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xyguy

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  • Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says Microsoft

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  • There's a toggle

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    There's a toggle but we moved it deep into a sub menu

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    If you toggle it off it also breaks a lot of other things you want to have

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    Toggle it off if you want but it's still going to run in the background

    Until the EU sues and forces them to have an option to actually remove it.

  • Looking for ngrok alternative

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  • This seems like it might be a perfect use case for Tailscale. The open source version of the control plane is called Headscale but you'd have to host it in a vps somewhere if you wanted to use it.

  • 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G mobile data made some sense as it represents generational leaps in the technology itself but then Xfinity wants to advertise "10g" internet...

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  • I was genuinely convinced they offered 10gig service in some markets. Doesn't surprise me that its all marketing nonsense.

    Just a tip for anyone who wants to know, if you have Comcast business internet they'll tell you you have to use their modem but, you can swap it out with a 3rd patty modem and use the live chat service to get it activated. Then you can send back their modem for free at a ups store. Every salesperson will tell you its not possible but it absolutely is.

  • Fedora members plan on creating a Cosmic Desktop Spin

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  • I can't wait. As long as they keep the autotiling feature working as well as it does now I'm down.

  • Need help converting dumb switches; one w/o any lights, one w/ Hue bulbs

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  • I didn't realize it was that recent of an addition to the NEC. Weve only lived in super old houses where everything was always needing completely redone. I was usually replacing 2 conductor and cloth-jacketed stuff everywhere.

    That was around 2012 and I remember the electrician we hired at the time mentioned it being a thing so that makes sense.

  • Fedora members plan on creating a Cosmic Desktop Spin

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  • This is pretty much my setup anyway. I run Pop Shell on top of Fedora and add dash to dock.

    I'm just absolutely hooked on the autotiling built into pop shell.

    If its an official spin all the better.

  • Need help converting dumb switches; one w/o any lights, one w/ Hue bulbs

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  • Current national electrical code in the US (since the 1980s) is a neutral in every switch box. Before then a switch loop was allowed so you see a lot of older construction with those.

    You also see newer construction with those where Uncle Dave™ decided it was easier to only have to run a wire down from the light rather than fish it up through the crawlspace, NEC be damned.

  • App reccomendation : Material files.

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  • It is amazing. I love how easy it is to mount network shares with it too.

  • IT Help Desk

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  • Don't forget USB On the Go protocols! shudders

  • AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source

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  • This is the sort of thing that to me highlights the inherent inefficiency of proprietary software and processes.

    "Oh sorry, you'll need our magic hardware in order to run this software. It simply can't happen any other way."

    Turns out that wasnt true which of course it isn't.

    Imagine instead of everyone could have been working together on a fully open graphics compute stack. Sure, optimize it for the hardware you sell, why not, but then it's up to the "best" product instead of the one with the magic software juice.

  • Trouble with Handbrake, PopOS and Accelerated AV1

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  • I tried this and also had no luck. Oh well.

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    Scott reviews the perfect browser extension

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  • Wow this music player app is simple and does everything it should.

    Random Commenter: why won't it play video?

    MBA: Why isn't this a subscription service?

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    Scott reviews the perfect browser extension

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  • Wow this music player app is simple and does everything it should.

    Random Commenter: why won't it play video?

    MBA: Why isn't this a subscription service?

  • This guy has a good take on linux companies, agree or disagree?

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  • I think a lot of people get caught up in wanting Linux to "win" be getting more market share or getting XYZ software ported to Linux but Linux is doing great. Unlike Microsoft aggressively pushing Windows and sacrificing their own users on the altar of market share, Linux can just be.

    More share would be great and greater software availability would be awesome but Linux doesn't need to "beat" Windows or Mac to be useful or relevant or good. It already is. And I for one look forward to any new DE's that anyone wants to make.

    It would be nice to get some kind of more usable CAD program on Linux though but it's not up to Pop_OS to do that, it's up to Autodesk or a team of extremely talented FOSS programmers or a Blender Foundation situation where the whole industry commits to a new open standard.

  • Trouble with Handbrake, PopOS and Accelerated AV1

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  • I'll check the ffmpeg settings. Thanks.

  • Trouble with Handbrake, PopOS and Accelerated AV1

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  • I saw that in the docs. I am only interested in encoding in AV1. My CPU is a 5900x so it's decent enough at decoding. I'll check ffmpeg settings.

  • Trouble with Handbrake, PopOS and Accelerated AV1

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  • I am yes.

  • Revisiting Browser Trust - Security Now. Browser Certificate Stores and QWACs

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  • The real issue with QWACS is the idea that the EU government requires them to be added to web browsers running in the EU. It's bad enough that France and Germany can issue those certificates but imagine Erdogan's government pushing them out.

    It's not like any politician knows how the Internet works and that someone who knows better couldn't rip those certificates out, but the tyranny of the default means that governments will have more control over EU citizens browsing. That's not something likely to benefit anyone.

  • Microsoft has started a corporate drone breeding program

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  • I like the point they make which is that every social media site with profile photos and DM's will eventually turn into a dating site in some capacity. LinkedIn though shudder. I can't imagine the corporate pickup lines in a place like that....