cmnybo

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

It's that thing that won't let you watch videos in the quality you paid for if they don't like the device or browser you use.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

Mesh should be an option of last resort. It reduces the speed and increases the latency quite a bit. The only thing worse is power line networking, which has the side effect of turning your whole house into an RF jammer.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The cell carriers don't need more bandwith. 5G is already quite fast with the existing allocations. The only times I've used 5G and thought it's too slow has been in rural areas where the issue is a lack of nearby cell towers, not a lack of bandwidth. The cell carriers already have loads of millimeter wave bandwidth available for use in densely packed, urban areas where the lower frequency bands are insufficient.

It's WiFi that should be getting more bandwidth. Home internet connections keep getting faster. Multi gigabit speeds are now common in areas with fiber.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I dry my silica gel in a convection toaster oven at 125°C. I put a temperature probe in the bottom of the tray. The temperature will hold around 100°C while it's drying and jumps up fairly quickly when it's done. It usually takes around 90 minutes.

Don't put indicating silica gel in anything you will use for food, it's toxic. Some types are less toxic than others, but none are completely safe. I picked up a used toaster oven and baking tray from a thrift store and marked them "not for food".

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 days ago

Dual booting on separate drives is safe, especially if you unplug the windows drive while installing Linux so you can't accidentally mix them up. Just don't mess with the windows drive from Linux. It's probably encrypted if you're running windows 11 anyways.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Some MediaTek WiFi cards are not supported. I had to replace one in a laptop.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

That would only help if they are still seeded when you need them. Torrents for something like individual TV episodes usually won't have seeds for very long after the season pack gets released.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe, but only if everything you do is in a web browser. Google is much worse than Microsoft when it comes to privacy though.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

There are plenty of OCuLink eGPU enclosures available. There are also bare adapter boards if you want to build your own enclosure.

Since it's just PCIe with a different connector, it's much cheaper and simpler than Thunderbolt/USB4. It does have a couple of downsides though. It can't be hot plugged, so the computer has to be shut down to connect or disconnect an OCuLink device and the connector is not designed for a large number of mating cycles.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

There will probably be a lot more websites with expired certificates soon.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How many people are still using ISA sound cards in PCs that are running the latest Linux kernel?

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