funkycarrot

funkycarrot, 15 days ago

Exactly. We already have stuff like OpenStax. Great content, but comparatively little adoption by faculties.

funkycarrot, 25 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

Doesn’t appear to.

But looks like even GNOME Web supports extensions now. So no reason that something like uBlock origin couldn’t be implemented right?

funkycarrot, 27 days ago

First had Kodi on a RPI, but I got fed up with Kodi, partly because there are too many moving parts and partly because there’s no great way to watch YouTube.

Then found Flexlauncher, which has already been suggested by someone else. Slapped Debian on the RPI and then realized that getting smooth HD YouTube video playback is impossible outside of Kodi, because of hardware (?) limitations.

At this point I decided that enough is enough and just got out the old laptop in the household no one uses anymore, same Debian + Flexlauncher combo with Stremio and Freetube. Set Debian to do auto login and start Flexlauncher automatically. Works great, but controlling with Keyboard only (and using the laptop trackpad when nothing works) gets a bit annoying. Looks like an airmouse is the way to go.

funkycarrot, 27 days ago

Got Flexlauncher on my setup (Debian running on an old laptop) too and was hoping you could share some advice:

• what’s the best way to launch websites as “apps”? Bonus points if I get to keep uBlock Origin :)
• currently using a wireless keyboard only and running to the trackpad when it doesn’t suffice, what air mouse would you recommend?
• that wallpaper looks great, could I have a link?

funkycarrot, 26 days ago

Thanks for taking the time to answer! I did read the Flexlauncher docs which also recommend the Chromium command, I was hoping there’d be something like that for Firefox because it’s just a matter of time before ad blockers become handicapped in Chromium. But guess that’s the only solution then.

funkycarrot, 3 months ago

ok I actually fell for this–

funkycarrot, 3 months ago

Isn’t forced arbitration when the jury deciding on the case is on the payroll of the company you’re having the problem with in the first place?

funkycarrot, 3 months ago

Ah, interesting…

funkycarrot, 5 months ago

Mis steak ?

funkycarrot, 7 months ago

Damn, did you consider buying it used? Should be faster than what you any through and cheaper. And considering the modularity, less risk if the laptpp wasn’t treated well.

funkycarrot, 7 months ago

And there’s a reason for that:

“[Amazon makes] every merchant that sells through their platform sign a “most favored nation” guarantee that they will not charge less for their products anywhere else – which means that the price is the same everywhere.

And that’s the heart of the California antitrust case against Amazon: Amazon’s market dominance makes it impossible to survive without offering your products on Amazon; to succeed there, you must turn over 35-45% of your gross to Amazon. That leads to higher prices on Amazon, and, thanks to the most favored nation deal, it pushes those same higher prices to every other retailer.”

So basically the price on their website is what the company would charge you if they would want to be a sustainable business (or they’re trying to recoup their losses from selling on Amazon).

Source

funkycarrot, 8 months ago

All my homies buy the off-brand Kitkats that, despite the significantly lower price, use Fairtrade cocoa.

funkycarrot, 8 months ago

For more convenience, the newest version is also available via the IzzyOnDroid repo, you can enable it with one tap in Drod-ify.

funkycarrot, 9 months ago

There is an official subscription called Fairphone Easy being offered in the Netherlands exclusively. For other European counties there’s Commown, but it’s pretty expensive.

funkycarrot, 9 months ago

It does apparently