krakenx

joined 2 years ago
[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

They are all over Boston.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Sadly, yes. A third grade transfer student from a good school district might very well be smarter than their teacher. Especially in rural areas.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

A good teacher sees being corrected as a learning experience, and encourages their students to question them respectfully.

Bad teachers see it as a challenge to their authority.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How? Having an unlocked bootloader or root breaks Safety Net, which disables many apps. You need an unlocked bootloader to install custom ROMs.

Magisck used to be a workaround, but Google has been sabotaging it at the OS and hardware layers, so it wasn't working the last time I tried a few years ago.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Toothpicks work great. They are wood or plastic so they won't conduct electricity.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Once updates end in October, Windows 10 won't be secure and probably shouldn't be allowed to connect to the internet. It will still continue to function though. You can buy a year of extended support for Windows 10 for $30, but it's unclear whether there will be support after that.

Probably best to start switching to something else, or plan to run that PC offline.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Asus ZenFone 8

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

And they will purchase their next phone sooner if the battery on their old phones die early.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It basically only protects against hardware failure. It's not going to protect you from ransomware or even just accidentally clicking delete.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Capcom just started adding game breaking DRM to their archive of old single player Steam games because an exec got butthurt over a nude mod for Street Fighter. Now Steam Deck support is broken and my mods don't work with games I purchased years ago. The pirated version is now better once again.

At almost the exact same time, Valve sent a DMCA notice to Portal64 because for some reason they care about people playing a homebrew port of a $2 15 year old game on 30 year old hardware.

I used to think Capcom and Valve were two of the last good ones. Turns out there aren't any good ones....

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They spent $350 million making Secret Invasion, which was a bad show in every way. They have no control over their costs, yet they squeeze everyone as hard as they can.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

You can get USB micro to USB-C adaptors for about 1 to $2 each. That lets you use a single cable to charge both types of devices, which is the best of both worlds.

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