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by Pfhortune 7mo ago
What difference does that make, exactly? I'm fairly certain there was only one finger on that trigger...
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by Pfhortune 7mo ago
Taking my technician test tomorrow! Wish me luck! Not only am I pursuing this because I want long-range emergency comms in case cell networks go down (like what happened with Verizon recently), but also because I see a very notable contract
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by Pfhortune 8mo ago
[citation needed] I run GrapheneOS and use several US-based banking apps. I'll not name them since I don't really want my HN account associated with my financials in any way, but I've got a mix of well-known national bank app
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by Pfhortune 8mo ago
This is why every device should be bootloader-unlockable (with legal enforcement). There's billions of old phones and IoT devices out there locked to outdated software. This has to change. If it can't be unlocked, it can't be
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by Pfhortune 9mo ago
Pretty much the same setup here. Pixel 9 Pro GOS + iPhone 15 (USB-C everything!). The iPhone is a Canadian model that retains the SIM slot. Most of my banking apps work fine on GrapheneOS, but I've adopted this because I'm confide
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by Pfhortune 9mo ago
I'm making a subjective comparison here, true. But spend fifteen minutes with each company's watches and you'll see what I mean. > Hard to say this is true when Garmin watches are far more successful than Pebble. A company
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by Pfhortune 9mo ago
Exactly this. Pebbles feel like they were built from the ground up to be a watch, whereas the Apple Watch and Android Wear feel like they started from a phone and stripped things away until it became a watch. Separately, it baffles me that
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by Pfhortune 10mo ago
This is a popular thing to say, but is an oversimplification... Call it anec-data but all my banking apps work in GrapheneOS, and I have several installed. There is one that reduces functionality if SafetyNet fails (have to do the 2fa flow
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
It's great to see the app open-sourced! Hopefully this can be distributed on F-Droid one day soon! And the ability to choose app repos is also a wonderful development. Nothing against Rebble at all, but more choices and more openness i
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
Thank you for all your work on this! I know it's not your focus, but what's your take on the Core app frontend being closed source? I know libpebble3 is open and has the important bits, but it still feels bad to be unable to build
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
This whole thing is presented a bit hyberbolically on both ends. Rebble has valid concerns about the ecosystem surviving beyond Core. Their concerns about the closed-source parts of what Core has developed is valid (WRT the Core app fronten
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
Can you elaborate? I am hesitant to support a sleazy company, and am not aware of the behavior you suggest.
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
Amazfit is closed, Pebble is open. That's reason enough for me to avoid the former. As enshittification encroaches on every corner of the technology ecosystem, a company putting out products in 2025 in a way that embraces its community
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
> "They sold cheap" as soon as they encountered some hardship Nobody is perfect, and running a small hardware startup is difficult. I'm not saying Eric and co are perfect, but it seems like he's been fairly forthright
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
They shipped hardware! They successfully open sourced a beloved platform and embraced the community ecosystem that sprung up around it. What more do you want?
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by Pfhortune 11mo ago
At last! I really enjoyed my time with the Oculus Quest 2, but could not stomach having Meta in my house/on my network. I sold it and resolved to either wait until I could get a good deal on an Index or Valve came around with something
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
> “You know we have cameras in that town. You can’t get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing" What a thing to say...
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
Attention to detail is at odds with the pursuit of infinite, quarterly growth. Why take time to get it right when you can get something out the door for your next review? The quality of which doesn't matter because it's in the pas
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
> but eventually there's always a tipping point where things go upside down chaotic and I don't feel like we are that far away from it now. The members of the billionaire class with any foresight are making a calculated bet tha
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
> and new Pixels will not be able to run non-Google-certified operating systems :) I haven't heard about this. Source? I think there has been much _speculation_ around this, but no proof that I am aware of.
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
That would be possible in a sane world, but in this world, we have DRM
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
Which groups? What violence?
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
Finally! I can play Peggle with a wheel again, as god intended! I really have to applaud the preservers on this one. The installation method is really quite clever! I had thought these games lost forever due to DRM, but happy to get to play
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
I wanted to love the Tangara... The dearth of actual buttons killed it for me. I have shelved it in favor of modding up my iPod 5 with BT + USB-C (with the moonlit.market kit).
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
Based on my usage of Jira over the years, I believe all the annoying parts of Jira come from _within_ the walls of Atlassian HQ...
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
Ah, fair enough. Showing my ignorance on that one. I know little about their tech stack and was under the impression they had some secret sauce.
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
It has been so tragic to see the unforced downfall of this company. Arc is such an amazing browser that really did some new and interesting things. They clearly have some phenomenal talent on the team, having managed to get their swift-cent
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
I love the idea of this. Not so much for myself; I want a system with tons of games that I can play at my leisure. But for a child or someone less savvy who wants to break free of the modern miasma of gaming towards something simpler, this
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FULU Foundation – Fighting for Digital Ownership Rights(fulu.org)
2 points by Pfhortune 1y ago|0 comments
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by Pfhortune 1y ago
I know this feels useless, but if there is any hope engineers within Google will see this, please make an attempt, and try to appeal to those who give a damn about free and open computing. This move is going to continue the shift towards cl

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