If f-droid doesn’t expect to survive I think the whole stack /e/OS relies on might eventually collapse (microg, lineage, …).

To be fair, I don’t think Xitter is really dead? It certainly took a hit though 🤷

Linux phones are moving fast but it feels like Android is moving faster on the other direction 😥

(Yes I know Android is built over Linux, I mean more traditional and open distros like postmarketos)

Sourced facts nonetheless

I see three ways of switching windows on windows :

1. Clicking on the taskbar, but its quite slow because it relies entirely on mouse control
2. Using alt+tab, this is super efficient when you have at most 4 windows open, then you often have to scroll through the whole list and concentrate to not miss your window
3. Using the task view : this should be the modern way, the trackpads shortcut is super intuitive, it works well with many windows and is well integrated with virtual desktops. But it seems completely unfinished : it’s super laggy, very buggy (animations often freeze leaving some windows impossible to select) the taskbar blinks for no reason 🤷

But again, I think I’ve been spoiled by Linux. Many desktop environments integrates virtual screen so well that you can easily switch between apps in less than 200ms, which is a big deal : if you look at two apps it’s almost more convenient than moving your sight from one monitor to another (for example copying some data, or monitoring some progress)

“Multi modal”

Will it finally be possible to be productive with more that 3 windows open?

About YouTube premium :

1. I don’t like the idea of spending money for Google. I don’t find it very ethic to use their services in the way I do but no replacement has come up for years. I try to mitigate by donating to some content creators and I would love to pay a subscription to something like Nebula if there were at least 3 people I follow in there.
2. I would use an adblocker even if I paid. On my phone Tubular is just a much better experience : multi platforms, aggregates my subscription, no addictive low quality suggestions and lightweight while still featurefull (and it integrates sponsorblock 🤫)

Also on my previous phone the YouTube app was super slow and would regularly crash because of RAM shortages. This was 6 years ago though.

Yeah people often mention the funny phone designs from the 2000’s but they also praise the Nokia 3310 for its reliability.

Mes beaux parents ont aménagé à la campagne et askip ils avaient eu un entretiens avec le maire, notamment pour s’assurer qu’ils comprenaient qu’un coq n’a pas de bouton snooze. Perso je trouve ça lunaire mais je suis très tolérant au bruit et en ville c’est peut-être pas pareil 🤷

Is your pin automatically updated to reflect inflation?

The idea that RAGs “extend their memory” is also complete bullshit. We literally just finally build working search engine, but instead of using a nice interface for it we only let chatbots use them.

A quotes from my networking teacher, a few years back :

WikiLeaks revelations on NSA are great news to us, now we can by cheap Chinese hardware as we know it won’t spy on us any more than american hardware.

To sum it up even more : this looks like standard end-to-end encryption, but any app user have the same network traffic, completed with fake data if no communication is needed.

Also, working a bit on developing my photos from RAW over last years taught me how we actually expect a lot of magic from a regular camera. The brain does a lot of work and low/high light compensation, color balance, etc… are required to some extend. Of course sometimes it becomes a bit absurd : most smartphone pictures seems oversaturated, with clear blue skies and I one took a photo of a blue-ish mountain because (I think) some classifier thought it was part of the sky.

Is there any chance this is the same HDR technology that has been around for at least 10 years, but using latest marketing buzzwords?

I don’t mind having a few screws to remove every few years when I need to replace my battery.

Although there is another thing, I’m not sure but I wonder if it has any impact. My FP3 has made a few very bad falls and nothing ever broke. I wonder if its “bad” integrity makes it very good at dissipating the fall’s energy.

À sa place j’aurai une phrase toute faite “Je m’appelle Cédric O, mon nom de famille c’est juste la lettre O, Cédric espace, puis la lettre O et oui je sais que c’est surprenant”.

So mythical that it’s the first time I hear of this BS 🤷

Ah oui c’est sûrement très vrai aussi, Jen-Michel-Politicien se croit plus malin que tous le monde depuis son admission à l’ENA et il ne comprend pas l’intérêt d’avoir des experts pour les choses “intuitives” de tous les jours.

Le problème, j’ai l’impression, c’est que la plupart des adultes (décideurs compris) ne contrôlent pas leur propre vie numérique et ne sauraient pas par où commencer.