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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Look at Amazon and their Fire TV platform. It’s just android, with all of the Google stuff stripped out.

    Sure, Google may not be getting any money for that, but they are getting more dev time and attention on the open source parts of Android which helps to solidify the base of the OS which helps them.

    And Android got popular because it was open and manufacturers could build phones that support it without necessarily needing to involve Google (or at least without needing to certify it or meet strict standards) which let the platform grow significantly. If Google closed it up today it would likely cause a fork in the Android platform ecosystem and you’d end up with “Google Android” on pixel and “Open Android” on all others.







  • Many registrars let you buy a domain and set up dynamic DNS for it within their system so you can own a domain and get dyndns on it.

    Otherwise you could accomplish it with a VPS but you’d only need the smallest one available because it would just need to run nginx to forward to your home ip (and a small tool to update that IP when it changes). So you could probably get something for less than $5/mo.




  • Go outside. Not in a “go touch grass” way. Explore new places and fill your days with variety and sunlight if you can. If you can’t make the time pass quickly you can at least make it more interesting. And sitting depressed in a park is a lot nicer than sitting depressed at home.

    If you’re already running, vary your route a bit, or spend some time in the middle of your run sitting outside for a bit.

    I don’t expect it to fix anything, I’ve heard enough of the “just try this and you’ll feel better” bullshit. But I hope it would at least help mix up your days a little.



  • I’ve started to skip the mask for small groups for short time periods but I still mask up for the grocery store, and large gathering, and any time I’m in a smaller room with people for a long time.

    I get sick so rarely now, it’s great. And it’s so much less socially exhausting to wear a mask and be able to hide my face. I dont have to take a smile or watch my expressions nearly as much.

    And it helps support my friends who are immunocompromised by normalizing mask wearing.

    I don’t plan to stop for a long while. And I plan to always mask up if I’m sick, even just a cold, to avoid spreading it.


  • I see you got your answer, but I’m adding on for anyone else that comes across this.

    For me, I learned the most when I had a disposable and replaceable system. When I was dual booted I was too scared to touch anything in case it fucked everything up. Once I started poking round on a Pi, LiveUSB, etc it was a lot easier to learn because I could always restart.

    Id start there with something like Mint or Ubuntu. Then set it up in a way where you can easily replace your OS so you can reset it often and fuck around. Then just learn as you go.



  • We had this challenge with my grandmother. I had some really memorable moments with her late in her life, but she looked a lot sicker and run down in any pictures from that time, but that’s how I remember her (at least that’s part of how I remember her). My mom didn’t want to share as many pictures from that phase of her mom’s life though because she remembered her younger and more active, so it made putting a memories collage together complicated. Especially since all the early pictures were still in albums spread across the country with her children.

    Personally I want people to use pictures of me that let them remember me the best. Not the best of me, but the best of our relationship, even if that’s me as an ugly old fart.