Tynan

If you’re wondering if you would still be able to plug your phone into your computer to put files on it, let me ask you a related question: Do you think Google would kill the ability to plug your phone in and take pictures and video off of it? I think the answer to that is pretty obvious.

I have the GameSir X2 Pro and I love it. It doesn’t fit your criteria as it doesn’t fold into pocket size but maybe this is a recommendation for the brand?

I’m trying to read the Black Company by Glen Cook, but I have so many hobbies and only so much time while the kids are asleep.

Also I feel like it’s worth mentioning for anyone scrolling by that Randall Munroe is the writer of the very popular webcomic xkcd and you’ve probably seen it before.

You might be coming out of the slog! But maybe there’s a bit more to go. I love the series but it definitely has some issues, one of them being pacing.

I lost mine in my house. Looked for it in April, couldn’t find it. In September I found it and the battery was at 56%.

Also you can’t read a tablet in direct sunlight.

Yeah Amazon and I have a pretty adversarial relationship about what I should be able to do on my Kindle, and my next device won’t be from them. But in the meantime I’m loving having my jailbreak back, and I made sure to prevent updates properly this time. Koreader is great and the thing even has a Gameboy emulator!

Welcome! I got RetroArch installed on everything, but on Android I’m using Daijisho as a frontend, and it can also be your launcher. Just make sure you download RetroArch from the official website if you go this way, the version on the Play Store is horribly out of date.

I’m glad you included the April Fool’s Day link. Comefrom is the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

My (half-) brother has Huntington’s. It killed his father, so he knew it was possible and he’s not having any children. He’s just turned 30 and just had its presence confirmed, but apparently he’ll be symptom-free until about 60. Hopefully we get more good news like this in the next 30 years.

Scrcpy does this. If you delve deep into the options you can even set up keyboard input only, but the default is screen mirroring the tablet to the computer. As to whether or not it works before running your OS I’m not sure, because it works via ADB.

I’m pretty sure I own it in on four different storefronts and I’ve never paid for it. It’s a lot of fun but I stopped playing before I got to fly. I don’t remember why.

An excellently written article. Scathing but I appreciate that they can see the game buried within the layers of bullshit.

I know that I’ve done it. I think it was Boop. Honestly Steam frankly sucks for this and I’ve given up trying to making it look good. Tried GoG Galaxy’s outside launcher integration, gave up on that too, and I’ve been really pleased with Playnite for many years.

That’s adorable, and I’m about to click that link but I’m willing to bet the similarity to the word “cassette” is not a coincidence.

Yeah I was right!

I second Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2, and would also like to mention Champions of Norrath and Champions: Return to Arms for really similar PS2 games.

What did you replace Defender with?

I struggled with this. All I wanted was an eight inch tablet with a stylus. I eventually settled on the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5, which I managed to source from my cell carrier. It’s rugged, meaning it’s approaching 9 inches with the thick bezel. Not one of my desired features, but I have small children so this is still a plus. All the pictures on the Samsung website are dudes wearing hard hats and reflective vests, and you can buy a rack for charging five of them at once, that’s how aimed at construction workers it is. Also it has a push-to-talk key which I’ve bound to turning pages instead. Anyway, it fits in my (admittedly very large) pocket and I use it everyday. Oh, and you can easily replace the battery (if you don’t live in Canada) but battery life isn’t great. Performance is great though.

They’re using an iPhone so F-Droid is off the table. Is it also an attack vector on iOS?

I’ve tried a bunch of list-based launchers but I’ve bounced off them all, even on my tablet where I use fewer apps. Still interested in other people’s experiences, though. Maybe I’ll try again.

Still worth mentioning for the FOSS devs who might be looking for features to include.