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otter

@otter@lemmy.ca

I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: Iā€™m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and Iā€™ll share more info :)

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What phone do you sugest for your grandparents?

I got a task to buy a smart phone for my grandparents, they are not techsavy but they know how to use basic functions. Iam looking for an andoid because it has language pack i need. I dont need it to have lots of functions, onley a good camera and a big screen. Bonus points if it can be flashed with some kind of simplefied...

otter, (edited )

The problem is that other people will be unfamiliar with it. Unless OP can be the support person all the time, the grandparents may want to get help from someone else.

Keeping things stock is helpful for that, and I feel like Google Pixel is already simple enough. Just disable things like assistant during setup or in settings.

otter,

Thatā€™s a great point, uBlock Origin helps a lot with scams on desktop.

I agree to disagree

I should also point out that I havenā€™t tried GrapheneOS and canā€™t judge what the differences might be, so Iā€™ll go with your experience on this :)

otter, (edited )

The core issue here is instances disappearing, and That goes into the discussion of the structure of the fediverse right now vs. the fediverse in the future

A dozen big instances feel better now, and I personally wouldnā€™t make a community on a smaller instance unless I know it is likely to stay up. If it was run by an existing organization for example.

Long term though, I trust existing organizations to set up stable instances that wonā€™t be shut down easily. If a government, school, game company etc. makes an instance itā€™s not likely to go down. Having lots of instances will look more normal then.

Ultimately we donā€™t need to do anything differently, I recommend new people join a big instance and then make a new account once they know what instance they like.

note to everyone: please donā€™t downvote good faith questions

OP asked a pretty reasonable open ended question. There are other people who may be thinking the same, and reading the discussions here might change their minds. Save downvoting for rule breaking / content thatā€™s bad for the community

otter,

Fleming did not provide Bondā€™s date of birth, but John Pearsonā€™s fictional biography of Bond, James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007, gives Bond a birth date on 11 November 1920,[13] while a study by John Griswold puts the date at 11 November 1921

Huh, learned something too!

otter,

Also in the future, consider using one of the linked communities in the sidebar instead of this one.

ex. !newToLemmy

otter,

On boost I swipe from the right side of the screen when on a community

On connect I hit the 3 dots and go ā€œAbout communityā€

otter, (edited )

I think intent plays a role here. If the goal is to incite a reaction or to hurt a population by publicly burning something that they care about, itā€™s probably not a great to do

One of those things where you know when you see it, but itā€™s hard to define explicitly.

If anything, it might help as a temporary measure to reduce tensions and inflammatory incidents

otter,

Same

Although our instances give that away

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