elucubra
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- Comment on IYKYK 6 hours ago:
Not ideal, but you should ALWAYS sand down the area to be soldered anyway, so go ahead do the whole part.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is getting a free built-in VPN, with a catch 1 day ago:
I’m testing Librewolf, but I think having a Chromium based plan B is a good idea.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is getting a free built-in VPN, with a catch 1 day ago:
Isn’t opera chinese?
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is getting a free built-in VPN, with a catch 1 day ago:
Blink trash?
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is getting a free built-in VPN, with a catch 1 day ago:
Vivaldi has had a “light” proton VPN for a while.
- Comment on Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic 1 day ago:
Please stop using “þ”.
I understand that using the character is more economical, but it makes things more difficult to read, especially for speakers of English as a second language.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 1 day ago:
See, that is fine. If Google wants to have a safe and curated, high quality store, (which it doesn’t), it is very logical that it would want to have the origins of software very well identified.
AS LONG AS it provides a mechanism for users to access other sources of software.
They are doing the opposite, allow bullshit apps in the “safe store” while hindering the independents.
We desperately need a decently comoetent OSS phone OS, iddf possible with a compatibility layer for Android apps.
- Comment on [Zack Freedman] You can copy and 3D print perfect spare parts! (Legally) (Probably) 1 week ago:
Luckily, there are other companies making (mostly) “just works” printers with varying levels of openness
- Comment on OS/2 isn't dead: ArcaOS update brings the 1980s-era OS to modern UEFI PCs 1 week ago:
They probably don’t want personal users. I remember seeing, not long ago, an OS/2 error screen in an older, but not ancient, ATM. I imagine there are other industrial/commercial machines still running it, and the technical support must be rather straightforward.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 1 week ago:
The delay in a monitor may be milliseconds to a couple of seconds
- Comment on Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases 1 week ago:
They have an agenda.
Whaaaa? No way!
- Comment on I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion. 2 weeks ago:
I think you are referring to ball mice. Trackball are still in use and development, and are the preferred weapon for knowledgeable gurus, like me.
I used to admin a small campus, where we had 3 computer rooms. Kids (college) stole the balls.
I ended up buying a couple hundred of (then) expensive “laser” mice, because it ws cheaper than throwing away half the neutered mice each semester.
- Comment on I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion. 2 weeks ago:
Same here, but I believe that those savvy enough should be getting into the conversation, instead of sneering at the ignorant lawmakers.
It’s a tough problem that should be handled by interdisciplinary panels, and then coded into law in a non partisan way, instead of knee jerk legislation with the only intent of getting votes.
What we have right now is “War on drugs” shit.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 2 weeks ago:
Conversely, I replaced the battery in a T740 last week for a client .
8 screws total, including keyboard, and battery (2, and not glued).
I wouldn’t give this one a 10/10, but 7-8/10, probably.
Nice to work with, captive screws all around the shell, so no lost screws, no bullshit “screws under rubber feet” like HP loves to do…
Only gripe is that the usb c is not on a daughterboard. Or power and ports for that matter.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 2 weeks ago:
I have a lower end, but capable gaming laptop. R7, 1Tb Nvme, 32Gb, RTX… It is easy to open, service, expandable, with space for a SATA 2.5, for example. Spill proof, lighted kbd, etc.
It’s kind of built like an old school ThinkPad. A tank.
And that’s why I’m getting rid of it.
The thing IS a tank.
I really use it as a laptop, I do onsite stuff, so I lug this thing around all day. Many use these as “transportable”. I don’t, I have a beefy workstation at home, so the laptop generally lives in its backpack.
So, for me, a professional grade, light but sturdy, and repairable machine is just what the doctor ordered.
If you need rugged, some gamer laptops are pretty tough and accessible, but you will pay the chunk tax.
If you REALLY want rugged, get a proper ruggedized laptop, and carry it around.
- Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles 2 weeks ago:
For the blackout concerns: if you have solar panels, irrelevant, actually you’d be in a better place than with an ICE car. Also, if you have a garage, a fairly powerful generator cost peanuts compared to the price of a car, and some can run on gas cilinders and gasoline. Way safer to store gas cilinders than gas.
Long drives. Decades ago I drove with my ex and my in laws from Madrid to Brussels in one go. 2 of us taking turns.I swore to never do more than 800 Km in one go. We did it in a largish car, pretty comfortable. Yeah, no.
- Comment on Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. 2 weeks ago:
I own plus the problem of having my data hosted, not just In another country, but In a different celestial body!
- Comment on Game over 3 weeks ago:
My first girlfriend’s brat sister got grossed out when I told her that eggs were literally shitted out by hens. Beautiful twist. She went on to get a food safety degree.
- Comment on MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis 3 weeks ago:
I’m running an AM4 Ryzen 9, with 64Gb of DDR4, and the thing cooks. AM4 is just great.
- Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, Ive been working on engines (mostly my own, for fun) for decades, and I never knew about brake fluid and glass.
- Comment on Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece 3 weeks ago:
Can it run Doom?
- Comment on Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" 3 weeks ago:
It is not. It says what I want to do, and where.
- Comment on Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t know that, and I have used liters of the stuff. Learn something every day.
Is it just Dot3? Dot4 is more common these days.
BTW, kids, we are talking about brake fluid, so don’t go spraying it on your camera lenses!
- Comment on Microsoft Shows AI Integration in Windows 11 Running in Task Bar and File Explorer 3 weeks ago:
That’s a typo, no? It’s “ruining”
- Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. 3 weeks ago:
Fun fact. Air carbines, with a scope, can be very precise at short-dish range. Essentially a low powered .22, and fairly silent.
You should be careful to make sure you don’t hit glass, as it may shatter.
I wonder why in most jurisdictions there is no licensing needed?
- Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. 3 weeks ago:
Why shouldn’t dot3 mixed with paint? Just so I know why to avoid it.
- Comment on The witch from Hansel and Gretel is the only person that's allowed to say "Home, sweet home." 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about 4 weeks ago:
It’s well known that Taiwan has all strategic factories mined. If a single Chinese soldier steps on the island, anything industrial of value will be blown to bits. China is interested in the land.
- Comment on California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves 4 weeks ago:
They are banning USB sticks next