BearOfaTime

Yea, something isn't kosher with the comparison. SOT isn't a great measure, you'd want a continuous power consumption, and is this with or without accounts/apps?

Keep in mind without Play Services, some apps will maintain their own data sync, which can really hurt battery life (part of what play Services or any Unified Comm platform aims to help).

My Pixel runs forever without Play Services. I've found it to be the single largest consumer on all my phones.

Meh, mayo (fats in general) are far better for you than commonly thought.

It's the glycemic load variability that's a killer, and fats are glycemic stabilizers.

Group Policy.

Enterprises can't allow such external accesses/data for security and compliance issues (depending on the industry).

Via GP, all that can be disabled.

I play Solitaire on my phone with the screen really dim.

I suspect it works because it's just engaging enough to start, and then the mindless repitition sets in and slows things down.

I suspect there's some NSA/NRO/CIA concerns too.

It seems the Hubble is only one-of-a-kind in that it looks out at the universe - the chassis wasn't unique. The NSA donated an unused chassis to NASA several years ago.

If the NSA had an "unused Hubble chassis", how many were made, and what are the others doing?

So it seems Hubble is the public-facing science side of an NSA/NRO/CIA effort.

I was going to say, they began moving away from mirrors a long time ago?

Plus, this is how a digital reflex camera works.

Lol, 30 years too late, and basically no bite.

Some of the users can barely use computers and phones.

I kind of assumed this was a barrier. Hell, I don't even have family using Syncthing unless I set it up for them.

Something to add that may help with the sync part (that doesn't require effort on end users): if you self-host something, you can provide access to it via Tailscale with the Funnel option.

Tailscale is a virtual mesh network and typically requires the client on every machine. The Funnel option "funnels" public traffic into your Tailscale network via a hosted domain name provided by Tailscale.com. Since Tailscale.com exposes the entry point, then encapsulates that traffic into your network, you never have to open a port to the world.

Oh yea, I get the push for open source. It's why I've tried 3 or 4 open source apps already - I really want to get away from OneNote (I've been using it for about 15 years, it's a cluttered mess). It's a great piece of software, but it requires either OneDrive or a SharePoint server to sync to mobile devices. To sync between PCs, you just need a shared folder - the app is smart about updates all on it's own (at least for a few people).

Eventually I'll settle on a replacement. And then do the work of transitioning all that data...Sigh.

This is tough.

I use OneNote as my notebook currently. It updates very fast on phone and pc. It's not ideal for your use-case, perhaps. But you can share notebooks easily. (Though no Linux client, you can edit notebooks in a browser if they're on Onedrive).

I also use a couple shopping list apps, my current go to is Anylist. I have a bunch of lists in there, and easily shareable, great for shopping with other people. But I also use it for packing lists, task lists, etc, and you can login via a browser, which works well. Sync is instant.

I've tried a few other notebook type apps (Joplin, etc,) and they all have their pros/cons.

Maybe hit the self-hosting community, there's an ongoing discussion about notebooks.

Man, how ideologically posessed can you be?

Guess they bit off more than they could chew when they said all Jews must die and the state of Israel must be destroyed.