If I had to describe the style, the format is pretty similar to nakeyjakey, instead of sitting on a medicine ball behind a green screen he sits on a futon and other furnature pieces
with a delivery similar to knowledge hub
The topics are varied and is a hybrid between Knowledge Hub and Jake Tran
At this point, I don’t really care about mobile processors, as long as it is good enough to run DS Games and have decent battery life. After all, I am not a mobile gamer.
This song has been in my head when I was writing this
I got a new phone the Realme XT.
the issue
I wanted the phone to ask which browser before opening the app, unfortunately oppo had chrome as the default, and chrome was unable to be removed/disabled (even after uninstalling all the chrome updates).
I decided to document my process of solving the problem here
the research
I decided to search realme disable google apps
I found this xda forum thread
that had the following as a solution
using adb on fedora linux
updated instructions
setup android usb debugging
navigate to the directory cd /platform-tools
run ./adb + command for all adb commands
pair your android with adb using ./adb devices and click allow on your phone
initialize adb shell ./adb shell
run your pm commands
the solution
I ran pm list packages | grep googleand found the gboard and google search packages. Then I tried looking for chrome the way to find it was to run pm list packages | grep android
to delete the packages, I ran pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package name> to remove the google search, gboard, and chrome.
When I was uninstalling the chrome package I accidentally ran pm uninstall -k --user 0 android, luckily the phone denied the request and disconnected from my computer. I thought I had borked the phone.
After removing chrome, I decided to remove facebook since, I didn’t think it was actually removed. Running pm list packages | grep facebook found the facebook packages. I removed each individually.
reflection
After using Linux for 4 years and solving problems in the command line, I have gotten me more comfortable with the command line. I doubt I would have felt as comfortable running these commands
So Oppo’s do not disturb only does it for time periods rather than by calendar events. Using polite can alleviate this, but it’s weird they cut it out when regular android has had this since android 8.0.
It’s one of the drawbacks with custom android. On my Huawei Mate SE, you can’t change notification sounds and on my Realme XT, you don’t get a native bluelight filter or do not disturb by calendar events.
Though if I had to chose between those two options, I’d take the XT any day over the Mate SE. I rely heavily on custom notification sounds to decide responses
I learned today in Cinnamon that if all your windows are in different positions after leaving your computer (in a multi monitor setup), restarting Cinnamon (Alt + F2, r) will restore the old positions.
Before, I would have to reposition all my windows each time I logged on. This would usually take a minute or two, and long term I would be wasting a lot of time getting my windows into productive positions.
I asked a while back about what are recommended ad autoskippers and listed two I was interested in. I decided to use this one since it was open source with a github repository
The autoskipper worked fairly well, until I decided to install it on my firefox work profile. While looking at it on my work profile, I decided to mess with the youtube channel whitelist. It was then, I found out I could skip ads with the extension. So I decided to remove the autoskipper addon and just used the channel whitelist to skip ads instead
They probably aren’t, but that’s the tradeoff for convenience and depends what your threat model is. If you want to be the most secure and add extra work for yourself, you can just compile the extension yourself with the github code.
For me, I separate my work and personal profiles. I have minimal extensions for my work profile (https everywhere, canvas, youtube channel whitelist, cookie autodelete) and multiple privacy addons for my personal browsing profile (https everwhere, ublock, youtube channel whitelist, noscript, cookie autodelete canvas, trackme not, privacy badger, privacy protector, google iba-opt out).
I try to avoid doing anything private or sensitive on my personal browsing profile
Learned today that link feature is far more effective at embedding a message than a quote. Link previews will show 1 embed, nested embeds are treated as if they were quotes. Quotes seem to ignore YouTube/Discourse embeds.
This was a great recap of Linus’s history and growth. I started watching around 2015, when they started the moving vlogs. I wasn’t interested in the reviews at the time, but whole room water cooling and moving vlogs really sparked a interest in seeing how the channel will grow.
A Reflection on LTT
My Growing Respect for LTT
After experiencing the Tek Syndicate fallout, I was looking for some honest and open channels. This was also long before I found Gamers Nexus. My respect for Linus increased each time he was honest and open during controversies. For me, notable example was when Louis Rossmann called Linus out for baking gpus in ovens. My respect grew after hearing Louis’s reflection on meeting with Linus.
It was privated a while back, but it’s now unlisted.
Without the collaboration, I would not have discovered Louis Rossmann from YouTube recommendations.
The tipping point content wise for me was when he posted the video on x299
Through the interviews with other channels, I have gained an appreciation for Linus processes and editorial standards
Gamers Nexus
That Creative Life
I liked the collaborations between, L1, LTT, and GN
In recent videos, I like how the writers have started to reference other YouTube channels.
Technology Connections
Initially I had issues with their past hardware reviews, but with Anthony, their procedures have gotten a bit more organized. I see them as another source for verification, if I need in depth technical coverage, I can go to Gamers Nexus or other technical channels.