cmnybo

@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smolderin station recommendation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Solder one on an old laptop power brick or get an adapter to run it from a 20V power tool battery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smolderin station recommendation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It also has a normal power jack, so you don’t have to use USB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM banned from selling your driving data for five years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All car manufacturers should be banned from selling your data forever. They shouldn’t even be allowed to collect it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus GPU power connector delivers 1,000W for cableless builds — GC-HPWR has a retractable design⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This will only be useful if every motherboard manufacturer supports it, which I doubt they will. The PCIe connector really should have been updated to provide sufficient power to GPUs several versions ago.

  Running this much power through the motherboard will certainly increase the cost though. It will need additional layers in the PCB to carry an additional 80+ amps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18650 batteries still the best option for projects?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, they are still good to use. There are also a number of other sizes of cylindrical lithium ion cells available if an 18650 won’t fit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DisplayPort 2.1b Arriving This Spring With DP80LL Cables⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s very rare and you certainly won’t find it on anything affordable. I wish they would start putting DisplayPort inputs on TVs. They had VGA inputs back when TVs had more than 2 inputs on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DisplayPort 2.1b Arriving This Spring With DP80LL Cables⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  HDMI only won on TVs. DisplayPort is the clear winner on PCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UPS and servers : simulated sine wave good?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Computer power supplies won’t be damaged by modified sine wave inverters. Be sure to test your power supply on the UPS when nothing important is running though. Some power supplies will shut down as soon as the UPS switches to battery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s only USB 2.0 though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope lots of anchors and fishing nets find their cable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they not put barricades in the road when it’s closed in India?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If there was more than one hard wired provider in any given area, a lot more users would probably switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish they would pay for it themselves. Microsoft is getting a $1.6 billion federal loan to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1, which was shut down because it was not profitable. They will probably find out that a half century old power plant is too expensive to run and shut it back down within a few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a novice at soldering, I now have an opinion about single-sided vs. double-sided breadboards⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The solder joints will be a lot stronger too. The solder will flow through the plated through hole and create a strong mechanical connection.

  The pads shouldn’t be lifting off the single sided boards though. Either the boards are crap quality or you’re overheating the pads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this Samsung USB c adapter fake?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely cheaply built. There is no RFI filtering and they used a resistor as a fuse. At least it appears to have a decent amount of separation between the high and low voltage sides though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never connect my TV to the internet. I will not buy one that requires an internet connection either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera labels every other browser 'f***ing boring' in an inexplicably sweary promo reel. Oh, and updates its gamer-focused Opera GX browser a little too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I will stick with a browser that’s not filled with CCP spyware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uses for a SBC (When You Already Have an x86 Mini-PC?)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Single board computers have GPIO and interfaces like SPI and I2C. They also tend to have lower power consumption and can run from 5 volts. If you want to interface with low level hardware or run from batteries, the SBC will usually be the better choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any tips for setting up a Mac? A 15+ years Linux user needs help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The other option is to use hardware from any other company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just hope they are forced to sell to a company that has zero connections to Google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big, beige ’80s PC case started out as a joke, but it’s becoming real in Japan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SSDs are not suitable for long term storage. Modern consumer grade SSDs are only rated for 1 year of data retention without power. Only SLC flash is suitable for long term storage, but those are very expensive and low capacity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG’s first 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is $1,000⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how many people can even tell the difference between 144Hz and 480Hz apart from the extra heat and screaming GPU fans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering that there was an assassination attempt there not that long ago, it’s not surprising they increased security.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best HDD/SSD for local media hosting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would get a recertified enterprise drive from Server Part Deals. Drives in the 12-18TB range currently have the best price per TB. Be sure to get a SATA drive if it’s going in a desktop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they really cared about carbon emissions, they would shut down all of their AI crap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any car without manual door locks and handles is a death trap. They should be required by law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lack Of Interest In The PS5 Pro Is Forcing Scalpers To Sell Them For A Loss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get why anyone would want a console when you can play games on a PC with mods and much better graphics. If I can’t mod a game, I will lose interest in it pretty quickly. The last console I bought was a PS3 and I really only got it to watch blurays on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFmpeg devs boast of up to 94x performance boost after implementing handwritten AVX-512 assembly code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised Intel would remove a feature that AMD provides in their desktop CPUs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton is the latest entrant in the quirky “VPN for your TV” market⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too much trouble to try and work around the VPN blocking that most streaming services do. It’s so much easier to just torrent whatever you want to watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why you disable their account before telling them they’re fired.