Disposable products have their appropriate place in the economy. Disabled people often need plastic straws, and shouldn’t feel bad for it. But in most circumstances, outside of medical or accommodative items, there are better choices. Steel or glass straws, industry standard safety razors rather than proprietary disposable cartridge systems, quality used real wood furniture instead of semi disposable MDF crap. Metal over plastic. Long term sustainability over short term savings.
And a lot like.Amazon's #Kindle.have obnoxious #DRM, but if you need thousands of pages that are searchable on the go then sadly there are few options.besides that and Tablets/Laptops with them on...
Personally, I prefer to #UseLonger wherever possible.and #upcycle the hell out of my gear...
Also OS/1337 could be a way more accessible alternative to @Raspberry_Pi and other #SBC's in that it allows people to #UseLonger or rather #Reuse and #Upcycle stuff...
Kinda like @landley said re: #Android#development the same should be possible for #Linux in general, allowing someone in Agbobloshie to cobble together something that works for them and at least allow someone to browse the web via #Lynx and http://frogfind.com ...
OFC a lot of people will point out that cheap #Android devices are taking over #Africa faster and that a lot of places are already skipping the #Desktop & #Laptop phase of #Computing.
@becha#Bitcoin :bitcoin: is a prime producer for 100% avoidable #eWaste and it's even worse than #Apple's #AntiRepairDesign cuz those have 0 salvageable components that could be taken to #repair nor could they be #reused differently and all they do when #UseLonger is being done is turn electricity into hot air...
I'm trying to play with SH4 CPUs in a few set-top boxes I have. This is difficult as the whole STLinux FTP server is long gone.
If you, or anyone you know has these files:
@gorplop longterm this should OFC allow for way more, but ideally still very minimalist in that it's just #Linux, #toybox (either with it's #wget implementation or #curl as seperate program) and #spm to install packages.
"Apple faces scrutiny from European environmental and consumer groups over its claims that its latest devices are “carbon neutral,” a term that Brussels proposes to ban in corporate marketing because it is “misleading.”"
a client made by an enterprise who will willingly backdoor your messages
a client made by 3 people that get random breaking changes that completely obliterate flow
a client that is one giant html5 canvas that uses 100% of your browser gpu power
a client that requires systemd
way too many abandoned android and ios clients
please use fedi we have:
an instance software which is so popular but so feature deprived it makes no sense why it exists, also it's trademarked in a bad way
an instance software that has so much code rot it spawned 500 forks to try and fix it only to become rotten themselves
an instance software that doesn't really know what it's doing and instead implemented 3 different api standards, and this is the fork i'm talking about. no one should talk about the upstream project.
Didn’t seem like any big surprises at Apple's event today. Honestly, my biggest takeaway is that it was the worst presentation Apple has done in a long time. Yet another "you will die in a car crash without our products” segment, coupled with a whole lot of greenwashing.
Anyway, I’ll be pre-ordering the base iPhone 15 because I want USB-C and the screen on my SE is now too small for most apps and websites. I will miss small phones. #AppleEvent
Apple is increasing its commitment to sustainability, I say casually to the Verizon employee as I trade in my iPhone 14 Pro with 89% battery health for a brand new iPhone 15 Pro
Personally, I do like the fact that #ServeTheHome isn't just doing #HardwarePorn like #LinusTechTips but also looking at more affordable and reasonable options.
#ReUse & #UseLonger are not only cheaper but also more envoirmentally friendly, and from my personal experience, getting some relatively-new #ThinClient that may even be #fanless is a cheao, easy and useful starting point for a #MiniServer...
@lori@Aglaia89@njudah The only reason I still have my #DeskJet6122 up and running is because it refuses to die and it's ink cartridges refuse to dry up.