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- Comment on [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Why does your Wi-Fi connection drop out when cooking lunch? #podcast 18 hours ago:
Maybe if you’re using a device within 50mm of the microwave and you’re manually setting your AP to run at minimum power.
Moving slightly away from the microwave will fix this. Don’t use your WiFi within inches of the microwave when you already have a very low signal.
- Comment on [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Why does your Wi-Fi connection drop out when cooking lunch? #podcast 22 hours ago:
Only if your microwave is poorly shielded. 2.4Ghz works fine right next to mine with the router on a different floor, on the other side of the house.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 2 days ago:
I dunno, JPEG XT maybe? At a loss here.
Why did Android also use HEIC, did they choose this just to be a dick like Apple?
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 2 days ago:
Let’s try this again: in a world where Apple is not a dick, what modern image format do they use that isn’t subject to these same codec requirements?
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 2 days ago:
Apple definitely chose it to be a dick.
What other image format supports HDR and modern compression algorithms? AVIF also requires a special codec. This is just codec stuff, I really don’t see it as anyone being a dick. Android can also use these modern formats, with the same requirements if you want to open them on Windows.
Kinda blows my mind people so frequently recommend using Linux here, yet taking 30 seconds to install a free codec on Windows is apparently a big deal.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 2 days ago:
You install an app to get the codec, then you’re done. Same as HEVC video which is used very commonly in piracy. Are pirates out to make it “purposefully painful” or are they just using modern codecs?
- Comment on why are fax machines still used by medical systems? 3 days ago:
Referrals are electronic for those running a modern EMR, like Epic. The systems exist, it’s up to both sides to implement them.
- Comment on What would it feel like passing through a wormhole? 1 week ago:
I’m pretty sure a single atom could completely convert to energy, as in perfect E=mc^2 with no losses, and you still wouldn’t notice.
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 1 week ago:
Direct play should take very little CPU regardless of media quality, I can have multiple 4K streams going and my utilization is <10% on a Cameron J3455 (4c/4t Apollo Lake). When you’re direct playing it’s more a factor of HDD/network speed and the client than anything server side.
Is it just that one file?
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 1 week ago:
Curious what you find out. I can’t say I’ve had an issue direct playing anything on any device really. What you describe sounds exactly like seeking while transcoding though, that’s a pain in the ass and I just don’t do it. Direct play all the way.
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 1 week ago:
Can’t say I’ve experienced this myself. Are you transcoding? That’s the only time I have some issues with rewinding. Figure out why you’re not direct playing. There’s no buffering or issues with seeking if you’re direct playing. Jellyfin won’t really help in this circumstance.
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 1 week ago:
It shouldn’t be buffering at all if you’re direct playing.
- Comment on The man who took in orphaned Peanut the squirrel says it’s 'surreal' officials euthanized his pet 1 week ago:
It doesn’t have any more potential side effects than any other vaccine. It’s not special in this regard.
- Comment on Why doesn't Lemmy have a system like Reddit's Karma? 1 week ago:
Because without a larger pool of karma to detract from, it doesn’t matter HOW unpopular any singular post is.
Voting is there to sort posts and comments, not to rate a user. Having a larger pool of karma serves no purpose.
- Comment on it's amazing how fast rare cars sell in fh5 1 week ago:
Can you get the unique seasonal cars? They aren’t in the autoshow, you can’t buy them aside from the AH.
- Comment on Should I bring in the battery for my electric mower in the winter? 1 week ago:
Heat is the killer for car batteries too; much to my surprise, I had to buy far more in south Texas than upstate New York. Cold makes batteries less capable, but heat accelerates degradation dramatically.
- Comment on I bought a freeze dryer so you don't have to [1:00:14] 2 weeks ago:
I’ve reconstituted a ton of lyophilized vials of controls for medical lab analyzers. Interesting to hear about how they’re made, thanks for sharing.
- Comment on I bought a freeze dryer so you don't have to [1:00:14] 2 weeks ago:
You can make killer hash with a freeze dryer too. The weed kind
- Comment on Microsoft made me sign in on their Xbox Accessories app to update the firmware on my controller 2 weeks ago:
I downloaded new drivers today without an account, but there’s dark pattern bullshit trying to get you to install GeForce Experience. I didn’t need to sign in to download drivers though.
- Comment on American Politics 2 weeks ago:
I remember watching Brexit happen from the US, and thinking “Ha, we’d never do something that stupid.”
Then 2016 happened.
- Comment on Piss™ 5 weeks ago:
Staying dehydrated is a conspiracy started by Big Kidney Stone™ to create more kidney stones. If your urine is any darker than straw color you need to drink water.
This post is proudly sponsored by Big Piss™
- Comment on Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living? 5 weeks ago:
Cable management inside my PC case vs cable management behind my desk. The former is close to immaculate, the latter is no fucks given.
- Comment on Batteries/Chargers 5 weeks ago:
Bad only in a time sense. There’s nothing bad safety wise, slow charging decreases heat and prolongs battery longevity.
- Comment on How do I... Do court? I didn't realize my license was expired and got pulled over. Now I have court tomorrow. 5 weeks ago:
I went to court for a traffic ticket and the cop didn’t show up, so I didn’t get charged with anything. Poof, gone. Just be honest and courteous and you’ll be as fine as you can be given the situation.
- Comment on Are there Cozy shooter games? 5 weeks ago:
See also: Chex Quest
- Comment on Deceased at None 5 weeks ago:
You’d find this on a necrophiliac’s resume too
- Comment on Alien: Isolation sequel in early development, with original director returning 5 weeks ago:
I had this on my “to play” list for years and finally did a full play through as the first game on my new OLED monitor. It holds up incredibly well so many years later. The AI, sound design, and lighting really carry the game, and when I went back to watch Alien I realized how true to the source material it was. 9/10 game for me, had my heart racing numerous times but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
- Comment on My Tool phase 1 month ago:
Spiral out, keep going… Spiral out, keep going…
- Comment on People on Tik Tok peddling these scams 2 months ago:
It only makes prodrugs that first need to be metabolized by CYP3A4 less effective. It makes drugs that are inactivated by CYP3A4 more effective, which is the majority. It also only competitively inhibits while the drug is in your system, it’s not permanently inhibiting the enzyme like a suicide inhibitor.
- Comment on BEAM 2 months ago:
Would you look at the P on that beam!