My experience: most of my apps work fine without Google services. Even more advanced apps - sometimes they just can’t verify licensing, so may complain occasionally. Even now, Macrodroid can’t verify licensing through microG, but the dev has a process for licensing with a serial key based on your Google account.

Graphene is technically more secure than Lineage, because you can re-lock the bootloader.

But wait, the latest versions of Lineage you can re-lock the bootloader on Pixel devices (or is it with DivestOS, a Lineage fork, on Pixels? I forget). Either way, both can be re-locked on Pixel (I know, I’ve done it).

At that point there’s little difference in my opinion, if you aren’t using any kind of Google services.

Once you go to use Google services (either sandboxed on Graphene, or microG on Lineage), it can be argued that Graphene is more secure. Though Lineage and Divest install microG as user apps, so you could install them to a second profile and isolate it there.

But if you’re going to run some form of Google services, you’re kind of negating the advantages of Graphene at that point (though some would argue it’s still more secure, again, depending on your threat model - if a state actor is after you, don’t go putting Google stuff on your phone).

Really it all comes down to your threat model. I’m currently running DivestOS on a Pixel with microG, because there were a few apps I still needed. My next reset (in about 3 months) that will be gone, and I’ll no longer need anything Google. But I’ll probably stick with DivestOS, as there’s no clear advantage for me to switch to Graphene.

While I despise all these hackers these days, I feel like these companies deserve it, for their utterly non-existent data handling protocols.

Cell tracking is external to the phone. It’s done by the towers - they know signal strength, and by using known tables of that data, cell providers know pretty accurately where your phone is.

To block this you’d need a device that lacks any cellular technology whatsoever. Wifi only.

And that has the same issues, especially with companies like Comcast/Xfiniti using their cable modems to track all the devices around them, even if you don’t connect to them.

Texting uses http over the data channel for MMS.

Config Jellyfin to run as a service when you install.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/windows/

Windows supports this.

I’m pretty sure I read a post years ago about how to run Jellyfin as a service (I think it’s even documented on the website).

It already runs as a headless service that you access via a browser, so you just have to configure an actual Windows Service.

I just checked - installing as a service is part of the installer, right on the Jellyfin website.

My favorite is being provided a solution but with absolutely no context or how the solution addresses the root cause.

Everybody in my team gets to own something. What you own depends on your capability.

This is a point I try to constantly make when people don’t understand why 2 people have the same title but don’t really have the same job, especially in technical fields.

No two people have the same set of skills, so we all end up taking on the tasks we’re more capable of than the next person.

Hey, hey now, no kink shaming found here! 🤣

Snikket seems to be it for iOS. But it does work pretty well, I haven’t run into any issues with it.

For Windows well, nothing does voice as far as I know.

What, now you disagree with both the Electoral College and the Popular Vote, so you want to have a revolution?

You crack me up.

I’d say get back in the shower.

Wow, very well put.

OP: I’d like to recommend a book - “Your Erroneous Zones” by Wayne Dyer. Available on Amazon and used bookstores for a couple bucks. He essentially outlines how to use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to alter our own mis-thinking, and to develop more effective communication.

I think it did.

But I grew up watching the TV show, and others like it (Get Smart), and appreciate the style of humor.

I think the divide on this is knowing what that genre is about, and some people just don’t appreciate that kind of humor.

I get it, I like these movies/shows, but don’t like the 3 Stooges.

Er, uh… wow.

The writer must’ve been on some serious hallucinogens! Haha

(off to find a copy…)

Tailscale has the Funnel feature, which can funnel traffic into your Tailscale net for you.

Ooh, thanks, that sounds Intriguiging! Will try them next cycle (I have a couple small hydroponic setups).

And honey is sugar.

The difference between it and table sugar is negligible from a glycemic response perspective.

There’s a number of tags that could be useful, like politics, sports (or specific sports, though I’d filter all of them, just not my thing), or pick something.

It would also be a useful way to setup different collections, like right now I want to see posts about cooking - I could have a view with just “cooking” tags (a category that could have further tags, eg “Cooking, veggies” or “Cooking, Pork”, etc).

Of course this would require voluntary and consistent use of the tagging system, but I think over time most posters would embrace such a thing.

A couple days ago I decided to just start blocking people who post political crap, especially where it doesn’t belong (particularly political tirades or rants). Such people provide no value, so no need to have them in my feed.