TIL #xiaomi device has a proximity sensor (great). But that sensor only works in vertical position (not great at all).

This concept is so insanely stupid that I am still wondering why the hell they would implement the sensor the way they did. This results in so many issues like flip covers not shutting off the phone, your ear writing an sms to your ex while you are actually having a phone call laying down.

I initially started playing with the sensor because I wanted to track push-ups with f-droid app
#fitotrack but while laying on the floor the phone outright does nothing no matter where or how long I touched it with finger or palm.

Turns out, due to the insenely stupid implementation by xiaomi, I can only do push-ups, when pinning the phone to the wall
😂

It is only monday, but this really made my day. Oh boy... so many years of hardware and software development and this is where we are at?

#smartphone #hell #nothingworks #technologysucks

There's little that annoys me more than dealing with Apple AppStoreConnect's Users and Access and certificates and profiles maze when setting up new apps for testing. I hope this is providing really good extra tight and necessary security for someone, because it's a PITA for me.

#TechnologySucks

Sweet, my Kobo just wiped itself to factory settings, and is apparently going to take nearly two hours to download an update. Guess I’m not reading tonight.

Can’t even switch to my phone as I’m reading an epub from outside the Kobo ecosystem.

#kobo #technologysucks

It'd be nice if "smart" tvs were smart enough not to put up their "are you still there?" messages in the middle of football matches or long films
#technologySucks

I work in the computer field. I say this for context, as in “it isn’t me”.

Just spent 20 minutes trying to order lunch online. Code generated but never received. Rebooted stupid smartphone. Text messages come in but of course are now expired. Generate a new one, wait a few minutes, it finally comes in - invalid (!). Decide to call my order in. Message says number isn’t currently available.

Just made my own lunch!

Anybody else experience anything like this??

#technologysucks

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