My one friend cant stop staring at his when driving. He lives near me and sometimes I wave at him driving by and hes like I never even saw you. Like dude, youre a fucking idiot.

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Linux phones are more important now than ever.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

Is it possible to have my normal shitty samsung for stuff that wont work on a linux phone, and have like a pinephone for simple calls and stuff, but have them both use the same phone # ? I doubt.

Cuz when hiking or something I like a phone for safety but I dont want distractions.

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Linux phones are more important now than ever.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

Is funny, if you talk about an iPod or even cds nowadays people think youre about 10,000 years old. There was literally nothing wrong with that tech and it kept us away from corpo prying eyes and social media addiction.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

This is pretty much how I am. Use my desktop for important things. On weekends I try to not even have my phone on my person and I check it a couple times a day while it stays in the bedroom like a house phone. Life is so much better without it.

I unfortunately still do like to take it with if walking/biking/driving but I wish I didn't. Id like to have another phone that only makes phone calls for that but has my same number. Its funny. When I was a kid we didn't even think about it because none of us had phones. Going on a random dirt bike ride miles away with nothing. Better (also unsafe) times.

Im tired of smartphones consuming everyone's minds.

2d ago

[Request] Gaming mouse suggestions

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

Take a look at the mountain makalu!! I absolutely love it. And its light and fits right in my hand. Kind of hard to find except on ebay. Very solid mouse to replace my a310 steelseries.

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Linux is one of the last bastions for the tinkerer

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

You right on some accounts! Don't get me started on things that were better in the past lol, I can go on for days.

Ita true there's still lots to do for those that seek it out! All I was originally saying is I love how linux hasn't been corrupted by enshittification like everything else.

Also if you can fix any smartphone or laptop made today, you must have extremely precision tools avilable to you, because corps have made repair on almost everything impossible now vs how it used to be. I worked in a repair shop, I've experienced it.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

I agree with you! Its also a mind shift too though. Everything (like windows) is made for the dumbest possible person to use, and to restrict you from doing anything that may break the system, thereby not allowing learning.

unless you specifically seek out tings like r pi and solar panel building etc. Which is not tinkering, that's full on nerd engineer stuff.

Linux is risky but you definitely learn from poking around it.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

You sound very young, ha!

But im the outlier since I grew up with cars and none of that is foreign to me. People would balk at how you drive a model T vs a new computer car.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

Try modifying a tesla and get remotely locked out when it phones home (actual scenario)

Thats the future of all electronics corps want!

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

Its much easier to just look at those devices and guess how they work. Follow traces. Find a broken pin on an interconnect. Replace a rubber band on the drive mechanism.

Also its funny you brought that up because I've always been into atari and still have my 2600, 7800, And pong machine.

You cant do this on basically any device today because of planned obsolescence. Try repairing almost any laptop made today. Or better yet a phone. I fixed every single component on my razr and had it for 6 years. Id still be using it if it was supported and modern life didn't basically require a smartphone.

Same with cars. It really started going downhill in 2015. Cars are basically a rolling Apple product now, totally proprietary and nearly impossible to fix without an ee degree.

Again, your average tinkerer or kid, is locked out of doing so, unless they really show initiative and go down a road of 3d printing and raspberry pis, but id say then youre in full nerd territory.

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bridgeenjoyer @sh.itjust.works 2d ago

What do you do with those low power machines though? Outside of being a text editor or maybe a low powered audio server i cant think of anything one would do. They definitely cant play games, I suppose they could emulate nes games.