cmnybo
@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on California could mandate tobacco-style health labels on social media 3 days 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 5 days 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 6 days 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 Microsoft Word will save your files to the cloud by default 2 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 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 AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today 1 month ago:
There are browser addons that hide youtube shorts.
- 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 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.
- Comment on Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy 2 months ago:
Don’t install their apps either unless it’s on an old phone that you’ve wiped all of your personal data from.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour 2 months ago:
At least with TV, you could tape your shows and fast forward through the commercials.
- Comment on HP reveals $24,999 hardware created just for Google Beam 3 months ago:
Nobody needs a $25k display for a conference call. A normal phone will be good enough. Most of the time video is not even needed.
That 3D display would be cool for CAD or 3D modelling if the resolution is high enough though.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 months 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 months 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 4 months 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.
