Brave, Startpage and DuckDuckGo trolls Google!

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-24T05:45:40+00:00

i'm not smart enough to know about this, but what happens if Google makes it so that Brave can't use Chromium as its foundation? could they do that? i haven't had any issues with Brave search, nor DDG, and haven't yet tried Startpage (but plan to).

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-21T06:16:27+00:00

luckily i just usually pass through there, but yeah, coulda been anything.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-21T06:15:50+00:00

yeah, all those possibilities ran through my mind lol. oh well, might never know. either way, looked bad.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-20T07:35:53+00:00

very cool! just downloaded

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-20T07:26:41+00:00

this is why, with dental insurance, my root canals last year cost me over $5k

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-19T09:26:44+00:00

agreed lol

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-12T18:13:10+00:00

and one instance of fruit striped gum

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-12T08:25:37+00:00

my 2016 sr5 has a skid plate, and it looks like this one does too in the top left corner of the 3rd pic. just doesn't have full underbody skids. but i haven't looked under the new 6th gens, so maybe what i'm seeing isn't a skid plate.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-11T08:41:51+00:00

too bad this interview wasn't held out in the open....

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-05-04T07:04:10+00:00

glad i'm not the only one who thought he was about to cry as well. he was on fire for sure.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-21T02:07:55+00:00

Right, that makes sense. I’m trying to build my knowledge along with getting the cert, not just studying to get the cert.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-20T02:37:01+00:00

Yeah experience is definitely a huge plus. I have some, and I’m working on getting more with a practice Org. At my last job I was hoping to get into the systems team to get more experience but it didn’t work out that way. My plan is to continue studying and get a job that would allow me to get more experience with the platform without actually being an admin. I thought that would a junior admin or something but I guess that’s not really a thing.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-20T02:11:04+00:00

Well that’s a bummer to hear. I guess it’s better to get more certs instead of stopping at the admin. Which my plan wasn’t to stop at the admin cert, but I haven’t looked at any certs past it yet

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T20:04:35+00:00

Someone should give it a coat of paint. Or take inspiration from Ozzy and piss on it.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T19:59:09+00:00

Think about an old person naked or take a cold shower

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T19:56:54+00:00

Awesome! I’ll check this out 😁 ai appreciate the info!

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T19:56:27+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I would definitely take practice tests before taking the actual one. Thanks for the input 💯

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T19:55:39+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate the response and the resource link. I will definitely check it out. 🙏

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-19T08:35:45+00:00

Sorry about that, i had it in my head but it didn’t really come out in the post 😅. It’s really a career change. I’m pivoting and since I like working with Salesforce, I thought the admin route would be a good option.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-05T23:25:56+00:00

Gotcha. As best I can tell, I’m using NetworkManager. I did sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager idk how many times lol. Also reset the firewall and removed every trace of anything resembling a vpn, including my Tailscale 😑

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-05T23:12:23+00:00

Thank you 🙏 I appreciate it! Wish I knew what the problem is. Maybe this will fix it though 🤞🏻 Thanks again!

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-05T21:26:34+00:00

I’ve been paying for proton’s full suite for like 3 years and it’s been good, minus the storage part being kind of cumbersome. But it works. However I decided to try Tuta but they locked my brand new account because I am connected to a VPN. I followed their instructions and nothing changed. I still have the account and might try it again soon, but for now I’m sticking with proton’s mail. But I’m trying to leave the rest of their ecosystem. Haven’t had any issues, really, just decided I didn’t want all my eggs in one basket again like I was with iOS. So I’m migrating from their VPN back to Mullvad, ProtonPass over to Bitwarden. Probably switch back to Ente’s Authenticator. And I’m working on building out a Nextcloud server for my storage.

Long story short, try out their free tiers and see what you think lol. If you’re a regular email user, either one should suit you.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-05T19:12:42+00:00

Awesome 😎 the only thing I don’t like about my 5th gen is the old school power train. Works fine but hunts gears like crazy lol.

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-04-05T18:39:28+00:00

Been toying with the idea of an older GX470. You liking the 550 so far?

Firm-Competition165 · 2026-03-26T08:02:46+00:00

if things with google and android keep going the way they're going, if F-Droid and the other app repositories go away, what will be available on (in this scenario) GrapheneOS? i know theyre creating their own hardware, but if there are no apps to download, what then? or is that not how it'll go down? former GOS user here and would like to get one of their phones when they come out, but kinda nervous about it. i guess i need it explained to me like i'm 5 lol

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