Nate

Oh man, I remember when this was the new one

Seeing people say “GrapheneOS fixes this!” “It’s only on old versions of Android!”

This is on a Pixel 8 Pro with the latest version of GrapheneOS. This is an issue and has been for a long time. Many apps detect root by looking for the Magisk package using this method, and many collect this information just for advertising (go ahead, export your Snapchat data)

Giving them your genetic data was fine, but your birthday was too much?

No, The OneNote UWP app is going away (“OneNote for Windows 10”), OneNote itself is still a part of office & still maintained

Yeah but it’d be kinda weird if the demo said “Idk man Toastify is aight I guess”

My server is still called driveway because the install originated in an HP laptop a customer ran over with their car. Motherboard still worked though!

FYI an MBR table with a fat32 partition is probably what it was looking for. If that doesn’t work odds are the port is broken

Lenovo earned a failing score because, per the report, it “failed to provide the full French repairability index for 12 of the 13 models… available in both the US and France.” Because the US PIRG was only able to score one device, Lenovo failed.

As such, it’s possible that Lenovo laptops could be more easily repairable than its F score implies, but Lenovo makes accessing French Repairability Index scores extremely difficult. As the report notes, France has required companies to post repair scores and information about repairability since January 2021. This could be an oversight on Lenovo’s part. Ars Technica reached out to the PC maker for comment and will update this story if we hear back. For what it’s worth, Lenovo scored a C last year, falling behind Asus, Acer, Dell, Microsoft, and HP.

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There a pretty big one in Washington DC

You can register with any number, it just defaults to +86

I got my entire Snapchat gc (15 people) and a little more to switch. The key isn’t dropping an announcement of “hey I’m moving”, you talk to each person individually; starting with the most likely to switch. Then go up the line, share who you’ve already got to join if you’re met with resistance. if you save the most difficult people for last, telling them almost everyone else is already there is usually enough.

If someone along the way has refused to move for the time being, you can revisit them later after you’ve got more people to move. I didn’t 100% nail my judgement of who would and who wouldn’t, but I was able to go back and revisit those who didn’t.

If you can, reach out to people in person; I got a few this way. You have to express that you will not be accessible otherwise and will only be present on signal moving forward. It helps if you have a reputation for following through :3

Likely not everyone is going to move over. I’ve accepted that there’s some people I probably won’t end up talking to ever again. I’ve got my main group over, the ones that actually respect that I want more security (and less clown-show shit that Snapchat has)

Human nature wants to stay put, you have to have some strategy or it won’t work.

Also a lot of people are pissed at Meta for lobbying for TikTok’s ban. Use that with the relevant people, if applicable

#1 Reason I still root is for adaway #2 reason is spite because Google thinks they own my phone

A fine addition to my collection

LG and Samsung TVs were already on my “do-not-buy” list with their ad ridden UIs, sounds like they’re just getting worse. Only a matter of time before they require you to connect them to the Internet to use them

I’m still quite excited for matrix as well, but it’s nowhere near the polish of Signal ATM and it’s not something I’d want to be tech support for 15-ish people on

I’m still incredibly frustrated they did that. I often heard “I’ll just text you” in reply to “I’m leaving snap”. Having an all-in-one app would’ve made that so much easier.

I just fought tooth and nail to get my friends from Snapchat to signal, I dread trying to move them from discord to anywhere else

DIA hopefully DOA