I have several users. including one I use for banking. I got pulled by some corrupt policemen in Mexico and at gunpoint they made me unlock my phone. I didn't want to delete my phone cause I know that would make them mad. when they where scrolling through my default user they though it was strange that I had nothing on it. so they kept on searching and I thought I was safe but they noticed there are multiple users. So they got me. \ it would be great that there was a way to hide other users within settings or something, because at gunpoint its better to comply. \ Another option would be to add pin that when entered instead of wiping the phone. it logs you in to a "under pressure user" similar to guest user, but using the name of the user you entered. If you want to take it to the next level each user could have a unique under duress profile so if they log in into my social media tab they would find social media apps and accounts I really don't use. or they log into my secure mail user they would actually find the proton mail logged in but with a different account. Bad actors would be actually fooled even under duress.
I have several users. including one I use for banking. I got pulled by some corrupt policemen in Mexico and at gunpoint they made me unlock my phone. I didn't want to delete my phone cause I know t...
Ok, in a few minutes we get to go and play, ie clear the snow off the deck and stairs. While I'm out there I might straighten up the shed a bit too… Pay no attention to the fact that its -8°C feels like -13
As long as Android remains device-manufacturer and custom-ROM modifiable source code, it will be possible to remove any anti-feature imposed by Google. The link in my previous toot specifically lists "/e/os, LineageOS, or GrapheneOS" as options.
Ooof, tired pup, but got the driveway clear… Well, clearish, mostly snow with some ice mixed in, and as surprisingly good as a $63 Vevor corded electric snow shovel is, it has its limits. I mean I chewed through snow higher than the shovel successfully, leaving a thin layer of snow and patches of ice behind? Yeah, the sun'll melt that I'm sure.
Over on my blog, @vextaur I've done MLP story reviews, and lets try one here and see if'n Markdown can make it look good. For today, we're doing two stories we don't like, because it makes little point only being a cheerleader, right?
First off, The White-Tail Affair. ![media-1] Honestly I hate to dislike this one, because the supporting cast is actually interesting and fun, Blueblood is… Odd, and I'm curious what's going on with him. Raven, even weirder, and Goody Two-Shoes the pegasus lawyer is fun… Unfortunately our main character Eterna Blossom is just a train wreck that drags the story down which really sucks with so many interesting and/or good characters running around. What's the story about? Well so far a diplomatic mission with the deer that live near the Everfree. So far because we've had a glimpse of a future where they're studying what went wrong I think, plus there's plenty of references to Eterna's family history which is tied to Nightmare Moon and the Everfree Forest. Seriously, I find myself being pretty sure there's a lot going on that I have figured out yet, but that's not a bad thing. Really its a shame about this one.
So what's the second one? Leather & Lace. ![media-2] This is another potential squandered by a basically unlikable lead. Seriously, we have a person who's pulled into Friendship is Magic (My Little Pony generation 4) from the 80's via magic. Suspending disbelief that Twilight could do this without Celestia noticing, this is an interesting idea because typically human in Equestria stories are just that, or the human died and is reborn and is familiar with G4, but here the character is only vaguely aware of My Little Pony and that would be the first cartoon version, along with being converted into a pony when he was pulled in. Problem is that Andy isn't very likeable, survivor of an abusive childhood that ran off to CA to become a rock star, alcoholic and a drug user. This character sabotages himself at every opportunity, and while I'm glad there's no miracle cures in this Equestria, there doesn't seem to be any cures or help available. Because of this, things never really move forward, 7 chapters in, and really nothing has changed, things have happened, but nothing has really changed.
Seriously, the fact that I gave up on both of these is telling, I can put up with characters, settings or versions of Equestria that aren't entirely likeable, I mean I'm still reading Ascension, Abdication or Abduction, a story that I can say has its moments, the good parts out number the bad, but it definitely has issues. Both of these though? Yeah, definitely thumbs down, don't waste your time.
And honestly something I should've done a while ago.
Just got my Tello sim, sure, my phone can use an e-sim, but just do a search for problems with those. Yeah, I think I'll stick to my physical sims thank you very much. Any how, what comes now is that once my old phone is charged, I'm going to move my Verizon sim back to that one, and put the Tello in my current phone and port Vik's / @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe number to it. I'll prolly have to update my phone number with all my gig apps, maybe tweak a few other things here and there, but we should be up and running by the end of the weekend (Monday), just in time for work.
Honestly I should've done this a while ago, I've had his number sitting at Verizon paying... I'm not sure how much a month, in case I want to recover his phone. Frankly I don't think I'm going to be able to recover it, I can get his iCloud through the courts, and we're going with that as we have some other matters that will require the courts for any how, so might as well save the money. Plus according to Verizon I only use around 12G of data for work, so we'll see how well a prepaid works, unlimited data only because its like $2-3 more than a 15G plan. If it doesn't work, I can just swap the SIMs around, and try again maybe with someone else down the road.
I don't think switching from Verizon will really save me that much, the package deal I have going is saving me on Internet and streaming, and I'll prolly lose both of those if'n I leave, so that'll likely eat up any savings I have, but still, I hate spending money unnecessarily. Oh, and there is a prepaid version of the 5G home internet, so that might be a cheap alternative, that just leaves the streaming service, and... Ehhh, not sure I need it. Besides, 🏴☠️ is always an option.
So, in a couple hours, assuming I'm not napping (tired from clearing the driveway), we'll start the process and see how many things break.
@Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe Well, so far so good, I'll give this to Tellos, the porting process is easy and amazingly fast, the successful port email came only seconds after the porting start email.
••slaps forehead•• Doh¡!¡ Was wondering why Deviant Art hadn't been updating the last few days, until I realized something, back when I cleaned out my artists I follow gallery, like usual I switched it to showing oldest to newest, and with DA that's a sticky setting, it stays that way until you switch it back… Oops.
So umm, fixing my stereo might be harder than expected. No LEDs work, so i figured fuse or ground problem. I didn't expect this mess, 2 transformers, and 4 circuit boards. Being a cheap late 80's system i expected one bord and a power supply. The fuse locations on the boards are bypassed from tje factory, and oddly the used 1 board that appears to be nothing but a pair of fuse holders despite bypassing the fuse holders. Yeesh, i'm starting to regret this.
Is there a company slimier than Yelp (don't answer that, its rhetorical)? Seriously, on 19 Jan they sent me a notice of new terms of service, and by continuing to use the service, you agree to them. All the usual normal BS, right? Not exactly, considering that the new terms of service are effective 1 January. Yep, almost three weeks before they bothered to tell me they changed the new rules.
If you're a fan of the cafe Mr Tulk at the State Library of Victoria, please sign this petition to help save it. The library's board* - mostly interim appointments - have decided to lease the cafe's space to a catering company, thus depriving the public of an affordable place to gather which has been operating for many years. Thanks for your support.
(*Yes these are the same people who recently tried to cut back the number of librarians, only to be rebuffed.)
Hi, y'all smart people. What video conferencing platform do you use? I'm not doing Google Meet after its AI feature took a photo of me during a call and broadcast it. Now I read the Zoom CEO was at the Melania screening. What non-big tech platforms do you recommend?
Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI
Medievalists can now access automated transcriptions of 32,763 digitised medieval manuscripts, produced in just four months as part of a project called CoMMA—a large-scale corpus designed to make manuscript texts searchable and analysable at a scale that would be impossible to tackle by hand.
A new AI-powered tool that has transcribed over 32,000 medieval manuscripts in four months, giving researchers a vast, searchable corpus and new ways to examine historical sources.
@vextaur We do have these terms. They all can be found more in Wikipedia than in slop marketing speech. 😉 In science, it's mostly machine learning. Meanwhile, I try to avoid the abbreviation AI, or prefer #ArtificialIdiocy for all that popular LLM or GPT slop moneymaking systems. 😎
this month my research job in KIT came to a(n) end/halt due to the project’s institutional change(really bad timing:(), so for last 6 months i’ve been actively looking for research positions, teaching gigs, residencies, artistic research phd position with teaching/research responsibility, as well as other random gigs for paying rent. but it’s unbelievably hard with funding cuts and hire freeze (especially as a non-eu citizen).
i’d appreciate any hints, and since i’m already checking daily, i will also share interesting positions i see, in art/academia/other kinds of non-profit organization, for people in similar situation here. we will manage it somehow
This cartoon is by Jenn Manley Lee and I. TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 Two anchors on a TV news show are talking. MALE ANCHOR: Breaking news – The sale of this …
@Muse I think it sorta snuck up on people, I remember the true independent stations slowly disappearing whether it was a syndication group or becoming part of a smaller network like UPN which I don't think most people noticed until it was too late.
Oh horror, my crypto is down to just under $40… Meh, who cares. For those whom I'm new, a few years ago I picked up $100 of crypto to see what all the hype was. After a few months, I had $225, so I cashed out my original $100. In the years since its hit a low of just under $17 and a few months ago got up to around $75. If it ever actually gets over $100, I'll cash out again, but right now I amuse m'self by watching it go up and down but never back to the original amount.
Ok, first wave of moving those that I followed on my Friendica to here is done. Could've done it automagically I suppose, but considering that my list includes Diaspora and RSS Feeds, I'm not sure how dumping that file into here would've gone. I do have two that oddly can't be followed from here, and a few PeerTube and Pixelfed accounts that I need to decide if'n I feel like continuing to follow, but we'll get to that at some point.
Any how, for those wonder who just followed them, I was @vextaur
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in reply to Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽 • • •The link in my previous toot specifically lists "/e/os, LineageOS, or GrapheneOS" as options.
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I really, really miss having more than two mobile OS choices both from the same country.
Some that come to mind:
Blackberry OS
Symbian