Aside from forgetting to post a follow-up, lol, it went very well.

I found that I could get by with a dumb phone but also that a true dumb phone would be a little too restrictive for my lifestyle. The device I used wasn’t a true feature phone (I just disabled everything that made it “smart” with the exception of my bank app), so after the 30 days were up, I un-dumbed it back into the basic smartphone it is.

I’m really liking that as a middle ground. I still benefit from the small screen and atypical form factor by not wanting to use it to scroll endlessly but I can have the convenience connectivity apps that I want (email, Matrix, bank app, maps, weather app/widget, calendar/tasks, etc).

I used KeyMapper app to make the physical keypad much more useful (music controls, quick-access to certain apps on long press, etc) which is awesome. It’s also solar powered along with a few of my other everyday carry devices.

In two days, I will have been daily-driving it for two months and will probably continue using it for the foreseeable future. Not sure what I am going to do on my next upgrade cycle, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.

“Look what you [outgroup] made me do!”

All mine are original unless otherwise stated. They may not be the best, but they’re OC 🤷‍♂️

The Doctor looks like he really wants to explain it, too, but realizes it’s useless.

• Blind Melon - No Rain
• Collective Soul - Shine

Janeway’s POV:

There’s the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device). It’s directional, but there’s side/rear leakage. This seems to be fully directional and works via a different method. Or, at least, that’s my understanding.

We’re so far beyond satire at this point, I have absolutely no idea if that’s real or a joke lol

Some Lemmy clients let you group communities. Depending on what communities you group together, it’s kind of like that. But like @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world said, it sounds good on paper but the logistics become crazy once you factor in things like moderation and culture clashes.

Do you have space to compost? Cardboard will eventually break down once you get all the tape / labels off of it. Not sure what happens to the ink, but my (non-food) garden doesn’t seem to mind it.

Another option, if the boxes are in good shape / large enough, is to donate them as moving boxes. Put up an ad on some local classifieds listings (whatever form works best) and maybe check with local thrift/secondhand shops to see if they want them.

Heh, at first, I was mentally comparing it to the LRAD but those still have a lot of rear and side leakage and aren’t truly unidirectional. They also work on completely different principles.

But since every technology is eventually weaponized, I fully expect to see SASERs if/when this makes it out of the lab lol.

Early on, Neelix was making some things similar to coffee, and I guess they foraged it from a planet. One of those coffee-like concoctions was chunky / goopy. I think a couple of times later in the series they differentiate between “coffee” and “Neelix’s coffee” so I guess he got better at it or the crew developed a taste for it.

I guess the same reason we go to coffee shops instead of just making it at home. Plus, early on, they were still rationing replicator usage, but this is from season 5 after they mostly abandoned that. In this one, though, all but a few of the replicators are down because of the subspace sandbar they were stuck in.

This morning, I’d absolutely settle for a cup of Neelix’s chunky “better than coffee”

#AbsoluteCandorJaneway

I was on a work trip in rural Pennsylvania in 2008 or so, and I stopped at this local dive on my way back to the hotel.

The house special was something called a Guiness-tini, and I do not recommend it. Probably goes down about the same as that shot of Malort.

(“Magic Carpet Ride” intensifies)