blandfordforever

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[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I don't have any complaints about the performance of graphene on my pixel 7a but I don't do much outside of texting and browsing webpages. I also get about 3 days of battery life out of a charge.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I found the instructions on the website to be completely adequate.

https://grapheneos.org/install/web

You'll still be able to use Google Play and the apps found there, if you want to. I'd heard of people having trouble with banking apps. I access my bank using their website, not an app.

Just understand going into this that the priority is privacy, not compatibility. Maybe keep your old phone around in case there's some must-have app that doesn't work but you need occasionally.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not a person who had previously done much messing around with their phone but I have installed Linux on several computers. I put graphene on my phone nearly a year ago and I recall the process being fairly straightforward. I think I just followed the instructions on their website.

Maybe it's not an "any idiot could do it" level of user friendliness but the examples you've listed as stumbling blocks aren't exactly brain-busters.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Please direct me to these ez pz 7.5% returns.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee -3 points 1 week ago

Your point is that doing something is more effective than doing nothing? You sure got me there. I have to say that I agree.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

My state is nowhere near anywhere close to being a swing-state. My vote for president carries very little weight. For this reason, I vote for whichever party actually aligns with my ideology.

An acquaintance once tried to scapegoat me and my vote for Jill Stein as the reason that Donald Trump won in 2016.

That's not how the electoral college works.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh, you're right. In that case, the nurse is stealing from the patient and not an evil, faceless corporation. This changes everything.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm on the nurse's side. Fuck the credit card company.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

I ride a motorcycle and can confirm that most drivers use this method.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think what annoys me is the oxymoronicality (is that even a word?) of the whole thing. We're excited that EVs pollute less. However, we're choosing a less efficient, more pollution creating, worse version of the new, better thing: The efficient type of power in the body of a gas guzzler.

ICE vehicles are unsustainable. EVs are also unsustainable but they're a little better. We should strive for even more efficiency and even less pollution.

I should probably just take my attitude back to the "fuck cars" community.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

SUV's with their extra weight, high suspension, and big, inefficient tires definitely take away from the function of an electric vehicle.

Aren't we all in agreement that the cybertruck is a ridiculous, nonsense, piece of garbage?

Are you going to bring a trailer full of solar panels with you on your EV overlanding adventure? Where do you think you're going to plug this thing in?

They don't need off-road capability. They're just going to drive a needlessly inefficient design to work and the grocery store because they like the way it looks.

Gasoline engines make way more sense for off-road capable vehicles.

The current state of electric vehicle tech is still better suited to vehicles that focus on efficiency.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

It seems like you're putting form before function.

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