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- Comment on 8BitDo Has Announced The Successor To Its Ultimate Wireless Controller | Time Extension 6 days ago:
Trash then. Thank you for confirming!
Direct input reeeeealy needs to get with the times.
- Comment on Gibberlink 1 week ago:
I stand corrected. It seems odd to me that you would relegate all data transfer to the inaudible range, as you’ll have a lot less bandwidth to work with and will likely hit issues with compression technologies that are designed to filter those frequencies out.
I guess the designers didn’t want it to sound so offputting like dial-up did. Still seems odd to me and I’m not surprised it failed my initial sniff test.
- Comment on Gibberlink 1 week ago:
I assume people are shitting on it because it’s fake? At least it looks fake to me as the sounds they’re making seem the same each time.
I imagine it would sound a lot more like a dialup modem if it were real as we got pretty good at sending data over audio channels back then. Likely that standard that already exists could be used.
- Comment on Sounds crazy but... maybe you shouldn't delete Facebook just yet 2 weeks ago:
Current platforms like Lemmy are NOT ready for massive amounts of users. They have very poor moderation controls, no effective strategy to combat bots, and no money to pay people for it.
The only reason Lemmy is usable right now is because it has nerdy people using it in good faith. If it were to gain critical mass it would collapse under the deluge of trolls and bots.
It’s a quaint little place, and I like it for being that.
- Comment on Trump prepares to change US CHIPS Act conditions, sources say 3 weeks ago:
He can if the GOP decides to do nothing, and it seems that the game plan. They’re all in on downplaying his actions and not ruffling any feathers because to speak out is to be cast out. If they play along, they might just get to keep some power when this is all over.
They’ve always been scum, but this is a new low. Dried scum crusted onto the bottom of wherever scum normally resides.
- Comment on Gulf of Make a Report to Apple 3 weeks ago:
In Canada we see both. It says “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”.
- Comment on Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign 3 weeks ago:
That future is now. Most modern cars have the dashboard computer completely integrated and you can’t remove it without crippling the vehicle.
- Comment on Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI, CEO refuses and offers to "buy Twitter for $9.74 billion" 3 weeks ago:
This again? It’s not going to happen.
- Comment on AI Will Save Dating Apps. Or Maybe Finally Kill Them 3 weeks ago:
That was because OKC had long form quizzes and in depth bios. It has been Tinderized and is no longer recognizable.
- Comment on New Bill to Effectively Kill Anime & Other Piracy in the U.S. Gets Backing by Netflix, Disney & Sony 4 weeks ago:
The problem with cable was it was not on demand and contained ads.
I would never, ever pay for cable even in today’s world if it was $10 a month because of the overwhelming amount of ads.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 4 weeks ago:
I haven’t tried, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It was years ago that I set it up, but I belive it wanted an app. I would stick with one designed for local only.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 4 weeks ago:
Instead they did the opposite and gave him the biggest bonus in world history.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 4 weeks ago:
I have an EcoBee thermostat which is typically web managed, however it also supports HomeKit. Using the homekit plugin for HomeAssistant I now get best of both worlds.
If I were to do it again I might consider a Z-Wave or ZigBee thermostat, but living in a cold climate I really appreciate knowing that if for some reason my home auto fails there is a backup service to alert me, or vice versa.
- Comment on I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks 4 months ago:
It would win the “will it fit nicely on a keychain” by a landsline.
However I doubt it would suit OP’s needs as the contacts are exposed so durability may be suspect, and seeing as it is generic I doubt the performance is up to his standards.
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
Absolutely. It sounds ideal for something like that.
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
The issue is they sit in this odd place from a price perspective. I can get an N4000 based stick PC with 4GB RAM and eMMC storage for $140 CAD, or a vastly better performing N95 based mini PC with 8GB RAM, real SSD, and additional outputs for $50 more.
The stick PC really only makes sense if you need that form factor, or if you’re on a really tight budget. The improvements for $50 are just too much to ignore.
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
Your wishlist sounds almost identical to mine. As frustrating as the limitations of streamers are, they are easy to use. HDMI CEC makes single remote setups possible, easy volume changes, input switching, etc. Apps are vetted so they “just work”.
As for casting, most platforms support running Miracast or AirPlay receivers. Google is the stickler here that won’t let you run a Google Cast receiver (or at least I haven’t found one) and also doesn’t implement Miracast on Pixel devices. It’s such a shame because I vastly prefer casting the URL to the TV and letting it source the content than mirroring my phone all the time.
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
Yeah, those were on my radar as well. I haven’t yet had a chance to look into what the Linux compatibility is like, but that sounds promising that you were able to do it.
The big downside I see is that while the power consumption is low, they’re running a really old SoC, usually based on Intel N4000 (launched late 2017). Looking around it seems to have h.265 decode which is the most important one to look out for. It doesn’t support AV1, but that’s mostly streaming services and not that common (I think?). There may be other disadvantages I’m not thinking of at the moment.
What was the performance like for you?
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
I do have surround sound, but I wasn’t aware of that being an issue with a PC solution. Have you encountered issues getting that to work?
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 6 months ago:
All my current self-hosting is running off an N100 mini-PC. OPNsense, NginX, Home Assistant, Unifi Controller, Docker host, etc. They are fantastic, it just seems a bit overkill for sitting behind the TV and playing Plex/Jellyfin and the occasional web stream in a browser. There’s really not much competition though as all the products below it offer a lot older processors that don’t have very up to date HW decode.
- Submitted 6 months ago to selfhosted@lemmy.world | 67 comments
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 6 months ago:
If you’re coming from Windows I recommend Fedora KDE Spin. If has a similar look and feel and is very up to date while remaining stable.
- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 6 months ago:
I mean, yes? I’m obviously using VLANs here. I’m not running a separate switch and AP for each network…
- Comment on SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputing 6 months ago:
All I want is higher resiliency SD cards. It must be a technology limitation with being unable to fit a good controller in there or something because I would gladly sacrifice speed and capacity for something reliable in a lot of my applications.
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 6 months ago:
There’s a whole documentary on this. Check out American Factory (2019). It goes over the same issues outlined here.
- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 6 months ago:
I have a trusted network, an IoT network (where the CC would go), and a guest network.
I know most people aren’t going to have the time or knowledge set up network segmentation, but it’s still good practice.
- Comment on Trump’s ‘no choice’ comment on EVs reveal partisan divide over green tech 6 months ago:
Love my Bolt. Naturally it was discontinued :)
- Comment on We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost 7 months ago:
They do have staggered releases, but it’s a bit more complicated. The client that you run does have versioning and you can choose to lag behind the current build, but this was a bad definition update. Most people want the latest definition to protect themselves from zero days. The whole thing is complicated and a but wonky, but the real issue here is cloudflare’s kernel driver not validating the content of the definition before loading it.
- Comment on LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells 7 months ago:
That’s a relatively sophisticated attack though, and like you said is dependent on versions of WPA. It’s easier from a hardware perspective but more complicated software.
A 2.4 and 5ghz jammer is just simpler. Turn it on, everything fails. Even stuff that doesn’t talk Wi-Fi like Zigbee. Throw 400 and 900mhz on there too and now even residential security sistems will be frozen. It’s just simpler to use brute force for something like this.
- Comment on Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising 8 months ago:
You’re correct on all counts, but you’re also not a typical desktop user, you’re definitely a professional or power user with specific needs.
The average user needs the ability to use a web browser and that’s honestly about it. That’s why Chromebooks are so popular with schools. A basic Linux desktop is quite capable for a standard user.
For the things yoi need you’re correct that it’s not 1:1 and you’d need to move to open source alternatives or tinker with VMs/WINE to get those apps working and it would be a chore.