The hoops I had to jump through to copy some photos from an iPhone to my Linux box. Using that thing as a USB Storage Device was not an option, eh? I think smartphones might be bad for my mental health.

@lyse (#aae5f5a) How were you able to make a photo of that egret? They’re easily spooked in my experience and I have to keep a large distance. 🤫 Does your cam have a high zoom?

(#fv2iaoa) @lyse Errr, this is on my current machine running Linux 5.18.16. 😅 (The challenge was about limiting/tracking your online time: ) (Actually using old computers and old *software* for every day life is not that much fun, I’ve found. You can’t do anything related to the Internet, basically: None of the old crypto works anymore. So you can do Gopher and visit websites of enthusiasts who still offer HTTP, but that’s it.)

(#yfko2ya) I wonder if I should regularly wipe `XDG_STATE_HOME` just like I do with `XDG_CACHE_HOME`. So far, only wireplumber appears in this directory … Hm …

(#me2jowa) @eaplmx Happy festivities 😁 Good thing it’s a Friday, huh? 😁 (Or is it always a Friday?)

(#iefub6q) @prologic Hmm, have you used a GPS device 15, 20 years ago? I had one in my car. It would take a long time until it got a first “fix” of your location. That’s because it can take up to 12 minutes until you have gathered all the data directly from the satellites. These days, GPS trackers on smartphones get a fix within seconds, maybe 30 seconds tops, because they get pre-seeded with (approximated) satellite positions via A-GPS. We also not only have the USA’s GPS these days but also other satellite systems like the EU’s Galileo or Russia’s Glonass. A-GPS helps you get “in contact” quickly with *more* satellites, which enhances the precision quite a lot. So, yeah, you *can* use it without A-GPS. But it would be very annoying and imprecise. I bought a new phone last year and A-GPS was broken on that one (I saw no internet traffic at all), which made it basically useless, to the point where I wouldn’t want to use it at all. I sent it back and bought another model. To my knowledge, the only way to use GPS without something like A-GPS is to have it turned on all the time, so you get regular updates directly from the satellites.

(#bh6zoba) @lyse People weren’t harmed, no. Several stories of that building were black on the outside until the re-painted it. I don’t know anyone who lives in there, so no idea about the internal damage. 🫤

(#yvoke5a) @lyse Ha, look at that, the bridge is finally finished. 🥳 I’m surprised you managed to take a photo of that bird at all. It’s really hard and takes a lot of patience. 👌

Star Trek quote of the day: “Sensor technicians are working on it. They’ve identified it as a glitch in the system.” Oh, yes. That’s a satisfying explanation!

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