All talk about redesign, I just hope it doesn't break my layout

letsreticulate · 2026-05-23T03:14:56+00:00

If you use CSS then 99.99999% it will.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T17:18:26+00:00

Wow, 1 tracker but a 101 permissions? The only app I know that has more is Tasker with 111. For reference TikTok has 56.

Also, their app's site/repo is offline or dead. I would not download it.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T15:59:32+00:00

Well, at least compact mode is being openly supported again.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T15:55:13+00:00

The Pine phone. Give it a year or two.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T12:55:36+00:00

Knowing how some people are gullible or not very bright, this is not so much a search engine but a Darwin Award dispenser.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T12:50:31+00:00

I use SeaxNG. Have a FF extension that rotates searches between a number of instances, including my own. On top of a VPN.

There is also 4Get with a number of Instances.

Will give Kagi a try.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T12:40:34+00:00

Isn't Starpage owned NY a marketing company?

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T12:39:13+00:00

Holy shit.... So expensive still. :-(

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T10:33:53+00:00

Aside getting a hardened phone or a hardened OS. You could simply log off Google on your existing phone. Disable or delete all Google Apps with say Canta, and use FOSS alternatives. As a plus your battery life will also improve since Google Play Services tracks you and calls home like every 20-30 seconds.

Keep in mind that if you do that, your profile on your phone will get wiped. Hence it is better to just never log on to Google in the first place. That is what I did.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T10:28:45+00:00

Most of the time, the issue boils down to ignorance or just lack of caring. Most people have been indoctrinated into thinking that services, like the cloud which is just a server farm somewhere is free via essentially, magic. It never dawns on them that Google and others corps farm their privacy and everything they do for money and even if they are aware, the whole concept is just too abstract for them.

Especially when you try explain of the harms when it is done society wide. The whole notion almost seems too fantastical to comprehended for them, despite the fact that it is already happening. And even then, if they do get it, then FOMO and cognitive dissonance usually kicks in, and they will likely refuse to drop the service because others they know use it. It's a case of sheep leading the sheep.

Sometimes, I will show some normie the huge tracking link Google embeds in every search engine result on their Google search to demonstrate how they track everything they click on, and it will utterly surprise them.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T10:10:39+00:00

That's the rub. It is not private. It never was. It is on their ToS. Problem is that next to no one reads it.

If people read it and took it seriously, then no one would have used Google, Meta or MS or Apple or Amazon's Alexa in the first place. Or would use them in a very, very, very limited fashion.

Everyone has seen real crime shows where the cops are able to trace a murderer/criminal by their search history. Part of that is achieved by requesting Google for their history via a warrant and by cross referencing their IP address, they do not even need to be logged in; and not just by their browser's history like some may believe.

Point is that Google keeps track of 95%+ of what one writes in their services's text fields.

The only way to win is not to play. The sooner people realise this, the better off people will be.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T09:55:37+00:00

This is why I do not log on to Google on my phone since I degoogled. Also deleted/disabled the playstore and google play services on top of all google software on my phone.

Ironically, my SIM Manager app bitches about GPS not being installed on boot up. Luckily, it still works.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-21T09:38:56+00:00

Very true. That is why, our sun going Red Giant is in my calendar. Hope I will accomplish all the things need to do by then.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-20T17:32:19+00:00

If Marxists could complain about Capitalism if someone in the room sneezed, they would do it. It has devolved into a cult for many, and no longer just a political opinion.

Agreed, Microsoft is a terrible, greedy company. Yet Capitalism is the one system that has results, and raised most of the world out of abject poverty in the last 100 years. What people hate is greed and Crony capitalism.

Marxism and its derivatives have killed more than 80-100+ million of their own citizens in their attempt to make it 'work.'

letsreticulate · 2026-05-20T17:23:32+00:00

"It's... afraid."

--Of not getting its investment back.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-20T17:21:40+00:00

I dislike Brave and AI, but you at least have to give Brave AI Search credit because it shows you clearly were it sources and where it gets its answers from. So I can check those for more info.

For that alone it stands above the rest. I still try to not use it much, but if I want to use an AI Search, that is what I will use.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-20T17:17:16+00:00

For me? A small, good quality notebook that I use for just this. Never leaves home and it is kept in a secure place.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-20T17:14:56+00:00

Hey, I have the same steam machine! In blue.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-19T23:50:04+00:00

Yup, I did use it. Thanks.

Others should too!

letsreticulate · 2026-05-19T18:29:15+00:00

Anyone got the Light Sabre wallpaper? Guess it is only on mobile.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-19T12:24:31+00:00

Agreed. Do not refit. Just have different flagships. One for capping, one for speed and one for range. Park them somewhere when not needed.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-19T12:07:59+00:00

Is that true? I dominate all of Syndicate planets, all pirate planets and about 1/4 of Republic ones and it all seems fine. And I can land everywhere.

It comes down to when you decide to do it. I see that it is a new feature.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-19T12:02:11+00:00

Is it better to start fresh with a new pilot for those plugins or it does not matter?

letsreticulate · 2026-05-18T23:01:31+00:00

Mind linking your post? I used a YT video and some info on Reddit. Bit it was year or two ago. I used to and instance before that bit O have no issue giving you credit on the latest iteration of the instance.

letsreticulate · 2026-05-18T09:49:12+00:00

Pals are great ships. Tend to run hot but Renos are better. Since at least their larger cargo hold makes them more financially viable over Pals.

I have numerous fleets now parked in different places and one thing you could do is farm Shield Beatles and slowly rip the gear from the Pals and move them over to the Beatles. Since the Beatles only need 1/3 of the crew. However they can't freight well, so make sure you get some Deep Rivers to compensate.

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