cmnybo
@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Eliminating PoE interference 5 days ago:
Most cat6 is unshielded. Make sure you’re using shielded cat6 and shielded connectors. Check it with a multimeter to make sure there is continuity from end to end too.
- Comment on California could mandate tobacco-style health labels on social media 1 week ago:
There’s a huge difference between e-mail and a site that is specifically designed to keep people addicted.
The warning won’t do anything though. I would be surprised if it takes more than a day before ublock origin has a filter to hide it.
- Comment on Roku wants you to see a lot more AI-generated ads 1 week ago:
I will never buy any of their devices. I prefer to self host my own ad free streaming using open source software.
- Comment on Spotify adds lossless streaming after 8 years of teasing 1 week ago:
Higher resolutions and sample rates only matter when the recordings are going to be edited.
- Comment on E-Paper Display Reaches the Realm of LCD Screens 1 week ago:
It’s certainly not the first e-paper display that’s fast enough for computer use. Dasung has had 60Hz greyscale and 30Hz color monitors available for a while now.
- Comment on Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn 2 weeks ago:
Don’t leave cameras uncovered. Webcam covers are cheap. Tape works too.
- Comment on Is AI Slop Killing the Internet? 2 weeks ago:
There are some channels uploading several AI generated videos per hour 24/7. I’m surprised they don’t get banned.
- Comment on Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
Don’t install their spyware apps in the first place.
- Comment on Microsoft Word will save your files to the cloud by default 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
The check digit is to catch a mistyped number.
- Comment on High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups 5 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 5 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 5 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 1 month 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 1 month 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). 2 months 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 2 months 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? 2 months 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 2 months ago:
- Comment on Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots 2 months ago:
- Comment on TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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.
