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Difficult decisions

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Mark is very lazy recently. Nothing wrong with that, after doing the same job for so long, it's only natural, but I don't enjoy his content as I used to.

He was always very "science for the whole family" but recent videos seem to skew very heavily into kids content without much clever science content

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Nerds of equal standing.

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Star trek is like an old friend you can talk with for hours. Makes you comfy, makes you laugh, makes you ponder your existence and mortality, and every time you meet they have a new story to tell you.

As to where to start: If you can handle old shows The Original Series is really amazing for what it is.

If you can't then no worries The Next Generation is a safe bet, but maybe try to skip the first two seasons on your first watch, some of the episodes are painfully mediocre, and the show was still trying to find its footing.

If you want a modern show, then Strange New Worlds is currently running and has some qualities of the old Trek

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"Uninstall survey" after uninstall an app - how is that possible?

If you are running Android <11 then apps could see the list of apps installed on the device https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility

Pure speculation (and how I would do it) is to have apps A, B, C check periodically the list of installed packages and if one of them disappeared from the list I would trigger this survey. Of course that requires that all apps are from the same developer, and it won't trigger this survey on the last app uninstall

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Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected | Aalto University

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The difference is, if you have an iPhone and want to buy a smartwatch/earbuds you will likely pick Apple made ones, as they are artificially made better than the competition.

While on Android you can pick from a bunch of different companies without any real downsides, and when you want to switch to a different phone (e.g from a Samsung to a Pixel) you won't need to switch your smartwatch or earbuds.