I checked out the article but I’m not sure I could qualify by law to retrieve his data. Since he’s still legally married, my stepmom is the next of kin and is the one who could request the data.

This has been causing tons of problems since she’s been planning the funeral and doing things the family doesn’t approve of (like setting the date before my brother who’s out of the country could get home).

Thanks for the detailed reply though. Seems like my best chance is to appeal to my stepbrother.

Unfortunately I don’t have his icloud password. I know he has it saved on a note on his phone but by now I think his wife must have changed it.

I had access to the phone for a bit but when I tried to back up the photos, it asked for the icloud password. I entered what was on the notepad and it asked for facial ID. I’m guessing she was notified that someone (me) was trying to log into his icloud and so she marked it as lost. At this point, it seems my only hope is to try to appeal to my stepbro who I (thought I) had an ok relationship with to see if he can mark the phone as not lost. Because I’m sure it’s him who is doing everything since my stepmom is not tech saavy.

I bought a Sony Blue Ray player back in 2014 and though it doesn’t see much use now that I have a Plex server, it still works over a decade later.

From what I understand based on Colbert’s monologue, their motivations for suspending Kimmel is completely monetary based. ABC affiliate company Nexstar made a $6.2 billion deal to acquire TEGNA Inc and Disney which owns ABC made a deal to get some NFL assets in exchange for a 10% stake in ESPN (valued at around $3 billion).

Both of these acquisitions will need FCC approval to go through. Take a guess at what they’re willing to do to get that approval.

Oh right, sim card compatibility was not something I had considered. Thanks for the tip!

I tried using the browser site for my bank but unfortunately it doesn’t allow depositing checks. Will have to think about that when choosing a phone.

Still, I appreciate all the helpful information you’ve provided. Lots to think about

Based on your responses here, I’m going to assume you don’t get invited out much

I tried to be nice and deflect your comment with a joke but it seems you just want to be needlessly mean.

I work from home and don’t go out much due to my limited mobility. And I use my phone to watch videos and read when in bed because a laptop would be to cumbersome to use. I do have a tablet as well but even that gets too heavy to hold for long periods of time.

When I do occasionally go out, I only use my phone for directions, to listen to a podcast since the noise of traffic and crowded areas is overstimulating, or you know, as a phone to make calls/texts. So no, I do not use my phone as a pacifier in public, you horse’s ass.

What’s all this crazy talk about going outside?

Thanks for clarifying. I guess I’ll look more into /e/OS to see what it’s really like.

My parents are going to France in October so if I decide on the Fairphone I may just ask them to pick it up for me. Not sure how that’d work though so I’ll look more into it.

As for the banking, I use it about once a week or every other week to deposit checks. I will definitely still need that though since it’s hard for me to physically go to the bank due to my limited mobility. Might be best to keep my old phone just for that purpose

Thanks for the detailed information. The Fairphone 6 is a strong contender to be sure and if I’m able to buy one with the OS installed all the better! Only problem is I’m in the US so I don’t know how much more expensive it will be for me to buy.

And after doing a quick search of /e/OS it looks like an iOS clone, which I am not super fond of. Have you used it before?

Also, it seems my bank isn’t supported. So that’s another bummer

More power to you! I enjoy browsing videos and reading webcomics too much to go back to a flip phone though. Don’t go on social media much so if I go deeper down the rabbit hole, a flip phone may bot be out of the question. It would also be a great alternative for a work phone

Thought since my phone couldn’t be rooted I wouldn’t be able to change the OS. It’s the SM-G981U model

Good to know, thanks!

Thanks for all of the options! May look more into LineageOS

Nothing against the Pixel per se but I wanted to keep my options open. I wanted a big upgrade from my current phone to justify buying a new one and I read a lot of Manga and webtoons. Hence, why I was looking at the Fold 7.

However, I will keep an open mind about phones. The Pixel 9 doesn’t look too bad tbh.

Another comment said to use http instead of https and that worked. But it’s good to know not to update just yet. Thanks for the heads up!

That’s how I used to access the raspberry pi before learning of the web interface. Was a huge pain in the butt to do though. Another comment said to try using http instead of https and that did the trick!

Ah that did it. Thanks!

pi.hole is the domain to access the web interface whereas pi-hole.net is the official website for pi-hole to view documentation and download the client.

I realized I forgot to remove the <> from the url. Unfortunately I’m still unable to connect to that IP address though so I’m thinking I may have to restart my raspberry pi

I’m not in any way, shape, or form an engineer so I don’t really understand the exact details of your post.

However, you post reminded me of a really good episode of a podcast called Hidden Brain. In it the host, discusses the topic of knowledge with a cognitive scientist.

At one point, they talk about how sophisticated technology has gotten that people don’t know how to solve problems if that technology brakes, especially since technology is getting so good that it makes fewer mistakes. They use an airplane as an example in which an experienced pilot forgot how to get out of a nosedive and crashed the plane. On a smaller scale, the host mentioned that he has a hard time navigating if his phone’s GPS doesn’t work.

Its a really interesting listen if you have the chance.