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Google Clock Alarm Off/Snooze Behaviour

I want to ask if anyone else is seeing an odd behaviour with the standard Google clock app alarm, regarding the Off & Snooze buttons when the alarm is triggered. I'm still running a Galaxy S10+ these days, am satisfied with it until I find an offer I can't refuse to upgrade.

I've noticed the functionality of the buttons keeps switching back and forth every few months from a slider to push buttons. Since two days ago, the alarm shutoff screen is a slider - slide right Off and slide left Snooze. But for the past 3 months it had been two distinct push buttons - Snooze on the left and Off on the right, with the action being a touch of either button.

Have seen it happen over and over several times in the past 3 years, and am curious whether it's tied to periodic updates or some feature that I'm not aware of; there is no setting that manages this behaviour. While the main function of the buttons isn't impaired, it's odd to wake up groggily trying to figure out if I should touch the Off button or slide the center button to turn Off. Only once had it impacted me, when it was in slider mode and I accidentally turned it on Snooze instead of Off, getting surprised a few minutes later while getting dressed and suddenly the alarm rings out again.

PhoNetInfo - Phone and Network Information

PhoNetInfo version 1.0.73 is now available. Main changes since the last post:
  • New tab "Mountpoints" with various info about the device's mountpoints
  • New tab "Display" with various info about the device's screen
Download links, changelog and readme files:
Download (FREE version): PhoNetInfo - Device Info - Apps on Google Play
Download (PRO version): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.patrickfrei.phonetinfo
Changelog: http://www.patrickfrei.ch/phonetinfo/android/changelog/CHANGELOG
Readme: http://www.patrickfrei.ch/phonetinfo/android/rb1073/README

Pet octopus gives birth to 50 babies

definitely an octopus is not a pet i would recommend anyone getting. they are invertebrates and thus are very hard to keep. they are escape artists....being invertebrates, they do not have any bones in their body save for their beak. the beak is their mouth and is very sharp almost like a bird's beak. thus they can squeeze thru any opening as long as it is bigger than their beak. if the beak can fit thru, they can squeeze thru it. plus they have extremely short life spans.

i would highly recommend watching My Octopus Teacher on Netflix:

here is a marine biologist's review of the documentary:

and this is pretty cool from Harvard about it:

and finally here is the story about the family:

where did the dad get the octopus from? they live in Oklahoma. i do not think the local pet store got it for them. plus the octopus is a California species.

Windows 11 doesn't have enough ads

Windows 11 doesn't have enough ads, says Microsoft's latest plan to force more ads onto your PC


Windows 11 doesn't have enough ads, says Microsoft's latest plan to force more ads onto your PC
Back before meme images were a thing you'd get jokes circulated by email. One I remember was a "Microsoft press release" announcing that since their user surveys had discovered that the activity Windows users spent most time doing was "staring at the blue screen of death" they were planning on selling advertising space on it...

AAA

Here one of the equivalent organisations is just called the "Automobile Association". Back in the 70s and early 80s they and their main rival (the "Royal Automobile Club" or RAC) used to provide little plates with their logos which members could attach to their cars to advertise their membership. I remember an American visitor being extremely confused that people were driving around with the initials "AA" on their cars, as (a) they didn't think Alcoholics Anonymous membership was something you'd announce to the world, and (b) there seemed to be rather a lot of them...

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