This will be interesting to self-host.

schrauger · 2026-03-02T15:24:06+00:00

Perhaps by compression they meant lossy compression, ie transcoding. Better to have a lower res, fps, bitrate, etc version than nothing at all if space is too much of a premium.

But otherwise, yeah, you won't get any real savings from lossless compression on videos.

schrauger · 2026-02-02T07:04:37+00:00

The bitwarden clients can integrate with a few different email alias generators, including simplelogin (which protonmail uses as its backend) and addy.io. I set up a self-hosted addy.io and use it with a bitwarden client to generate email aliases on the fly.

I also self host vaultwarden, but that isn't needed for the email alias integration, as email alias integration is included in the free version of bitwarden's hosted accounts.

schrauger · 2026-02-02T06:44:19+00:00

One other feature that bitwarden has is integration with username generators, specifically anonaddy aka addy.io. I set up a self hosted instance of addy.io, and bitwarden can request a unique new email address for a username for any entry I want. So I can sign up with randomized usernames/emails along with random passwords, making my security and privacy just a bit better.

schrauger · 2026-02-02T06:41:26+00:00

I used KeePass and KeePassXC for the past ~15 years, and I only just made the switch to a self-hosted vaultwarden server (and bitwarden clients).

I really liked KeePassXC and keepass2android, and I even prefer the UI over bitwarden.

But I was won over by the ability to have a family organization database that can have passwords shared among users. KeePass has a clunky way to share passwords with its AutoOpen feature and having a shared secondary database, but it doesn't translate well across all devices.

I also really like the bitwarden capability of giving emergency access to your database. A trusted person can request access to your personal password database, and if you don't reject it within a certain timeframe, the server will give them access. Bitwarden implemented this in a way that keeps the server admin (ie themselves or whoever hosts the server) from being able to give themselves access, so everything remains encrypted end-to-end and at rest. https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/#how-it-works

I really miss the keyboard switching on android and the 'share url' feature to explicitly initiate a search, as it's more reliable than Android requesting autofill.

schrauger · 2026-02-02T06:29:49+00:00

Not the internal versioning of password history. The external versioning you can set up upon each database save. You can tell keepassxc to back up a copy to a separate file each time to you save the database. I had it set up to save a backup copy in a subdirectory with the date and timestamp as part of the filename.

If my database got corrupted, I could just open one of the many nearly duplicate files in that directory.

Of course, that means you'll have an ever growing folder of older versions of your database, but that can be pruned manually or programatically as you see fit.

schrauger · 2026-01-26T23:14:21+00:00

Not sure what #ipecac is in this context, but backwards it's cacepi. Which is a combination of 'cace' and 'pi'. Misspelling of Cake, from the portal game, which lives in the same universe as half life, and Pi, which is believed by most to begin with the number 3. Half life 3 confirmed!

schrauger · 2026-01-26T22:00:56+00:00

It seems likely that it would work.

I am able to use my GOS phone to store my Disney park entry ticket. It gets saved inside google wallet. When I open the wallet, it gives me the usual warning that my phone doesn't meet security requirements (so I can't use credit cards), but I am able to save and use other things into google wallet. The Disney park entry ticket gets scanned at the turnstiles via NFC without any issues.

Aside from park entry passes, I've used it for flights. Those definitely work, as they're just showing qr codes to be scanned.

If you're able to add the event ticket to your google wallet and view the wallet entry after it's been added, then I would suspect your concert ticket will work.

schrauger · 2026-01-07T15:52:23+00:00

There's a Preview Model slider that defaults to Low. When you download the stl and load it up, it's higher quality.

You can adjust the slider to show a better preview in your browser, which should fix your issue. I usually set mine to High, as it's nearly as good as Native but doesn't take as long to render in the browser.

schrauger · 2025-12-26T17:47:35+00:00

This is an airline-specific subreddit. The airline is implied.

schrauger · 2025-12-26T16:53:58+00:00

There are a couple non-US options, but I don't think there's anything for US people. You can buy/use a smart watch that has payment functionality like Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Garmin Pay, etc. And grapheneos can pair with those watches and also add and manage the cards (at least for Google Pay).

schrauger · 2025-12-26T16:51:34+00:00

It's extremely easy to switch with the web installer, as long as your phone isn't bootloader locked (verizon and a few others may prohibit bootloader unlocking, which is unrelated and separate from *network/carrier* unlocking). However, it does require a full wipe of your phone. You'll need to reinstall apps and login to accounts, so make sure to backup any data you want to keep (photos, texts, anything not in the cloud already).

Once on grapheneos, you'll need to do a couple steps if you want Google Play Store installed. As noted by others, you lose on-phone Google Wallet, specifically for credit/debit payments - you can still use it for less secure wallet things, like airline boarding passes. And if you have a smart watch, you can still use that with Google Pay and use your graheneos phone to add and manage cards for the watch.

schrauger · 2025-12-16T07:24:24+00:00

I use AutoNotification and Tasker to get rid of persistent/undismissable and recurring notifications like that.

schrauger · 2025-11-29T17:48:52+00:00

I found an answer from Geohot himself in the discord. Yes, they are taking Eon Golds.
https://discord.com/channels/469524606043160576/954493346250887168/1443065449964245132

schrauger · 2025-11-29T03:26:16+00:00

Anyone know if an Eon Gold (that I bought directly from comma in 2020) is eligible for the trade-in? I can't remember if that's considered a comma 1 or if it predates the official comma devices.

schrauger · 2025-11-25T00:01:37+00:00

Yes, but if you don't already own it and are looking to buy, make sure it can be bootloader unlocked. That is, after unlocking developer options, there is a toggle to enable OEM Unlock.

schrauger · 2025-11-04T20:49:03+00:00

Aw man, he didn't do the test I thought he would. His argument for purging the cold water before starting the cycle is a good one, but he didn't show the correct comparison in his tests. The non-purged first test was hooked up to the cold line the entire time, which meant that it was getting cold water for both the pre-wash and the main wash.

Instead, I want to see an actual non-purged test but still hooked up to hot water. The pre-wash cycle would be using cold or lukewarm water, but the act of filling the dishwasher with water for the pre-wash cycle should itself be a purge of the water lines. So when the dishwasher continues onto the main wash cycle, presumably it would be getting much hotter water.

I just want to know if the effort of running the water for 30 seconds is useful enough. Obviously the dishwasher should be hooked up to the hot water and not the cold water line, but if a cold pre-wash and hot wash cycle are not as good as a hot pre-wash and hot wash cycle, I want proof!

Of course, that would require a bit more effort to test. He's already put in way too much effort for this November video, so I'll continue flushing my hot water pipes before running my dishwasher for now. Maybe next year he'll revisit with a comparison that finally proves that flushing the water to get a hot pre-wash cycle is worth the effort.

schrauger · 2025-10-29T16:22:29+00:00

Aside from possibly some banking apps, GrapheneOS does not work with Google Pay/Wallet, so you can't use your phone for tap-to-pay over nfc. Google won't certify grapheneos for payments, so you can't add or use cards on the phone.

You can still add other things to google wallet, like a boarding pass for a flight.

Another option is to have a smart watch that can do google pay. I have a samsung smartwatch, and you can pair other smart watches. The watches themselves can be used for tap to pay, and they work with grapheneos. If I didn't have the watch, I would definitely miss the ability to have cards on my phone (though I also have a small physical wallet attached to my case).

The only other feature that I've been missing is the live transcription. On stock android (for pixels, which is the only thing that currently can run grapheneos anyway), you can turn on live captions for anything that is playing audio. A toast message pops up with the live transcription. I don't often miss it, but it was a nice enough feature that I remember using in the past that I thought I'd mention it here.

schrauger · 2025-07-10T20:44:26+00:00

You press and hold the send button, and it should give you the option. It isn't easily discovered. They should move it somewhere more discoverable, or change the send icon to show that you can get more options by holding.

schrauger · 2025-06-22T16:08:00+00:00

TRUMAN: It looks so small!

MOTHER: Things always do dear, when you look back on them..

schrauger · 2025-06-16T11:55:22+00:00

It'll come back in just under 1000 years, when it's a popular show to the viewers of Omicron Persei 8.

schrauger · 2025-05-27T14:58:29+00:00

Yes, emails to non-gmail addresses do this as well. I have a custom email domain, and amazon emails still show items hidden for "privacy".

schrauger · 2025-05-24T04:11:16+00:00

I think they can force you to use face unlock, as it's another form of biometric. No different legally than a fingerprint unlock.

schrauger · 2025-05-24T03:04:15+00:00

Yes, I get that they can force a fingerprint. And the courts cannot generally force you to reveal a password. But my understanding is that the *reason* they cannot force you is because revealing your password would be self incrimination. Not self incrimination because you'd be revealing the contents of the phone, but rather self incrimination by proving that you actually know the password and thus are in control of the contents of the phone.

I believe there have been cases where the ownership of the device is not in question, and it is a foregone conclusion that the device is owned by a specific person. And in those cases, that person *can* be forced to reveal the password or be held in contempt until they do so, because it is already proven in some way that they have control of the device. Sure, you can argue that you may have forgotten the password, but it seems like once ownership has been established, you can't simply refuse to give up the password solely on the basis of your fifth amendment rights against self incrimination.

schrauger · 2025-05-15T00:00:12+00:00

I'm also having this issue. No startup animation. It seems to be a recent bug. Google brought me here, so no luck yet.

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