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Post by ric2b »

Waterluvian wrote: post #476
buddylw wrote: post #165

I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…

We absolutely need consumer protection laws for this. The problem is that capitalism doesn't permit companies to simply succeed by being profitable. They must grow too. So the people who run the business are ultimately forced to squeeze every conceivable revenue stream from their products. The March towards forced online IoT and printer ink cartridge obsolescence models for everything is inevitable. Appliances used t…

How does Capitalism force capitalism to grow? There's nothing wrong with a stable company that distributes it's profits via dividends.

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Post by smolder »

Scoundreller wrote: post #555
smolder wrote: post #540

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Reciprocating mass (pistons, rods, and valves constantly changing direction) is where a great deal of the energy is sunk when engine braking. It doesn't all go to heat. Accessories are also doing useful work like the alternator charging the battery and the water pump circulating coolant. Friction is significant and increases with rpm and oil pressure, but you aren't heating it nearly as much as when it's burning fuel…

Naw, diesels do all of that too and their engine braking is minimally effective without modifications. Trucks will have "Jake brakes" installed, but diesel cars get minimal effects from engine braking. Gas vehicles effectively engine brake without modification, but dunno where all the energy is getting converted. I do wish alternators would detect engine braking and ramp up electric cabin heat though.

Oh yeah, diesels suck air all the time whereas gas engines are creating a strong vacuum, which is a lot of effort. They turn at higher rpm than diesels, too.

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Post by sudosysgen »

Dunedan wrote: post #667
sudosysgen wrote: post #657

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Nope, you can buy LTE capable dumb phones. My local Walmart has them.

Can you please provide some more information regarding these phones? I skimmed through Walmart's online store, but couldn't find any dumb 4G phones there. I'd be really interested to learn if they sell 4G capable feature phones not running KaiOS.

It's been a while ago but I think it was either a Kyocera, or one of those Samsung dumb phones.

Otherwise there's also the 3310 refresh, although that's 3G.

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Post by thw0rted »

GuB-42 wrote: post #552
catalogia wrote: post #423

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Amazon will knock $20 off the price of a kindle if you get the version with ads. And those only display static grayscale ads, advertisers may be willing to pay more for something more invasive. Extracting $25 of value from spyware on televisions doesn't seem out of the question.

Amazon doesn't make that Kindle $20 cheaper, it makes the ad-free version $20 more expensive, or at least, that's how I see it. That's more about market segmentation than the actual value of ads. Even if we assume ads are nothing more than an annoyance with $0 value, the "with ads" version may still be beneficial to Amazon. That's if people with a lower budget tolerate ads and those with a high budget don't. If they…

Hulu more than doubles their subscription price to hide ads. Do you really think that they're making less net revenue per subscription from ad-viewing users than ad-free ones?

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Post by thw0rted »

amatecha wrote: post #687
the_jeremy wrote: post #647

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I only had luck searching for monitors. There are 43" 4k monitors[0] (probably larger as well but this fit my use case). [0]: https://smile.amazon.com/AOC-U2790VQ-3840x2160-Frameless-Dis...

Hm nice, thanks. Yeah I have also heard that displays intended for big advertising installations are a good option, but those often have low refresh rate or long image persistence (or whatever the term is), so they're not very suitable for movies and gaming.

Also: many, many thousands of dollars.

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Post by baot »

henrikschroder wrote: post #680
baot wrote: post #640

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If that was true, you wouldn't be behind the wheel at all. The transmission can't see the road ahead and prepare in advance.

Whenever there's an article here on Hacker News about self-driving cars, do you just... skip over them? Your eyes glaze over, and you're not seeing that part of the technological landscape? What do you think all the computer vision tech is doing in self-driving cars?

Sorry, I'm not as enlightened as you. Which self driving car do you own?

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Post by wonderhamster »

I work on this technology(not for Samsung), they do not upload the screenshots. They upload a cryptographic hash of the image and match it to known content. Also, this is true of nearly every smart TV available for purchase and quickly being integrated into projectors. If you want to turn off the functionality, you will have to go through the feature sets of the devices.

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Post by Dunedan »

sudosysgen wrote: post #703
Dunedan wrote: post #667

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Can you please provide some more information regarding these phones? I skimmed through Walmart's online store, but couldn't find any dumb 4G phones there. I'd be really interested to learn if they sell 4G capable feature phones not running KaiOS.

It's been a while ago but I think it was either a Kyocera, or one of those Samsung dumb phones. Otherwise there's also the 3310 refresh, although that's 3G.

3G phones are unfortunately no better choice than 2G phones, because the 3G networks of most operators will be not running much longer than their 2G networks. Here in Europe operators often even plan to shut down their 3G networks prior to their 2G networks.

Kyocera indeed seems to have some 4G "dumb" feature phones: https://www.kyoceramobile.com/phones/?filter=type:basic#

That's quite interesting. Thanks for the pointers.

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Post by lonelappde »

kop316 wrote: post #661
lonelappde wrote: post #530

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That's for removing a sticker . Not for removing a whole module or messing with wiring.

The law quoted states a manufacturer cannot invoke a void warrenty for modifications unrelated to the warrenty claim. For example, if I replace the radio in my car, the manufacturer cannot said i voided my warrenty if the engine has problems (unless the modification did damage it). So I would argue yes, if i disable the radios and something unrelated is damaged, then the warranty is still valid.

No doubt it's a judgment call for the court, but your car radio is farther from the engine then your TV wifi module is from the TV receiver. Your TV is all likely to be on the same DC circuit, maybe even all soldered together on one board.

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Post by o-__-o »

nabergh wrote: post #666
o-__-o wrote: post #87

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Walmart Online is selling a Spectre dumb panel (with good specs!) for $219 for 55” and $279 for 65”. Otherwise I love my LG OLED, which acts as a dumb panel until you accept the overbearing privacy policy (you can still play local DLNA/USB sources without accepting, but can’t run any apps including web browsers so no captive portals)

The brand name is actually Sceptre, for those who are searching for it.

my 55 came in. it's seriously a panel. there are better panels out there (love my LG OLED), but you can't complain for the price.
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