cmnybo
@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content 1 week ago:
I’m sure that will just push more people to get their music from soulseek and torrents.
- Comment on AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today 2 weeks ago:
There are browser addons that hide youtube shorts.
- Comment on Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning). 3 weeks ago:
DC pass through is only needed if you’re powering something over the coax like a pre amp or a remote coax switch.
- Comment on YouTube Forces Dubs Now 4 weeks ago:
There’s a browser addon that lets you disable auto translation.
- Comment on What's the REAL minimum power supply needed for a RTX 5060 Ti? 4 weeks ago:
The card is rated for 180 watts. It has a single 8 pin power connector, which means the maximum it could possibly draw is 225W. Pick a power supply that will provide that plus whatever the rest of the computer draws. I would suggest oversizing the power supply a bit so you don’t use more than about 75% of it’s rated output.
- Comment on Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale 4 weeks ago:
Just ban it already. Nobody needs that brain rotting site.
- Comment on New Xfinity router motion-detecting feature stokes privacy fears — feature powered by Wi-Fi signals 5 weeks ago:
Use your own modem and router so your ISP doesn’t have access to it.
- Comment on Lorde Fans Are Complaining That Her New Translucent CD Won’t Play on Their CD Players 5 weeks ago:
How is that even supposed to work? The laser beam has to be reflected back down to the sensor in order to read the CD.
- Comment on Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy 1 month ago:
Sometimes they fail to update. I would imagine that there are quite a few people who don’t bother setting up monitoring software to let them know if the certificate fails to update.
- Comment on Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy 1 month ago:
There will probably be a lot more websites with expired certificates soon.
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 spec released with 96Gbps bandwidth and 16K support 1 month ago:
OK, let me know when I can buy a TV the size of an IMAX screen to take advantage of that resolution.
- Comment on We solved the Smartphone Keyboard problem back in 2013… It’s time to bring this concept back 1 month ago:
I would much rather have a slide out keyboard.
- Comment on Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy 1 month ago:
Don’t install their apps either unless it’s on an old phone that you’ve wiped all of your personal data from.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour 1 month ago:
At least with TV, you could tape your shows and fast forward through the commercials.
- Comment on HP reveals $24,999 hardware created just for Google Beam 1 month ago:
Nobody needs a $25k display for a conference call. A normal phone will be good enough. Most of the time video is not even needed.
That 3D display would be cool for CAD or 3D modelling if the resolution is high enough though.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 months ago:
Someone just needs to make a double sided CD-R so we can have data and artwork on it.
- Comment on USB-C ALL the things! 2 months ago:
Those use a lithium ion cell, so they have a buck converter to step the voltage down to 1.5V, which will always use some power. They are not suitable low draw devices because of the high self discharge rate. They can’t be used in high draw devices because the buck converter can only supply a limited amount of current. They also produce noisy power which can cause issues with radios and audio equipment. The USB port and charge circuitry take up a lot of space, so you get less capacity too. A low self discharge NiMH cell will be better for almost any use.
- Comment on Microsoft wants a version of USB-C that “just works” consistently across all PCs 2 months ago:
If you buy thunderbolt cables, they support everything. If you look at the cost of those cables, you will see why not all USB cables support every feature. They are also limited to 1 meter without active circuitry, which will make them even more expensive.
- Comment on Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers 2 months ago:
It looks like Meta or Yandex apps must be installed for the exploit to work. Luckily I don’t have any of those installed on my Android devices.
- Comment on The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites 2 months ago:
During solar maximum, the lifetime of a satellite could be reduced by up to 10 days, the researchers say.
I’m sure they have, but it doesn’t make a significant difference. The headline is just clickbait.
- Comment on 10 to 100 Times Faster than a Starlink Antenna, and Cheaper Than Fiber: Taara Unveils a Laser Internet That Could Shatter the Status Quo 2 months ago:
The problem with laser communication is that it doesn’t take much rain, snow or fog to block the signal.
- Comment on The oldest Fire TV devices are losing Netflix support soon 2 months ago:
You can always use Jellyfin or Kodi with your old Fire TV and get your Netflix shows elsewhere.
- Comment on Tetra 2 months ago:
It looks interesting. It has nearly twice the audio bitrate of DMR and it has 4 timeslots.
- Comment on Amazon is sending customers refunds for some really, really old returns 2 months ago:
with one poster claiming to have received almost $1,800 this week for a TV returned to the retailer in 2018.
Wow, I would have filed a charge back and deleted my account if Amazon did that to me.
- Comment on Huawei’s foldable laptop is probably thinner than your phone. 2 months ago:
I hate thin laptops. The screens flex when you open them and feel like they are going to break and they don’t have enough connectors.
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 2 months ago:
Every normal color camera has an IR filter. If they did not, the photos would be pink in sunlight. Some IR gets though the filter allowing you to see IR LEDs, but it’s significantly attenuated.
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 2 months ago:
Cameras have an IR blocking filter and it still damaged the sensor. I don’t know how they can consider it eye safe. I wouldn’t want to be close to one.
- Comment on Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say 2 months ago:
What do you expect? Computers have gotten a lot faster over the last 80 or so years.
