ben_dover

ben_dover , 4 days ago to Privacy in Is pixel 4a too old for a new phone?

yes and P4a is already one major GOS/Android version behind, it's only getting "extended legacy support" releases. i.e. security fixes are merged and backported where possible, but it's overall not the best setup and they recommend to switch asap.

I'm pretty sure GOS will drop Android 13 (and therefore P4a) as soon as they release Android 15, since the team won't be maintaining three major Android versions.

CalyxOS ported Android 14 to P4a, so you might squeeze an additional year or so out of it if you switch.

I'd either replace the battery in the old P4a, or get a newer model with 7y software support. But buying a new 4a is probably not your best possible move

ben_dover , 4 days ago to Privacy in Is pixel 4a too old for a new phone?

the camera is amazing, but you need to use the Google Camera app for it to take advantage of all the Pixel magic. 3rd party camera apps will yield lousy shots comparatively.

ben_dover , 4 days ago to Privacy in Is pixel 4a too old for a new phone?

4a is end of life already, so no firmware updates from Google. GrapheneOS has legacy builds available for it but doesn't recommend using them, and they might go away anytime soon

get a used device which is still properly supported, don't buy brand new e-waste

ben_dover , 6 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

i eat the fish

ben_dover , 7 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

suck it, jian yiang

ben_dover , 7 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

no, new new Internet

ben_dover , 7 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

*New GitHub

ben_dover , 7 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

you're a fat, and a poor

ben_dover , 14 days ago to Technology in EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians

that's what you get for having 2/3 right wing parties in the EU parliament

ben_dover , 2 months ago to Technology in Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’

one is plenty enough already i'd say

ben_dover , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM

not OP, but I have to run fronted and backend of a project in docker simultaneously (multiple postgres and redis dbs, queues, search index, etc., plus two webservers), plus a few browser tabs and two VSCode instances open, regularly pushes my machine over 15gb ram usage

pretty much like this

ben_dover , 2 months ago to Technology in Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers

or, you know, lemmy? it's not that much different from forum software, is browsable and federated

ben_dover , 2 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in I just want to view the recipe

dns.adguard-dns.com

ben_dover , 3 months ago to Memes in Captain Barbossa: "Ye best start believing in Cyberpunk stories, cuz ye'll be living in one."

Can't wait to be able to "hack" asshole people randomly, a permanent rick roll is only the tip of the iceberg

ben_dover , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Who played on linux before proton?

What you are looking for is called Whiskey :) There's also a paid app that does it for macbooks with pre-Apple silicon