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    Yep! Lower Corona loss too, which means thinner conductors for the same current carrying capacity.

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    Err... That component appears to be built from source per Calyx's Gradle rules? The source is pulled from here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/main/telephony/java/android/telephony/euicc

    My hardware is too old to support MTE. I'm running a pixel 3 because I'm more worried about damaging our earthly environment with this constant hardware churn.

    I'm sorry you're unhappy that I'm happy. I'm still able to run Android 14 in a reasonably secure manner, I'm able to exchange information with other people easily, without Google getting much information from me, and that's satisfactory. My actual security relevant machinations happen on my much better protected laptop.

    Thanks for your input, have a nice day.

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    Ah well. Not that I doubt you, just wondering if they still do that and what it looked like.

    Keep on keeping on

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    Dude I'm looking at the source code, there's only a binary downloaded for enabling Safety net. Why are you making false statements?

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    Very nice. Can I use the much smaller codebase of microG instead of Google's? Even you do not know how Play Services actually works, and that's a problem.

    Further, a memory exploit that leads to compromise would need a chain of privilege escalation. There's a lot in the way of making that trivial even on stock Android. And you know what helps reduce risk of exploit? Smaller codebases.

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    I heard and kinda do this exact thing based off a TED Talk from years ago.

    It kinda works, until you need to start telling your manager wtf you're working on and how much progress you've made 🤦

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    That's a terrible situation, I hope you find a positive resolution sooner than later 🫤

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    Just about all of your identifying data is stripped out by the framework before interacting with Google at all: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connections

    That alone makes it an important tool. I'm not too worried about memory exploits as I don't really install apps, but it's an important feature in graphene's toolkit.

    For most people who want an Android alternative that's open source but don't have time to fiddle with it, calyxOS seems like a good solution. It just works out of the box.

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    Preaching to the choir here, friend. First comment is just a throwaway joke though, while the topic is serious business, I don't mind being silly about it sometimes either.

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    $680 fuckin dollars while I'm unemployed, per month??? Get da fuck outta heah

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    Yeah man. Sigh. Just let some of these grudges and shit rest already, it's been more than a few lifelines for some of them.

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    Any pics or anything? Sounds nuts

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    I like calyx, might try graphene some day. But I absolutely won't run Google's play services ala graphene. It's sandboxed, supposedly, but why run it at all?

    Calyx uses microG, a much smaller, fully open source emulator of Google's services.

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    Sorry chica, your dad was a fuckhead long before trump entered the presidential picture.

    See: his treatment of dinkins (who was actually solving NYC 90s crime in positive ways), his prosecution of only the Italian mafia (leaving the Russian mob alone..), destroying NYC's club and bar scene, etc etc etc.

    I feel bad for your mother, and hope you'll do better by society than him. It won't be difficult.

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    I dig it, not because of the resulting buildings being corpo office buildings, but just that the engineering came along with enough quality that we can build such tall buildings in such a seismically active area.

    Don't forget, besides being high density, they'll also survive most expected earthquakes (including the big one ™️)

    E: to the downvoters: either we build up, or build further out. I'd rather reduce humanity's fixation on occupying space (cue further downvotes lol)

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    Anyone have input here? I'm trying to decide which I like, yammie noob had a [cool vid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfNlHgJBle8) comparing the two with the xsr seemingly on top, but spec-wise, the z900 should be wild. I'm aware there are tune and exhaust kits to wake the undertuned z900 up. I like spirited riding, but mostly on straights as I roar off to a campsite in the mountains. What do you folks think?

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15358017 > Google Pay alternative? > > Hey there, > I'm looking for an alternative to Google pay that'll allow me to use NFC payments etc. Thoughts? > > I don't have a Google account, nor am I interested in opening one.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15358017 > Google Pay alternative? > > Hey there, > I'm looking for an alternative to Google pay that'll allow me to use NFC payments etc. Thoughts?

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    Hey there, I'm looking for an alternative to Google pay that'll allow me to use NFC payments etc. Thoughts? I don't have a Google account, nor am I interested in opening one. E: Just to clarify, the payment part would be convenient, more annoying is how I don't get to use a single place for my subway/gym/ticketmaster passes.

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    What a way to start the day. Had a spare, so it added a few minutes to my morning. Carefully cleaned the dust from around the plug, swapped, started and rode. NBD, but what the fuck?

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    Exploring the city, it feels both dark and somehow inviting. New experience for sure. Wish I could figure out how to attach multiple photos in voyager.

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    Hey everyone, does anyone know how to make gluten free bread that might be as soft and fluffy as that previously posted Japanese milk bread appears to be?

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    So, after watching "Plagues and pleasures on the Salton sea" (available on YouTube for free), I decided to look into what was happening to it. Looks like we actually may help with restoration. But what does that mean, where are we getting the water for it? Will that money actually get to us?

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    https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/913.pdf

    Some interesting ideas on reducing the time to decrypt certain ciphered info, in spite of axolotl's large key-size.

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    How's the weather up there for riding? Not afraid of water, just careful with it.

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    Hey everyone. I built an mk3s+ from its kit form successfully, tested a few PLA prints with the stock 0.4 nozzle. I've set prusaslicer to use a 0.6 nozzle now that I've upgraded, and am using PETG. Prints look pretty bad, in spite of calibrating z-offset etc. If you were doing something like this for the first time, what would your setup steps be like? To be specific, using a diamondback 0.6 nozzle, matterhackers PETG at 235c. Issues I'm seeing are a really bad loss of detail, lots of stringing, etc. *eta*: added a photo of a moderately post-processed part. Notice how rough the top surface looks, there's a disconnect between perimeter loops, etc.

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