Not really, its kind of one those things; if you don’t know, how could you? Unless you’re the kinda person to sit there and read every option of everything.

Unfortunately, that’s probably not gonna happen without some new hardware.

You could setup a wire guard at the router (can you setup tail scale on a router? idk). If she’s renting the ISP router, replacing that could save a 100+ a year, depending on how much the isp is scamming her for it.

or you could repurpose a minipc/nuc from bay and set up a jellyfin streaming box with tailscale.

If you have the extra hardware, you could also setup a local server with her jellyfin and use wiregaurd/tailscale to remotely connect to it and run backup/sync during off-hours.

Is is time block headlines with “quiet”? Its like AI decided that word gets the most clicks and its showing up everywhere.

The scariest part about this is realizing there was less time between 1985 to 2005 then there is from 2005 to now (2026).

Arch is a challenge, be prepared to spend more time learning and tinkering than using your computer for the first few months (and forever). It’s not impossible, but you will most likely have to reinstall a few times as you learn. If thats what you enjoy, great. Go for a distro made for the lay person like Mint or Bazzite. There’s a backup program called Timeshift, it will replace windows snapshots and can help you recover from mistakes without having to start over.

If you put your home drive on a separate partition/drive it will be easier to distro hop as you try different ones. Still, make sure your data is backed up, ideally put the backup on an external drive that you can unplug while installing new a OS.

Well, there’s a big difference between “knowing” something and knowing something (i.e proof your intuition is right).

Yeah, the auto lane correction is bad. If you have to avoid a biker or person walking or anything else, the car should not fight you

I set mine to warning only, I don’t mind the beeping. It might help if I’m drifting over or something - the difference is, the sound doesn’t take control away from me.

I don’t think it should be illegal either, but there should defiantly be limits and protections in place so people don’t piss away their life savings over a slot machine.

Often people in difficult finical situations are the most addicted to gambling or playing the lotto because they are manipulated with hopes of a life changing big payout.

One simple idea to help, have a seperate bank account. You get a special “gamble debit card” that you can deposit up to 5% of your earnings from the previous year. Any kind of gambling can only accept this card - including food/drink at the facility. Winnings can be cashed out or used to refill the card.

Even if this isn’t a regulated thing, people can do this on their own - leave all the main cards at home and make sure you can’t transfer money to your debit without physically going to a bank.

Oh, I see. I read that as if you were expecting your new phone to eventually get graphene support. Just wanted to make sure…

That is harder than you think.

“How do I copy the password?”

“Where is the password, its just dots”

“What app are my passwords in”

“Why can’t I use the same password for everything”

“I cant find the squiggle key” (~)

“Why did the autofill only fill in the email?”

"Why doesn’t the Facebook autofill work anymore? (login link is via email)

…sorry to tell you, but a current gen Motorola phone probably won’t have a future with grapheneos.

I don’t know the specifics, but I’m fairly certain there’s some hardware stuff that needs to be done to meet what the Grapheme devs want for security.

I could be completely wrong, but I suggest you look into it a lot deeper… while the Motorola can be returned if you want GrapheneOS sooner than your next new phone. Although boosting Motorola sales instead of googles is good too.

if you can, buy an unlocked phone. Some carriers like to mess with things that might prevent you installing Graphene. I haven’t heard any recent specifics if Version is a problem or not.

Export app configurations for any app that lets you, it speeds setting up the device a lot.

Assume no data will properly be transfered (as a precaution), so have backups of everything you care about. (I forget if Graphene even has a transfer feature?)

Graphene’s stock software leaves a lot to be desired. I like the Fossify apps for phone, contacts and files. For texting, I stick with google messages, its the only one I know of that works right with everything. For camera, I love Open Camera. For the Home launcher, I like lawnchair.

There’s many options for app stores; ideally you pick and one or two, having more than needed adds complexity. I stick to fdroid, play store and graphene’s “store”. Graphene’s app store pretty much only has their core apps and what’s needed for compatibility with the play store.

Because what Bamboo has done is screw over existing customers. People want their printers back to the way they baught it. They shouldn’t have to throw their printers in the trash because the manufacture decided to changed the conditions.

If you buy a car with heated seats and 3 years later, the manufacture decided to disable your heated seats unless you paid a subscription, you’d be pretty upset.

The main thing I find helpful is planning meals for the week. If you have a solid plan, you’re less likely to get takeout, which is were the biggest meal cost is.

Find many ways to use the same/similar ingredients for your weeks meals.

Maybe Monday is grilled chicken BLTs. Tuesday you use the leftover chicken in a pasta. Wednesday you use the leftover sandwhich toppings in a salad with something. Thursday you have eggs with whatever bacon is left.

Also pay attention to sale flyers with all your local stores. If chicken is cheaper than normal, that’s the time to buy in bulk. After a while you’ll get a feel for a stores sale patterns, maybe chicken goes on sale every 3 months, so if you can afford to, you get enough for 3-4 months. Holiday sales help too, for my local stores, memorial day is usually a good time to get enough hotdogs for the summer.

It’s kind of up to you how flat your willing to let your pillow get. There’s some sanitary benefits to washing/replacing a pillow every now again.

For me after discovering what a new pillow is like, and not having to stack up 3 pillows, those Walmart $20 pillows only lasted a year.

I now have a $100 pillow that has lasted many years.

That pillow still has volume and isn’t completely yellowed out. It’s good for another 6 years, before going in the closet with the rest of the old pillows.

Becoming an adult and learning that pillows can be cheaply replaced when they’ve worn out was amazing. I’ve sense bought a nicer pillow that didn’t need to be replaced every year.

Well yeah, they can’t afford to buy music. They spent all their money on the high density crystal core gold connector 1 meter headphone cable.

Send them this guide

And here’s a secret they don’t tell you - at the end of the day it’s art. There’s a bazillion “right” ways to do the same thing and if the result is enjoyed be someone, mission accomplished.

My relative’s doctors kept calling to confirm his upcoming appointment, after he died…in the same hospital.

For when I need Chrome, I use Vivaldi. Its probably over bloated for what I need, but it works.