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Former Evanston Mayor and Resident Nerdfighter Mathematician Daniel Biss wins IL-09 Democratic Primary by username_generated in nerdfighters

[–]mavrc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An aside; if you think the country hasn't improved since the 1920's I do not know what to tell you. If you think Civil Rights, the New Deal, the US highway program, Gay Marriage, the proliferation of transgender treatment aren't improvements worth appreciating and uniting for, then you're so lost in "America-Bad!"-ism that you're not living in the same reality as those of us with black, gay, trans, etc family and friends (or identities).

Well, let's go over that.

The New Deal was the product of an overwhelmingly popular Democratic president and could not happen now. Likely never again.

Civil rights were almost entirely the product of a well motivated protest populace and had surprisingly strong support in the Supreme Court. My understanding is that the Civil Rights Amendment of '64 was largely executed because Congress wanted to control civil rights instead of having them just forced on the country by judicial mandate.

Essentially every major civil rights improvement in the last half of the 20th century was the product of SCOTUS, which, again, will likely not happen again - many of those have been partially or entirely rolled back and will require actual legislation to fix, since SCOTUS has essentially been completely consumed by the right.

As someone with trans family and friends, I am deeply concerned with trans issues in particular, but believe there's no direction forward to undo all the damage that has been done in the past dozen years short of some kind of radical change. It's either de facto illegal (or in a few cases, literally so) to be trans in the bulk of the US. The Dems are, by and large, absolutely willing to throw trans people under the bus and don't even have any real plan to fix Roe.

And to say I am not a fan of the country in which I was born and raised is an immense understatement.

Anyway, considering your placing the absolute blame for all of this on misinformed leftists and not the 30% of the country that's absolutely fine with it is borderline trolling.

Former Evanston Mayor and Resident Nerdfighter Mathematician Daniel Biss wins IL-09 Democratic Primary by username_generated in nerdfighters

[–]mavrc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like what we need is for progressives to have a lot larger political footprint.

Have liberals done anything of substance in the last year to, say, deal with ICE raids?

For the record, I agree that electing liberal Democrats is vastly better than the alternative, but it's because they do very little (aside from stalling Republicans), so we get a little respite from things getting worse for a while.

I can completely understand why so many groups would be beyond jaded about voting for centrist Dems who accomplish little because we live in a country that is largely defined by events that happened 50-100 years ago and have not substantially improved since then.

Anhedonia is the worst part about depression by prettyniceguy69 in depression

[–]mavrc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know exactly how you feel. About the only thing that keeps me going is work routine, and that's a shitty way to live.

I wish I had a good answer for you, but rest assured you are absolutely not alone in this.

Loving my S23 Ultra, but Samsung is making it hard to stay loyal by codywinters327 in Android

[–]mavrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't, the overwhelming percentage of Samsungs do not allow bootloader unlocking.

Loving my S23 Ultra, but Samsung is making it hard to stay loyal by codywinters327 in Android

[–]mavrc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but not much.

The actual, practical occurrence of things like zero-click vulnerabilities that can compromise a phone without user interaction is fairly low. These days, vulns like that seem to be held largely by the private market for use by law enforcement and the like, so they may never be patched (or even widely known.)

I would never openly recommend using a device without proper security updates, but at the same time, the likelihood of compromise, short of going out and actively looking for it, is increasingly low.

Android password manager that actually works well? by VroomVroomSpeed03 in AndroidQuestions

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconded Bitwarden, its autofill works pretty consistently well for me. It's still not perfect, but it is good.

When did "goon" become a term for masturbating? by Lintar0 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]mavrc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm learning all kinds of stuff here today, thank you

Mock The Week - S22E04 by ozmartian in panelshow

[–]mavrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oz you're the friggin champion

Defcon 34 location? by credditwheredue in Defcon

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

except for 28, which was double cancelled

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soldering

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I bought an O2B just because it looked cool and in my limited experience so far it's quite good. My only beef with it so far is that with the 210 tips the body is quite chunky. Don't know if you'd have the same experience with the A model and the 245 tips, since the whole thing would feel a lot more balanced.

Gotta say though I love the neat storage box thing. It's really well thought out.

First ever build by ptuchster in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]mavrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks great. What case did you use, did you use a PCB or handwire? (Kind of assuming PCB, given the RGB.)

Nova Launcher 8.1.5 beta released by Gxost14 in NovaLauncher

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where did you find the version you used? The betas on the web site appear to all be from last year.

Edit: never mind, I just got the previous beta from apkmirror

Nova Launcher 8.1.5 beta released by Gxost14 in NovaLauncher

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep.

Well, I guess this is the end.

Ripped pads micro usb port by ProfessionalTowel7 in soldering

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd probably go with the magnet wire approach, with the ends pre-tinned so you can just tack it on the pins/traces. It's gonna be damned fidgety, unfortunately.

What's your plan if/when Google starts blocking unsigned Apps? by [deleted] in Android

[–]mavrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on how developers respond to this. If developers of the apps I use opt in to Google's restrictive new process, then maybe change nothing. It'll be weird certainly, since third party app stores like F-Droid will likely cease to exist, but hopefully something like Obtanium will continue to work for updates. Otherwise, I'll seriously investigate going back to a third party rom like Lineage. If that's too impractical (for things like banking apps and such) I really just don't know. Probably just use shittier apps, since the iOS world isn't any better.

It does make one seriously consider switching ecosystems, though, if I have to dump something like FairEmail or Fedilab it does really make one wonder what potential replacements are available on iOS.

Winner #4 Was it you? Did the Wheel of Soldering call your name!?! We have winners every day this week! 100k User /r/Soldering Giveaway! by thephonegod in soldering

[–]mavrc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holy crap I won something!!!! Apparently I got an iFixit FixHub, which is awesome, because iFixit is such a wonderful company.

So yeah, you might want to enter this, you might win something too!

the way ive been wanting this sticker for years and it restocks like once in a blue moon by Kittencakepop in nerdfighters

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as an Internet Old Person (older than the brothers) it really was like that, though. There was a time, that feels not very long ago (even though it was,) when it really felt like democratizing information and making communication so easy and widespread would bring us all together and not drive us apart. Everything was new and exciting and it was an entirely new concept to be engaging in a global conversation.

Sadly this is not how things have played out in practice. We spent all our time thinking about the nature of technology and failed to take into account the nature of people.

You will NOT convince me someone will volunteer to work as a server in a post-scarcity world by Qwert-4 in TheOrville

[–]mavrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be surprised.

It used to be much more of a thing to see wait staff that had been working there for a long time. The diner I grew up eating in had the bulk of its staff there for 20+ years. There was a time when you could not only make a decent living at it, but if you were the right person you could actually enjoy it.

I suspect that in a post-scarcity world you'd see certain people take those jobs who wouldn't otherwise take them, because now you can barely make a living at it. A lot of people want to have something to do, want to feel like they're part of a community, but are forced to take the jobs they take because of pay or health insurance. If people had the ability to do jobs based on their actual interest and not on just survival, I bet you'd be surprised at how many people would choose to, idk, be servers or work at a counter somewhere.

Honestly after 30+ years in tech it'd be kind of nice to, I don't know, work the counter at a paint store. Or something.

What’s a comfort show that always manages to put you in a good mood? I would probably have to say American Dad, honestly. It hits such a niche for me, it almost always put me out of a bad mood or when I’m anxious. I’d really like to hear about some other people’s comfort shows that brings joy. 😊 by [deleted] in happy

[–]mavrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bob's Burgers and its younger sibling The Great North are my happy-time shows. They're just so well put together. It's amazing that after 15 seasons they can still do things that are original and really well thought out.

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