tomjuggler

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[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Try pipepipe on f-droid

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Pipepipe on f-droid is kept much more up to date in my experience. It's a fork so basically the same

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a former Android developer, you can't just do anything in an android app on a modern smartphone. The system is fighting you for resources the whole time. It makes sense to have something like this running as root on a device that you control.

Not that I'm sold on it, just saying..

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Might be a coincidence but MX Linux still supports 32bit x86 CPU's.

I recently installed MX Linux on an old Dell Inspiron 1300 which inexplicably still runs and it's pretty snappy, considering.

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I heard about the avast thing, but how are isp's modifying web pages, that shouldn't be possible with with https, right?

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

That's the plan.

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks, I'm going to look at a rom soon, it's my main device though and I don't have a good track record when it comes to not bricking phones 🤣

Also there is the bit about unlocking the bootloader, I heard it's not straightforward.

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I'm going with they're innocent. Just the UI with the install button and no explanation is not cool.

 

So this just happened - those of you who have a Xiaomi phone know when you install apps it has it's own "Virus Checker" screen which comes up before the app is approved for install. This is provided by Avast I just found out..

Anyway while installing an app from F-droid today I got an error message on this screen - which said "app from unknown source" and two buttons below - "Ignore" and "Install". So I clicked on "Install" since I wanted to install the app and then noticed that the install process seemed a bit different (I can't remember what happened exactly) but I checked the app on F-Droid and the version history wasn't available - which a notice says means the app was installed from Play Store or somewhere else. But I just installed it from F-Droid!

So I tried another few apps and it happened again for one of them. I clicked around and there it was, some sort of Xiaomi app store installing versions of the app instead of the one I told my phone to install.

I guess there is an innocent explanation for this - stopping people from installing malware and giving them a "correct" version of the app they wanted - but I have disabled it on my phone, I know what I am doing and if I want the cracked version it's because that's the version I meant to install ;)

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah looking at you Roblox 😠. Has anyone hacked that anti cheat nonsense yet? Right now I'm mirroring my android phone on my desktop to be able to see what I'm doing (I'm over 40 but I play with my kids in case you wondering)

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

AI models get more dishonest if you ask them to respond as if they were a pirate: https://www.circusscientist.com/2023/11/13/i-hired-a-pirate-to-take-orders-for-my-entertainment-business/

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Putting in my vote for Librera reader here. Also on f-droid

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I was about 19, a magician friend told me I was good enough at juggling to do busking but I was too shy. Decided to give it a go anyway and remember shaking so hard while lighting the fire torches I was using. Made R30 ($2) so not a lot but I did it. I remember thinking to myself, "I'll never have to work again!"

That was over 20 years ago, and since then - with the exception of that stupid pandemic we had recently - I have made a decent living as a circus performer and magician.

I won't tell you it wasn't a bumpy ride at first, but that first show was the turning point for me I will never forget.

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