Melpomene

I just disconnected mine and set up a Kodi server to manage content, will set up a removable device if I ever need native streaming. The privacy issues with my LG and the ads they added after purchase were irritating enough to push me over the edge.

Yeah, I was messing with it the other day, trying to get it running on a Galaxy Tab. Process was… not really working well. Contrast with GrapheneOS, which is surprisingly easy to install, even on Linux.

Sort of. On GrapheneOS a fair number of banking apps fail because GrapheneOS sandboxes Aurora, but on a regular Android install I think they work? That is, assuming that you can get Aurora to load in the first place.

There are. But are the banking apps people use to manage their money on F-Droid? Can I download PayPal on F-Droid? Are there any cash transfer apps that have enough users and enough support to be useful?

I have keys on my keyring, but if those keys don’t open the doors you need to open… how useful are they to you?

That fine; now tell the companies you work with that to work with you that they have to retrain their tens of thousands of employees to use those other applications, apps that lack critical functionality they rely on. Whether you like it or not, there are business critical applications that the apps on F-Droid cannot currently replace. Pretending that F-Droid offers everything everyone needs is not helpful to moving toward a better way; it’s akin to those guys who scream “USE LINUX” every time someone has an issue with a Windows application. Me, I love Linux… but I also realize that for the businesses I work with, Linux as a desktop solution isn’t going to sell.

My apps are around 5% Google Play (paid apps from indie developers unavailable on other platforms, using a throwaway account) 25% F-Droid, 25% direct APK, and 45% Aurora. As apps I need join F-Droid, I switch… but many just don’t see the value.

It’s been a few months but yeah, I found those! They’re still full of life though; I wanted to find sincerely dead planets. I did, but they were harder to find. Did manage to find a low gravity planet and jetpack myself into space though, that was fun.

I know, and I still love the game. I would have preferred less populated areas but I still love to play and consider it one of my favorite all times games.

I have Lineage installed on an older phone. I think it gets less attention than it might otherwise because for the average user, the install process is a pain in the memory space.

It still works for me intermittently, but yes. Google is going to Google.

Limited as in, lacks a fair number of apps that many people (myself included) need to be able to function as professionals. I’m not sure how much safer F-Droid is in theory, as the vetting process for apps seems to be pretty nonexistent. For each app, I have to either research or trust. That’s fine for me, but trying to explain how to handle that to tech-unsavvy people is a bridge too far.

“Just research the publisher or programmer and review the code, mom!” Yeah, not going to work.

Can only answer for myself but F-Droid is limited, Aurora is still the Play Store, and Amazon is… depending on your view… worse than the Play Store itself. A shame the Play Store is the default.

Maybe a minority opinion here, but… I was (and am) a No Man’s Sky fan. One of my biggest issues with the game, though, was that the universe had so much LIFE everywhere. I know that it makes sense in relation to the overall plot (no spoilers) but having life so common made finding life pretty meh. I’d much rather play a game with a huge variety of lifeless planets so finding life, finally, would be massively exciting. Give me sparse life! And a way to escape the confines of settled space while we’re at it.

PR is correct. People like companies who work to better society so companies make efforts. Its weirdwhen people then vilify those companies for doing what they’ve been asked to do.

Do the bottom 50% get no benefit from those taxes?

Interesting how the “tax those with more” crowd always seems to exempt their own income from these rules.

Let’s see. The bottom 50% of wage earners pay about 3% of the total US income taxes. The top 1% pay close to 40% of that burden. As a percentage of income, the top earners pay 25% while the bottom 50% pay around 3.5%. If the bottom 50% didn’t pay in at all, the budget could likely absorb the hit.

What would be fair? 50%? 80%? 90%? 110%? Summary execution and confiscation of assets as seems to be popular in some circles here?

1. Who got fucked to get you where you are? How much slave labor contributes to your lifestyle? Should we hold you responsible because you put your own comfort before that of those toiling in sweatshops?

2. Did you need that smartphone more than they needed a living wage? Why don’t you feel the need to give it all back to help people out who will never be as rich as you are right now?

The video speculates without proof and the person behind it clearly has a chip on their shoulder re Oprah. If there are violations of the 501© laws, I recommend reporting the charity to the regulators versus making videos on YouTube that provide as much proof as an antivaxxer pamphlet.

Oprah Winfrey grew up in inner city poverty where she was sexually abused, bounced to different homes, so maybe we don’t pretend her path was easy.

Her current wealth is the result of the decisions she’s made. Not every wealthy person can say that they earned their wealth but as she started with nothing… she can.

China’s COVID numbers being so low suggests that they’re not even trying to pretend they’re telling the truth. It isn’t like they’re the only ones putting politics before the health of their people, but their consistent deception re a global pandemic is concerning to say the least.

I think they’re referring to the fact that Lemmy from Motorhead (the partial namesake of Lemmy) was a collector of Nazi stuff. Didn’t know that until today!

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lemmy-on-his-nazi-collection-i-only-collect-the-stuff-i-didn-t-collect-the-ideas