The thing is also that there was no server available for Ubuntu

Debian 12 (and looks like Ubuntu, too) has molly-brown. I also chose it for being a Debian package instead of additional install.

Another Android fork like eOS or iodeOS, but this time, it’s different, we promise!

When Steam first appeared (and was required to play Half-Life 2 IIRC), I thought that was a ridiculous idea to have a middle man to play a game. Well, what do I know, everyone loves Steam now (yet hates on other launchers).

TBF, specifically for games, enemy behavior has been called “AI” for decades.

Absolutely. Somehow, Apple and Google convinced people (even more tech savvy ones) to want constant app and security updates as if the world would end otherwise. I’ve seen complaints about gemini (the protocol not Google’s AI) browser not being updated (protocol has not been updated since 2022), and someone asking if it’s safe to boot up an old Android 7 phone.

And Apple dev license consting money does not help the situation.

Now up the challenge: In App Store, find a simple app that is not a “solution”, “ecosystem” nor a “lifestyle”, does not have ads, and does not require a subscription for basic functionality.

(Years ago, I tried about 10 RSS readers, News Reader was what I finally found, way down the list)

Truly important. Read about it in Big Whoop magazine.

That sounds like a Streisand effect, or a variation of it.

Snikket is an all-in-one XMPP server-client that supports calls.

But yes, in its current state, Matrix calls are pretty broken as there is no feature parity between Element Classic and Element X apps.

I have to perform a context switch between “v” and “w” sounds, so words and phrases that contain both (e.g: “very well”) sometimes end up with only “w” sounds. (My native language does not have a regular “W” sound)

But even after 20 years speaking it, English pronunciation is complete nonsense. Most of the time, you just need to memorize the words. Because trying to figure out how to say something, you also need to know if the word is borrowed from any other languages that use Latin alphabet, and then pronouce it pretending to speak that language. Simplest example: Mocha (moh-ka) and matcha (maht-cha). But there are countless borrowed words that don’t change spelling in English.

There’s FrogFind, search engine + converter/proxy for old machines. Runs via non-secure HTTP of course, which was standard in 1999.

Some sites have simple variants, such as

https://text.npr.org/

https://retro.hackaday.com/

https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/

Real ABS turns white/grey too, from both stress and acetone (in liquid form, vapor does not seem to discolor it).

For me, it was not monthly, but rather “when it bites you in the ass”.

• Delete all empty rooms and federated rooms without local users.
• Clean up state_groups_state table.
• Delete old media.

All of this is made worse by having more active users and made better by having a large hard drive (my VPS had 20GB, which I almost filled up with the db and media after a few years, with only few users)

The only instances of this I have seen (on mobile) were not very tech-savvy people who click links in messages and apps, rarely open the browser, and/or don’t understand how to use the browser to begin with.

Hey, just stumbled upon this too, Android4Lumia, and 520 is one of the supported devices: https://android4lumia.github.io/downloads.html

At a loss who this is aimed at. Corporate? Because people who call without asking are not gonna bother with clicking a reason. (Or worse, click emergency every time because that means the other person will pick up) And people who ask already know if person is free/available/wants to talk.

Some years ago, mentioning Linux for daily non-gaming use:

Guy: “Installing Linux is complicated though”

Me: “It wasn’t bad 10 years ago, and now it’s as hard as clicking Next a few times, even faster than Windows”

Guy: “Well duh, you have ten years of experience installing it!”

Difficult to argue with this non-logic.

AFAIK, custom ROMs ask for specific OS to get specific firmware for some peripherals (modem, WiFi, BT, etc).

E.g. installing Ubuntu Touch on Nord N10 5G requires a downgrade to OxygenOS 10 using the official tool, which (i believe) installs original firmwares.

Looks like it is partially supported: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_520_(nokia-fame)

I have a Lumia 635 and got tmpfs to start, but then I am lost at “locate your ramdisk” https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_630_(nokia-moneypenny)

IMO you would need a large capacitor between power (after diode) and ground, to provide enough current when device’s power consumption spikes (otherwise, it will shut down)

Here is my version without touching BMS or original battery: https://yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/