Yaky

This, unfortunately, has been a thing for over a decade. I was excited to discover that Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) is/was one of the better-supported phones for custom ROMs... until I realized that the one I have is a Sprint / Virgin Mobile version (d2spr), which looks the same but uses a different SoC entirely.

TBH I don't even understand why Android Auto needs to exist in the first place.

The same (or even better) functionality can be achieved by using a standard video output (DisplayPort, HDMI) from the device to the in-car screen, while the touches on the in-car screen can be translated into USB mouse position and clicks on the device (unless there is a better touch protocol).

I know there are regulations about live video on in-car screens, but 1. That does not stop people from watching videos on their phones while driving and 2. Somehow that does not apply to maps?

I haven't really played since 2020, and have been waiting for 1.6 on the Switch to start again.

And holy cow, there is a whole other game's worth of content! Island, mastery cave, new crops, new bundles, new characters, and new dialog for old characters, and variety in festivals.

There isn't anything you can miss entirely that I can think of. (Ok, maybe some low-level weapons from the mines, but those aren't important)

It's possible to miss festivals, and some cutscenes won't come up until you are in the right place-time-season, but as you said, you can do it the next year.

You might end up needing postmortemOS

On a serious note, you can run without a battery

Tried it on an older Pixel with GrapheneOS.

Can't zoom, can't switch to wide-angle lens. Camera does not balance brightness by the focus point. Otherwise pictures look pretty much the same.

I suppose this was made for specific devices in mind?

Time Management: The Game

Probably the most valuable IRL skill you can learn in a game. Or you can just chill and fish for a whole year, no one's gonna judge you.

FYI, there are Gemini search engines:

Kennedy

Totally Legit Gemini Search

Slightly morbid academic one.

My computer science professor (who is from Eastern Europe) was explaining an algorithm that he and another professor (from South America) developed. The algorithm processes a graph by first creating a "frame" around it. Since English was not the first language for either of them, the first word they thought of was karkas (каркас, frame in Russian). English word "carcass" sounds pretty much the same, right? but only later, after the work was submitted, they realized they were creating a dead body around the graph.

Random observation: Privacy friendly apps seem to like similar shades of purple.

Firefox has purple in the logo and in private windows. Proton rebranded to purple a few years ago. FluffyChat (matrix client) has a darker purple as default color. Even Aurora Store uses purple accents and icon background.

Proxies started getting blocked (by some auth-account methods) last year, but libreddit/redlib dev was able to outsmart them multiple times. Now it seems like reddit is blocking IPs (and/or IP ranges). Running redlib from a residential IP still works, but I would not expect it to work from a VPS.

The key point of EREV is that it runs like an EV, entirely off the battery, until the battery runs out, then it uses the gasoline generator to keep the battery charged at some minimal level.

However, there were several plug-in hybrids that couldn't really function as pure EVs, or had abysmal range. IIRC: Ford Fusion Energi with ~13 mi of range, or 2013 PHEV Prius, several luxury SUVs and sports cars (BMW i9?)