cmnybo
@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Visa and Mastercard unveil AI-powered shopping 1 hour 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 3 days 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 week 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 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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. 4 weeks ago:
Use your own email client instead of their crappy web UI or app.
- Comment on Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. 4 weeks 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 5 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 Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds. 1 month 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.
- Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen 1 month ago:
This is one of the many reasons why you should be your own streaming service. 🏴☠️
- Comment on Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives — it’s time to stop using them. 1 month ago:
Streaming a single movie will use more data than a typical person will use for email signatures in their entire life.
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’. 1 month ago:
Probably E-LORAN. It’s ground based and transmits significantly more power than GPS. That makes it harder to jam, especially over a wide area.
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
You can still get dot matrix printers with cheap, 3rd party ribbons.
- Comment on If COBOL is so problematic, why does the US government still use it? 1 month ago:
The hard part is figuring out all of the tricks that were used to squeeze out every last bit of performance from ancient hardware and deciphering over half a century of updates.
- Comment on Modern Discord hacked into Windows 95 and 98, slimmed down version keeps core functionality intact 2 months ago:
Connecting such an old OS to the internet is a terrible idea.
- Comment on Google To Test Using AI To Generate Background Images For Your Shopping Ads. 2 months ago:
I wonder how long it will take for it to generate a background image containing another companies products or something offensive?
- Comment on GM banned from selling your driving data for five years 3 months ago:
All car manufacturers should be banned from selling your data forever. They shouldn’t even be allowed to collect it.
- Comment on Asus GPU power connector delivers 1,000W for cableless builds — GC-HPWR has a retractable design 3 months ago:
This will only be useful if every motherboard manufacturer supports it, which I doubt they will. The PCIe connector really should have been updated to provide sufficient power to GPUs several versions ago.
Running this much power through the motherboard will certainly increase the cost though. It will need additional layers in the PCB to carry an additional 80+ amps.
- Comment on Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago:
I hope lots of anchors and fishing nets find their cable.