According to GrapheneOS, Google is the one who publishes security and firmware updates. If this is true, the Pixel 3 and 3a will remain insecure regardless of OS.

Buyer beware. Years ago, Brax was selling end-of-life Pixel 3s (with a degoogled OS) and not letting his customers know these devices would not be receiving security updates.

Until the day I die, I will associate “Brax” with “scammer”.

The only problem is people using LLMs and AIs.

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But reading and looking at the instructions is basic knowledge for an engineer.

At my job, I assemble display items (bicycles, BBQs, lawn mowers, log splitters, etc). Been doing this for 8 years. So far, two customers tried to assemble their BBQs but couldn’t. Both claimed to be engineers. It’s not that difficult if one reads the instructions.

phone (spybot)

That greatly depends on the phone and app used for note taking.

I don’t hate it but I also refuse to use it. I’m dumb enough without surrendering my thinking to a klanker.

There is also the environmental cost and enshittification of neighbourhoods.

I’ve unsubscribed from several youtubers who use it.

RSS is probably my favourite way to consume information so when I find out a feed uses AI to write or research I delete them pretty quickly.

Edit: corrected two early morning mistakes.

You’re Welcome.

Are you getting a blank page in the Kiwix app? Same here.

Give this a try https://browse.library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng

I download with a browser or as a torrent. I then copy it to my tablet’s storage card.

“I can kill you with my mind” - River Tam

For me, $100 and up aren’t very useful. Some stores in Canada want to see photo ID in order to spend larger denominations.

My kind of people, cash is king.

I’ve been using this for years.

Baby Shark do do dodo do

I sometimes use cruise control in the car.

No Gemini in GrapheneOS.

Considering the driverless car doesn’t yet exist, I’ll go with human operated.

If this AI distro crap keeps going, I’m going back to using my Android (Pixel 10a and GrapheneOS) phone for everything. Not the best option but better than using a vibe-coded distro.

All I need is a monitor and wall mount for the monitor. Connect a hub and charger (phone does pass-through charging), a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

Some workflow will have to change, Cryptpad instead of LibreOffice for example.

This is good to know. If I become a gamer, I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.