The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Wise words, even tarnished by their descendants.
MalReynolds
joined 3 months ago
If you're thinking like that, consider a second hand Pixel 8(a) GrapheneOS and 7 years of security updates... Zero crapware. I combine it with a Qudelix-5K which gets me back a very high fidelity (48/96 Khz 32bit) audio jack via bluetooth.
At that level (of age), choices come into play.
The usual paradigm for dev estimates is double the number, bump the units.
1 hour -> 2 days.
Aaand, that's how you get magic ;)
It'll be biotech, so low production cost, high IP gatekeeping costs (pharma patents). Something on this scale of financial and political (once people know it's out there riots will be just the beginning) implication will lead to some government somewhere nationalizing it and then it'll be on for young and old (pun intended).
But governments will see a way to turn expensive retirees (in civilized countries that look after them) into taxpayers again. So, long lived slaves...
If it has lots of independent eyes on the code and provides a service I need and can't find a superior solution to, sure, as I will not be needing any services that disagree with my political opinions and as long as I'm not financially supporting said developer.
or as it goes,
mice lie and monkeys exaggerate
It seems likely that simulated testing (in a computer) will be mature by 2050, it's under development now.
I'll second the framework if you're keen on a new device, but second hand AMD thinkpads are probably flooding the market (they usually are, but 5000 series CPUs are well capable for roblox) and combine it with an eGPU and a monitor for heavier lifting. It'll get them used to the desktop paradigm, alongside a school capable durable, repairable laptop with reasonable weight and battery life, and you'll have a video card to get started on that desktop later. Worth considering...
You should be fine on gOS for 6 yrs+, which is how long google promised to keep up with security updates. The device tree (think hardware drivers), which is what google removed with pixel 10 is what is causing grief, is already there for lower pixels. Unless, of course, google comes up with some new fuckery to invalidate the usability of the security updates (pray I don't alter the deal further...)
Automated rotation of a large music library on a weekly basis via syncthing, I prefer an offline solution, (but navidrome is there if needed) ~150Gb containing all my playlists and a random selection of other albums keeps me well stocked with old and new. That leaves plenty for taking photos / video (which all gets backed to immich anyway). I don't consume video on tiny screens. 256Gb is plenty for me with this system, 128 would probably do fine.
I am however thinking of hacking together a RasPi type device with a nvme drive, good audio and a backlit ePaper screen and perhaps GPS (music, books and maps covers 85+% of my use case, a standalone camera would get another 10+% ) which would reduce my need for a personal surveillance device being on significantly. Project suggestions gratefully received.