• ctry21@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Getting a fairphone 6 with /e/OS is one of them, besides a few snags I’m really happy with it.

    The other is getting a henry vacuum cleaner. They’re affordable, strong, insanely repairable, look cute, and are made in the UK by unionised workers which is nearly unheard of these days. I probably sound like a shill but it’s nice when the more ethical/local option happens to be one of the better options anyway if you weren’t considering considering those things.

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    5 days ago

    Switched from gmail to proton, from google maps to Mapy.com (and open street maps more in general), from windows to Linux (on a refurbished - unfortunately American - laptop), switched from Microsoft office to LibreOffice, from Uber to Bolt, largely from ChatGPT to LeChat (Mistral) and Lumo (Proton), from google translate to DeepL, from google chrome to Vivaldi.

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      5 days ago

      Out of curiosity, since I’ve also been looking to buy one, you still have Google services on it or?

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        I just got one as well, it uses MicroG to replace Google Play Services. Works really well, there aren’t any apps I use on my fairphone that didn’t work on my old S24 besides contactless payments. I just stick my card in my case or you can use Curve to replace Google Wallet/Pay.

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      4 days ago

      I am looking to switch off my very non-updated Xperia 5II when I have the money.

      Do banking apps work with /e/?

      Also how is the camera latency? One thing I love about my xperia 5ii is the high shutter speed being able to open the camera app and snap a picture of my dog before she moves.

      My girlfriend’s A52 can’t often boot the camera and take a picture without completely smearing it due to the low shutter speed or multiple exposures.

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        5 days ago

        I got the Nando’s Medium PERi-PERi Sauce for 5.54 euros in British Columbia.

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          Don’t think that’s Dutch but thanks for getting back to me!

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          I mean Nando’s was originally a South African company, and now it’s just a big multinational. Not sure what they have to do with the Netherlands though.

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            5 days ago

            I only ever saw them in the UK, didn’t even know it was originally from SA, certainly never in NL that’s for sure.

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    5 days ago

    I connected my PC to my TV with a USB-via-Ethernet extender and a long HDMI cable and set up the Wii Remote to act as a pointer so I can ditch the ChromeCast.

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    I’d been looking everywhere for a yellow half-face jester mask, just a cheap paper pulp one, and I finally found it at a UK joke shop’s online store. £3 mask ended up running me ten times that after shipping and duty, but the hunt is finally ended