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  • Yeah, to me it’s a absolute killer feature for a travel phone. The GOS discussion around it boils down to violating the android profile security model.

    E.x., im using a hotel wifi that only allows one device, or I have a esim for one phone only that doesn’t allow “tethering”.

    Fair enough on the security model, but at least give me the option… Maybe with a always on notification warning. Being paternalistic about how you think the phone will be used and in which context is overstepping for infrastructure

    I travel with a backup phone, and because of this I have calyxos on the backup and not gos.






  • It doesn’t sound like you need a UPS. It sounds like you needed automatic voltage regulator.

    It’ll condition the power so it’s clean, and if it’s not clean it’ll cut the power off.

    Many good UPS’s have a voltage regulator built in, but then you have the hassle the battery and everything. Up to you depends on what’s easier to find for you locally








  • Depends on your use case there are multiple factors that guide internet use cases

    • Latency - how fast
    • Bandwidth - how wide/much
    • Loss - how much data is lost, or how much data needs to be sent again

    Gaming: latency, loss

    YouTube/movies: bandwidth

    Video chat/voice chat: latency, bandwidth

    Remote desktop/game streaming: latency, bandwidth, loss

    Web browsing: bandwidth, latency

    DNS latency can be a multiplier for browsing the web, a website can include artifacts from other websites, which then can include other websites, which then can include other websites. Each one of those would require another DNS lookup, and round trip time to the website itself etc. however, DNS was architected for local caching, so only the first lookup should be slow, and then afterwards you should keep that DNS information for future lookups so it’s not going to feel too bad once you’ve warmed up the cache

    Rule of thumb: under 100ms feels fine, over starts to feel a little sluggish. Over 300ms and you change your behaviors, and you really feel it.