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Cake day: February 1st, 2025

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  • Correct. It’ll be a new bunch of new steps, and would be forced to wait 24 hours to do the actual install, but otherwise sideloading unverified apps will still be possible through the advanced flow steps. So Jerboa and/or other apps from unverified accounts can still be installed. I do wonder how that affects the other app repos like F-Droid, like I guess F-Droid would need to be aware that the new advanced flow steps are active when attempting to do app installs.

    From https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html

    • Enable developer mode in system settings: Activating this is simple. This prevents accidental triggers or “one-tap” bypasses often used in high-pressure scams.
    • Confirm you aren’t being coached: There is a quick check to make sure that no one is talking you into turning off your security. While power users know how to vet apps, scammers often pressure victims into disabling protections.
    • Restart your phone and reauthenticate: This cuts off any remote access or active phone calls a scammer might be using to watch what you’re doing.
    • Come back after the protective waiting period and verify: There is a one-time, one-day wait and then you can confirm that this is really you who’s making this change with our biometric authentication (fingerprint or face unlock) or device PIN. Scammers rely on manufactured urgency, so this breaks their spell and gives you time to think.
    • Install apps: Once you confirm you understand the risks, you’re all set to install apps from unverified developers, with the option of enabling for 7 days or indefinitely. For safety, you’ll still see a warning that the app is from an unverified developer, but you can just tap “Install Anyway.”

    But I guess if you’re in a rush and don’t want to go through all that then you could probably still install apps via ADB.


  • I tend to follow bands and musicians I like and check out who else they play music with.

    e.g. I go to their shows and if I like the the other bands playing I tend to check them out later and buy their music on Bandcamp. Then from there I’ll also follow the socials of all those bands so when they mention other bands, or if they’re going on tour with other bands, or playing music fests with other bands, then I check out those bands too.

    I hate social media / Instagram but every once in a while the algorithm will mention something worth checking out, kind of rare but it happens.

    Seems to work for me, if anything now I have too much music to check out and not enough time to listen to it all haha.


  • Oat milk is fine, or even just drinking it black unsweetened.

    Though in the last few years I’ve gotten into the habit of having my cold brew concentrate with Ripple Unsweetened. And before that was using Silk Protein unsweetened… it was sort of Silk’s version of pea protein drink, I think it got discontinued haven’t seen it anywhere. Ripple goes well with my coffee… Silk’s version was especially good with coffee, I’d still be buying that if it was being sold anywhere. Silk’s was a bit creamier and thicker than Ripple so it sort of gave the coffee some extra flair if that makes sense.

    For these type of drinks I mainly try to find unsweetened with a similar nutritional profile like dairy milk e.g. it should have a decent amount of protein, calcium, vitamin D, etc. Most oat milk I’ve seen doesn’t have that so I usually don’t buy it, it’s more something I’d use if I’m at a coffee shop or someone’s house.


  • Can’t speak for other countries but in the U.S. counterfeit bills are usually used to buy something cheaper at a store and receive real money back as change from the cash register. e.g. Pass a counterfeit $100 bill for a $20 purchase & hope that the cashier accepts it and gives you back $80 in real bills from the cash register. Think of it as a more roundabout way to take money out of store cash registers, that’s the main purpose of counterfeit bills.

    I work with a business that has a storefront and people do come by every week or so to try to pass counterfeit bills. Usually the staff knows enough to check $100 bills but every once a while they miss the counterfeit.