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tagammaon Samsung extends Android and security updates to 7 years

I don't think you can.

At least I was not able to find a way to do that. That was the main reason I switched back to Firefox on mobile despite actually liking Samsung Internet more.

tagammaon Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, then X took it away

Is there an explanation anywhere of their reason for doing the phase out? Very curious!

tagammaon Elixir for Ruby developers: the three most important differences

It's indeed relatively small, but what it may lack in numbers, it makes up for in quality. It's one of the most dedicated, helpful, and friendly communities I've come across.

I've personally been surprised by a pro of having a more intimate community: in my experience, this leads to a higher signal-to-noise ratio in discussions and resources. It feels like what I need to get online is more "condensed".

tagammaon Why even let users set their own passwords?

I think they mean a desktop GUI application on top of git like GitKraken or SourceTree. These sometimes allow you to perform actions like creating a PR (which is not done via git itself, of course).