I would do option A, but instead of just not using the free internet, I would use it for everything else not needing server services. So like streaming or general browsing.

Just leaving the Google fiber as a dedicated pipe for all my self hosted services

You can do this kind of split with pfSense easily

Right, just checked their website and a maxed 15 pro max is 1600$ lol that’s a lot for what you get

A simple scan is fine, but to actually image a dying drive for recovery purposes, you should absolutely be doing a direct connection

Sprint was genuinely struggling.

They were on the verge of bankruptcy, really the 2 options were

1. Let T-Mobile (a distant third competitor to the big 2) buy them

2. Let sprint die, the big 2 buy large chucks of sprint anyways for pennies on the dollar post-bankruptcy and make their distance from T-Mobile even bigger.

If you need another reason, AT&T was very against the deal, so you KNOW what they think is bad is probably actually good for consumers

Not until we’re having to sit through upwards of 20 minutes on ads per “1 hour” episode

who owns RCS and has more sway on carriers

If that were true, RCS would have been implemented by carriers LONG ago like they were supposed to (the original spec was launched in 2008), well before imessage came out in 2011 and we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

But you know who actually does have a TON of sway with Carriers? Apple. You know who probably could have actually gotten them to implement RCS? Apple. Apple could have solved the RCS dilemma even before Google decided to do things themselves.

Apple didn’t even need to do much, just drop the mere hint that if carriers didn’t start implementing RCS they might stop selling the iPhone through them and they would have bent over backwards to get it done.

They didn’t because iMessage is just another tool to keep people locked into their ecosystem, and they’ve admitted as much. And any excuse of “Oh we wanted to work with the GSM consortium blah blah blah” is just that, an excuse for Apple fanboys like you to latch onto and parrot.

For one, Google never wanted to implement or run RCS, the carriers were supposed to do that specifically to prevent the fragmentation issue. But they couldn’t get off their ass, even after Google spent years pushing them to do so.

For two, even after Google said fuck the carriers I’ll do it myself, Apple was invited to participate in its implementation and Apple refused. They could have worked with Google to implement RCS across all devices. They didn’t because they want to keep people locked into their ecosystem. They had a great opportunity to ensure all the privacy and encryption features were implemented how they liked.

You don’t care, because you’re an adult, what you or I see as a simple visual indicator is yet another thing that HS teens will use to bully and peer pressure with.

But you should care in the sense that Apple is exploiting teens still developing brains and maturity with dark patterns to get them “hooked for life” in a way.

While Google should open source it, it’s important to note that Google never actually wanted to run or implement RCS. It was supposed to be the carriers, but they never did and even Google spent years pushing them to get off their ass and they still didn’t. It was years before Google finally went “Fine, I’ll just fucking do it myself”

Yet another Linux phone with subpar specs. That processor is quite underwhelming even compared to Google’s Tensor G1, a proc that many regard as crap as is and it beats this Dimensity 900 handily.

Probably because of the nukes, if you have a weapons platform in orbit you can do something like launch large metal rods and it’ll have the same destructive force without any of the nasty radioactive fallout

Wait, you guys are turning off your laptops?

Ok yea doorways was probably a bad example since those actually get an additional allowance for furniture and crap

And to clarify, I don’t actually agree with the method of using the male average for everything (Ever wonder why they set the Office thermostat to 72? That’s right male average of comfort lol), but it’s what the world around us is built around.

They’re designed for people of average (male) height, like everything else from default seatbelt position to doorways. Sounds like yet another tall person complaint to add to the pile.

In any case, I find them comfortable (probably because I’m average height lmao) and I like to take my time ordering to combine the best deals possible without having a cashier staring waiting on me so they can go take care of all the other things that McDs overworks their employees with.

IME (I’ve worked FF before) you “Fuck these machines” people generally trend towards annoying karen-type and take FOREVER ordering.

They’re both; Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit org, is the parent of Mozilla Corporation, the for-profit organization I’m talking about.

Mozilla Corporation is in charge of distribution of the official download and development coordination and some other things. Now the Foundation is in charge over them admittedly, but I see that as a bit like playing with fire.

I wouldn’t say mad, more…just prepared for the worst

Oh yea, they latch onto each other so much I forget that they’re actually separate things

I was one, I’ll admit it and I’m glad I was wrong

As far as why? Because FF/Mozilla positions themselves as THE browser for privacy and “For the people”, but Mozilla is also a for-profit company so I’m always expecting the worst out of them just like I have for so many other for-profit companies

Just look at Canonical, they’re pursuing an IPO RN and are already in the early stages of enshittification because of it.

That’s conservatism for ya, can’t divorce and just be happier people for it because sky daddy might be mad

They’ve been unsafe for years now, since they got bought out by some Chinese company known for shenanigans

It’s worth more, more often than you think, it’s just hawked by random “influencers” with a paltry 50k followers or some shit. That kind of exposure is worthless.

I’ve heard from photographers and artists before that they will consider exposure offers, but only if you have an actual status. Like a major brand or near-celebrity or a top 50 social media “influencer” with millions upon millions of followers.

And they usually want a contract, i.e. you have to pin our work for X days and you have to tag us etc.