Dr. Unabart

On a side note: that dude can crush some fkn beers. That’s an impressive beer muscle he’s got.

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS arrrrrrrgrhhhh

I have a Pi5 8gb running a version of LineageOS that is pretty much a blank slate to roll-yer-own Android TV, at which point you can install Stremio and be off to the races. Requires a little bit of Nerd-Level setup, but wasn’t too bad. Pi4 ran a little hot, but the Pi5 crushed it. Any ole BT remote works. I started with a Firestick remote and upgraded to a 10€ remote later. Have to control my soundbar separately, but whatever. I’m freeeee to sail the seas!

Edit: me am a stupid typer

The amount of shit that PiHole blocked when I opened Gizmodo is comedy. And disgusting. Cool shit about the moon toys though!

What’s crazy is that we even need to have this dicsussion about software to look at fkn web pages. Which of these fucks me over the least? Marketing ruins everything it encounters. Marketing to me on the web sites I view just isn’t enough… we’re stuck wondering which of these is going to harm my privacy the least. Feels like we’ve gone beyond the pale here.

edit.com vibes, at that.

You have to be a special kind of dummy to even want that piece of shit in the first place. Idiot tax collected. Carry on, carrion!

My bank has a separate Push-Tan app that you use as 2fa for sending money for payments (i’m in the EU). While I’m sure there’s some workaround for the luddites and geezers (or us privacy respectin folk), I haven’t gotten that far yet. But I’ll report back when I do!

I bought a CMF1 phone and flashed /e/os on it. Mostly just to run it through the ringer and see how well it works and if it really can be a daily driver. So far, so good. Phone was on sale for 125€ during the last Black Friday. Surprisingly good phone for that price. Been using it with the various privacy focused messengers for voice calls. Haven’t stuck a SIM card into it yet. Eventually I’ll try my banking apps, which might be the sticking point as I’m not sure I can get those outside the Google App Store.

Work in progress, I guess. But no problems so far.

I’ll gladly accept a PlayStation without social features. I just want to play games. I am 100 years old. I own a mansion and a yacht.

Staying ahead of the game to avoid becoming Reese Withoutherspoon.

It’s a slippery slope. If you let the village know there’s a ship sailing the cosmos then next thing you know they’ll want the rathaus to use email instead of fax. Just best to follow the rules and keep things the way they are.

Fear of change and modernization. :)

Perhaps it was the “first in Europe” part that threw me for a loop.

I’m in Germany, installed this update on my iPad, but have not seen any mention of an ID yet. 🤷‍♂️

That article slurps Apple’s nutsac for having such a great moneymaking idea! Fuck ads. Tired of everything being a vessel for marketing.

Join whatever instance you want, follow whoever you want, and most importantly, don’t let the Mastodon HOA push you around. They lurk in all corners of the Fediverse trying to tell you what you should or shouldn’t do, which defeats the whole idea.

Frankfurt am Main, Nied

I had to sign up for DSL this week in Frankfurt, DE as my neighborhood didn’t have cable or fiber internet. Don’t think that we’re gonna be cloud-ready any time in the next 50 years. DSL. Frankfurt. Major city.

That’s pretty much the endgame here.