captainsiscold

captainsiscold , 3 months ago to workreform in how many US states have a single payer healthcare system?

Specifically Native American Alaskans (i.e. those with a tribal ID)

captainsiscold , 4 months ago to workreform in how many US states have a single payer healthcare system?

Alaska's healthcare system kinda works like that, but only for Alaska Natives.

captainsiscold , 4 months ago to selfhosted in Router recommendation

I'm admittedly not much of a networking expert, but you might be able to improve your existing network by running Ethernet backhaul for your mesh network (assuming your access points support it).

Regarding whether you would benefit from a router like that: I've only got a 25Mbps connection, so my main use case for it is using ZeroTier to access various services on my local network, more advanced firewall controls, and the dual 2.5G Ethernet ports for connection between my main PC and home server.

captainsiscold , 4 months ago to selfhosted in Router recommendation

I recently switched from my ISP's combo device to a GL-inet Flint 2 (https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/); no complaints with it thus far, and I've enjoyed some of the quality of life features it's got built into it.

captainsiscold , 4 months ago to selfhosted in Which OS do you use for your homeserver?

Fedora Server, with most of the services I need running via Docker.

captainsiscold , 4 months ago to android in Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Why Buy Anything Else?

Unlocked, brand new direct from the Google Store. They emailed me a coupon code for being on the Google Assistant mailing list that gave me an extra $150 off, and it stacked with a $100 discount they were already running (so $250 off total). I'm a self-admitted headphone jack enthusiast, but the price was just too good to pass up.

captainsiscold , 5 months ago to android in Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Why Buy Anything Else?

Just got a Pixel 8 (256 GB) for $510 a few weeks ago. I'm good with that, thanks.

captainsiscold , 5 months ago to android in The Blind Smartphone Camera Test Winners! [MKBHD]

I have to say, I was really impressed by how well the Pixel 7a did. At $400 now, that's a great (somewhat) cheap option for folks, though I do wish its battery life was a bit better...

I've got a Pixel 8 non-Pro on the way, so I'm excited to see how it performs compared to my old Galaxy S9 :P

captainsiscold , 6 months ago to android in Interested in Hardware Features we want to see

At this point, I'd honestly be fine with that too. Unfortunately it looks like one of the only ones around that has two USB-C ports is the Asus ROG Phone 7 & 7 Ultimate, which both already have a headphone jack too, lol.

captainsiscold , 6 months ago to android in Interested in Hardware Features we want to see

I'd love to see those features in phones today; all of those are basically dead in the US market (Xperia 1 V gets two out of three, Zenfone 10 at least gets the 3.5mm jack...might be some cheap Motorola something that still has a jack, as well?).

Me personally, I could even live with just the 3.5mm jack. The whole argument of "it's for waterproofing/making the phone thinner/insert BS excuse here" falls flat when my Galaxy S9 has a 3.5mm jack and the same IP68 rating as the Pixel 8, yet manages to be thinner.

captainsiscold , 6 months ago to linux_gaming in Trying Linux gaming & never looking back. Proton is amazing.

Welcome to the club!

The only game I can’t play is rocket league.

Have you tried it on Heroic Games Launcher yet? I play RL from time to time with a buddy, and both of us have gotten it to work without any notable issues via Heroic.

captainsiscold , 6 months ago to cs in The current ban wave has issues

CS2 official Twitter says the bans were mistakes and are rolling them back: https://twitter.com/counterstrike/status/1732111185804394746?t=r9hlLfaMl05qwiwTlsgyyA

captainsiscold , 7 months ago to android in Google Keep is replacing Assistant Notes and 'Shopping List'

You might be on to something there; I'll have to give that a look!

captainsiscold , 7 months ago to android in Google Keep is replacing Assistant Notes and 'Shopping List'

Yeah, that seems to be a common theme. Creating timers from Assistant still works fine, but anything with Assistant that has to go through Tasks is basically broken :(

captainsiscold , 7 months ago to android in Google Keep is replacing Assistant Notes and 'Shopping List'

Have you ever found a way to make reminders in Tasks through Google Assistant actually work? When they switched from the Assistant reminders to Tasks, they became so unreliable at showing at the specified time (i.e. "remind me to do ___ at 3pm") that I can't use them anymore.