pHr34kY
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- Comment on Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off 18 hours ago:
They’re all too bloated. I would not purchase a handset unless I could install GrapheneOS or LineageOS on it.
- Comment on Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off 1 day ago:
I replicated the same problem on the newer pixel.
- Comment on Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off 1 day ago:
My phone doesn’t receive half of its incoming calls. I actually narrowed it down to the VoLTE keepalive packets being transmitted with a MAC address of 00:00:00:00:00:00 when on CLAT (which is Telstra default) on all Google Pixels. The connection silently dies, there is no return UDP route, so the phone won’t ring.
I reported it to Google, but they don’t give a shit. I guess the million or so people with a pixel can just deal with it.
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and content 2 weeks ago:
No, you’re just paying a premium.
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and content 2 weeks ago:
I got a new Android TV for offline use. Most people say you get an OK experience if you don’t connect the TV into a network.
The biggest remaining annoyance is that it takes 45 seconds to cold-start. Almost as if it’s booting an OS desgined for a phone or something.
- Comment on idk french but this escalated quick 2 months ago:
They turned it into Cher-noble.
- Comment on Who was our worst Prime Minister and why? Any notable state leaders we need to add? 2 months ago:
He got Melbourne the F1 Grand Prix, and then nerfed all public transport to the GP to make room for a bloody casino. It’s almost easier to drive to Adelaide.
Oh, and he started that fucking toll road trend that has spread like cancer.
- Comment on Customers suddenly find their new phones can't make calls or send texts 2 months ago:
You’d think it would be trivial task to check if an individual phone can make a VoLTE call, and simply put a flag on the account once it does.
- Comment on Microsoft just paused Windows 11 24H2 update for many PCs due to crashes and freezes 2 months ago:
That’s hilarious. I haven’t been able to enable IPv6 since the August update. The machine just spins to 100% CPU across every core like a forkbomb.
It pissed me off because my home network is built IPv6-first.
- Comment on Inquiry warns distrustful public wouldn’t accept COVID measures in future pandemic. 2 months ago:
Well, that just sounds like Brett Sutton with extra steps!
- Comment on Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ 2 months ago:
I’m waiting for the part that it gets used for things that are not lazy, manipulative and dishonest. Until then, I’m sitting it out like Linus.
- Comment on Indonesia bans iPhone 16 over Apple's investment plans. 2 months ago:
Australia banned half a million active devices from their mobile networks today. It must be a new trend.
- Comment on 3G Shutdown: 258,000 4G/5G Phones to be Blocked from November! - Gov Blocking Rules Now 'In Force'! 2 months ago:
I don’t think BYOD has anything to do with this. It’s just kicking devices off the network because their modems won’t support VoLTE. You can still buy an outright phone and flash whatever ROM you want on it.
- Comment on Friday Night 2 months ago:
Went to Coles and bought CC’s, pringles, Oreos, party mix, soft drinks and it’s already been eaten.
Not getting pissed tonight because I gotta survive Oktoberfest tomorrow.
- Comment on how can i self host my music? 2 months ago:
PlexAmp is an amazing bit of software for a phone. It doesn’t translate well to the desktop, but it’s still pretty good.
Most smart TVs have a native plex app available too.
- Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer. 2 months ago:
- Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer. 2 months ago:
The same logic can explain why Teslas crash so often.
- Comment on T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users 2 months ago:
I haven’t financed a phone since 2008. I copped a fee for ending a 24 month contract a day early.
I just buy a cheap outright handset, flash a community ROM and avoid everything my telco offers past a $20 basic service. Handsets with community support go for years past what the manufacturers support.
- Comment on LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences 2 months ago:
A monitor is an output device. It cannot transmit or operate on a network. (inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).
If there’s any ad tracking, it would have to be in your display driver on the PC.
- Comment on xkcd 2999 - Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia 2 months ago:
As a Melburnian, I tend to agree.
- Comment on I always get them confused. 3 months ago:
The best rule: It’s fantasy if there is a sword.
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 3 months ago:
Diagnosis: ADHD. Display ads for stimulants.
- Comment on New polling: half of Australians want gambling ads banned entirely; LNP has big Queensland lead. 4 months ago:
- Ban gambling ads.
- Blow up the pokies.
- Comment on iPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18 4 months ago:
Google blocked it.
- Comment on iPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18 4 months ago:
As a GrapheneOS user, It would be nice if they made it available to their android platforms first.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
That’s about $110 per household.
- Comment on Can somebody explain to me why this needs Bluetooth? 5 months ago:
We call it “streaming”.
- Comment on The government is under pressure to ban gambling ads. History shows half-measures don’t work. 5 months ago:
I think we need a consistent approach to alchocol, tobacco, gambling and marijuana.
Small/personal scale permitted. Commercially permitted under licence. Outright ban on marketing it.
- Comment on Katy Perry to headline 2024 AFL Grand Final 5 months ago:
I had no idea Katy’s career only had a few months left in it.
- Comment on Nurse collapses in court after being jailed for attempted murder of husband with insulin 5 months ago:
Usually a news article of someone trying to kill their spouse will paint the aggressor as a horrible person, and the victim as someone who had everything going for them and did no wrong.
Imagine copping dementia and then getting written up as a fucking burden on the person who tried to off you against your will.