cmnybo
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- Comment on Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection 15 hours ago:
Your ISP has working battery backups. Don’t expect it to stay on for longer, widespread outages though. When the power is out for a week, satellite is usually the only thing that will still work.
ISPs that still provide DSL, really don’t want to put any effort into maintaining their equipment these days. They probably stopped replacing the batteries a long time ago.
- Comment on Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off 1 day ago:
Don’t install their spyware apps in the first place.
- Comment on Microsoft Word will save your files to the cloud by default 2 days ago:
That would be one of the top three reasons for doing it.
- Comment on Internet standards body proposes new header field disclosing AI — will make it easier for machines to determine if AI was used on a site 3 days ago:
It would have to become law in every country in order to work.
- Comment on The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years 5 days ago:
It’s been ages since I’ve used Adobe Reader. I typically use Okular or Xreader. They are both tiny compared to Adobe’s bloatware.
- Comment on The Math Hack You Didn’t Know Was in Your Credit Card 2 weeks ago:
The check digit is to catch a mistyped number.
- Comment on High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups 2 weeks ago:
WinRAR still exists? I think it’s been a couple decades since I last used it.
- Comment on My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space 2 weeks ago:
You can use object detection to send an alert if there is a person in your yard or if a car pulls into your driveway. It avoids the frequent false alerts you get with normal motion detection.
- Comment on My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space 2 weeks ago:
It would be nice if Frigate supported the NPU in AMD CPUs. Then it could be used for object detection with CCTV cameras.
- Comment on Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content 4 weeks 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 5 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). 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
- Comment on Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots 1 month ago:
- Comment on TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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.
