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> energy efficient lights seem to have no downsides Efficiency is good, but this isn't true. Decades into LED-ification we still suffer shit-tier PWM strobing, poor dimming, disrup…

If you want Ubuntu without the annoying, that's Debian.

Clicked one of the examples... > I have a 400mm x 500mm x 80mm drawer for screws and bolts. (thinking for a while) "Please provide drawer dimensions to continue."

It takes serious hardware investment [0] to pull that off. [0] https://lenowo.org/viewtopic.php?t=28

A local REST API doesn't require servers.

Yes. This is frustrating. Notable examples: Updating an ESPHome device config requires network to build/compile the image. [0] Viewing your Integrations page leaks a list of integr…

Color: 6-pack

You won't see another mosquito - guaranteed!

You're not going crazy :) Hover over the "minutes ago" string on any of those comments & you'll see the original timestamp. I guess this is a repost, comments got merged, and the "…

> lawyer ads I take it you haven't had the pleasure of driving thru Philadelphia. Some say you can even see skyscrapers behind the sea of lawyer ads.

Experienced this too. Having SSH access enabled on the Synology saved the day. There's no 2FA prompt on SSH, so you can SSH in and manually fix the time.

Also available from their site with much faster shipping than AliExpress’s Jan 20 (to the US, at least). https://www.athom.tech/ Happily using this little guy to drive 100 fairy li…

Similar: A growing chunk of my support calls have the audio SO LOW that I have to turn on speakerphone and shove the thing halfway down my ear canal to decipher what they're saying…

When you get easily hacked by a script kiddie, you can CYA internally about all the “preventative measures” you took by showing off the rubber stamp.

Why not use a VPN to access your home network, rather than directly exposing the NAS? Many routers have an L2TP or similar server built-in.

You really think no money changes hands to power this feature? The last ~decade of tech teaches one to assume otherwise…

Huh, that's a pretty large amount of refunds (granted, still $10B in additional revenue). Interesting data, thank you for sharing.

Sure. But why in the world would they audit you if you overpaid?

One can hope. I await the CVE.

Presumably a hybrid of #1, #2, #3 is most effective - there are audiences that will respond best to each. I assume the targeting data is out there. Personally, though, I find the h…

Honestly, no, I haven't tried "STOP" out of fear that any response will be taken as a confirmation that a human reads the messages, worsening the spam. That's what happens w/ email…

Surely not until they’ve spoken the contents of their ads first.