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  • Network

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  • Switches 3 and 4 are single points of failure. The other 2 & 5 are completely redundant unnecessary.

    You can just use 2 switches total, cross-connect each to upstream, and do vLANs/subnets to isolate the traffic downstream.

    Edit: if you really wanna do physical separation and you want redundancy you'd want to connect 2&5 to both routers.

    Honestly tho textbook network with that many nodes for so few devices is already overkill for home, so doing that many switches is just... Idk man, doing full stack troubleshooting for an hour while everyone's just trying to watch a movie is gonna do more hatm than good.

    Whoever implements this should probably spin up a ticketing system for the house.

  • Every time

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  • This is how we end up with R5-10, which will soon be another sign that specifies e-bikes (and perhaps we need multiple discrete signs). We had a no phone use sign, then we needed no texting (or no mobile). The signage just hasn't caught up.

    But it gets even weirder when you're talking about not even a roadway - so then signage changes between jurisdictions.

    I tend to err on the side of caution, but dollars to donuts there's enough ambiguity in that signage you're thinking about where you can't really be ticketed because you can win the argument in court. What results is lack of enforcement (which is another legal defense in and of itself).

    PS IDK if it's overthinking. This is the kind of stuff I think about lol (and apparently we've found our people)

  • Every time

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  • R9-3, R9-13, R9-14, R9-15, R9-16, R5-2, R8-3, R9-3, R14-5, R9-4

    R9-4 has an R9-4a where it's words, and I'd bet you that's because someone argued in court that the former bans giving thumbs up, not holding up a hitchhiking sign.

    Do Not Enter has words but that's just extra lettering overlaid on a universal pictogram sign.

    there is no "most" in american signs for common/universal things like skateboarding, swimming, smoking, etc. For almost every every "No" sign that exists, there exists a counterpart "slash" sign. Add to that not every "no" sign is a roadway sign (eg no smoking)

    There is a legal difference between Parking, Standing, and Idling a vehicle. Not every jusrisdiction has distinct bans for each, so there isn't a universal way to represent each. You also need qualifiers - any time, or certain hours, or either side of the street, so you get those signs with words.

    You can't really do a picto for "No commercial vehicles". I suppose we could do a picto for No Thru Traffic. I could also see that you can do "No Pedestrians Bicycles Motor-driven Cycles" with 3 pictograms (IMO more than like 3 words on a road sign is just a bad idea)

  • Mixfont creator develops anti-AI Decoy Font to mask text using optical illusion

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  • In selection 2, you don't seem to be selecting an image. You're selecting text.

    In method 1, it's doing OCR. In method 2, its just reading the raw text data you selected. This is how you can copy text from thing A and Font A, and paste it into thing B with font B (depending on Thing B's paste settings)

  • Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable

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  • I have Teams working smoothly bybusijg the WebApps thing, launching a single Firefox (which is not my primary browser).

    I then have 2 profiles, and Teamsnis a pinned tab in the Work profile (other chat webapps are pinned tabs in the personal profile). So all those tabs in various profiles are opened in this one window, which I then call "Chat Apps" in the launcher. I make the Firefox UI completely autohide except the titlebar and side tab bar.

    This works flawlessly for all sharing and calls and notifications. And if I wanna be done with work I can close or Unload(hibernatr) the Teams tab.

    Anyway, if you don't want the whole tabbed thing, you can try to use the web app thing to launch teams in web mode that has so far worked better than any package I've tried.

  • Framework proved repairable laptops can work, but almost nobody is willing to buy one

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  • your however is pointless.

    Edit3: I thought about it and you're right, the point is irrelevant in the context of this thread. Really should have been a separate comment re/ the target market.

  • Framework proved repairable laptops can work, but almost nobody is willing to buy one

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  • I went to see to compare against a Thinkpad (E14).

    Framework Laptop 13: $1140 for the Ultra 5 125H, 8GB, 256GB Lenovo E15: $1120 for the Ultra 5 225u 16GB, 256GB

    Lenovo price is a "sale" on their site off the "list price" of $1340

    Framework wins:

    • The H series processor is superior to the U series, even if older model -More custo options in general - eg I can choose 16gb in 1 stick vs 2 sticks, or I can choose "none" (also for SSD) -I can choose No OS and save some money there

    Framework loses: No Core 5 in stock. I don't need a 7, that's $2-300 I don't need to spend

    Framework Neutral: No 256SSD in stock. But I do have the option to get no SSD and just buy my own. Arguably a win for me but not ideal for some

    I'm unclear if Laptop 13 is the correct comparison vs a Laptop 13 Pro. The E14 is a mid-tier pro model, not a top of the line, which is where I tend to chill with laptops since they're not my dailies anyway).

    Anyway, as someone shopping for a laptop, I see that prices are the same. Given this, Framework wins.

    HOWEVER: If I was actually shopping for a laptop, I would buy a used older-model E14 on Ebay for say $400. I know it would last, they're repairable, and for the cost I could buy spare parts now. Because this is a secondary (1/week) device for me, I wouldn't spend $1100 on a laptop in general. Not when Thinkpads are ppossibly the next-most-repairable laptop out there.

    Ultimate calculus - Framework isn't for me. Yet.

    Now, if I had the money for activism? Sure, let's get more of these into the 2nd hand market, stop the waste. Or no second hand market at all, just upgrade like a Desktop.

    At some point, I may have no need for a desktop. At that point, $1100 for a primary PC is a good price, esp if I can build on it. If I was a laptop user, me who like custo and upgradeability - Framework is a fair value, good price even.

    Anyway, to the point of the comment chain above me, I would say it's a 1:1 price. If you're shopping in that spec range anyway. If you need lower spec than Core Ultra 5H, say Ultra/Ryzen 3U, Framework doesn't target that audience - and neither do quality [major] OEMs (you might find a great sale somewhere of course). But basically a well-built mid-tier laptop just costs $1000-$1200 new these days (I'd have said $800-$1000 before the price hikes recently).

  • WinRAR releases new update and says it’s thanks to people finally paying

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  • The problem is that its multipart format is extremely widespread for certain purposes, and 7z fails to properly unpack those formats. So I find myself having to use it on wine. I try to avoid those situations and I literally never use it to create an archive nor is it my default unpacker but I can't seem to be rid of it.

    It insists on itself.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • So I have Denoise settings, I will disable per your recc.

    But I don't have motion/blur (I don't remember having it in the Roku OS either so my 6.5yo TV may just not have had that)

    I have a Game Mode that seems to increase response time at the cost of picture quality, which I have disabled.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • After reset i was given the 2 options of home or store. BTW Store did not have a setting to disable standby LED, so I reset again with Home, and lucky I did because that has slightly more settings, including that one.

    You have full control of picture settings, yes. Also picture profiles (Movie, Vivid etc). Full color brightness contrast adjustment. HDR detection.

    I had no Ethernet connected and never connected to wifi. There is no Roku OS. It's a TCL OS with fewer settings. I could custom name the inputs and I personally made my HTPC inlut be startup. The main menu does have a static Roku Ad in Home mode. When starting instead on an input, input can be changed with the side drawer flyout menu, so I never have to see that main menu ad (not that it's intrusive, there's not really enough menu items to require a full screen anyway).

    Nothing is bugging me to connect or do anything, and I couldn't be happier. Wish I knew about this sooner.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • Just did this. Appreciate the tip. I had to select In Store Demo, which made it a Dumb TV. Its perfect.

    Edit: store demo isn't required and has more limited settings. Just resetting and not connecting to anything makes it a dumb TV with no Roku OS on it. Inout selection, picture controls, sound controls, and that'd about it.

    Cannot thank you enough. Dumbt TVs for life.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • I just did a factory reset per another reply and I selected to set up as Store Demo, which makes it a dumb TV :)

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  • Its actually walking and gacing up a downward moving escalator at a slower speed than the escalator.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • Ooh, definitely gonna try this first. I actually assumed that factory reset would use the 1y old firmware that introduced the problem, but it could well roll back to the 6y original.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • That's not something I would have considered and thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Now I know about silicon diodes.

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • Oh good to know. Much appreciated. Thisnines still going strong after 6.5y, great panels honestly. If LED neutering failed I was only going to look for other brands because of this thing so this is super good news

  • Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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  • TCL TVs (whose OS is just Roku, and I imagine Roku is the same situation) blink the front LED as an Error when there's no network connection or it can't hit whatever servers it has configured for FW update check. It can get stuck on partial firmware updates when it can't cokplete every check it wants to make. The LED has a diffuser on it so it's a significant negative impact.

    I can't even tape that LED because that's also where the IR sensor is. My next step is to disassemble the thing and snip snip.

    I don't use any smart features, just HDMI input like you. Finding a Dumb TV has been a challenge.

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  • That's OK-ish sounding but I'm going to give the example of NY. NYC is a very different animal from the northern part of the state and local issues matter a great deal depending on which portion you live in. I imagine it's like that in other very large states and major cities in general.

    I think perhaps there should be some accounting for population centers. Major cities simply have different concerns from rural areas, and it seems reasonable to have each be represented. But we may be getting into a "where does it stop" thing here.

    I'm not sure how to skin that cat or if it's worth skinning. I generally agree with your proposal - the way it's currently done is absurd.

  • Bitwarden's new CEO has a Private Equity background, removed 'Inclusion' and 'Always Free' from their website -- because of course he did

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  • Syncthing Fork works well for Android

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • the old crowd is still going strong and have been proven largely correct because what they/we were really against was going from a "you own this software" model to a "perpetual licensing" model with price hikes, lock-in, and everything becoming a service.

    it's not completely enshittified, there are lots of great cloud-based services. some long-term, some at various stages of the enshittification curve.

    same with AI. it doesn't all suck, and it won't all suck. but a lot/most of it does and will absolutely suck and it will enshittify many things.