IT nerd
Well I found good alternatives(Fossify stuff) or most apps I use already have GitHub releases. I just need to try these apps out and if I dont like them then find other alternatives. Like map apps, calendar, voice recorder, etc. Again I found alts, just not sure how they’ll actually function until using them.
My biggest one is the Steam app for their authenticator. I read some stuff online that Aegis supposedly can work as a Steam auth, but yeah.
I’m about to make the switch myself. I have a Pixel tablet and a P9 Pro. I swapped my tablet over just so I can test things out. I want to deGoogle completely. No play store.
So far I’ve had to make a list of all my apps I have on my phone and go one-by-one seeing if there’s an apk for it somewhere outside of play store, and if not, then if there’s an alternative app, and then website or PWA it is.
I’ve come to realize I have a lot of unnecessary bullshit on my phone to begin with. Think I’ll make the switch this weekend, just need to find a few more alternatives to specific apps.
Jellyfin is great! Unfortunately I’m neck deep in Plex…been using it for 10+ years now…I have a Jellyfin instance spun up but sharing it out to others is a pain, but works well on my Tailscale.
YouTube
I have two kids and I won’t allow them to watch YouTube until they’re teens or if I watch the vids with them.
Between ElsaGate, disinformation, sexism, and just disgusting ads that play on there…and then there’s YouTube Shorts for brainrot…you can’t just blindly allow them access. Even the “kids” version of YouTube is fucking terrible.
I download Ms Rachel’s videos and play those from my Plex server for them if I need a break or have chores/dinner to do and need a hour to distract them. No ads or auto play videos or anything else.
For your teens, best you can do is make sure they use an ad blocker if possible and teach them how to vet info. I hear people at work say the stupidest “alpha male” sound bites and a simple Google search proves shit wrong 99% of the time, yet these idiots gobble it up.
I remember flashing Android on my HTC HD2 20 years ago. I’m a super geek for this stuff. I’ve been wanting to flash Graphene on my pixel but…I need my phone every day. I can’t have a phone out of commission to try and find a way to install all the apps I need. With Graphene I can resort to just installing the Play Store but…I’d rather not use the Play Store at all if I’m already de-Google’ing.
I’d love to have a Linux phone, not android, but I haven’t seen a solid alternative yet. Correct me if I’m wrong.
My coworker is on his 10th or 11th Elite controller.
He bought one and when it developed stick drift in 6 months he went to try to do a warranty and it’d supposedly take a month or so and just be a repair. He ended up repairing it himself with new sticks, which also developed stick drift in 6 months. Oh and the back buttons developed double clicks.
He ended up just going to a store(target, best buy, whatever) and bought a new one and then put his old one in the box and returned it.
Does it every 6 months when the controller starts acting up. So been doing this for years. Target doesn’t care, best buy doesn’t care.
Funnily enough I told him about the Steam Controller and he said why buy that when there’s the Elite controller or the PS pro controller…I’m like you’re on your 10th one? Why would I buy something that has that many issues?
Pretty sure I’m going to buy at least 2. But would want 3 or 4. I feel like it’s gonna be limited per customer and there’s not going to be enough…
Just had a conversation at work about using Linux full time. Coworkers asking me what issues I have and what games I can play.
I mean it’s not all sunshine and rainbows…but I told them my Start Menu opens every time I need it. I don’t have explorer.exe randomly crashing. I can search in my Start Menu for things and they actually come up properly. Oh and with btrfs snapshots I can update whenever and if it breaks I just rollback and wait for a fix. Which has happened…once in the last 5 months of using Cachy+Plasma.
I feel like I can actually use my computer now. With Windows I dreaded doing updates. With Linux I update whenever I want and it doesn’t fucking bother me at all.
Could be in recording mode, which usually needs a couple ESC or a Q then you can :wq
I’m not a programmer, but I have my dotfiles and bash scripts I like to keep in private repos. I just moved my dotfiles over to Codeberg, gonna do my scripts here soon…
But been relatively painless. I can see how bigger and public projects will take some coordination and planning but…it’s probably worth it?
Codeberg has been fun and simple to use, but again, I’m just a hobbyist.
Nah I totally get where you’re coming from and agree that shit can happen, I just don’t care anymore I guess? I’m gonna vote how I always do and if shit happens then shit happens
That’s me, still haven’t bought it. I got other games to play anyway so oh well!
I’m in Cali, so I don’t know with other states.
My local registrar just has a box out front and I’ve dropped off ballots there at 3am before. It’s locked, but it looks like a USPS envelope drop off box, but it’s the registrar’s. So just shove them in the slot. And then I get a text the following day or two saying it’s been collected and counted.
No one checks anything. I’ve even gone one time where it was drive-through style and I just rolled my window down and gave them to one of the dozen or so poll workers.
As long as the envelope is sealed and signed properly by the voter, I don’t see a reason it’d be contested. And when it all gets counted if there’s a discrepancy then it’ll get flagged and that individual who signed it will be contacted.
Been doing the drop offs for years now, for all elections. Never had a problem.
At 3am? 12pm? 7pm? 8am? They’re going to be there 24/7?
Because I got all of the time in the world
That’s cool, I’ll just bring all dozen ballots from my family to the local registrar office drop off. No USPS involved.
Thanks for the warning Trump!
I filled up at Costco in Moreno Valley for $3.50(87) a few months ago.
California is a big state
I used it 5-6 years ago, and it broke itself within a month of using, and I dropped it. Just doing normal updates, no tinkering.
Program doesn’t open all of sudden?
I guessed Windows update immediately, glad my IT skills are still sharp.
If all you needed was admin access to, I presume, finish an installation of something or permissions got messed with, then IT should’ve been able to remote in and fix it within 5 minutes.
Also, have you tried restarting your PC yet?
Oh beyond, but it’s going to be completely out of your control.
Funding never being available, requests taking forever to get approved that people forget you even asked, and nobody taking ownership of anything and stuff just gets passed around until people stop talking about it.
Oh and this super important project that somehow affects the smallest workgroup in the building? Drop everything! You need to get this done NOW! And then that workgroup comes in after it’s done and they tell you thanks but they didn’t need the project done for another 2 months. Oh and in 2 months that project you got finished needs to be moved to a completely different location now and it’s due tomorrow.
But everyone is mostly chill and for 90% of the job it’s not stressful. Pay and benefits are…average, but you get bank holidays off now.
Thanks! I had no idea about this, wish it was a little more robust but I’ll definitely be sharing this app with others!