R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic courtesy NeoFetch.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#BSD
#OpenBSD
#Bible
#Christianity
#Jesus
#AmateurRadio
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens
#Journaling
#TabletopRPG
#RetroComputing
#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22


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lol fantastic! I vaguely remember seeing that in theatres when it came out. XD


Dear God... trying to type into the chat field on major financial website on a *12th Gen i7* and it's like watching the text appear in slow motion.

LET'S JUST BURN THE WEB DOWN AND START A NEW ONE.


Saw a full eclipse for the first and possibly last time in my life.

NOW I understand why people spent crazy money to get here for one day, and why the ancients flipped their lid when it happened.


What are you going to blog today?


Me: press windows key
Me: "sleep"
Windows 11: Sleep settings?
Me: press escape, press windows key
Me: "suspend"
Windows 11: HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF SUSPENDERS!!!

How the crap does anyone use this utter flaming garbage?


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#FREEDOM :P


Kinda love how a lot of USB-C accessories on #LexCorp suddenly have 'iPhone' in the name.

Welcome to the land of partial sanity, iPhone users!

Now if we could only get you to be able to side-load your own blasted software. Or jailbreak your phone without risking bricking and lots of bad things. Or install an alternative operating system.


I was looking up a quote for car insurance...

Based on nothing more than my name, birthday, and address, it had the names of all of my immediate family.

Um... No. Just heck no with all of that.


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Thanks for remembering his name.
Definitely give the orange floof some scritches for me!


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Anyway, I kept coming across these #AfricanAmerican pro-trump guys' videos... and... I have **SO** many questions... and I'm not quite sure I actually want to know the answers. :eyeroll: :blobcatderpy:


#PolymathsSocial is down for maintenance...

Your friendly neighborhood dopamine addict has got to get his fix  :ablobfoxbongohyper:


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Thank you for that daily slice of existential horror.  :ablobfoxhyper:
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Will updoot for teefs (and beans)


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Only on polymaths. :P


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Hah! What season are you on? Was that the faith healer preacher kid?


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I rather like that one! :)


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#SNES?


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Just my two cents, but this is what happens when culture collapses and is replaced with commercialism.

Commercialism eats at culture while nihilism eats at shared concepts of reality to the point that people have zero identity except for the most shallow and immediate.

Thereby you have gamer bros acting like Attila the Hun and hundreds of thousands of incel*-types hanging on to every word of the likes of Jordan Peterson

*to me, incel has nothing to do with sex. It's attitude.


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You can do it!

Freedom is worth it.


D'oh...

I just realised that "workingdirls" (i.e. working directory ls)
...looks a *lot* like "workinggirls" (i.e. virinoj de la nokto) from a distance.

Oops.

#Esperanto #MeaCuupa #EmbarrassingFauxPas


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Nice. I was enjoying #Myst at the time 😁


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Oh, an anecdote. I remember rendering a particular scene in the #PovRay raytracer on that machine circa 1995.
The resolution was somewhere between 640x480 and 1024x768, inclusive.
It took a WEEK to render the scene (drums with a kind of plasma background).

I tried it out on my relatively week ARM #PinebookPro and it rendered at 1080p in like three seconds. XD XD XD


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Nice. I had a 486DX33 that I drop-in upgraded to a Pentium... ~60Mhz? I recall the multiplier being a bit weird, not quite 2x

Strange that I'm now missing a computer I got in early 1994 and gave away in 1998 XD


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Does he act sad, though?


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Oh nice 😄
486?

I remember waiting for The Cars' "Let the Good Times Roll" to download...
It would download a little bit, and I'd be able to play a second of it or two, then I'd repeat it and it would have had a little more downloaded, and so on 😄


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Love multi-account containers.
I use them to isolate bad actors like GOOG, FB, and AMZN

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I just remembered working at Dell in the second half of 1997.
The dispatcher guy always had some angry rock playing (quietly) on winamp, 24/7


Hey #AskFedi,

Is there any way to run #Firefox (specifically) without fractional scaling / in some kind of "Native DPI mode?"

For QT apps, there's QT_USE_PHYSICAL_DPI=1 and QT_ENABLE_HIGHDPI_SCALING=0

I can't find anything similar for #GTK3

(Running on Linux)


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You know what's funny, I was scrolling past some random listing of components on a git page and had a very old neuron fire reminding me vaguely of some software I used in the 90s... and then it died (the memory).


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I like the look of it.
Do you have a roadmap?
I need to get *another* old Thinkpad to try it on. XD

I can foresee I'll be like one of those old cat ladies, except a gent, and instead of cats, a stack of thinkpads with all kinds of groovy boutique FOSS OSes. ^___^

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Now for **proper** #NeckBeard cred, get an old thinkpad to run it on 😄

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Just had a great (and dead-simple) idea, and I do *not* know why I didn't think of this 20 years ago:

(in my ~.bashrc2*):
workingdirls="$(ls ~/working)"
if [[ $workingdirls ]]; then
    echo
    echo "*** Contents of working directory ***"
    echo "$workingdirls"
fi

You can put anything there, including symlinks to projects you're working on and don't want to forget.

*I use a separate .bashrc2 file so it can be synced across systems without overwriting the distro stock config in .bashrc.


#QMMP with a classic #WinAmp skin is giving me serious late-1990s feeeeels. XD

#LossyPNG

https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/031/653/285/073/367/original/d1157f442b54dd5a.png


We're 3 years away from the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek...

...and my brain just BROKE a little bit. :O.. . . .


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I chuckled IRL :blobcatderpy:


Goodnight, #tooters!


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Ah, great. Thanks for the info. :)


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If the server source isn't open, have there been any audits? Just curious, thanks. :)


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That looks really neat. Thanks for the recommendation!


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:blobcatMelt2:


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There's nothing like 7pm-10pm classes.

I remember *so* many times walking out of those amazing classes into the dark campus feeling like my brain was on fire.

One of the most memorable and beautiful times in my life.


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The spacing would imply I's.

I believe the S was originally -- (a shortened version of M)

#AamateurRadio #MorseCode


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:blobcatsadlife:


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Brah, even the name of the site is telling you to leave. XD


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#AmateurRadio operators: "So, you replied 'IIIII'??"

#MorseCode #ItsAJoke


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That looks pretty cool, thank you!
I'll give quickdav a try.


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Ah, #TrackerControl has a better breakdown


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¡Holy Frijoles!

I need to switch to DDG!


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Why wouldn't it sufficient just to get a warning that you're modifying a read-only file, like in vim?


Ok LibreOffice,

Opening a file read-only means I don't want to be allowed to save it.
It does not mean that I do not want to modify it at all.

:facepalm:


Linux DEs need a way to open a file read-only from the file manager. :/


Dear GUI programs in 2023,

If you could just **not** do single-pixel tolerances for things like spreadsheet cell size dragging regions, that would be GREAAAAAAAAAT.

We're not rockin' VGA displays anymore.


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Also, check out something like TrackerControl or DDG's tracker protection mode.

It uses a loopback virtual VPN to filter out network connections you don't want.

It's great for devices where you're not able to install a de-googled OS, like my Kindle tablet.


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I've been using 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.3 for the longest time, but NextDNS looks pretty cool.

If you get a Pixel phone, #CalyxOS is very beginner-friendly. Well, the install process isn't as beginner-friendly as #GrapheneOS' web installer, but it's still pretty easy. Download the win/lin/mac executable and run it with your phone connected, follow the prompts.
Just make sure you have ~4GB space in /tmp for staging.
(I usually have to comment /tmp tmpfs from fstab when installing calyx)


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Now try 10-year-old pickled garlic.

Just amazing.

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Definitely. All-or-nothing thinking is idiotic. Mitigation is the name of the game.


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So many layers of abstractions today. The average tech worker is really not that technically proficient.

And also, security and privacy aren't the same. Lot of people who care a lot about security don't give a rip about privacy.

I'm not sure why we're surprised that the same industry (and the people thereof) that let garbage/evil companies like MS & GOOG gain dominance don't give a rip about human rights.


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I know that fedilab doesn't background-poll, though. It looks for some kind of push notification service provider, and if it doesn't see one, it'll just give you a warning and grab notifications when you have it open.


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Yeah, that is a problem with apps not relying on GSF or MicroG for notifications. They'll just keep polling.

There are times where I've had to install the Google Play version instead, just to get reliable and power-efficient notifications. Telegram was a great example of this, when I was still on that platform.

Alternately, you can just disable notifications on those apps. I'm enough of a dopamine junkie on #fedi as it is. XD

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People. Don't. Care.

People are so technologically indolent, you just cannot imagine.


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Exactly. It's always the slowly-boiled frog with these awful companies.


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*blink* *blink*

3k tabs? WHY??? I mean, HOW?!?

You know about bookmarks, right? XD

I get antsy if I have 10 tabs left open between sessions. :P


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Yeah, I have zero hope for North America in that (and sadly many other) regards.


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Oh man! That's a very senior lady of a car! (:

I had an '02 Corolla. She wasn't super sturdy of axle (definitely not a gravel-road car), and she had the engine oil sludge problem, but she would've lasted me a lot of years if not for getting totalled in an unfortunate accident.


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Dwindling because of unrealistic prices, not demand, unfortunately.

At least in North America, our cities are designed for cars and only cars.


Very strange...

My #DeGoogled #Pixel 7, which has such heroic battery life, went from 61% battery to 45% battery overnight, even though it was on battery saver mode.
Usually pixels will only drop a handful of percentage points overnight while on battery saver.

My phone regularly gives me two days of battery life, unlike my old Pixel 4a 5G, which was usually down to 20% by the end of the day.

#PSA: Don't let your phone's battery get below 20% if you want to daily-drive it for a long time.


#Mozilla's recent article about privacy issues with *all* modern cars is pretty horrifying.

I'll be holding on to my 2016 model for as long as possible.

Just imagine cars in the next ten years getting #enshittified like inkjet printers. XD

Also, random tangential reminder: subscriptions are all about manufacturing false scarcity.


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What's crazy is that I remembered that scene in such detail after only seeing the movie once in 1994. XD


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Well, if you let all your berserker powers out now, you'll have nothing left for battle! ;)

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TAe3NLbaZfU


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Also, not a very good app. Couldn't load older videos at all, but that's kind of par for the course for niche Roku apps.


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I found the SNR to be about the same as #PeerTube, with the important distinction that PeerTube's "noise" consists of lots of random videos that are neither very good, nor very bad, but just "stuff," while #LBRY/#Odysee's "noise" is... bonkers crazy awfulness. Insane political crap (heavy on the neo-neo-conservative side, a.k.a. fascists and propaganda), spooky nonsense, and just... ugh.

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I found out that Roku has an Odyssee app, so I loaded it up for some insomnia viewing.

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I'd just love something with the flexibility and customization of KDE Plasma, but with fewer bugs. I might try out #Nitrux, as they have a #MauiKit-based DE that is kinda like Plasma-Lite.


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I'm kinda sad that the NextStep derivates are all in maintenance mode and barely used (not counting Apple products). That OS had so many great ideas.

Have you looked at HelloSystem and AiryxOS? They're both #FreeBSD-based OS projects taking inspiration from early Mac OS X.

#HelloSystem is trying to recreate the feel, functionality, and philosophy of pre-iOSification Mac OS X, while #Airyx is actually striving for Mac OS compatibility.

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Paging nostr:npub1q5cq7wef0kmwn4r26w4wvzqh4j92mwwt047jppn8fk7d4py0j78qc9tdyq ;)


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Cryptocrap, though. :'(

Looks interesting, but it sounds like a social media equivalent to LBRY.


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Because for a long time, Chrome was objectively better. Faster, for certain.

Now that's no longer the same, but people loathe change, so they stick with the crappy, user-hostile solution.


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I FINALLY GET TO SLEEP AT A DECENT HOUR

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WAKE UP AT 1:30 WITH FOOT CRAMPS 😅


Goodnight, dear #tooters.

Be kind, always. So kind that people wonder where you parked your flying saucer.


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Yeah, much ado about nothing, IMHO.


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Audacity is awesome. I've used it for almost as long as GIMP.


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I'd honestly love to see an airtag jammer device that incapacitates the AirTag network with false traffic.

Because 1) I didn't sign up to be a part of a wireless tracking network, and 2) Such amazing technology (worldwide wireless mesh networking) should be for the betterment of humanity, not selling apple crap. :P


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I get to annoy #iPhone users all around me?!?

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!


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Yeah, it's not a super accurate enumeration, as I'm relying on the mostly braindead marketing terms of others, lol

I'd say that web 3 is neither the semantic web (unfortunately), nor the crytposcam web, but rather the modern, locked-down, siloed, coercive and user-hostile web that we live in today.   y a a y

So Web 2.x was around 2004-2018, and the modern, sinister web has been since then.


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Battery 0: Discharging, 48%, 04:54:00 remaining
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Wed Sep  6 05:56:48 PM CDT 2023
Battery 0: Discharging, 9%, 02:40:21 remaining
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Is anyone getting better suspend than ~ 5%/hour loss on the #PinebookPro?


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> important languages to learn for reverse engineering:
>
> * C
Cool!
> * C++
Ok.
> * Javascript
Uhhh..
> * Java
Ummmm...
> * x86 assembly
Umm, ok?
> * ARM assembly
Uhhhh.
> * PowerPC assembly
Cool.
> * MIPS assembly
Interesting.
> * Finnish
I'm out. 🤣

In all fairness, Finnish is a beautiful language. But I think I've got a better chance at learning to program the ENIAC. ;)


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https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9kptp9SmM5Y


Went to a hardware manufacturer's website, and the first thing I see is in big letters:

"In the AI Economy, blah blah blah"

🤮🤮🤮

Web 1: Quaint and elegant
Web 2: Dynamic and powerful
Web 3: "Crypto" snake oil B.S.
Web 4: "The AI Economy" (massive layoffs and fat cats getting fatter)
Web 5: "We will steal your eff'n kidneys if you don't watch your back!"


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Haven't seen techlore's latest video (kinda of befuddling that he's recommending iOS, but whatevs), but have you checked out some of the minimalistic Andrid launchers?

I'm rather fond of "KISS Launcher," but OLauncher is even more minimalistic. :D


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Belated Happy Anniversary!!

Chicken Tikka Masala is my favorite Indian dish, I think. At least, among the well-known was.

When I was a kid, it was Mattar Paner.


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Hmm... I'm not personally a huge fan of pork, but ignoring bacon would be ignoring a pretty thick slice (pun intended) of Americana.


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* Dedicated wifi quick settings button -- For the of of God, what are you doing, GOOG?
* Very friendly community

Things I'd miss if I left #GrapheneOS:
* Hardened everything
* Sandboxed GSF (I can restore in-app purchases!)
* Storage Scopes (YAAAAS!!)


Update on my new phone (and Android ROM adventures):

I'm liking GrapheneOS' enhanced security features, but there are quality-of-life features I really miss from #CalyxOS:

* Flashlight gesture
* Quick settings pull-down gesture (pull down from corner go straight to quick settings)
* Accessibility magnifier gesture (instead of the obnoxious little floating button)
* MicroG (YES. As an option. I'd like a ROM that has all three: No GSF, Fake GSF (MicroG), Sandboxed GSF)

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Ahh, I see. So you don't even have to register. That's nice.

Does it work so well that you don't need uBlock Origin?


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You can always call. I'd do that, but my phone isn't letting me make phone calls. :/


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Oh man, my mom even bought me a compuserve subscription. I seem to remember it was something insane like $6/minute?!? (Or was it hour???)

I don't remember using it very much. She got me GEnie in the very early 90s, and that was more affordable (and had a lot of good mac stuff in it)

I vaguely remember hooking up to some BBSes as well, now.


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Also, thank you! I've already gotten further than either of my previous attempts. I'm enjoying it. Mainly learning using #Duolingo. Sometimes I look up some words that get confusing (tio, tiom, kio, kiom, ĉar, pro, pro) and keeping notes in #SimpleNote.

Ĝi really estas tre bela lingvo. :)
Mi looking forward al paroli fluently soon :D


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I made the mistake of having swim trunks with pockets.

What do I do whenever I'm getting ready to go somewhere? I put my phone in my pocket.

You can extrapolate the rest. XD

It's deader than dead. The screen doesn't even turn on any more.

I did my best to wash it in alcohol to get the fluids out, but phones don't take kindly to (even mild) saltwater, and mine made no pretense of being waterproof.


Welp, I got my old Nokia 6.1 (2018) up and mostly operational now.
I even have it mostly de-googled, thanks to TrackerControl (marvelous app!)
I guess I'm parking here (again) until the Fairphone 5 comes out.

Sadly, my Pixel only lasted me 2.61 years. That's a lot less than my beloved iPhone 4 (3.27y), and my *cursèd* Green iPhone 5c (3.66y)


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You're hosting your own matrix server? :o


You know, there's a direct analogue to #RedHat re: their frustration over people ripping off their hard work:

#PrusaResearch

Josef #Prusa has been releasing fully open source (and awesome) 3D printers for years now, and there are *tons* of cheap Asian-manufactured clones for half the price (and a whole heck of a lot of trouble).

I don't remember Prusa ever talking about removing anyone's access to the code and designs of their printers if they shared it with an Asian manufacturer.

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