you and my dad both. he’s been using it forever

ex-GX user here. i do not miss chrome.

yeah, on android it’s kind of a pain. but being able to use extensions is insanely good.

they’ll send you a replacement, but they take weeks to reply

i second getting a fairphone, but look into a second battery or a power bank for heavy use.

Fairphone 4 user here, i love it. but ghost touch keeps coming back, i’m on my second screen now.

i daily a Fairphone 4, has neither the best camera nor the best battery life. but it’s the most repairable and durable phone i’ve owned.

i’ve had extremely good experieces with oneplus phones, dunno about custom ROM support though.

i’ve also heard good things about modern motorola phones, if the ROM support is there it’s worth a shot imo.

same, haven’t strayed from standard firefox since it does what i want just fine.

i’m using it at my desk where i have one USB-DAC for my speakers and one for my headphones connected to my PC.

that means i have to switch my monitor from DP to HDMI every time i want to play a game (using samsung’s nipple tech), as well as either running my speakers through a splitter cable hooked up the wrong way to get PC and switch audio, or have the switch on my speakers while having the PC on headphones.

way too much hassle, plus i can lose my cursor on the right screen where the switch is, as well as having to blindly drag apps from there as they start. plus i completely miss incoming desktop messages.

and yes, i watch youtube while playing games. that’s why i need PC audio.

but then nintendo wouldn’t be able to shove tons of 6-7 year old hardware down our throats. (the 1st gen’s processor is even older)

i literally own a switch, but getting that fucking thing to work with my display/audio setup is a pain. just to get 1080p at 30fps.

no thanks, i’d rather play it at 1440p at a more stable framerate, with a controller of my choice, with the ability to load mods.

if it runs better, at a higher resolution, with the option of using a reliable controller, i will emulate it.

If you don’t have one already, it could be turned into a linux-based input device for your TV.

sure, will do. i have multiple “collection hobbies” and every single other one is valid, be it model trains, nerf blasters, stamps, retro consoles, garden gnomes etc.

every single one is interesting and nuanced in many ways, and i love talking about them. even if i often don’t understand the appeal.

and honestly, being into anime is mainstream now.

dear god, they get expensive quick. i guess if i buy multiple i can at least save on shipping…

i’ll also have a look at local sellers and see if i can save a buck somehow, i guess buying pre-owned can help too.

thanks for taking the time!

repairable electronics and small, simple “assistant”-free cars, apparently.

i daily a 2002 Toyota Yaris, and i get to drive modern cars decently often. a few months ago i got to drive a turbo-diesel manual shifted opel.

first of all, boring as fuck. you barely hear the engine, so i had to have one eye on the rev counter all drive long. also very sluggish, mushy clutch on an almost 2-ton vehicle isn’t fun.

the shifter somehow felt even more muddy, and i got back pain from the seats.

then, ten minutes into the drive, the lane keeping assistant kicked in. why would i need that shit if i’ve been keeping my lane just fine on my own?

all kinds of lamps and sounds just add to the confusion. until the traffic warning feature in the radio blows out your eardrums at max volume, even though THE RADIO IS OFF.

long story short, my yaris is better. it starts every morning, doesn’t complain, doesn’t interfere, it lets me do my thing. it has one single warning sound that kicks in if you left the lights on, that’s it.

also i own a fairphone 4, that one explains itself.

i do avoid anime merch for that reason specifically, but many people in my group of apprentices (if that makes sense) openly wear it, even MHA.

nobody worth interacting with would judge you for wearing merch of a thing you like. of course try to wear SFW things, obviously.

i have a fully white t-shirt that has takumi fujiwara’s eyes and text that says “eurobeat intensifies”. never once got a weid look, and i do look a lot like the anime enjoyer everyone imagines in their head. people genuinely don’t give a damn.

i would love to start my own little shelf, any brands you recommend to a fellow german?

i would like to start collecting MCs from my most favourite anime. most of them are pretty mainstream, so i imagine them being farely easy to get.

no offense, that thing looks like a cutting board.

i love it

literally every brand does this, but toyota seems to be one of the worst offenders.

relevant

good thing i drive a 2002 which still has a casette player.

with sonic runners, they had to reverse engineer the whole server infrastructure. i’d say the chances of you patching out server checks without decompiling the entire game are low.

but i’m not any kind of programmer, so i’d love to be proven wrong.