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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • Those bulb syringes can be a nightmare too, read that the cause of someone’s problem was mold growing the bulb and getting sent straight into the ear.

    Gross and terrifying. If you can’t see what’s inside, don’t trust it’s clean.

    On the bright side, your boiling water probably did a good job of disinfecting it.












  • I don’t remember if I did my phone on Linux or windows, but depending on your Linux install you may or not have drivers pre installed. That’s more of a result of Linux installing only what you need, vs windows installing everything someone might need.

    As for wifi/updating, I don’t see it as a necessary step on a new phone. However, for a new phone it may be worth loading the stock OS, and running with it for a day or 2 just to make sure everything (WiFi, battery life, cell, BT, etc) actually works before you go crazy troubleshooting a problem that was there out of the box.

    Once you do get Graphene installed, you’ll then want to check for any updates.

    While having Finger print on/off is everyone’s personal choice, it is pretty easy to lock down the phone. You can spam the wrong finger a few times and it will force the pin requirement or if you press and hold the power button a lockdown button appears, either way it only takes a few seconds.

    Despite what the news would lead you to believe, most people aren’t talking to police every day. That being said, if you are going to be in an area with high police presence, than turning off the finger print is 100% recommended.





  • Pretty much. Apps I have unrestricted are gplay services, alarm, netgaurd, phone and messages. There are a few things in the optimized section (allow background activity) such as email, android auto, and my music player. Everything else is restricted.

    My last full charge was Monday morning, some point on Wednesday I charged it from around 40% to 70%, and now on Friday afternoon its at 25%. This week has also been below average usage for me, due to vacation, with total screen time 4.5 hours.

    There has definitely been a drop in battery life with Android 16, but we finally got small quick actions back, so I am happy.




  • Simple, we treat “corporate crimes” the same we would if a 30+ year old man committed them to a 18 year old girl, because that’s what’s happening. Once you’re 18 the “child data protections” go away.

    They essentially planted bugs in every 18 year old girl’s life and if your phrase it that way, the masses will realize how horrifying it is.

    Google shouldn’t have our entire location history, that’s called stalking.

    Google shouldn’t have an entire log of our private messages, that’s called eavesdropping.

    Microsoft shouldn’t be taking screen shots of our screen, that’s called spying.

    Amazon shouldn’t be using security cams to scan us for “AI” purposes.

    Apple shouldn’t be using our phone microphones for “data collection”.

    Facebook shouldn’t be compiling, scanning and indexing our photos.