elucubra
@elucubra@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on Big, beige ’80s PC case started out as a joke, but it’s becoming real in Japan 1 day ago:
I’m going to guess that an old mid or full size tower could fit a modern GPU. With a bit of dremelling on the back you cold probably make it work. My son has been mulling such a mod.
- Comment on Microsoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloud 1 day ago:
- Comment on Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe 3 days ago:
I’m not a rabid anti-nuclear, but there are somethings that are often left out of the pricing. One is the exorbitant price of storage of spent fuel although I seem to remember that there is some nuclear tech that can use nuclear waste as at least part of it’s fuel (Molten salt? Pebble? maybe an expert can chime in). There is also the human greed factor. Fukushima happened because they built the walls to the highest recorded tsunami in the area, to save on concrete. A lot of civil engineering projects have a 150% overprovision over the worst case calculations. Fukushima? just for the worst case recorded, moronic corporate greed. The human factor tends to be the biggest danger here.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 1 week ago:
I do SMB support. I recently replaced one at a customer , essentially because it didn’t support larger disks. Also because it was slow as fuck. replacing a 10 year plus device doesn’t seem that unreasonable.
That said, I don’t like Dlink.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t a flatter form factor be better for rear mounting?
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
I can get an I9 32gb 1Tb mini pc for under 500€
- Comment on Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces 4 weeks ago:
Was it a Satellite Max?
- Comment on Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces 4 weeks ago:
Whenever I Nowadays when I fly the fiirst criteria when I search for flights I check the airline’s fleet, then price.
- Comment on Robot vacuum cleaners are being hacked to spy on your family, chase pets, hurl verbal abuse, and the makers claim users 'do not need to worry excessively about this' 5 weeks ago:
The unit pictured seems like it would be better at corners than my round one.
- Comment on Robot vacuum cleaners are being hacked to spy on your family, chase pets, hurl verbal abuse, and the makers claim users 'do not need to worry excessively about this' 5 weeks ago:
Endurance and reliability of cycles seem to be an issue with mine
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X Still Down in Brazil After Company Sends $5.2 Million Fine to Wrong Bank 1 month ago:
Trump’s government efficiency guy in action, folks!
- Comment on Altech’s sodium chloride solid state battery exceeds expectations 1 month ago:
How about one of those in your basement or shack to charge your car overnight?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Pretty shitty photoshop. Disrespectful to those who’ve been bombed
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 1 month ago:
You are probably talking about toner (dry black powder).
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 1 month ago:
I have a basic Brother monochrome laser for high volume. I can buy a compatible cartridge for 9€. An Epson A3+ (tabloid) inkjet for color and photos, not a real photo printer, only 4 inks. Compatible inks cost less than 3€.
A great option is to buy auto reset refillable carts, and refill with genuine epson eco tank ink, super cheap, and guarantees Epson quality
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 1 month ago:
There is an official way to override this. In mine it’s pressing 7 times some button
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 1 month ago:
You have it backwards. You have to EVICT them.
- Comment on jealousy 1 month ago:
You forgot the /s at the end of “fix your teeth by chewing on a pencil for 15 minutes a day”, right?
- Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy 1 month ago:
I believe they are sublimation printers, which require specific inks and papers. I seem to remeber that they produce very long lasting prints, which ordinary inkjets (even pigment) can’t achieve.
- Comment on Since cats don't pant like dogs how do they release trapped heat? 1 month ago:
They are cold blooded, so cold blooded…
- Comment on Since cats don't pant like dogs how do they release trapped heat? 1 month ago:
Not the unipant, or the monopant, for that matter.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 2 months ago:
Me neither. I have the combination of Firefox+uBlock origin+privacy Badger and I’m a pretty happy camper.
- Comment on Ladies and Gentlemen, the sate of AI. 2 months ago:
When I query an AI I always end with “provide sources and bibliography for your reply”. That seems to get better replies.
- Comment on The UK section of my local supermarket is taking the piss 2 months ago:
I’m in Spain. I usually shop at Lidl, Aldi, or Mercadona, a large chain of medium size stores, generally well regarded, with a very good selection, and high quality house brands. Mercadona puts customer satisfaction first, and employee satisfaction second. This seems to be true as employee satisfaction is high, rotation low, and satisfaction levels of around 70%, which in this type of sector is very high. They also pay up to 150% of the median income for these types of jobs.
- Comment on The UK section of my local supermarket is taking the piss 2 months ago:
This is a Carrefour, right? I’ve quit shopping at Carrefour a while back. I find their selection getting steadily worse, their house brands quality very low, their price not competitive. Nowadays I shop at medium size chains, and most of non food online, trying to use Amazon as a last resort.
- Comment on The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs. 2 months ago:
In my country any modification of any importance is required to be signed off by a mechanical engineer. If I were that engineer, I would never sign any of these conversions. Too much liability, especially with old cars of unknown integrity.
- Comment on Ikea is testing a secondhand marketplace, but only in two countries 2 months ago:
I really don’t see the advantage or need for this. Spain has a pretty cool secondhand marketplace, Wallapop, which works quite well.
- Comment on European iPhones are more fun now 2 months ago:
I don’t give a mousefuck about the rendering engine. I want extensions
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Its not good. Control panel is consistent and precise. Settings is not consistent lacks many settings qn many are dumbed down
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
Looks like some are fortune telling and seeing enshitification.
Not all companies go to shit. Valve is an example