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flatbield

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  • My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones.

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  • Over bloan. Software does not age but security does. Other things that do not age well is specialty tech hardware components. Batteries are a question too.

    I know my volt at 10 years does not have a viable oem battery replacement (back ordered and nutty price). I can get a reasonable after market battery though.

  • Does it ever bother some of you that "I'm switching to Linux!" is just more of a way to appear rebellious than actually committing to the choice?

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  • No. People do what they do.

    What I find more laughable is people complaining profusely about windows but doing nothing about it.

    Using something different is hard too. Most people are somewhere between cows and idiots. I have been using Python since the late 90s even on Windows and at work too. I got some strange reactions and push back over the years. You just have to not care. We see now how that turned out. Now everyone agrees Python is useful.

  • Linux Hardening Guide / Linux is Insecure

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  • However when many apps have a permission it becomes meaningless.

  • Linux Hardening Guide / Linux is Insecure

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  • The thing about most default configs of any OS is that user storage is largely accessable to all apps. True of Linux, Android. Windows, ...

    Graphene has options to restrict that but you have to set it up that way. Android also has App sandboxing for app data.

    Thinking through the threat model of course is always good as is hardening. All security is porous. Linux is fine generally. If one is exposing services on the public net it is not clear that any OS or software is sufficiently secure, that takes constant effort in terms of monitoring and management.

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  • The primary reason to use Lemmey is decentralization and avoidance of Reddit enshitification. Lot of Lemmey blocks shit show lemmey nodes though I am sure they exist.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • Yes good analogy. Just my guess. Been a long time since I actually worked in the field.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • There are various designs of backlights. They typically have a stack of loose components in an assembly. By loose I mean not totally fixed but not too free. They have to free float enought that temperature changes do not cause issues. They also have to not stick, warp, or buckle over time. Harder to engineer then you might think.

    So consider what might happen if for example the top backlight film might buckle some then stick to the back of the lcd. The film might deform which would change its optical properties. Then later thermal cycling might cause release. It might do same elsewhere.

    Not saying this is mechanism, but just example.

    Edit: Keep in mind the LCD is glass, and the backlight components are plastic. Very different thermal expansion coefficients. Then add LED or CCFL lighting and you have a big changing heat source. Add on top of that humidity changes too.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • Backlight I think. Probably film pack warp / buckle / wetout. Just a guess.

    Edit: Worst part looks kind of like a wrinkle.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • Sounds to me like the backlight behind the LCD. They have components which could potentially sag, stick, or warp. White screen is probably best way to see. Also look at various angles. May be more visible at some angles then others.

    Hard to unsee. I know this feeling. I used to work in the industry years ago. Displays are never perfect and hard to unsee things once you see them especially when it was part of your job.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • See the edit to my comment. If not sharp, could be warping of films in backlight.

  • TV has a burn-in image that has moved over time

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  • That is an interesting one. LCDs as far as I know do not usually burn in and if it is moving then it is not really that anyway.

    I will interested what others come up with?

    Edit: Is sharp or gradual. Might be warping of films in the backlight for example if not sharp. Just a thought.

  • Confession: I don't know what passwords in Linux are for

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  • If you have never used a password on windows or some other authentication mechanism then your Windows is not very secure.

    Most of the differences you quote are pretty much the same both systems.

    I guess the one exception is the UAC prompt which on Linux is a bit more secure in that it requires a password. Some random person or app cannot just click through it.

  • Confession: I don't know what passwords in Linux are for

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  • What's your professional deformation?

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  • There was a time when I looked at LCD screens I saw all the defects.

  • How do you respond to unwanted advice?

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  • One of:

    • Thank you and if good learn somthing. Asquestions.
    • I know, if I know this.
    • I do not want to hear it, if it is repetative garbage.
  • Removed

    I just got sick of Protonmail

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  • There are so many good providers in the EU. In the US basically those that implement MTA-STS are Google, Microsoft, and Comcast with all of their issues.

    I actually ended up at shared hosting provider. I get 30 mailboxes for less than $100 per year. Only incoming MTA-STS though unless I went to my own VPS.

  • Is there anything with a similar UI/UX to Google Docs?

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  • I like Joplin, but it is a note taker not an office suite. So kind of depends on what you want.

  • Is there anything with a similar UI/UX to Google Docs?

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  • You can just use LibreOffice. On Android the app I have is Collabora. The server I use is Nextcloud though it could be anything that LibreOffice and Collabora can work with. I think there is also some sort of web version too of LibreOffice, but I've never tried it. Maybe called "LibreOffice Online"?

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    Linux Many IPv6 Connections SYN-RECV State

  • Music player

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  • VLC maybe.

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    Social Media Censorship

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    Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection

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    Google Gemini deletes user's code

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    Cybersecurity Impacts of US Government Cuts - Security Now

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    Personal Experience Installing GrapheneOS

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    US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...

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    Jerboa Issues Again

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    Android App Search Strategies?

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    Remote Control Software For Media Center

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    iPhone Photo Rejected from Photo Contest for Suspected AI Use

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    Question: Electric Stove Options

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    Star Trek Clip Curiously Related to the Reddit Situation and Root Beer