Roopappy

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Roopappy ,

What exactly does Google have left that people like? Gmail?

Shhhh! Dammit. Now they are definitely going to realize they haven't ruined it yet.

Roopappy ,

It's good if you need to protect and restrict a large group of computer illiterate people with low needs for applications or power.

Roopappy ,

Disagree. I owned flagship Androids from the G1 until last fall.

Android is a privacy nightmare, and serves no technical advantage over an iPhone. So I got an iPhone. It's 100% as adequate of a black rectangle that runs apps as any Pixel.

Roopappy ,

It's in beta as of yesterday:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/rcs-is-making-its-iphone-debut-starting-with-ios-18-beta-2-how-itll-change-texting/

Roopappy ,

True.

Also, there is a psychological effect of people either feeling excluded from a conversation, or suspicious that they are being secretly insulted when they can't understand it.

Roopappy ,

Back in the day, I used to grab any piece of paper, and then walk around the entire office with a slightly angry and urgent look on my face as if I was going to talk to someone important. Do a lap. Back to your desk. Job done.

Roopappy ,

Dell Latitude 5000 series are usually bought by corporations for employees. They are made of sturdy metal, and have features like backlit keyboards and physical trackpad buttons. Then, after 2-3 years, or if they have some minor problem, they end up in a giant stack that either never gets diagnosed, or just gets sent to recycling.

I have had fantastic luck getting a couple of these either direct from the company I'm working for, or from ebay or a company that recycles laptops. They usually don't actually have a problem, and if they do, parts are readily available on ebay. You can end up with a high-spec laptop from just a few years ago for practically nothing.

Roopappy ,

I'm really interested in Graphene and Google privacy, but what does it mean when you say "Sandboxed? Like... I want to use Google Maps, does Google still track me? Maybe only when the app is open, and not when it's closed?

Is Craigslist Dying?

I went to Craigslist in my local area for the first time in awhile. I used to like “best of” Craigslist because some of them were great, there still are some, but its just not the same. A community I used to visit had about half the number of posts as I remember, and of jobs and things for sale, I would say roughly half the...

Roopappy ,

I still like it. But it does have two problems:

  1. Post spam. There is no enforcement of the posting rules, and nobody reacts if they are reported. For example, I'm looking for a Volvo, and people post a Dodge but put every car manufacturer name in the listing so they show up in every search.

  2. Scam fucking overload. Every time I post anything for sale, the scam traffic is overwhelming. I listed a car and got like 12 similar scam responses. Most appeared to be chat bots with no human behind it. Some surprised me by responding to my sarcastic replies.

But I still look there. The site works for the most part, especially if you use the search modifiers. And selling stuff works too. Sometimes you get murdered, but it's rare.

Roopappy ,

I inherited a revolver that's kind of a family heirloom, but it's a gun and it works, so learned to shoot it. But it's not a daily driver, so I bought a 9mm to take to the range as well. Then I thought it was silly not to have a rifle as well.

So yeah. I feel you. I'm a liberal. I also live in a state that doesn't require registration, so I'm curious how I'd ever appear in these statistics.

Roopappy ,

This was happening to some extent 10-12 years ago when I first signed up for Facebook. There would be an ad for Target and it would say "Your friend Jimmy Smith likes Target". And then I'd ask Jimmy if he follows the Target account on Facebook, and he'd say hell no.

This always seemed shady as fuck, and that was before Facebook got much much worse.

Roopappy ,

SmartTube Next if you're on a TV device.

Roopappy ,

Yep. I use either and both. They are both phones that work well and have annoying issues.

Roopappy ,

I test drove one when they first came out. The salesperson was telling me about the continuously variable transmission, and how revolutionary it was.

"It's a new technology? From an American car company? In it's first model year? Ok, no thank you."

Roopappy ,

A coworker bought a Jeep and I said "Oh wow, Jeeps are great vehicles! ...unless you drive them on roads."

Roopappy ,

lol, what a bunch of bullshit. Trucks are owned by people who want to look like big tough farmers. Drive around any suburban neighborhood and you'll see giant-ass trucks parked in driveways because they are so stupidly large, they don't fit in the garages. They don't do shit that I don't do more of with a station wagon.

I'm assuming this includes you more than most, because you like to talk about it.

Roopappy ,

It seems like the "cars tracking you" problem is a very real and very serious thing that should obviously be legislated separately of electric vehicles or country of manufacture.

I got a Mazda recently, and I was reading all the ownership paperwork, and the guy asked me what I was looking for. I said "I'm looking for the language about what data Mazda is collecting about me." And the guy laughed and said there's nothing in the paperwork about that. They just do it. You can't shut it off.

Roopappy ,

In order of use: Smarttube Next (Youtube client), JellyFin, Nebula.

Roopappy ,

Quality automobiles.

Roopappy ,

I've said it before... total free market rule is a great solution, as long as you're also ok with occasional uprisings where the masses go around beheading the corrupt. As far as I'm concerned... that is a market force.

Alternately, we can have government protections and labor organizations. I feel like that usually works better.

Roopappy ,

I'm down about 30 pounds since last Summer, and it's had sticking power. I went from a few pounds over obese on my BMI to a normal BMI weight (200 lbs to 170).

I'm a data-driven guy, and I started using a phone app where you scan barcodes, or manually enter your food and weight. I got a scale off amazon for like $10. Before I even started changing my diet, I just started entering everything I was eating and drinking. It was a bit eye opening. The calorie count was too damn high. Lots of carbs, cheese, and alcohol.

I didn't follow any specific diet or anything, but I tried to keep my calorie count around or just under 1500 calories per day. If you're trying to meet a calorie count and not be hungry all the time, you figure some stuff out. You can eat a lot of vegetables. You can eat a decent amount of seasoned meats. Pasta and bread are things you can only have a little of. Drinking alcohol ruins the day.

Anyway, sticking to the count, I watched 1-3 pounds a week drop off and stay off. It was very satisfying. Math. Data. Measurable results. I recommend it.

Roopappy ,

Medical emergency, months of painful rehab, permanent disability.

Roopappy ,

You should really learn more about it before deciding that you have an expert opinion on it.

Roopappy ,

I bought a cheap-ass Asus laptop knowing that the installed wifi module was not supported by linux. So I bought a new wifi module that had linux support for like $20 and swapped it in.

This is the one I got, but I'm sure there are more like it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SH6GV5S

Roopappy ,

Deregulation of markets and industries and weakening of social programs. Overall making the power of large corporations and a small number of wealthy people way more than the power of huge numbers of average people.

All completely supported and promoted by the people who benefited from the opposite.

Roopappy ,

It sounds like you're making an angry accusation about me, but I was definitely agreeing with you, so I don't understand why.

Roopappy ,

This is a person who thinks that everyone else in the world is to blame, instead of considering the far more likely answer that they are the asshole. Jesus.

Roopappy ,

I mean... parties and sex are pretty cool though.

Roopappy ,

Baby... it'll blow your mind.

Roopappy ,

I’m an American and I had a pretty decent job out of college and the idea of moving out of my parents house without roommates was impossible. In fact I don’t know a single person who did it.

Not to pick on you specifically, but I've never understood the modern generations' seeming aversion to housemates.

I had housemates from after college until 7 years later when I had a wife, starting in the mid-90s. My mom had housemates in the 60s after college (my dad had the GI bill, which afforded flexibility, but had other drawbacks).

It seems weird to me that people these days seem to think that's unacceptable. That's how people do it when they are just getting started. Either that, or they live somewhere less desirable, far from cities, small, old, crappy. Personally I did both... housemates in a rural area in a shitty place. :)

Roopappy ,

This may be unpopular to hear... but most of the justifications for not having roommates are like the ones in this thread. People say they can't have roommates because they have social anxiety or other people are just jerks.

To an older person it sounds like "My generation can't have roommates because we don't get along with other people, and they don't get along with us." That's not an economic problem.

It's actually far far more worrying than that. What happens to a generation that has no ability to coexist with other people? What happens to the world when they are in charge of it?

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