It's a Samsung A5 (not Galaxy). I didn't really think much of it when I got it, and it started to slow down a few years ago, but I just keep clearing space to speed it up and it just keeps working. Would probably last 2 full days on the battery, so never have to think about that as long as I charge it over night. Not to shill, but at this point I'm rightly impressed. It just works.
Some apps like Slack have stopped working on it, but nothing that would make me switch to a newer phone.
It sounds to me like you're flourishing?? Like, I get that money is an impediment, but with your skills you are at least able to earn enough scratch to probably achieve a lot of this, especially if you can connect with the right folks.
Just don't get trapped by big paycheques of private sector that are likely to come your way. They can rob you of your 2 to 3 best decades if you aren't careful.
You sound like a real cool dude and if I knew you irl I would be mentally drafting up a plan to trick you into being my friend.
I'm going on 9 years with this current phone. I want my next phone to last double that, at least.
Tight.
Fediverse really is shaping up to be all the best parts I remember from forums growing up.
So many things are like that. I've even cooked rice without a lid - totally fine. Pleasantly chewy, even.
We're just heating shit up so it can be digested here
What shit did she want?
It can be kind of fun...
These people represent thousands, maybe millions, of hours of stolen labour.
Last three are bomb
So what's the alternative?
What are your dreams?
I'm just going to keep posting pictures of tea in various situations until someone tells me to cool it.
Description: a small white mug of dark English Breakfast tea with a longhaired cat looming over, all illuminated by a sunbeam.
Is what I say to myself as I shuffle away with my second cup of the morning.
Description: a dark cup of tea in a white and red mug with tiny pictures of landmarks on it
Description: a brown cup of tea, with milk in it, on a countertop
Love an e-waste rescue story π