IcedRaktajino

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's....okay. Not as great as the original but still fun. It doesn't really ruin the original, but it's not close to the same level.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 25 points 5 months ago

Similar vibes:

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I gotta replay this game, it was a lot of fun. Long after the Wii was considered old, I bought one just for this, played Twilight Princess once, and haven't touched my Wii since.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A few years ago I decided to try the lithium-ion UPSs. I'm on my 3rd year with them, and I will never go back to lead acid. I've got one "classic" UPS that is still in good shape as long as you don't try to run more than 100w from it, but when it goes, it goes.

These use the LiFePO4 batteries, and I get close to twice the runtime as my old ones, and they don't drop from 80% to 10% like lead acids do. The battery chemistry is also good for about 10 years of daily cycling, so assuming the electronics hold out, they seem like they'll last.

The only hiccup with the model I got is it doesn't have a serial monitor connection, but you can probably fine plenty that have it.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Nope.

We live in a society, and as far as I'm concerned, stealing the person behind you's very limited leg room is selfish.

Signed,

A tall person who WILL kick your seat when my knees are in agony.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

You can't uninstall Play services once it's installed (or if you're on a stock ROM where it's "baked in"), but you can disable it. Apps -> Set option to "show system" -> Google Play Services -> Disable

Will it crash as soon as I uninstall it?

No. However, you won't be able to use most Google apps and RCS messaging and anything that relies on Google sign in or integrated Google Maps will not work.

You'll also get hammered with "Google Play Services are unavailable" notifications from SO MANY APPS. Most of those, you can go into the app's notifications and disable the alert for "Play Services Availability". The only one I can't disable on my phone is from Android Setup, but it only pops up once after a reboot.

Some apps depend on it more than others. Some will just complain that Play Services aren't available but otherwise work just the same, but others will lose some functionality depending on how they use those services. For example, my bank app still works but complains Play Services isn't enabled.

Most apps that depend on Play Services use it for notifications. So, with my bank app, I no longer receive transaction notifications. I can live without those, though, but some people may not be able to.

Can I have Android but not Play Services?

Yes. Most custom ROMs don't include it by default or offer builds that exclude it.

Should I use MicroG? If yes, where do I download it?

You can only install MicroG or other Play Services features before booting into the phone for the first time (e.g. with custom ROMs), but you can't just replace Play Services with MicroG.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

I've only seen it in a you're selling yourself short fashion.

Yeah, that's usually how I see it, or maybe just how I've always interpreted it.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A question can be a shower thought, especially if it's a rhetorical question.

Not to mention, the Philosophical Raptor meme format is pretty much just interrogative shower thoughts

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://ebooks.com/

They have a lot of DRM-free options and let you download a clean epub, but like with other stores, it's up to the publishers whether (and/or when) they can sell them without DRM BS.

I like being able to download the epubs directly so I can put them on my Calibre-web instance and pull them to my Kobo or my phone or whatever I want to read on.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol, it really is. It's how we got the terms "Debbie Downer" and "you're bumming everyone out".

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 63 points 5 months ago (7 children)

What are you honestly tired of people bitching about by this point?

Literally everything.

Half the posts I scroll past are just someone bitching about something. Few people posting about cool stuff, most people posting about rage this or rage that. Or if there is a post about something good, there's people bitching in the comments how it's not good enough.

Ugh. It's like this place wants to be miserable and doesn't know any other way to exist.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

Ugh, yeah. My "temporary" spinners that were an emergency upgrade became permanent when I went to buy the new ones and prices had skyrocketed. I've got one cold spare left, so hopefully there's a price break in the near-ish future

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