GreatAlbatross

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 16 points 9 months ago

If I got an alarm every time a 433 sensor didn't check in for 10 minutes, I'd never get any sleep!

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

Yep. With the solid walls I have, if you're not chasing into the plaster/brick, you're putting trunking on the outside (which looks pretty awful, imho).

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

2.4GHz wifi is vulnerable to even lower power attacks: Just spamming de-auth packets is enough to render a network useless.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's an interesting take, and I think I might agree with you.
Solid-looking boring lock, everything looking like it would last decades, looks like someone who sorted the security confidently.
Plastic looking wifi cameras everywhere have a "curtain twitchy granny" vibe.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago

I think this highlights it perfectly. The other reason teasing hydrogen was so popular with the established fuel companies, is that it meant we'd still "need" them, because it used similar distribution networks.
But the other side of their money making systems meant that they didn't move quickly enough, and we may have just moved on past now.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I remember doing international support as a youngling, and asking my co-worker what the calling code was for the US.
"+1"
'Haha, no, really, what is it?'
Checks internet
Makes the tea once everyone has finished laughing

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

There was encryption for a while, iirc. This was removed, and you can now communicate directly with Hue bulbs.
You can also use bluetooth for hub-free operation directly from a phone.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We're currently phasing out copper connections in the UK. It's now at the "stop-sell" phase for several regions (new copper connections cannot be provisioned).
When fibre connections first arrived, OpenReach (the main network) would supply the connection with a battery backup unit (BBU).
Nowadays, they're only supplied to users with specific needs.

I've considered fitting a UPS to my networking, but decided it just wasn't worth it.
We've had one power cut in the last 5 years, vs the cost of running a UPS for all that time, I'm not that fussed!

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The great thing about television, is that "live" is a flexible concept.
The playback software could happily play 10 seconds ahead of what's actually on the screen, and have plenty of time to translate like that.
In the same way that we sometimes put delays into live events to allow the subtitling systems breathing room.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 27 points 9 months ago (8 children)

From the article, 79 million IPv4 addresses, 0.005/hour($3.60/month), and an estimated 30% utilisation. $85m per month, $1bn/y.

It kinda also sets a new standard price for IPV4 addresses. I'm looking forward to the day that IPV6 (or translation) is commonplace enough that things can be run V6 only.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago

His DNS checker is also excellent. And runs perfectly under WINE.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, we keep expanding what we class as the solar system. Poor old voyager keeps getting the goalposts moved!

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