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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I got a pixel 9 for $240 CAD via carrier promotion in Canada.

    I held out getting a new phone as long as I could and they offered a new pixel 9 for $5 per month for 24 months

    Not to trade in after 24.

    It’s mine. For 5$ a month.

    When I received it I didn’t turn it on for a week.

    Read as much as I could to decide that Google would only ever see the single boot to enable developer mode and enable OEM unlock to flash graphenos.

    It seemed intimidating, but the process to install is very smooth.


  • Please post the entirety of your online history.

    Surely there’s no reason to hide.

    Whether what you’ve done is entirely legal (or not) authoritariaism doesn’t care.

    What is done in a free society is punished by small men with anger control issues.

    What you may find reasonable to say in a free society, could, under a government opposed to free expression, land you in el Segundo - without your wallet.

    The gestapo hide their faces because they know what they do is wrong, and to hide from justice.

    People who protest or simply appreciate privacy do so because they understand the potential for retribution and being disappeared.


  • You don’t need to click to start if you go to settings > start up apps > click the add button and type proton-vpn as the command and name and click OK. Proton will be added to your autostart folder and you can toggle on/off if you don’t want it to run on boot.

    Some of the window group applets (where your open apps show up on your panel) also allow you to add an app via the right click menu by selecting ‘add to autostart’

    You can also add to autostart by right clicking on the app in the mint application (start)menu.

    Using the proton instructions to add the network manager Wireguard integration script will even allow you to use the option to autoconnect to VPN in the network setting.


  • I’ve had the unload flag enabled in about: config for months.

    Haven’t used the update yet but there are several related flags to change the appearance and behavior of unloaded tabs in there as well.

    Tab groups are another thing I was using for a while, they still hide some flags to enable some options. Again, there are some neat flags associated with this in about: config.

    There are also some hidden peefs for backing up your data that would be cool if they pushed them.

    Sometimes it fewls lkke I probably spend more time tweaking flags than I do using the browser.

    I use the release version, not nightly or developer. But you can usually find some future features in there. Some good, some not. YMMV.

    As always - Use caution.












  • My first real ‘community’ online was mp3.com. When I joined I was like the 132nd person on that site. It was such an incredible thing back then. People could post their own music, get feedback, promote, find a label, and get paid for streams/downloads.

    I actually earned money from my music while chatting with future mega stars like Darude and Dido.

    I got some real world tracks out there, had my stuff played from Australia to Canada, and there was a time I could walk into a club and hear my music being played.

    Surreal thinking about it now.

    I’ve never had that kind of connection or sense of belonging online since.


  • My blazing fast 26k baud modem had my friends and I connecting …(mom, I’m on the computer!)…connecting… (BeepBongBoobBeeereREEEEEEEEEEEE Pingping ding eoooohhhhh bding) connecting to the greatest BBS with color ascii to play the newest text based space trade war adventure games !!!

    As a 10 year old, though, it was never about meeting people. It was just cool and fun.