Man I miss the 80s.
I know everyone gets nostalgic for whatever era they grew up in, but the 80s had that mix of exciting new technology, good music, a thriving youth culture, impending nuclear doom (well that bit not so much fun really), community spirit (your town or place you came from was important, it was your tribe, something that's died off now), optimism for the future and a sort of innocence that feels crazy now.
Its a shame gen z won't and haven't experienced it.
With google getting ready to cripple android, and appple already being locked down, we need an alternative.
The pinephone was a decent attempt at a Linux phone, and it does (sort of) work, though its very fiddly. There is a decent amount of apps and it does make and receive calls and texts.
They released a pinephone pro as well (which I bought) but it was barely better than the original (which is underpowered to be honest) and not great build quality.
However, it made enough progress to show that a Linux phone, with enough development, is feasible.
With more modern hardware and a few more developers thrown at it (pine64 didn't do any development at all, they just released the phone and left the rest to the community. I think it has potential.
I hate adobe, but there isn't an alternative that's as good (for Photoshop and light room).
I've tried all the free ones, and some paid, and they all fall short.
We need all you clever people on here to develop something that can compete ๐๐๐
Today I made my own homemade flat bread, curry sauce and jam.
Recently I've been trying to cut out all processed food as well as anything with more ingredients than what sounds reasonable.
Its great, I'm not saying I feel healthier, but I feel like I'm doing something positive, I feel like I'm making a difference.
The other surprise is that its working out to be less expensive than the supermarket slop, which I didn't expect.
Definitely try it if you can, the main issue is the extra time it takes to prepare everything but its worth it.
ONE OF THE GREATEST CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.... was changing the smell of this stuff, it used to be amazing, a sort of marzipan, vanilla custard smell. Now its a bland nothing smell.