The beat feature was the “0” button being in the corner of the device, and it would dial 000 several times per week while in my pocket. There was no way to lock the keypad.

We called it “Sidetalkin’”.

I owned the N-Gage and the 5510. I probably would have bought this.

90% of USB cables are 480Mbps and it’s not even included. This will be useless.

The owners closed the restaurant and started a new one so I let the domain lapse.

No, you’re just paying a premium.

I got a new Android TV for offline use. Most people say you get an OK experience if you don’t connect the TV into a network.

The biggest remaining annoyance is that it takes 45 seconds to cold-start. Almost as if it’s booting an OS desgined for a phone or something.

We need more people to code like this.

Everyone codes like it will be the only process running on their dev machine. Before you know it, you’ve opened a word processor, a mail client and a chat program. 8GB RAM is gone and the 3.2GHz 8-core CPU is idling at 35%.

This is the best way. My locker at work has my offsite backup on an encrypted+compressed portable drive. I have two drives that alternate offsite so they are never all in the one spot.

Yeah. I’ve got friends that I’ve met through LAN groups. There’s even heaps of people who hang around in the same discord channels as my friends. Every now and then, we’ll find ourselves at the same BBQ and I’ll happily add them after that.

My raid has an nvme bcache on it, so it’s still fairly quick.

$100USD is just what it costs in Australia, because we get screwed for price over here.

Haha remember when CD burners came out and a $5 CD-R had the capacity of a $200 HDD?

The kid with access to a CD burner was the king of the playground.

It’s $100 for 4TB right now.

But once you factor in RAID and alternating offsite backups, it’s really $400 for 4TB.

I go through all the older stuff I pulled from the internet. A lot of it can’t be found now.

The DRM on Blu-Ray was too harsh so I skipped the format entirely. If I couldn’t put a disc into my HTPC (Linux) and press “play”, I wasn’t interested.

My biggest rule is not on your list:

• Only add friends that you have met in person.

Also, be sure to apply Richard Stallman’s privacy rules. To summarise, all data that leaves your device is effectively out of your control. Assume all of this data is captured and stored, and will be used against you at some point.

Sweet. This will likely mean extended GrapheneOS support too.

Strange. I have a displaylink box ar home. My Ubuntu machine works first time every time. My wife’s Windows 11 PC takes 10 minutes of stuffing around every time I try to connect it.

I’ve been running a relay from home for years. I think I’ll have a shot at this. I’m not sure we want Russians on tor right now though.

The client APK that I’m running appears unaffected.

ISPs often have SMTP relay servers. If you hook into that, your mail gets instant street cred.