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Is it just me, or does it feel like Lemmy is being hit with a wave of political spam? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wish they worked on pictures too :( half my feed is still full of stuff I've blocked just because they didn't use the word in the title

Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Give it a few more years. At this rate, by 2028, the entire back of the phone will be camera bump and you'll be able to lay it down on a flat surface at last.

Here are the best Google Maps alternatives for finding your way: With a number of community-driven, open-source mapping projects, picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I did, and it didn't work either. :(

Here are the best Google Maps alternatives for finding your way: With a number of community-driven, open-source mapping projects, picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm looking for one that works well on Android Automotive. So far I couldn't get OsmAnd to show the Android Auto UI on the full OS, or integrate with the home page (split screen music / maps), and none of the others I tried in F-droid worked at all. I need something because I'm tired of using my phone, and I don't have Google services on my tablet (flashed with a custom build of Lineage / Android Automotive OS).

It would be nice to have an open source version of the big screen systems they're putting in the newest cars...

Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Imagine something as outlandish as user serviceable infotainment systems. Like they used to have in the old days. I'm hanging on by a thread to my basic 2014 car which still has a double DIN slot I can put my own system into...some day

Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The company that didn't see the 3G sunset coming, I would think. I know auto moves slow, but damn...4G was out for what, 4-5 years before development likely started on the 2019 model year?

Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (8 children)

How is the 3G sunset not solvable by just swapping out a modem module for an LTE or 5G one and maybe installing some new modem firmware? A lot of cars are running a Linux kernel under the hood, so I'd think it's pretty well swap and go

Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Sharedrop

Open source. Works about as good as AirDrop when that isn't available.

Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Windows 3.1 did have a BSOD. It wasn't always fatal, you could try to hit enter to go back to Windows, but most of the time it wasn't really recoverable, Windows often wouldn't work right afterwards.

I ran into them all the time in 3.11 on our 486 which had some faulty RAM (the BSOD would even be scrambled). If we could get back to Windows after that, it'd just be in a zombie state where moving the mouse around would paint stuff over whatever was left on screen, and wouldn't respond to clicks or keypresses.

Fun times.

end your free trial in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yes. I literally had to close a bank account to get Planet Fitness to stop charging me.

few more desolate places on earth in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got til it's gone

Having a bunch of beers rn & trying out Debian for the first time. Will I have regrets? 🤔 happy Saturday to all, drink something delicious today 🍻 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Regrets aplenty after some of the things I've drank, but none of them are about Debian.