kimchi

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Switching to GrapheneOS in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I have separate profiles:

  • main user has no Google Play services or Gapps: just F-Droid apps and a couple of play store apps I use daily (via Aurora anonymously)
  • Aurora profile has other playstore apps that will run without Google Play Services (anonymously loaded via Aurora)
  • PlayStore profile is for anything that requires Google Play Services (banking, purchased apps)
  • Work profile is full-on Google everyting (Google school)
  • Location is on, but only shared with Organic Maps, FindMyDevice (FMD) and Transit.app
  • USB port is power-only (no data).

Some compromises I've made:

  • I have fingerprint unlock enabled (but not on my password vault or PlayStore/Banking profile)
  • I tap-to-pay with a Garmin watch ( you only need the Garmin app to set-up the credit card, then it can be deleted )

But... I think starting-out, don't worry about it. If you load all the same apps as on your old phone, into a single main profile, it'll still be a huge improvement.

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How to spend less money on Subscriptions, Games and Hardware (Video, 15 min.) in c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml
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[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Facebook's app is in Play Store. Google knew FB was violating ToS for months.
Blocking sideloaded apps would have done nothing against that.

Unless the take is: Google wants to know who, exactly, they are permitting to do crimes on your phone. They don't like the not-knowing part.

Charging infrastructure rant in c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

We just finished a 8-charge trip. I was able to use credit card 4x, but needed an app at 4. Chargepoint's app worked at those, even though 3 were other networks.

So I think credit card + chargepoint app may now do pretty well.

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point-of-sale $4k credit still working? (lemmy.world)
 

I was wondering if the $4K(USA) used EV tax credit was still getting applied at USA auto dealers. It sounds like the credit still applies until September 30th, but I haven't heard if the IRS/dealer website and database are still working.

SexWorld Minneapolis Coming to an End in c/msp@midwest.social
[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I seem to remember that when it opened, they had radio ads recorded by Fancy Ray... for a long time, I thought he must be the owner :haha:

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adjust memory allocated to Crostini? (lemmy.world)
 

Does Crostini hard-allocate RAM in the way VirtualBox or other VMs do? Is there any way to increase it?

When I'm using Crostini, I'm usually using only Crostini, so would prefer to allocate most of the RAM to it.

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enterprise wifi auth and 47-day TLS certs (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by kimchi@lemmy.world to c/networking@sh.itjust.works
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Has anybody heard if the upcoming 47-day maximum on TLS cert lifetime will apply to Enterprise wifi auth using private PKI (especally on IOS and Android)?

We have a campus CA that signs the TLS cert used by RADIUS when students connect to wifi using personal devices. Freshman need to accept the cert once (hopefully after checking the fingerprint), then usually one more time before graduation. Every 47 days would be difficult.

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Private Space vs separate User (lemmy.world)
 

I have banking apps in a separate User profile. I was wondering if this was preferable (or worse) than putting those apps in Private Space.

Anybody have a "Separate User vs Private Space" comparison?

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[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I am using a Garmin watch when I need TTP. The companion app can be run in a separate profile (or even an old phone, or chromebook, or maybe Android Studio with bluetooth). I'm not sure how often the watch needs to sync to keep TTP working. I'm hoping that Garmin is a smaller fish in the data-broker economy (than Goog/Appl/Samsung).

I'm not logging any activities, though I haven't read any analyses of whether Garmin is secretly logging GPS, then uploading that when it syncs.

USB-C charging for electric bikes has arrived with the new Ampler Nova | BikeRadar in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bosch sells its 2A charger (~80w) for $93, and it's still 3x6x8 inches and weighs a pound. If I could use my MacBook Pro 96w brick, I wouldn't have to haul the Bosch charger to work.

I also have a Serial1, and there were no available chargers for a few years.

There is also fire risk when bodegas try to charge many bikes. If the bikes had the BMS and DC-DC on-board, and just used USB-C to get the electrons, we may see fewer fires.

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boxcli from headless server? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by kimchi@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I'd like to use the box.com cli from a linux server without X installed. However, during "$ box login -n me@mydomain", boxcli tries to popup a web page with the message Opening browser for OAuth authentication. Please click Grant access to Box to continue.

I've tried exporting BROWSER=lynx , and have tested that "xdg-open http://eff.org/" works; but I am not seeing lynx open while running "box login". Do I need a 2nd terminal window, and then set DISPLAY so the "popup" browser opens lynx there?

Wondering if anyone has managed to setup box.com CLI on a headless, X-less server.

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setting needle bar height (lemmy.world)
 

I'm blowing the cobwebs out of my mom's 1986 Ward's (Happy Sewing Co) machine. I have been watching videos of setting timing:

adjust timing until the hook passes through the scarf...

...and how to set the needle bar:

adjust needle bar height until the hook passes through the scarf...

(I'm paraphrasing)

It sounds like you could take a perfect machine, then lower the needle bar 1mm, then compensate by delaying the hook 30 degrees, and you'd have the hook passing through the scarf at the correct spot... yet it would be all wrong.

Is there a way to set needle-bar height independent of the hook timing?

Like, obviously the needle needs to rise a few millimeters to make the slack thread form into a loop behind the scarf, ready to be caught by the hook. Is that amount of rise kinda-sorta consistent across machines from a given era?