Fewer hours should be a good thing.
Capitalism ruined that by taking the income from the people who were working and giving it all to the already rich people.
With adequate distribution of wealth (such as universal basic income), people will rejoice when their job is replaced by automation, because then they’ll have more free time.
I met someone who had been given a PHEV company car. They had been driving it for 6 months, and I was the first person who informed them that their car could be plugged in to charge. They thought it just charged itself while driving.
I doubt this is an isolated incident.
Many companies and councils are trying to look more green by making the switch to EV, but don’t want the “risk” of an actual EV. I believe they are the main customers for PHEVs, and they are also the least likely to recharge them.
I’ve even heard of people deliberately refueling and not recharging because they have a company car for fuel, but would have to pay for electricity themselves.
I’m not on a 5G plan so I can’t say for that, but 4G works flawlessly. VoIP is supported. I am also on Amaysim.
I paid €42 EUR for shipping from Europe.
No hardware or software problems related to Australia.
I’m running /e/OS. It was more expensive than paying for Google Android then flashing /e/OS myself, but I wanted to support a non Google option.
Banking apps and authentication apps don’t work on default /e/OS because they rely on Google Play Services. You can add play services back, but that defeats my reason for using /e/OS.
I love the physical switch. I remapped it to the torch (after 1 OS update) and use it all the time.
I am slightly disappointed by the case. I was hoping it would cover all of the back and sides. It does protect from dropping on a flat surface, but I’m worried about a table corner or gravel scratching the unprotected section.
I’m not a big fan of the apple style home screen. I would prefer to hide and/or uninstall apps that I won’t use. The best I’ve got is putting them in a folder. Overall it’s still usable and not a deal breaker.
Edit: just discovered lawnchair. I’m very happy with it.
Overall opinion: excellent phone, would buy again.
I got a friend in Europe to forward a Fairphone 6 to me (to Australia). I’ve had no issues with anything so far.
Mobile data and phone calls work flawlessly. I’m happy to answer any questions about it.
I couldn’t get one shipped directly to Australia, but there are companies in Europe that will forward packages for you.
Google Play and Google Play Services are separate things. Google Play allows you to download apps, whereas Google Play Services provides the foundation that most apps are built to run on top of.
You can download apps from google play or equivalent stores, but google play services is built into the device.
The de-googled version of play services is microG. It provides many of the same API services for most apps, but can’t do the security things that banking apps request.
I bought a fairphone 6 recently. It works as you would expect any phone to work with no noticeable downsides.
I paid extra to have /e/OS preinstalled. I could have bought the android version and upgraded it myself, but I wanted to support open source development. I want to try Ubuntu touch, but it hasn’t been updated for the fairphone 6 yet.
I can’t use any banking apps on /e/OS by default, but that’s because the apps require google play services for “security”. Enabling these services is possible, but would defeat the purpose of getting the phone to de-google. Bank websites still work, just slightly less convenient.
I dislike the case. It leaves more of the phone exposed than I would like. It does seem to protect the phone from most drops though.
I’m still disappointed by the lack of headphone jack, but I hate Google more.
I was surprised that my favourite feature became the hardware switch. I rebound it to the torch. For moments when you want a light for just a few seconds, it’s so much more convenient.
Guns don’t work like video game guns. You can shoot a person 10 times and inflict 10 fatal wounds, and they can still keep coming at you.
If you aim for the head, who is behind them? A bullet doesn’t just stop when it hits something.
What the chance you’ll miss? A bullet can go a long way if it doesn’t hit your target.
People take time to die. Other people can be behind your target. Guns don’t protect, they only kill.
I don’t see how this applies to guns.
If your house is on fire, you would want a fire extinguisher, not another flamethrower.
You could even afford to turn off the orphan crushing machine for a few minutes.
€120M compared to his promised $700B (€600B) bonus is 0.02% or (assuming 365 days per year, 12 hours per day) is equivalent to 56 minutes of work.
It has about the same disincentive as a $7 fine for a minimum wage worker.
This is only considering the bonus and ignoring any income on top of that. He can afford it without even thinking.
A few suggestions:
Ente can be cloud hosted or self hosted. The use of cloud connectivity is optional. (Shown correctly on the linked website)
Fedora is another beginner friendly OS, and Bazzite is become a more popular gaming OS.
That’s ignoring that the house prices are going up by more than $1,200 per year. If you save everything, you’ll still be further away from owning a house every year.
I have a nature reserve near my house and I walk there quite frequently. It’s nice to get away from the noice of the cars, and enjoy the quiet sounds of tree, birds, and the wind.
Unfortunately for many people in this country, the only places within walking distance of home are paved urban sprawl. It is not particularly safe to walk there, and neither is it pleasant with the lack of shade, constant vehicle noise, and urban heat in the summer.
In my experience, areas with good public transport have safer walking paths that are often surrounded with nature (even if it’s sometimes just a short distance on each side), but areas with poor public transport just have roads with minimal plants or safe walking paths.
I don’t want to drive for 2 hours to the countryside every time I want some peace and quiet, I want to live there all the time. I also shouldn’t have to give up the benefits of living in a city to get away from car dependent suburbia.
There are many countries with quiet safe cities, all because they have adequate alternatives to driving.
My point is that all cars are contributing to cities that are hostile to humans, and adequate public transport (including walking and cycling paths) is far better than an electric car.
Renewables are the best way forward, they just break that specific analogy.
Depending on your experiences, this could either make you happy or angry.
Cities aren’t loud: cars are loud - Not Just Bikes
Power plants have efficiency on the order of 50%.
Combustion engines have an efficiency on the order of 20%.
EVs have an efficiency on the order of 90%.
Even 100% fossil fuel powered, EVs are significantly more energy efficient than a combustion vehicle.
There are always counter examples (Hummer EV, F1 engine), but it holds true when comparing like for like.
Funding car infrastructure while blocking public transport funding is like subsidizing individual diesel generators while preventing power plants from being built (ignore renewables, they don’t fit in this analogy).
I heard there was a person hired specifically to keep Elon away from the critical areas so he doesn’t try to overrule a decision and destroy the company.