Showroom7561
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- Comment on My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse 4 days ago:
This specific brand is Reolink, but I have no doubt that other brands do the same thing.
- Comment on My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse 5 days ago:
I have a security camera by a very popular brand, and much to my surprise, I was suddenly unable to use it unless I updated to the latest firmware.
The thing is, the update software said that I was on the latest version.
It took days, physical intervention with a ladder to gain access to the camera, and the company tech support, to force an update to the camera, allowing me to use it once again.
That made me realize that the expensive security cameras I’m using aren’t mine, and might as well be rentals. Because the company could, at any time, render my entire system useless unless I meet their demands, which could be a forced subscription or worse.
The enshittification of paid hardware has no bounds!
- Comment on Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal 5 days ago:
This is grounded in the assertion that a website’s HTML/CSS is a protected computer program that an ad blocker intervenes in the in-memory execution structures (DOM, CSSOM, rendering tree), this constituting unlawful reproduction and modification.
Dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard of.
Will they make Reader More in browsers illegal, too?
What about “dark mode” or “resize font” when the website doesn’t offer those accessibility features?
Will they make the “mute” function on browser tabs illegal, since it modifies the website author’s intention to olay audio upon page load?
I will continue to block ads, spyware, trackers, unwanted elements, popups, and social media links, “illegal” or not.
- Comment on YSK: Almost every single new logo you see is ai slop 6 days ago:
Long press, ‘disable’. You’re welcome. 👍
- Comment on Can I self-host on old iPhones? 1 week ago:
I used to run software on an old phone that basically worked as a camera NVR.
At some point the battery swelled up and I’m glad my house didn’t burn to the ground. I only noticed it because the glass screen protector on that phone had popped off from the screen flexing under pressure 😮
As long as you have a way of monitoring your phones, or at least physically isolating them from important things, then you could probably do it without many risks.
- Comment on Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” 2 weeks ago:
I once asked Gemini for steps to do something pretty basic in Linux (as a novice, I could have figured it out). The steps it gave me were not only nonsensical, but they seemed to be random steps for more than one problem all rolled into one. It was beyond useless and a waste of time.
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
Brass
Brash
No, I mean brass: “figurative. Taken as a type of insensibility to shame: hence, Effrontery, impudence, unblushingness.” (DEFINED)
Brash would not have been appropriate (defined as “self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way”). Tim was not rude, noisy or overbearing, but he was absolutely shameless!
- Comment on The 2025 version of "Please consider this environment before printing this email" should be "Please consider this environment before using A.I. to respond to this email" 2 weeks ago:
Proof:
In many megacities of the world, the concentration of PM and NO2 declined by > 60% during the lockdown period. The air quality index (AQI) also improved substantially throughout the world during the lockdown. SOURCE
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
All in plain sight. Brass and shameful. Why has this been normalize? 😡
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don’t want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here’s Tim.
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 2 weeks ago:
It’s like all those companies who fast tracked their way into profits by ignoring the catastrophic effects they were having on the environment… Down the road.
Later is someone else’s problem. Now is when AI-pushers want to make money.
I hate where things have been heading.
- Comment on US House panel subpoenas Bill and Hillary Clinton for Epstein testimony 2 weeks ago:
Release the Trumpstein files already.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, the only other alternative to “auto” under Profile is “main”, which I have no idea what it does.
And under level, it’s either “auto” or a bunch of numbers.
That said, I was under the impression that any manual settings would override the settings in the “auto” profile. Is that not the case?
- Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict 3 weeks ago:
I will repeat, regardless of what the (erroneous) claims are by Tesla, a driver is still responsible.
This is like those automated bill payment systems. Sure, they are automated, and the company promotes it as “easy” and “convenient”, but you’re still responsible if those bills don’t get paid for whatever reason.
From another report:
While driving, McGee dropped his mobile phone that he was using and scrambled to pick it up. He said during the trial that he believed Enhanced Autopilot would brake if an obstacle was in the way. His Model S accelerated through an intersection at just over 60 miles per hour, hitting a nearby empty parked car and its owners, who were standing on the other side of their vehicle.
Isn’t using a phone while being the driver of a vehicle illegal? And what the hell is was up with highway speeds near an intersection??? This dude can blame autopilot, but goddamn, he was completely negligent. It’s like there were two idiots driving the same vehicle that day.
- Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely. I hope he and the company burn in hell, but I do not want to start giving drivers who kill people a free pass to say “well, it was the car’s fault!”
“Autopilot”, especially in Tesla cars, is beta software at best, and this feature should never have been allowed to be used on public roads. In that sense, the transportation ministry that’s allowed it also has blood on their hands.
- Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict 3 weeks ago:
Yes, false advertising for sure. But the responsibility for safe driving, is on the driver, even if the driver’s role is engaging autopilot.
I can only imagine the same applies in other circumstances where autopilot is an option: planes, boats, drones, etc.
- Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict 3 weeks ago:
Good that the car manufacturer is also being held accountable.
But…
In 2019, George McGee was operating his Tesla Model S using Autopilot when he ran past a stop sign and through an intersection at 62 mph then struck a pair of people stargazing by the side of the road. Naibel Benavides was killed and her partner Dillon Angulo was left with a severe head injury.
That’s on him. 100%
McGee told the court that he thought Autopilot “would assist me should I have a failure or should I miss something, should I make a mistake,”
Stop giving stupid people the ability to control large, heavy vehicles! Autopilot is not a babysitter, it’s supposed to be an assistive technology, like cruise control. This fucking guy gave Tesla the wheel, and that was a choice!
- Comment on You can (probably should) remove personal information from a photo before uploading it to social media 3 weeks ago:
Strips metadata so that the public can’t see it, isn’t the same as stripping metadata after the corporation has already collected and linked it to your profile. 😫
Always clean the metadata BEFORE it touches their upload UI.
- Comment on Google AI Overview is just affiliate marketing spam now 4 weeks ago:
Oh, just wait. AI will all be tweaked to sell you shit.
It’s only a matter of time before product placement in AI generated photos and videos becomes a thing, too.
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
Except the women who are forced to vote for whoever their gun-loving, abusive, MAGA husband wants.
Why do you think so many women voted against their best interests?
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
I found my answer then! I appreciate that 👍
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
Have you taken very verbose logs to see if there’s differences that stand out?
Nope, but that could be a next step. I was hoping for an easy fix (like I did something wrong in the settings).
Realistically, if this can’t be solved by using the built-in setting options, then it’s not worth the trouble to “fix” anything. It still works, so I’m glad to have the option.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
To match it completely I think you need to disregard the presets and set everything yourself, like CRF and everything.
Is there a way to disable the preset completely? There’s no “none” option, just “speed, balanced, and quality”, but I set everything else up manually.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
Basically saving space. The dashcam I use records in h264, and I’ve been saving space (50%) by converting them to h265 (through my Samsung phone). Handbrake is far more convenient for these batch conversions.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
Same version of Handbrake (1.9.2), but I’m not even sure how to check for the ffmpeg version on my NAS, or what Handbrake is using. The system panel in the Handbrake info window doesn’t list ffmpeg at all.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for the ideas.
GPU does seem to be passed onto the docker container, not only because of the dramatic increase in speed, but also because the CPU isn’t being maxed out like it was before adding the GPU hardware line.
Volumes are bind mounts.
I experimented with permissions and user groups, and noticed no difference to the behaviour in render output.
For these videos, quality isn’t super important, but file size is. I spent most of yesterday tweaking settings on my local Handbrake install to get the right balance. So, I assumed transferring the settings over would give the same results.
- Comment on Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results? 4 weeks ago:
The NAS (Synology DS920+):
- CPU: Intel Celeron J4125 4-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.7 GHz
- RAM: upgraded to 20GB
- NVME cache: 256GB
- HDD are all Seagate ironwolf 8GB x 3 and a 4TB.
Laptop (Framework 13 11th Gen intel):
- CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 (integrated Iris Xe Graphics 80EU)
- RAM: 64GB
- Storage: 2TB WD Black 770
I would expect a difference in speed between the two, but does the hardware affect the output quality/size if the settings are identical?
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- Comment on Here's what a Brazilian restaurant owner did after city hall banned sidewalk patio tables 4 weeks ago:
The problem is on-street parking. Removing it would easily allow for plenty of space for pedestrians and businesses.
- Comment on Anyone use Hetzner Storage Box to backup their Synology NAS? 5 weeks ago:
Synology’s Hyper backup can be encrypted, so yes for my use case.