The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by drenvuk on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:13PM (#14641211)

I feel no shame suggesting that you get the Pleco app. It is the best Character/Kanji dictionary that exists today. You can also draw them to look them up + tons of other stuff.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by Sir_Cmpwn on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:35PM (#14641330)

I only run open source software on my phone. However, I think there are some similar FOSS apps for Japanese on F-Droid, I'll have to take another look.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by drenvuk on Monday June 26, 2017 @10:43PM (#14642189)

I wonder about this. Can't you just lock down the app to the point where you don't have to worry about it phoning home or accessing certain information? Or is it just ideology that's stopping you?

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by Sir_Cmpwn on Monday June 26, 2017 @10:46PM (#14642210)

Not to my satisfaction, no. But I can't also install it in the first place because I don't have the Play store on my phone. Ideology is a part of it too.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by zhzhh on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:11AM (#14643547)

You don't need the Play store for Pleco. You can download the apk from their website for free.

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