solrize

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[–] solrize 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] solrize 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The 8 to 9 upgrade wasn't terribly expensive but the rest were a lot more. Do you think the individual upgrades were worth it? What were the biggest jumps in usability?

I still think of the 4A as the last good Pixel, since it has a headphone jack. So I've been wondering if it can run current versions of Graphene.

The main attraction of the 9 from my perspective is NTN (satellite) messaging, but older models might get that later. I certainly don't want AI in my phone.

I see there are some fairly affordable older Pixels on woot right now, particularly refurbs, but some new units too. Refurb 6 is $145 and refurb 7 is $200. New 9 Pro XL is $900, way more than I'm willing to pay. I wonder whether the older ones are basically as good if you don't care about AI or the fanciest cameras.

[–] solrize 9 points 3 months ago (11 children)

This is farcical. Operation Warp Speed (fast development of Covid vaccines) was one of the few good things that Trump 1.0 did.

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago

Then my laptop is a phone? It's sort of a phone but it doesn't connect to the phone network, so only sort of. Since it needs a wifi signal it's not so mobile either.

[–] solrize 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ok but wifi only isn't really a phone?

[–] solrize 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I didn't watch the video but I don't think there is any phone that lets you avoid having your location tracked. If there is wifi near where you want to use the phone, you could run a voip client on on a wifi-only tablet, perhaps.

I've been wondering whether satellite communications gizmos with no GPS allow any type of precise location tracking from the satellite. I've been interested in this, which lets you exchange text messages at fairly low cost (about 2 cents per 50 byte unit). Besides possible privacy advantages, it also lets you communicate where there is cell coverage:

https://shop.blues.com/products/starnote-starter-kit

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Start CRIMP, the Committee to Re-IMpeach the President?

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago

Harriet Miers is smiling.

[–] solrize 1 points 3 months ago

What exactly do you want it to do? You can implement TOTP with a 10 line python script and I probably have a few of those kicking around. I've ended up doing that at least a couple of times.

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