Goopadrew

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[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

Sorry, I misread your comment, I thought you were asking for a method other than one using lockdown mode. I doubt there's a method using location if it isn't provided by the manufacturer, because an app trying to do that would need permissions to lock the phone.

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

For almost any phone: just turn it off. Every phone I've used requires a passcode after a power cycle

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago

My work phone is an iPhone and I love this feature. The moment it's past work hours I no longer get buzzed for any notifications, and I only see direct messages on the home screen

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

I have a galaxy s21 that I've been using for the last 3 years. I haven't noticed any difference in performance from the day I got the phone, and I don't feel I'll need to upgrade for another couple years. Full disclosure, I did use adb to remove a ton of Samsung bloat when I got the phone, and that definitely improved performance, so I'm not sure how different my experience would be with all the extra Samsung stuff added.

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

How to destroy your up-and-coming indie studio in three simple steps!

  1. Publicly fuck over the two people most responsible for your massively successful IP, ensuring they'll never work with you again

  2. Cancel any follow-up to your massively successful IP and continue with projects nobody cares about

  3. Fire the rest of the staff responsible for your only successful IP

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is a well known fault in Teslas where the front linkage breaks, and that's a lot more catastrophic than just putting on hazards and pulling to the side of the road. Worse still, this can happen at less than 100 miles driven, and Tesla won't cover it under warranty: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/20/tesla-blamed-drivers-for-failures-of-parts-it-long-knew-were-defective.html

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

Join the cult of embedded engineers! My current project at work uses a cortex m0, so we have 32kB of code ROM and 4kB of RAM. It's really satisfying finding little optimizations to save a couple dozen bytes here or there, and there's never the pressure to just slap together code without worrying about size or speed since you can't afford it with the hardware you're using

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It probably falls into the "costs a shit ton" but some people recommend the fellow carter mug. I've never tried it myself, but apparently ceramic-coated insides are best for not affecting the taste of coffee. I think I also saw some kind of ceramic-coated travel mug at Starbucks too? Can't speak for how spill-proof either of those things are though

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Not sure if it automatically changes Facebook links, but the Facebook container extension is good at removing other tracking that Facebook does through news sites and such

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ooh, would be an interesting concept to have a folding phone with a physical keyboard+smaller screen for the outer display, as opposed to making the outer screen a normally-sized phone screen

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

I mean, it's pretty scummy but "working with" could refer to just being in communications with those charities about what a potential donation would be used for. Given what Jirard has said, I assume he was completely negligent about checking in on any of the foundation's activities, and was probably just handed a paper with the names of "partners" on it for the stream. That said, I feel like the quotes about being a "major" or "main" partner with some specific organizations could get them into trouble, even if it's legal for them to hold the money that long and they pass IRS audits

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I would love to see an actual lawyer's take on this. Jirard's response is basically "we mislead everyone and were shitty for not donating before now, but it was perfectly legal for us to hold the money until now, and it was also legal for us to use donations for operating expenses of the foundation/events". While Karl presents a lot of evidence of misleading statements by Jirard, his usage of the encyclopedia brittanica to define charity fraud instead of any actual legal definition, and presentation of evidence as more damning than it actually is (and in a very hostile manner) leads me to view both sides in a negative light. At this point, I have no idea whether either side has any legal grounds for the accusations made toward the other, and I don't see that changing unless someone with actual legal knowledge weighs in

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