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There was a joke in my local community that is something along these lines:

An African poor kid has seen a Nintendo console somewhere and asks his dad for one. Dad says no, understandably given the circumstances. The kid then makes a replica using cardboard and other shit he finds. Dad posts this on social media and it gains huge attention. Nintendo’s CEO learns about this and travels to Africa in his private jet to meet the family personally. The CEO arrives there and sues the family for copyright infringement for 1,000,000 dollars.



I think that’s pretty reasonable? If there are good offers for pre-ordering, why not?

Way better than pre-ordering video games. But that’s a pretty low bar anyways.


This seems pointless. So what if “women are less likely to adopt this new technology”? What’s the point? And how does one “master” AI even?




Need help on a challenging situation: How to get data out of a phone with a broken screen?
A few months ago I dropped my phone (Samsung Galaxy A70) and the screen broke. Got a new phone, problem solved. But there is some data on it that I forgot to include in my backups. Very small files but important for achive purposes. Screen (touch input too) and the speaker are dead. I know the password (obviously) but how will I go around doing this? First thing that came to my mind is connecting the phone to a computer via USB. But there are some obstacles. The phone is rooted and has LineageOS 20 (and Lineage Recovery) installed. The phone is on vibration or muted mode. Therefore an external speaker isn't of much use. The OS is most likely fully functional. I can tell when the screen is on and not by holding the power button. If it's on, it will vibrate which indicates the power menu has openned. If it's off, the flashlight will turn on. Phone has a USB-C 2.0 port and the wireless cast doesn't work due to Google Services being absent (apparently) so no video output. First thing I tried doing is just straight up connecting it to a computer. Obviously it didn't work because I didn't unlock the phone and a security feature that only uses USB for power unless otherwise is told is active. That setting can be changed via a notification. So I tried connecting a mouse and keyboard. I couldn't if anything was happening or if the peripherals were connected at all. So what do I do? I'm thinking of booting into Lineage Recovery and see if I can do anything with ADB or fastboot. But probably not since the data is encrypted.
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Alright so what’s the biggest threat that the Open Web is facing right now? Web Enviroment Integrity.

What’s the biggest browser engine that’s not Chromium? Gecko. (Firefox)

Which group of people use Chrome most? Average Joes.

What attracts Average Joes? Shiny new features.

What is this post about? Shiny new features.

I think this is a perfect opportunity to make people switch to Firefox.

Though an antitrust lawsuit would probably be quicker.


UPDATE: Well… 15 minutes after making this post the phone fell out of my pocket and slided 20 meters away. Screen died. I guess I won’t be needing the speaker now.

But I believe this will be good opportunity to repair it. It was 4 years old. Thankfully one of my backup phones, an LG G4 still works. Which is 7 years old and has Android 6 on it. I’ll go and look for a custom ROM I guess.


Attached would be better. It doesn’t need to have good sound quality. Just loud enough to hear the ringtone.


Is there a product out there that can be used in the way the picture below (or above) shows? A really small speaker that's in (or silighly bigger) the similar size of phone's built-in speaker.
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Oh. I should have done my research then. I apologize for my ignorance.


Still it doesn’t seem like much. Mostly cosmetic changes you know.


Correct me if I’m wrong but these seem kind of… worthless. I mean do they really need to call it Android 14? Sounds more like a feature update for Android 13.