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- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 10 hours ago:
I have pihole setup too. I’d still never need to connect my tv. but you’re free to do as you want
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 13 hours ago:
if it’s such a problem, then don’t use anything, let your tv be open to the Internet and browser hacks. that’s your prerogative. but we’re telling why it’s a bad idea, that’s all.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 17 hours ago:
i already said why. there are stories where an update now injects ads into the tv, more than were there when you bought it. so after you can’t return it, well, now it’s “updated” and can’t take the piece of shit back.
using a 3rd party device still leave you in some sort of control. i use an nvidia shield, which definitely does add better functionality, but if it starts acting stupid, i flash it back to defaults/roll back any updates or i replace it, tv unchanged.
and power usage is negligible at best.
here is one story - choice.community/t/…/26124
spying - money.cnn.com/2015/02/09/technology/…/index.html
phone updates can do the same - old.reddit.com/…/samsung_wants_to_turn_my_chargin…
bottom line, if you don’t control the device, you have no say in what gets update/installed/“upgraded” to support more ads. on an external device, i know how to wipe it/block updates. on the tv, best i could do is factory reset it, im IT, not TV.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 20 hours ago:
bingo. never put the tv on the network, just budget for adding something else. tvs have been known to update after a year and start injecting ads outside return policy LOL. fucking scam’s man. my shield fucks up, it get flashed. or traded out.
- Comment on Journalist asking the hard questions 20 hours ago:
he’s building a list of all the countries he’s been to or wants to go to
- Comment on USA President term limits 1 day ago:
I hope accurate assinations make a come back if that happens.
- Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. 2 days ago:
or a new smaller tv sitting on top of the old, wood frame tv as a stand now
- Comment on You have a bad friend if he isn't willing to help you bury a dead body or if he is willing to help you. 2 weeks ago:
moving a body doesn’t mean they committed murder, seems more like accessory or destruction of evidence.
- Comment on Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically? 2 weeks ago:
a home I bought in 2010 for around 300k is now 600k+, I couldn’t afford it now, even though it’s exactly the same. we upgraded and expanded the kitchen while living there, added a bathroom. so… yeah, wtf.
- Comment on Has Dr. Strange ever given a diagnosis mid fight? 3 weeks ago:
using portals?
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today. 3 weeks ago:
5 already did so… maybe we’re halfway there? 10 more?
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today. 3 weeks ago:
maybe you played vice City? that shit was amazing too.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today. 3 weeks ago:
coworker took a weeks vacation t when this came out to play it. came in with the map games used to come with and got it laminated lol.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
an employment offer letter is not a contract.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
still not a contract, that’s just taxes.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
you don’t have too, it’s all pretty informal besides taxes and I’d verification. no contract says you have to do X or can’t do X, it’s more rules or policies, which are often very bendable. you either take it or leave it, they can fire you as they see fit. just as youre not required to give 2 weeks notice. so if you never ask for raise or promotion, good chance you may not get either.
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 3 weeks ago:
switch roms range from 6-20GB each. plus SNES, full collection about 5gb.
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 3 weeks ago:
Nintendo roms
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 3 weeks ago:
damn, I share almost a TB/day.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
most hires don’t get contracts
- Comment on Has anyone else noticed that Steam no longer requires self-updates that restart the client? 3 weeks ago:
yeah, it updates at every launch basically, like Spotify app
- Comment on perfect 3 weeks ago:
pretty sick, it generated this playlist for me - open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E8Ta6ay8PsVae
- Comment on Star Citizen devs report drying funds, micromanagement, overspending, and episodic release for Squadron 42 4 weeks ago:
real dollars!??
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- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 month ago:
nice. firewalls are easy though, most you can keep vanilla. if you’ve setup a pihole, configuring a firewall is a breeze. most are all in ones also, so the router/gateway/firewall is all one box, just plug in your modem, then it’s a big switch basically with lots of options.
I run a ubiquiti usg pro 4, first gen and have a 24 port ubiquiti switch and access points. I love it. super advanced users will complain about some things, but ultimately it’s perfectly fine for me without having to get meraki $tuff. I run a few small game servers, a seedbox and some vms, nothing crazy. it moves about 1 TB / day of data from various torrents and nzbs.
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 month ago:
“home” isn’t descriptive enough. you can run some VERY powerful, in depth stuff if you were so inclined on a “home” network.
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 month ago:
I guess next you could look at taking that MAC and blocking it in your router control panel and see if anything starts complaining
I love the “see who screams” method, my coworkers do no. it’s usually instant.
- Comment on There you go little guy 1 month ago:
k
- Comment on There you go little guy 1 month ago:
no one said not to follow the law, but there are always exception. nothing is ever just black and white.
- Comment on There you go little guy 1 month ago:
37 in a 35 (3.2 km/h over, which should actually be taken seriously by law enforcement but isn’t because of a culture of entitled drivers)
LMAO
you’re basing this all off of people breaking the law completely ignoring the fact that police ABUSE the FUCK out of people for nothing. don’t act all high and mighty like you never do anything wrong.
