cmnybo

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Better keep a big furnace full of molten steel ready just in case.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

FCC emission requirements are very lax below 30MHz, so something can pass FCC part 15 yet still jam the entire HF band.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Wireless power sounds like and RFI nightmare. It will never match the efficiency of a cable either.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It looks like Meta or Yandex apps must be installed for the exploit to work. Luckily I don't have any of those installed on my Android devices.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They can't see much through the electrical tape over the lens.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Every single time the land line ISPs have gotten money for rural broadband, they use it for something else and don't build anything. Starlink actually built a network that works. Many places have gotten decent 5G home internet too.

I have been promised fiber for over a decade yet the only wired connection available is a DSL network that's been so poorly maintained that it barely even functions.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

My dynamic IPv6 prefix hasn't changed in a couple of years. It only changed because I reset the router config and that changed my DUID. That's good enough for everything I host. I don't even bother with dynamic DNS anymore.

I wouldn't bother with trying to host an email server from a residential connection though. Even if you can get your ISP to open port 25 for you, many email servers won't accept mail from residential IP addresses.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you need IPv6, you can get a free tunnel from Hurricane Electric. They will give you a /48 if you request it. I used it for years since my old ISP didn't have IPv6. I am close to one of their servers, so the latency was very low.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 6 months ago

During solar maximum, the lifetime of a satellite could be reduced by up to 10 days, the researchers say.

I'm sure they have, but it doesn't make a significant difference. The headline is just clickbait.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

I unplug the switching power supplies when I'm not using them because I don't want to listen to the RFI that they produce.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 months ago

Electrolytic capacitors wear out due to age whether they are used or not. Heat makes them wear out significantly faster. If the power supply is not under load, it shouldn't be producing any noticeable amount of heat.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They could have just used normal 8 pin connectors in that case.

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