cmnybo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s only USB 2.0 though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never seen a TV with DP, which is probably why they still include one HDMI on GPUs. You can get large computer monitors and projectors though. I don’t think I would ever want to buy another TV with all of the smart crap they put in them now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  GPUs are mostly all DisplayPort now. It’s rare to see more than one HDMI port on any recent ones. It’s also unusual to see a monitor that doesn’t support DP, especially if it supports high refresh rates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The ass-bots are bad enough. Nobody wants any more bots in the comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG stops making Blu-ray players, marking the end of an era — limited units remain while inventory lasts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are going to make it so the only way to “own” media is to pirate it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope lots of anchors and fishing nets find their cable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they not put barricades in the road when it’s closed in India?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If there was more than one hard wired provider in any given area, a lot more users would probably switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish they would pay for it themselves. Microsoft is getting a $1.6 billion federal loan to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1, which was shut down because it was not profitable. They will probably find out that a half century old power plant is too expensive to run and shut it back down within a few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never connect my TV to the internet. I will not buy one that requires an internet connection either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera labels every other browser 'f***ing boring' in an inexplicably sweary promo reel. Oh, and updates its gamer-focused Opera GX browser a little too⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I will stick with a browser that’s not filled with CCP spyware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just hope they are forced to sell to a company that has zero connections to Google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG’s first 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is $1,000⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how many people can even tell the difference between 144Hz and 480Hz apart from the extra heat and screaming GPU fans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any car without manual door locks and handles is a death trap. They should be required by law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lack Of Interest In The PS5 Pro Is Forcing Scalpers To Sell Them For A Loss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get why anyone would want a console when you can play games on a PC with mods and much better graphics. If I can’t mod a game, I will lose interest in it pretty quickly. The last console I bought was a PS3 and I really only got it to watch blurays on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFmpeg devs boast of up to 94x performance boost after implementing handwritten AVX-512 assembly code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised Intel would remove a feature that AMD provides in their desktop CPUs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton is the latest entrant in the quirky “VPN for your TV” market⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too much trouble to try and work around the VPN blocking that most streaming services do. It’s so much easier to just torrent whatever you want to watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intelsat's Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space, disrupting communication services⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It most likely collided with some space debris. A piece of debris that is too small to track is still enough to smash a satellite apart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shipments of OLED monitors are soaring, up 181% this year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just wish they would start making them with a sub pixel layout that works with sub pixel antialiasing. Text looks awful without it unless the monitor has a really high DPI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC Republican opposes regulation of data caps with analogy to coffee refills⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course politicians don’t know anything about tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam now explicitly states you're not buying the game, just a license⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Luckily you don’t need to use their launcher. Just download and run the installer for the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacker shows how a cigarette lighter can grant you root access⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have physical access, then you have total access.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming industry has unprecedented “surveillance,” “manipulation” capabilities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never connected my TV to the internet and I never will. I have a huge media collection that I can watch on the mini PC connected to my TV. Most of the shows on the streaming services are not even worth watching. They seem to have gone for quantity over quality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Shorts are getting less short⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use the Hide Youtube Shorts addon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Shorts are getting less short⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t care, I will still keep blocking them. I have no desire to watch that zero effort, tiktok like crap and I can’t stand vertical video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not many people run open networks these days. I would be more worried about the things creating a mesh network to download ads from anyone who gave their TV internet access.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one of the reasons I’ve never connected my TV to the internet and I never will. I use a mini PC running Linux with a remote and wireless keyboard. It’s much more capable than whatever is built into a TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Media Player and Silverlight are losing legacy DRM services on Windows 7 and 8⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just go to your favorite pirate site and download a DRM free copy. You already paid for a copy that microsoft just took away your ability to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California governor signs rules limiting AI actor clones⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fine if they are not cloning a real person’s voice. I still don’t want to hear AI voices used for the main characters of a AAA game until the quality improves to the point that they are indistinguishable from a human though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transparent solar cell technology could allow smartphones and cars to self-charge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Solar panels on your roof won’t do much good if you’re off grid and need to charge your phone. Just get a small, folding solar panel that you can carry in your backpack. A 10W panel will only need a couple hours of direct sunlight to fully charge a phone.