Ah, I wasn’t up to date with the flint 3 issues. From what I gather, they are using some Qualcomm chip that makes life harder.

If you are looking to reflash, it seems flint 2 is defiantly the way to go.

From your original post, it seemed you were looking for more frequent updates, which is why I suggested the newer 3e.

As for technical differences, 3e has WiFi 7. Beside that, quickly skimming the specs pages, I don’t see any other big differences. Is that worthwhile? Probably not.

I wonder if the upcoming flint 4 will have the same Qualcomm chip, or if they do something different. I also worry they are releasing more products than they can sustain long term.

I have a few of their routers, they work well. They’re not quark free, but nothing is. I like what they stand for, using openwrt as a base and making it easy for stuff like VPN and adblock to be setup.

As for firmware updates, the flint 2 has been out a while (2023), so updates seem to have slowed down. https://dl.gl-inet.com/router/mt6000/stable

If you can afford it, I’d recommend the flint 3e for $170. That was released last year. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-be6500/

If you do get the flint 2, I personally would not expect any groundbreaking updates, although the latest beta notes does at least add a feature.

That is followed a big asterisk, if you choose to flash your own openwrt, firmware updates will be your own problem to figure out.

(BTW, you can access the openwrt panel through GL’s default front end, it’s up to you what you do with that note.)

And 20 years ago it was books, magazines, newspaper, gameboys, etc. Nothing has changed.

Keep the toilet out of your line of sight when you’re in bed, that’s just bad vibes.

For airflow, open during the day and closed at night. It should have an exhaust fan, try to make sure smelly air is getting sent anywhere but your bedroom.

They were also the first OEM to support steam deck on their handheld (beside Valve).

Weird request, but okay.

Lad, I think you’ve connected to the internet from a different timeline. We call it shitbook over here.

Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?

The Oshkosh NGDV looks promising, there’s also the Rivian EDV.

Word pad had too many features, people could use that instead of word.

Some pillows can be thrown in the dryer for 10-15 min. That can bring extra life into them.

Wasn’t me, but I’m guessing because you said they only last a few hours? I took that ridiculous exaggeration and assumed you meant writing notes on your thumb.

Is this supposed to be a joke about storing data on your thumb? Also thumbs are not cheap, probably…I hope.

I’m sure there would be a million options, yours sounds quite fancy, and it will work great until Disney decides to sell giant mouse shaped drives ruining the whole thing.

I like to think that if streaming didn’t take over, the industry would have shifted to selling USB sticks with the media/game. Even if they did something goofy to “lock” it, at least being on a thumb drive would be more durable, compact, and have faster read time.

Imagine a nicely organized self of DvDs turned into nighmare pile of flash drives of different shapes and sizes as each movie tries to make theirs stand out to make up the lack of a cover.

Hey now, don’t get your hopes up.

A duck!

And I say fuck that way of thinking.

It was largely the democratic side of people that pushed for green energy and to stop polluting with gas cars. People listened, found Teslas were a great EV option and now the same people are telling Tesla owners they are Nazis for owning one.

It’s getting stabbed in the back by the people you supported because some rich guy is a piece of shit.

And truthfully I don’t own a Tesla, its my trans sister that has to deal with harassment and people telling her “they can’t accept her as a woman because she’s own a Tesla”. Fuck them and their exclusive “inclusivity” club.

Debates go two ways. If you’re not willing to listen to the other person with at least some politeness, you’re not debating and it makes it hard to take you seriously.