• deltapi@lemmy.world
      1·
      22 小时前

      Wow, there’s a reference I didn’t think I’d come across. Did you ever try using it? I was curious but never did…didn’t have a use case for it.

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        20 小时前

        No, never bothered. I think it’d be fun to fool around in, but I don’t think it’d be worth the trouble. I don’t even have a way to run VMs set up on any of my computers at the moment so I’d need to download Virtual Box or qemu.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    148·
    2 天前

    “Hey, what watch is that?”

    Me: “American Megatrends.”

    “…”

    Me: “it’s EnergyStar compliant.”

  • mintiefresh@piefed.caEnglish
    159·
    2 天前

    For a second there I thought you actually accessed the bios on the watch and it looked like that haha.

    Awesome!

    • teamevil@lemmy.world
      141·
      1 天前

      You’re missing the point of the face…

      But I also didn’t realize it was the watch face initially, I thought it was an alternate OS.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 天前

    I feel like the only person in the world who uses a regular analog watch face (and uses the always on display setting) so that my watch actually looks like a watch.

    (Is it true that Gen Z and younger can’t read analog clocks? Might explain this behavior.)

    • Hagdos@lemmy.world
      4·
      22 小时前

      My watch face is always analog, but that’s mostly because it’s an analog watch.

      What’s the added value of a smart watch here?

      • Psythik@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 小时前

        Well I’m a statistics nerd, so I like all the sensors on the watch for sleep and health tracking. I can see exactly how long I slept in each phase, track my snoring, stress levels, muscle mass, body fat, and body water; compare calories burned to calories consumed, make sure my heart is being correctly with the ECG, check my pulse and blood pressure. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

        It’s basically like having a PipBoy IRL (it even has the light!). And to me that’s really fucking cool. Only feature missing is VATS.

      • Mister_Ruse@aussie.zone
        2·
        18 小时前

        I like it for notifications. I can see if a text or notification is important without getting my phone out. Also can see who’s calling without getting my phone out.

        It saves you getting your phone out.

    • LwL@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 小时前

      Wouldn’t surprise me if many young people can’t, I’m on the edge between millenial and gen z and reading an analog clock always needs some active effort. I’ve always preferred digital so I never really had to read analog clocks besides the one that hung in our kitchen and that one time I had a watch. Oh and the train stations still all have analog.

      Kitchen clocks, if they aren’t just the oven or microwave, are probably becoming rarer, so when your watch is also digital, you’d never really encounter analog if it’s not somewhere in the public space, which will probably depend on where you live.

      I’d guess most kids probably still can read one with effort because at least when there’s a second hand (since you can easily see it move) it’s kinda self explanatory, and it probably got explained in school once.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      22 小时前

      I feel like the only person that can’t stand to wear a watch. Until cellphones came out, I just got really good at estimating the time.

      • Psythik@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 小时前

        I feel you but for me the body tracking features make it worth it. If you’re a Fallout fan, it’s like having a real-life PipBoy. The only thing missing is VATS.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 小时前

          I specifically bought a smart watch for that purpose, first watch I’ve bought in over 20 years, and it sits there and gathers dust because it’s so annoying to have something hanging on my wrist. I might also be less wigged out by them if I could put my own OS on it instead of having the Google spyware only.

  • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 天前

    I’d prefer to see more things like if it’s going to rain soon and other meteorological parameters, but love the look

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    133·
    1 天前

    This feels like a recipe for screen burn, but I assume whatever elements the watch uses for pixels don’t do that, and it’s just the bad side of nostalgia making me feel that way.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 小时前

      I’ve been using the always-on display of my OLED smartwatch 24/7 since 2022 (Samsung Watch 4 Classic). Burn-in is a non-issue. The watch face goes into AOD mode when you’re not looking at it; I’m not sure which burn-in protection features are being used but they work well cause I can use the same watch face for months at a time without any signs of burn-in.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 天前

    Wow. Didn’t think I’d get nostalgia flashbacks from a watch face but here we are.

      • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        2 天前

        I’ve used Facer, it’s worth the cost if you like accessorizing regularly. It has a lot of options from indie artists, including replica OG Disney Mickey Mouse. My watch always complains about not being able to save power with 3rd party faces though, and the battery life drops about 40% to 72 hours. Worse with Facer because it’s an app that’s no doubt doing more than facilitating watchfaces.

        • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
          6·
          1 天前

          Google is pushing towards WFF (Watch Face Format) styles. The new Wear OS 5 watches, IIRC, (not the upgraded ones) didn’t even support Facer or Watchmaker initially.

          The Watch faces published on Play Store, majority of them, are now in WFF format which translates to improved battery life as well.