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That may be one explanation, but more broadly with analog audio it is actually quite difficult NOT to end up with an AM receiver.

CO2 is a bit of an outlier in the groups of pollutants emitted by a car. Modern cars will emit way less of the other pollutants that are directly unhealthy for humans to breathe (N…

I hear you, personally grabbing the charger for overnight stays hasn't been a problem but there are a few compact/inexpensive third-party dongles that are like the official chargin…

For what it does, the battery life of the Apple Watch 11 is not that bad. It typically lasts more than 48h for me and charges very quickly. Putting it to charge when taking a showe…

Another example of firmware update reusing something that is already there: some electric guitar effects from TC Electronics can be reprogrammed by bringing a phone close to the gu…

I don't think it's fair to call Cyberpunk 2077 a colossal flop. It had an awful release, but the company stood behind it and fixed everything that needed fixing. Five years later i…

What goes into a Nintendo console is not prime silicon. When it's time to design the next console, I am sure Nvidia will still be more than happy to give them a design that they ha…

Maybe I have been here too long but I can guess exactly the content of each thread about systemd/Gnome/Wayland/Firefox before opening the link.

I don't think this is straight LLM, it's probably an homage to a line of websites like https://thebestmotherfucking.website

Little known fact, the Steam Deck has hardware ray tracing, it's just so weak as to be almost non-existent.

I have an i3 controlled by Home Assistant, it is on an "IoT" network without access to the Internet. Works like a charm. The integration allows to start, stop and view information …

They do get really creative to achieve their goals. Claude Code routinely uses these kind of one liners.

Unfortunately it idles at ~8W, which is quite far from the ~3W of the best in class laptops.

This is my experience as well. Unless you actually need a directional antenna, an iPhone will be faster and more reliable than dedicated hardware.

Friendly reminder that you should never test a UPS by unplugging it from the wall as this also cuts the ground connection.

75W idle is 650kWh a year, that's quite significant in the context of a home.

The author is not suggesting anyone should rebuild their NAS every year. Instead he is investigating which options make sense in year X. I remember reading his recommendations back…

I have been running my NAS on the 304 for 5 years. It fits natively 6 HDDs but I think it is possible to cram two more with a bit of ingenuity. It is tucked away in an Ikea cabinet…

That is also somewhat true for GPUs, hard drives and SSDs. They all usually have different cycles but today AI is making them peak all at the same time.

What percentage of iOS users use a midi keyboard with their devices? 0.01%? My desktop audio interface plugs right in an iPhone (USB-C to C), no hub or dongle needed, and provides …

The article is a bit light on technical details. Can someone shed a light on how hardware decoding is disabled? Do they blow an efuse, disable it in the firmware or in the OS?

It's not like what you are describing is impossible today. With the switch to USB-C, iOS devices are compatible with a vast number of affordable adapters. Some of which add feature…

I am with you. How is it that in the past we got major successes like TCP/IP, 802.3, HTTP and WiFi but somehow in the past decade big tech decided that was too much collaboration a…

For me the firmware 0x01030b00 solved most of the problem. It now runs well on my previous laptop 65W HP charger, which is much lighter than the literal brick the G1a came with. It…

Linode has been rock solid for me. I wanted to back this comment with uptime numbers, unfortunately the service I use for that, Uptime Robot, is down because of Cloudflare...