mattymf

I like my Pixel 5a but I don't want to see all the colored icons of the apps I have. I only want to see their names.

I'm now using the minimalist phone app [0]. It lets me favorite 3 apps (have 3 apps on my home screen), but there is a lot of wasted space. After the 3 apps are chosen, all others have to be searched for in the alphabetical list. But I want fast access to around 7 apps.

Is there a better solution than this? For someone looking for an optimized and minimalist smartphone experience

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qqlabs.minimalistlauncher

I stumbled across this FBI training resource the other day, (Lawful Access to Secure Messaging Apps Data)[https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562], and was wondering if some domain registrars were more private/secure than others. I know that generally buying domain names is not very private or secure, but are some registrars better than others?

I recently bought an upgraded HP laptop from Amazon. The memory and storage were upgraded by Oydisen Electronics. After 2 weeks of use, the laptop shut off. In restarting, an HP screen let me know that no OS was detected. I worked through some HP troubleshooting steps and the laptop could not detect an SSD. I tried taking the back panel off to see if the SSD had somehow come loose, but it is glued to something in the middle, and forcing it off would mean breaking the back panel and maybe the motherboard if that is what it is glued to. I asked the seller about this and they just told me to return it, but I had already saved so many personal files to the drive when it disappeared, and I do not feel comfortable returning it like this. I have tried Linux/Windows USB installations, but neither could detect any drives (after USB). It seems that I will be taking the $1000 hit on this. Amazon refuses to refund me without a return, and returning it would mean submitting my financials, health records, passwords, etc., to the mercy of Oydisen Electronics. Could this be a self-destructing laptop by design of Oydisen Electronics? It certainly looks that way to me.