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That's not (just) a Samsung functionality.
It also works with my LG and the Huawei and Oneplus phones we have at work.
The common part between them all is USB-C.
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Probably about 7 years ago I was talking with our IT guy about how far phones have come and how cool it will be when we can use our phones as our main computer. I even discussed it on the lounge and had some say it was the dumbest idea ever and would never fly. Glad to see the rest of the world didn't feel that way.
I'm a bit ashamed that I lost track of what was going on with the desktop mode of Android phones. I notice that you can run Microsoft Office on Samsung's in DeX mode so we're pretty much there.
Now if only Visual Studio Code would run on Android. (StackBlitz is almost there...)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I wouldn't go as far as calling it desktop mode, it's rather just screen mirroring.
Which is still quite useful though, especially when you add in the mouse and keyboard.
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Mouse, keyboard, tabbed browser and a taskbar. It felt more like a desktop than a phone.
It was more of the "oh, wow. I didn't know it did that" factor than anything else. A hint of where things are finally going.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Oh well. Then I have another one for you. It works just as fine wirelessly. Miracast has been around since 2012, And most TVs above a certain level have it nowadays
I'm using it for showing photos.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I was talking with our IT guy
 You need an IT guy? I'm soooo disillusioned... 
I've had the S8+ for a while now, and I'm still learning all it can do. I suspect I've only touched the surface, since I'm scared to open most of the garbage that came pre-installed from Verizon. I even used it elk hunting last year with an app called onX Hunt, and it tracked my every movement perfectly, providing topo information, and ownership of the land I was walking through. I can't verify it, but I think its accuracy is probably every bit as good as my Garmin eTrex GPS thingy. A very impressive device!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Chris Maunder wrote: If only my iPhone could do that...
Is that the new Apple slogan? 
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No, that would be: "You'll get it two years later, but more polished and dumbed down"
I'm pretty sure USB-C will come to iphone sooner or later, and then it will have Thunderbolt, just to make sure it's "Better" someway. (Read incompatible, just for the sake of it)
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: "You'll get it two years later, but more polished and dumbed down - with a proprietary connector we'll claim is better"
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That would be the lightning.
They actually caved in on their laptops, where they use USB-C nowadays.
Surely it must be much better to ruin an existing standard instead of creating their own.
I predict there will be a new use for the USB-C connector within a year, that will be incompatible with existing ones. And within two years you will have it on all existing iProducts
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Harrumph. My first smartphone was a Samsung Galaxy S5, my current work phone is an S5, and my personal phone is an S9+. All of them have been robust workhorse devices. They've survived traveling in my gym bag, my cycling jersey, and my belt pack while marathon training, all without the zip-lock bag that everyone else seems to think is required.
They've given me plenty of bang for my paltry few bucks.
Software Zen: delete this;
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That's so sick.
I like it.
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Why anyone would want this is completely alien to me! 
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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... they can save you time
I'm making the box to house mine, and I cut out the recess and mounting holes for the extraction hose / fan / DC / switch housing - but fitting it on, I realised I didn't have the six M4 washers I needed. Ten minutes later, I had a bunch of 'em.
Couple of minutes CAD, 2 minutes preheat, 1 minute printing, 2 minutes cooldown. That's quicker than I could have driven to a shop that sells 'em, cheaper than I would have paid, quicker and cheaper than Fleabay or Amazon. Renewable energy instead of Diesel too.
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Something I found really useful was when I started to order specialty screws, nuts, inserts, etc., I created a jar with screw on lid. Print as needed!
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Washers you wouldn't have needed had you not bought the printer? So what's the _real_ cost of the washers?
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Kind of like my sons justification for bow hunting.
$1600 for bow
$60 for 6 arrows with razor heads
$150 Deer Stand
$1200/yr hunt club membership
$6000 camper to keep in the woods. He bought a (very expensive) Chevy truck with intent to haul 5th wheel camper and they told him if he put 5th wheel in back of truck it would void warranty. WTF?
$?? Gas food, time off work, etc.
So how'd you do while out 5 days?
Saw 2 small bucks, to small to harvest.
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I've been made to understand that those who go hunting only do it for the beer.
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I'm starting to suspect that as well.
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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Sounds familiar. Last year I got drawn for an elk tag. Since it was my first time hunting, I had no gear, and had to go shopping. I got cold weather clothing and accessories ($1000), tuned up my Browning BAR (muzzle break @ $80, scope calibrated for .30-06 @ $400). I can't carry 800 lbs of meat out of the mountains, so I needed a trailer ($800) to haul my Yamaha Kodiak (with winch, just in case). I rented a cheap motel for the week - the heater didn't work right, and the carpet was soaking wet from condensation on the interior walls - for about $400. I was up before dawn, walking in the woods at 15 - 20F, squatting for hours near known watering holes, for a solid week. Several trophy-grade white tail deer walked up to me in perfect safety - they knew it was bow season for deer, and I was carrying a rifle. I never saw a single elk. 
It would be more economical for me to give up on elk, and just order 800 lbs of lobster shipped from Maine. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Sounds about right.
Roger Wright wrote: It would be more economical for me to give up on elk, and just order 800 lbs of lobster shipped from Maine.
Plus the lobster would be a hell of a lot tastier! 
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: the lobster would be a hell of a lot tastier!
That's a big Maybe... You've never tasted my hunting partner, Denise's elk chili. Lobster never tasted so good...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Pretty minimal: the machine was a "given"; my Christmas Present from Herself (I just kinda opened it early under orders)
I still have the project I wanted it for (and a couple of others that are creeping out of the woodwork now I can see what it does) but that'll wait for after the "official" present day.
With that discounted, the washers work out about ariount 2.4 pence per gram, and the five I have left don't even weigh enough to register on my kitchen 1g scales. (I don't buy / sell narcotics, so I don;t need more accurate scales than that)
The cheapest that a quick look on Fleabay gives me is around £1.70 for 10, or 2.99 for 100 - and I'd have them Tuesday or Wednesday.
To go and buy them? £0.99 for five, and a 30 mile round trip meaning 1/2 gallon of diesel and an hour of my life.
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