cable to charge my heated tobacco device. Now, since I quit smoking, I don’t need it anymore, but I’ll keep it nonetheless because it’s kinda neat.
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Java script must be so powerful. I didn't know you could build a whole pip network using mobile and desktop devices as servers to replace the dark Web!4
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I bought a .Dev domain couple of hours ago and it's reachable from my phone's browser, but not yet from my PC's browser. Both devices are connected to the same Network. Why does that happen?10
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I have 50Mb internet via Cox Cable (US), what AP should I get that:
1) Allows at least six devices on 802.11 at once
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Just Realized... I have like 1 of every device... I'm a full on fence sitter...
iPhone X -- work phone
Huawei p20 -- personal phone
MacBook -- work laptop
Lenovo ThinkPad running Arch Linux -- personal laptop
Window Surface -- research/teaching laptop (use it when I teach and need to bring notes)
Gaming PC -- Gaming PC
And all of this took ~5 years to garner... Geez... I like all of these devices too (and sometimes i hate em) Holy...1 -
!dev
can someone recommend a free 3d modelling software to create printable stl-files for mechanical technical devices? i am not experienced with cad and freedcad gave me a hard time to start with.
educational or commercial use both can apply.3 -
What are the odds Microsoft is playing behind the scenes with Wannacry attack to increase Windows 10 growth ?
It is not a secret that Satya Nadella is on a mission to meet 1 billion W10 devices by 2018.9 -
Erry day I'm tetherin'
Because the fucking WiFi driver gives up on life every 3 months, repairing takes about a month everywhere and I have 3 devices, so there's not a whole week that I can spend without usb tethering from my phone. -
Boo boo, Apple is artificially slowing down old devices so people buy new ones 🤡
EVERY phone becomes slower over time because of battery degradation. I’ve changed my iPhone’s battery yesterday, and it’s as fast as new now.
Morons.8 -
When I go to sleep nowadays, I leave both my laptop and my phone charging in the other room. Now, my bedside doesn't even have a power strip nearby.
Yes, I go to bed without my devices. Crazy!
(shoutout to my antidepressants)4 -
Okay okay.
Zero Touch Provisioning and cisco devices is a joke.
You buy serveral devices for thousands of dollars and want to provision on startup.
And this shitty thing just tells me I that it is not possible to start ZTP on its management port. Oh my god.
And you cant even provide a plain config file. No it muste be a python script that will be executed on the router.
This is hilarious2 -
A customizable hand held devices OS which is completely hackable using authorized modifications and secure.
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That is how you will look after a 100 year when you take a photo with your cool electronic devices looool
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if you have macos, go to
/System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf
it contains the bitcoin whitepaper. -
How does one pull the firmware from various devices, decompile them, edit them and then place them back on the device ?
Like say, ssd firmware, or the firmware on phones etc ?28 -
This feeling when you have 20+ devices which you use to develop and/or test have flash flood alert.1
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I kinda interested to see you guys desk setup.
I’m a mobile dev, I feel like I can never organize my devices and cable....4 -
Someone tell me how to get started programming devices(microcontrollers) and stuff, and actually building a device that help .plss I need help.excluding Arduino..I already know that3
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!rant
Just did some really satisfying refactoring. Much happier with my work now. Its a little cli app to poll M-bus devices and write the data to file if the user wants. Can scan the whole range, search for specific devices and VIFE codes, parse an input file for lots of the previous data and one or two other things.
How's everyone's else's weekend? -
Kinda kidnapped to app development from frontend, and culture shock-ed how strong Android studio's view editor is.
One click to responsive 1:1 square for all devices? Seriously? Am I in frontend heaven?1 -
No rants about new MacBook pro generation? Obviously one must rant about the absolute need to buy adapters to connect keyboard&mouse (let's be honest, BT devices out there are mostly nowhere near ergonomic)1
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#rant
Is it just me or is the Android Storage Access Layer completely fucked up?
All I want to do is upload an image in 3 sizes (one of them 4k, if available), the correct orientation, on devices >= Android 2.1 (yes, including Samsung crap), without 100m of libraries to an S3 bucket and I need a PHD + an Armada of physical test devices to do so? WTF? -
Hey, anyone have experience with email with encryption?
I need to setup TLS for emails for all devices on premises. The printer and other devices does not support TLS.
I'm thinking i could use local exchange server that forwards to our office 365, as we use outlook for the domain. But i would rather use some linux solution.
We have multiple ip's we might send from.1 -
Do you guys think the iOS version will always support older devices? I'm stuck on my old iPod due to iPad screen fracturing.6
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Hello, any keystonejs users up there? I consider using it on small devices to build user interface. Any pros/cons I should consider?
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Little help needed to understand this:
Rogue detector: An AP dedicates itself to detecting rogue devices by correlating
MAC addresses heard on the wired network with those heard over the air. Rogue
devices are those that appear on both networks.
1.How can the same MAC appear in both networks? 2.If it does, why does it mean its a rogue device?4 -
What's your opinion on using personal devices at work (especially for Android/iOS dev)? Using emulators is never really a practical solution in most cases.2
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PSA: Apparently you can disable Play services within the Knox container on Samsung devices that have it.4
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I've had to update some 200 scanning devices on the only available computer old enough to still have the necessary connector. Over a serial connection that was so slow I could've probably written the firmware faster than updating it. It took me 14 hours to update all devices.
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Can anybody share some tips on desktop devices that will make my life easier? I build apps and websites on multiple devices. My desk is a mess, devices are all over the office, wires are everywhere.I need more zen.
I need some kind of shelf or tray that holds maybe 5+ different tablets/mobiles neatly. I also need charge points, maybe a nice under-monitor tray. Needs to be robust.
Thanks6 -
just managed to deploy the hyperledger fabcar sample on a wsl 2 Ubuntu image with working sound and xserver.
now I have to do that again for 5 more devices... -
Programming assembly in KEIL is complete shit. Base project doesn't assemble, devices need specific drivers, and good luck gitignoring when there's hundreds of files regenerated on build.
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How the hell would my BLE device advertise as 2 devices . Trying to make the app developer understand this . 🤯
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