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I don't know exactly what the "advanced flow" to install 'unverified' software is going to look like, but Google backtracking on requiring their approval to install apps on your phone is certainly a good thing to hear. I'm sure they're going to make some sort of really inconvenient hoop to jump through, but I guess just about anything is better than outright preventing it. As always, though, it's a good time to de-Google you're phone if that's something you'd be up to. It puts a nice little buffer in between you and Google's shenanigans. It's rather nice to be able to treat my phone as ... *checks notes* ... my phone.

While technically true, I feel like "human settlement" is a rather odd way to describe a town.

Rather Impressive Image Compression

Can you tell the difference between the two images above? At first glance, probably not. If you look at them side by side long enough, at least in ...

Quick blog post about AVIF, a new (relatively speaking) and pretty efficient image format. #blog #blogstr #avif #photography

How exactly do Nostr communities work? From the looks of it, if I create a community, I (or people I set as mods) would need to manually approve every single post. Is there an alternative - be it automatically allowing posts, using WoT, pre-approving people, or some third party bot that auto approves some/all posts? Or am I just misunderstanding how the modlog works in communities? #asknostr

Piece of life advice: a credit card solves most problems - including shoving one in between brake pads that are stuck together.

I'm gonna make a blind guess and say Motorola. They're probably getting desperate to stay relevant, but they've got size and decent quality phones. No matter who, it'd be cool to have more supported devices (as long as Pixels don't get dropped in favor of a device with poorer specs). View quoted note →