It's certainly not running any of the OSes blackberry produced, but I think it'd be even more impressive if you could do damn near anything with even a blackberry 10 device.
LGR did a video on UT2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmiv22Q7xA
I was sort of disappointed because I was like "oh, and Epic stopped selling all their games and this sounds good"
But then I realized I already bought it off of GOG and it's triple backed up locally. Nice.
I was sort of disappointed because I was like "oh, and Epic stopped selling all their games and this sounds good"
But then I realized I already bought it off of GOG and it's triple backed up locally. Nice.
Looks like WWIII is back on the menu.
Good thing we're all too fat and retarded to be conscripted!
Good thing we're all too fat and retarded to be conscripted!
I had to send my phone to a repair shop to get the battery replaced, and so in the meantime I'm using a BlackBerry priv my mom gave me that was already basically used up. It's been an interesting experience, because the phone is almost 10 years old, and there's a few things that I had to get over in order to be able to just use basic functionality. Out of the box Google Play store is so old it doesn't even try to update. I had to download an APK off of a dodgy website. Then I ended up having a huge challenge trying to get Google Play services working, I actually had to go into the process list and disable all of the Play services processes in order to update or the phone would crash in the middle of updating. Once all that was done though, though it took a dog's age I finally got your basic updates installed including finally being able to use YouTube which is my primary use of a smartphone these days.
The next thing that came up was opening the web browser. Apparently Chrome for arm 32 hasn't been updated for 2 years? As a result, the moment that I hop onto fbxl social it complains about the certificates. I tried a few options, but in the end although it's not my favorite browser, I went with Firefox which I'm writing this post on.
I joked around this morning that I would get this phone ready to use on a day-to-day basis just in time for me to pick up my original phone, and I'm about to go pick up my original phone LOL. Oh well, at least it's up to date enough now that I should be able to use it if I need to in an emergency.
Oh yeah, blackberry loves just replacing everything, so they had their own keyboard and their own launcher, both of which I'm not too fond of. Put gboard on for the keyboard and open launcher which works wonderfully as my launcher. One thing I do have to hand to blackberry is they are totally chill about you disabling almost all the apps on the phone. All that being said, my experience with this phone has made me fully understand exactly why they don't really make a lot of phones anymore. Let's ignore for the fact the reality that I'm trying to put ancient software onto an ancient phone, the thing gets hotter than the demon core.
The next thing that came up was opening the web browser. Apparently Chrome for arm 32 hasn't been updated for 2 years? As a result, the moment that I hop onto fbxl social it complains about the certificates. I tried a few options, but in the end although it's not my favorite browser, I went with Firefox which I'm writing this post on.
I joked around this morning that I would get this phone ready to use on a day-to-day basis just in time for me to pick up my original phone, and I'm about to go pick up my original phone LOL. Oh well, at least it's up to date enough now that I should be able to use it if I need to in an emergency.
Oh yeah, blackberry loves just replacing everything, so they had their own keyboard and their own launcher, both of which I'm not too fond of. Put gboard on for the keyboard and open launcher which works wonderfully as my launcher. One thing I do have to hand to blackberry is they are totally chill about you disabling almost all the apps on the phone. All that being said, my experience with this phone has made me fully understand exactly why they don't really make a lot of phones anymore. Let's ignore for the fact the reality that I'm trying to put ancient software onto an ancient phone, the thing gets hotter than the demon core.
Finished "I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic" last night, it was a lot of fun. The book spent a lot of time showing the MC learning the limitations of his spells, which is something I wanted in a book -- a sort of science of magic.
It's a really odd isekai in that the MC didn't get isekai'd from earth -- he was a medieval commoner and became a 5th son of a count. The effect of this is that he has the common sense of the common man and that seems to be his superpower -- work ethic from someone who needed to work or they'd die, and the regard for the common man that comes from someone who spent their life as a common man.
It's a really odd isekai in that the MC didn't get isekai'd from earth -- he was a medieval commoner and became a 5th son of a count. The effect of this is that he has the common sense of the common man and that seems to be his superpower -- work ethic from someone who needed to work or they'd die, and the regard for the common man that comes from someone who spent their life as a common man.
Sometimes I get the impression that certain game developers forget that they are the ones at work and we're not. It's nice that there's at least a few developers who did remember that and made their games accordingly.
That's why I've always advocated for hydroelectric over all other options wherever it can be used. Millions of people get cheap, consistent power every day -- 60% of Canadian electricity is hydroelectric, and 99% of Norway's electricity as well.
In that sense, pumped water storage systems might not be a bad way to use solar or wind, since you can use the power to store elevated water to use later through a turbine. Typically peak loads happen in a single hour of the day so having on demand generation like that could be useful, especially if the energy it's fed by has no marginal cost.
In that sense, pumped water storage systems might not be a bad way to use solar or wind, since you can use the power to store elevated water to use later through a turbine. Typically peak loads happen in a single hour of the day so having on demand generation like that could be useful, especially if the energy it's fed by has no marginal cost.
A generational wealth transfer from Gen Z and Gen Alpha to the millennials and Gen X. Thanks for the dough, suckers!
Sometimes I react to a post and then a second later I'm like "Oh wait, their software doesn't support reacts"
I'm not a great Activitypub developer in the first place, so that would just be me misinterpreting the documentation. Appreciate the clarification.
And for those who don't know what it is, Smithereen is a "Federated, ActivityPub-compatible social network server with friends, walls, and groups."
It looks like groups are implemented similar to platforms like friendica where there's a "user" that people post at that will then distribute the posts they're sent to any followers.
It looks like groups are implemented similar to platforms like friendica where there's a "user" that people post at that will then distribute the posts they're sent to any followers.
The press wonders why nobody trusts them anymore.
"The guy who probably murdered two people was really brought down by getting charged for it and managing not to get convicted"
"The guy who probably murdered two people was really brought down by getting charged for it and managing not to get convicted"
It can be the right tool for the job, but it's much more limited than claimed. You get a power source that works really well in late June during the day, but doesn't work great in winter in most places (because the sun isn't out) or at night (because the sun isn't out). In some places that's exactly when power is needed the most (peak energy use often occurs during the day on the hottest days of summer), but on the other hand we also use electricity for light at night and for heating our homes in the winter.
Some people go "Just use batteries", but given the scale of the engineering challenges associated with energy storage on that scale, it's like saying "just let them eat cake" when there's no bread to eat. It just isn't that easy.
Some people go "Just use batteries", but given the scale of the engineering challenges associated with energy storage on that scale, it's like saying "just let them eat cake" when there's no bread to eat. It just isn't that easy.
It's always genocide all the way down with these people.
"Oh, but we are saving the environment!"
Yeah, tell that to the sparrows.
"Oh, but we are saving the environment!"
Yeah, tell that to the sparrows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs66p5jQ9dM
Man, not sure how I missed this back when.
(But if you're vegan I'm pretty sure injecting bull dick adrenaline into your veins isn't vegan?)
Man, not sure how I missed this back when.
(But if you're vegan I'm pretty sure injecting bull dick adrenaline into your veins isn't vegan?)
lmfao
"After 4 years of open borders and 4 years of advocating for open borders we've realized it's making people mad and so we're pretending we care"
"After 4 years of open borders and 4 years of advocating for open borders we've realized it's making people mad and so we're pretending we care"