#qualityoflife — Public Fediverse posts

Part of #Hampshire College’s downfall may also relate to “public discussion in this country about the value of a #LiberalArts #education,” Chrisler said.

“Some of it is a persistent & ill informed, I think, belief at the #federal level that the only value of an education is what you #earn four years after your graduation,” she said.

#HigherEducation #academia #knowledge #colleges #universities #QualityOfLife #worth #value #economy #funding

Pixel Watch 2 - Privacy Preserving Setup

I've been trying everything i could think of to make the watch work under GrapheneOS - Here is what i learned:

• Unpairing the Watch means factory resetting it.
• Every feature (literally everything) is google dependent (who would have thought.. i know)
• Pairing with your phone requires the "Pixel Watch" -App to be installed on your main profile (not work, not private space) alongside Google Play Services. There's no way around.

This is obviously unacceptable. So i did a bit of research and found a way that will not only be way more practical, it will also be private.

First i created a second user on my Phone, installed Google Play Services and the pixel watch app on it, logged in with a newly created google account and completed the setup.

I know some people use a chinese version of the WearOS app to bypass the google login. Since i don't want a chinese app to configure my watch, i didn't even try that.

After the watch was set up, i continued and:

• Deleted the user profile from which i connected the Watch
• Enabled wireless debugging
• Debloated the watch as good as possible (i will have to root the watch in the future to properly do it)
• Removed the Google account in the settings
• Cleared all Bluetooth preferences
• Enabled Bluetooth discovery
• Installed KDE Connect on it (not meant for WearOS but it does work barely)

The watch is now in a state where i can use it daily.

But i also want to make use of all those fancy quality-of-life features, like heartrate monitoring, sleep tracking and so on.

Now comes the fun part.

I've created a basic Kotlin project with both a mobile and WearOS app.

I will implement features like:

• Notification sync
• Call notifications
• Media Player Control
• Weather (openweathermap)
• Heartrate monitoring
• Sleep tracking
• Do not Distrurb Sync
• Homelab integrations (Nextcloud, Immich, Uptime Kuma, ..)
• And much more ..

The goal is to keep the watch offline, let the phone do the heavy lifting and communicate with a selfhosted database. I may even add a frontend and an API so people can integrate it for their needs.

Sounds good but why don't you just buy an #opensource #smartwatch like the #pinetime - You may ask.

Because as much as i hate to admit it, i love the design, the look and feel of the pixel watch. And i'm sure that i'm not the only one.

I also bought this one cheap for around 120€ #refurbished. So the value i can get out of it seems pretty good to me.

So much for today. I haven't even started tackling the Bluetooth connection yet 😅. Let's see how that turns out

I have added a poll to this post to see how many people would be interested in a setup like this. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, ideas or expertise in that regard.

Cheers.

#privacy #security #android #google #pixel #pixelwatch #degoogle #degoogling #degoogled #adb #rooting #grapheneos #smartwatch #development #wearos #bluetooth #qualityoflife #GooglePlay #GooglePlayServices #frontend #api #selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab #opensource

«Video games do harm!» shouts the angry mob of parents, teachers, and apparently pediatricians too. But is it true? As the Bard, Calvin's dad, Weight Watchers, and even Bon Jovi say: too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. 🧵👇

#VideoGames #MythBuster #Education #ProSocialBehavior #RolePlaying #GameAddiction #Science #PositiveImpact #HealthyGaming #GameStudies #Gamification #QualityOfLife #MediaEffects #DigitalWorld #ViolenceInGames #GameIndustry #MentalHealth #EduGames

«Video games do harm!» shouts the angry mob of parents, teachers, and apparently pediatricians too. But is it true? As the Bard, Calvin's dad, Weight Watchers, and even Bon Jovi say: too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. 🧵👇

#VideoGames #MythBuster #Education #ProSocialBehavior #RolePlaying #GameAddiction #Science #PositiveImpact #HealthyGaming #GameStudies #Gamification #QualityOfLife #MediaEffects #DigitalWorld #ViolenceInGames #GameIndustry #MentalHealth #EduGames

«Video games do harm!» shouts the angry mob of parents, teachers, and apparently pediatricians too. But is it true? As the Bard, Calvin's dad, Weight Watchers, and even Bon Jovi say: too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. 🧵👇

#VideoGames #MythBuster #Education #ProSocialBehavior #RolePlaying #GameAddiction #Science #PositiveImpact #HealthyGaming #GameStudies #Gamification #QualityOfLife #MediaEffects #DigitalWorld #ViolenceInGames #GameIndustry #MentalHealth #EduGames

#Tory #Cabinet #Minister #JohnGlen #advises #CostaCoffee to ‘avoid #politics’ after #trans #mural #backlash.

#Antitrans #bigots on the #Toxic #SocialMedia #Hellsite #Twitter (#X) were quick to #threaten a #boycott accused the company of promoting ‘#selfharm’, despite the fact #genderaffirming #care has been shown to #improve young #trans #people’s #qualityoflife.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/07/costa-coffee-john-glen-trans-mural/

to all emote artists:
a new #PEBI version has arrived!
Version 0.25.0 brings a new productivity tool: TimeAto which can be used to balance your work/break time, multiple quality of life improvements and bug fixes
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#qualityoflife #emotes #emote #tools #TwitchEmoteArtist #emoteartist
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