Shareholders need more profits. So, shareholders.

Once again - blame the Dodge brothers (yes, that Dodge).

Oh noooooo hahahaha

The previous owner of mine was absolutely a pet owner. It was chock full of fur. Luckily nobody in my house has any pet allergies…

If you can manage to get video out, I’m sure it can be done. Maybe you can even stream Doom to a web browser.

Yeah, that’s a rough one. Manufacturers really don’t want us mucking about and will release different versions under the same name all to obfuscate that process.

A lot of TVs are like this as well; we have a curved Samsung 55" that lost it’s backlight last year - not only did I need the model and serial numbers, I also needed the specific T-con board revision. A similar thing happened on my former TCL Roku TV several years before. Same deal.

Worth it IMO. These things get hella filthy inside. I took mine apart to replace its motherboard, and I’m glad I did because it needed a good cleaning.

Responded with the wrong account… I try not to have any crossover between my accounts, but here we are…

Anyway.

Do the newer models require you to connect to wifi?

Probably. I only have the two robots: the aforementioned Wyze, and a cheap Eufy Robovac 25C

Valetudo looks interesting tho.

It’s really quite fascinating. Valetudo is not a 3rd party firmware - it’s a cloud replacement that’s hosted on the robot itself, and also runs a webserver which gives you access to the actual controls and relevant firmware options.

Self-hosting doesn’t always mean exposing things to the internet. It just means you have a PC capable of running software/services that can be accessed over your network. Whether or not you choose to expose that to the internet is up to you.

Everybody knows Debian is actually Gentoo.

Probably any ISP that advertises “super duper extra special wifi” when it’s just a set of QoS rules.

In their EU store, Fairphone already sells degoogled Fairphones with /e/OS next to their regular Fairphones with Google.

Is this what you mean with

from the factory

?

Exactly what I mean. With Fairphone bringing the brand to the US, I’m hoping that option carries over.

I’m aware. It’s why I said this:

from the factory.

I would do it anyway, but a degoogled ROM with factory support would be nice.

Oh, fun.

They’re bringing the actual brand to the US? I suppose that’s something. Murena has been selling Fairphone devices here for several years now.

For what it’s worth, Fairphone handsets are currently sold in the US via partner Murena. These particular phones come pre-installed with Murena’s /e/OS Android software, which promises a deGoogled experience. However, Fairphone devices elsewhere come with Google services out of the box. So US consumers would finally be able to get their hands on a Fairphone handset with Google integration.

Well. That’s certainly a choice. Hopefully we have the option of not using Google services from the factory.

I’ve had call recording for the better part of a decade. But I use Skvalex’s app, and recordings actually stay on my device.

Currently trying YunoHost now, though for some reason it says my GMKtec G9 has a MMC/Micro SD?

That’s because it does have eMMC storage - 64GB worth (I went and looked at their product page). “eMMC” storage is the exact same type of storage that SD cards use. eMMC storage devices pop up in Linux as /dev/mmcblkX (generally X = 0 for single devices), with their partitions tagged on the end of that device as p1, p2, etc.

“Legal streaming” is just cable 2.0. Pretty soon every tier is going to have ads in order to “maintain quality of service and content”, which is just corporate-speak for “imaginary money line go up forever”.

This shit is why I pirate with zero guilt.

Windows 7

It was never set in stone until the 2000 election.

Two-way audio is what I’m currently struggling with. I’ve got a Wyze Doorbell v1 that will be loaded with Thingino to replace my Ring doorbell. Hopefully I can get it figured out.

I have individual, manually controlled electric heaters in each room.

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