Readit Newswomod commented on Transmission Grid Mapping in OpenStreetMap MapYourGrid.org/... · Posted by u/protontypes
womod commented on Removing data transfer fees when moving off Google Cloud cloud.google.com/blog/pro... · Posted by u/LukeLambert
This also holds true on thebflip side for most consumer internet speeds (at least in the US).
Many people have a x00 Mbps or even x Gbps downstream, but most have no more than x0 Mbps upstream. Literally their ability to pull traffic from websites is 50X in some cases than to push information out. Going beyond that (greater uploads) often costs significantly more.
Whether or not these two are actually related isn't clear to me, but it is interesting.
That's due to the DOCSIS standard for cable modems. They specced out more channels for downstream than upstream because of the limited bandwidth of copper and consumer priorities. With fiber there's an order of magnitude more bandwidth available, so the uneven split is much less (if at all?) common with the big backhaul lines between datacenters. For consumer fiber you'll usually get symmetric but for the most part it doesn't make sense as the vast majority of consumers just don't make use of their upstream bandwidth.
womod commented on Timeline to remove DSA support in OpenSSH lists.mindrot.org/piperma... · Posted by u/throw0101d
Probably not since replacing the ancient equipment only capable of DSA is likely cheaper than maintaining an OpenSSH fork.
I’m going to assume that the hardware that supports DSA only has long been abandoned by its manufacturer.
You'd be suprised, the shear amount of black box vendor nonsense out there borders on astronomical. Weird telco stuff, old cisco hardware, BMCs in servers, it would mean gutting probably millions of dollars of equiment. It's stupid, but throwing the baby out with the bathwater over openssh won't make anyone happy.
womod commented on Show HN: FrameOS – operating system for single function smart frames frameos.net/... · Posted by u/mariusandra
The bootloaders have been locked; and the 2015 models (iirc) were the last ones where a bug allowed unlocking them by shorting some pins. Without an unlocked bootloader, you might be able to root Android, but you can't replace Android or the ROM.
Not that it matters anyway - it's MediaTek. Their partition layout and driver model from those eras is generally a disaster. There's no way you'd be able to make FrameOS in a reasonably elegant way work on that hardware.
You can unlock the bootloader of the 2018 Fire HD 8 if you force it into download mode by opening it up and shorting the CLK test point to ground. Older tablets don't need to be opened up, it's all just software. Everything after that though has been unable to have the bootloader unlocked.
womod commented on Sony debuts first PS5 controller for disabled gamers bbc.com/news/technology-6... · Posted by u/thunderbong
womod commented on Sony debuts first PS5 controller for disabled gamers bbc.com/news/technology-6... · Posted by u/thunderbong
I’m still waiting for the first ps5 controller that doesn’t break from controller drag after 10-14 months. Seriously, there needs to be a class action at this point.
Controllers that use hall effect sensor sticks last much longer than the conventional potentiometer sticks. The pot sticks are subject to physical wear while the hall effect sticks are not because there is no contact.
There's some guides on aftermarket modifications of controllers to convert them to hall effect sensors, as well as 3rd party controllers made with hall effect sticks. If you want something to use on PC and/or switch the KingKong 2[1] from GuliKit is pretty good.
I absolutely refuse to put gas in my car. Thank God for New Jersey. Gasoline is dangerous and I have no idea why we should let people pump their own. I can't imagine how many people smoke while pumping their own gas outside of lovely New Jersey...
Gasoline is absolutely not that dangerous, at least relative to the risk involved every time one drives a car. For igniting gasoline fumes, a spark is almost always necessary. Realistically speaking, a lit cigarette has a better chance of setting a nearby trash can on fire than igniting the gasoline fumes. If a person were to spark a lighter to light a cigarette that'd be a different story.
https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2010/03/gas-pump_fire_that...
https://content.nfpa.org/-/media/Project/Storefront/Catalog/...
womod commented on Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates theverge.com/2023/10/4/23... · Posted by u/skilled
It is but I don't want them and half the crap doesn't work without them. I use MSFT apps and OrganicMaps and that's about it.
MicroG is an option, it's an open source implementation of a good portion of play services, though not everything "just works". But for the bare minimum like functional push notifications, location services, etc it's not half bad. There exists a fork[1] of lineage with MicroG installed from the get-go, otherwise installing it can be a little painful.
womod commented on Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000) cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/ca... · Posted by u/isomorph
Reminds me of a problem that I had (many years ago) with my iPhone 4 - if I tried to boot it in a dark place, it would get stuck on the Apple logo in an infinite boot loop.
Turns out some versions of the Pangu jailbreak for iOS 7.1.x would crash during boot if the reading from the ambient light sensor was below some threshold. To this day I don't know the exact explanation of this bug, but it seems that Pangu included some unnecessary code that messed with the light sensor [1].
If you don't believe me, there is a huge reddit thread[2] with a lot of people confirming this.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/294wob/jailbreak... [2] https://www.reddit.com/294wob/
That's funny, there exists a similar issue with the LG G7 that a friend of mine ran into several years ago. The fingerprint sensor on his phone just straight-up completely stopped working, and subsequent OS updates did nothing to fix it. At first we assumed it was hardware failure, and he was ready to send it to a repair shop. While investigating it I saw a comment somewhere that it had something to do with the light sensor, and after holding my thumb over it for 10 seconds it "magically" started working again after 4 months of being completely non-functional.
I’m sure it’s been made obsolete, but I’m not sure it was by the iPhone.