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Yaky

@ Yaky @slrpnk.net

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  • I don't remember any technology being pushed as hard as AI

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  • The most similar all-permeating changes I could think of would be the surveillance ("targeted") advertising that slowly took over most of the web. Just like the AI craze, users did not get a choice of whether it is enabled, but unlike AI, it mostly happened behind the scenes.

  • Extreme colour change from stress

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  • Real ABS turns white/grey too, from both stress and acetone (in liquid form, vapor does not seem to discolor it).

  • What open-source Android apps should people know about?

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  • Markor - text editor that treats text files as... files. Which means they can be accessed and synced by Syncthing (for example). Very fast and reliable.

  • What's your boomer trait?

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  • Back in my day when we were leet and pwned noobs, it was gg.

    Eh, slang was always dumb and obscure. That's the point, isn't it?

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    Open floor plans are a con

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  • IMO, some of the popular trends are fetishization of being poor. Open floor plans ≈ small apartments. Farmhouse / country style / industrial ≈ simplicity and scraping by.

  • Expecting a LLM to become conscious, is like expecting a painting to become alive

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  • People were also (allegedly) terrified of The Arrival of a Train, but soon realized it is all just pictures and there is no train.

  • Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years

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  • For me, it was not monthly, but rather "when it bites you in the ass".

    • Delete all empty rooms and federated rooms without local users.
    • Clean up state_groups_state table.
    • Delete old media.

    All of this is made worse by having more active users and made better by having a large hard drive (my VPS had 20GB, which I almost filled up with the db and media after a few years, with only few users)

  • Why do some people have so many browser tabs open?

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  • The only instances of this I have seen (on mobile) were not very tech-savvy people who click links in messages and apps, rarely open the browser, and/or don't understand how to use the browser to begin with.

  • how to repurpose your old phone into a web server

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  • Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!

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  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Check out the comic series Department of Truth. It takes that idea further, and weaves common conspiracies into it.

  • Google Phone app preps ‘Expressive Calling’ to mark your calls as urgent, more

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  • At a loss who this is aimed at. Corporate? Because people who call without asking are not gonna bother with clicking a reason. (Or worse, click emergency every time because that means the other person will pick up) And people who ask already know if person is free/available/wants to talk.

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  • If you're on Android, try GeoShare, it allows you to share location from Google Maps to CoMaps, so you could easily use CoMaps for navigation.

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  • Just to confirm #1: moved to another city, and pretty much any address within the city is now searchable and correct. POIs are a bit off, but I try to update them.

  • What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux?

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  • Some years ago, mentioning Linux for daily non-gaming use:

    Guy: "Installing Linux is complicated though"

    Me: "It wasn't bad 10 years ago, and now it's as hard as clicking Next a few times, even faster than Windows"

    Guy: "Well duh, you have ten years of experience installing it!"

    Difficult to argue with this non-logic.

  • Is it safe to install an older version of Android?

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  • AFAIK, custom ROMs ask for specific OS to get specific firmware for some peripherals (modem, WiFi, BT, etc).

    E.g. installing Ubuntu Touch on Nord N10 5G requires a downgrade to OxygenOS 10 using the official tool, which (i believe) installs original firmwares.

  • Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!

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  • Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!

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  • IMO you would need a large capacitor between power (after diode) and ground, to provide enough current when device's power consumption spikes (otherwise, it will shut down)

    Here is my version without touching BMS or original battery: https://yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/

  • good phones for rooting? older than 2020.

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  • Samsung Galaxy S5 was/is a good device for tinkering. Supports many custom ROMs from CyanogenMod to Lineage to Ubuntu and postmarketOS.

    Has a removable battery, 3.5mm audio jack, SD card slot. IIRC it worked fine on 3G, but did not support calls on 4G.