I want to be optimistic that the industry will learn from these failures but they only ever seem to learn the wrong lessons

It’s funny that it’s both visible and wrong

Even worse, I can identify most cars at night using just the taillight/headlight shape

Aging Wheels has a twike and has a couple of good videos of the vehicle

Fenix 6X Digital for TactixD watch face

I know nothing will be done but it’s at least nice to hear someone official say it

It’s a monitor brightness test 😝

Primarily I just think the difference is overall good design between the OS and the phone itself. There are a lot of little thoughtful details that improve the experience.

The ‘glyph’ lights are a good example. When I was researching the phone I thought they were just a gimmick. Like sure they’re neat and all but I didn’t really see much value added. However, in practice you start realizing how valuable they are.

The notifications lights can be customized so important ones turn on a light until the phone is checked. This makes ignoring your phone so much easier. The Glyph Timer is really useful, especially if you need a silent timer. There’s also a Glyph flashlight. This seems redundant at first because there’s already an LED flashlight on the back of the phone, like every other phone. However, the Glyph flashlight is much softer which is perfect for navigating a dark room where someone is sleeping.

People will point out that most of Nothing’s features can be replicated in some capacity on any Android phone. This is absolutely true, but I think they’re discounting how thoughtfully these details are implemented by Nothing on their phones.

…and just so it’s perfectly clear: I am VERY happy with Nothing OS and the 2a. Like, happy enough that my next phone will likely be a Nothing phone as well. It’s been the best out-of-box user experience I’ve ever had with a phone

I’m writing this on a 2a and the only thing ‘missing’ for me is an SD card slot but I’m told that’s out of fashion these days anyway

Rubber playground tiles

Allegorical, but I have 2008 Mercedes C300 (W204). I purchased it in 2017 with 90k miles and I’m currently at 190k. It’s still my daily driver and overall I remain pretty happy with it.

The tl;dr of this car has been toyota-like reliability with maintenance/repairs being uncommon but more costly when they need to be done. I wouldn’t assume my experience is indicative of Mercedes overall.

I’m not a mechanic but I am an engineering technician and test driver in automotive T&V

Ann Arbor is pretty nice. I’m about an hour away but I have a friend near there. If you like mountain biking there’s also some very good trails nearby

Come to Michigan. We have all the water

That name is what I know it by… And yes, it’s both an amazing building and a really cool museum. I took a ton of pictures there

Electro-magnetic pulse?

Oh that’s funny. A few of the stock Windows 7 wallpapers are of this same building. I hadn’t noticed that before

Kiran Leonard - Real Home

Rowena Wise - Senseless Acts of Beauty

I may add more if I think of anything else

Usually the US uses proxies

This is great. It’s like Shitpost-Prime. Half the comments are complaining about how it doesn’t make sense.

No one has even noticed that

• A “mini-burger” already has a name and it isn’t “mini-burger”
• The standard soda can shown is not a big soda