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- Comment on Netflix raises prices as password boost fades 4 weeks ago:
You can get a VPN or seedbox to avoid those letters. They are a lot cheaper than a single streaming service.
- Comment on What happens when the US runs out of SSNs? 5 weeks ago:
Just add another digit and watch the entire country break down because they can’t find someone to update their 40+ year old software written on COBOL.
- Comment on Why a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone in a Medical Facility 1 month ago:
Helium doesn’t just kill apple devices, It kills anything with a MEMS oscillator. Helium atoms are so small that it’s impossible to make a seal that completely blocks them.
- Comment on Ford Patents In-Car System That Eavesdrops So It Can Play You Ads 2 months ago:
Used cars are going to get much more valuable with all the enshitified crap they keep putting in new cars.
- Comment on YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel 2 months ago:
There is potting compound with high thermal conductivity for things that produce a lot of heat. A YubiKey hardly uses any power, so heat should not be an issue.
The main downsides of potting are that it makes repair practically impossible and it can add a lot of weight if there is a large volume to be filled.
- Comment on YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel 2 months ago:
Encasing the circuit board in epoxy. It makes it very difficult to access components without destroying it. It’s also great for water proofing and increasing the mechanical robustness.
- Comment on YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel 2 months ago:
For the price they charge, they should be made so that opening the case will destroy the contents. They could have at least potted them.
- Comment on Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib 2 months ago:
Remember, if it requires an internet connection or an app, the manufacturer can take features away whenever they want to.
- Comment on The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life 2 months ago:
Check if it has a bridge mode. That will bypass the routing function and make it operate as a basic modem. Then you can connect your own router to it. If it doesn’t, you can still enable the DMZ function, turn off the WiFi and connect your own router, but it will slightly increase latency.
- Comment on The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life 2 months ago:
This is why you never use ISP provided hardware or cheap consumer grade crap.
- Comment on Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions 3 months ago:
I would be more worried about that fact that the AI enabled device likely needs an internet connection to function. That means the manufacturer can take away features or brick the device whenever they want to.
- Comment on Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable 4 months ago:
Sure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
- Comment on Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable 4 months ago:
M-disc is for long term storage, which flash and hard drives are not suitable for.
- Comment on This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 4 months ago:
It looks like they are trying to compete with fedex on how much damage they can do to your package.
- Comment on Instagram is training AI on your data. It’s nearly impossible to opt out 5 months ago:
You opt out by simply never giving them any of your data.
- Comment on The Paradox of Blackmarket Wired Bluetooth Apple headphones. 5 months ago:
I haven’t seen a 2.5mm jack on a phone in a long time. I still have a 2.5 to 3.5mm adapter that I used to listen to music on my flip phone in 2006 though.
- Comment on I hate leaf blowers with the passion of 1000 suns. 5 months ago:
Just get a pulse jet and fire it up when they start running the leaf blower. You won’t be able to hear the leaf blower anymore.
- Comment on LCD displays still don't match the responsiveness of clunky CRT screens (2019) 7 months ago:
LCDs will never be able to match the response time of a CRT. OLED displays can get close, but there will always be some delay from digital processing of the image in the OLED monitor.
- Comment on Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers 7 months ago:
That’s a good printer, but if you print a lot, I would suggest getting one with that supports duplex printing to save some paper.
- Comment on What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs? 7 months ago:
Even if the Faraday cage blocked all RF perfectly, the Johnson noise would still produce plenty of static.
- Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot. 7 months ago:
You can burn through a huge amount of data streaming 4K video on your phone without using any storage. You can also plug a 20TB USB hard drive into your phone, connect to a VPN and torrent away.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Bad building layout could cause multipath issues though.
- Comment on Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future? 10 months ago:
If you can get the phone to boot decades from now, the cell network could be simulated with an SDR. It has to be done in a faraday cage to avoid causing interference though.
- Comment on Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future? 10 months ago:
Sure, people will still be showing off vintage computers just like they are doing now. The biggest problem will likely be finding working hard drives or SSDs that are compatible with the system.
Phones will probably be a lot harder to keep running that long though. Modern flash memory is not very good for long term data retention. OLED displays have a limited shelf life. Batteries are difficult to replace without damaging the phone assuming you can even find a replacement.
- Comment on why do some people really dislike google?? 1 year ago:
Because their main purpose is to collect as much personal information from their users and sell it to anyone willing to pay for it.