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Block the main instances/ones publicly recorded somewhere. That would basically cripple it for most people.

Relevant username

I feel like every time I look at something on Twitter now, some idiot asks grok a stupid question to try dunking on whoever they’re replying to and gets shat on instead.

https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/ascetic_tweeter/status/1964790038006464681

Plot twist: the detective is the murderer

Tbh I think disabling play services on a Samsung phone is kind of like pissing into the wind since Samsung’s privacy is so terrible, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Only one company stealing all your data instead of two lol.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t used One UI and I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying, but I’m pretty sure some of those aren’t really much different on GrapheneOS (or AOSP). Brightness can be changed in the quick settings/toggles/whatever they’re called thing in the notification shade using a slider. Bluetooth autoconnects when enabled, although idk if there’s a way to get it to work on the lock screen without unlocking. There might be a setting to allow it. I personally don’t think it matters much since it’s not like I constantly turn it on/off. It also takes two taps I guess if your phone is already unlocked. IIRC the wifi/cellular thing is fixed in Android 16 QPR1 (so will be fixed in GrapheneOS soon), but I haven’t checked recently so maybe that changed.

The Google search thing is not there on stock GrapheneOS since it’s not using pixel launcher or whatever. Idk when you last used it since you mentioned the Pixel 5, so it might also just be things have changed since you last used it.

I’d be pretty much fine with the USB-C dongle solution if there were two ports, but there aren’t so you need to pick between charging and headphones, which is super annoying. Phones with headphone jacks are basically dead though now, unfortunately.

Pixel hardware is kind of a mixed bag though, yeah. Beyond the headphone jack issues, the kinda shitty processor (compared to Qualcomm) is irritating as well. Doesn’t usually cause problems, but games or even just flutter apps sometimes just run poorly. Samsung hardware with GrapheneOS would be my ideal phone probably.

The Bluetooth issue can be resolved by just permanently attaching a short USB-C dongle to your headphones (although TBF I’d also prefer a headphone jack).

I’m not really sure what you mean by everything taking more clicks than it should. Maybe it’s just because I’m used to the standard Android UI (guessing you have OneUI or whatever), but I don’t really think that’s an issue? It’s not really any different from most other Android devices I’ve used. You can also configure some things to be less secure/private (lock screen notifications come to mind), which might fix whatever it is you’re talking about.

The only negatives from the security focus IMO are maybe a bit slower performance (not really noticeable frankly) and occasionally an app not fully working because of Play Integrity, but that’s pretty rare in my experience (the main issue there for me is Google Wallet or whatever not supporting NFC, which does suck). If you install sandboxed Google Play and give it whatever permissions it needs, the device functions pretty much the same as a stock Pixel, albeit without Google’s AI gimmicks.

Never hot

Doesn’t have to be the newest device if I understand the chart right. It does need to be relatively up-to-date (IMO it’s kind of silly to use GrapheneOS but not update it).

The Emperor’s New Groove

I’m ngl I saw baby Gronk and immediately thought of a baby version of Kronk instead. I vaguely think this makes more sense anyway, so I’m just gonna pretend that’s what they meant.

I feel attacked.

If you’re gonna use it for backups, you should ensure it’s only syncing in one direction. If it’s set up like normal (where it functions like Dropbox and syncs changes from any device to all your devices), if your data is corrupted or something on one device, it’ll be synced everywhere. You can also configure it to store a certain number of revisions (which you could use either instead of one-way syncing or in addition).

Also, if you’re gonna use it for backups, it’d be a good idea to store your data offsite somewhere (whether that’s by storing your data encrypted at some cloud provider through a VPS/whatever or at friend’s/relative’s place or something, that’s up to you).

Mm, sounds about what I’d expect of you.

Just doing my part to provide as little empathy to you as you provide to others.

Compared to other competitive swimmers, yes, he was. 500th ranked in just the USA college system means you’re never getting anywhere close to being a professional swimmer competing at world championships or the olympics. Never. Not even close.

You really love ignoring everything other than the 500 free.

Since you brought up the Olympics, I wonder how many of her competitors (other than obviously Douglass) actually made it.

Incorrect.

Unless you’re talking about pretty much worthless pool records, I am indeed correct. Since you love calling me incorrect, how about you actually provide some numbers other than an unsubstantiated ranking from a letter written by someone supposedly om behalf of anomymous teammates. She did not set NCAA records, USA records, etc., unlike someone else she competed against.

Grow up.

Right back at you, ma’am.

Where?

I literally wrote in the parenthetical which term you used. Are you blind?

Went from a “bad” mens swimmer to the best womens swimmer while swimming basically the same times as pre-transition. There’s nothing to say that even if Lia didn’t “transition” that he would have improved his times.

I think I’m done. You’re just repeating conservative talking points without actually thinking about what you’re writing. Lia Thomas was never a bad swimmer. As mentioned, the improvement in her rankings was within normal bounds for three years. You’ve also curiously avoided noticing how the other rankings were below 1st despite her starting at a higher ranking in men’s competitions. Likewise, none of her times have ever blown away the competition. She didn’t set records. The 1st place finish isn’t even in the top 50 all-time for NCAA.

I feel like I’m talking with my relatives who voted for Trump. Given that you don’t even have the decency to use the correct pronouns, kindly go fuck yourself conservacuck.

Some distros are more fragile than others. Stuff like not having the Nvidia drivers installed by default (I’m assuming for the llvmpipe issue) are sometimes discussed in installation guides. IDK if Ubuntu has one since I don’t use it.

Blink-based browsers (like Vivaldi, Chromium, etc.) IMO kind of suck on Linux (or at least Wayland). It’s probably worse with Nvidia cards since Nvidia is still sometimes flaky on Wayland.

The LibreWolf issue is maybe not an issue at all. I’m assuming you mean RAM, and if so, browsers just like to eat as much memory as they’re allowed to eat. If you open up something else and it needs the memory, LibreWolf will likely let go of some of it. There are probably some knobs you can dial in LibreWolf (or Linux kernel settings) if it’s really an issue for some reason.

I only really have issues when I’m trying to set something up that’s not already configured by the distro (or if I’m doing something particularly weird).

It’s obvious you don’t actually have a researched opinion since you just used the wrong term for a trans woman (they said trans men, in case they edit it).

You seem to, once again, be ignoring that on top of the decrease from transitioning, they are still a human being, and thus age and practice like any other human being. From sophomore year to their redshirt senior year, they grew, trained, etc. like any athlete. Expecting them to just drop 15% or whatever from their sophomore time and never improve from that is completely idiotic.

The numbers you are using I’ve only seen from that letter made by people complaining about her, frequently posted everywhere by conservative sources. Also, it’s fucking obvious she’d have slower times. That is the entire purpose of requiring trans atheletes to be on hormones for a couple years.

EDIT: I’ve looked into the 462 number more, and I’m further convinced it’s either made up or not an official ranking (i.e. from some practice run). Also, if you’re gonna pull some random quote, give your source. One of the very first results when I search “lia thomas 462” is the Daily Wire, which does not inspire much confidence in your sources. The other results are a Wikipedia quote from the letter I mentioned, and a random comment on the site for a swimming magazine.

She swam for the men’s team 2019-2020 while undergoing hormone therapy. Then there was a year break because of COVID. Then she swam for the women’s team 2021-2022. The difference was over two years.

EDIT: Actually, the 500th place stat was from 2018-2019, so it was over three years.

EDIT 2: Also, she went from 554th to 5th. The other two are basically not even worth mentioning since she went from 65th to 1st and 32nd to 8th over three years.

EDIT 3: Also, regarding your “the same people” bit, a large chunk of the people she’d have competed against would have graduated and been replaced by underclassmen. This is how college works.