cmnybo

@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to do once your Surface Hub v1 becomes an 84-inch, $22K paperweight⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Its got a video input, so it can be used as a monitor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So, some modeling clay and an airbrush then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs and robocallers love the FCC plan to “delete” as many rules as possible⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I noticed a huge increase in spam calls back around September and they haven’t let up since. I had to set my phone to reject calls that aren’t in my contacts. If someone needs to contact me, they will have to text or leave a voicemail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What a pain in the ass. I will probably just disable HTTPS and use a VPN or SSH tunnel for my stuff then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube considers a daily timer for users looking to cut back on Shorts⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish they would just get rid of shorts all together. Vertical video shouldn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VarAC - does anyone use it and what is your experience?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a fan of proprietary protocols. It would be great if someone could create an open source modem that’s compatible with VARA though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats your thoughts on this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  SMA is too fragile and PL-259 is a pain to weatherproof. I prefer BNC for portable use and N connectors for just about everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The long burning parachute flares have to be dropped from an aircraft. The ones you launch from the ground only provide about 30 seconds of light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'OLED and LCD will die out’: A microLED expert explains how the superior TV tech will finally become affordable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Any display with pixels that produce light can burn in. MicroLED is supposed to be less susceptible because of the longer operating life of the LEDs, but there’s not a whole lot of information out there since microLED displays are still pretty rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'OLED and LCD will die out’: A microLED expert explains how the superior TV tech will finally become affordable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  LCDs won’t go anywhere. They are cheap, bright, and don’t suffer from burn-in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink competition is ramping up in Ukraine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how well the Eutelsat equipment will hold up to the constant Russian cyber attacks they will be getting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheap TVs’ incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s always the option of using computer monitors or projectors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blocking Gmail ads is possible! Here's how in 2025.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use your own email client instead of their crappy web UI or app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google To Allow Double Serving Ads.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, my ad blocker will just block twice as many ads then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Re: Delete, Delete, Delete - FCC Initiates Broad Inquiry on Rules to Delete or Amend⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Get rid of the baud rate limits on VHF and 70cm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of owning a geochron?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The mechanical ones are really cool. There’s no way I would pay that much for the electronic ones though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Warning Sign for Hollywood, Younger Consumers Are Choosing Creator Content Over Premium TV and Movies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, Hollywood seems to prefer quantity over quality. Now 99% of everything is junk that’s not worth wasting your time on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OCR makes a lot of mistakes, so unless someone bothered to go through and correct them, it’s only really useful for searching for keywords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Micro Thor vs. LoRa question⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When you get skip on 11m, it usually goes halfway across the continent and nothing will be heard the next town over.

  You need NVIS propagation to get a signal to a nearby location. That only works on lower frequencies like 30m through 160m depending on solar conditions. The signal gets send straight up and bounces back down in a several hundred mile radius around you. There is a map that shows which frequencies will currently work for NVIS as well as the Local Area Mobile Prediction tool to help you figure out what frequency to use for a given time and location.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t even know it was still around. I stopped using it when microsoft bought it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5 bizarre AI TV features that simply shouldn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TVs that do anything more than displaying a signal exactly as it’s input shouldn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Splitting a receive antenna the brute way?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use a cable TV splitter. It won’t cover the whole frequency range, but it should work fine for HF-UHF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Home 3D movies were never good, you didn’t miss much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lenovo is removing the iconic Trackpoint with its new ThinkPad X9⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will not buy a Thinkpad if it doesn’t have a trackpoint. They work so much better than a touchpad, especially for things like selecting text.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USB-C charging is now mandatory in EU, here's what you need to know - GSMArena.com news⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They should have mandated markings on the plugs that indicate what the cable supports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new HF radio set up successfully⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Scanning isn’t particularly useful on HF. You will have to manually tune in whatever signal it stops on and most of the time it will just find noise. A band scope is much more useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first new Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay module - the Dual M.2 Adapter, enabling you to add additional storage drives or other high speed devices.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be nice if they would make a module that has 120 Gbps USB4 or Oculink for connecting high end external GPUs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are We Ready For Driverless Buses?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Self driving cars are bad enough. How is a self driving bus going to navigate crowded city streets?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New oven and they lock the air fryer functionality behind wifi.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In that case it would be unusable in any remote area without cell service too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New oven and they lock the air fryer functionality behind wifi.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A fire is what you may get when a hacker decides to turn the oven on for you.