droidpenguin @ droidpenguin @lemmy.world

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Obtanium is really good option too and can handle more than just browser updates. Pretty much any Android APK release can be setup and it supports a wide variety of different repository sources.

PiHole with the Star Trek web UI theme. I think it looks pretty nice and has worked well for me.

..And we're calling it AiPhone! * applause from audience *

GTA 3 / Vice City. My brother had a PS2 and would let me play. I never bothered with the story / campaign, I just liked to wonder around, steal cars, and drive. I enjoyed using cheat codes to spawn tanks and get full wanted level and outrun the cops.

I really want to get one, mainly because of the smaller size. The only thing holding me back is lack of video out over USB-C. If they had that, it'd be perfect for me.

I enjoyed my time with Windows 7. I even remember the Windows 7 launch party marketing. Never upgraded to 10, certainly not upgrading to 11. Happy with my adventures in Linux.

Hmm.. Wonder how AI predicting what a photo of someone should look like will compare to how they actually do. Guess it's not that different than the automatic filters phones have to make everyone look better.

That would be more than capable. Retro emulation can run on very low end hardware.

But here's an ebay listing for same model that I bought earlier. It doesn't include an SSD but you can buy M.2 SSDs for very cheap which I also did. Plus they're much faster and more reliable than micro SD cards.

It's very easy to open the machine up which I liked.

RAM upgrades are cheap too but 8GB is a lot for most cases.

A lot of corporate environments use these so when they upgrade you can find them used for dirt cheap, if you don't mind some possible cosmetic defects. Mine are just stacked on a shelf and I just use them as servers for docker and whatnot.

While I love Raspberry Pis and have a few older ones, it's a shame that the latest ones were very hard to come by and far exceeded the $35 price point.

I was looking to upgrade to a Pi 4 a while back but prices were outrageous or it was sold out completely. I eventually discovered tiny form factor PCs.

I bought some used Lenovo Tiny ThinkCentres (which are about 10x more powerful than a Pi 4), off eBay for ~ $70. I upgraded the Ram and SSDs and they are quite capable, low power units!

So to anyone looking for a low power computer to run Linux, consider buying used off eBay. You can get some pretty good deals on used hardware that's more capable.

Read this as "Scientists just lied to open NASA's asteroid canister".

It's a good feeling knowing that my basic non-internet connected car can't receive an OTA update to make me start paying a subscription to use something I already have just because the company decided they want more money.

Earlier ThinkPads had the best keyboards IMO. I also really liked using the track point over a trackpad.

First one I had was a T61 and loved it. Later on had to get a newer one for school, a W541 but didn't enjoy the feel of it as much.

I def agree that there needs to be major interoperability improvements between platforms. Though I do not want to be locked into using Google Messages to get RCS. I wish they'd open their API to other apps and even more so allow self-hosting your own RCS server but I don't foresee the latter ever happening.

Ya there's Matrix and whatnot which I use with some people, but most everyone just wants what works by default. I like to tinker and have options, but most people don't.

Till then, I'll enjoy postage stamp resolution videos from my Apple friends /s

Well they eventually pulled the plug on iPods..

Took them "only" 10 years to add mouse support for iPads, something that's been used for decades.

So surely, give it 10 more years and then they'll "revolutionize" using a bigger external display for iPhone (and not just screen mirroring) :D

They'll do it, they just take their sweet time.

I'll admit the hardware on iPhones is excellent but waaayy overkill for iOS.

Let me install my own third party apps w/o the App store (I know altstore exists, but needing to renew apps every few days is super janky). If I spend my money on a device, I should be allowed to put whatever I want on it, however I want. Let me, the consumer accept the risks of doing so.

Let me use HDMI out over USB-C to an external monitor and have a full desktop with ability to run desktop class apps. Let me use the full potential of the chipsets to get actual work done and effectively replace a computer.

Till then, Android it is for me because I can do both these things easily. I know my use cases are more niche, but "Pro" naming on consumer Apple products is just fluff.

Not great but not terrible.

Sad thing is that wouldn't even be surprising. Could totally imagine an error message like: "This device is using unauthorized components not licensed for your region. Please call AppleCare for service options."

Community Rec center membership. For a one time fee of $10; it's easily the best $10 I've ever spent and is a great city perk. I've gotten in great shape since going there.

It helped me break the habit of needing to use arrow keys / mouse for navigating around text. Why is this important? The 1-2 seconds to reach over from home row add up. For example, instead of scrolling the mouse several turns to get to the top of a file, I can just type gg. All without needing to strain my wrist to reach over for the less efficient methods.

Once you master navigation with just keyboard (sans arrow keys) you really feel like a speed demon and the alternative begins to feel clunky. It may not seem like it at first because you have to retrain the way you interact with text files that goes against the habits you're used too.

Apart from that, for any sort of Linux server management, vim or vi are usually installed so it's a good skill to have if you quickly need to tweak a config for example. Nano works but is less efficient from an editing perspective.

I work in the terminal a lot and also use tmux with vim keybindings. I love being able to navigate entirely mouse free.

I use Vim emulation wherever possible. I enjoy using a web browser with vim keybindings to navigate around and reduce mouse usage. Vim is a paradigm that many tools incorporate or have plugins to do so because it is just that useful once you learn it.

Vim is not meant to be an IDE. Things like intellisense don't work (as) well from my experience. But I just use vim plugins in my IDEs so I can get best of both.

It may seem that way because it's a complete paradigm shift of how you interact with an editor. Once you understand that, then it becomes a very valuable tool that will make you more efficient. It is a big time investment but the payoff is worth it.

I still need to use IDEs for software development at work but I have to have some sort of Vim emulation on top of them.