BearOfaTime @ BearOfaTime @lemm.ee

Posts

3

Comments

3,638

Joined

2 yr. ago

He stole it from Highlander!

I'm not sure I follow? His character is Egyptian, he was immortal. Though I take OP's point, he couldn't really be Scottish since he had been alive long before Scotland existed, possibly before the Picts even.

"too"

1999 - DSL After that, cable was pretty much everywhere I lived.

All together now:

I. Told. You. So.

I'm sure large businesses are doing exactly that. It's one of the first things I thought of - if you and I can think of it, you know Corp is already on it.

By default, the security concerns do massively outweigh the benefits, to me. On my work machine the benefits outweigh the security issues, because it's tightly locked down.

But if we can figure out how to safely implement such a system with very tight controls, it will be a huge game changer for individuals.

Is this a problem that needs solving?

You're kidding, right?

MS did some research in the 90's (related to My Life Bits) and determined how much data a person engaged with during an average day, and even then it was more than anyone could hope to manage.

It's a Miata

'Nuff said (I'm only slightly jealous). A car that's undetappreciated by too many gear heads. It's a modern version of a 1960's Lotus. Love it

Tires make all the difference. Both the size/proportion and materials.

I've had RWD cars that were beasts in the snow (East Coast ice no less) because they were near perfect weight distribution and had the best winter tires on the market (Nokian).

I've had AWD cars that sucked, because the car was poorly balanced, the tire sidewall was too small (so the tire can't flex much), entry level winter tires (rubber was harder), and stupid electronic traction control that tried to out think the driver but just got in the way.

RWD will still usually be more challenging to drive than AWD (I think even more so with RWD cars post 2000), though some AWD systems can be unpredictable. Part of the issue with newer RWD cars is the tire sizes - it can be hard to get proper winter tires (plus they cost a lot). I've seen some cars for which winter tires didn't exist, or were exorbitantly expensive to get (it's assumed by both car and tire manufacturers that these cars won't be driven in snow).

Fortunately Subaru uses a dead simple AWD system (basically open diffs at each end) - the most complex thing they do is use the brakes for traction control/torque distribution, which is less likely (In my experience) to get in the way than things like electronic diffs (can you tell I'm a fan of Subaru AWD?).

I recently switched my cell service to JMP.chat, which pipes your SMS into XMPP (it's brilliant, SMS is no longer tied to a physical device or SIM). I still get spam sms, but it's far less an issue.

Plus I can pop any Sim into my phone and it has no affect on my phone number that's with JMP. That all remains in XMPP, and the new SIM would just provide a different data connection (and it's own number with its own voice and SMS).

Have you ever used Yet Another Call Blocker?

I'm curious how it compares to Carrion (I'm not sure they're directly comparable, looks like Carrion does a little more than YACB).

I've used YACB for years, just to keep my phone from ringing for unknown calls, and only allow contacts to ring through.

There's still Lineage (which is what DivestOS is based on), and Graphene for Pixel.

I'm currently running DivestOS on a 2017 flagship, it's really good there (I also run it on some Pixels).

I'm really hoping someone (preferably a team) will pickup DivestOS. Makes me wish I had the leadership skills to pull a team together.

Bobcat or lynx, we lose. They stalk their prey, and you wouldn't know until it was too late.

Both

Is that like a single giant lady finger?

Even in the US if you grew up in a rural area, power outages were a part of life and being a distance from a city meant you kept what you needed on hand.

I spent many summer nights playing board games by candle light.

Get the Universal Android Debloat Utility, it's pretty good at letting you know what can be disabled.

Unlocked boot definitely costs more.

There's also swappa, but I've had best luck on ebay. Some sellers are very clear about unlocked bootloader.

Why would manufacturers "stand up" to them?

They sold the phone to them. End of story.