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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone just needs to make a double sided CD-R so we can have data and artwork on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  During solar maximum, the lifetime of a satellite could be reduced by up to 10 days, the researchers say.

  I’m sure they have, but it doesn’t make a significant difference. The headline is just clickbait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Fire TV devices are losing Netflix support soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can always use Jellyfin or Kodi with your old Fire TV and get your Netflix shows elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is sending customers refunds for some really, really old returns⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  with one poster claiming to have received almost $1,800 this week for a TV returned to the retailer in 2018.

  Wow, I would have filed a charge back and deleted my account if Amazon did that to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huawei’s foldable laptop is probably thinner than your phone.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate thin laptops. The screens flex when you open them and feel like they are going to break and they don’t have enough connectors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every normal color camera has an IR filter. If they did not, the photos would be pink in sunlight. Some IR gets though the filter allowing you to see IR LEDs, but it’s significantly attenuated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cameras have an IR blocking filter and it still damaged the sensor. I don’t know how they can consider it eye safe. I wouldn’t want to be close to one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you expect? Computers have gotten a lot faster over the last 80 or so years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It most certainly won’t apply to their own bots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, you definitely have to be careful with them. They do come in handy when I can’t find the correct power supply or even one that will work despite having a 50 pound bin full of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be much more useful with USB PPS support for adjustable voltage and barrel plugs that can be swapped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MTA wants AI to flag 'problematic behavior' in NYC subways⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It will probably generate so many false alerts that they just start ignoring all of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything Google knows about you and how to stop it!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They forgot one of the most important things. Use Firefox or one of its forks with uBlock Origin to block google’s ads and tracking scripts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft engineer reveals more details about Janet Jackson song that used to mysteriously crash Windows XP PCs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the specific model of hard drive that was affected was only used in windows laptops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Visa and Mastercard unveil AI-powered shopping⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what AI shopping is, but I know that I definitely don’t want it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I still prefer eSATA over USB when using SATA drives. A lot of the USB to SATA chips don’t support reading the SMART data from the drive. Now we have NVMe SSDs connected over thunderbolt, which is much faster than SATA or USB3 and SMART works correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to do once your Surface Hub v1 becomes an 84-inch, $22K paperweight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

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

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

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

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Warning Sign for Hollywood, Younger Consumers Are Choosing Creator Content Over Premium TV and Movies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never have and will never use any of those voice assistants. Tech companies already collect way too much data. There’s no way I’m going to willingly give them anymore.