Carrot

@Carrot@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Woah, i didn’t know that the effect would be so drastic. I want to point out to those struggling to get it to work that, as diverging mentioned, your arm needs to be fully extended. Also, the blind spot is about a thumb’s width, at least for me, and is only visible at a specific x/y axis location. Any deviation from that single spot will cause it to stop working. I could tell I was close to the spot when parts of my thumb would disappear, and just had to slowly move it around until I found the spot that looked like the thumb was gone completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Post your homescreen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am selfhosting! And yeah, I actually forgot there was a theme on the phone/messaging/camera apps, the theme just came with the OS and I haven’t bothered changing anything. The browser isn’t themed, it’s just the GrapheneOS browser Vanadium.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Post your homescreen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  50% chance of your 50% chance of you waifu becoming real becoming your waifu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone 6 Teardown: Proof Phones Don’t Have to Be Disposable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t tried copperhead due to the small list of officially supported devices, but I did try calyx. Calyx is honestly pretty close in terms of overall experience, and continues to get better. However, being newer, it lacks the overall polish/stability of Graphene. Also, at the time I tried it, it was lacking the web installer which makes moving to a new OS much simpler, but it has it now. As mentioned before, Graphene has their own web browser, which simplifies startup. Most of my other preferences are pretty nitpicky. Honestly, if I hadn’t already had a pixel phone it probably wouldn’t make too much of a difference, but having the pixel means it’s kind of silly to turn down the extra base-level security Graphene provides. Honestly, given that I won’t need a new phone for at least 5 years, there’s a real chance of me getting the latest fairphone and calyx next, hoping that over that time they tighten things up.

  I totally understand your sentiment, and your best bet is probably the fairphone 5 when calyx is released for it, especially since they are committing to 8 years of security updates compared to pixel’s 7.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone 6 Teardown: Proof Phones Don’t Have to Be Disposable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not who you were talking to, but I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel 9. I don’t know if there’s a “lockdown” mode, but I have my phone set up where I can’t use biometrics to unlock the phone, but can use biometrics to log into my apps. As for the website/email based attacks, these are mostly rendered useless with the GrapheneOS subproject Vanadium, which is their security-hardened web browser, that I use by default. (grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing)

  I have a bunch of banking apps (chase, discover, american express, citi bank, ally, and my local bank) and while I did need to turn off some of the more extreme safety features for some of those apps (GrapheneOS has a toggle for them on a per-app basis), all of them work without Google Play Services, something I don’t have installed. Some of my other bills apps don’t work even with that setting turned on (student loans, local utilities, home loan, etc.) But I just add a link to their website to my home screen and it doesn’t really change my experience much. Also all my work apps (Slack, proprietary apps) have worked without Google Play Services. However, a bunch of apps do require google play services, and for my use cases most can be replaced with the website link, some can’t. Google Maps is the biggest one, and while I have devised a way to get the great search from Google Maps anonymously through TOR and import the coordinates into CoMaps (FOSS alternative map app), that’s the last part of my phone use that is still a pretty significant inconvenience.

  Any app that needs the stricter security turned off gets put in a separate user on my phone, that can’t run in the background, to prevent any shenanigans there as well.

  For all my security needs, I haven’t found a mobile OS that does everything I wanted as low-hassle as GrapheneOS, and I’ve tried a bunch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Letter tier list. open for peer review⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP’s name? Sal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The joy of quitting a shit job with an asshole boss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Notice is never legally required. You’re allowed to leave at any time, regardless of position. Would it screw over the company? Yes. Is it unprofessional? Yes. But you have zero obligation to give notice.

  I work a high-paying job in tech with plenty of responsibility, but due to how upper management completely screws me, I will likely be leaving with same-day notice. If the company wants respect, they must first give respect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, my mistake was in assuming the acronym had to do with being gay, not just a general fetish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me, not gay but desperately trying to figure out what this post is saying: SPH: Small Penis Haver BPH: Big Penis Haver

  I really thought I was understanding the post until I read your comment, now I have no idea what those acronyms mean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't like to brag, but⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just know that if you are a manager, everyone is reacting out of obligation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Dive, Supercharging Uncertainty About Future Of Sci-Fi Series⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve really liked Ncuti as the doctor, I’ve liked the companions as well. I’ve liked a good bit of the overarching mysteries of the last season and this one. But as someone who grew up watching starting from Eccleston, and then went back to watch the original series, the only part of the new season I really dislike is the front and center focus of “Magic” villains. I understand that this was done a bit in the original series as well, but I disliked it there too. It really cheapens the entire narrative when the doctor can somehow overcome what are essentially gods with an almost unsurmountable level of power that doesn’t have to be rooted in some sort of scifi explanation.

  Obviously this is a personal opinion, and it does seem that the target audience has shifted a bit more mainstream (not that it was super niche before, it’s just that stories now feel very surface-level), it just saddens me that a show I liked has taken a turn for the worse, narratively speaking. I’m still mostly enjoying these seasons, and their more grounded stories feel pretty similar to the 2005 series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low quality cropping will officially launch on Lemmy in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. The who point is to cram more seats than they are currently able

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Still can brother 🏴‍☠️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo games are excellent games. Some of the highest quality games among AAA studios. What sucks is Nintendo as a company

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dumpster fire in my ass Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨woag⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen so many of these I have gained the ability to read them straight on. In this case it doesn’t matter, but I always feel like I’ve got one over the meme creator when it says something like “You look dumb holding your phone like that”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tariff Live Updates: Trump Backs Down on Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hold a firm belief he’s trying to temporarily crash the market, so 47 and all his friends can “buy the dip”, and then he’s going to back out of his terrifs, the market will go back up (most likely not all the way up) and they’ll now have a bunch of stock they got on the cheap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand where you’re coming from. I myself prefer using a terminal for most things, and use arch (btw) for the PC I game on. I understand that learning Linux is the best move for folks, but I don’t see that being an option, at least initially, for people on the fence.

  I know that, from a Linux user’s perspective, it is the wrong move, but I have plenty of friends that want a “no terminal, gaming ready” distro before they make the move. I see it more as a first step, removing the barrier for making the switch to Linux. Once they are already there, it’s much easier to convince themselves to learn Linux a bit deeper if needed over time.

  I don’t know, maybe I’m just naive and hopeful, but there are a good number of my friends that I think will make the switch to Linux that wouldn’t have without SteamOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’ll feel like pop os. Pretty much set up for gaming right out of the box, but anything deeper and you’re forced to touch the terminal. What I do think it has going for it however is the publicity of Steam, plus a promise on Steam’s part to continue to dump a bunch of resources in to making it a better experience. I’m not expecting mass migrations, but it will likely be what gets all the folks on the fence to switch over, at least among gamers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, sure you can do this, but you have to also sympathize with the folks that have years if not decades of experience in a program/suite, and that experience is what they use to market themselves. Like, in a perfect world, everyone could make the switch to FOSS alternatives, but it’s not so cut and dry for those who can’t spend up to years of their personal time to just get back to being as efficient as they were with the other, just to not support a scummy company. I’ve been moving pretty much entirely over to FOSS for everything I do, but it’s been years in the making, and substantial effort on my part. And I have it easy, since I work in software development. We in the FOSS community can’t expect all others to do the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Watching you reason this out was fun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe it's just a human thing.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Billionaires

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Chrome only?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They aren’t worried about adblocking, but the cookie/tracker blockers that come with adblockers. They gotta know everything about you ya know

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to love⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gaslighting? I’m pretty sure the term you’re looking for is gaslamping. Don’t worry, it’s a pretty common mistake for people to make.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  I’m in my mid 20s. Maybe it’s because I grew up poor and was using outdated tech when I was a kid.

  I didn’t use vinyl or a film camera until a few years ago though, I have been really enjoying the physicality and ritualism of analog tech recently

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late 1900s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get what you’re saying, but both work in this case. We’ve just lived in the late 1900s so it feels weird to lump the years we’ve experienced in with 900+ that we haven’t. But if someone says “late 1800s” for something like 1894, it wouldn’t feel weird at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late 1900s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They aren’t? “Late 1900s” would be the latter 3rd of the century. 1994 would be in that latter third, so they are using it correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You should probably just throw it away"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like an email

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This belief is held by many older folks due to propoganda, and it is passed down to their children when their parents teach them about taxes. Since almost all younger folks use automated tax services, if they aren’t doing the math themselves, the fact that this isn’t true isn’t going to be discovered. I was taught the incorrect way when I was a kid, but noticed that it was wrong the first time I had to do my own taxes. But when I told my parents the way it actually worked, they didn’t believe me until I showed them the .gov site that breaks it down. I grew up in a small, blue collar town, and every single person I talked to about taxes parroted the same incorrect system.