username190

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by username190 2y ago
EcoTank printers are particularly hostile with this. Despite that the waste ink pass on most models are user-servicable behind 1-2 screws, and can be purchased on Amazon for $10, the printer displays a message that you must ship the printer
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by username190 3y ago
I agree. Something other people aren't mentioning - the default iOS Contacts app will automatically switch your messaging and voice call shortcuts to use an alternate platform, per-contact. There's no user interaction required to
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by username190 3y ago
Bear in mind that not updating your Plex server could leave you open to security vulnerabilities. The most notable example of this is last year's massive LastPass breach, which began with malware installed on a LastPass employee's
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by username190 3y ago
iOS 17 is supposed to come with a new "Assistive Access" setting[0] which is intended to be an "old person's mode" with limited but pronounced functionality. In the meantime, you should be able to solve the call ban
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by username190 4y ago
Rtings did find something similar with the AirPods Pro, seeing a "fairly significant drop" in December 2019 and another "slight decline" in October 2021: > We've tested 'Noise Isolation' with a couple o
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by username190 4y ago
Contact them via phone or online chat; with no way to test remotely, they will offer to exchange the AirPods in most cases.
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by username190 4y ago
> If Apple were censoring messaging apps I would agree with your seemingly negative sentiment, however, as someone who has pushed out apps to the Apple and Mac app stores, I can say they absolutely do not do that. Perhaps not in your cou
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by username190 4y ago
> Something like 60% of pedestrian road deaths are intoxicated pedestrians. Do you have a source for this? I looked up your claim and found this study from the NHTSA[0] (pg 23), which does say that 60% of pedestrians hit have a BAC over
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by username190 4y ago
> Why was ATT and T-Mobile allowed to combine. AT&T and T-Mobile did not combine, that purchase was (one of the few mergers) blocked by the DOJ under the Obama administration. T-Mobile did later (2020) buy Sprint, but it was in a far
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by username190 4y ago
In the fine print, that page notes that international data is limited to 128kbps (or 256kbps if you're on the top-tier 'MAX' plan). Phones that are designed for (or sold through) T-Mobile US won't necessarily work on T-M
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by username190 4y ago
Unfortunately this isn't allowed on iOS - Dell Mobile Connect is the only app I know of which has this functionality, and they access Messages via a Bluetooth connection between the computer and the iPhone.
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by username190 4y ago
You can buy a phone with the latest technology in it, designed and built to tomorrow's specification; and AT&T still won't support it, unless the manufacturer has paid them to certify it and put it on this list[0]. Very few pe
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by username190 4y ago
> I think only one of the 2 slots fully supports LTE. Both of the slots support LTE; OnePlus has made some frustrating power saving decisions though, which force the secondary (non-active) SIM to 3G when it's not in use. This can be
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by username190 4y ago
> It is not just "old" or 3G-only phones, it is any phone that is not explicitly on their whitelist. This is correct. The whitelist that they're using specifically is here[0]. Some phone representatives will claim to peop
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by username190 4y ago
Personally, I believe that they're worried about a repeat of this incident[0] - and the way they're ensuring that that can't happen is to test and 'certify' all phones before customers are allowed to use them. Conve
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by username190 4y ago
> If its rolled out on 26ghz its bad in range. Sub 6 GHZ 5G rollout is as good or better than 4G on the same frequencies. Range will be the same, but coverage can technically be a bit lower. This is because the modulation used for 5G u
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by username190 4y ago
AT&T shut down their GSM 2G network in 2017 - the remaining circuit switched calls were going out over UMTS (3G) until the shutdown.
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by username190 4y ago
Apple's cable is 3m, which is likely most of why it's more expensive. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWP02AM/A/thunderbolt-4-p...
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by username190 4y ago
For those who are thinking, "why do we need Net Neutrality? When have you actually seen an example of providers throttling content?" - there's a pretty egregious one that's been present for years now. For those with Amer
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by username190 4y ago
In addition to what was noted by a sibling comment (emergency calls are given higher priority than your standard commercial voice or data traffic), there is specifically an exemption listed in California's Net Neutrality law [0] for em
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by username190 4y ago
The latest alpha (Canary) build of Discord for Android uses React Native[0]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/u4kn2k/alpha_12...
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by username190 4y ago
I believe you’re limited to 3 apps this way, as well as being limited to 10 App IDs (most popular apps will include multiple App IDs for things like extensions, widgets, etc). If you have the $99/yr Apple Developer account that the use
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by username190 5y ago
It’s worth noting that this (proposed) law already only applies to large companies, as I noted upthread. This is something that a lot of folks in this thread are missing, but which I think is pretty crucial. > Included in the rules'
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by username190 5y ago
> imagine WhatsApp was written and maintained by an individual? Would we be so keen to use terms like "force"? This is all negative in the freedom dimension. These rules only apply to platforms with a market cap of over €75 bil
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by username190 5y ago
In case others are curious, that (probably) was Episode 96[0] of the "Darknet Diaries" podcast. Very worth a listen IMO. [0] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/96/
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by username190 5y ago
Thanks, that explanation is useful. The only thing I’m curious about is: > Telegram stores all your contacts, groups, media, and every message you've ever sent or received *in plaintext* on their servers. [emphasis mine] This implie
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by username190 5y ago
This (admittedly terrible, but now rectified) location flaw aside, what safety disadvantages does Telegram have over other communication platforms without end-to-end encryption like Discord, Teams, Slack, or Messenger?
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by username190 5y ago
This is available in iOS - but for whatever reason, on devices outside of China, you are only allowed to disable use of cellular data (not WiFi). This is also available in some Android skins (OxygenOS is one, for example) - but it is not in
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by username190 5y ago
Carriers are not currently using the spectrum that they gained in Auction 107, because of the issues that this article mentions. Their agreement with the FAA has given Verizon and AT&T the go-ahead to begin operations on this spectrum t
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by username190 5y ago
> why? i have absolutely no idea. If you don't have a stable internet connection, that could be the reason - macOS sends a hash of every executable to Apple's servers before it is opened[0]. This caused a major issue at the end

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