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- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 1 week ago:
I would try getting a tablet. I don’t like Apple devices because of their “jailed” software policy but iPads have awesome display panels, maybe getting an older model for cheap could be good. Have an iPad 3 (2012) and the panel is still miles better than my cheap Lenovo P11 (2021).
- Comment on Can I self-host on old iPhones? 1 week ago:
projectsandcastle.org/status it worked on sandcastle, maybe it hasnt been ported to mainline yet?
if usb works then usb networking may be a better option
- Comment on Can I self-host on old iPhones? 1 week ago:
You have an iPhone 9? It doesn’t exist, you probably have something else.
iPhone 7 got Linux ported, so yes you can. Try looking for postmarketOS (though there aren’t that many working features, it’s good enough for running servers)
- Comment on [Poll] What social media platforms do you know about? 3 weeks ago:
compuserve
- Comment on How I won against AT&T 3 weeks ago:
this reads like a badly written LLM spam
- Comment on Looking for a BMP picture that was common on Windows 3.1(1) (woman wearing hat) 3 weeks ago:
I was also thinking of Lenna but seems like it’s not. Do you remember where you saw the image? Some sample image installed?
- Comment on Kali Linux (by Rkin) 4 weeks ago:
damn, i want debian underwears now
- Comment on YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party. 4 weeks ago:
honestly i’d say lg android phones. quite a few of them had good DACs
- Comment on introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server 4 weeks ago:
Looks fantastic, I’ll actually be trying this. Love how it doesn’t lock my files into some obscure format like seafiles.
- Comment on Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer? 5 weeks ago:
korea here. has rained like crazy for the last few weeks
- Comment on Is it weird I don't typically answer how old I am anymore, because literally nobody besides my family believes me? 5 weeks ago:
I’d say this is actually a good thing…
- Comment on What are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses? 1 month ago:
probably because of CGNAT or torrent trackers reporting fake stuff. Usually when the first seen and last seen equals it’s the latter, otherwise it’s the former. It’s pretty accurate for me…
- Comment on What are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses? 1 month ago:
it could enable targeted attacks. just use a vpn if you can afford one.
- Comment on How would I repurpose a work laptop? 1 month ago:
Make sure to not have AMT or Computrace, just use linux/bsd instead of windows just to be sure.
- Comment on My reason for wanting HomeAssistant and a locked down VLAN... 1 month ago:
maybe install openwrt/ddwrt?
- Comment on Why don't more people use Bilibili instead of YouTube? 1 month ago:
isn’t worse than youtube? last time i looked at it i couldn’t stream videos in high resolution and couldn’t sign up.
- Comment on Why was file search much faster in Windows XP than in subsequent versions? 1 month ago:
the ui was dogshit but it was extremely lightweight and fast on my potato with 512mb ram and 60gb ide hdd.
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 1 month ago:
i noticed i get this with scheduled jobs in tasker too. seems like they all use android’s alarm system for these sorta things
- Comment on There is no such thing as truly objective YouTube search results 1 month ago:
i tend to use video.google.com on vpn or invidious to search, seems to work pretty well
- Comment on Dead OS Walking: 30 Days on Windows XP in 2025 — fireborn 1 month ago:
Ever since Supermium/Mypal68 came XP is 100% usable albeit insecure. Runs MS Office 2010 and OpenOffice so there’s no issue with document compatibility too.
- Comment on Birthday Gift for Grandma 2 months ago:
Is the screen okay for her vision? Might not be optimal…
- Comment on Name an older anime you'd love to see make a full comeback? 2 months ago:
I need Hyouka S2.
- Comment on The hidden cost of self-hosting 2 months ago:
2k bookmarks? i would just automate the process of saving each of them locally and just forget it lol. if it’s somehow needed later search on the older archive
- Comment on Did YouTube just disable video playback for people using adblockers or is it just me? 2 months ago:
seems to work for me rn but youtube’s web ui has been extremely slow for the past few years. videos take more than 15 secs to load and start… to the point where running a terminal and doing yt-dlp & mpv is much quicker/easier.
- Comment on Commodore shocks retro TechTuber with option to buy 'the whole company' 2 months ago:
do they have anything left except the branding…?
- Comment on TubeArchivist alternatives that store data in an archive friendly manner? 2 months ago:
i just use yt-dlp with a config that stores all metadata. seems to work fine… but its kinda hassle to find what you need among all downloaded stuff
- Comment on A WYSIWYG editor for personal website? 2 months ago:
seamonkey’s a direct descendant of netscape communicator and still includes a wysiwyg editor. it’s pretty good for basic stuff.
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 2 months ago:
highly doubt it, but i’ve seen some similar cases…
i would just pirate tbh
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 2 months ago:
go to a library and borrow it?
- Comment on My two cent about emails servers field. Over a two decades... 2 months ago:
email does still seem like the least bad way of receiving stuff from corpos though. I’d rather get emails than whatsapp messages or nonfree apps’ push notification.