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Huawei Band 3 spoilt exactly three days after the warranty void.

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Bought this Huawei Band 3 smartwatch few days before my birthday last year.  The price was RM239. It is slightly expensive than those I used to buy. Since it is Huawei, I thought it would last longer, but the same fate happened to it.  But I won't deny it is a better version of smartwatch as it tracked the steps better.  My previous watch even recorded my hand movement in playing drum or bumpy car ride as "steps".  However, as for tracking my distance/stride, the ability for Huawei watch is slightly lacking.  I ran on a 400-metre track, but the GPS gave less distance for that measured distance.  If you are concern about your sleep, this band gives quite precise analysis. Another plus point is the charging method, instead of diassamble the piece, this model allows user to charge it directly using USB cable.  Its waterproof feature also allowed me to track my swimming activities and bring it to shower. Somehow, I wonder whether bringing them into water m...

Would our grandchildren blame existing human beings for leaving them world full of rubbish?

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 Source: Maoistrebelnews As a mom in 30s, I resent my ancestors evertime the weather is damn hot and intolerable. I blame them for keeping on destroying all the greens and polluting rivers in their days so call to give better lives for the next generation. The previous generations or so called the "modern" people kept on implying that using plastic is cool, buying is sort of a symbol of status, in contrary to reusing or upcycling is only meant for those who have no money and etc. Recently, I attended a seminar on Environmental issues. One of them is on waste.  Here I share the statistic from Journal of Science 2015. 1. In 2010, 99.5 million tonnes plastic were produced from 192 countries bordering the sea and led about 12.7 million tonnes went into the ocean. 2. It is estimated that each person on average consume 18gramme, or a size of credit card, in their daily food intake ie the fish, the sea salt which contain microplastic. 2. As for e-waste collection in ...