TheSun

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[โ€“] TheSun 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's also a motherearthnews article showing a simple DIY setup complete with infloor heating!

[โ€“] TheSun 7 points 2 months ago

There's nothing stopping creators from doing sponsored videos and/or sharing their liberapay/opencollective/patreon on peertube, they even provide a dedicated place for it.

Most of the youtubers I follow claim YouTube's direct compensation makes up very little of their overall income, especially since YouTube keeps lowering the compensation/demonetizing everything. Most of their income comes from sponsored videos, patreons, and merch sales. Maybe it depends on the youtuber but it seems consistent with those I follow.

[โ€“] TheSun 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't need to happen often, its a possibility for x number of people passing thru the borders any given day. They have the legal right to force your biometrics to unlock your device. Removing it ahead of time is prudent.

If you breeze thru no problems; no harm no foul, just add your thumb again.

[โ€“] TheSun 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like the pixel 8 is in a good sweet spot right now for remaining update support, price, features, etc.

I'm sure it varies by country but I got two upgrades from my carrier during blackfriday deals and my total monetary commitment per 256GB pixel 8 works out to $240 CAD over 2 years while lowering my monthly plan fee and increasing my data cap compared to before on my BYOD plan.

Extremely cheap for what I would argue is an ideally sized (maybe a bit big) flagship phone.

1000% worth it to get grapheneos. I've said it before and I'll say it again, its LIBERATING to feel in control of your own device again.

Edit: regarding your AA disconnects, my s10 on Samsung's stock android had disconnects too over the course of several years and many updates;, AA just kinda sucks tbh.

[โ€“] TheSun 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ya don't go. /s

But for real, so many better places to visit in the world.

But definitely remove biometrics at minimum.

If your OS allows you could setup a dummy user profile and have your phone on that at the border?

if you have grapheneos they just recently added the ability to set a "security pin" that starts an uninterruptable wipe with no restart needed. Just make sure its not something you can pocket fumble accidentally.

[โ€“] TheSun 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hey fair enough, limited bandwith for everyone. If I'm tired of seeing them I cant imagine how you feel.

Have you considered posting a call for other mods to help share the load? Maybe I missed it, haven't been on here THAT long.

Ya I think I'm at the point where the sub has overrun the one moderator and it is no longer fun for me and I'll just unsub.

Best of luck. Oh and I think the bot you are looking for is called SantaBot to delete based off voting thresholds.

[โ€“] TheSun 2 points 2 months ago

Ya its great for those that do it, and I may end up doing that if the sub votes against a rule.

Still leaves the majority of viewers left with a feed full of political propaganda

[โ€“] TheSun 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Seems pretty clear in the post. A temp community rule stating no politcal posts which would obviously be moderated as any other rules are? Where's the confusion?

[โ€“] TheSun 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol I'd maybe give it more than 30 minutes and 10 votes before you call it, but absolutely lets see where it sits after a decent portion of the sub has had a chance to see the post

[โ€“] TheSun 6 points 2 months ago

Hmmm nope I just updated some apps yesterday. I had to uninstall and reinstall Aurora store cause it wasnt showing the anonymous option anymore, but after that it popped up and worked like normal, no sign in.

[โ€“] TheSun 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Look into the user profiles feature to further isolate any play store apps you still use. I have one profile called gshit and thats the only one I install anything non-opensource on from the Aurora store.

This prevents any playstore apps from accessing say photos, contacts, messages, etc on your main profile.

PS. If you don't like the stock launcher either you should check out KISS launcher (minimal mode)

[โ€“] TheSun 6 points 2 months ago

Just throwing out ideas for how you could affect change if you so choose.

Seems to me you are in a position to provide an anonymous tip with images of the dumpster with compacted plastic in it to support the claim to an eco-friendly news outlet to name and shame them and put pressure on management to change.

Keep in mind precautions necessary to remain anonymous when providing any tip if you don't want to be roped in on it. Maybe someone knows a resource for whistleblowers on safe disclosure?

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