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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is cops being evil/lazy/incompetent a USA specific thing, or is it the same everywhere in the world?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Mandatory training to become a police officer:

  • US: 600-700 hours on average, much of which is gun and combat training and not policing
  • Canada 2080 hours
  • Spain 2880 hours
  • Germany 4000 hours

  With that little time spent training and heavy combat focus a US cop might get as little as 2-4 weeks of training on everything that a cop does that doesn’t involve guns.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn a 5-star safety rating in Europe | Euro NCAP will introduce new testing rules in 2026 requiring physical controls for the highest safety score⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The mandatory in EU reversing camera.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your ideal ambient humidity?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Check silica packet effectiveness below 50% humidity… It’s not great. Molecular sieve on the other hand has no problem getting humidity below 5%. I managed to buy a 10kg bucket of 3A sieve for about $120 and it’s going to be enough for many years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your ideal ambient humidity?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I store all my filament in ziplock bags with some 3a molecular sieve - even after 2 years in 45-65% humidity at 21C room I don’t have to dry PETG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of special knowledge or equipment does piracy groups have?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • HDCP had flaws and keys up to version up to 2.1 were extracted/reversed. In addition to that there is hdfury device that legally and following HDCP licencing terms downgraded 2.2 to lower 2.x versions to provide compatibility. They got smarter and blocked downgrading in later versions. Blocking HDCP older than that would also break compatibility with devices that don’t support versions of the standard newer than late 2012. Add a capture card and you are set.
  • Widevine L1 keys were extracted from a Qualcomm CPU in 2021. They are also stored in Intel CPUs in SGX which had so many flaws over the years I’d be surprised nobody grabbed keys at some point
  • Both audio and sound has to be decrypted and analog at some point - you can capture it if you have the hardware and willingness to e.g. grab it at a LCD display ribbon. Not as good/convenient as decrypting it, but it is an option.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server for a boat⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Something more like this a.co/d/0bgPCSvQ - it should use half the power, it’s way smaller, 2x SATA if you want 2 drives. I haven’t checked if this specific one is 12V, but there are dozens in the same form factor and with similar specs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server for a boat⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of atom or mobile i3/i5 powered mini PCs that actually are powered with a 12v brick, in fact most of the industrial ones are. Small form factor, passive cooling, can play media for you and usually comes with 4x 1/2.5gbit Ethernet, so it can double as a router/switch. Usually 10-15w power draw.

  Go to AliExpress and simply search for minipc and make sure it has a SATA connector for your hard drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost. a 10db change is a 10x difference in power and roughly 2x difference in perceived loudness

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Decibel scale is logarithmic, which means 10db change is reducing perceived volume by half.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. PSN is only available in about 70 countries (out of 190). E.g. in the entire continent of Africa only one country has access.

  Even some members of European Union don’t get PSN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ONS staff refuse to work two days a week in office⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Before COVID: all of it. After COVID mostly jobs that require you to physically interact with stuff.

  I used to be allowed to WFH once a week. It’s been almost 3 years since I’ve been to the office and I no longer live on the same side of the ocean. Same company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time an ISP does that around here they send you a notification via certified mail with a prepaid return envelope and a service cancellation form included - you can decide to not continue using the service without any early cancellations fees etc.

  If they fail to do that they get fined by consumer protection agency, are required to return any fees they charged based on the change and they get to start over - send a notification that follows the rules resetting the clock for those who opt to cancel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see how an email that has no proof of delivery (could have ended in spam for example) would be legally binding.

  Accepting a ToS update simply by virtue of no action is also questionable unless provisions permitting that were in the ToS you’ve accepted and even then it would not work in the European Union, because that’s listed in the forbidden clauses registry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For anything other than house roof solar price per kw is going to be the deciding factor. Rural land is very cheap compared to solar panels - we’re talking about a 100:1 cost ratio.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk what the AIX job market is right now, but several years ago banks in central Europe poached employees back and forth just to reach minimum staff required.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Friend has a cobol + IBM AIX combo going for him and his on call + at most 1 day/week of work position pays more than my full time very senior dev role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suggestions to new networking gear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Budget:

  • Mikrotik hex s router
  • TP-Link eap610 access point
  • Unmanaged trendnet switch

  Better:

  • Finless minipc running pfsense - like this aliexpress.com/item/1005005515731536.html
  • TP-Link eap653 access point
  • mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN switch