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   Maria Sophia to Andy Burns   
   Re: How to create a plain wallpaper/back   
   17 Feb 26 13:31:20   
   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Andy Burns wrote:   
   > Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >   
   >>   Settings -> Wallpaper -> Add New Wallpaper -> Color (18 exist)   
   >   
   > Along with various curated "fancy" photos/clipart styles, mine has dumb   
   > AI wallpaper generation, but also a couple of dozen solid colours.   
      
   Hi Andy,   
      
   I APPRECIATE your post because Carlos just said because "his phone" can't   
   do it, then "every phone" can't do it, which is just not Occam's Razor.   
      
   Some phones can do it.   
   And you validated that fact.   
      
   Normally, to help other kind-hearted people, I spend minutes and sometimkes   
   hours, and even sometimes days (elapsed time) to help look up their   
   specific phone and model and launcher and Android version to find a   
   solution for "them". I'd do that for you. And for Arno or Carlos.   
      
   But since I consider Chris Green a troll, I'm not going to all that effort   
   to help him, but I did go to the effort to help *everyone* instead, by   
   suggesting what I consider to be a solution that works on *all* phones.   
       
      
   Having provided a general-purpose solution for everyone, including Chris   
   Green, you'd think a "thank you" would be the outcome, but nope.   
      
   Carlos argues with me. I like Carlos. So it's disconcerting when Carlos   
   calls me a troll when I'm trying to defend the newsgroup against trolls.   
      
   Note that Chris Green doesn't even provide the courtesy of a thank you.   
   He never does.   
   He never will.   
      
   Another troll "Jim Jackson" did the exact same thing as did "Chris Green".   
    From: Jim Jackson    
    Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android   
    Subject: Feint vertical and horizontal lines in keyboard area   
    Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:06:52 -0000 (UTC)   
    Message-ID:    
      
   Note that "Jim Jackson" doesn't even provide the courtesy of a thank you.   
   He never does.   
   He never will.   
      
   It's my fault for trying to help these trolls. Sigh.   
   I care too much to help people.   
      
   I gotta stop helping others... but it's hard to not help someone.   
   It's like seeing an injured dog in the road and not stopping traffic to   
   move it to the side of the road and administer first aid (or get help).   
      
   But the trolls like Chris Green & Jim Jackson are faking their wounds.   
   And then folks like Carlos run me over when I try to help them.   
      
   Sigh.   
   I have to remember to NOT help people sometimes.   
      
   I'm frustrated by how ungrateful people are when you invest in helping   
   them. Not you though. But them.   
      
   Back to the topic, THANK You for confirming what I had stated, since Carlos   
   is arguing with me that if "he" can't confirm it, it must not exist.   
      
   Which isn't Occam's Razor at all.   
   --   
   Occam's razor says the simplest explanation is usually the best one as long   
   as it accounts for *all the known facts*. It doesn't mean "pick only one   
   explanation that fits only one detail & then proceed to ignore the rest".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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