Unfortunately, especially with lower budget, that often ends up being choice between hardware and software.

I didn’t want to run custom ROM on the X3 Pro due to warranty. I had the motherboard replaced thrice, on average surviving for 9 months each… But there were theoretically options.

Armor 24 doesn’t seem to have any custom ROMs available, as seems to be usual with MTK devices, but the hardware is quite unique. I already had numerous strangers ask me what that phone is, how often it needs to be charged, or “what can that thing do” and “I am not surprised it has such strong light anymore” (it’s a massive 85.14Wh brick).
To be honest I like how it feels in hand compared to a fragile thin slab.

But the only ones making crazy devices like this seem to be brands like Ulefone, Oukitel and Unihertz (they even have a projector phone like Samsung did, but modern) which most likely won’t see custom ROMs, and I am too dumb to try building and maintaining something myself. I don’t even know how it works with device-specific drivers.

I did, as I said, by returning the phone xD

I think I also (unsuccessfully) tried ADB.

Not a carrier phone. I don’t know what specifically it is, Google Play… something. I disabled automatic updates in Play store, so probably something else. I usually just quickly pull down notification shade and click “Cancel”.

Even disabling all available restriction settings often doesn’t quite work. For clock app I set it to unrestricted and disabled optimization in DuraSpeed, still, it’s a dice roll. The chances are lower when charging. (Ulefone Armor 24)
On previous phone Unrestricted setting and locking in recent apps also didn’t quite work, but that phone had more issues. I’d often find that everything just randomly crashed overnight. (Poco X3 Pro)

But it also seems per-app. From experience, the most kill-resistant app is Termux (terminal emulator), but only if you disable child process restriction in developer settings. LibreTorrent also survives well, making the 2 only reliable large background download methods LibreTorrent and wget in Termux.

But anyway, my Alcatel 1066G dumb phone was just 10 bucks. A more reliable solution (and it supports animated GIF wallpapers 🙂).

It often feels like I am just a user of someone else’s device.

Even from the stuff that is shown like “Your device has new features” and “Settings changed by carrier”. And how Motorola tried forcing updates by using non-dismisable (they would re-appear immediately) full-screen notifications, and trying to disable the app led me to “Blocked by your IT admin” (I returned that phone).
Also when I connect any modern phone to Wi-Fi not manually set as metered it starts downloading a bunch of random shit automatically.
It keeps killing apps I want running (I had to use a cheap dumb phone as alarm clock with the past 2 smartphones), but keeps all Google services conveniently spending data and battery.

I just got an old HP inkjet that doesn’t care about reported ink levels and cheap ink bottles from AliExpress.

I print white on black because I have so much damn ink and nobody expects dark mode documents. Kinda funny when I take out a sheet of paper and have to dry it out. 120g/m² is absolutely the minimum when doing such crap though. Regular 80g/m² just wrinkles up and leaks through, although that’s also a property of dye ink vs pigment ink.

But I also lucked out on sales combined with coupons

Currently it’s €18.50, though for 0.5L (~1 pint) that’s still cheap. Honestly I am surprised I actually received that.

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Printers now include embedded cellular modems as backup for OTA firmware updates, ink subscriptions and telemetry.

Wait, I thought that’s something that only color laser do with yellow toner…

Edit: Possibly

And once again the only available good tech is old 2nd hand.

OK, if you insist, I will.

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I actively go out of my way to avoid hiring people who list random and disparate certifications in their resume.

Why though? If something from the list is relevant, decide how much of a positive it is. If it isn’t then just skip, but why avoid?

Based on https://postmarketos.org/install/ the Nokia N900 can run the latest stable release of PostmarketOS.

Nokia N900 was a proper Linux-powered phone released in November 2009.

So yeah, it’s been getting over 15 years of community support so far.

Edit: Fixed typo

I have fairly small hands, but still prefer a larger phone. More content on the screen and space for battery.

HOWEVER, I’d take both. A small phone would be a good secondary device. I want something modern the size of my Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830i). The back also has a really nice texture.
Oh, yeah, it also has a headphone jack, MicroSD card slot and quickly swappable battery which I should probably replace because it seems it has slightly increased its capacity… volumetric capacity.

But I also prefer a bit more thickness so it doesn’t feel like a fragile, slippery sheet of glass (rugged phones are good for that).

remove the battery

Don’t forget a portable heat gun, suction cup and prying tools. /j

I wish Discogs wouldn’t use PayPal so I could still use it (it would appear I got shadow-banned). I only have 4 CDs…

Anyway, I got one with a hidden track which I only noticed visually on Teamwork by DJs@Work. Since there’s a while of silence, the audio part is visibly spaced out on furthermost part of the disc.

Cough except for lagginess on Wayland cough

Your way is now the right way.

Oh well, but it is my way.

Fine, those are okay. But I still prefer 16 over 15.

Extra points for petty, minor things.

Fine.
Only using even numbers for volume or brightness. No handshakes (between humans). No unsolicited hugs. No greetings. No Christmas, new years eve, Halloween, birthdays, etc. (only regular days). No loud talking (if any) on public transport. No phone calls or video calls. No purchases of digital goods (be it media or software) that doesn’t come on a physical copy. No buying from Nestle. Avoiding supermarket membership “discount” (read: “data collection”) programs.

I don’t quite remember, but sort of like… 8 hours ago while traveling go work in a company bus.

The driver was going quite fast and didn’t notice a speed bump. Shortly, he became a pilot.

Ah fuck it, lets simplify it. 5 seconds ago. There you go.